Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 5]
- Section 1 was reseryed 3: ee Medalo Hair: 4 PACE SEVER ger ance ~company~s West Virginia branch, sbievig 2Ae4y Ho A The ~two Mien were traveling froMt Nashville~ to ~Cincinfati on: Marth~ 1% 1946;" after attéridihg an @kec&tive ~comiiiittee meeting cf the Fisk~ "University Alurmhi assotlition: Stamypy~ if president of the asdecibtion and Powelf is} P a meénibét. 9'Onh _that day; they~ wert intete * Gitirig ear ~for: ~breakfast abbut'20 a.m. ~and~at! tempted~! t6 tak4~ a~ Vacant~ table~ in the middle of the diner~! They were told by- the steward that they could nok yse th4t tab but. would have" ~to: Wait AU: table in seetion 1, was vaca pe ored people, they were to i an ~| ington last Jan.- 29. ~. * a ing ais the diner a cur-| tains. | fied, te section, @ withou ~breakfast. | - ~Rhe; ease. was. brought by the complainants before an examiner of the commission | in Wash~The railtoad testified that following this ineident; it-:had - changed its policy ~to that of reserving the first~two tables in the diner for ~Negroes, ~.and. not:~ permitting }, whites to sit at.these. tables: even thaugh there were: no Negroes on the train. This change, however, did- not: do. away. with the curtains, separating the two ta-;bles. from the rest of the diner. 2, The complainants~ attorneys (tield that ~the failure and: refusal- of the defendant to serve ~the> ~complainants, * ~because of their race, ~at the table in the dining ~Car*~ whieh was vacant~ when: ~complainants sought service; ~while serving other pas-|: sengers at: similar tables ~at: that time~ in. the same: car, was. un-- duly prejudicial to complainants and unduly preferential of other persons in violation. of ~section 3, of.the. Interstate. Commerce aét and unjustly. discriminatory in. violation. of. section~ 2 ef that ack. +f., ~ ~~The beGiicodionti by. tie defendant.that colored ~passengers j Should ~sit behind cuftains in the ~}dining car and thus~.be. segreated. constitutes a. ~violation of Ppiction 3. ofthe act:and the na ional. transportation.~ policy of was sepay ed Gorn. the. repaih DIGGIN~ DISC~ With DICK ~. we cagtar 4 y Run, don~t walk to your near+ est record haven and dig... the Metronome. All-Star recording on Columbia 37293 today. The side I like best is a thing called: ~Nat Meets June~: composed ~by: a guy nati Mergentroid. This Side opens up with a Harry Carul~ ney ~baritone solo in the blues vein followed by-'a vocal chorus~ by! June Christy with Lawrence Brown tromboning nicely ' bebehind~ her. Then King Cole comes in for a vocal chorus with the Hawk or Coleman Hawkins to you backgrounding for. the King... as, soon sas Cole..-is through. there is a, fast drum break by Buddy Rich and its cn. The solos are as follows: ~Rabpit~? Hodges. Brown, Shavers~ high great trumpet. Piaying |. with the Hawk coming in last, Then: Sefransky~s bags, the le's 3 |TEAGARDEN |,|Metronome magazine has an ar he: United States.: ord except ~Skinny~. who sounds |. like ~he should not have been placed with such aefine group of Musicians. RANKS DUKE | Oh,yes. I, forgot. the~. April ticle by Jack Teagarden rankiag (he should talk) Ellington and some of the best men.in- the musi~ world, Drop by the shop and get this mag while you~re get. ting the great disc. See all you..kids next week~ r ~ hope. DICK Fuhr Namés. and Powell re Negro Soldiers {lajared in Army i Plane Crash ol. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (ANP) ~_Members ofa Ne#ro soldier baseball team en route from Kelly field to Davis: Mountain field~ at Tucson,; Ariz., - were among the critically injured last Wednesday night when an Army C-47- transport~ crashed and burned shortly ~after taking off. No names were made available by Kelly Field officials. According is witnesses, ~the plane developed trouble almost immediately after the take off, -barely cleared sore houses near cotton ~patch. A total of 21 soldiers were hurt.in the crash. Tourist Record All records for travel to Grand Canyon National park in northern Arizona were broken in 1946, with, 488,819 persons visiting the park, 10 the field and then plunged into a LAUNCH FIGHT ~ A $19 -per- -plate dinner at Monroe, La., last week netted $6.010.90 toward the campaign for equal - salaries for Louis~ana's Negro teachers, with these district leaders sparking the affair. Front row, left to right, Mrs. Johnnie Little, Richard Parish supervisor; Mrs. Mary Wilson,~Union Parish; Mrs. Clara Carr, per cent more than the previous peer of 1941. Jackson Parish supervisor; Mrs. Eula D. Britton, Rayville ~Training school principal; Mrs. Edna Haye~, Tallulah, La.; Mrs. Angie Brown, Clarks school principal; and Mfrs. Lula Johnson, Caldwell Parish supervisor. Second row, Charles~ P. Adams, founder of Grambling | aes o% State college; Mrs. Mary Frances~ Goins; Miss Leslie M. Allen, Ouachita Parish supervisor; Mrs. Odessa Wilson, Union Parish. supervisor; Mrs. J. H. Miller, Monroe business woman; Mrs. Henrianna Carroll; M. J. Clark, secretary of the Louisiana Colored Teachers association welfare fund; and the Rev. J. M. Secrease.~ANP..|son, Eddie South, Marian. Bruce Artie: Belle: McGinty, Ethel Wat Ni ite Lifei in NewYo rk Be ALVIN MOSES; THE HOUSE I LIVE IN | ~NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ It~s not grand looking, but it~s clean. It sits by the side of a road where~ pass by the races of men, of all! colors, of varying belief in what foés to make for the only country, more than 15 million of my nied men call ~- home, My house was purchased from an operator named~~Laughter.~ A dollicking sort of mamby-pamby sort who found time to play with all of the neighborhood; children. The more ragged and drty-faced they were, the more, tme and pennies he seemd to find, for them. THE PEOPLE WE MEET AND KNOW In. the~ ovefall picture, most of them are identified with the theatre or the: world of music. Folk like: Mercedes. Gilbert, Muriel Rahn, Henrietta - Lovelace, Rex Ingram, Bill (Bojangles) Robin ers, Melba~ Pope, Mary Lou: Wil Assistant ~ WASHINGTON.~(ANP) ~Appobintment of A. H. Fuhr of Oklahoma as administrative~ ass~st-. ant to the governor of the Farm Credit administration was announced this. week~ by the U. S. Department of agriculture. Fuhr~ succeeds Cornelius King,~ who resigned last December ~to ~become ~associate directv: ~of the piano, and Rich~s drums work to-: gether for awhile with Sefrans-/ ky. -holding. the | limelight... A' Hawk like ending ends this. side! vith teyetybody jumping like! rth ie te SINATRA~00TS ~LORRAINE~ ~ ~Sweet. Lorraine~ is on the reverse: as arranged by.Qliver and feature Sinatra (sounding bad). Asien, ainmice Cole introduce tion, + Carney~ $;, baritone does, some. fine work behind the Voice.: ~Later all the boys getting. i- na e: relaxed,playing which. i is: the: best part of the, record. sbeeause. ~Sinatra isn~t, singing. Sinatra: never,,, gets going! but does. put a-fairly good ending on, the. sOng.,..., ma Everybody is good. on this. Boas Ya ab ~ 4 aA ie FCheerfully greet worm breeze un bee of agriculture at Tennessee State~ college. However, instead of being named information assistant and plaved unFCA Information Chief: FE.. Reid, he was: placed ~Girectiy? on the governor~s staff. It: is ~hinted~ that: King reSigned because he was ~taken off the govefnor~s staff and placed under! Reid. When~ Kinz. insisted on béifig~ returned to. nis. former position, ~the agenty is~sdid to: have put the squeéze play on him; practically forcing him out. ~Fuhr, a ~native: of Oklahoma, was field service branch contact representative in that state prior to his appointmerit to: FC A. Also, he was for 18 yeats -&/ xounty ~agent in Muskogee county and. before that, a teacher. sat ju ton hniversny, his afr vhater. ~; SPRING. By Mr. wm. Zebed With sparkling eyes and~ sintfing face Silently thou some footstep iracc What a great form, yet thou persue Thy chilly Bipther: gayest hue Many roam remotely, some slept Some smiled or frowned, whilo others wept | Suffered long thou with fattetea 4, clothes, FORE. dal No. ks of T po! p i bres ruffy, the ny Medale Ke ee ne Ter a,~ Meda:M>. ormula 9 Hoe ee ed. Pressing Oil anaes (6-~ month treatment size). Every- | thing only. $2.35, ~aly oe Sams Mail sb moni: andaddréss. i i page dle york Vrite now! ~3 Fy 4 ~ Fs | PE *{@hirp, loud the sweetest song on fail }Morn till eve, Of ténder grass amidst the gay | Where snow and ice all winter i Firmly rules on nish Thi ~chilly winds and ~snow ~|i screens hide blazing fires indoor high. ~None. of his loving ways denigh While cattle upon thousand hills lustfull bodies fill wae | Hide the bright test wnediite sit With structures of mist, the ii pare~ ngs \s pea body. a his _ crimson liams, Arfhur Lee Simpkins, Mary Bruce, Kate Dunham, Canada Lee, Louise Beavers, Mantan Moreland, Art (piano genius) Ta ~one~s ~Skin. tum, Dan Burley, Bill Holiday Eddie Matthews, the Peters Sisters, the Mills and Berry Brothers, Pops and Louie, Fatha Hines, Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Ella Fitzgerald, Willie Bryant, and many hundreds more: Ours is a universal or kindred language. Together we dream and build for a better: tomorrow. In the field of their special arts,. for a unified and strong,America, not a divided United States like bi,gotry and racism has made it despite the frightful sacrifices of World War II. MISS GILBERT~S NEW NOVEL Most of my house-guests live to entertain you..,To bring joy to. your starved existences in these~ prescribed ghettos we find ourselves fenced in ~the nation over. A Langston Hughes turns out ~Fields of Wonder,~ his latest time, and each of us gains a permanent picture of some incident. in our work-a-day existence from. each studied, brief line. When this: creative poet.and writer says in one part: **Lonely, As 4 bot'le of licker On a table All by itself.~ We think of the white neighbor who could know us much hetter; thereby giving: us a full measure of. boasted American fairplay and,.democracy if he~d only forget for a second, that so. cial tragedy that is the color of 544); Ainovel titled, ~You can come | and live with me,~ authored by that sterling actress, Mercedes Gilbert, is completed and but awaits 9 publisher, When it reaches your doorstep, irivite it~ in. to sup and ledge with you. Her rich experiences and~ keen insight on folk like you and me is of itself enough to. recommend it highly One looks for social problems bitter re~rimination$ as to overlord and servant situations in most novels turned out in the grist mill where Negro writers sprout from. Miss Gilbert~s work is different, It is like any other novel you would pick up: from a bookshelf written by a Frenchman, a Dane, a Hungarian or a Russian. Instead of ~~~class~ appeal ~it has ~mass~ appeal. Says Father Divine Reincarnation to Devout NEW YORK CITY.~(CNS)~ Father Divine ic being ~charged with promising reincarnation to ~wealthy Mary Sheldon Lyon who died October 10th, leaving '500,000 to two corporations, supposedly controlled by the Father and only $500 to her physician- -brother, Dr. bi Hills heldon- ~ea. Divine is said to have told: Mrs. Lyons that he would ~cause her spirit to be encased in a he was God.~ In this capacity, 155th~ Street. Mrs. Promised In a bill of particulars ~filea FLOOR TO. ~NEW YORK. ~ (Special) ~ Blackjack Biily | Fox, the heavy hitting lad who looks like Joe Louis, | moved back into the light heavyweight title picture here at St. Nicholas, Areng Friday night when| he weathered a first round knockdown. and came on to batter Geor BILLY FOX GETS UP BATTER KOCHAN IN SEVENTH __. 3 ern _University students heard -|of his experience in the criminal Noted Visitors ~ BATON ROUGE, La. ~ South two distinguished men last week. _ Raymond Pace Alexander, widely known lawyer from Philadelphia, address2d student groups on-the efforts of Negroes. to obtain civil rights under the constitution. Attorney Alexander who has gained a nation wide reputation for his work as a trial law yer, related to the students some couris of Pennsylvania. Dr, Peter Y, F. Shih, executive secretary of the Chungking ~China) YMCA addre ssed Southarn~s students at Vespers. Dr. Shih. who is in this country unjer the auspices of the Chungking. Christian Council, shared the exderiences of Chinega Christicns in | naintaining the e*hic of love in spite of the invasion and bombing ~f his country by Japanese arm Travelguide = | lanned NEW YORK.~ (ANP) ~ The traveling public will soon have a guide book which supplies in-_ formation as to accommodations ~ William H. (Billy) ~Travelguide~ comes out. uct of Travel guide, Inc., organization recently formed by ~ Butler. - petent guidance ffor - tourists. the Urban league, NAACP, Travelers Aid society and the Negro Actors~ guild are receiving hundreds of -requests daily as to travel accommodations and information. The need for a estimate that over $500,000. G40 ~ was spent for transportatic: by Negroes alone. The book will be a jo ket, sized guide, issued annua! y. It will include alphabeticaliy ies. FROM Sports EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN. ~ (Special) ~ Jackie Robinson, brown gie Kochan into submis- | sion in seven heats. Fox, making his first start since being kayoed in ten by champion Gus Lesnevich in a title bout early this year, once} again. proved that not only can he dish out the lethal pun ishment, but if called upon ican take it, and come back | fighting. Many fighting men _ had stated that the boy from. Philly, who. racked up the amazing record of 43 kayos in 43 bouts prior to meeting the title holder, might be gun shy after absorbing the terrific head: and body lacing handed him by Gus. These same men were ready to leave when Billy hit the floor. But he came back fighting! ' eome. Leegue to the - International League Champion Montreal Royals where he established more than one diamond record, ~Robbie~ moved over to the major leagues Brook yn Dodgers, the lovable ~~Bums~ last Thursday, and while he did not get a hit that day, he drove in three runs, handled 15 putozts at first without 2 miscue.and figured in several very nice plays. Drives in Three Playing their traditional rivals the New York Yanks, the ~~~~Bums~~ scampered home on two long flies and a hot And, mister, this writer means | fighting! | Fox hit the floor carrying a badly cut right eye with him. He wiped the blood from his grounder smacked out by fKobinson. Sunday, Jackie was again the star of the game, getting one -hit in five times at bat, face as he took an eight count and then came up to give the capacity crowd a first hand idea of what a savage brawl can be. ~ Biily came back with all guns ~booming, and Kochan had the same idea in. mind. They stood toe to toe and slugged to the head and boby with reckless abandon. Kochan never let the damaged optic rest. In the* seventh, having been at Surrogate Court, Sheldon declared that Divine ~by his speech and actions, instilled into the mind of the decedent that punched from rope to rope in the sixth, a badly hurt and tired Kochan went down twice before the referee stopped the/ bout,~ * | he persuaded her~ to. pay the rent on a ~heaven~ at 300 West Lyons~ companion, ~Patience Budd,~ Sheldon asserts, was a Divine agent and was ordered to work in his sister~s home to further Divine~s désigns. So. African School Head Seeks Financial Aid for School CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ A letter containing an appeal for moral and practical support in educating South African youths, was receiv: ed from a Cape Province school princ~pal last Thursday. The request came. from the Rev. Abraham Zephania [wala principte of the Elliot. Manual Training -school, Cape Province South Africa. It asks the sum of $20,000 to be used for the erection of a girls~ dormitory aid a nail for industrial purposes. ed as being ~beautifully clean.~~ Elliot school was founded ~pirone Rides each day over, oskain: Softly touch the sphere, untie pores Inject scores its dormant, thousand in~ 1930 for the purposes of giving pupils a thorough grounding in! Harking to the request of the nandwork, the ordinary school: education ~and to. provide educational facilities: for children cf natives living on EurOpean farms. According to an inspectica re. port rade by E. L. G.: Schnell. Cape Province circuit inspector of schouls, the school is housed ir a well-eontte. fed bul i 1g wh-eh could nave. had mo ~+ wirdovr space.~ The kt ulding ws describ. Cooking Fruit | For cooked dishes, apples and ~pears need a little extra~ sweeten ing. Corn sirup, honey or molas seg may be substituted. for sugar, measure for measure, Or try one of sugar-saving tricks: | When baking % This pears or apples ~stuff the centers with dates or raisins. Stimulate the but let then swell) adds sweetness, and only about 1 Converge beauties one fell. where once, teaspoon sugar wil] be needed for There was no doubt in any one~s mind that Fox is a fighter, a good one and will be making a lot of zood boys toss in their sleep. Those 43 wins. must have been on the up and up. Ask Kochan! Indict Constable For Extortion BRADENTON, Fla.~(ANP)~ Manatee County grand jury, Gov. Millard Caldwell last week ordered the suspension of Constable Charles M. Stewart, allegedly charged on two: indictments with extorting money from two Negroes. The victims, James King and Miss Mary Ivey, -told the grand jury that money had ben obtained from them by the constable ~on the threat of charging them with the commission of criminal violations. Following the testimony of the victimized persons, Stewart was placed under $500 bond on each count and later released. Th&/s grand jury, however, asked Gov. Caldwell to remove Stewart from office. In a further directive the governor ordered that Stewart be stripped of his power until such time as his inno rto hit major league pitching, taking ten putouts, making no errors, driving in three runs and figuring in two double plays as his mates bowed to the Yanks 10-9. The double plays were Reese to Stanky~to Robinson, and Lavagetto to Stanky to Robinson. Rated Gcod Chance Baseball men who made a! special trip to Brooklyn to view the only Negro to get a chance to play in modern Major League kaseball, are all satished that Jackie wi.l make the grade, that he will be able that he will hit over.300 this season and even though the Dodgers are without the services of the boss bum, Lippy Leo Durocher, with the swift running, hard _ hi.ting, sure fielding brown star at fir-t base, th.~ Brooklyn team still has a chance to -be right at the top of the standings. Draws Big Gates The. attendance has been swelling, above. the 20,000 mark since Robbie jo: ined the club and it looks as if he will be an added asset to the turnstiles. New York baseball men have also been high in, their praise of Campanella,. Negro first string catcher with the Montrcab Royals who showed his wares here last week when ihe Cenadian team played the Dodgers. ey are of the opinion that Roy wi!l ke big league timbcr under ie watchful eye of Clay Hopper by the time next season rolls around. The long expected move to sign Jackie with the Dodgers came withcut the usual Dodger front ofice fan-fare. It cavght cuite! a newsmen ~cre off guard. it kad kecn remcred that the Negro fiash w-uld not get his 'ackie Plays Flawless Ball ~Covering First Base; Drives In Runs, Aids Double Plays By NOVARRO ~DOC~ FRAZIER monds, made history here over the week-end and is expected to continue to do so for many years to A recen: graduate from the Negro American Editor star of. the baseball. dia pending the opinion of the manager who would succeed Lippy. Treated Wel! it had*~ been argued that southern members on_ the Dodgers ~club ~would resent playing with Jackie. However, during the training grind with Montreal Jackie recéived the best of treatment from the major leaguers. Jackie was a sensation with the Royals last season at second base. He leg the league in batting with a lusty.349, was second. with the number of bases stolen, and batted in the mest runs. During spring p ractice games he played _ ~both second and first, and though hav~ng never handled the initial sack before, was goog enough to get the call frorn Branch Rick-) ey, owner of the Dadgers aft-. er, he had talked the: matter. Felicio M. Torregross the country. Included i1 the hotels, restaurants, barbe: beauty shops. noted arranger and music~2n, us well as a board of dire-to practices. ~It will not be sole use of any racial out is rather a compilai:on. of sional enterprises throughout of all peoples.~ He _ revealed groups are only accepted for classification in the boo upen the United States, Canada, Mexico and many foreign cc ~Atries. Officers of the group include A. Edward Walters, vice-president: George H. Edwards, secretary, Mary E. Kirk, treasurer. Board of advisors cre ~Andy Kirk, Canada L*>; Lus Russell and Herman a, Smith. Puerto Ricans~ In Penn Relay~s. PHILADELPHIA ~ The University of Puerto Rico will send a squad of eight athletes to the Penn Relay Carnival April 25 and 26. Puerto Rico Athletic Director an not disclose what events th: Islanders will enter. However, it was expected they would compete in one of the class miles and in sevoral relays as they did 1-:t year. Incapacitate 200,000 Arteriosclerasis and high blood pressure. alone incapacitale.more than,000 mien and women. exer at. length. with aochet By ~DOC~ | few of the Even RNG 9 Sports SPORTS FRAZIER Editor Leo Kelley,. last year's AAU 126 |b. champion, failed to rétain his title as he lost to Robert Bell in the tournament heed in Boston. Bell is the younger brother of Tommy Bell who not so long ago put up a brilliant fight against Ra:, Robinson on the championship hout. If Robert is anythirg like his brother J ouaey he is a hey we will hear more ebout. te The Penn, Daley cAtnival ~Gchedilled for April 25- 26~ at Franklin Field in Philly will have Herb Douglass, Pitt gazell bey, entered in 100 yd. and broad jump. In last year's meet ee placed second in broad, ju 1Y, in., also in special event Carter, representing Tuskegee tke first place. Herb Douglass sélected az a broad~ jumper 0. with a leap of 22 ft. 100 ci dash. Pittsburgh Bill AAF, was clocked at %.8 to has the honor of having been n the All-American collegiate track and. ela squad. The selection. was made public by the rules committee of the National Collegiate Athletic As.ocia tion. Doc. The New York State Athletic Commiss~on has refused to reinstate Rocky Graziano, hard hi'ting middleweight whose license was revoked two mont $100, 000 severe. on. offer. y. hs ago for failure to report a I still think they are be: ng a little too We - a) Why w. 2 until. tomorrow Before ie _your task on Then you. ere ~express. SgrzOw.. For the best time will be pass2d. oD Let us not be awkard. ~ And get our, days work done, Then go forward and not backn vidi ~ Till victor is won. ingle i ease. They -are Saabondiite tor a loss of 152,100,000 work days an ~each piece of fruit. cence has been proved. call until later in the year... Chimney Important | While not often thought of ar part of the heating plant, the chimney is. vital to the proper operation of the heating equipment and thus is def: ly tied in with the fuel conser problem. Many heating exf have found that most of the aa about improper heeting short, or they may be clogged ~ soot. Air may be leaking through ~some defect in the lining and masonry Or there may be an air leak Pog around the cleanout door at the base. nually. ey and that ly pisiness., A recommendation. The gui le book - will be distributed thruughout -- Seed fal * - ~ * ~~Travelguide~ jwill be a prod- _. an. Idea for the venture - stemmed ~from the need for com Currently such organizations as - a aa | ~=e iv guide book is shown by-a 10 }. ~ ar- - ranged listing of recommended ~ business enterprises throughout book will be information about ~~ od According to Butler, wl.o ~s a of the Actor~s guild, Travelguide. does not condone discrim~natory ~ * iSy the -_~ greup, oe |the better business and profes- ~ the a country who wish to be iecord- ~ 2d as welcoming the pa ronag: hd De bre George D. Cannon, W. C. Handy, ~*~ | we ~~ ss - ~ + a i Pe iqa ave wae SV eer ee RVI hg sav oa ese ebees eeanr roe ed f < % * ** as > eee ae ee ee ety and business enterprises when a Butler's 7 shige. Pownce iinaeneianaaR
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