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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1946

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nia master-and-servant loyalty

3 that. has endured since the days

of; aeyiry in the Old South
brought. a Georgia plantation
owner aed his son to Detroit today-as character witnesses for a

~Bro who. faces a. morals: charge.

The white men are Selman I.
Storey, 53.. who fought in the
Argonne if World War I, and
his boy. Harold, 24, World I
captain who led the first infantry. company into Metz. Young
Storey - wears. both the Silv2r

tat and the Purple Heart for
BS exploits -with Gen. George
Patton's army. ~

They. left home in the midst |
of. the cotton- ginniny season, one

_ of the. busiest times of the year.

a pr: the: ~plantation,. to engage an

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Seek Two White Legionnaires
Who Beat up Edgar Brown

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ney ~and. Participate in the |

DETROIT, Mich. ~ APNS ~ defense of William Perry, 36.;

of B83 FE. Philadelphia, wno is,

on -trial before Recorder~s Judge | '

Paul E. Krause and a jury.
"Here~s why, according to the
two men~s own explanation:

Perry~s great grandfather was}

the slave of the elder Storey~s
grandfather on the Storey plantation near Rom?, Ga.

Perry~s name itself was the

family name of one of the Storey] -

wives, adopted by Perry~s grandparents when they wre freed
from slavery.

Finally, Perry himself was
employed on_ the plantation
from boyhood by Storey and

his son. He tcft to come north
only recently.

Atty. Henry M. Rottman, retained by th: Storeys, is defending Perry

-aL0S- ANGELES.~ ANP ~
Los: Angels police are on. the
lookout for two white members
of ~American Legion, at the!

request: of San Francisco police. | their accomplices by Brown on

Thé*men Walter Shaw, of Wapash, Ind.; and A. J. Harris, In
jianapolis,. are formerly charged
with having led a gang attack
on. Edgar G. Brown, director of

Prince Robbed
In Eddy Tilt

Bill Eddy, Flint~s champion,

--fourrd his opponent Eddie Prince

of Detroit.

no play thing the other nite at
the IMA. The judges called the
fight a draw but 2500 fans thot
otherwise, it is in our opinion
as well as the fight fans, that
Eddie Pijnce should ~have been
awarded ~the decision. but knowing~ the facts that Eddy being
or his home grounds carried a
lot of weight toward the decisjon beihg called a draw.

In the semi-final Chucho Ruiz
made ~short work of Johnny

Jacks@h by.knocking him out in
Jackson being}

the first round.

knocked out~ was quite a disappoirtiment to many Jackson
fans. -

The fights got off to a good

start ~with Tony Gallo of De

troit scored a TKO over Tom
Jordan of Detroit in the. third,

fe) own Freddie McLaurin
ge ils fine form in dropping

the. decision to John Varcey of
Detroit. We are looking forward

to. ~McLaurin going a long ways |

int ~the fighting game, so be exg to hear a lot about this
In the other six rounder
Barnes ~of ~Romulus won a
on~ from ~Bunny Madison

PFurr, the other defendants. plead

* Pmceh inn.

the National.Negro council.
Charges of assault and battery

were filed against the two men

and a list of ~John Does~ as

October 4, appearing personally
in. the district attorn2y~s. office.
He told the authorities that during the American Legion National convention, he and oth-:
er members. of the council had
made requests ard demands that
the Legion take action against
some of the injustices to Negro
citizens, protest the limiting of
Negro enlistments in the army
to 10 per cent, etc~ On the closSee~Seek Two~Page 8

a ahold cal -_~

Four Sentenced
In Carolinian~s
Death

CONCORN, N. C. ~ ANP ~
Four white mer faced long prison terms_Wednesday following
their pleas of guilty here Tuesday in connection with the death
of an aged Negro man August
13th.

Bill Cook and Edward Fur:
were given sentences of life imprisonment after pleading guilty
to being accessories before tire
fact,while Wiley Furr and Lew:s

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ed guilty to beingaccesscries after the fact and were sentenced
to eight to 12 years.

Thefour white men. had_ been
charged with locking up Isaac
Glover, 65, and setting fire to
his home the might of August
13. Glover was rescued from the
blazing house by neighbors, but
died shortly later in a hospital.
Police said the motive for the
crime was robbery.

PO? ~

~ALL KIDS COME OUT FOR THE

FREE HALLOWE'EN PARTY

FREE! FREE!

Miss Elsie Pratt, charming young. socialite and ~recently

crowned ~Miss Michigan,~

endorses the candidacy of George

Friley for commissioner of the Third Ward and feels that all
of the younger set will do all in their power to advance the
Negro race in the City of Flint, Mich. Miss Prat tis also the
guest model in one of the most gala style shows ever to be.
held in the City of Flint, to - held at the YWCA on Sun
day, Oct. 27.

VETS CHALLENGE
STATEMENTS OF |
PAPP BROTHERS

FLINT, Mich.~~. APNS ~

~This committ2e is iniormed that

you have made certain open and
notorious statements of and corrcerning.Mr. Georg: Friley,. a
candidate, for commissioner from
the 3cd Ward. We believ2 those
statements to be false. Why is it
that ou resort to such tactics?

Your illustrious father, Mr.
Koloman Papp has had a prosperous business in the 3rd. Ward
for. many years. -_He has befriznded marty of our people and
we do not believe that. he -would
resort to: or approve of* your
methods of attack on. Mr. Geogr Be
Friley.

Why do.-you tell the voli: of

~Ord Ward: who: they., should.
vots: for, ~when~ you do not live

in the 32d Ward? Do the voters
of the 3rd Ward: tell you who
you should vote for~ in~ your
ward? We are mindful that your
family has been in~ business in
the: 3rd. Ward~: for many yéars.
We are also mindful that. thruout the y2ars of your busirfe~s
in* our community, our -mothers
and fathérs have
you, but you~ have never given
employment to any mernbers of
our race, Messrs. Papp. We ask
you, is that gratitude? May we
remind you that elections come
and go every other year. We
are here to stay. Do you believe
then, that you are using good
judgment by attempting to force
your selfish will upon us?

By your actions, we are made
to believe that you: are a member of Waldo and Co. May we
remind you that we are determined to break that hold that

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Temporary Injunction Against Ransom
Is Dismissed: N. Y. Supreme Court Says
~( hurch Can Try Sins,~ Decision Held

The efforts of Bishop D. H.
Sims ~to - prevent the AME
Church from trying him for
maladministration and disubedience to the order and: discipline of the AME Church came
to an abrupt end this week when
Mr. Justice Schrieber of the
New York Supreme Court denied Bishop Sims~. motion for
a permanertt injunction against
Bishop: Ransom and granted
Ransom~s motion to dismiss
Bishop Sims complaint.

The action arose as a result

of Bishop Ransom~s attempt to
preside over the trial of Bishop
Sims. Bishop Ransom had opened the trial in the Bridge Street
AME Church in Brooklyn or
Wednesday, September 25th. But
Bishop M. H. Davis of Balti
Md., had prevented orderly procedure by. violent physical
actions and heckling, and Bishop Ransom had adjourned the
trial to meet in Bethel Tabernacle on the same day at 3
o'clock im the afternoon. This
afternoon session had hardly got
underway when the attorney for
Bishop Sims served an order on
Bishop Ransom 6rdering him to

show cause before Mr. Justice,
Schreiber in the Supreme Court,

~Bronx County, why he should

not be permarfently restrained
from: presiding over the trial of
Bishop Sims and Bishop Ransom adjourned the trial sine die.

Meanwhile hundreds. of people wre interested in the suit

of Bishop~ Sims to reStrain Bishop Wright from presiding over
the New York Conference,
which was beimg tried in the
Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Dickstein. Twelve of the
Bishops of the AME Church
were in New York and the interest in this trial overshadowed
and cause many to forget the
motion against Bishop Ransom.
There had been several rumors
that no decjsion would be made
in the suit against Bishop Ransom until Mr. Justice Dickstein
had given a decision in the action against Bishop Wright. Thus
Mr. Justice Schreiber~s decision
in which -he said the ~plaintiffs
do have. remedys within the
church to which they do not alleg> they have resorted~, came

like an atom bomb into the

camp of Bishop Sims~ followers | j

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who had high hopes of both
preventing the trial of Sims and
permanently enjoining Bishop
Wright. The decision is doubly
disappointing to the Sims~ factions because the issues in both
the Wright and Ransom actions
are the same. In. one, the question is, does the. Church have

the right to move a Bishop, and |~

in the other, does the Church
iain a right to try a Bishop?

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J.C. Ross on:
Lomotta Card

Flint~s own J. C. Ross, while
not receiving due consideration
in his own home is fighting the
semi-Final bout in Detroit, Friday on the Lomotta card, Ross
will meet the much talked about
arfd built up Tony Acona whom
he defeated decisively in SagiTaw last month, this should
Prove a very good ~fight for Tony
will. be out for revengN for his
last defeat which J. C: Ross

~handled so masterfully. My prediction is Ross by.a knockout

in the fifth round.

- patronized |

Waldo and Co: have on the voters.in the. 3rd Ward?

In~ supporting the candidate
of your. choice and in the. respect of progress for the community; we sugg?st that it be
done solely on his record, which
even you admit it is very bad
from. our point of view. He has
done nothing to improve the
conditions of this neighborhood.
We still live-on the worse streets

-In the city-poorly lighted, never

élean, until 4 féw months prior
~to the ~elections. Ofcourse, w?
know that -you are acquainted
with the~ recreational facilities
whith ~your ~carididate has made
ho. effort. to improve: Mr. Friley

~was uinable to. gét-any committ
ments or support in his four
year struggle to operate the Pal
Club which is directly across
the: strezt from your place of

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Thanks From
The Edit a) a

~Thomas Terry, Editor of the
Ftint ~Spokesman, wishes to
thahk -the~ Negroes of our community who have seen fit to
support the Flint Spokesman
and that in the futur>, starting
this week, we will increase our
circulation another 500 papers so
as to insure that all wishing to
read the Spokesman can do so.
The circulation of the Flint
Spokesman is now 2000 and this
week we hope to make it 2500.

HUNTERS AND FISHERMEN,
ATTENTION

Many Negro hunters are being refused the opportunity to
hunt by farmers and other land
owners. This will become more
and more the case as time goes
on. It is timely that we have
an aggressive hunting and fishing organization that will work
for conservation and the rehabilitatiow of our gaf:e areas.
If' you are interested in this
contact Mr.: Nathaniel Turner.
4510 Grant St., Phone 4-5566.

Flint Elks
~| Host for

IP. E. R. Council

Vehicl: City Lodge. 1036 and
Genesee Temple 550 were host
and hostess- respectively for the
Past Exalted Rulers Council
meeting that was held last Synday, October 20. The PER Council meetings are held quarterly.
Representatives from all parts
of the state were present for this.
meeting.

The Elks Rest had open house
for the early part of the afternoon so that many of. the visitors could met. old friends. The
Dé. Rulers special meeting was
held at the FICC and the Past
Exalted Rulers meeting was held
at the Royal Gardens. Everyone
had a gyond2rful time greeting
friends..betweer the meetings.
Approximately 250 visitors attended the mecting.

_ Grand Lodge. reports. and dis
alted Ruler of the Genesee T2mPle was Mr. -Albert. Harper.

| Hostess and daughter, ruler was

Mrs Ladesta Hamilton. ~Chief
Antler. was Mr.: Bertair Gregory.

Gala Style Show
Sponsored by
Community ~
Aidettes

The Community Aidettes will
present a style show on October
27th at the YWCA.

This promises to be a great
event and the Aidettes promise
that it will surpass any previous
affair which they have sponsored. Many: lovely models will be
present to model styles. form
their own p?~rsonal wardrobes.

Guest models will be Miss
Michigan. who is Elsie Pratt,
Mrs. Ola Hughes. modeling some
urfique and very original styles,
Mrs. Ruby Beck will display
hats from the Deluxe Gift Shop.
and other models are: Hendris
and Joreatha Van Zandt, Alberta Buckner, Dorothy Hill, Ceoria
Wickware. Ruth Clemons, Mur
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DAUGHTER RULER ab aeenae F RILEY

cussions on problems of the tol-|
ored people was the main issue];,of the meetings. Host and Ex
MISS SHIRLEY PETROSS of
4128.18th Street, Secretary at
the UAW-CIO Fair Practice ard
Anti-Discrimination Department
held open. hous? in their new office building at 5701 Second Boulevard Avenue, Detroit. Mr. Walter. Reuther,and William.H.
Oliver, co-directors of the organization welcomed r2presentatives from various local un~ together with officials from
New. York.~ Cleveland, Chicago
~_ surrounding vicinities.

THE
SCORE.

By Frank L. Gillespie
CHDOVANUESUSUGDSUDUROOASSSENUAOOGUESONSONSUOELE!
IS PAC PRACTICING _~Negroes. of Flint care ~biginning to wonder just what is the
PAC~s ~ story... wé have. known
for sometime ~that the organization was supposed to endorse
eatididates on last..Thursday, ~yet
we ~have~ not~ heard anything in
régards to George Friley. The
fact that~ Mr. Friley has been
~| éndorsed: and~ drafted by the
peopls. 6f the Third Ward,

' should havi > special significance

to any. organization that has as
its purpose the solicitation of
the support of the colored people of the city.

It is timely for all Negroes ~to
consider that sirfce our advent
here w2 have been the tools of
this faction or that faction. It
is to our best advantage that a
change be made. We supported
the Green Slate, we thought that
that would be a solution to our
many problems. We had the sad
awakening to worse. problems.
We were told that if we would
follow and support the Civic
League everything would be all
right. Like good soldiets ~w2
went troupirg behind their bafiner. The same conditions, haye
remained to plague us.:

We have been supporting fhe
PAC, since its first organiga-~
tion. We feel that one good turn
eserves another. We have expected that our candidate would
be erntdorsed by the PAC. We
have no inkling as to what they
will do. Because of this inaction it behooves us to take the
only action that is left for us to
take. If the PAC fails to endorse George Frilcy, it becomes
the duty of every Negro in Finit
to. work the harder for Friley

-|and do. not. support any candi
date that has the endorsement of
the PAC.- This is a drastic acSee~The Score~Page 8

S. S. S. Club Gets
Underway

FLINT, Mich. ~ APNS ~The
SSS Club gets underway tonight
in fine form. in promoting their
first public affair and the official
opening of the dance season at
Clifford St. Center. This club
composed of the majority of
Flint~s outstanding young men
of sports, and under the guid
will hear a-lot of these yourrg

gets underway.

ance of Mr. John Caldwell. You.

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