Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 16]

PAGE SIX

~THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1946 )

KKK STILL ON MOVE: ACTIVE IN ST.LO

Waters in Hot Water for F ailing
To Pull A $23,000 Lobbying Deal

New York ~ CNS ~ Oscar
Waters, self proclaimed friend of |
Mayor William O~Dwyer and |
members of the City Council,

- found himself in a lot of hot

water this week.

Waters has ailegedly accepted
$12,155 from the- ex-temporary
Patrolmen~s Benevolent Association saying that he would lobby
for the association to get them
permanent police jobs. Accord.
ing to-Geerge Hendricks, secretary of the association composed of 7233 Negro wartime tem
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porary New York policemen, who
have been dismissed since the
end of the war. The lobbying
got no further than City Hall;
Hendricks signed the com:
plaint against Waters charging
that Waters promised getting a
local legislation passed which
would get temporary policemen
permanent status. Also he agreed
to give Waters $23,000 for the
job and so far he had paid him
$12,155, When questioned about
the funds, Waters simply said he
was still working on the bill.

Cortez Peters Wins World Title
As Accuracy Typist in Chicago

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CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Competing with his hand powered
typewriter against the _ electric
machines of other contestants,
Cortez Peters,:enowncd speed
typist, won the title of world~s
accuracy chumipion here Wednesday night in the first contest in five years, Peters. holds
the world~s spved cnampionship
on vortable typewriters.

All other operators of hand
- powered typewriters ceclined the

test -because the rules permitted electric typewriters to be
used. Although it has been
generally conceded that the e.ectric machines offer superior advantages when one has to operate a machine for one hour at a
full rate of speed, Peters nevertheless decided to see if they
could maintain their same advan
iage in 1946 which they attained
in 1941. No contests were held
during the war.

In 1941 the electric riachine
winner was able to write, the
hour test <1 a rate of cight words
pér minute faster, hav.cig -esiablished a record of 149 words per
minute to 141 for Peters. In this
contcs: the electric typewriters
established a record of 140
words per minute to. 133 for
Peters, a differential of only seven words per minute. It is reaiized that the five year lay-off
had something to dv with the

at the bcttom of the
~stead of aaving to occasionally

speed being slightly lower,

W. C. Maxwell, manager of
the international contest, im!
mediately afterward | declared
that.in the future electric typewriters will compete ~ only
against electric typewriters, and
hand-powered machines will
compete against machines in the
seme cless i

Jt was a moral victory for Peters through pressing the issue in
this contesi to cause the elimination of electric typewriters in
standard mahine contests, ~ _

Some of the advantages en>
joved by electric typewriters are
as follows: the carriage is te.
turned automatically; a light in+dicates when the end of the
line is reached, instead of a bell
ring, which often 1s not heard
when numerous machines are being operated, the keys are merely touched and not struck; the
shift keys and space bar is mereiy touched; the keys are drivea
to the roller by a motor-force
more powerful than 100 times
the striking force: of the fingers;
a light indicates when you are
page, in
look up to observe a mark at the
bottom of the page, and the

~element of fatigue is almost en
tirely eliminated. E
The title of world~s accuracy
champion typist was awarded to

Vioned for. walls and floors.

ATTAINS EDUCATIONAL
HONORS *~ Miss Ruth Maizie
Thomas, associate frofessor cf
the departinent of secondary education at Wilbe:force univer
sity. received an education degree n Englsh education last
Wednesday during cremonies at
New York university. A- native
of New York, Miss Thomas is
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Thomas, wellknown New. York undertakers.
She plans to attend the Alpha
Kappa Alpha boule in Los Angeles:n August as a delegate of
Rho Omega chapter, Wilberforce
university, and has keen men.
the post cf regional
directar of the Great Lakes area,

Leaky Root
Water which comes into a building
through a leaky roof spreads out under the roofing to the roof boards,
the plates and studs, and into the

Peters because he. maintained
the highest degree of accuracy
of any of the contestants, having made only 52 missstrokes in
striking neariy 42,400 keys in
the hour, at the rate. of more
than 12 strokes per ~second.

Cortez Peters is the. founder
and operator of three business
colleges named after him, located in Washington, Baltimore and
Chicago. He was awarded a
beautiful: gold trophy in recog
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Race Girl Directs Inter-racial
Seamen~s Club in The Heart of N. Y.

By Gladys P. Graham |..NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Ver.
sa/ile: Virginia born, Ohio reared and educated Sarale Owens,
is, one of the first of her race to
attain the rank of assistant manager and director of volunteers
with the United Seamens~ service located in one of the swank
ies: residential sections of down.
town New York.

Bi-linqual, the young director
has over 500 volunteers of all
races and creeds under her supervision at the Andrew Furseth
Recreation center, Wilshire
house,
pentl:

Miss Owens is educationally
well prepared. She holds her
bachelor~s degree from the University of Cincinnati, masters:
from, the New York School of:
Social work and is enrolled in.

| the department of personnel and

guidance of New York university
for advanced study, She was the:
~first Negro girl to work in the:
office of the dean of.women!
at the University of Cincinnati;
where she served as race reiations secretary.

Coming to New York, the Zeta
Phi Beta soror has had a wealth
of social service experience with
various agencies, She was asscciate director of the counselling
department of the Brooklyn Y.
M. C. A,, being the first of her~

rac~ so honored, assist2nt director, industrial relations depart-.ment of the Brooklyn Urbar.
league and at one time, was
NYA Counsello>. After rolling
tp a 92.6 in a state civil service
examination to take over a job
~as rehabilitation counsellor for
disabled veterans, she was offer.
ed her present position, she said,
because of her race relations
experience. _

Regarding her work with the
United Seamens service at the
Andrew Furseth elub, Miss
Owens indicated that it was a
wonderful experience in human
relationships and that it enabled one to participate in a
practical way in a social, democratie process in.a relaxed and
social setting.

Negro volunteers were being
slowiy integrated into the program; however, some of them
found adjustment difficult to so
many -nationalities of seamen
dnd: volunteers of other. groups.

One of the main objectives of
the:program worked out. by Miss
Owens, is to develop and understanding of all people and their

needs and to. look upon the sea
men as guests as well as a group
of men from home, needing
wholesome recreation and social
experience in Satire s surround.
ings.

Mayor O~Dwyer of New York Pleads

For Racial Tolerance ~

NEW YORK ~. ANP ~The
American nation was urged to
consider community organization against racial intolerance
as a basis for a ~better life for
all~ ~last week in a_ message
from Mayor William O~Dwyer
issued in. connection with ~ special pre-view of the film, Don~t
Be a Sucker.~
~ The showing at the Normadie
theatre herée* was sponspred by
t'e film di~ision of the Independent Citizens Committee of
the Arts,. Sciences and Professions to acquaint welfare and~

social organizations with the
tolerance plea around which the
moving picture is built.

To be released on Jury 4th,
~Don~t Be a Suclzer,~ was -made
by the army signal corps for
showing. to returning soldiers. It

illustrates how a young veleran}.

about to be swayed by:ae ~hate
talk~ of a rabb'e-rouser, has
his values reaffirmed by a refugee profe;sor ~why explains that

~as ule sem~ sot of bigotry
whi-h inflamed the German
seople niking them ~suckers~

to-be ruied and exploited. -

Ask Gov. Hastie to Name

Young Native to Isle Position

ST. THOMAS, V. I. ~ ANP
~Governor Hastie has been asked to recommend George Simmonds, a native young man, for
appointment by the secretary of
the interior as administrator for
the island of St. John which is
part of the same municipality
as St. Thomas..The post at the
present time is held hy.an
elderly man, George M. Hughes,
who is by profession a_ physician, but who residents of St.
John claim is too old to carry
out the duties of his office. His
resignation becomes effective this
menth, This is the first appointment that natives have recom-.
mended to Governor Hastie. Actually the appointment under
the law must be be made by
Secretary Krug but the recom
nrendation of the governor of

'the island were under jurisdic
ngpytflwiey

Last Saturday Governor Hastie, - accompanied by several
members of his staff paid his
official visit to St. John.

Twenty-five years ago. Mr.
Simmonds entered the government service as a messenger in
the department of finance when
the islands wre under jurisdiction of the navy department.
From then Mr. Simmonds has
received one promotion after
another until he is at present
chief clerk of the department.
He:s well known and respected
by the people of the island of
St. Johns wnere he spends much
of kis leisure time.

Mike Jacobs Pressuring Joe Louis

To Defend Title Again This Year

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ If
Mike Jacobs has his way, Joe
Louis, who succesSfully defended
his heavyweight qown at Madi~son Sqtare Garden last Wednesday night by.an easy eight
round kayo of Biily Conn, will
fight again this year, preferably
in September but against Tami
Mauriello, white, or Jersey Joe

Walcott, recent conqueror of
Jimmy Bivins.
But if Joe has his way ~ as

well as the cash customers who
are still yelling after paying
sums ranging up to $100 each
for the highly ballyhooed ~battle~ ~ he wil not defend his
crown again until 1947, Although Louis collected $625,916.44 for the efforts he will have
little to show for it. Uncle Sam
took $406,000 for income taxes,
The champion owed more than
$100,000 to the government for
back taxes ~prior to joining the
army, had training expenses to
pay, was allegedly indebted to
Jacobs for an estimated $120,000
in advances, and had ~to also
spiit With his ex-wife, Marva,
who came to New York with
their daughter, Jacqueline, and
with Jimmy Braddock, from
whom he won the crown in
2937.

Because of his earnings Wednesday night, any further bouts
this year would be mainly for
the exercise since virtually all
would go to the = for
income tax.

So Louis wiii prehably spend
the rest of the summer taking
it easy and making personal apperrances. He #8 expected to remain here until the first of July
then go to Cieveland to play in
a golf tournament July 4, 5 and
6, unless he decides to fly to
Scotland to witness the British
open golf tournament starting
July 1. There is also the matter
of the opening of his restaurant
between July 8 and 14.

If Louis fails to fight any more

this year, it will also give a
~nance for the after-fight storm
to blow over, Jacobs faces a
possible $100,000 suit for charging that a critic of the bout,
Congressman Donald O'Toole of
Brooklyn, Irish like Conn, was
blowing off because Mike refulsd to send him a free seat.
O~Tvole threatened a congressional probe and other legislators
pieces, although the boxing fraternity expects ~nothing to come
of it.

have also. spoken their.

BURN KKK
-|CROSS IN
ST. LOUIS

ST LOUIS ~ ANP ~ A burning, fiery 19-foot cross and a
white hood hearing the letters
~KKK~ were found last Tuesday night at 11 o~cloc~ in the
Buder playground. which ~ has
been - designeted a recreation
area for Negro children, Heretofore the playground has sek

used by white children.

The cross consisted of two.,
timbers drenched with fuel oil
and bolted together. Tne hov
was~a white sack in which eye:
holes had been cut.

Tie playground bounded by
California avenue, H'ckory and |
Rutger streets and South Ew-/{
ing avenue was staffed with Ne-|
gre supervisors after investi.
gation. by Park Commissioner;
Paimer B. Baumes showed the:
500 white school children ~in the!
neighborhood had ac-~ss to sev.
eral other playgrounds while;
the 901 Negro children had no~
recreational facilities at all,

Whites inthe neighborhood:
vigorously protested against- Ne.;
groes taking over the Buder
playground. The vicinity is divided about haif and half be
tween persons of both races.

IGNORES
TENEATS

More than 400 Negroes defied
the opposition and swarmed in
ae

to the playground:ast June 7,

~although the swings were }.ck
ed, the wading pool was dry
and removal: of top soit had
made the tennis courts unusable.
The picyground has a two-story
community center building,

Lawyers Hit
Eastland~s High
Court Plan

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Ina
strongly worded statement, the
National Bar association ~ this

eek denounced the
constitutional amendment offered last Tuesday by Sen. Eastland of Mississippi designed to
~unpack~ the United States Supreme court by removing four
Roosevelt appointees.

Pointing to the ~relentlessness
with which the south is fighting
progressivism,~ Earl B, Dickerson, NBA president, said that his
organization could not permit
~this unwarranted attack upon
our highest tribunal to go unchallenged.~ He then cited the
~superbly meritorious service to
the cause of liberalism~ that
has been rendered by Associate
Justices William C, Douglas,
Frank Murphy, Robert H, Jackson, and -Wiley Rutledge, the
man who would be displaced,

~Sen. Eastiand is motivated
solely by his dislike for decisions
of;he court in such cases as the
Virginia segregation law, the
white primaries, union representation for minority groups -in
collective bargaining matters,
and equal pay for school teachers,~ Dickerson said.

~In the intepretation of its

laws, our own supreme court,
more than any other court in
the civilized world, has most
nearly approached that area of
reasoning which guarantees to
all people the principles involved in the Four Freedoms, It is
th: demaguoes of America and
of the world who want to stop
the clock in the face of this truly
pesple~s movement,~
' Dickerson urged Negroes and
~our allies in labor~ to organize
to ~vigorously oppose this amendment on the grounds that it
is a blow against justice for the
common man.~

2,250 Extra
Cops on Duty.
For Louis~ Bout

NEW YORK ~ CNS ~ Twenty two thousand, two hundred
and fifty extra cops were on
duty at Yankee Stadium and
selected ~danger points~ to
handie fight crowds, according
to Police Commissioner Arthur
W. Wallander. ~Danger points~
were the Bedford-Stuyvesant
section. where 850 extra policemen were on duty and in the
Harlem area, 550 extras carried
nightsticks.

In the stadium area, there

were three emergency police

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BEATING THE GUN

~NO HIDING PLACE~
NEW YORK~(ANP)~WEDNESDAY, June 19, will

long be remembered by the half-million residents and visitors
to Harlem for two reasons. They staged the finest parade in
honor of Gentleman-fighter Joe Louis who for the 22d time
successfully defended his heavyweight boxing crown against
Billy Conn at Yankee Stadium, and for Louis~ outstanding display of true sportsmanship and so-called American fairplay
against his twice-helpless opponent.

Before 45,266 fans who ~paid $100 for seats seven rows
from the press section and $5 for standing room, Louis proved
beyond cavil that four years of army life had failed to rob him
of his powers and gave the lie to Dr. Vincent Nardiello~s prtbattle statement putting him in the light of a washed up ~old
man incapable of lasting the route against Conn.

| OUTRAN THE JACKRABBIT

Louls made ~biased critics like Jack Dempsey, Jim Braddock and. the state athletic commussion medico (Nardiello) appear like: jokesmith selectors when he knocked Conn senseless
aftér 2: 19: ~of the eighth round of their titular bout.. Being a
boxer, of some parts, | have always contended that it takes two
principals to make a fight. - Billy Conn made honest-Joe~s efforts.:o fight a horrid mid-summer night's dream, believe me.
No jackrabbit ever ran faster (backwards) than did the brash
Irishman who had stated ~Tll knock Louis out in securing my
sweet revenge.

Dunninger of radio and stage fame. He had stated bluntly
before the fight. ~~Con may run,~but he can~t hide.~ Conn
did run, but as Lous so prophetically stated.. found no hiding place but the apron of the resined ring when his pants made
contact after Joe's kiss of death in the dramatic eighth. Louis~
jabs were things of sheer power and accuracy when he really
opened up from sixth round to final. His kayo blows were explosive, seemingly possessing the same type of chemical
makéup~as the fabulous... atom bomb.

BOXER WITH MASTERLY PLAN
~Louis outboxed the suppostdly flashier-boxing Conn while

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| ringside critics marveled. The pattern of the fight permitted

no sensationalism due entirely to Conn~s backward pedaling.
The Louis plan was to stalk the challenger relentlessly, coun~ering at every opportunity in the Jack Johnson, Gene Tunney
manner. Instead of Louis burning out because of the footracing, it was the cocksure Conn who did instead. Four years

mission office as being in superb condition as against Louis~ announced sluggishness, Conn presented a sorry figure when the
shooting was all over.

| INVESTIGATE THE PHYSICIANS?

proposed |

The medical men with their zany announcements meant
for public consumption, were guilty of a thoroughly dishonest
performance in my humble opinion. Instead of Rep. O'Toole
of my state and Asst. Gen.. Berge, justice department, antitrust division, turning all their thunder on the dghters and Mike
Jacobs, they should also question Dr. Nardiello especially for
I've learned that many sizable bets were placed largely on hig
expert analysis of the champion.:

FINEST SPORTSMAN EXTANT a

Twice during the course of the one-sided battle Louis refused to take advantage of Conn slipups. Under the existing

from so doing. He sought no unfair advantage of the man
who desired his title almost as much as he craves life itself. We
know of no American, black or white, who thinks in terms of
~I must not dishonor my nationals nor my country~ that is deft
prase-turner Joe Louis; the Lafayette, Ala., youth who said in
America~s trying hour... ~~Wt'll win because we are on God's
side.~ Investigate all you wish, Messrs. O~Toole and Berge,
turn the heat on Monopoly-Mike Jacobs, Conn and his manager
Ray; the organized baseball incidents, et al, et al. I only say
that Joe Louis needs no investigating now, nor has that ever
been necessary in his 12 years of campaigning.

MAY FIGHT AGAIN THIS YEAR

Latest reports have Mike Jacobs going about clinching a
Tami Mauriello or a Jersey Joe Walcott versus Louis bout.
This despite the champion~s announcement he would not don
the gloves again in "46. Anyway, Louis will whip any of them.

Mauriello, Bivins, Murray, Baksi, Phil Muscato, Tommp Gomez,
etc. Joe stands out today like a sore thumb on an otherwise

healthy hand.

will go the way of taxes. Conn, with $213,000 to satisfy his
bruised features, will shave off most of it also to Uncle Sam's
tax collectors... Wonder what Marshal Miles did with that
check he picked up for Joe? Does is go to imprisoned Roxborough? or will the investigation show Jacobs as promoter-manager????

Said writer Damon Runyon, N.Y. Journal-American, of
the charge, that Negro fighters bog down quicker than Irish
stock like Billy Conn:

~I could cite 50 ebony gladiators who fought to their 40's
before they commenced to die down. Louis is 32, Conn 28.
An argument like this is specious...1_ predict Louis will knockout Conn and he (Louis) was always~the better fighter.~~~
Louis claiméd Conn never hurt him once dur~ng the eight rounds.. Asked to describe how he polished Conn off Joe replied:
~First, I hit him with a stiff right on the chin. He fell in and
I caught him with a right upper cut. Then I hit him with a left
hook.~ Did Louis find it tough going after the four-year layoff? This is what Louis answered to that one: ~Easy fight, No
I did not feel my layoff a bit, No trouble, I felt fine all:along,
feel fine now.~

~Fans booed Conn for his running away tactics from bell
to bell. Bob Pastor couldn't run, he only thought he could...
Billy Conn was as fast as Jess Owens was during the colored
track superman~s heyday at ee yay State Univtrsity yrcieagi no
kidding.

) Pig SGrooders
squads. two police ambulances,} Electrie pig brooders help to: save one extra pig per litter and
light extra radio cars, loud| give an earlier pig crop, especially

in the colder sections. The brooder

speaker and extra eT po- provides a warm hover for the pigs

' when not nursing.

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serene emcee

Louis was a prophet equal to the mind ~celica stunts of ~

younger, appraised by Drs. Walker and Nardiello of the com
rules the mighty Tan Destroyer could have stepped in and allbut-killed Conn with lethal wallops, but he gallantly refrained ~

By any of them I refer to Jack Dempsey~s Elmer Ray, Walcott, ~

It is claimed that out of his $625,000, some $406, 000~