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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN |

~SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1946

Jamaicans Demand End of

British Rule at Rally

KINGSTON, JAMAICA~ANP

cheered wildly militant Jamaican leaders of the People~s Natjonal party here Tuesday night
during a raly in Edelweiss park
when they demanded an end of
British rule for Jamaicans.

Marking the first national protest to the recent British teatvent of 1,300 Jamaican royal
wir force troops charged with
rioting aboard the liner Bergensfjord, Martin Luther Baker, an
RAF aircraftsman,. told of abuses to Jamaicans in England.

~We went: over pro-British but
we came back anti-British and I
say 100 per cent ariti-British,~
he said,

Willis O. Isaacs; chairman of
the demonstration, said he had
yet to see one Englishman who
was eager to solve the racial
question, although there were
a number of people in the United States trying to combat racial prejudice,

~His thought is identical to
Germans,~ Isaacs charged.
~He is the master race. As far
as Jamaica is concerned there
Shall be no master race for us,
We know for what they are and

will treat them as they deserve.~

W. A. Domingo, party leader, held the English soldier in
ridicule. |

~The English soldier is a great
fellow when he fights a people
without arms,~ he said, refer
ring to British white troops~ ac--

tion toward unarmed Jamaican
RAF men taken off the Bergensfjord, ~But what happened at
Dunkerque? What happened in
Crete? What happened in -Notway?~ }
He placed the party on recor
as insisting that no foreign
troops stay in our country or
that when they are here, they
are subject to our contral. |
~Under the leadership of the
P, N. P. we are becoming a nation and we must have control
of our armed corces,~ he continued, ~It took oppression in
England, taunts, inSults and all
those bad things to drive Jamaicans together.~ |
Anunanimous approval of ja
resolution condemning the conduct of British soldiers as unjustified and demarding a public inquiry was won by Norman
W. Manley, party chairman and
minority spokesman in the Jamaican legislature, |

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Final Tribute Paid

Dr. John Clarence

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ With
saddened hearts and depressed

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spirits, college presidents, bish-o1d pue ssauigng ~siajsrurur ~sdo
fessional leaders and the general
rank and file public, last week
paid final tribute to Dr, John
Clarence Wright, teacher, college president and minister extraordinary. |

Rev. Wright died at his residence following an extended illness of nearly two years. |

The deceased had won national renown as a college president, teacher and high churchman. He had been a teacher of
English at Tuskegee institute for
a number of years, Later he was
called to the presidency of Edward.Waters college, Jacksonville, Fla. then to the presidency of Brick Junior college |in
North Carolina and to the deanship of the Florida A, and M.: H

Ask $15,000
Charging False
Burial

WASHINGTON ANP
District commissioners and a
number of Gallinger hospital of~
ficials last week were Sued for
$15,000 by two brothers, who,charged that another body was

gburied for that of their sister
after she died from tuberculosis
~at the institution.

The brothers, H. McKinley
Lewis and Julius, also named the
funeral directors who handled
the funeral in their suit, They
declare that several days after
services were held for Lethia M,
Lewis, ~their sister, the family
heard rumors that the body
supposedly as hers, was that of
another peison. Upon investigation, Miss Lewis~ body = was
ound at the morgue,

It is also charged that some
of the jewelry belonging to the
Lewis woman had bcen buried
with the other body.

Queired on the suit, Dr. Philip Stebbing, assistant medical
superintendent of Gallinger hospital, said the incident occurred
at least five years ago, and said
one of Miss Lewis~ brothei: saw
the body before it was buried.
The mistake, he declared, was
due to a similarity of names.

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time. -He is pictuted here with the
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CHAMP CONGRATULATES ANOTHER~Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louls congratulates Reuben J. Patton, sales @ Sch

Distilleries and subsidiaries, who topped the most powerful distributor
sales force in *he couniry recently when he led eighty-seven salesmen

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mpaign. on Carioca Rum. Formerly
salesman of the firm at:the present,
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church 14 years ago, where he|

was pastor until the hour of his
death. Besides his official duties
at the church, Rev. Wright had
served in a nymber of strategic
capacities. At one time he direcied the affairs of the Butler
St. YMCA. He was-a member of
the Georgia Commission on Interracial cooperation, the moving spirit in the founding of the
Atlanta Metropolitan association
for the Colored Blind, moderator for the Congregational
Church in South Carolina and

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explains why more Schenley whisky
end Schenley by-products; such~ 4s
Carioca Rum, is sold in New-York,
than any other brand.

Of even more significance, however, is the fact that the number
one man of this crack sales farce
is a Negro, who joined the staff
only nine months ago, and immediately began establishing all
kinds of new records. He is Reuben J Patton, a tall, modest, personable individual, who is extremely conscious of the fact that his
continued success may. be the key
to.more jobs for members of his
race. The distinction. of being the
top-ranking liquor salesman in the
highly competitive New York marvket is not as important to Patton
as the possibility of setting an example in this particular field of
endeavor for others to follow. It
is no secret tnat other firms here
are conscious of ~the job he has
done.and consequently realize that
salesmanship is not based on race,
but, rather on ability.

~Pm not only trying to prove
that I~m'a good salesman,~ Patton
explains, ~but also that race is no
barrier. I~d like to. see more younr
Negroes become associated with big
firms and become salesmen. It~s a
very profitable business if you have
the ambition and energy to work.

PATTON'S RISE

His rise in th2 business world is
a story that is typically American.
He started at the bottom and worked to the top. He onve washed
~automobiles in Detroit. Mich. Then

NEW YORK~The Brooklyn Wine and Spirits Company, a branch)
iof the firm which produces Schenley whiskies, has the most powerful
and efficient sales fdrce of any distributing agency in the entire count
ltry. It is composed of eighty-seven scientifically selected mien who

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he decided he wanted to sell ~ears
and from that ~time on he wen
places. He was held in such high
esteem in Detroit~s big and ~sprawl
ing Negro business section, ~Paradise Valley;~ that they elected hi
as its mayor three times, Durin
his tenure in. office. he becam
active in all types of civic~ affair:
and the late Franklin D. Roosevel
once wrote him ~a,personal lette
of commendation for his efforts to
build a national non-partisan.hospital for the cure of infantile|
paralytic patients. aA '
LRB ARBITRATOR:
For the past three years, Patton|
was an arbitrator with the Government Labor Relations. Board,
When the war ended he decided tos
join the staff of the Brooklyn Wine~
& Spirits Co.: ee
It was a wise decision on his:
part and also on the part of thef
company to hire him. ~I hava
worked with a lot of firms,~ Patto
said recently, ~but the Schenley,
Company is the best. All they as
is that you. go out and sell an
you'll] be- well rewarded. Not only.
have they given me an opportunity,|
but they also have Negroes work-!
ing in~ the business department,
which is moré than gratifying.~ |
At a recent meeting of the sales-!
force, Col, Olaf K. Tackle, one of
the company~s top executives: said,
~Mr: Patton-is our ~top ~salesman.
He~s there because he earned that
distinction through hard work. My

only regret is that he isn~t ten men~

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Legless Man an

HOUSTON ~ ANP ~ That
the Winston Cockerells make
good use of the one leg in their
family may be Seen in their well
kept half-acre homesite in Acres
homes here, in their comfortable
home, and in the many activities they both engage in. {

Cockrell, 44, lost both legs
above the knees in a train accident nine years ago; his wife
lost her left leg~ in an automobile accident in 1930, Despite
the seeming handicap, Cockrell
built his home,~ and ~with ' two
| assistants, operates successfully
a garbage disposal service. Mrs.
Cockrell cares for the home, the
chickens and the hogs which

d Wie, with One
Leg, Successful and Happy_

they raise.

~The legless man, an expert
mechanic, owns and drives two
trucks which have adjustments
enabling him to operate the gas,
feed, brakes and clutch by hand.
He repairs his own trucks, and
often repairs cars for his neighbois. He is using his. spare time
now building a third truck from
parts of wrecked vehicles,

He feeds the garbage he collects to his hogs, and- says he
nets $1,000 annually from their
sale, The story of the happy,
busy life of the Cockrells is told
in the June issue of Negro Life
magazine published here,

Joe Louis ~Easy to

| POMPTON LAKES, N. J. ~
ANP ~ Joe Louis, world heavyweight ~boxing~ ~champion, appeared ~last ~week an easy tar1 get to hit, according to Billy; Conn~s brother, Jackie, who
made his comment after seeing
the champion:-work out here
with his sparring partners.

Conn based his opinion of
Joe~s fighting ability on the
success of Jimmy Bell, George
Fitch, Al Hoosman and Perk
Daniels to hit him, Some obServers agreed with Conn,
claiming Joe had _ difficulty
lifting his right arm and that
his left hodk does not dart furiously toward these foe as in
former years,

~He looked easy to hit,~ remarked Jackie after Louis~ exhibition.

Joe~s sparring staff were re~ported to be giving him the

Hit,~

Asserts Conn~s Brother

same treatment he will face on
June 19 at Yankee stadium
when he meets Billy. They are
making-him solve the jabbing,
hooking and cuffing problems
he will face in defense of his
crown.

His physical condition is satisfactory to Mannie Seamon,
his trainer, who aded to his
spalring six minutes of shadow
boxing, bag ptinching, rope
skipping, floor calisthenics and
a stomach test, which included
Joe exposing his stomach to a
medicine ball thrown at four
feet away by the giant George
Nicholson.

Conn has boxed 209 rounds to

reveal, Fight experts are making
pro and con arguments on the
champion~s. ability to weather
the storm against Conn in the

same fashion he did when they]

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F Industry award Wednesday at

| Expose Changes

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date and Joe 92, latest reports.

AFL Leaders.
Gird for
Southern Drive

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ Labor
leaders representing all the Significant AFL brotherhoods in the
south, including three Negroes
and two women, met at the Robert Fulton hotel last week, preparing for the forthcoming membership campaign in the south,
The three Negro labor leaders
attending the meeting were: G.
Benjamin, vice president of the
Tobacco. Workers~ International
union, Richmond, Va.; James
Hampton, international representative of the International Hod
Carriers, Building and Common
Laborers~ union, Sheffield, Ala.,
and Charlie Lockhart vice president, International Longshoremen~s association, Miami.

Georgia Vets
In State Meet

MACON, Ga. ~ ANP ~ Veterans from all sections of Georgia attended the state conference
of the United Negro and Allied
Veterans of America, Inc,, held
at the Cambin inn last, week.
Representatives from the regional office of the Veterans ~administration discussed pensions,
education, farm problems, bonus
problems, jobs and other matters of special interest to veterans, aie

Ben F, Cofer, of Atlanta, dis.
cussed the candidates in the
for:hcoming primary of July 17.

Members of the Macon pos:
entertained the visiting veterans
in a dinner meeting.

School Honors ~
Major Wright
Banker

PHILADELPHIA ~ ANP ~
Maj, Richard Robert Wright,
founder and president of the
Citizens and Southern Bank and
Trust Co,, was presented with
the fourth annual Pioneers of

the Murrell Dobbins Vocational
school.

Previous recipients were Edward G. Budd, president of
Budd Manufacturing Co., 1943;
Horace P, Liversidge, president
of the Philadelphia Electric Co.,
1944; and Walter D. Fuller, pres~ident of the Curtis Publishing
Co., 1945,

The presentation--was made by
Phiiip Snyder, president of the
student council of the school,
Tribute to Murrel Dobbins, pioneer of: vocational education, was
paid by Frank Robinson, principal of the Mastbaum Vocational
school.

The awatd was made to Maj.
Wright for his ~leadership in
the banking industry. As founder and president of the Citizens
and Southern Bank and Trust
Co,. Major Wright has led the
way in many important matters
of commerce and interracial relations,~ ~his citation read.

The presentation was made at
exercises at which J. Norwood
Baker, principal of the school
presided,

Maj, Wright was born in slavery. He founded a school for
Negro children in Georgia and
served in the Spanish-American
war. In 1921 he established his
bank.

Registration
Bars ~

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~~~ The
press exposure of: crippling and
~hindring tactics employed by
some Georgia registrars against
prospective Negro reiStrants
about results, it wss
revealed last week.

A letter from a Bainbridge
resident, referring ~tc reportec
barring tactics, at Blakely in|
Ealy county said?

~Since these men have been
exposed through the press, they
ae doing miuci better. They
had a most vicious manner in
eliminating the prospective reg-strents. All forms of fake tests
were used. One registrant was
given a Latin grammer and told
to interpret the constitution in
Latin,~:

Other localities reported similar changes in tactics.

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BEATING THE GUN

By ALVIN MOSES
A PRETTY FAIR PROPHET (..)
NEW YORK~(ANP)~IN OUR LAST WEEK'S CHAT.

with you, we ventured the opinion that before the ~46 track
and field season ended Herbie McKinely, smooth striding quarter miler of [ilinois U., would threaten 46 seconds flat. Like
the quaint Gypsy woman who operates from her caravan wagon. our prophecy almost came home to roost during the running
of the recent Big Ten track and field meet, June | at Urbana,
Ill: The front pages of the nation~s daily papers carried pictures and headlines of McKinley's triumph in the 440-yard
event traversing the route in the new world record time of

46.2.
CCNDITIONS FAR FROM IDEAL

oe.. The rangy fair-skinned ball of fire who hails from Jamaica, B.W.I., as-does Lloyd La Beach, Wisconsin U., another -
Big Tcn standout, performed this startling feat through a drizziing rain, thus eclipsing the former record of 46.4 established
by Een Eastman, white, of Stanford U., in 1932; and equalled
by Grover Klemmer, California U., in '41. We cited the~ster.,
ling performance of Bingo Dismord, Chicago U., who in. 1916
set cue Big Ten-record of 47.4. Dismond, great as thé New
York medico.was, wauld not have been wihout four: yards of
che flying Jamaican~s, heels had.they faced ealh other at the
op of their careers.

~CLOSE TO OWENS~ BEST IN FURLONG~, Of a verity, Herbie McKinley must be a human dynamo
with spehially built-in atomic innovations near the heart and
~ung lines. Not satished with his 440-yard stunt, the leaniimbed West Indian marvel captured the 220 race in the unbeievably fast time of 20:6. Not since Ohio State's immortal
Jess Owens was around have many men flirted with the clock
~or this event as did McKinley. Later in the historic (for him)
ifternoon, he came back to carry the baton on the anchor leg
or his team~s relay in the miie event to break another Big Ten
~ecord. Illinois won this event in 3:12.4 beating Michigan's
ime of 3:14.7 created in-1937. LaBeach, who came to the
States (1944) on a work permit later enrolling as-an agricultural student at Wisconsin, pulled a Jess Owens bit also when
he blazed thru 100 yards in* the great time of 9:6, best for
event since Owens himself turned the trick ten seasons ago.

~THE MELTING POT~

RAIN, of a torrential order more often reserved for the
tropics, has contrived to make the early '46 season of the NEGRO NATIONAL BASEBALL (eastern sectors) LEAGUE.
the worst financially in its history Sunday after Sunday fans
have made the journey to the Polo Grounds as well as Larry
Mac Phail~s beautiful Yankee Stadium, only to be turned back
by signs stating ~game postponed on account of wet grounds.~
But right here and now, the magnates, the big fellows who foot
the bills (also clip the coupons when clipping is in order) |
should be reminded of a faux pas which just does not add up.

Colored patrons, and they have turned out in new thousands the past four years, never know when a game is going to
be called off? >?.... Seems to me that some radio announcer
(white or colored) could be given this all-important assignment of keeping loyal fans posted in this connection club owners... Aside from a number of letters that reach us wekly, we are
stopped on the streci countless times and angry fans have.
asked that we flay these short-sighted (their own language)
owners for their gross negligence...,1 am definitely in accord
with the brown lement of John Q. Public and hope the: whole
silly mess will be adjusted and righted with no further blasts
than this one.. Let me hear your side Messrs. Pompey, Semler et al,~you deserve equal space for your views and | am
prepared to give you same if interested.

JOE LOUIS and BILLY CONN have had prominent spots
in motion-picture -news Reels this past month... Naturally,
all of it is part of the necessary ballyhoo justifying $100 tops
for the Jacobs blood-bath ~ oh hum, +~ the plot seldom
changes~aye?

SNELSON~S ~TWILIGHT BEAM
NEW YORK Sip This rainy weather the past

month must be the answe*x to the prayers of the farmers:.. but -
there are no farms around here, and the green at the parks is
ready not to bc used for beds when the Louis-Conn fight goes
on June 19 at Yankee Stadium.

Your cruising reporter, recently returned from nearly a
year's jaunt*'to the far west, must admit that my column has

been dilatory and dormant ever since | returned home... to
Harlem... so busy in many ways... business mostly..
First, let me explain the first paragraph more fully... For

the benefit of fight fans and visitors heading this direction anytime soon.. especially now... seriously speaking... bedroom
space is so scarce that it is ridiculous. ~-} have been a resident
in Harlem lo these many years and | have never seen such a
parking space shortage before... Don~t depend on friends unless you know them well caough... ~~To move over~ that is
share the couch, or make you a pallet in the hall:.. Thanx to

the lady who did. that for me until | located..

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Of course the greatest topic is whether Chambon Joe
Louis~ hcavyweight crown is tottering... personally, speaking
I have every confidence in the Brown Bomber, but as he himself always states: ~The best man always wins.~ I'am~ hoping

*... ~I'm Glad I Win!~

My souvenir program in Harlem's tribute to the champion
~is on the press right now, after many tiresome days of toil
and labor, and | must admit that I might congratulate myself in
throwing together such a fine display of publication in so short
atime. I have a mailing list and will send my good friends,
pals and gals a copy from coast-to-coast... if you fail to get a
copy drop me a line care of this newspaper and I'll send you

last met,

one presto.... FREE, but you can pay the postage..

that he will still be ~that man~ who always says over the mike.