Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 7]

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15-Year Old
Boy Convicted
Ot Rape Charge

NEW YORK.~(CNS)~Fifteen
year old John Grate was con-.wicted here of second degree
murder in the rape-killing of a
4 year old child Sept. 23. He
was sentenced to 20 years to life
by General Sessions Judge Fran-cis..L. Valentin. The court explained why the boy
sent to prison instead of Warwick State School as the children committed to the schovl
are. granted so sipeasa on - short
time. ': Pay Raise
Starts Buyers
Spree

~The depression talks heard by
many in the past months have
practically disappeared and an
era of untold prosperity is being. forecast as housewives in
Flint take full advantage of
April bargain _ sales brought
about in many instances by the
tecent flood conditions. Lowered
~prices and. the anticipated 15c
pay raise are also loosening the
-purse strings.

Fish in the surrounding waters
of Flint had an _ unexpected
~binge~ when. 12,000 bottles from
~Sky bar~ were washed down
the drain by the Health Department.

is being}.

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CLUB NEWS \nd read my favorite story book: 3o0odb. Frost.
~ GENESEE TEMPLE NO. 550 Soave. ME eee; The Dt. Elks held their regu- Old winter just keep hanging ~
> Jar meeting Monday with 69 or Yoniid:
more Dt. Bills present. Many Good bye Mr, Frost ~
~plans were discussed for future).., ), glad whbn fos duages 4h
activities. town
--The Majorettes~ of Genese? Good bye Mr. Frost: ~
Temple No. 550 sponsored a-jit- Lovely Spring will get him told
terbug contest and dance at the i'm tired of buying: this high
FICS last Saturday night which~ priced coal; _
was a great success. Judges for;[ hope he~ll, go, back to the north
the contest were Bro, Be. pole,
James, Mrs. Molay and Dt. Rul-#~Je and Mr. Frost.
er Ladesta Hamilton,: *al il ra ~2 (
The Top Hatters and the Sty. ser oe oe eae Ber oe: lish Stouts of Genese2 Temple aaa wine Aad deca:
No. 550 sponsored ~ successful They had ts whit ti] She est 6: partics Saturday night. Ma
The Dt. Elks are making splén-| a ow Mais Heosis~
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-- Fe Pea a eat a Pca ~ "t aes been
i ~ll.be glad: whew: it. decides to go
The beautiful Spring -I do adore~
Mm, sick' of My, Frost.~;
did~ progress undér the superb
leadership of Dt. Ruler Ladesta
Hamilton who bcast of a mem~House of Hits~ bership of 216 Dt. Bills.
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Sunday, May 4th, 1947, at 3:30

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Good Bye
Mr. Frost

Glad old winter~s got to go,
Zood bye Mr. Frost;

I~m tired of this wind and snow
ood bye Mr. Frost.
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and is a student of Wi!berforce
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p. m. We consider these singers_ iat about 1:30 p.m. Saturday

THE FLINT. SPOKESMAN

Dancer Vin
Of Overdose ~
At ~Hop Orgy

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The climax of a ~bizarre|
weekend dope party caused
the death of William Boyd,
26, of 2801 Bedford avenue,
~downtown restaurant porter
and part time dancing entertainer in the room of a male
companion at 11. Miller strect
Sa'urday evening.

Roger Barnette, 23, the
companion who resided in the
+emall, rear room at the M ller
street house, was found unconscious, lying beside the
lifeless body of Boyd which

police first believed was a sul
cide pact.
Started at 1:30 P.M.

According to other mem-|*--_~
bers of the house, Barnette

lafternoon for what police bejlieve was to be a weekend
orgy of fanciful dreaming and

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SURRENT
OMMENT

EDUCATION DEPT.....You* would be~ surprised
how easy it is to find a rum-.
ber in the telephone book
now that I can~t call information and tell. her to get the
number I was too lazy too
look up... and I| have fewer
wrong. numbers, too..
Come to think of it, look at
all the money the company
would save if instead of having a woman saying ~Information,'., they would just use the
same recording that goes on
and on... ~tee.. wa
recorded... a... nounce
en
call... is an... emergency
call.. kindly signal... the
operator $e

ART AND BEAUTY >
Now lipstick comes in a flat
jar, complete with paint brush.

' makes

| avoidable.

-| Anthony, do you think what

*~lthe American kitchen is a
booby trap... that the atmosphere of confuson there
accidents almost unWe will have to
agree with the- lady. She sure
knows whet she ~is. talking
about. Many a time | have
~| asked the ~Head Mixer~ and
~Sink Scientist~ at our house:

(Quote) What is _ this,
dear? (Unquote)

And she would come back
with the expected answer:

(Quote) Eat it it~s good for
you! (Unquote)

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Now my question is, Mr.
I was eating was one of those

kitchen accidents?

HONOR ROLL DEPT.

See where the War Depaz::ment has decreed that dead
enlisted men do not have to
salute dead officers and then
be buried in the enlisted men~s
section of the government
cemeteries. I was won-.
dering just how long and how
far this silly army. caste system mess was going to ke
used. I know a couple of

dope consumption.

William Boyd Sr., worried
about his~ son, went to the
Miller street address in an at
~tempt to get his son to come

home to the dead man~s wife,
Ruth. After pounding on the
door for quite some time, the
father climbed in a rear win
dow and found. his son and
Barnette sprawled on_ the
floor.

Upon arrival to a summons,
police took the body of Boyd
to the morgue and the unconscious form of Barnette to the
Mercy hospital.

Narcotics Stolen

Barnette, who was in~ the
employ of the Mercy hospital
as a cook in August of lasi
year when some, 1,000 codine
pills and 5,000 morphine tablets were stolen, is being held
under investigation at the hospital by the police department.,

two and one fourth grains by
using a needle - injected into
his leg and then swallowed a
pinch of herion. Barnette
claimed that he only tcok
about one half of the amount.
Implements Found

Police made a_ thorough
search of the house but found
no narcotics of any kind.
However, they did confiscate
one needle, two hypodermics,
one teaspoon and a_ black
zipper bag~ believed to have
been used in the transportation of the dope and equipment. '

Efforts to contact members
of Boyd's family met with lit
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FRET TTT

In a statement ~made to the
police, Barnette said that his

It virtually makes every woman an artist. When a woman'
passenger on a_ trolley
other morning took out hex
brush I leaned. eagerly forward -waiting for her to reach
| into her bag (>) and draw
forth an easel and canvas...
bui no, she did the work on
her lips. What next?

FOOD DEPT.

Now (since we can get butter) they are arguing abou!
making oleo tax free.~... But
it seems as if the ~majestic cow
(represented by her attorney

remain. I wonder what
local ~~bossy~~ belongs to, and
if she will stop giving the milk
from which they make the

compete on the open market,
tax free.

Mueller oe John L. Lewis head

has me worried!

HOME ECONOMICS

companion. had taken four| NOTE onal cemuniitce fe
~ ~

and one half grains of hewn Read where a home econ-| committee, that is) to the op
phine by swallowing them,| omist in Chicago states thai|crators of the National Broad

tle success.
Ruth, was said to have moved
Sunday morning from
Bedford avenue address.
Barnettes, of McKeesport,
were ~not in to the press.~

Relative of Officer -

Reports that
iclose relative of a Fifth ward
constable could not be confirmed at press time. However, the police stated that the
~victim's father had identified
himself as ~William Boyd Sr.~
and that he was not the peace
officer in question.

The coroner's autopsy reported that Boyd had died
from acute morphine poisoning. They could not ascertain
just how much had been consumed.

U. S. Investigates

The case has attracted the
interest of the United States
Narcotics Inspector Wiiliam T.

into custody the tools found
in the room and _ stated that
Barnette would be subfected
to extensive questioning.

Fae Bn Raa te a

ESQUIRE
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For the best, Try Esqure

| around the air base looking

A. Farmer) wants the levy to|:

butter if oleo is permitted to. would George

isuch a strike? Gee, this thing

The victim's wife,

the
The

Boyd was a
Duffs, who immediately took |

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socal looies that used to run

ifor men -to salute them who
will be very. touch disappo: nted in heaven... (excuse me,
2nd looies dan't go to heaven,
they can all go to:
| C-E-N-S-O-R-E:D-.". =) hed
they find that Pfc. ehiosts can
pass them by without. snap
ping to! -
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Kead Recently

A school for College Presidents!... My sister told me
that the head of the college
where she went was dumb!.. I thought she was kidding. Wouldn't it make better
sense to make the\future presidents go to school first...
then make them ~ presidents?
That sounds like jumping in
the swimming pool and then
taking your Sine off!

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POLITICS AND RADIO |}
Rumored that Washington
is sending a delegation (that~s

casting Company to learn hov
it was they could cut Fred
Allen off for talking about
vice presidents. Seem:
that in the capital they are
trying to find out see they

a nice way of saying congres
Bicycle

ECORSE,
On Wednesday evening, April
30, the Down River area was
shocked to its very foundation
when the- people of this area
learned that. Willie Bennings,
age 14, had been killed while
riding a bicycle on 12th St. near
Hycinth St. It was stated by
witmess that saw this tragical

struck by a ~car going ~south4
driven by Miss Mary J... Allen
of 533 Holford St., River Rouge.

It was stated by one eye wit-|
ness, whose name was ~not obtained, that this awful thing
happened like a flash.. He de
like a huge monster coming out
of the black of night with the
urge to kill, therefore the kid
didn~t have a chance.~

Then another person spoke up
and said, ~I, am sure the. child
didn~t have a chance for I heard
the _impact two blocks away.~

Many hundreds oi péople ne
all walks of life gathered at the
scene of this accident. All readily. agreed that it was by far the
worse that they had seen. Wh'le
this mammoth crowd was milling around a policeman took the
opportunity to urge all parents

~MICH. ~(APNS)~| |

thing happen that Bennings was}.
riding his bicycle north. _ when |.

scribed it by saying ~it looked~:

for their assistance in helping to
keep this type of thing d-wn to

a minimum.

to

Willie Bennings leaves
mourn a mother, one sister and
a brother, all of 3991-Sth St.

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POLITICS AND
PRIZEFIGHTS

There is a funny situa~ion
in two fields ~of labor this

yéar.

No one (except Stassen)
lwants to be President of the
United States... and no one
wants him to. be.... while

~No one (except Jersey Joe
Walcott) wants: to be Heavy
weight Champion of the
World... and no one thinks
he can be!!!...

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discovery} Richard~ hasn~t opened thd
door because Richard, my friends, is
Stepin Fechit! ae |
| Through all the unécking? doorbell
ringitig, and disc jockey blues, Stepin
slept on. to the tune of ~Richard, Open
the aie -He ~ cag too tired to
getup a

At fast. has come Suepins Fechit~s
~confession. Stepin has been getting a
little rest, just a nice little snooze, and
he explains all in this topper that solves
a Doot" versions, ~~Richard~s Answer.~

That's it. Poor ~Richitd ~wasn't only,
asleep. He was Stepin Fechit, jes~ too
tired to get up.

Stepin consents to, ~offering a few,
words on the nati gal problem of |
opening that door, i ad 4
peunds out a nice: bit ~ thythm. It~s
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beats even Time Magazine to the in
side scoop: Richard was Stepin Fechit,
jes~ awful tired, jes~ ~too~ busy ' resting?!
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ETTA WESTWARD BOUND:

~Etta Jones, diminutive Onyx Ciut
songstress, now warbling with J. C! -
Heard and his Orchestra, late of Cafe
Society Downtown, maf leaye for Cal
ifornia with Heard~s group for an en-~
gagement at Billy Berg's famous Capri.
Jones and the band breida d to open.
their first theatre date-ate Loew's State
Theatre in~New York onFebruary 8th
and, if negotiations. ndw 4 inderway are
completed, they will wind up their,

tour at the celebiaged ree a
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greatest living baritones~ om the scen
today... Guiseppe DeLuca... sing
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