Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 43]

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OLUME I~NO. 43

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~Philip Randolph to Speak
| Here Saturday at 7:30 P. M.

* The YMCA's Department of:

Mr. Randolph is co-chairman,
with Dr. Allen Knight Chalmer:

the year in their presenting one~ of the National Counci] for a

of the most important Negroes! Permanent Fair

Employment

- in the United States. A Philip~ Practices Commission. His story

* Randolph is the
President of the Brotherhood of
| Slezping car porters and a lead- er in the field of interracial activity. He will speak at 7:30 p.
m. Saturcay at the First Bap* tist Church under auspices of
Ors department.

international; is told in Edwin Embree~s Thir
teen Against the Odds, a book

of Negroes in America.

General chairman of the meeting will be Dr. J. D. Wilson of
the colored work committee of
the YMCA.

WORKER BEATEN
FOR TESTIFYING

IN GA. LYNCHING

- ATLANTA ~
Monroe, Ga., quadruple lynch~ing took another step back
wards with the disclosure that
a 19 year old Walton county
ice-house worker was brutaliy
| beaterr about the face ky two. unidentified men who attempted to force him to reveal what
~ he had told the federal grand
jury investigating the last July
25.lynchings.

The victim, Lamar Howard,
told FBI agents here Thursday
that two men approached ~him
New Year's day at the ice plant
in Monrosg, where he works, took
him to the rear of the building
_at the point of a pistol and, beat him about the head andj
* face for 10 or 15 Minutes with
their fists. and the. gun.

Hewars., wai they... svughi.~ igs
" Yearn ae testimony... he had
given to the grand jury about
the lynch death~ of the four Negrocs last summer. He had been
brought~, to Atlanta for~ medical
treatment by several prominent
Atlanta Negroes.

The. earlier setback came last
Dec. 19,:when the. grand jury
teported it had.been unable to
learn the identity of any members of ~the armed mob that has
participated in the brutal kill
-_ SKIRT
SWEATER

JAN. U1, 1947

9p. M. to 2 A. M.

* 50c for Ladies
~ $1,00, for Men

Sunday Nite

Jamboree
SUNDAY,

& *

JAN. 12, 1947
9 P. M. to 2 A. M.

50c for Ladies
75c for Men

ANP ~ The ing. The jury is being held in

session for cormsideration of any
further evidence which might
be uncovered, according to U.
S. District Judge T. Hoyt Davis.

Local FBI Agent A. E, Foltz
said he had no comment to
make on the incident,

Flintites Witness
Kim Sigler

Inaugural

Mrs. Vinton Neely, Mr. R.. C.
Chandler, Mr. Nate Payne, and
J. D. Shooks~ motored to Laasing last Wednesday to Witness
the inauguration ceremonies of
Michigan's new Goveryror, Kim
ig! Sigler.
[ witnéssed three new members|
of the House of Representatives
and a new Senator from Flint,
take oath.

W. C. Fields
Leaves $2,500.

To Housekeeper

HOLLYWOOD ~ ANP~Mrs.
Adele Vallery Clines, housekeeper of the late W. C. Fields, was
bequeathed $2,500 of the cOmediar~s $800,000 estate, according to published stipulations of
his will last week.

Fields. left the pulk of his
estate in trust for his brother.and sister, with a provision that
at eventually be used for white
orphan boys and girls where
no religion will be preached.

Fields was criticized. sharply
for his drinking of alcohol by

amce union, who branded him as
one. of the worst influences in
America on young people. Only
$20,000 of the $800,000 was designated for his widow, and son,
W. Claude Fields, Jr., his will
revealed.

Naval Stores
Georgia has led the nation in the
production of naval stores for the
~past 17 years.

on 13 outstanding achievements

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While there, theyugise LFS

the Women~s Christian Temper-{

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1947

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VIEW ~SUGAR CHILE~~~
Reading in photo-left to right

INTER-,

are Evelyn White, Marilynn
Howard, ~~Sugar Chile,~ Thomas Terry, Editor,

and Dorothy

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Blasgingame. Photo by Nash

Barrera.

White California Mother Goes to
Mississippi to Plead for The
Lives of Two Negro Boys

OAKLAND, Cal. ~ ANP: ~

In ~a. ~solemn. seen display of
love of humanity, a ~Abe Leg

relty, 36
of -last week. to plead with. the
governor of Mississippi ~to. spare
the lives of two 14 year old Negro boys who have. beert.-convicted of murder _and sentenced
to death.

In an. interview shortly befor her train pulled out for Los
Angeles enroute to Jackson,
Miss., Mrs. Meiers said: I expect I'll! cry when I see him,
then I'll probably dry my tears
on his sieeve.

According to Mrs. Meiers, she
is suffering from. an incurable

ay reqgualig

all of us and we can~t

disease but expects to live for

fully four months. Her doctor
had informed her that she could

make the trip if she did so im-. @

Diet ape

made
criticize his handiwork. I'm full
of sympathy and love for children I sometimes think I can~t
live, '

The wife of a rauroad employee, Ars. Meiers modestly
minimized her actions and stated: I'm only doirmrg what thousands of parents would do under circumstances. similar to!
these under
ing. Oakland is full of mothers

who deserve the praise they are |

giving me.

Clare James Working Out
For Coming Golden Gloves Bouts

The FICC will be well represented with top notch amateur
fighters in the coming Golden
Gloves, our colorful Clare James
is working each day:at the Center conditioning boys to carry
the colors of the north ~cnd in
the tournament of champions.

Jack Harding of the VFW has
announced that the Clifford St.
center will be opened to boxers, shortly.

This year~s entrants will receive gold lapel buttons signifying their competition in the
Gloves. In the past tournaments
the finalists were presented -with
robes and trunks, but this year

/OUSTED CHURCHMEN WIN
LIBEL SUIT TOTALING $14,000 ~

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LOS ANGELES

| Ar all-white jury awarded a

total of $14,000 in libel] damages

bers of the Second Baptist
church here.
The Rev. J. Raymond

derson, pastor of the

Hen1,600 -
member church, was ordered to
pay $5,000 each to the Rev.

| A. L. Brewer and E. W. Fisher,

while his. two deacons, James
H. Hiltor and R. A. Heddson,
must pay "$2,000 each to the
former churchmen, whoSe mémberships of the Second Baptist
church terminated last October.

Both Brewer ard Fisher denied they had prosecuted the
case in a spirit of revenge, but
rather on a basis of principle.
Ministers and deacons of the

last week to two ousted mem-|

~United States Supreme court if

church of God are destined as
servants of God, not to be a
boss of the other, they said.

An appeal was filed ~immédiately by Atty. Thomas Griffith,
lawyer for Rev. Henderson.
The case will be carried to the
the judgment is sustained in
the lower courts, the pastor
vowed.

Love offerings are already being collected: by staunch members of Second Baptist to finance the appeals, Rev. Henderson said. Both ousted members
had origirrally filed for $10,000
libel damages on allegations of
being the target of malicious
language designed to _ bring

~enter the Gloves.are asked to

190, ~

them into illrepute with fellow
members.

the runner ups and champions
will receive gold and blue jackets instead of robes, this change
has been made to give the boys
an added prize where as in the
past the fighters have gotterr
little use of the robes after the
Golden Gloves had ended.

The preliminary rounds will,
| Year.

be held at the Arena Jan. 30
and 3lst and. the finals at the
IMA February 6. Boys wishing

contact Clare James or sign up
at the FICC,

Working out with Mr. James
are marty boys who have fought
in the recent Inter City shows,
they are: Auburn Copeland, 118.
Jay. Watkins, 140. Charles Atkins, 135. Walter McKee, 147.
Hal and Floyd Fielder -at~ 175
and 160 respectively. Harold Odom, 155 and Dave McNeely,

Jessie Lakes who fought in
the 1942 tournament with Benny McCoombs has also entered
this years Golden Gloves.

Two notable changes forth by
the State AAU body is that any
boy reaching his 20th birthday
before Jan. 1, 1947, or any lad
having won three or more fights
during cOmpétitior is entered
as an open. Fighters must make
their weight by ring time or
move into the next class.

Hardy Bulbs
Tulip, narcissus, daffodil and
hyacinth bulbs should be left~in the
ground each fall because of their

which I am: work- |
' agement of her father~s busi
~is the owner of two high spots

~| the Memorial

-unable to appear for Kutcher~s

~| post a $250 bond to secure costs

hardiness. These bulbs should be
divided sbout every five years during August or September.

|} interview with Frankie who a
~!| business managér, Herbert Eiges

MRS. JIMMIE MAE ey
of Leith St. was home for the
holidays, but has returned to
Cleveland, Ohio to resume man
ness, the late Mr. James SesSor, |. who passed away November 29.
Mrs. Bailey, beimg the sole heir
to her. father~s: $20,000 estate,

in Ohio, and also in music. machine business that extends as
far as Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs.
Bailey will be glad to receive
her many friends in. one of her
nite spots wher in Cleveland.
One of Mrs. Bailey's Ciubs is
the Waiter~s Club at 9501 Cedar
Avenue and the other is the
Harlem Social Club at 9811 Cedar Ave. Mrs. Bailey wishes her
many friends a prosperous New

Hazel Scott
Faces $25,000
Breach Suit |

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ ear |
ing or the $25,000 breach of
contract suit against Mrs. Hazel
Scott Powell is slated for Jan.
10 in the New.York Supreme
court. The suit was filed by
Benjamin F. Kutcher, concert
promoter of Trenton, N. J., on
the ground that Mrs. Powell
failed to fill a concert date at
auditorium in
1945.

Trenton on Dec. 3,

Mrs. Powell claimed she was

concert on that date because
of the impending birth of her

child. Last wee, in a kpre-trial jexamination, she lost a motion

to have the cortcert promoter

in event. he lost the

@

of trial
case.

Kutcher claims Mrs Powell's

failure to appear for the concert entitles him to rt
damages.

league,; coming year.

~Sugar Chile

Robinson

Sensational

Before a crowd of 5000 or

~more Flint fans, Frankie Sugar
Chile Robinson, the eight year

old wizard of the ivories and
the biggest stage attraction in
the United States today made
his first Flint appearance and

] proved to many who doubted

his ability to play the piano in
the mest unorthodox manner,

ever -displayed before.

In our interview with Frankie it was disclosed that he has
never taken piano lessons in h~s
Ife, and off stage he is the same
as any average youngster his
age. He also stated that his
chief aim in life is to be another Joe Louis. Sugar Chile's
remarkably accurate ear enables him to reproduce what he
hears on the radio and records,.and his playing ~is spontaneous,and completely free from any

infection -or art~ficiality. Wheth
er he plays with his fist, his
arms, his elbows or hs~ knuck
Irs, his main idea-is to mash
the right keys at the right time,
in short, to make music,, and
what rhythm. You really have
to see ths child wonder to realize what enormous talent he
possesses.

The Flint Spokesman Staff
was very impressed with their

long with his aunt and traveling companion, Mrs. Gladys
Robinson, and his attorney and}

were very gracious to them and
showed the oe every pourtery

pokey ie
Clubs to Meet

The League of Clubs who organized in the last. month of
Dec. will hold their first meeting for the year 1947 on. the
14th January at the FICC at
7:30 p. m. at which time the
aid of all civic minded citizens
will outline their
constructive program for the
A well rounded
program is planned with Mr.
Chas. Eason of the Urban League as speaker with many other
outstanding civic minded citizens to speak. The general public is cordially invited to attend.
as well as all clubs and organ- |
izations in the city. The League |
is striving to outline a program:
to improve the conditions of
the ever growing Negro population in the city of Flint. For
years now the Negro citizens of
Flint have néeded adequate Centers, swimmirg pools, and othe~r
civic necessities to better the
Standard of living. in the Negro
community.

The league is striving through
the unionization of all organizations and clubs in Flint to!
make some of th@se mecessities
attainable in the very near. future. \

If you. are a member of any
Club or organization call their
attention to the league and its
purpose and we are looking forward to a packed house for the
first meeting of the year.,. Delicate Flowers
Gladiolus and dahlia bulbs are
not winter-hardy and must be dug
up and stored before hurd frosts
occur.

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~tle Rock conference.

FLINT~S FOREMOST ~- BUSINESS WOMAN ORGANIZER~
Mrs. Blanche Brown, known to
her many friends as Doll, and
one of Flint~s most, prominent
business women, was résponsible

for the organizing of the Chap
ter No. 25 Order of. the Eastern~
Stars under Sojourner Truth, |

-organized last Sunday at. 2901 sa..-EWans,.
St. Jobn_ St. A genes ine, }Sinclain, ~Mrs, Nina Youngy and}.

Mrs. Edith McCord in honor of
the grand _ officers.

Officers installed were as follows: Mrs. Blanche Brown, W.
M.; Mrs, Claudia Sinclair, A. M:;
Mrs. Louise Wigfall, Treas;
Mrs. Pecolia Johnson, Sec.; and
Grand Officers as follows: Mrs.
Cora Moore, R. G. M., Mrs. RoG.. S; Mrs. Mable

vat. GT and Mrs, B, ~,
a ie og = cameenin sscimaada my:

in * a: or

Florida AME~s age

Defend Bishop Tookes -

JACKSONVILLE ~ ANP ~
As Bishop Henry Yo Tookes,
Florida~s top-ranking AME prelate, left Brewster hospital here
last week after~ a three week's.
illness, 25 of the key Methodist leaders in~ the state ral-;
lied to his defense against rumors that he planned. punitive
measures against ministers who
attended the recent extra general conference at Little Rock.

Orn the basis of the rumors,
a resolution was passed at the
conference providing action at
ithe next bishops~ council meeting against any bishop who demoted, moved or threatened any
preacher for attendimg the LitBishop
Tookes was ill when the conference was held.

His absenee was interpreted
by some as indicating he opposed the conference. But the idea
of an extra Gerreral Conference came from Bishop Tooks,
his followers revealed in a
signed statement in his defense,
and he would have attended if
he had not been ill.

Describing Bishop Tookes as
one of the most illusirous prelates ever. to grace the episcopacy of our great church, the
25 leaders, composed of 17 miristers and eight lay delegates,
expressed. exasperation over the
rumors. Bishop Tookes has
threatened nobody, punished nobody, demoted nobody because
of his attendance at the recent
special general conference, ard
has no intentions of doing so,~
they said.

Signatures of conference
leaders included Drs. T. W. Bullard; the East Florida conference; J. M. Wise, leader of the
West Florida conference; A. L.
Bennett, the Florida conference;
Lucius Dickerson, Northeast
Florida conference; W. R. Ak| ery, Orlando Florida conferencn;
E. J. Jacksor, South Florida
conference; R. W. Logan, Central Florida conference and Dr.
J. J. Heath, Tampa, Florida
conference.

Ministers included the Rev. C.
A. Gibbs, the Rev.

M. Peter~

~Chappelle, the Rey, J. W. Bur
~roughs, the Rev. P. B. Walker,
the Rev. William I Ball, the
Rev. R. A. King, the Rev. F.
A. Roundtree,
E. Cary and the Rev.
Morse.

the Rev. John
Le

The names of lay delegates ap
pearing on the statement were
Ralph B. Stewart, Sr. Dr. E.

H, Flipper, Mrs. A. B. Wil
liams, Mrs. A. M. Ball, C. S.
Williams, Ida Mae Bingham, B.
C. Hambert and A. L. Lewis.~

Declaring the time has come

for all Florida to rise and be.
heard, Rev. Gibbs( an endorsed candidate for the bishopric,

termed as false the article in

the AME church press that Biship Tookes is officially cutting
off heads or plans such action

against any preacher or laymen

in Florida.

Such a statement on the part
of anybody is a fabrication of!malicious mendacity, he added.

OLD MAIDS TAXED

Johannesburgh, -S, ~Africa ~
Sjngle women above 18 yéars of

age in South Africa pay a
monthly tax. of $4. The white

women prefer not to marry, and
look for men~s work, spending

their salaries on cigarettes and
cocktails, and die without having children. If they commit
these great mistakes, it is only
right that they should pay for
it,~ implied an official, who reports this new act.

Body Left
To Science

DETROIT, Mich.

Mrs. Helen Bradley, 42, left a
29 word last statement in the
gasfilled kitchen of her apartment, Detective Alexander Starrett found this note: ~~I am leaving my body ot science. I think
they will find it interesting. As
for the rest of the world they
can go to hell. I hope they will
find something to help the rest
of the world, don~t you?~~:

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