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-CHICAGOAN VISITS THE MOTOR CITY

- Mrs: Sieinici Stark, who is visiting relatives and fetes <i in
Detroit this week. Mrs. Stark, who hails from Chicago, is
prominent in the social set of the Windy City, being a mem
ber of the AKA, graduate chapter Theta
indette Socie] Club...
hicago Medical School of Social Work, and |

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Wérld War. Il, served in the scientific department at, the
University of Chicago, on the atomic bomb. Bernice is married and has a three-year-old son, Melvin, who is accompanying her on her visit to the Motor City. ~

THE SG ORE;

FRILEY FOR COMMISSIONER
CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM

FLINT, Mich., Oct. 13 ~APNS
~That persons in the city ar
tryifig to use the proposed investigation by grand jury as
to whether the police are being
paid by underworld characters
for permission to run ard operate illegal establishments in the
3rd Ward are seen as an attempt to placate and sabotage
Mr. Friley~s campaign for 3rd
Ward Commissioner.

~ UNDERWORLD PROMINENT

IN FLINT..No one can deny the ~irons
position held by the Underworld
in Flint. It is.a known fact that
every city administration since
the writers sojourn heve. has
catered to the underworld. No
man can be elected without its
aid amd since the \propos2d

-Grand Jury investigation the un-;

derworld has been on edge.

Friley for. Commissiorfer, is

fastly becoming the hottest cam-|.

paign the Third Ward has ever
seen. Friley~s chances to win are
very good. The surest way to
defeat him is to get the report
circulated that he is demanding
this proposed investigation.
It should be underStood by all
~concerned that George Friley is
not a novice. He is truly a smart
man: The things that he has
done* here in Flint have beers
well thought out and predicated
expediency as well as
common sense. Hard practices
and conventions have convirtced
him that despite his personal
if feelings are to play
a part in ones public life, have
to be discarded or shunted to
the background when dealing
with diverse people and a com
plexed situation. Therefore: the
attitude that is followed by all
men in public life in Flint has
been and is that it is the inevitable that there is no power or
force in Flint that if it can, is
willing to thwart the underworld. The heat is on now. The
heat is always on during election years. The underworld is
taking a beating, but after the
election is all over, the underworld will be or top..These are
too cold facts regardless ~as to
how they sound. We feel that
this is a time for all men to
take a stand for a cardinal principle.

Regardless what m?n_ say
stand by that principle. George
Friley will never desert the people who give him his power,
prestige and security.

Let us examine the situation
more thoroughly, because this is

- See~Friley For~Page 8

rae

i ginning with ~Rise up O Men~

V-2 COMMANDOS HELD
WEEKLY MEETING SUNDAY

The V-12 Commandos a club|

of World War II Veterans, held
their weekly meeting Jast Sunday, which was. followed by a
political pow-wow of Veterans
discussing the condition of our.
community and. what steps ought
to be taken in correcting the
maladministration of our governmental agencies.

' This group was~well organized
with 85 or. more veterans turrring out to discuss their opinions en the housing facilities,
th2 working conditions, vice and
corruption, civic pride, and the
poor recreational ~ facilities for
our young. people.

The main issue of the meeting was the coming.electiOn at
which time the veterans~ unani:mously decided to throw their
weight behind any constructiv2
program ior'a better and = cleanf
government, Bane,

To start off their program,

And Ensemble
Made Big Hit Here

Estelle. Andrews. in~ a fine, soprano voice and Her. Motor City
Male ~Ensemble ~held~; an audierce of over 200 music lovers ~spellbound,::at ~ the Flint Institute ~ of
Arts on Sunday, afternoon.

This concert was Spotisor2ed by
the Woman~s Society of Christian Service of Bethel Methodist
Church.

The program was complete, be
by Strouse; including ~The Lost
Cord~ by Sullivan. The Very
Thought of You, by Ray Noble,
My Buddy by. Donaldson and
Dry- Bones by Hall.

Miss Andrews in a clear lilting voice, sang a group of solos
and the ensemble joined her in
singing a very beautiful arrangement of ~Ave Maria~ and ~The
Italian Street Song.~ _

Ushers for the affair who were
attired in formal outfits, were:

ieity of Flint.} Social. and ~

the veterans endorsed their own
tion without any coaching from

Nov. 5, 1946.

life, have pledg2d their support
for a greater and better Flint.

The Flint Spokesman takes its
hat off to the young man seeking to b2tter the deplorable
conditions of our community.

League of Clubs
Formed Here

Monday Night.Th2 League of Clubs met at
the FICC last Monday~ night to
jorganize all of the clubs of the
into one unified
y for the purpose of sorbate
ae ~problems that ~céme to~
thé community.:The League ot
Clubs accepted the ~ conStitution

i that was gritered ~by Mr. Gover-! }

nor who ~was appointed as head
of, the -Constutional board.

The object~ of the league will
be to toofdinate and council the
activities of- the member clubs
of the organization periairfing
to the. economical, educational,
| political. problems
confronting the community &
the city of Flint.

Acting officers of the League
of Clubs are: Chairman, Mrs.
Granville Franklin; Secretary,
Mrs. R. C. Robinson; and Mr.
See~League of Clubs~Page 8

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Why have the sheriff, police,
city manager, city commission
(including our 3rd ward commissioner) just discovered that
there is protected vice in the
wobbly and battered north-end?

Why have so many of our
boys and girls gone astray?

Miss Elsie Pratt, Mrs. Beatrice
Owens, Mrs. Isaiah Beck. Miss
Ruth Van Zandt, Mr. Pdes
Swann, Mr. Booker Barton, Mr.
Thomas Roquemore, Mr. Harrison Johnson, and Mr. Samuel
McClarin.

The Women of Bethel Church
are to be. congratulated on this
musical success and Flint looks
forward to these next events.

INDICT FIVE IN
FLOGGING DEATH

LEXINGTON, Miss. ~ANP~
Indictments for manslaughter

were returned against five while
men by a Holmes County grand
jury in connection with the
f'.29,ng death last July of a
N-gro tenant far:icer, it was revealed here lass Wednesday by
Sher iff W. L. Murtagh.. Manslaughter

cf the five men, the sheriff de
claved. They are accused of beat! Dodd's

warrants cise
been sworn out for the arrest! Lise end had not been arrested.

ing 35-year-old Leon McAttee
to ccath. ~
Fou: of the fiv2 assailants

have bten arrest2d and released
uncer $1,000 bonds each. The
fvur sre Jeff Dodd,Jr., 35; D. C.
Roberis, 41; Spencer Ellis, 62;
and Jeff Dodd Sz., 65. The fifth
defondent, Pvt. James E. Roberts, 19 was on cuty at an armv

MeAtee was a tenant on the

Why have so many of our women been molested by support
lers of the ~Red light districts?~

Why have we the worst housing ~ghetto~ in the state of
Michigan?

Why haven't we any workers
in the City Hall, the County
Court House, Hurley Hospital,
Water Works and the other government owned institutions?

Why have there been so many
~Racial Homicidal Cases?~

Why have there been dirty
Streets, poor lighting, poor police protection?

Why, may we ask, have these
cancerous corfditions been. per~Mitted to- thrive?

Ladies and gentkemen of red
blooded American heritage, these
are terrible indictments on all of
us.

We as tax payers have elected
and hired our representative
government to run our affairs.
It is their immediate responsibility. If they fail, we must do
the obvious.

We need a new deal in city,

300 acr: farm.

county, state and federal govern
oe

candidate for the coming eieccandidates seeking election on,

This group of veterans who};
have been'all over the world, |
fighting for democracy. and the jj
#ight to live a clear~ and decent

Vets Mobilize For

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Clean

Kade Frince; West ~ Sensation

FBI SCORED FOR FAILURE -
TO SOLVE GEORGIA LYNCHING

WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~ National criticism was directed
last week at the Federal Bur2au
of Investigation for its -failure
to solve the July 25 lynchings of
two Négro couples in Monroe,
Ga.

An editorial in the Pittsburgh
Courier, one of the largest week
lies, wondered ~how. so many

detectives could have failed to

uncover one single clue. How
is it,~. the paper asked, ~that

men who could catch the most).

elusive criminals are unable to
track down a few back-county
Georgie murderers?~

_A legislative representative of

Butler on
Trial in New
York Murder
Case

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Interest is focused on the trial of
Ward Beecher Caraway, colored
butler who is charged with the
murder of. two wealthy Long
Island socialities last summer
in one of the most sersational
cases in the annals of New York
crime.

The young man, who is 23,
appeared in court last week as
the s2lection of a jury got underway. His attorney, Charles
R. Weeks, said the tall, slim defendant, orfce described as ~the
perfect servant,~ will, be asked
to review his whole life. from
childhood. His story. will include
the circumstances of his dishonorable discharge ~from the

See~Butler on~Page 8

Solved.~ Periodic reports of the

~@r ~protection ~to a prisoner. Ac
the Natiorfal Negro congress,
Miss Dorothy Funn, remarked
how ~incredible that in all this
time the FBI agents haven't
found a single clue which would
lead-them to the murderers.~
Not even the $42.000 reward
have been able to help the FBI
uncover the lynchers, who are
said to have threaterfed wouldbe, informers with violent ~reprisals, including death. Handicapped FBI agents are now
waiting for the ~heat~ to subside, it was learned, and report
reluctance of witnesses to give
information to ~the feds.~
The FBI has not reduced the
siz2 of its agent~s squad in Monroe and has been ordered by
Attorney General Tom Clark to
~stay with the case until it is

agents~ progress in the CaSe are
serrt to President Truman, generally accompanied by J. Edgar
Hoover~s confid2?nce~ in its
eventual solution.

Department of Justice officials
decline to comment on criticism
of their agent~s failuré or report
or the progress of their investigation. Withdrawal of Georgia
law enforcement agencies from
the casé now leaves the investigation in the hands of th?
FBI, which is involved only or
the theory that federal civil liberties statutes may have been
violated.

The federal government~ can
act only if evidence reveals a
conspiracy or the failure of law!
enforcement agencies give prop
cording to the department of
justice plans now, FBI agents
will solve the crime, arrest the
lynchers and turr them over to
the state for prosecution in the
absence of an anti-lynch law.

CRASHES PLANE
NEAR ESTRANGED
WIFE~S HOME

WHE'TE PLAINS, N. Y~. ~ANP
-.TGespondency is said to ba responsible for the airplane death
last week of Raymond J. P. Heiaux near the hom-. of His estranged wife, ~Mrs. ~ ilarriet
~Daisy~ Richardson Heraux.

A ncte fourfd in Heraux~ pock~t gav2 police ths impression

the, eecident was deliberate sui
Eddie Prince to
Meet Bill Eddie at

IMA Monday Nite~,

De
Slamming Eddie -Prince,
bid

troit Negro, will make a

for the state lightweight barre

Oct. 21, ~when he- ~neety Flint~s

ba ee

Bill Eddy at the IMA Auditorium. The first match on pro
moter Tommy Cussans program.

is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

Prince; a hard punching battler. is expected to. give. the
Flint fighter plenty of trouble
as he has been coming to the
front rapidly during the last
few months. In addition to his
hitting ability he ~is a good boxer and ring wise far. beyond his
age.:

In recent months, Prince has
been doing most of his campaigning on the West Coast unrer the direction of Roy Gardner, one of the game~s most able
trainers. Prince is owned and
managed by Grady Jackson,
well known sportsman, who is
sparing no expense in getting
his boy in top shape for his
championship bid.

On the Coast, Prince recently
scored a three round knockout
over Julio Franco, who was being hailed as one of the game~s
most promising lightweights, He

See~Eddie Prince~Page 8

Flint Youth
Leader Assails

Flint Policeman

Must Flint policemen intimidate and humiliate people in
order that they might obtain a
higher position inf the police department? This is the question
asked by Bolza Baxter. This is
the question on the minds of
most decent thinking Negroes in
the City.

The Communist Party held an
election campaign rally in the
Royal Garden Club on St. John
St. last Saturday night, October
12. More than three hundred
(300) people turned out to hear
the Communist
cussed by its candidates also to
witness~ the celebration of the
newly organized third ward club
of the Communist party. All was
well until a polic2 officer summoned four (4) cruising cars

See~Flint Youth~Page 8

Platform dis-j|

ede. It read: ~Ia case of acciGat potify~ Martia, 85 West Post
roan, White Plains, N. Y~
- beroux, who was granted. a
pilot~s license on Jun~ 19, crashed his small rented plane imto.a
nine-foot alley way between wto
buildings.in. the | heart> of
Lai, city, near the hom? of Mis.
~ele ~Martin. His wife, whom
be tec. tried to affect a reconcil at! on, lives in Mrs. Martin~s
he afise and both are employed as
tee phorte op2rators in the White
Prunes exchange of the New
Oi Telephone company.

Pélice theorized that Heraux
hati ~attempted:~o kill himself
im~ the~ crash and injure or kill
his.wife also, but at the Jast
oie: had cut the enging~to

injuring. her... Had: he..
re motor of his plan?
pas he went into the fatal
spin ~there would have been
a térrific explosion that probably
would. have set his wife~s home
afir?, police declared.

-. Ms: Heraux, the former wife
of Dr.. HH.~ Binga~ Dismond, prominert~ New York City physician,
met: Heraux in Haiti after. e.
vortirtg Dr. Dismond. They ca
to New: York and Heraux o'
tairfed: employment as a took:
keeftr for the Motor-McCormack lines, Inc., 5 Broadway,
New York City.

Clifford St. C. C.
To Hold Open =

House pies

FLINT, Mich. Oct. 13. ~APNS
The Clifford Street Community
Center will hold an Open House,~
in the well-appointed and newly decorated building on Clifford
at Kennelworth Avenue. The
affair will. be Oct. 27th, between
4 and 6 p. m. The gerferal public
is invited.

Vets~ Business

Council to Meet

Flint~s Veteran's Business
Men~s Council will hold their
first fall meeting on Wednesday,
October 23 at 8 p. m. at the
La Chateau.

There are thirty-five professional and business veterans in.

this council. New comers are
urged to attend.

Mt. Olive Choir
To Render

Program

The Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Sr. Choir will render a musiéal
program at the First Baptist.
Church, on Beach at Second~ on

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