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Flint, Michigan

LAWYERS FIGHT AT
BISHOP SIMS~ TRIAL

PHILADELPHIA ANP ~
A scuffle between lawyers, dur- |
ing which one got pushed over a
table,

heated court controversy be
tween two bishops of the A.
M. E. church Friday,

Wher severai among nearly

melee, Federal
A. Welsh, sent for five deputy.
marshals,several court. clerks
and ~agents of other government
gepartments to restore order.

~The commotion took place at
the hearing on litigation betweer
Bishop David H. Sims and Bishop. Sherman L. Greene, Bishop
Sims is attempting to secure an
injunction to prevent Bishop
Greene from taking charge of
the first episcopal district of the
AME church on the grounds that
the special. conference of the
ehurch in Little Rock on November 21, that unfrocked him,
was illegal.

The scufile began when Walfer A. Gay, an assistant.U, S. attorney who is couns~l for Sims,
snatched a~ postal receipt from
Mrs. Sadie T, M. Mosselle Alex
Judge George |

ander, attorney for Bishop
Greene. Mrs. Alexander was examong the receipt, which was

and exibit in the case.

Mrs, Alexander. made an effort to retrieve the receipt and
Gay scuffled with her. Mrs,
Alexander~s. husband, Raymond
Pace Alexander, also an attorney for eaviica Greene, stood

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ROYAL
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CLUB

- Sat, Feb. 8, 1947; StoZ
GOOD MUSIC
Refreshments

Admission - $1.00
Tax ~t - Total $1.20

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courtroom made as if to join the | front of

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the table
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~up, poshed Gay over
and shoulted: ~Don~t

Judge Welsh directed Mrs. N.
court, to telephone
marshal~s office for assistance, as the situation was beyond normal control, Many of

'up on the side of the favorite,
Sharp words and a few aed
flew.

Chief Deputy Marshal. Edward Conway soon came in with
the deputies. Word spread to
the U. S. District clerk~s office,
and several deupties from there
arrived a moment later.

It was seveal minutes before
was restored. Th ecourt
then asked the mashal to police
the courtroom while he heard
one more witness He then adjourned the case until January
27)

Spiritual Reader

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBDARY 1, 1947

Civic Group Plan Inter- ~
Cultural Relations Banquet

Last Monday in the offices

of 'Mr. Frank J. Manley of the!

Moy: Foundation, a group of
civic minded leaders met and
discussed plans for an InterCultural Relations banquet to
be held at the F.I.C.C. on the
22nd of Februar.~.

The committee is as follows:
Frank J. Manley of the Mott
Foundation, Connie Childress
of Childress Real Estate Agency, John D. Russell of the F.
l. C. C., Charles Eason of the
Urban League. J. W. Tweddie
of the Superior Life Ins. Society, and Thomas Terry, edi
tor of the Flint Spckesinn:

Pzincipal Speaker for the
Benqug: will be Dr, Gilbert H.
Jones, Dean of Education at
Wilberforce University, in Wilberforce, Onio.

Mr. Jones holds the dist'nction of being the first Negro in
America to receive his Ph.D.
Degree from a German Universi:y, and also first Negro to
be considered for a foreign
rainister. Dr. Jones declined the
appointment so he could continue as dean, of Wilberforce
University.

Commandos
Present Movie

Jamboree
The 12

(Commandos)
midnight movie, Saturday, on
Feb. 1, 1947 at the Columbia
Theatre. The features to be

stbwn ate néany and worth

your 50c. The full length fea
Club

are having a

Veterans

ture is ~Drums of Fu Man
Chu.~~ The shorts are ~~Dixieland Jamboree,~ with Cab

Calloway, Nickolas Bros, Five
~atketeers~'.~ Jammin~, th

ers, Laurel and. Hardy in
~Come Clean,~ ~Law of the
Badlands,~ and a color cartoon.

F.E.P.C.

Conference

A Working Conference in
suppoyxt of Fair Empolyment
Legislation will be held in the
Community Hall of Central
Methodist Church in~ Lans~ng,
Michigan on Thursday. Jan.
30, 1947, at 2 p.m. There
will be an afternoon and dinner session for the purpose of
formulalting plang to assist in
the passage of the FEPC Bill.

Among the. sponsors are:
Charles H.-Mahoney of Detroit and Judge Philip Eliot of
Flint. The Honorary Chairman
is the Most Reverend Francis
J. Haas of Grand Rapids. one
of jche outstanding civic leaders of the Nation.

~Miss January~
By Calvin Reaves

The beginning of a great idea
for promotion of the Flora-Lee
Lounge blossomed last. Friday
night when Miss Mavis Smith
started a contest for the title
of ~~~Miss January." This contest is to be held each month
of the year with a different one
of our numerous. clubs to judge
each month.

The 12 Veterans Club (Commandoes) were honored: in be
(See Miss January, Page 8)

VANEREEDGDEUEAEOSUOESCLEAUNCODBAOUEEDOUEAANEOO

H.D. CRIST
Career
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Counseling
Institute

227 Capitol Theatre
Bldg.,
Phone 4-1761

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des Lester Young and oth | Mr. James has two capable ef
James Opens

Modern Barber
Salon

~Everything must be done
to please our customers~ is the
moo of the well appo~nted

JAMES BARBER SHOP, lo
cated at 3202 St. John Street,
managed by Mr. William D.
James, proprietor. Mr. James

who has been established in
Flint for the past three years,
came to this city from Greenville, Miss., after. graduating

ficiery. barbers to serve their
many customers. The eyes of
Flint are looking upon, Mr.
James as a progressive, active
and important business man in
the community.

Civil Liberties
League To
Hold Meeting

The Civil Liberty League, organized. under the auspices of
the Elks Vehicle City Lodge
No. 1036, of Flint, Michigan,
will hold its first public meeting, Sunday, February 2, 1947
at 4:30 p. m.

Elisha Scott, Jr., Flint Attorney, the President, announced
that the League has for its primary object to work in coordination with other clubs and organizations, having for _ their
purpose the enforcement and
protection of the rights of minority groups,

The Civil Liberty League has
( See Civil Liberties, Page 8)

~| Willa Woods:

Barber College |p, objet

IF. LCC.

New Blood
To The Front

The Business and Professional Women's Assn, elected officers last Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Gerthia Watrerford, 3010 St. John St. They
are as follows: Pres., Mrs. Gerthia Waterford; Vice President,
Mrs, Grace Parker; Sec~y. Mrs,
Noma Williams, Second Vice
Pros., Mrs. Eunice Hill; Financial Secretary, Mrs. Thomas
Russell; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Odell Broadway; So-.
cial Committee, Mrs. Fannie L,
Stafford, Mrs. Glover, Mrs.
Mageline Jones, and Mrs, Eunice Hill; Constitution.Committze
Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Blanche
Brown, Mrs. Lorentine Williams,
Mrs, Hattic Andrews, and Mis.
membership coOmmittee, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Willie

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Taylor, Mrs. Odell Broadway.
and Mrs. Fannie L. Stafford;
Iatgal Advisor, Mrs. Thomas
W. Russell; reporter, Mrs, W.

Woeds. Other officers will later
be installed

The meetings of the Assn. will
be held each Wednesday at 8:00
|uary. Then, every second and

p.m. for the remainder of Janfourth Wednesday of each
month thereafter, Thé meeting

place will.be the FICC.

The Assn, will among the
many plans for better business
relationships, discuss cice
s..fre d aias ss
nee tee ae ~strives
expatinen that will enable wie
lrace employment and do what
so many other organizations
have failed to do in bettering
the living conditions of.the col
(See New Blood, Page 8)

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Reorganizes

The members of the Flnt
Interracial Community Center
held a meeting Sunday for the
purpose of reorganizing to
make 1947 and _ succeeding
years better than ever before.

to aitend the meetings and
take an active interest in the
programs. The committees

have also seeiued reluctant: to
cooperate with the program.
it was finaly agreed upon
to have a call meeting of all
the members Feb. 12, 1947.
Cards will be sent owt notifying each member of the time
and place. Failure of any
member to attend this meet~ng

withow: a just cause will bring
(See F, I. C. C., Page 8)

ASADATA DAF ORA

THE DRAMA OF
AFRICAN DANCE~
I. M.A. AUDITORIUM
Wednesday, February 5, 1947-8 P. M.

AUSPICES

FLINT ASSOCIATION OF COLORED
WOMEN~S CLUBS
Benefit Club House

Adm. $2.40 = $1.80 ~ Children 60c

TICKETS ON SALE AT

1. M. A. Box Office - Club Members
Southside Confectionery - Grinnells,

This action was prompted].
by the~ failure of the members|:

| ber of the Permanent Order of

| provement Club and all mem
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PRICE 10 CEN rs

Women raze And Elect Oficers

Mrs. Clementine Frye _recently returned from a three
weeks vacation in Tuscon, Arizona visiting her brother, Mr.
Arnold Fields and family. Mr.
Fields is the owner of one of
Arizona's largest night clubs
and doing a thriving business.
Mrs. Frye was formerly a partner in the famous Fields Bar-|
B-Q Palace before selling her '|
interest ito her brother Wesley |
~Baby~ Fields.
ports that she had a delightful
trip and plans to return soon.

State G. 0. P.

- By TOM TERRY, Editor
Flint Negro

lerders played an important
part in the Genesee County
Republican Convention held in
the Court House, Monday,
January 27.

Republican

Serving on important committees, race leaders successfully. urged the passace of resolutions and the election of

delegates to |the State Republican Convention in Grand
Rapids, Feb. 8.

The following Resolution
was adopted unanimously by
the County Convention: ~Be
it resolved (hat this Convention endorse and support a
State Fair Employment Practice Act which will aid in fos
Mrs. Frye re-'?

tering and cementing better re
Police Nabs

Suspect While ~

| Riding Bus

A series of taxi cab robberies
which have been plaguing the
Northend community has come
to an abrupt end due to the
alertness and efficiency of officer Willie B. Jones, who on
last Friday night while enroute
to Police headquarters by bus
struck up a conversation with
a suspicious character. In his

conversation Officer Jones.no-~

ticed many discrepancies and
placed the suspect under arrest,

The suspect having resisted
arrest was subdued by Officer
Jones and taken to headquarters.

The suspect gave his name as;

Noah Morrish, 26, of 3446 1-2
Michigan Ave.

In Morris~ possession ~ police
said they found a.38 caliber
revolver with cartridges in all
but one chamber, and a search
of the suspect~s home produced
coat wi:ich one of the cab
drivers identified as his own.

Another piece of evidence
connecting Morris with the
Holdups was the discovery in
One of the taxicabs of several
small particles of a gun butt
which matched perfectly into

the broken pat of the ate a rus warm co!

After the robberies, both cabs
were stolen by the gunman and
later found abandoned.

James F. Connelly, 448 Page
St., operator of a Joy Taxi was
forced to give up $12.50 when
the holdup man jabbed a gun in
his ribs. He identified the coat.

Segments of the gun _ butt
found in the Yellow Cab of William Hutchinson, 204 E. Fifth
St., who had surrendered $30
to the bandit. When the taxi
was recovered, the rear vision
mirror had been broken and
police theorized the gunman had
smashed the glass with the
weapon in an effot to destroy
finger prints and in doing so
he fractured the grip on the
revolver,

When searched after his arrest, Morris also ws carrying
a flashlight, a pipe wrench and
a screw driver wrapped in pap
lations between people of all{er, police said.

races and creeds as stated in
the Republican Party Platform
in the November election.

~That we commend Siate
Senator John A. Wright, Sheriff William Marshall, and Register of Deeds Leonard E.
Freeman for their employment
of qualified public servants
without regard to race, creed
or color.~~ Joseph Birch served
on the Resolutions Committee.
Mrs. Vinton Neely was a mem
Business committee.

Delegates to the convention
included, W. J. Tweedie, Augustus Turnipseed, J. D. Shook,
Rey. W. A. Vaughn, Tadius
Williams, Mrs. Charlotte
Franklin, Morris Branch. Mrs.
Beneva Smith, Birch and Mrs.
Neely.

ELM PARK IMPROVEMENT
CLUB CONFER WITH 9TH
WARD COMMISSIONER ~
The Elm Park!mprovement
Club viys impressed in their
conference with Mr, Walter P.
Love, newly elected commissioner of the Sth Ward.
The commissioner promised
his cooperation with the. Im
bers. are urged to be present
for the next meeting which is

to be held Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. af

Police are continuing grilling
Morris who is held on suspicion
of robbery armed, carrying a
concealed weapon, and having
in his possession an unregistered revolver.

Flint
Beauticians
Organize

At a called meeting of all
beauticians in the city of Fiint.
a small group met in behalf of
the betterment of the Beauticians trade. Officers in the new
Beautician League are as follows: President, Mrs. Blanche
Brown; vice president, Mrs.
Janie Nelson; secretary, Mrs.
Oliver Brown; assistant secretary, Mrs. Magdalene Jones;
treasurer, Mrs. Freddie Brady:
critic, Mrs. Ethel Nickleson.

The next meeting will be]
held Tuesday. February 4 at
7 o'clock at Dolls Beauty Salon, 1117 Leath St. All beauticians are invitqd to attend
this meeting. Guest speaker
for the meeting will be Mrs.
Virginia Foster, Steite Organizer of the National Beautv Culturist League, Inc. Mrs. Foster
will present ito the organization and State Charter of
membership to the National

the Clifford St. Center.

Beauticians League.

| Julius A. Thomas

~ Impresses
a

JULIUS A. THOMAS
Mr. J. A. Williams, -Director of industrial Relations National Urban League, was the
principal speaker at the Fourth

Annual meeting of the Flint
Urban League. Mr. Thomas is
a man of much fluency and his
discourse ~had a driving force.
that carried the fine points he
made home. He shedded much
light upon the great work that
is | being done by she Fle

ience to him. -

~Miss Alice Meadows, pres-.
ident of the board, presided.The invocation was renderedby the Rev. W. A. Crider, pas-.
tor of the Quinn Chapel AME:
Church. Mrs. Harry Gault gavé!
8 treasurer's report, and the~

ort of the Nominating com-:
mittee was made by Mrs. Ar-:
thur Elliott. The speaker was:
injroduced by Miss Meadows,
president of the board. Dr.W. O. Moutton, pastor of the:
Court Street Methodist church
pronounced the ~ benediction.~
This was a most inspiring meeting and all attending i seemed~
to have been uplifted.

After conferring with local
educationai, social and. civic
leaders Thursday afternoon. he
complimented: the community
and the Flint Urban League
fox progress th the field of better race relations.

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Imported From China =

The soy bean came to us from

China as did peaches, ~ apricots,

chrysanthemums and scores~ of ~other plants.

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~HEY NOW~

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Saturday, Feb. ~
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