Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 14]

PAGE SIX

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

Alabama Mayor Foils ae
Attempt of Rape Suspect;
Removes Rope From Victim~s Neck

HURTSBORO,. Ala. ~ANP ~
The timely intervention of the
local mayor and three other white
men sayed an 18-year-old rape
suspect from paying with his life
for allegedly atiacking a middleage white woman in her home
here early last week.

The intended lynch victim,
Jimmie Harris, had been apprehended in the act of trying to
rape the woman shorily before
noon on June 10. Neighbors, attracted by the woman~s screams
quickly came to her rescue, grabbed, beat, tied Harris up, and put
a rope around: his neck preparatory to stringing him to a.tree.

At that moment, Mayor Hugh
Vann, who doubles in the automobile business at the William
Motor company, Ford agency, arrived on the scene. Pleading with
the mob to let the law take its
own course he removed the rope
from the victim~s neck put him
in a car and carted him off to
Phenix City, the county seat, 30
miles to the southeast. He was
aided in the rescue by three business men, Herman Ellison, former Mayor Homer Rutherford dnd
his son, Phillip Rutherford.

According to the testimony of
the woman, Mis. G. H. Baker,!
wife of an insurance man, Harris

had slipped into her kitchen while,

the washing machine was running
ad she dd not hear him. When he
grabbed her, she screamed and
her maid leaped in to help fight
off the intruder.

A next door neighbor, Reuben
Streedman, ran.in, kocked the attacker out. doors where several
more men gathered. In a few
minutes a mob of 15 or 20 had
been formed:

Coincidentally, there was a
cattle truck parked, in front. of
the house, and there was a length
of cattle rope hanging out of the
rear ~end. Someone picked up the
rope and immediately the talk of
lynching Harris. started. While
putting a noose around his neck,
~ the mob roughed him up. They
had planned to hang him from a
tree standing in ~front of the
house..

Mayor Vann said he received a
call from.a cafe operator, I. J.
Coleman, who told him to *~come
down here.as quick as you can
or~there~ll be a lynching.~ Getting

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in a pickup, he went to the scene
and found that Harris had been
tied hand and foot with the rope
and some of the mob were pulling
and tugging at the loose noOse
around his neck.

Harris was crawling on his
hand and knees, the mayor said.
~T guess he was too scared to say
anything or cry out,from the
pain.

~If I do say so myself, I was
cool through the whole thing. J
know everybody in town and
knew these men and boys would
not do anything to me. They were
good people from good families
and they were just excited and
angry, sort of out of their heads,~
he said.

~T started talking and kek on
talking, asking them ~not to hurt
the Negro but to let the law take
is course. They were stubborn and
argured that they wanted to go
through with it. Some of them
were a little unruly, but right
away I had had help from three
business men. They are all in the
cotton business.

~While we were talking, I got
the noose from Harris~ neck and
pushed him right over to the
pickup.~

No one tried to stop the mayor
and his party. They thought, he
said, that he was taking the man
to the local jail but he continued
about 18 miles out of town where
he met Sheriff Ralph Matthews
of Russell county who took the
prisoner to Phenix City.

During the rid2, the mayor said
that Harris revealed that he had
been born and raised ona cattle

farm six miles from Hurtsboro. }

Six months ago, he said he went
north, and in Buffalo, N. Y., had
raped a woman and_ wasn~t
caught.: Returning home, he said
he had figured he could try the
rape angle again.

Harris, still - trembling from
fright, said that when the mob
grabbed him. he did not know
what ~the goodly ~number of
white folks was going ta do-to
me. They beat me up, then got a
fope and put it around: my neck.
They said they were going to stop
me from fooling around.~

Sheriff Matthews decided that
Harris was not safe in the Phenix
City jail afte rhearing of the details of the rape incident. He
moved the prisoner to Montgomwhere he was placed in a
heavily barred death cell in Kilby
prison.

According to Mayor Vann, he
recognized members of the mob,
but did not think that any charges would be placed against them.

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BEATING THE GUN. By ALVIN MOSES

NEW YORK ~ ANP~Joseph ~Jj. Yancey, Jr., coach of
the N. Y. Pioneer club, a leading track organization in this
neck of ihe country, was to be honored with a dinner at the
Hotel Henry Hudson Wednesday evening, June 18. The testimonial to this leader is the field of amateur athletics and
race relations was under the auspices of the Field Marshal's
Club of which Theodore Freeman is: exchequer.

~COURAGE~ ~ SHINING LEGACY ~

Lloyd Marshall, California 175 pounder, was considered by many asz ready for the fistic boneyard afier Ezzard
Charles had rubbed his stamp across his classic features. But
as I have alway pointed out, courage is a shining legacy that
burns eternally in folk like Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Buddy Young and Lloyd Marshall. ~

The Cleveland-born battler who pastimed on the Pacific
coast during the past four years startled international Loxing
circles; on June 3 when he kayoed Freddie Mills, British cruiserweight (175-pound) champion after 2:58 of the fifth
round of a scheduled 15 rounder at London. Marshall was a

2-1 underdog in the betting and thousands of pounds sterling

changed hands when Marshall's lethal left to the jaw floored
for the full count the man who had whipped napstutaan ites sa
king Gus Lesnevich.

Lesnevich had announced a short while back that he was

entertaining the $90,000 offer to face Mil}s.in a London ring.
Now Lloyd has blotted that picture from view and is himself

insisting that Gus meet him in a title bout. The most d~scussed 175 pounders in the game are colored boys,
Charles and Marshall, and talk along the Harlem fairways
run to the chances of Lesnevish facing either of them.

two

I'd say that Lesnevich would stand a better charce of
wnipping Marshall than he does Charles. Few finishers have

cropped upon the pugilistic horizon who compare even remotely with Ezzard Charles, and that goes for heavyweights

also. Of course in the case of Charles, pride of Cincinnati,
there remains the title matter of polishing off rough Elmer
(Violent) Ray, come June 27. Glad to see you back with
the elite of your division, Lloyd Marshall, unqusstionably
courage like yours pays rich dividends in more ways than one.

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Ray Rebiason, the man wao mixes ~his sugar with your
blood,~ is slated to defend his precious tile aga~nst Jimmy
Doyle, the Irish gamester, in Cleveland on June 24. This

marks tYe second pos ponement and Rob:nson has dnnounced that he will go into sirict training on June 13.

MELTING POT
Lec Anderson, who once claimed world~s 175 pound title
at care time as Kid Norfolk did 20 years ago) ~is seen daily

in Harlem and still possesses that powerful build that was
che envy of most boxers of his period. Jim West, ~fancy dan~

~first-bascman who blazed a trial into the hearts of NNL baseball fans during war years while with the Philly-Stars, is just
as popular these days with Jim Semler~s N. Y. Black Yan
keer. That big bat of West's should spell the difference of
defeat and victory for out N. Y. diamond reprezentatives

like. Jackie Robinson, West js a good box office magast wit
his clowning antics.

Good luck to the 10 colored track stars of OAHU, territory to Hawaii, who during next few days stack up against
Japan's best athletes in Tokyo. Sammy Jethroe, the lad who
I thought should. have been called to the big leagues around
the time Jackie Robinson went to Montreal, is batting with
accustomed vigor and authority in the Cleveland Buckeyes
drive for an American Negro league ~47 pennant.. An outfielder of the Joe DiMaggio order, Jethroe is a big leaguer in
virtually everything in my book.

Jake La Motta did all right against Tony eee at 154
I-2 pounds Friday. nite, June 6,~ before 14,000 pa'rons at
Madison Square Garden, taking the nod hands down. Wonder how Jacob would have gone against Jose Basora (La
Motta kayoed him) and Ray~Robinson at this poundage instead of the close to 170 he weighed for them at 10 Pp. m.,

ringtime? Now do you question what I mean when I say so
of.en in the sports field,

Joe Louis has a son~Joe Louis Jr. ne Whether he takes
to boxing or not, Joe, all I ask of him is to follow; in the footsteps of his illustrious daddy in the field of being a true am
bassador without portfolio in the race relations and good will
theatre.

Infant Mortality ~

The lowest death rate for infants
yet recorded~fewer than 40 in each
1,000 live births~is reported by Dr.
Sarah S. Deitrick of the Crildren~s
bureau. This represents a decrease
of more than 28 per cent in ten
years. The death rate for mothers
because of pregnancy or childbirth
~less than 23 for ~each 10,000 live
births~also is the lowest recorded,
and shows a drop of more than 60
per cent.

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Germans Have Gars, but Gas
Rationing Halts Oper=tion
DORTMUND, GERMANY.~There
are 524,052 motor vehicles in operation by the 38,618,291 Germans living
in the British and American zones of
Germany~or one vehicle for each
74 persons an official survey shows.
The statistics, compiled by the bizona] traffic administration, showed
277,538 vehicles in the British zone,
which has a population of 22,386,643,
and 246,514 vehicles in the American zone which has a population of.
16,231,648. Many Germans are unable to operate their automobiles

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Woman Doctor Is Blamed for

Death of 40,000 Prisoners
DACHAU, GERMANY, ~ U. S.
war crimes prosecutors. accused a.
German woman doctor of indirect
responsibility for the déath of nearly half of the 80,000 male concentration camp prisoners whom she
forced to march in naked review
before her.::
| The doctor, Erika Flocken, passed
on the physical condition of male
inmates, in the Mueldorf concentration camp in 1944 and 1945. The in-.
dictment. charged that she selected
priscners for extermination by gas.

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1 Give Talichea to Foster". | Negro Newsmen

~the black man~s burden is a tow-, ering one for our outstanding athletes!"~

- % Jacations Throughout Year

_ Removal of the seasonal shackles}

'|To Attend

from the vacation habits of more;
than 34 mjllion U. S. workers who
Mow receive vacations with pay is
the major objective of the commit-!
tee on year around vacations of the!
National Association of Travel of-!
ficials. |

Launching a national campaign
te obtain more widespread enjoy-;
ment of the spring, fall and winter:
seasons, as well as summer, the:
committee pointed out that its pro-!
gram is designed to benefit vaca-|
tionists, business and industry. ~

First step.in the year around va-i
eation program will be:a survey of;
current business practices in the!
granting of vacation time and the;
collection of data on the effects of |
granting early and late vacations |
and winter vacations. >

Members of the committee point:

out that vacation habits of individ-}.

uals and the vacation practices of;
business and industry have under-;
gone tremendous changes during:
the war. Even before the war, they:
say, certain trends were developing:
to permit employees to select their:
annual vacation periods ranging,
throughout the entire year. This.
trend is of economic value to business whieh théreby can spread pro-;
duction plans over a full year, elim-:
inating the seasonal slack caused
by a limited vacation period.

The tremendous growth in popu-.
larity of hunting, fishing, skiing,~
golfing, swimming, riding and hik-'
ing also are having an important.
effect upon selection of vacation~
dates. The committee will seek to.
encourage further development of:
these recreations and to emphasize~
the resultant benefits to business in
general. e;;

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Shortage of Scalding Oil |:

Brings Medical Discovery

A shortage of boiling oil in 1536
led to one of the earliest recorded
medical discoveries. At that time,
the treatment for gunshot wounds
was to burn or cauterize the wound:
with scalding oil. The surgeons of
those days believed gunpowder to
be poisonous and they used this.
drastic ~measure to counteract the,
poison. In one of the French military. campaigns, Ambroise Pare,~
a famous surgeon, was treating
wounded soldiers, Suddenly he real-.
ized that his supply of boiling oil:
was exhausted, with many wounds
still left to be dressed. In despera-:
tlon he decided to try a substitute. '
He mixed a dressing of egg yolk,
oil of roses and turpentine, then,
applied it to the wounds.

All night long he could not tani
fearing that by morning he would,
find this last group of soldiers dead
or at the point of death. Early the~
next morning, when he visited his,
patients, he was amazed at the out-:
come. Those whom he had dressed.
with his improvised mixture were~
free from pain, had a good night~s.
rest and their wounds were not in-!
flamed. On the other hand, those
treated with the scalding oil were
feverish, tormented with pain and
the areas around their wounds were.
swollen. From this point the painful:
hot oi] method of treating wounds
slowly passed out of existence and
less torturous but equally effective
methods were arcepted.

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Noah~s Advice

"Going back to the ark for the.
principles, a new scale has been
developed. The ark displaced its
own weight in water. The animals~
weight sank the ark deeper, and the.
added depth was the animals~ total
weight. Noah didn~t make use of;
this weighing principle. But this
kind of displacement is the prin-'

| ciple of the new weighing machine..

The purpose is to get the same~
amount into each package, nuts,
rubber bands, cranberries, candy,
dog foods and other products. The
scale for example, weighs 25.
charges of filberts in shells a minute, with an error of plus or minus

one nut. It does the same for |!

marshmallows, usually within one
marshmallow of exact weight.

American: ~Desert~

About 1850 the territory west of.
Missouri was designated as ~~~the:
great American desert.~~ This ~~~des-'
ert~ was then crossed by wagon
caravans drawn by either mules or,
by oxen. Sen. Thomas Hart Benton}
of Missouri joined in a project to.
obtain camels for use on the Santa~
Fe trail. The animals were duly:
imported. Then the trouble started.~
The byllwhackers who were accus-'
tomed to oxen were unable to man-|

age the camels because of these) |

animals~ natural orneriness and;
stubbornness, said to exceed that of
the mule. They were simply abandoned, and wandered westward into
Arizona. For 20 or 30 years they]
were seen periodically, but finally
became extinct.

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Avoid Work
Weeds rob cultivated plants of

water, plant food, and even light~

and space. Getting rid of weeds is a}
necessary part of garden care, but
the weeding should be done with
judgment,~ atcording to soils specialists. Once a seedbed is correctly
prepared, there is little to be gained
from hoeing or cultivating too often.
A light stirring of the surface soil is

all ~that is necessary to control

weeds in most garden crops. Deep
cultivation is hard work for the
home gardener and_ specialists
warn that it can be injurious to
plant roots.

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| Guild Meet

NEW YORK ~ NP ~ Several
Negro delegates are expected at
the annual convention of the
American Newspaper guild convening in Sioux City, Ia, June
23-27, it was announced here at
ANG headquarters this week. The
Journal and Guide unit, an affiliate of the Washington Newspaper guild, wil be represented by
William Hoge, unit chairman,
who will directly represent the
Washington guild, as one of the

delegates.

The establishment of the Norfolk unit of the Washington
Newspaper guild last November
has become a rallying point for
coopefation between white and
colored union members in the
Tidewater area where the colored population of Virginia is
heaviest. There are thousands of
colored union longshoremen in
the area, the second largest in
the country.

The Norfolk unit, organized
folk Journal and Guide, one of
| the largest Negro weeklies in the
|hation, has affiliated with the
~Virginia State Industrial CIO
council, the Tidewat2r Industrial
Union council, and the Norfolk
Central ~Labor union. The unit
is supportig the industrial, social
and political. program of these
groups with special emphasis on
getting all laborers to qualify to
vote.

Mr. Hoge was elected president
of the newly organized Amalgamated Newspaper council at a
special meeting of colored newspaper employes here on May 10.
The organization is composed of
union members of the Baltimore
Afro-American, Norfolk, Journal
and Guide, Pittsburgh Courier
and Amsterdam News.

Addison ~King, vice chairman of
the Norfolk unit of Washington
Newspaper guild, was recently
~elected recording secretary of the
Tidewater Industrial union Council. His election indicates a move
to form a closer working unity

y white employes in the Tidewater
area, officials here said last week.

Use Feed for Heat
Cows exposed to cold weather and
winter winds use up much of their
feed to keep warm.

among the employes of the Nor
hang up dresses as soon as you can.

~between organized colored and

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Care of Dresses Prelengs |

* Wear and Improves Looks |

The care you give your dress,
whether it is ~otton, silk or rayon,
has much to do with the way it looks
and how long it wears, according to
extension clothing specialists. ~'

The best of seams will give way
if you yank or pull hard enough
when you take off and-put on
dress. The dress fabric also ma:
break. If a seam rip or hole
pears, mend right away before
damage gets any worse. Many holes
and worn places can be darned so
the mend is hardly noticeable. When
patching a print dress, match the
patch with the print so it will be
less noticeable.. A stitch in time~
will catch a loose button and may
save you from having to replace.a.
whole set.

Give your dresses enough closet
room so they will not be crowded,
A, little open space between each
garment helps to hold the press and
preserves the fabric from. getting
that stringy look. Hang up your
dresses as soon as you take them
off.

Unless your closet is watt ventilated, hang a dress where air can
circulate freely. through it before,
you put it away. This is important
in hot weather when frocks are oft-:
en damp with perspiration. -

Before. you hang a garment be
sure to fasten it enough so it will
not sag out of shape. Remove the
belt from the dress. and hang - it
separately. |

When traveling, pack dresses
loosely with tissue. paper between
folds and in sleeves. Unpack and

Experiments With Silage...
Show Fallacy of Maxim.

~For dairymen the well-worn max
im on. making hay when the sun |

shines can be revised ta ~make
money by not making hay.~~ Make.
silage instead, from first and second
erops of alfalfa.
out as the result of -actual experience at the research center of the
department of agriculture at Beltsville, Md., in the harvesting ~of alfalfa for dairy cows.

Even with ideal haying weat*er,
the farmer who cures his hay in
the field loses more than a third of
the protein between the cutting and.
the feeding. The protein is destroyed
by the various steps in haying and:
storing the alfalfa. Some loss is
unavoidable, but it can be cut in:
half if. the alfalfa is stored in the
silo instead of in: the haymow. In
one test at Beltsville analysis
showed a loss of 264 pounds of protein to the acre from alfalfa stored
as hay and 127 pourds loss whet
made into silage... ye

The bureau. of. daisy indudtey,;
which cooperated with, the Prk
of plant industry, soils and agricultural engineering in makirig these~

tests, converts the value of thé 137~

pounds of protein saved to its equivalent in linseed oil meal. This would
be. $15.60 when the meal is selling
at 4 cents a pound. =.2:..-.....
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neighbors rhe % "because!
spread

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plant is the ale::

uable, and steps taken tae ite.

the undesirable. plant, or at. least

to control its disease. spreading

activities.,:

the white pine blister rust, and
the barberry to black stem rust.
Strenuous barberry eradication programs have had to be carried out.
to protect small grain crops
from the black stem rust.

Trees of Our Country: Native trees usually are grouped
dnto two classes. There are the
~conifers or szftwoods which include
the trees bearing cones and having
scale-like or needle-like leaves.
Pines, spruces and all native evergreen trees are conifers. Cypress
and larch are also conifers although
these two. species are not evergreen
and shed their leaves each fail. The
second class of~ trces is knowf'as
hardwoods. This class:contains al}
the: broad-leafed trees and those
shedding their leaves every year,
the oaks, hickories and walnuts.

Gottonwood is. also a hardwood,

hence the classification has nothing
to. do with the actual hardness of
the wood, for in a literal sense, the~

| wood of larch is~ considerably i

er ~ that of cottonwood,.

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eS No Whit ~Particular '

Deer, limited to wild~ plants boot
food,~ show a decided preference
when~ it comes: to domestic~ crops:

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~they will) accept jmost things. ed

man plants for his own use,
's; conservation +*~
last year pai j cut more~
~to compensate farmers: and ~gardeners for damage done by deer.; Veris;
fied. claims ~show that. deer ate
tomatoes, soy beans, beans, corn,.
rutabagas, cabbage, clover, oats,
buckwheat, squash, strawberry~
plants, beets, raspberry plants, |
~dpole trees,. potato plants, cedar:
trees, melons, cherry trees, cazrofs, -
capbage, hay, rye, alfalfa, willow
ees, cucumbers,~:ranberries, cauower and other evergreens.. +

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