Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 3]

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_ VOLUME II~_NUMBER 3 FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1947 PRICE 10~ PER COPY

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~ Homes and

can. So lets work together

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LOOKING
FORWORD

By John A. Jenkin
~With 50 percent of the homes

in our community in need of re
pair ranging from faulty plumbing, to no steps. sagging floors,
leaking roofs, falling porches,
paint. dirty yards, and g'ass brok
en cut of windows and replaced
with tin, cardboard, etc., it

seems ihst the Negroes top the
in ccniemptible
homes. Let~s meke it a pvint in

lists for living
the onceming cl2anup drive to
make at least one ~m7rovement on
your home. Jusf think what it
would mean to your community.
need of repairs, ecreases the
valuation of property
neighborhood. Individual property owners should be held responsible for.the up keep of their
property. There is no excuse to
have your front and back yard
littered with cans, rubbish, etc.,
when the city will collect them if

you place them om the curb. Yet |

Wwe find a large number of yards
in this condition. It~s q funny

' thing; people write in complaints

about his neighbors~ yard and
home being in need. of repairs
when~ his. oan pas nesds an

ere iBind. 3 og a better com
munity we would have to live
in. Banks and Loan Companies
are lending money on F. H. A.
terms for all types of home improvements, with as low as $5
payment per month, therefore,
there should be no reason for so
many homes to be in such a low,
run-down condition. Lumber is
getting plentiful, cement blocks

-are~on the market, and the sup

ply of sand will never run out,
also, house paint is still on the
market, wallpaper is plentiful,
plaster and plasterwood can be
found ~ hardware and appliance. stores have always had rakes and

shovels, so what are we waiting
for? If you can~t do it yourself,
notify the Flint Spokesman and
they'll refer you to someone who
and
clean-up, ~straighten-up, paint-up,
and maké our community one we
all can be proud of.

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Easter Party
DANCE
Given by the
THRIFT CLUB
ROYAL
GARDENS
2710 St. John Street ~
Ss UNDAY,
AP RIL 6, 1947

Music by

FORD DENT

~REFRESHMENTS
3 Admission $1.00
~Tax Included

no

buildings in much |.

in -your
EDITOR INTERVIEWED ~
In picture above, Mr. Milton

of MGM; Mr. Don McKenzie,
owner of Richard Theatre; and

eae ae

Spokesman.

Perry, standing, representative

ELIZABETH MOORE

Zeta Alpha Gamma presents
Miss Elizabeth Moore, a graduate of the University of Michigan and now a librarian at Flint
Junior College, and Mr. Rudolph
Scott, a student at Flint Junior
College, in a fine array of musical talent, Sunday, April 13,

9 TIL 2 A. M.

4:00 p.m., at the Institute of
Arts. Benefits realized from the
Musical will go toward building
a scholarship fund. Mrs. Otelia
Nelson, as chairman of the fund,
will collaborate with school officials in selecting worthy students.:

Zeta Alpha Gamma is a group

~| of young women recently organ
ized for the purpose of assisting

in the promotion of cultural in- |

terests in the community.

Scott Presented In Musical 5

Thomas Terry, Editor of Flint

Officers and members of the
club are as follows: Miss Marion
L. Coates, president; Miss Doris
L. Howard, vice president; -Mrs.
Spencel Truss, recording secretary; Mrs. _Netlene Hudspeth,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Rose Campbell, treasurer Mrs.
Ozie Grady, Mrs..Otelia Nelson,
Miss Elizabeth Moore, Miss Ceoria Wickware, Miss Ruby M.
Turner, Miss Helyne L. Hamilton, Mrs. Precious Givens, Miss
Cloteal Moore and Mrs. Anna
Lee Bannister.

As this is the first effort the

s club is attempting to put forth,

it is asking the wholehearted

support of the community.

Patron tickets may be secured
from the above mentioned members.

' RUDOLPH SCOTT.

WIND BLOWS

MAN INTO

PHILADELPHIA '~ ANP ~ A
man was hurled to his death in
the Schuylkill river early Wednesday morning as 35-mile-anhour continued to whip the Philadelphia area, ~

James G. Brown, 59, a stationary engineer on a park commission dredge, working a few feet

~Vote for E. A. Cummings for
Board of Education..

RIVER

below the Columbia Ave. bridge,

was tossed into the river and
drowned around midnight.

Brown was rowing to the west

Leaving me feeling gay
I must believe and yot pretend
We'll meet again some day.
shore to meet his relief man,
(Continued on Page 4)

Vote for Stephea Roth for
Cireuit Court Judge.

Bd. ot Eiatation

The. Flint Spokesman has
thrown its hat in the ring for
J. A: Anderson, Works Manager
of the A. C. Spark Plug Division, who was born in Ispheming,
Michigan in 1900. He learned
the Tool & Dye Trade at Buffalo, N. Y., and graduated as
Mechanic Engineer from University of Minnesota.

Anderson has always been interested in civic betterment
since coming here from Minnesota some 30 years ago. He was
named to fill the unexpired term
of Dr. A. J. Wildanger on the
School Board. He is married and
has two children in school here.
Anderson is a popular factory
employee with a varied background; coming up through the
ranks of his present position.
He is active in civic affairs such
as the Flint Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Health Camp,
Boy Scouts, and Old Newsboys.

Anderson has been interested
in better schools and better pay

for teachers, and we feel that.

in Joseph A. Anderson, we will
have a capable man on the
school board to deal with its
many problems. The Flint
Spokesman encourages you to
get out and vote April and
vote for J. A. Anderson for
Board of Education.

Man Hurt By
Hit-Run Driver

Flint police expected today to

arrest a hit-skip driver who ran
down a mar iate Sunday night
on Leith St. near St. John St.
- Thomas Hamilton, 59, of 1225
Campau Ave., gave polire the
license numbers of the automobile that struck him while he
was walking on Leith St., but
he was unable to get the letters.
Police said they believed they
could trace the car. Hamilton
said he was walking with traffic
and was preparing tuo cross the
street when he was hit. He has
rib fractures.

Vote for Stephen Roth for

*Cirenit Court Judge.

~the motive behind the recent

| Board of, Education.

Several Men

Attacked In
Southside

Recently in the Southside sev
eral men have been attacked by |~

a group of irate white men who
without word or warning, attack~ all men who are alone at
night, and it is reliably reported
that the police department, has
a hot lead on the persons and
expect an early arrest in the
very near future. Various rumors are running amuck and
from our own investigations we
have found them to be untrue,
but in our interview with the
police department we learned

attacks, and will be brought under control very soon.

Vote for E. A. Cummings for

Mt. Olive Baptist
Choir To Present |
Sunrise Cantata

The Mt. Olive Baptist Choir
will present a Sunrise Cantata
Easter Sunday Morning at 6 0~clock at the Mt. Olive Baptist

oa

- HARRISON JOHNSON

Burns Fatal
In House Fir
ire

~Smith Pugh, 63, of 908 E. McClellan St., died in Hurley Hospital Sunday afternoon of head,
shoulder and arm burns received
Sunday, morning when his two
| Story,.; eight-room frame home
burned to the ground.

~A roomer, Willie Bickley, 24,
was treated. at, Hurley for cuts
on. the: wrist. received when he
jumped from. a second-story

\ Chufeh, Everyoné is: cordially its:

vited. Lets~ make this day more
holy than others by honoring~
Easter, the event of the arising
6f our Saviour.

Mrs. E. C. Robinson, is the djrector.:

Vote for Stephen Roth for
Circuit Court Judge.

Explosion

Rocks Church

han explosion of the heating
plant at thes Canaan~ Baptist
Church, Sunday Afternoon, rocked the church and had- people
running out: in the streets from
all doors and exists, Shortly afterwards, it was announced that
everything was under control and
service was.) resumed without
heat. It was announced _ that
there would be no night service
until the heating plant could be
checked by the proper authorities. It was believed that some
foreign matter, such as gas, could
have been mixed with the fuel.
but confirmation of this report
has not as yet been made. No
One was hurt and there was no
damage.

Vote for John L. Roach for
Circuit Court Judge.

Vote for Joseph A. Anderson
for Board of Education.

APRIL
I. M. A, Auditorium, Flint ~

CPCS OCOCOOEOEETEEEOE BELEEEOOEIOE
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window. into. the. arms of neigh
~Three- other roomers: lefty

the burning building without
assistance and without injury.

Assistant Fire Chief Walter
Behrendt said he believed Pugh
was asleep when the fire start
-jed and* got. lost in the smoke

while groping~ his way out. He
was. dragged out by firemen.

The fire started from a defectice kerosene heating stove and
flames spread. quickly. The
alarm was doa in at 11:30
a.m.

Police said an autopsy would
be performed to determine if
Pugh had any injuries before
being ~burned..

Vote for E. A. Cummings for
Board of. Education.

Talmadge Joins
Smith For ~
Tour of South.

~WHITE SUPREMACY,~
PLATFORM OF.
HATE MONGERS

Herman Talmadge, ousted governor of Georgia, joined Gerald
L. K. Smith, Christian National
Crusader leader on a tour of the
South on an, anti-Communist,

~white supremacy~~ platform,

Talmadge and Smith will speak
April 17 at Fort Worth, Texas,

be held April 19 at Winnfield, La.,
birthplace of the late: Huey P.
Long, where the former ~governor~ will ~~expose~ the Georgia
situation.

PRE

Vote for Joseph A. Anderson
for Board of Education.

Vote for
PHILIP
ELLIOTT

~ Circuit Judge
APRIL 7, 1947

Weln: fer &. ee ler

Board of Education.

Victor

Harrison Johnson Winner In
Sweeping Victory In Chevrolet Local

By S. S. YANCEY

Harrison Johnson, member of
the Progress and Action Caucas,
won a sweeping victory at Chevrolet Local 659, for the post of
Executive Board at Large.

He polled the top vote out of
six candidates for the Executive
Board at Large. This marks the
first time in the history of the
Chevrolet Local, that a Negro
has been -elected to a union of
* fice.

Johnson has been an active
unionist since 1937. His ability
for leadership was vividly dem
~onstrated in 1941, by his par
ticipation in the heroic and uncompromising struggle for, the
upgrading of Negro workers.

Through his determination and
uncompromising position, the results of his efforts were realized
when Negroes were placed on
production jobs throughout the
Chevrolet plant.:

He has served as chief steward in his plant for a number
of years, and is a member of
the Top Labor Party Committee.

Johnson stated that, ~The only
salvation for the Negro people
will be their participation in in
~dependent political action, and
their continued support of all

union activities. It is fool hardy

for us to rely on the gains made
by Labor in the last ten years
on the economical front, which
is being swept away: on the political front, without taking in
~dependent - action.~

The results of the election
proved that he is not only a
leader of the Negro people, but
also of the working class as a
whole.

By electing such men as Johnson, the workers demonstrated
that they are becoming more
conscious of the programs which
the candidates represent, rather
than personalities.

Johnson~s final statement was,
~My policies and program will
continue to be the relentless and
uncompromising struggle for the
advancement of the economically hard-pressed working class
which will reign, the continued
support and participation of the
workers.~

Vote for Joseph A. Anderson
for Board of Education.

"9

ed the appeal of Mrs. Corainey
James of 2035 Seymore Ave. for
legal aid in defending her case
against the South Park Subdivision Association, which is now
pending in Circuit Court. Rev.
Robert R. Turpin, chairman of
the Campaign Committee, announces that the initial campaign drive seeks to raise $1,000
by appealing to the churches
and all civic organizations to
contribute as liberally as possible on Easter Sunday.

A Bill of Complaint has been
filed in Circuit Court by a group
of white citizens, known as the
South Park Subdivision Association, against Corainey James
The Bill of Complaint alleges
that the occupancy by Mrs.
James is in violation to a certain restrictive covenant, which
forbids persons of African descent to occupy the premises.
The South Park Association is
asking the Court to enforce the
said restriction by permanently
enjoining Mrs. James from occupying the_ residence.

purchased the property on Jdnuary 17, 1947, and she did not
have any knowledge of any ex
followed by a day-long rally to |

isting restriction. She further
| states *that she has placed her
life savings in the home and is
without funds to employ the
necessary legal defense.

The record shows that the
South Park Subdivision was not
platted with the general intention that the entire Subdivision
be restricted to Negroes. It appears that Mrs. James is the
only colored person~ in her block.
but the Subdivision is predominantly occupied by colored per
-| SONS,

The Branch announces that all
contributions. be forwarded to
Mr. John P. Bryant, treasurer,
at 2003 Blades Ave. The Branch
will furnish speakers on demand
to any organization or group desiring more information concerning this case and will publish a series of articles to in
form the public of the evils of

Mrs. James. states that she
Flint NAACP Detends Restrictive
se; Opeits Defense =
Campaign Sunday To Raise Funds -

The Flint NAACP has accept- | restrictive covenants during this.
campaign. The Branch is asking ~

for the cooperation of the pub-~

lic in combatting restrictive cov- >

enants because no one can feel =
secure in their home because of*
restrictive covenants and thequestion in his case is of vital~
interest to the public.

t

Vote for Joseph A. Andersox -
for Board of Education.

Sete deedtodpdertertodpegede.
Jain the
Easter Parade.
at the
BOBBY
SOX
GRILL

2718 St. John St.
~GALA. FLOOR
~SHOW

~Music by

EDDIE WOODS

and His Trio

EASTER
SUNDAY NIGHT,
APRIL 6

Sie
Jam Session at 12

~For the time of Your

Life~
dectestestoctectatectestedtpatpe

Vote for Stephen Roth for
Cireuit Court Judge.

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