Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 24]

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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN::

~SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1946

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Stephens, who won over William E. Prince by 314 to 57 in
the Seventh ALP district (Manhattan) and William T, Andrews victOr in the 12th. district (Democratic) by 2,297 to}
2,070.: (3

Republicans Give Adam Powell
Setback in Primary; Elect Reynolds

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~Con-, ~
gressman Adam Clayton Pow-| reactionary Republicans
ell was defeated last wetk by| Democrats in name only,~
Grant Reynolds for Republican|: ~Never ~before have reactionnomination for congress in the) avies, fascists, money and pow~ 22nd congressional district, but| er unloosed such vilification
was nominated for the office by | agajyfst one candidate,~ he said.
_ the Democratic party, Reynolds astigating his opposition as.
- tallied 2,168 GOP votes to Pow-| ~venomous~ and ~degenerate,~
él?s 1598, His Democratic-par-| he called for united effort ~on
ty triumph over Harold E. Sim-|the part of the people, ~Negro,
melkjaer was by 7,643 to 690| white, Catholic, Jew and Provotes, testant,~ assuring them that
~the power of-the Bilbos and

of
~and

we accept the challenge

who leaves soon ior
a month~s- vacation, thanked
members of the D2moctatic
party for supporting him and
wired Reynolds a_.congagtulation on his Republican victory,
~The loss in the Republican!
primary was distinctly a
triuraph of machine Republicans over independent Republi
Powell stated

Powell,

cans,~

Civil Rights

a 4
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-nominge, Powell _ went down |
with. Rep. Marcantonio~s group} Besides Reynolds and Powell

im cne of the worst political
defeats the ALP has ever Ssuf
other Negroes s2eking political office in the primary were

fered, Realizing that a -bitter| Charles Collins, who ~defeated; (Continued from Page One)
battie is ahead for his party,,; Harold Ira Panken by 1,516 to = ~
the fiery -Italian congressman! 214 votes in the 2ist ALP dis- Ce. aa we
told 20 bi: "
0 0 party members that trict of Manhattan; Cyril W. Malcolm~s. wife, An inquest
Loakecton~ eteigocncetectee 0 afoetees oefoatee~ Nocteetecfoelostoetostoe loots, we Ree RIC oeoetosse: held immediately after the

i killings resulted in a verdict of
death at the hands of. persons
unkncwn.

On July 26, the Civil Rights
corigress. was the. first tu offer
a reward of $1,000 for information leading to th? conviction
and punishment of those guilty

RED DOG
CONEY ISLAND

| White Policeman Killed, Another
Badly Beaten By Texas. Negroes

HOUSTON
angry crowd of men na womien united in disarming a whice
policeman here last Sunday,
beating and stomping him to
the ground, after he went to
the reScu2 of his partmer, who
was killed, One colored man
was also killed in the melee.

Th whipped polic2man,
Thomas B, Hambley, in reporting to. his superiors, stated
that he and H, B. Hammond,
the dead patrol officer, were
cruising down Dowling Street
at about 12:10 a, m.. when they

came upon a free for all in
Jack~s cleaners, Stopping the
car, Hambley went.inside,

pushing his way through the
crowd that filled the place,
Suddenly,~ Hambley said, ~I
heard Hammond cry for help
and then some shots. I turned
and: tried to fight-my way thru
the crowd back to the doorway, When- 1 reached there,
Hammond lay on the sidewalk.
The body of a Negre man lay
across him,

~Wh2n I stooped, six or eight
Negro men and women grab
of the murders, Subsequently
other organizations and

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ed rewards totalling nearly heat
000.

Further scrutiny of Harrison,
~lanother key witness, was deémanded on the basis of the
claim that the ~short cut~ he
~claims to have uSed in driving
the victims to his farm ~turned out in fact to be a longer
route than the road he was accustomed to travel,~ His having
given three hours advance notice of his arrangement for the
release of Malcolm at 5 p. m,,
~thus giving time for the lynch; bed at me and began to tussle

the 5
wid, m2. They took m istol
governor of Georgia have post-! ~i = ny

and flashlight away and beat|/

m2, Th2n they got me down
and stomped me, I dont know
if Hammond was dead when I

found him on: the sidewalk or
not, Mayb? he was just knocked out, He could have been
shot with my pistol after they
took it away from me.~ ~

Hammond was pronounced
dead when an ambulance reached St, Joseph~s infirmary with
him. He had b2en shot once
through the forehead. The other
dead man, wo was_ identified

later as Louis Henson, about

Stomach and chest, When firs
[| discovers: Henson had on?
penny in his pockets and no
identification- papers,

Between 50 and 60 city policemen, deputy sheriffs, siaie
highway patrolmen and Texas
rangers, armed with Sawed-of
shotguns, rushed to the scene
after being summoned ~by Patrolmen William Stevenson,
Negro. This corps of police officials put the entire area under martial law, scizing 19 sus
pecis, all Negroes, and holding
them in Cafe Zanzibar, next
door to.th2 cleaning establishment, for questioning, while
300 Ne groes milled. aroun outside

~VOMAN FOUND SCREAMING

iN MIDDLE OF STREET
DETROIT, Mich, ~ APNS~
Adella BaSs, who lives on

Herton, was found by police in
the center of John R, and Smith}
~scceaming at the top of her
voice. They took her the
hospital for a complete @xamination to s2e if she had been
the victim of a hit and run
driver,

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She was found to be a victim of alcohol~just: plain
drunk.

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~ =o: ~lynch@rs time to disperse, need
oe 8 -considerable explanation, GRC

CLIFF ~ SACKRIDER~S declared: The FBI was also asked

~whether Mrs. Lily Malcolm

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attempt by 10 while men
~lynch Roger Malcohn before he,
was jailed, had been question- |
ed as to their identity,
'whether ~she denied, as

J. Roy Harrison, that she could

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~ecognize any of her
despite ihe fact that the sun

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he day it was successfully enacted,~

Marshall expressed the

ae belief that only some definite

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POSITION NOW OPEN WITH ONE OF criminals will open the

gates of clinching evidence now
held in a conspiracy of silence
~by. fear and disbelief that the
federal government intends seriousiy to bring the lynchers to
book,

~Che.-mounting number of
iynchings and incidents of ter
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lawless and Savage attacks con
~ithe Negro people in the I2si
j six montks the dejartment of
~justice nas failed yring to
~ book a-single murderer. On the
cuntrary, in the one case of
federal grand jury intervention,
Columbia. Tenn., the state enforcement agencieS were praised for their action which re
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Rev. Arnold

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it, -;

He won~t really care about it;

He won~t know how many teardreps you have shed,

Tf you think some praise is due
him,

Now~s the time to slip it to him,
For he cannot read his tombstone when he~s dead,

More than fame and: more than
mozey

Is_ the comment kind and sunny,

-ind the ieee warm approv
al of a friend;

For it gives to life a savor,

And it makes him _ stronger,
brever,

And it gives him heart
spirit to the end;

If he earns your praise,
it;

7f you like him, let him know
if;

and

bestow

Let the words of true encouragement be. said,
Do not wait till life is over,

per he~s underneath the clo| For ~te cannot read his- tombstone when he~s d2ad,

There are some persons who
disappoint uS, and we have io
revise and treverse the imprassions of -character made, but I
am pleased to say that the impression formed of our Pastor,
Rev. J. S, Arnold, as a preacher, is the same; it has continu--
ed unchaned.

My -acquaintance. with him
has given me an _ opportunity
to study him, and I can truthfully say: His words have power, I think that is because he
has the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, and hiS sermons come

Seven Workers
Killed in |

-A transport truck killed ~seven
|Negro sawmill workers on a
highway near here last week

others when the workmen were

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Prominent
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Town

Mr, and Mrs. T, Z, Atwater

of. Montgomery, Va., spent a
most enjoyable week in Fiint ~
vieiting their Telatives, Mr. and

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and = seriously injured ~ six

dumped off the.truck they were} Mrs, ~Kermit Glark and Mr.
riding. The transpert going in| and Mrs,- Willie Pea, whom is
the opposite direction, was un-| sisters of Mrs, Atwater. The
able to stop in time, officers; Atwaters liked our fair cit ty
reported, very much and plan to return
None of the workmen were dg ~ ogy a le Eso
j: Flint. enroute _Columbus,
identified;' ncr was the name,
of the sawmill. vevesied Ohic, to visit pets sister _: Mr, and Mrs. E. Hull of that
A city: before bringing~ their Va
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from the heart, and that of
course makes them reach other
> hearts,.

Last, but not least, I can
say that he is telling the good
news in an effective way; he
is showing himself to be a
~workman~ that needeth not be
ashamed, because he is rightly
dividing the word of truth, |

&

May I say to you. Rev, Arnold, preach on, dnd continue
to hold up the _ blood-stained
banner for Jesus Christ, Thesé
four years have not been ~asy,
and though you have suffered
many bukes and scorns, Jesus
said ~All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth. Go
ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and the Son
and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them -to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded

you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end vf
the world.~

Again, may I say_ preach on,
live on, live long, and when
the battle of life is over, may
you wear a crown in the New
Jerusalem.

Flint To Be
(Continued from Page One)

filiates,~ the league states. ~
Some of the speakers at the
conference will be Wilson Wyati
national housing expediter;
Victor Reuther, UAW-CIO educational director; Boris Shisxin, AFL economist; Edward
Ray editor of the Tampa
Daily Times; and Roscoe Dunjee, editor of the Oklahoma }
City Black Dispatch.

A sidelight~ will be an act
exhibit sponsored by the Peoples Art Institute of St, Louis,
at which paintings by two Flint
Negro artists will be ~ shown,
The paintings by Aaron~ Brezzell, a former student of the
Flint Avt Institute, and Amanda Cassellas will b2 entered in
the exhibit and contest in which
creators of the three*best paintings submitted: from the 54 Urban League cities will r2ceive
cash prizes,

Juke Boxes

(Centinued from Page One)

alarm clocks on a.college campus. Wire ~em up to loud speak~rs in every dormitory,

As the reputed ~loudest voices

in the world~ they~d put to
shame the best hog caller in
37 counties. A big labor saver
there, -:

Guriry says they have excelTent 125 horsepower~ engines.
Think" of the jalopies around
Flint that could use anything
that turns ~over,

Any radio station ought to
jump at the chance to get a
sound-effects apparatus lik? this
~should make: the little kids
jump right out of their skins,

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The Memorials to Their Mlustrious
~Dead

are an index of a Nation's civilization, just as the

appropriate and re spectful dignity of a fugeral, forms,~ ste
a standard by which the fam~ly~s culture can be
judged with accuracy, we heve made lifelong study
of these things and place our years of experience at
the service of our cliestele. At a time when your ~ ~
nerves are shattered and your judgement. warped. se
by sorrow you are in no coadition to consider these ~ ee
things. Decide them now.

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