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FLINT GOLF CLUB SPONSORS 7TH ANNUAL GOLF MEE

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Swartz Creek Golf Course
To Be Scene of Golf Tournament

The amateur golf club is holding. their: 7th Annual City
Goli mtct at Swartz Creek
course Starting Sunday, Sept,
1~ and will end Labor Day,
September 2, 1946.

Plans are under way _ to
makes this the best City Golf
Yournament to be held in our
lair city, The ladies will tee
off promptly at 8:00 a. m. Sunday, September 1 for 18 holes,
with Mrs, Ruby Harding as the
defending champion in the
~Women~s division with many
outstanding contenders in ~the
- presence of Mrs, Beaula Roman, Mrs, I, Robinson, Mrs.
W. Owens, Miss E. Pratt, and
Mrs, B. Kersey In the men~s
division Mr. Connie Childress
is the defending champion. with
top contenders in the presence
ci Mr,. J, D., Shook, Mr. Johnny Kelley of Saginaw, Fred
Jordan and Mr, W, Owens, the
men will tee off promptly at
noon Sunday in a qualifying
round of 18 holes, with the
~Winners of each flight competing in Monday~s rounds to determine champions in 36 holes

with more than 40 golf2rs com-.
peting,

A grand totai of $250 dollars in prizes and trophies will
be awarded the winners of the
golf meet, an elaborate display of the prizes and trophies
will be on display at the Smith
& Lattimore Dept, Store at
3004 St. John St, from Friday August 23 to the 28th of
August at which time.
be shown at the Southside confectionary from 29th of August
io the 2nd of September. Be
sure to stop at one of these
places and view theSe lovly trophies, presented to the Golf
Club by the outstanding | business personalities of Mrs. E.
Perrin,- Robinson & Chandler,
The Flint Spokesman, and Mrs,
G, Ferguson, The trophies do
~nated by Mrs Perrin and Mrs,

Ferguson are Mpmorial Trophies in honor of- their late
husbands, the Mangus Clark

Trophy and the George~ Ferguson Medilist Trophy.

Mr. Samuel McClarin,~ president of the Flint Golf Club,
extends an invitation to all of

of golf to start at 7:00 a. m.| Flint~s ardent. golf fans to
Monday morning. This event! come out and take part in the |
promises to be one of the out-' biggest race golf meet ever
standing events Of the season, held in the city of Flint.

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Attracts 46,000 Rabid Fans

Hitting star of the classic

By Thomas Terry.

Close to 46 000 fans saw the
West team, composed of players from the Negro American!
League and managed by Quincy Troupps. catcher of the
Cleveland Buckeyes, score their
fourth straight triumph in the
annual blue. ribbon event of
Negro. baseball,
-~. The victory which featured
air-tight ~pitching, particularly
the victor~s side now gives the
West team an eight to six edge
in the series that was started

in 1933,
Dan Bankhead, a tall righthander ~of the Memphis Red

Sox, was the winning~ pitcher.

Seven hurlers in all worked during the encounter with
Bill Byrd, burly righthander of
the Baltimore Elites, who -labored only one and one thirds
innings during which time the

West pushed their four runs
acress, being charg2d with the
defeat,

Each c'f> boasting big name
Negro sluggers, was held in
check by good pitching. The
West Made seven hits, two
more than the East.

was Grace West~s right fielder, who collected three hits in
four trips to the plate, one of
these being a lusty double up
against the left center field
scoreboard,

The other two Chicagoans on
the West Squad were Clyde

Nelson, third ~baseman, and
Gentry Jessup, right handed
pitcher, Both of with the

American Giants, Ne~her saw
action, Radcliff, who once played with the Giants, still makes
his~ home in Chicago

Among the.Flintites who attended the game were: Roy
~Rivers Inn~ Baker, Otis Wil
liams, Virgil Club Manhattan~ Johnson, Chester Banks,
Willie Cunningham, Fat Poppa.
Johnny ~Moore~s Grocery
Moore, John Henry ~Recreation
Club~ Williams, Mr. and Mrs,
Edward Kincaid, Henry Logan,
Miss Willa Mae McGruder,
Susie Buchanan, L. J. Reeves,

and Oscar Reeves, and the well
known playboy, Bill
and Hattie Andrews and Sadie
Riggs,,

St. Louis Voters Approve FEPC;
Seven Negroes Win Election

_ ST. LOUIS ~ ANP ~ Carrying a majority vote of 1,050
the fair employment practice
amerdment No,.2 to the city
charter. prohibiting discrimination~ because of race in city employment, was approved here
Twesday, despite a record light
vote and general apathy among
public and politicians alike, At
the same time, seven.Negroes
_ were nominated to fill the of fices of magistrate, state rep-. resentatives* and constables,

Former justice of peace, Dr.

G, J, Dixon, a veteran Republican with the backing of the
four wards comprising ~the 3rd
distict, and Judge George: L,
Vaughan, Dem., were the winners in the race for nomination
as. magistrate, Other Negro
winners were: for state representative Atty, John W-. Harvey and T, W.. Massingale,
Dem.; Atty, James C, Bush and
Josiz h c: Thomas. Rep,; for
constable; Democrat Dewitt T.
Lawson and Republican W. ~A,
Morant,

Brown,

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ~

MRS, RUBY HARDIN

MR, CONNIE CHILDRESS

Flint Golf Meet, Sept. 1-2

Beautify Home
Grounds on

Budget Plan

Mr, Frank L, Gillespie wish.
es to announce that the Brown
Brothers Nursery Co, of which
he represents is extending budget terms to its Many custom.
ers for the purpose of beautifying ones: home grounds. The
Brown~ Brothers~ Sells prize!
grown stock, with a_ replacement guarantee. For further information call Mr. Frank L,
Gillespie, 9-5990,

To Hold
Protest Rally

MASS PROTEST a ~
to be held at the St, John St,
Community Center S~giday, August 25, 1946 at 4:00 p. m.
Guest speaker, Mr, Robert S.
Trunion from the committee of
Americanism and other prominent Speakers, Sponsored by
NAACP, Pioneers Development
Co., Inc, ~ Fiat~ Council of
Americanism, American Youth
for Democracy, Flint Churches.
Every one in the city of Flint
that wants to defend the democratic rights of all minority
groups! should be present. I

will be there, how about you?

| ready have been subpoenaed to

| gown

| Dert, sister of the

Time: (4:00 p.m, Si,

John St, Center,

at

the

| Judge Crow Charges Jury

To ~Get to the Bottom of
Things~ in Alabama Riot

ATHENS, ALABAMA ~
Circuit Court Judge James
Crow, Jr., charged a_ special

jury today ~to get to. the bottom~ of the race riot of August 10 in which an undetermined number of Negroes were

cuffed and: chased and ten
white persons arrested,
Some (fifteen witnesses al
appear before the investigating
~body,
In his charge Judge Crow

said ~we expect you not to refuse to return indictments be
Masse

cause of fear of disfavor,

~If the grand jury is weak,
then you. are licensing others
to violate our laws, The law
is adequate to take care of the
conditions. There is no excuse
for ~people to take the law into
their own hands, No citizen
likes to see the laws of the
State violated or the laws
flagrantly set aside,~

The riot followed an altercation between two brothers, Ben
Massey, 23 years old, and Roy. 19, and a Negro,

Miss Ellis
Speaks Vows

In a. setting embellished by:
psalms.and yellow and_ pink
gladiolas, Miss Katie Lugenia
Ellis Spoke,jher vows to Mr.
Karl Dent of Massachusetts
Avenue, r

The bride wore white. satin
with lace inserts and
full veil. With a tiera of pearls.
The ~brides~ cousin, Miss, Audrey Balssingame, was the maid
of honor, Miss Clayda Laure
bridegroom
was the bridesmaid and Miss
Mable Relford. The ushers were
Mr, Joe Hogan, Cornelius Neal,
Earnest Woods, and Calvin
Reeves.

One of the highlights of this
affair was Mr, Sammy Williams
rendition of ~Because,~

The wedding took place at
Vernon Chapel Church = and
ceremony was performed by
Rev, J. W. Walker, The church
was crowded to the doors with
well wishers.

The couple plan to make

their home in Flint,

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CHURCH OF JESUS,
INC., CONVENTION
The Church of Jesus, Inc., is

holding ~its national*convention
at 4219 Selby Street, J. W.
Childs of Flint, senior bishop,
Aug. 27 through Sept. |.

Devotional services will begin at 10 a.m. til 12 noon.
Business sessions from | until
4 p.m. Evening services at

7:30 p.m.
_ Meals will be furnished for

out-of-town delegates. Breakfast from 9 until 10 a.m. Dinner at 4 p.m.

fessional bout
Flint since 1929 in the days| body knows

not

Violent Quarrel

Ends-in. Death -

Sidney Johnsons ~87, of Mi.

Morris Road_ is. being held today on charge of murdering
his wife, Marie, 40, in the barn
on the. itarm where -he is employed,
- Johnson told Sheriff Wolcoti
that he had quarreled with his
wife after they. returned from
a nite club in Flint, After calling her into the barn, he beat
her unmercifully with a board,
then carried her back into the
farm house. He then said that
when he awoke the next morning she was dead,

Sheriff Wolcott, upon examining the body, believed that

Marie was not only beaten,
See~Violent Quarrel~Page 8

Willie Anderson
KO'd in Fi ifth

~Before one the biggest
crowds ever to per iee a proin the city of

| worst lynching in 20 years,
wall of silence has been erect-|

FLINTITES TO ELKS CONVENTION.

Mrs, Ladesta Hamilton (shown above), of. State Street,
daughter ruler of Geriesee Temple No. 550 and Mrs. Car
rie McBride, financiel. secretary. are en am ips Sue

N.Y. to attend the Na: itinerary calls for visiting relatives ad friends in the East

before~ returning to Flint.

Georgia Lynching Probe at Standstill

No Arrests Made as Yet -

MONROE, Ga, = ANP Ad
though threé: weeks hav2 elapsed since a mob of 20 whites
lined -up two'~men and thsir
wives in a thicket near here
and shot them. down in a shail
of fire from rifles, shotguns,
and rovolvers, no arrestS have
been made and only one suspect has been viewed -by the
sole witness of the massacre.
This~ suspect was released for
lack of identification,

Indifference and inaction are
hela to be contributing to the
failure of state and_ federai
autnoriti~és to solve the south~s
ve

ed around the murderers. that
even the present rewads_totaling $42,000 cannot. cack, ~Noanything,~ one

when Roger Bernard held the authority commented,

spotlight, Jock Leslie showed
fine form in the mauling of
Villie~ Anderson, the fight was
Jocks all of the way.

derson having M heart and
will to fight only, it is our
opinion that Willie Anderson
put up a very poor: showing
against Jock, especially knowing all of the disadvantages

i that he was confronted with.

1, Jock, a much more experienced fighter, 2. Nine pound
weight advantage, 3, Dynamite
in either fist, with all of this
in mind, there was a- way to
fight Jock and it really was
the way Anderson went
about it, it is also noticable
that by Anderson getting beat
Sec~Willie Anderson~Page

SOCIETY

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CAPERS

Neizhborhood Theater?

Columbia:

wash. An- | investi

The sheriff:of Walton county admitted he is doing nothing,
Ever. the Georgia Bureau of
gation, arriving on the
scene a day late and_- finding
all possible evidence removed
by unkncwn parties, has made
little progress, Nor has the
FBI opened up a lead,

While he admits progress 1s
~slow~ Gov, Ellis Arnall is
still said to be hopeful of arrests, but -Gov,-elect. Gene Ta!
madge remains indiffert n t,
Talmadge opened up long enougi: to remark ~the rest of
the ~ountry can~t stem to un
derstand these things down
here,~
Meanwhiie Monroe and Wal
ton county citizens are becom
ing more indigant over the pub
licity and so called ~distorted~
news acounts of the crime than
they are with
authorities to catch the guilty
partics, At first, citizens were
stunned by the news of tke
crir. Several leaders pvinted
out that: the city and county
were ~law abiding,~. that no;
rac:~' trouble had been in their
midst since a Negro was: convicted and electrocuted 40 years

the failure of |

Walton County would like to
iorget the whole thing and tha~
they are. indignant against the
whole country for protests raised and clamors for redress is
shown. by the statement. of
Enest~ Camp, editor of the Walton Tribune, Walton says ~Why
it happened right near the coun
See~Georgia Lynching~Page 8

New Yorker~s
English Bride

Joins Him

NEW YORK ~ ANP. ~ Mr,
and Mrs, Stanley Facey, Jr,, and
their eight-month old daughter,
Glenice, were reunited here last
week when the British bride
arrived by plane from England,

Facey, fomerly conductor of the
1332nd Engineer~s band, ~ married his 19 year old wife in
1945~ when he was stationed in
England, He returned to the
United States in May, 1946 and
was discharged,

Mrs. FDR~s Maid
Injured in |
Auto Accident

YONKERS N. Y, ~ ANP~

Among the three persons injured in the auto accident near
here involving Mrs, _ Eleanor
Roosevelt, Albert Brosks, white
and Robert Stephen Rose. Ossining, N, Y., also white, last
Tuesdiy night werc Gertrude
Jones, 40, maid of th: wife of
the former president,

Miss Jones, suffered cuts on
the right ear and possibly a
chest injury. She was h2ld at
~the St, John Hospital overnight
for examination,;

Police reports of the acci~dent have it. that:-Mrs, Roos2velé
~stated she dozed off at the
~wheel of her automobile just

| bet fore it collided with the two

ago for an assault on a white} other cars, Mrs, Roosevelt and

woman,

' the Brooks cars were

badly

Indication that Monroe and | damaged in the wreck,

Nurse Dies
Saving Patients
From Blaze

FLORENCE, S. C, ~ ANP-~

rs, ~Queén Esther McElveen,
a registered nurse who sérved
nearly 15 years at the tuberculosis Sanitorium midway between the Florencs Darl.:tor
highway, died ~a heroic death
Monday: night,~

True to the tradition of her
profession, Nurse McElveen died
trying to save others.

Fire broke out in the orderly room on the secend fluor
of the buising t.uins Negro
patients akout 9 p.m, Monday.
Nurse McElheen and another
nurse braved the searing flames
which were soon out of contro]
and brought out each of the
34~ patients. Not taking time
to count them, not gambling on
having. rescued~ -all- of - them,~
Nurse McElveen took: a __ last
plunge into the flaming fury
to be sure nobody was left,
The flaming structure collapsed
and when firemen retrived her
body Somc hours later, it was
charred beyond recognition, But
all of the patients were saved,

L, W. Coker | business manager Of tu2 sanitarium estimated the loss at $35,000 for the
building and $5,000 for equipmert in it, The patients will
be housed temporarily in one
of two white buildings nearby,
neitner of which was damaged
by the i1zc,

Fineral services for the Aurse
were held during the week and
many hundreds of citizens of
both races, from. both citie:
and the nearby territory, overflowed th2 church,

Report Al Linde
iis ~
Playing ~5

Tt is ied 3 one of the
biggest conspiracies.
petrated in~the sears Foie
ball is being perpetrated
against M & S Orange. The
case {s very muth involved.
but to sum it all us comes to
this:.

The M & S Crange team,
under the management of Mr.
Harold A. Johnson, journeyed
to Midland, Mich. to play one
of a series of games with the
Dow Chemical Company. Upon the presentation of the Dow
Chemical~s - line-up, it was
found that a one Mr. Al Linde,
of whom the Orange team had
heard had been suspended w2s
included. The menagement
immediately contacted Mr. McDonald and Mr. Wal h, who
manages the Dow Chemica~
team. They told Mr. McDon
ald that they could rot possi
bly play the game if Mr. Linde
of whom it was said was under
suspension was in the [ne-up.
Mr. McDonald stated tha?
Linde was rot srspended regardless to what was in the p--
ners to the contrary. Mr. Mc.
Denald further insisted that
Linde wou'd play or there
would not be a' game. M & S
Orange's team was withdrawn
from the field; as ~hey postively refused to p'ay a7ainst
a susvended vlaver. WhereSee~Report Al Linde~Page 3~