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VOLUME I ~ NO. 5.

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1946

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~DETROIT, Mich~(APNS)~
Miss Manje Jackson 17, of
1003 King, Wayne University
co-ed convicted of manslaughterzin the shooting of. her florjst employer, Marlowe Crawford, was given five years Pprobatjor. by Recorder~s Judge

Paul E, Krause,

Judge Krauge ordered that
one of the provigjons of her
probatjon was that she continue
her educatjon.

A yecorder~s Court jury found
Miss Jackson, guilty of shooting
to death Marlowe Crawford,
Gwher of a florist-shop at 8913
Oakland, Aug, 3, 1945.

At the trial, she leaded Selfdefense.

Judge Krause: in sennetigng

Miss Jackgon,| gajd the jury
could just as easily have
brought in a} verdict of. not

guilty, He sajd he had received
Many. letters ~urging that the
girl be placed) on probation,.

Militant Editor Of Locai Tabloid.

DETROIT, ~~ Mich. ~(APNS)~

of the Discriminator News Tabloid, with offices at 37555 West
Warren, has launched a campajgn to find means of a more
cooperative spirit between white
merchants, and Negroes, in communities densely Bpnpisted with
Negroes,

White merchants
populated Negro scctions,
joying ff~om 70 to 95 per cent
Negro trade, according to Mr,
Vontayes,~ should employ one
Or more Negroes in their estab
jn ~densely
ext.

~ lishments,

Stages One-Man Picket Line

When the News Tablojd ~edi
R.. DUKE VONTAYES, Editor! tor~s efforts seemed to be at a

standstill, when merchants fail.

ed to heed the pleadings of Mrhe set out-in a ene~
and made personal~

Vontayes,
man. effort,
calls on
in some

white merchants and
instanees picketed eS
tablishments, and With results,

have
signed agreements with Mr,
Vontayes to hire colored help.
Below js a letter handed in by
Mr, Vontayes, purporting to be
one of his recently signed age
ments: ~

Some establishments

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3753 Ww. Warren.
Detrojt 8, Michigan.
April. 10, 1946

My..,.Ralph -G, |~Mitter

3801 W, Warren

Detroit 8, Michigan ~~

Mr. Mitter, of the Ralph C.
Mitter drug store, on McKinley and Warren, and Mr. Duke
Vontayes, Publisher of the
Djscrimjnator News Tabloid, on
this 10th~ day) of April, have
come to an, agreement. Mr.
Mitter will hire a race clerk behind his counter for the first
time in 39 years,

We want to say thanks
nijllion, and our ~hats are off to
Mr. Mitter for| his full cooperation, a

There will be a race. clerk
behind the counter by the 10th
day ~of this very month, And
we can say that through fhis
cooperatioy that more trade

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shall be hig,
Thanks again, Mr. Mitter, and
thanks to the) public for coop~rating with Mr, Mitter,
*Sjneerely yours,
SS: Ralph.G. Mitter,
SS: R, Duke Vontayes,
| Publisher.
Starting his campaign on
See~Militant Editor~Page 8

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EAD; FOUR ILL AFT ER {

Child, 3,

Others Iil

DETROIT, Mich~(APNS)~

dead; Marva, aged 6; Teripest,
aged 2, and Olanda, aged 6,
@re seriously j]] at HermanKeifer hospital,
a-mjxture from a jar which
thei: grandmother ordered admjnistered to: them.

Mrs.
J essie had

Hines told patice that
the méasles, and

that Mrs, Donnje Collins, the
childyens~ grandmother, gave
her -.a coffee jar contajning

cat-nip, and that
it to al] of the children to drink
they would break out in rash.
Shortly after taking the homeand

gan having convulsions,: Chgres;

ms peared with the A, -C,

| Soldiers,~

{ Were rushed to,the. hospital,

A. C. Choral
Otis Stafford, apJadijes
choir (white) and the A, C.4
Men~s Chorus: They sang ~Tige
ten to the Lambs,~ Burleigh, &:

The
under - Mr.

Mrs, Elizabeth Stafford;: solo-.
ist. A spiritual by Bowles;4
~Tarapering,~ ~ Mrs, Flavella,

Jennings, soloist,

The thyee choruses sang an
ensemble, ~Onward Chyjstian
~and. ~Gloria, of the.
Hallelujah Chorus,

All. members of the chorus }
performed magnificently, Mr,
Otis Stafford ig director of the
chorus.

LANCASTER~ GIRL
IN MAIL BOX CHARGE

COLUMBUS,
The United States Attorney,
for the Southern ~District of
Ohio charges that Pauline
Francis Smith about November
17,

Lancaster, Ohio,

check, The sum of -the check

forged by this Person,

Dead; Four)

Little Jessie Hines, aged. 3,~is

after drjnking

Some weeds and told her it was!
if she gave!

made remedy, the.children be
ti

Group, 1G

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FLINT, Mich~ (By. Special
release to. Flint Spokesman
~| and APNS)~We. are privileged
to: ayinounce that Mr, George
~Friley, loca] business man and
~promoter of many jnterprises,
has, been drafted to make the
-ytn for commissioner from the
third ward,

Mr, Friley Has. Had A Long
| And~ Varied Career Here ~
~Coming to Flint in 1929, Mr.

ley iley has been jn the midst of

_ i945 did steal from a. mail | %,
box at.122 1-4 N, Broad Street, |'9.

[everstbing that is of a pro
nature in the devel.
of a better way of life

is first venture was the
lication of the Flint - Bee,
My. Willard~s departure

' an énvelope. | ion
containing a U. S, Treasury >

was '$100 and is registeyed un-#
der ~@ second count as being}

om the city, seeing and opyetunity for rendering a greatef Service, Mr, Friley gave up
ctivities here and went to
Cfroit to Promote: the famous

lis Wheatley Bread. De
Great Lakes L

The* Flint District under ~the
leadership of Manager J. Hows
ard Aldridge has taken on néw
life. Superjntendent
coe Tyler stated that the agen
lenict have pledged:
Aldridge that they will rank
with any district jn the eomi-}
pany~s set-up on the Bey, man
average.

The agents elected Mr. 0. -W,
Branch.as President; and Mrs,
A.~ Taylor as Secretary of the
Flint. District
Mr, Branch and the. agency
Zrowp went on. record, endosging the.-week of April.8, 1946

are. as - follows: Mr. QO. Ww.
Branch;.Pres., Megs, G. Mur-.
dock, B, ~Brown, G. Dilworth,
A, Taylor, T, S, Bowman,~ M.

Company Undée i

A, Ros-};

cy personne] pf the Flint Dis. | gx

Agency - group. | nite -

as Supt. Tylez~s Week, Agents4

din~s Dining Room, He was
excellent host. The group
ed the lovely chicken
Dner. Supt. A, Roscoe Tyler
~expréssed thanks and appreciaSofie to Manager Aldridge, Mrs., Owens, Sec~y., and the
ney personne] for the splenis cooperation durjng his three
weeks. stay in their district: He
further stated that he was sure
That. he voiced the sentiments
of the agency department when
he stated that Flirt -js- a defi~part of the company, and
that: he is expecting to double
the. it of the district before
ite ~end of September, 1946,
$:. Owens gave some sad
3 aks on: encouragemen
| After which the agen's gave

fait cooperation to the new man
J.. Cooper, Manager Ajdridge]

entertained the group. at- ~

ager, J, Howard Aldridge and
the - pmpeny~s program,

* tt ie ae

" GEORGE: F RILEY

Draft Gosige Friley For Third
Ward Commissioner Race _

w. Management: |

an impressive pledging to give

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Cancer Drive

One of the more active organizations supporting the re-.
cent cancer drive, was the~
Friendship. Club, Mesdames,
Reoma Norman and Wm, Kimble co-chairmen. Those who
worked So hard to make: this
pia a success. were: Mesdam
A. Weathers, R,. Beck, M

Datis, A, Broadnax, Jeanette
Williams, Ellen Molay - and
daughte r Diana, S. Whe-ler,

Mys. Ross and daughter Beatrice, and Misses Bobby. Jean
Wilson and Hermie and_ Virginja Todd.

This group manned the Sstations at Hamady Brothers on
Mondays and Thursdays, Walgreens on TueSd@ys, Fridays
and Saturdays, The group went
Iver the top, that is over the
ome hundred dollar mark, Little ~Diana Molay raised +the

spite this, ~Mr. Friley always |t
had a love for Flint. When the}!
situation developed that gave
the colored people the oppor.

| tunity to get another policeman

on the forte it was found thr
Mr, Friley was the only man
who had the. qualifications as
stipulated by the Civil Service
Commission: Digplaying a fine
sense of duty, Mr. Fyiley came
back to cinch this position for
the colored group,

It was on the police force that
Mr, Friley demonstrated his
real worth and became natjonally famous; He had a theory
that if a policeman made
friends out of the so-called
bad: boys jin the community
that these boys would natural.
ly stay oyt of mischief,.To
this end the Pal Club was orgZanjzed ~by the Police Depart-' >
ment of. Flint, with Mr.. Friley
as director, A bujjding was secured, The building where the
FICC..is located. A very aggressive program was. carried
on there and the. delinquency
among colored: boys. dimjnjshed
almost to the vanishing point,
Mr. Friley~s activities with the
Pal Club, which - is ~Police
Athletic. Club,~~ brought -natjonSee~George Friley~Page 8

Graduates From
Bakers Univ.

FLINT, Mich. April 14.

Migs Veriene Gibson, gradu.
ate of Flint Central Hj School
and fwho has just recently
graduated from the Bakers Businéss University, is the fourth
Negro to graduate from ~the
University, Miss Gibson finished second highest student of
her class, She is the. sister of
John. Gibson, recent dischargec
of the. army; who js now atvending Howard University.

Miss Gibson is taking advance

training - in~ the office. of Attor
ney Young, resides on Thirteenth. Street,

highest amount.of all,

jssue eae! I would report
My findings to the many readers of the Spokesman every.
F mipaths, I now find. myself.in
somewhat of a daze. There are. many things to write about
that I searcely know where to

te I. do feel that I am
in ing ~upon firm ground when
fess myself to the young
people of Flintland all" of those
that come to Flint,-I want you
ita bear in mind that I am still |
that ~category -of being a
gster myself, sjnce I have
not reached my middle twen.
ties ag yet:
I. feel that all young people,
oldsters too, should etek
wholesome recreation, It seems
appalling. to me that there js
sQ-.much. drinking among our
young.peopld. A person is
NeVer ~More ridiculous than
when che is. under the inflyence ~ef liquor. I would like
tO Se@ Zour girls observe more
~of the. accepted conventions,
that ake ake common usage, It is
abomtnabt-. when a gl. is
loud, ~boisterous or loose - talking in the street, feeling that
) pergon will fail to get what

I) meeh, I. will pass on tos
something else.
iI 3 to stress jn my Pre-_

vious Oiitetement the extreme}
Urgency: of building a large circulation.. I asked your complianee~ and some of you have
res ponded - admirably, The case
is still. aggravated and I fee]
that I mugt ask you again, Do

jhe wife of one of L Pines dead

MRS. O. CALLOWAY
Mrs. Calloway
Heads Fairview

P.-T.A.

Mrs, Oscar Calloway,
foymer Miss ~Leola -Grier,

the

and.

more ~ sactite ~soting mothers. of
the community. This is sjgnificant because~ this is the first
time that one ~of our group has.

- Despite - tiie: fact - hat~: xe
works regularly in her ~htgband's -business, the Hollywood
Cleaners, Mrs, Calloway ~ finds
time -to -work with. the *chayacter building: organizations,
She Served two semesters as
mother, -vice. president and as ~
See~Mrs. Calloway--Page 8

Flint Streets
And People

- By Imogene Bibbs
STREET CHATTER: Wonders
of whether a popular club. on
our main stem will continue
after a ceytajn date,

ORCHIDS TO: -Our ~ returned ~
Servicemen,- who are rapidly fe
Showing: us the ~fine stff~ of;
which they are made,

Connie ~Childress, our - most -
Venturesome young. man in the
~business world, It~s realistic
rnow. Johnson Buchannan, our
own International Represeniative of UAW- CIO who is Director of ~Unemployment Compengation of the greater Flin~,
and Industrial Unjon Council,
has offices jn. CIO Bldg. path
floor,

Have you edoipartlation
troubles? Yell, I have told you.

Georgia Moore, who grésts
you. at Moese~s Grocery, same

The City Editor~Page 8

See~Flint Streets~Page. aa

'LOS ANGELES ~ ANP ~
Refusing to face justice after
putting a bullet. through the
throat of a woman friend, Bennie Harris, 42, last week fought
of more than 50 police for
an hour. before he was routed
by tear. gas and turned his gun
upon himself. inflicting a fatal
wound,

The. battle, zwhich. took cies
0} two. sides of (@ hotel room
on Pedro avenue, here, -halted
traffic and terrorized persons
falking in the- yinity.> Harris
atricaded himself~; in the ~room
after shooting Bessie Mae Davis,.

Shoots Woman, Battles Police One
Hour, Turns Gun On Self

Davis, severely wounded, craw- -
led to the hall and other ~residents~ summoned the police.
Harris fired upon officers until weakened by ~wounds, he
committed suicide,
Gd former residents of New
Orleans compared the fragedy
fo that of the almost legendary
~neident of Robert Charles back
in the ~90~s; Charles, after killing his sweetheart, ~had barritaded himself in fis home. Accordiag to reports he_ killed
some 20. policemen with his
Winchester Tifle before he per.

7. A resident of tai hotel. Miss~

~shed in flames set orf bye the
= fire,