Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 45]

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THE FLINT SPOK ESMAN

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_ FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1947

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NAB CHICAGO CAB
~OWNER FOR BOGUS
SUGAR STAMPS

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Federal
indictments were returrfed last
4veek against two men. one a
local ~taxicab owner, for illegal

counterfzit sugar
worth 293,000 pounds of sugar.

The cab owner was Yarcy
Bridgeforth, whose fleet of taxitabs pick up passengers on south
side~ streets for 10 cents a ride.

Th: second man was Harry
Prasow, 24, alias Harry Prass
OPA ag n's arrested Bridge
for-h 2s he stapped off a plare
from Chicago. He had 6,000 bugus sugar stamps, wevrih 30,000
pounds of Sig~; his, possession,: they rcported.

in

of 58,- |
stamps |

A rration-wide drive~ by OPA
agents in the last two. weeks
~against those involved in the
| bogus sugar stamp racket have
yetted dozens of arrests. but
Gridgeforth is one of the few
Negroes apprehended. He was
arrested by OPA agent Max
Wallick and his men.

Bridgeforth is.accusxi of delivering the courtierfeit sugar
tamps to Prasow who acicd as
1 contact man for their sale,
said J. Albert Well, U.S. Attorney and his assistant, Raymond L. McClory.: The federal]
grand jury was hearing evidence
on the case until late Friday.

CONGRESS GETS BILL DESIGNED

TC OUTLAW FILIBUSTERING

WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~A
resolution to outlaw filibustering tactics formerly used by various members of congress to kill
unwanted legislation was introfuced in the. senate here last
week by Sens. Knowland and
Fegruson, R., Cal: and Mich,
~The resolution, which has been
referred to the committee on
rules and administrations, provides that paragraphs two, three
and four of the rules XXII of
the oe rules of the senate
d to curtail filibuster
ythe ~proposed bill

any pending measure or motion
and is signed by 16 Senators,
any of the signers may. request
recognition by the chair for presenting such motion; that when
the motion is presented, the presiding officer of the senate will
state the motion to the scnate;
that one hour after the senate
meets two days later, the presiding officer will, if a quorum
is present, take an ~~~aye~~ and

nay~~ vote on the motion. If

the majority vote is in the affirmative the measure under

debate will be ~the ain

tio Yns-exclustin ~Of

f peries puutieas until disposed of.~. ~ight Year Old Girl Without

WASHINGTON.~ ANP ~A
little cight-year old girl, Peggy
Ann Elkerson, has thrown a
problem into the lap of medical
experts who are secking to learn
how her food is digested with
~out a stomach. The lack of this

organ does not appear to give
Peggy any particular trouble
other than the fact that she

_ must eat more food and take it

i]

er causes than

oftener to get the same amount
of energy as her playmates. At
any rate, she will not suffer
from stomach disorders.

' Although physicians at Children's hospital here are unable
to explain the exact nature of
her digestive processes, they see
no reason why she should not

~live a long and normal life. In

grade school. she is an active

healthy child.

One of the items in her dict,
however,is not gerferally recommended for the young growing
child, but Peggy takes it like
a veteran. According to her
mother, the child has consumed
as much as seven or eight bottles of beer in 24 hours. hut
never becomes intoxicated. Other favorites*are peanuts cing salt
herring.

~Only twa other cases of a
Similar nature have been discov-.
ered in medical history~one a
French case in 755 and the -other a farmer's wife described in
a German papef in 1927. Both
were women who died from oththe lack of a
stomach as far as could be determined.
- Doctors are especially interested in the case of Peggy because
of the fact that it offers proof
that ~a stomach is not essential
to life. In certain kinds of disorders, this organ has to be removéd by surgery.

X-ray examinations have revealed that Peggy - Ann's esophagus~the tube through which

_ food. reaches the. stomach~and

- whigh lies
stden:

the duoderfm~the first part of,
the ~intestine ~ are connected,
thereby egeiins the stomach
between the, two.

~With an apparent lack of nor
oh

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ie a ~ t

Stomach, Lives on Beer and Peanuts

mal digestive juices, the little
girl~s intestines do a good job
of digesting food.

NEWS BOXES

The Flint Spokesman hef
posted boxes for your news at
the following places: South
Side Confectionary, FICC, Sonny's Dairy Bar,
Lounge, Golden Leaf Club,
Taylor's Grocery, and the M
and B. Confectionary.

All news must be in before
12 p.m.- each Monday. All
news used by this paper must
be~ phoried in: to the office or
placed in news boxes.

The phone number of the
office is 5-3338 at 3006 St.
John St.

NOTICE

All persons who have rooms
to rent with or without board,
call the Flint Spokesman and
register their names and addresses: Phone 5-3338 for further information, also aJl men
and women looking for employment register With the
Flint, Spokesman.

Delicate Flowers
Gladiolus and dahlia bulbs are
not winter-hardy and must be dug
up and stored before hard frosts
occur.

Flora-Lea |.

Another First
For Race
In Flint

MISS JESSIE MA sONES
One of our own charming
girls from Flint, in the person

jof Miss Jessie Mae Jones, has

the honor to be the first color
ed girl ot hold the position of:

stenographer to the Senate in
Lansing, and is the first, so far,
~n the history: of Michigan.

Miss Jones is a graduate of
Central High School and attended Wayne University in
Detroit, M'ch., for a year and
a half working towards a
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Business. Administration. Her
parents reside on Kennelworth
Ave., but Miss Jones has been
residing with Rev. Maysell
Ford on Maines St. oo the past

few months.
ETS ve Sig Mea js

a fatte ee Hs

oe mere ee;
~She: was sardale initiated i in
to the. Order~ of the Eastern
Star, with Mrs. Blanche Brown
as Worthy Mairon. Miss Jones
was sponsored in ihe Senate by
Senator John A. Wright also
of Flint.

Introduce FEPC
Bill to Missouri

Legislature

JEFFERSON.CITY, Mo.
ANP ~ In a precedertt shattering move, two Negro members
of the Missouri legislature, William Massingale, D., St. Louis.
and James McKinley Neal, D.,
Kansas City, put the issue of
outlawing job discrimination

~squareiy wetore the body on

| Wednesday of last week. Massirrgale and Nea _ introduced the
FEP bill after a careful study
of the New York and California
measures which they used as
guides in drawing up their proposal,

Lights Buoys

An ingenious device, developed
some years ago and now widély
used, is the sun valve that lights
gas or electric lamps in lighthouses
~and buoys at sunset, even when
fog obscures the rays of the sun,
and extinguishes them at sunrise.
The valve or contact is worked by
a delicate mechanism extremely
sensitive to heat rays of the sun.
Mohel and. other nickel alloys are
used to prevent salt water corrosion of important parts which would
result in failure of operation.

NAACP Opposes Jim Crow Boxing
Bill in the Nation~s Capital

WASHINGTON ~ A N P ~
Lesiie Perry, NAACP legislative
representative. declared that the
NAACP would vigvurously oppose the bill introduced by Conevessman Fred Bradley (R) of
ichigen prohibiting interracial
box:ng matches in tie Dist.ict
of Columbia.

~By introducing such a bill,~
Perry said, ~~Congress Bradley is
trying to.turn back the clock in
race,and it shall be unlawful
a disservice to ciizens of Washington ~and of the mation.~

The Bradley bil!, HR-212, pro
Be Oc Den eae rer ne ee

vides that ~it shal: be unlawful

for ahy individual of the Caui- j
in }

easian race race to engage
the District of Columbia as aj;
eentest in any boxing corttest
with gn individual of a different |
race; an dit snai tbe unlawfal
for any individual. of a_ race
other than the Caucasian race to
engage in the District of Columbia as a contestant in any
boxing contest with an individual of the Caucasian race.~
Violation of the proposed!aw
would. subject offenders to $i,000 fine or imprisonment ~ for
one year.:

Gets

Joe Louis Honored As One
Of Top Ten Young Men of America

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Heavyweight boxing champion Joe
Louis wa? one of 10 young men
honored here Wednesday night
at the Morrison hotel during the
United States Junior Chamber of
commerce banquet.

The 10 were selected by the

Jaycees, an abbreviation of the

junior chamber of commerce, as
the nation~s outstanding young

~}men of 1946, The banquet was

held in the Terrace Casino. Only men betweerr the ages of 21

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and 31 years of ~were selected by the 11 judges, who considerer candidates in profsssior.al fields from sports to politics.

Louis~ award.was for ~~stimulating goodwill and bringing to
the boxing ring the respectabiiity it presently enjoys.~ Awards
of gold keys, scrolls and the
Distinguished Service award of
the U. S. Junior of Commerce
were presented by Atty. Senden
Waldo, Gainesville, Fla., natiorral president.

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CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Three
burning firetrap buildings
brought death last week to 11
persons, eight of whom were
children, in the overcrowded
Negro sections of the south and
west sides here.! Before the National Negro
congress could call for a civic
investigation into the sudden

outbreak of firetrap blazes here,
two buildings had burned ir the
congested south side community
and seven persons had perished,
including four children, who
died in a blaze that swept a
four story building Thursday at
3111-13 Cottage Grove avenue.
A fire at 2944 Prairie averrue on
Monday brought death to three
more persons.

Four children died in a plaze
that razzed the upper floors of a
westside apartment building at

a few. mi of being one week,
~after the tragic Cottage Grove

avenue fire. The lives of eight
childen were snuffed out in the
two fires.

The four latest fire ~victims

1733 Washburne avenue within r

ELEVEN DIE IN
CHICAGO FIRES

were Willis Hickman'~s children.
They were Alvana, 9: Sylvester,
7; alvana, 3; and Leslie 14. Firemen found Alvana, Sylvester and
Valvana huddled in their beds
where the flamed trapped them.
Leslie died leaping from a third
floor window sill to safety.
His mother, Mrs. Anna Hickman, also leaped but fortunately
ianded on blankets neigttbors
had placed on the pavement.
She is recovering from injuries
in the Cook County hospital,
where: she was taken by Msgr.
William Gorman, fire department chaplain. The father was
away from home at the time of

the fire, but. police began a
search to inform him of. the
tragedy.

A growing number of civic
organiaztions have joined the
National Negro congress to demand an immediate investiga
feretraps. The fires are generally attributed to overheating
to dercceuieae near subzero

weather.

WASHINGTON ~
amendment to the GI Bill of
Rights to forbid any payments
to schools which ~~purport to
be non-sectarian but actually
discriminate against veterans belonging to minority races or religions,"* was offered Monday by
Rep. Arthur G. Klein, Democrat
of New York. The bill is based
on studies of. discrimination
against GI~s in schools of higher education made by the Jewish War veterans and the Amcrican Jewish congress jointly
which reveal that numerous veterans are unable to take advantage of their rights under the
GI bill because of the fact that
many schools have adopted a
quota system limiting the mumber of Jews, Negroes, Catholics,
and persons of Italian descent

who may be admitted.

The proposed amendment
would empower the veterans administrator to hold hearings
whenever a school is charged
with discriminating agairfst veteran~. The administrator would
first.attempt to eliminate the
discrimination by means of conciliation and médiation but if the
school refuses to discontimue the
practice the administrator is cmpowered te stop all further payments to the offender. Students
already enrolled in such a school
| will continue to receive regular
payments, In. proposing the bill,
Mr. Klein said: ~

~GI who was not exciuded
~from the hedge-rows of Norman}dy or the beaches of Okinawa

i

OFFER ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
AMENDMENT TO GI BILL

ANP An|should not be excluded from the

so-called educational institutions
of our country. Discrimination
by educational
against.a veteran because of his
color or religion strikes at the
heart of wne democracy for
which he fought. This bill may
not eliminate this un-American
practice but will at least stop
these institutions from feeding
at the public trough. There is
no reason why the Government
should subsidize un-Americart
un-American practices.~

an ~institution

inant
Ms

Air Imports

Among imports, the items moving
oy air in largest volume have recently included Swiss watches and,
strangely enough, dressed chickens.
It happens that the Dominican Republic has recently been able to
taise lots of chickens and sell them
cheap, thanks to plentiful grain supplies and low labor costs. These
chickens have been flown here all
dressed and ready for cooking at
prices competing easily with the
cost of home grown fowl.

Decorated Bridal Bed:

The cncient custom of decorating
the bridal bed with rosemary still
persists in a few remote areas of
Europe although it is not generally
practiced Among the warlike tribes
of Northern India, a strange custom
once prevailed. The prince or rajah, who had a daughter of marriageable age, entertained the
princely suitors at a lavish banquet.
The princess was allowed to enter,
look the young men over, and throw
a flower garland of marriage around

the neck of the man of her choice.

DETROIT, Mich. ~ APNS ~

Raymond McConey, 17, of
6562 Woodrow, received a beating at.the hands of three men
evho gave him a lift in a car
Tuesday evening.

After receiving the lift from

YOUTH ACCEPTS RIDE;
GETS BEATING BY THREE

West Grand Blvd and Warren,
according to McConey, the men
gave him a terrific beating about
the chest and shoulders with
their fists, robbing him of three
dollars, His condition is mot serious.;

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PRICE 10c PER COPY

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| Interracial ~

tion into. safety...precautions..i0.,
buildings already branded as | ~

Crop Srmaiic
A mixed singing group (a
capella) under the direction of

ized at the Clifford St. Center.
They meet at the Center every
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Anyone wishing to. joip is
welcome. The officers of the
club are Fraulien Hawk, president; Bill Caldwell, vice president ~and assistant business
manager; Marie Hill, secretary
and Jameg Waller, treasurer.
Archie Hawkins is assistant di~rector ~and business manager.

Women~s Business
Association Forms

~The first meeting of the Business and Prof~ssional WomAssociation was held last
Thursday at the home of the
organizer, Mr. Gerthia Waterford of St. John St.

Although no definite plans
were made or officers elected
it was decided that the association. include in its program to
promote better business knowl
edge among managers of bus
iness places, increase business

operations and employ more}

race graduates.

For more information about
the association, call 4-482].

Spiritualist
Here

Rev. Madam B Lucky of New
Orleans, La., famous spiritual
reader and advisor will be at
3501 Michigary Avenue.

Madam Lucky has been reading since twelve years of age
and can help you no matter
what your troubles are. Private
readings and advice daily 11:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be
no private readings on Sundays.
Call 4-4938 for appointments,

WANTED..Sales lady or man with salesman ability and car. Must have
a high school education. Conttact
C. Childress of Childress Real
Estate at 2714 St. John St.

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sah to. friends: in ~his a he stay.~ 7

|THE CHAMP LIMBERING UP |

| eremy of marikind. Most worWade Jones, has been organ- |

|Picked One Of U.S~s Top Young Men.

DETROIT, Mich. ~ APNS ~ i

~ Joe SS ee was in town a few
paid a

WORRY

Worry ~s about the worst
ries are merely fancied ones,
though some are all to real.
Mos: of cur worries never happen.

Worry can be contro'led to
a great measure by singing,
whistling, writing a letter to a
friend, going visiting cr anything to divert our minds from
our worries.

'Worry slows up our mentality, lessens our resistance,
hii:dews our physical activities.

We read the following article on worry, so are passing
it on to you as follows:

Either you are successful or
you are not succegsful.

if you are successful there is
nothing to worry about.

If you are not successful
there are only two things to
worry about.

Your health is either good
or you are sick.

If your health is good, there
is nothing to worry about.

~You are going to get well or
you are giong to die.

If you are going to get well
there is nothing to worry about.

If you are going to die there
are only two things to worry
aboft.

You ~are either going to
Heaven, or you are not going
to Heaven.

lf you are going to Heaven,
there is nothing to worry
about.

If ycu are going to the other
place, you will be so busy
shaking hanc with old friends
that you won't have time: to
worry.

SO WHY WORRY?
~Reprint from Labor Journal

SPECIAL BEAUTICIANS
MEETING
All Beauticians in the city
are urged to attend a specia
meeting of all Beauticians at
the Pioneer Hall, 3006 St.
John St., Monday, 27th, at 7
Pp. m.
The meetings is called by
Mrs. Blanche Brown and Mrs.

Janie Nelson.

Efforts Renewed
Hone Roll

Efforts are on foot to raisa
the remainder of the amount
that is necssary to secure and
erect the War Service Honor
Roll for the Industrial Avenug
side of the track. Spearheading
this move is Miss Melba Lee |
of the Urban League. Miss Lee
~a newcomer to the city, is
anxious to meet all of those
public spirited citizens who
worked so ardously in the initial efforts that was put forward and implemented by the
Industrial Avenue Neighborhood Improvement League.
Watch the Spokesman for the
announcement of the meeting
and the effort that is to be put
forward.

DANCE

January 25, 1947

FEATURING

EDDIE WOOD'S

SWING TRIO

THE NEW
BOBBY SOX
GRILL
2718 St. John St:

ENJOY NITE CLUB
ATMOSPHERE!

Formerly the ~. P, A. Club

Dancing from 9til
2A.M.:

Adms. 50c

Come One Come All
--- Lets Have A Ball!

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