Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 31]

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i Di ~, JULY 12, 1958

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' PHILADELPHIA (Special)~Residents of the thickly populated area of 17th St. and Columbia Ave. are still gasping:
about the frenzied actions of a jealous-crazed husband who
was convinced last Sunday that his wife was cheating on him

~and did something about it.

Police said that what the hus
band did, specifically,.was, chase his purported rival from
his third floor ~~ and

of rage. |

The victim was pretty Mrs. Katie Jones, 45, of 1713 W. Columbia ave. Suspected as her slayer
and sought by police is her husband, Roland Jones, 32, of the
same address.

Steps Up Search
On Monday, police stepped up
the search for the victim~s husband by sending wanted circulars
to New York, New Jersey, ~ Delaware and Maryland, and intensifying their efforts here to place

the suspect under arrest.
Traces of blood on the kitchen

stab his wife to death in a fit

through the hallway, were seen
throughout the hallway ~ mute
testimony of the violent death
struggle of Mrs. Jones.

Police said the ill-fated woman
died from repeated knife blows
wielded with almost superhuman
strength by a man driven by uncontrollable hate or anger.

Detectives working on the case
are certain that man was Roland
Jones.

Mrs. Jones was taken to a nearby hospital shortly after being
stabbed. | She was Pronounced

Mrs. Spencer |
- aa

Hub vy Slays Wife.

Over Her Lover

Promoted |

been. promoted to the position of

head of the Catalouge Department
| since June, 1954.

Mrs.. Spencer, wife of J. M.
Spencer, owner of Spencer Mortuary, was the first Negro profes
lic library. She has been employed there since 1951. She has
earned increasingly. responsible
positions in the library administration since that time.

Shriners To Hold Oratorical~Tag

An oratorical contest will be
sponsored locally by Cairo Temple No. 4, Ancient Arabic Order,
Nobles of Mystic Shrine and by
Mecca Court No. 5, Daughters of
Sphinx..

The contest will) be held Sun:
day, July 27, at 3:30 p.m. in the
auditorium of the Rose of Sharon
Lodge, 4212 Maines. Any high}
school student or/recent graduate between the ages of 14 and
19 may. enter.

The local winner will compete
for a State prize of $200:00 when
the Supreme and Imperial Council convenes in Detroit August 10.

to 16.

fleor,; on the apartment door and

dead ~on arrival.

RALPH D. KUENZ, 23, of 97 rovight, Pontiac, holds six-year-old Jesse Currington,; the child whose
~ life he*saved last December on the streets of Pontiac. Jesse points to the Bronze Vail) Medal which
was awarded to Kuenz by the Michigan Bell Telephor.e Company, where he is employed as a field

assistant. The award and citations were presented by (third from left) Kenneth W. Thompson, assistant general plant manager, and anes G. Barry, vice president and general manager, of Michigan

Bell.

Telephone Co. Employee Gets

Top Award For Life Saving Act

* PONTIAC~ A six-year-old

~boy saw Ralph D. Kuenz, 23,

ut 97 Dwight St., Pontiac, receive awards Wednesday,
July 2, from the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company and
~the American Red Cross.

The little boy might not
have been present that day
if Kuenz had not acted

last December

12 when the child was
struck down by a car.

-For. his. heroic actions,

Kuenz received a Bronze

Kuenz. received a. Bronze

_ Vail. Medal. award: from the

* ed during a special luncheon |

al, and citations were made |~by A: G. Barry, vice presi
~telephone company, and the}.
American

National~ Red
Cross highest award for life
saving. ~~

The. awards. were presentceremony July 2 at -the Elks
verte Wall Medal watd nd |

aya a
sabcetehed ae awards, > which

clude a cash award of $250, |

lapel pin replica ~ofthe med- |

~dent and general manager

of Michigan Bell, and K. W.

Thompson, assistant general
t eT: of the com-|t

The Red. Cross Certifi
cate of Merit was present
ed by Mrs. Mildred E.

Bennett, executive direc
tor of the Oakland County

Red Cross chapter. Kuenz

is the first to receive this
award in Oakland County.

In attendance at the luncheon were families of Kuenz
and the six-year--old~~Jesse
Currington, of 70 Jackson
street.

- Kuenz, married, -is the father of Kathy, 3, Tani and
Holly, two-year-old ' twins,
and two-week old Michael,
another daughter.
Jesse is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmie Currington. He
and his sister, Savannah, attend Bagley ~School.
_ In - addition, two city
commissioners, M. R. Hen_ry and P. E. Rowston, were |

in attendance. Others were [|
~Sete Rep. Leslie H. Hud| son rpg geet
vey

officials. fi

company
The prompt action which

saved ~the life of ong Sos

occurred at noon. S. Sa

naw street near Ra
Kuenz, a Laie asitant in

partment nd

nw was: shopping when

=

{bored. It sounded:

he heard an automobile ap
|ply its brakes sharply, and

then a dull thud.

Turning to see what had
happened, Kuenz saw a
small boy, Jesse, - skidding
skidding down the street on
his back. He had been struck
by the car which ~was try:
ing to stop.

Kuenz ran into the street,
ath the cncoming cars
might be unable to see the
boy lying there. He called to
someone to get an~ ambulance, and prepared to administer first aid.

Although the boy did
not appear to be breathing, and no pulse was indicated, and little blood
was flowing from a laceration on the temple, Kuenz

ee eeltins artificial.

Wien te he did this, the boy
and took a very la--

nd directly
stop the
de- | bleeding. He then turned the

wne |~hild~s head. sideways so that

Mrs.. J. Merrill Spencer has 4

Chief of Technical Services at the |"
Flint Public Library. She has been |

sional employee at the Flint pub- |.

~ - i:
ie < a hs oe
*

Free C

ibe at this |

needs to be done to furttér the
Detroit Schoal system.

His statement~ appeared in a

evil

Flint: was amply represented
at. the ~June 17-22nd: Congress of.
the National Sunday School and:
Baptist ~Training Union, held in:
Omaha,. Nebraska.
The /Rev. and Mrs. Alfred
Robbs ~ attended from Canaan
along with delegates Mrs. Ella
Jones, Emitt Robins, Joseph Robins, Mrs. Rosa Littlefield and
Mrs. Mae Johnson. The Rev. A. F.
Thomas of Trinity Baptist Church
and the Rev. Gordon were in attendance,- as well as delegaates
from. Macedonia, Metropolitan
and other Flint churches.

One opinion was unanimous -It
was.a wonderfully inspiring experience for all.

One of the most memorablé

sere. >

made by Dr. Gardner C. Taylor,
pastor of the Concord Baptist
Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., and
the first Negro to serve as president of the New York City Prot
~lestant. Council of Churches.

~Patience and forebearance
| cannot be long for us. We are
~moving forward, not-with forebearance but with forthright
neds; We're marching towards

an~ American dream,~ said Dr.
Taytor. ~Once they said the
Negro was not ready to enter
the-fuliness of American life,~
Dr. Taylor continued. Now
they say white people are not

ready for integration. We are. going to prod until. America~
becomes the democracy it pro-~
claims, to be. Weve~ suffered
too mvch to turn back now.~

His speech was received. with
thunderous applause from the
eighteen thousand atiending
the historic Congress.

The City. of Omaha welcomed
the delegates heartily. It~ was a
good ~experience for both races.
All went away with an increased
spirit. of brotherly love; leaving
behind them a ~new appreciation
and respect for the Negro.

Kay

Tuberculesis has. decreased
steadily in the past few decades,
Despite this

from this ~ disease, last) year.
Twenty years ago, TB was pfrisation is reversed. That is whv
every adult 18 years: of age and

chest aie.

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L

eter

speeches of the convention was [

Detroit School Board
President Eyes Future
Human Relations Gains

~Detroit + Dr. Remus 6. Robinson, the first Negro to carry the
title of. Detroit School Board president related this week that much

principals of democracy in -the

Dr. Robinson,: dadeinted last week will move this fall towards
several goals which will benefit the Negro teacher and pupil.

daily Detroit newspaper. Robin:

san was the Motor City~s first Negro school board member.

iti. On. the assignment and promotion of Negro teacher personnel,

~Thobincon stated.

'}: ~Negro tegehers: ans assigned
~to sehools where pupils are all.|6r predominantly Negro. This is

not in accordance with democrat:
ic principles.~

Discriminaticn against ~Negro
pupils, Robinson charged, results
from grading based on. intelligence tests.

eed | per: ~

nally
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SA PRT
sham mie oe tind we el UE

given tests according to midwestern. standards. Because of
their different backgrounds,
these tests are not realistic to
them.
~To presume these chhildren
are not intelligent on the basis
of standards new to them is unfortunate and unfair. Detroit has

-|{not openly discussed this prob
lem and developed a policy of
testing as a result of knowing
the facts.~

Robinson recommended _ that
remedial programs be set up for
such pupils to provide more
~interpretive~ help from teacliers.

He suggested inservice training in human relations for teachers and principals as a means of
promoting democracy in the
schools. 2; I saw a light on @ cruiser and 2

children out of ~the ~South~ are

| BRANT

- Investigate

Ask F.B.L, NI

gy:
Bru:

A 30-year-old shell shocked veteran was hata by po
lice Saturday night to the point where he re
talization for a week. Cornelius Jenkins, 8

hospi
~E: Warren

was returning home from a neighborhood bar after 11 p.m.

He was reportedly using bad

language on the streets. The

| incident took place on Industrial near Warren.~ A detic| tive came up to.him, showed his badge: and told him to
go home. He reportedly answered the officer rudely: Prib
ble then told him he was going to. jail and Basses cons to ar
| rest him.:

He wrestled with the detetties
who drew a gun and told him he
would shoot him if he didn~t
quiet down. The detective is
said to have hit Jenkins four or
five times. on the left cheek
while another officer held the
ccrowd back. They then put hi
in the cruiser and handcuffed
him.

Several. witnesses report that
the officers continued to. beat
Jenkins after he was handcuffed
and in the cruiser. Every article
of Jenkins~ clothing was drenched
in blood.

Witnesses begged officers to
take Jenkins to a hospital but he
was taken to police headquarters
instead, and booked for being
drunk -on the street.

His grandmother, Mrs. Horton,
knowing that he was a vet: called
the Red Cross, who in turn assisted her in getting him to the
hospital. He is- still in Hurley
Hospital as we go to/press.
Witnesses Tell Of Beating

One witness told the B. R., ~I
was at home about 11 p.m., and

> J

said, What | Line I done officer?~
The officer hit him with an object. I couldn~t sée. what it Was.~

A third witness stated: ~I came
up from Duffy~s and saw:a lot of
people, and so I joined the

~ | crowd. I heard C..J. say: ~Offi
cer, why are you whipping me.
What have I done? If you want
to fight-me, take the handcuffs
off me.~ Then I saw the beat
cop walk around the car. He
drew back. and hit C. J.- with a
long metal: C. J. was in the cruiser while this was. happening.~

Mrs. Horton -has filed: a ~6mplaint ~with the NAACP. The FBI ~
is also inyestigating the case.

NAACP RATES

all to whip me Tike this? ~if you
take these handcuffs off me, I

j will fight you.~ When C. J. said

this, the beat officer opened the
right hand door of the cruiser
and hit him in his right side
with his fist and knocked him
in the corner of the seat. C. J.
sat, up and the same policeman
hit with a long flashlight, the
blow landed on his right temple. ~

Another witness stated, ~I was
on my. way back to work when
I happened to see two policemen
talking to some people at the
corner of Warren and Industrial.
I didn~t know what was going on,
but then I saw C. J. lying on the
ground and had handcuffs on. A
cruiser drove up and they pyt
him in. One uniformed policeman put on gloves and started
hitting him with his fists. C. J.

reduction, more |.
| than~ 600 Michigan: people died

~narily a disease of~yeuth, but~
today: records show that the sit-*

vider is ee ~Free~ |.

~~

L.R Rev. Isiah Sneel

orth District

Bishos Gomez Visits Saginaw

* _photo 2 By E. Cobb

d ~28" 3 you~

~| vention in Little Rock

released here cdey ina simultaneously: in New York City,.on
the eve of the Association~s 49th ~
annual convention which opens
in Cleveland on Tuesday continues through July 13.

~Other events of the year of
historic significance in the
struggle for equal rights,~ the.
100-page report continues, ~include the use of federal troops
to sustain~ a federal court order requiring the admission
of Negro students to a. previously all-white high school in
Little Rock, Ark., the enactment of a New. York City ordinance banning racial and religious discrimination in the
rental or sale of private housing, the first such ordinance to
be enacted in any American
city; and the continuing desegregation of public schools in
compliance with the U.S. Sues Court ruling of May 17,
1954.~

Negative Developments:
These positive achievements, ~
he report asserts, were countervalanced by certain. ~~negative

] ~develépments feeding the flames

of racial strife, mocking the democratic professions: of our country. 2

Nevertheless, the report main--
tains, the overall advances made
n. 1957 were ~encouraging.~ The
Civil: Rights Act, the first such
neasure enacted by Congress in
32 years, provides federal pro--
ection ef the Negro~s: right, to
vote. Although the measure as
yassed. was. not the bill originally
ntroduced with Administration
wpport, ~Association leaders
~agreed ~that the law was effective and. would. facilitate expand-, {ed registration and -voting of Ne
zZroes in: the South,~ the report
r0ints out.~
President ~Served Notice~
Président Eisenhower~s inter~served
wtice that the Exectitive Branch
f ithe government was ~prepared

|.0. sustain the federal: judiciary

n its desegregation orders,~ the
NAACP. report. declares... ~This
~vas the Administration~s reply

| \o the southern doctrine of interRation

which, if~ aéceded: to,
vould have: meaht ahatel,y.

~ The Public Relations - Department of the Elks of Saginaw will
hold a mammoth bareeque Saturday, July 12, all day and evening.

home | ~Hester,
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