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The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
CLUB
HOLD BIG MEET
Woodson Addresses
First Meeting
OF Club

Approximately thirty-five boys
and girls attended the first meet
ing of the acknowledgements
Newsboys' Club, which was held
Monday afternoon. March IL, at 5
o'clock. at ST. Antoine Y. Nj. c. A.
The meeting was called TO order
by DR.. Aaron c. Toodle, general
manager OF the Tribune-Indepen-
dent.
Committee Appointed
The chairman of the Newsboys'
Club. Thomas Johnson, appointed
"A committee on permanent organ
ization, composed OF Robert Pitts.
Benton Adams. George Garrison,
CHARLES Gross. and Thomas John
son.
The club was addressed by
Wilbur G. Woodson. executive Sec
rotary OF the Y. M. G. A.: William
J. Robinson, director OF the circu-
lation department OF the paper;
and Rev. William III. Peck, pastor
of Greater Bethel.
The boys and girls who attended
represented all sections of great
or Detroit-North, East, and West.
Membership In the club Is free.
and copies OF the paper Will be
sold on the streets only by boys
and girls who are members OF the
Tribune Independent Newsboys;
Club
Recreation Planned
The club will hold their meet
ings al the Y M. & "A. on Mon
DAYS of each week. The program
will call for some form of recre-
alton, after each meeting.
Following the session Monday,
the members OF the club enjoyed
a swim in the Y swimming pool.
The next meeting will be held
Monday, March 10. at which time
a group picture OF the club will be
made for publication in the Tri-
bune-Independent.
Boys and girls, between the ages
OF 10 and II years, are urged to
become members.
Among those who were present
at the last meeting were William
Lewis. James Pitts. John Robinson
Thomas Johnson. George Garrison
Carr, Clifford Simms,
Alvin Martin, Phillip Teamer, ze-
ee Dupree. James Robinson. Ben
ton Adams. Royal Boyd, Robert
Woods. Ethel Fields, Helen Fields.
Lewis Lang. James Green. Charles
Gross, Harold b. Owens. John
Arthur Thomas. Frank
Manage
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Ex-Councilman Hall
Dies Enroute Home

Nashville. Tenn. Frank A. b.
Hall. former councilman OF Cincin-
natl. o., died here Saturday even
ing following an attack Of indiges-
tion Mr. Nall. who had served
more than ~ years as a policeman
i'm his home was On roHte home
from Hot Springs AK
Mr. Hall was retired from the po-
lice department, In 1921 lie was
elected 10 The council twice For
many years he was Grand Master Of
the Masonic Lodge in Ohio.
tie IS survived hy Isis Wiio. who
lives ai the family residence 27ia
Aims Place. Cincinnati: one daugh-
Ter. Miss Mabel Hall. an instructor
no Wherefore University and "a
son. Alfred Hail. who is deputy
sheriff in Hamilton County. Ohio
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
REV. THURMAN
COMING TO Y


Rev. Howard Thurman. Chair
man of the Committee on Religi
Gus Life, Howard University, form
er Student Pastor at Spellmar
College. and one OF the Nations
foremost speakers to University
and College Groups, will be in
Detroit. Marh 2S. and for the third
successive year. be the guest
speaker for the ~" Holy Week
Services.
This announcements VIII be
greeted with satisfaction and en-
thuiasm by hundreds of Detroiters
who have been privileged to hear
this great Christian leader.
a committee of thirty citizens.
under the leadership of L. c.
Blount and T.. c. Simmons. are un-
the task Of underwriting
the expense of the meetings. They
are inviting 200 people to be pa
irons for this community religious
program. and TO date the response
has been very encouraging You
are invited TO participate. The
patrons TO date, are:
l.. c. Blount. Artur Brazos. DR..
c, G. Constable. DR.. +. O.. Glenn
tnts. Charles Davis. r. L. Flynn.
Fred Freeman. H. g. Gleiss. Paul
II, King. DR.. r. +. Matthews. II
Lynn Pierson. Robert Scott. Or.
a. g. Studer. Fred r. Todd. Snow
den Williams. Harvey r. Wallace,
William Robert Wilson, VIM. Pep
pers. Frank Welborn. Peter ii.
Craig, George Matthews, Chas.
Ransom. Chas. f. Simmons. Mari
on Mcclellan, and VIM. Henson.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
GANGSTE RS CONVICT ED
Girl Protests JUDGES Sentence In Street Car Alteration
Governor Lehman
Anniversary Speaker

New York Governor Herbert II
Lehman will be the principal
speaker at the 25th anniversary
dinner of the National Association
for the Advancement OF Colored
People here Sunday evening.
March Is, at International House.
500 Riverside drive
Among the other speakers who
will bring brief birthday greeting
to the gathering will be Fannie
Hurst Mrs Ruth Logan Roberts.
Charles Edwrd Russell. William
Pickens, the Rev George Frazier
Miller, William English Walling
Hubert Delaney. Eugene kinckle
Jones. Or Claiming II. Tobias and
Alexander +, Miller j. f. SPIN
garn. president Of the association
vii be master of ceremonies
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
ELKS TO STAGE
CITY CONTEST
Yearly Oratorical On
For April s

The combined Temples and LODI !
ges of the |. b. T. O. f. announce
their annual city Oratorical Con-
test to be held April ). at Taber-
nacle Baptist Church. Milford ana
Beechwood avenues
This contest will determine who
is TO represent Detroit in the State
! Contest. TO be held at later date.
| Citizens believe the oratorical con
test offers TO Detroit an opportun
ity TO keep it's splendid record in
tact. Three girls are now at un
versailles upon scholarships VIC
lfrom previous Elk contests.
Any contestant may speak I
u0) minutes from the followi
subjects:
THE Constitution and Slavery
Z 1.-THE Constitution and Citizei
ship" Harriet Beecher Stowe an
the Constitution; Frederick Doug
lass and the Constitution" Lin
| coin and the Constitution" JohT
Marshall and the Constitution" /;
THE Negro and the Constitution. .
The eligibility rules are these =
any bona-fide secondary school
pupil under the age OF nineteen
40 years prior To February 2Sth
1894. is eligible. This. of course
high school graduates
and those taking Post Graduate
Courses.
Anyone desiring 10 become a Z
may register with Il
Thomas Smith. 635 f.. Elizabeth
street. Cadillac 1914. before April
1894
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17

THREE MEN In
MURDER CASE
Colvin Acquitted And
Hurd Enters Plea
Of Guilty
Judge To Sentence
Men This Friday

Three men, charged with first
degree murder in the killing OF
Raleigh Frizel, white bartender in
a cabaret AT 2734 Brush during an
attempted holdup on the evening
of Dec. Il. were found guilty by
a jury Of 10 women and . men in
Judge John r Scallen's recorders
court room Friday
The convicted men are James
Glenn. &c. 93S Alexandrine street;
Arthur Bearden, %. 433 Erskine
street. and Milton Stockman,
white. 1904 st. Antoine street
Russell GOWN II, also implcat-
ed in the crime. was found not
guilty Charles Hurd. 20. 3426
! Beaubien street. entered plea Of
guilty Monday.
The trial lasted two weeks, the
longest trial in recorders court
since the Buckley case in 1880.
James Jackson and Edward
Hit white, principal witnessei
for the state, told how the rob
berry was framed In Stockman'
!; place at 1904 ST. Antoine stree
~ The highlight OF the trial can
Monday when Hurd entered
plea of guilty. While on the sta
Saturday Surd had refuted
confession made TO Assists
%. Prosecutor Lloyd Loomis, fmms
~ lately after his arrest. ciaimiI
"a that he had made the confessic
after the arresting officers ha
held his arm on a hot radiator. In
, ficting a third degree burn.
The officers. Detective Sergean
Rex Smith and Detective Georgs
! rutherford. declared that Hurd
had suffered the burn while SLEEP.
ing on radiator at the Garfield
station. Hurd later admitted this
was true.
Judge Scallan devoted more
than an hour in reading his charge
10 the jury The Jurors deliberated
three hours before arriving al a
verdict.
LloNl LOOMS was the prosecutor
IN the case and the defendants
were represented by Seward Mich
OILS for liurd; Ebert Butler for
Bearden Pliskow for Golvin. Sam
uel Goldfinc for Stockman. and
George Curran for James Glenn.
The men Will be sentenced bv
Judge ScalIan Friday.
All attorneys praised Judge
Scallan for the manner in which
he handled the case.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Father Denied Right
To H ang Trio

Jackson. Miss.--A House COM
mittee Wednesday killed bill
which would have permitted Clyde
Collins. of Holly Springs, TO send
three colored prisoners to their
death Friday. March l6, for alleged
attack upon his daughter.
The bill was said TO have been
initiated, because Collins signed a
plea to mob. saying he wanted to
spring the gallows trap OH the
three men. A special legislative
act was necessary. Collins was
granted permission to witness the
triple hangings at fernando. on
Friday.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Bis h op ane
Celebrates Birthday

Jackson, Tenn. Bishop Isaac
Lane, oldest living prelate In the
country and one OF the founders
OF the Colored Methodist Episco-
pal church, celebrated his one
hundredth birthday anniversary,
Saturday, March 3, on the campus
OF Lane College, we'll known edu-
catIonal institution which he
founded and which bears his name.
Hundreds of person, including
the mayor OF Jackson, the COVER
nor OF the state and c. NJ II.
churchmen from all sections OF the
country. participated IN the CEN
tennial celebration.
Isaac Lane grew TO be the
Souths outstanding religious lead
er from an humble beginning.
Born March 3, 1894. on the plan
tatIon OF Cullen Lane, five miles
north OF Jackson, he is now an
honored retired bishop OF the G.
NJ. Il. denomination. lie was conse-
Grated TO the bishopric March 70,
1873.
lie was the fifth bishop OF the
G. NJ. r.. church.
One OF G. M. Il. Founders
lie was among the leaders In
the movement which finally cul-
minated into the organization OF
the Colored Methodist Episcopal
church, and he founded Lane Col
iege in this city in 1882. This col
lege today. is the outstanding in
stitution OF the c. M. ~. church.
and IL the most potent factor In
tho educational Advancement OF the
Negro and race cooperation In the
South.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Negro Problem Is
Discussed In Confab

Nashinton. ID Problems az.
sociated with the participation, az
wei as various aspects OF the ru-
raj situation. particularly in re-
gard TO loans and acreage reduc-
ton as applied 10 Negroes. were
the principal topics OF discussion
at the second meeting OF the Inter
Departmental Conference Group
held in the Department OF Com
merce on Friday. March ..
subcommittee Named
The following Sub-commIttees
were set UP to study the two prob
lens Labor Eugene Kinckle
Jones, Department OF Commerce,
Chairman. DR. Charles +. Roos,
\ X A. Edward r. McGrady, De-
partmcnt OF Labor; Or. Robert G.
Weaver. Department OF Interior;
Forester b. Washington. +. r. A..
and G. vs.. 4.
Agriculture J. Phil Campbell.
a A A, chairman Dr. Clark Fore
man. Department Of Interiors II.
- AAAAAtt ~. "a III uit MtlNllf q.
c g., Forester y Washington. +
+ K a and G W a.
Roper Speaks
The group was received by Sec
rotary Roper who gave a brief talk
OF welcome and good Will. The
Department meeting
was held at the Invitation OF Eu-
gene Kinckle Jones OF that Depart
ment. with Robert L. vann, repre-
senting the Department OF Justice,
acting as chairman.
DR.. +. II. Shlnn. OF the Depart
Of Agriculture. invited the group
10 hold the next meeting In the
OF Agriculture. and his
was unanimously ac-
,epted The date OF the next
will be set when the labor
is prepared 10 report
which IL expected 10 be within the
lext month.
(Continusd on Page -
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
LAWYER SEEKS
TO SET ASIDE
FINE OF COURT.
Lawyer Says Judge
Had No Authority
In The Case
Motion To Be Heard
Before Judge Cotter

Because Miss Bessie Dorsey, 90.
10000 JOS Campau. was fined S25
or 30 days in the Detroit House of
Correction by Judge John V. Bren-
nan of recorders court last Mon
day. Attorney Henry b. Taliaferro
will go into court Friday and ask
that the sentence be set aside.
Attorney Taliaferro. in filing his
motion which was heard by Judge
Thomas Cotter Tuesday, declared
that the alteration for which Miss
Dorsey was fined, happened in
Hamtramck, and therefore Judge
Brennan had no jurisdiction over
the case.
Taliaferro was retained by Miss
Dorsey after she had been releas-
ed from the House OF Correction
after spending Monday night there.
Fight On Street Car
Miss Dorsey told Taliaferro that
she was on her way to work on
the morning OF March 3, when In
moving forward in the street car,
she was showed by Miss Helen
Plopa, white. 2370 Ne,bel street
Hamtramck. She declared that She
pushed Miss P1opa and then the
latter struclc her. Miss Dorsey
right.
The nsht was stopped by pass
cngcrs before serfous dansg<
cording to Miss Dorsey, while tho
street car was In Hamtramck.
When the car arrived at MIL
waukee and Chene the two women
alighted. Miss Plopa called two Of
ficers and told them that Miss
Dorsey had assaulted her.
The officers carried Miss Dor
sey to the Chene street Station and
kept her in custody until A war
raLt could be issued for assault
and battery.
Miss Dorsey stated that the of
ficers insulted her and asked her
what right had she to "hit a white
woman" She was taken TO re-
corder's court the same afternoon.
She stated that the officers also
informed the woman for whom she
works that she was a common
prostitute and had been arrested
several times.
Miss Plopa was in Judge Bren-
ans court and informed the Judge
that Miss Dorsey had assaulted
her without provocation. MISS Dor
sey claims that the Judge did not
permit her to tell her side OF the
affair. telling her to be more
careful hereafter"
She was taken to the House OF
Correction although friends paid
her fine late in the afternoon.
until Friday so that witnesses
Judge Cotter adjourned the case
might be brought into court TO
prove that the fight happened In
Hamtramck.
Miss Dorsey has been living in
Hamtramck since 1928. She had
never been arrested before and
was on her way to work when the
fight happened.
Attorney Taliaferro declared
that he would start civil action
just as soon as the case had been
heard by Judge Cotter Friday.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Race Group Opens
u. S. Liquor Store

The first Government liquor
store to be operated by colorcd
citizens i'm Dctroi; was opened
Tuesday. March 6. on Hastings
street. at Brewster. Jesse u. Hut
china. $50 Horton street. is man
ager; Or. ID. c. smith. 453 r. War
rem. assistant manager; Lee j.
Morton. 6236 30th street. cashier;
Petrie Fisher, clerk; Joseph Cole.
2417 JOS. Campau. clerk.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Special Officer Makes Charge In
Willie Peterson Clemency Hearing

Montgomery. Ala. -"I dom
think Willie Peterson IL the gull.
~ Negro.,I don't think he was Civ.
EN- a square deal" :,
This challenging testimony from
Charles Nollner. special police
man and first officer TO reach the
scene where three socially promi-
nent Birmingham white girls
were shot down supposedly by n
Negro on August 4. 1881. was the
highligbt OF the Peterson clemen-
cy hearings held in the office of
Governor Miller last March 6.
Peterson, condemned to die on
March 30. is still confined to the
hospital with an incurable case of
tuberculosis.
Attorneys for Peterson. retain
ed by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. presented police circulars OF
the Negro who allegedly had kill
ed Miss Augusta Williams and
MissJennie Wood TO show that
they did not fit the description OF
Peterson. Numerous affidavits
were read into the record TO chal-
lenge the description given by
Miss Nell Williams in the early
stages OF the case. and the de-
scriptlon of Peterson.
Special emphasis was laid on
the fact that the police circular
offering $4,000 reward to the ar
rest OF the murderer stated that
he had gold inlay work on his
lower teeth. and that many sus
poets were released after Il was
found that their dental work did
not correspond on this point.
Peterson has no such dental work.
A letter from Il. s. Cade, OF Biz
mingham, who served on the
grand jury. stated that several
members OF the grand jury had
stated. after viewing Peterson in
the county Jail that they would
never have indicted him II they
had been given a chance to see
him before the Indictment was vo-
ted
There were frequent fiery
clashes between the prosecution
lawyers and the defense attor-
noys. Efforts were made 10y the
prosecution lawyers TO shake
Nollnci 3 testimony when he was
called 20 the stand by the defense
and swore TIM he was the first Of
ncer to reach the scene OF the |
crime and said that Miss Williams
gave him a description of the ac-
cused Negro that did not nj VIII |
lie Peterson. lie was subjected |
to rigid cross-examination
which sought to assail his char
acter.
IL Is a most amazing spectacle
10 find almost all white Birming
ham believing I'm the innocence of
Willie Peterson and urging Glenn
ency for him. Such sympathetic
Interest in the case Of Negro ac-
cused OF numbering white women
Is unprecedented. but Is only to be
expected, say local ". A. A. c. p.
in view OF the fact that
here is empowering evidence OF
Peterson's innocence.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
ROANOKE PLANS NEGRO
VOTES IN PRIM ARIES

Roanoke, Va. At ifs meeting
last night the Roanoke branch of
tho N. A. A. c. n considered plans
for getting Negro voters 20 partici-
pate In the primary election April
3. The city electoral board voted
early this week to bar Negroes
under certain sections of the state
law.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
n. 4. a. G. +. TO FIGHT PLAN
BARRING NEGRO VOTERS

Mobile. Ala. Ways and means for
getting Negro voters into the May
mary election in this state are
being considered by the Mobile
branch OF the N. A. A. c. p. A
couYs fight is In prospect II the
plans OF white people to bar Ne
groes are carried out
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Marshall To Speak
At Wolverine Club

Don Marshall. Of the Ford Mo-
tor Company, VII be guest speak
or at a special meeting OF the
Wolverine Republican Club. Fri
day night. al s o'clock. az the
Clubs headquarters. at Vernon
Highway and ST. Antoine street.
Members and friends are urged
TO be present.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17

We wish to announce 10 our
readers, advertisers, footprint
ing customers, and the general
public that the Tribune-Inde-
pendents telephone number has
been changed 10 Clifford assi.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
TERROR RACES ON PACIFIC COAST
Continued from Page ~

squads hurting bricks through the windows of all houses
where Marine Workers Union members and Communists live
Unmoested by the police gangs armed with clubs black
Jacks and guns burst into private homes beating worker
woman that they could find destroying all furniture
books literature leaving every visited place hopeless wreck
So brazen and awess the activities of the rowing
gangs that of the judges here Judge Lazarus has been
forced urge the union members themselves in their
homes.
Workers active in the strike in such organizations
the L. D. have been seized beaten in daylight in
the main Streets and driven the county borders
Outlaw Communist Party
The Communist Party has been to all purposes driven
into egaty with the Mayor of San Francisco and Governor
Merriam announcing this their avowed intention
Harry Jackson John Rogers Harry Provost all of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union seized last night in
gang raid at Jacksons home and flung into Jail charges
of vagrancy with special charges added to permit the
hortes to hold them an ndetermnate time without bail
In Seattle police raidng every known Communist
meeting place, wrecking and arresting as they go.
The Marine Workers Union hall raided three times
in the last "a hours by police and deputies.
Attack Foreign Born
More than 800 have been seized and flung into jail on
charges cooked up for the purpose of keeping the most active
fighters in the marine strike in Jail.
determined dragnet has been spread to seize all
oregnborn workers active in the strike for deportation
RoOseveIts Secretary of Labor Perkins, has prom
ed the Coast authorities the full cooperation of her of
flee in deporting undesirable Aliens"
In effort to conceal the extent of the terrorism and
pacate the anger Of the strikers General Johnson who
of the leading organizers and nsgaors of the gang
raids against the Communists is talking of cracking down.
the ship to force them to agree to arbrate"
This is the sheeres bluff intended to paint Johnson as an
impartial observer in the epic struggles now taking place
here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Anti imCrOW Meet
In The Bronx Today

NEW YORK Delegates of many
Bronx organizations will meet this
noon, 2 pm, in an All-Bronx Con-
ference Against Negro Discrimina-
ton at Ambassador Hall, Bird Ave.
and Claremont Pkwy., Bronx, to
work out plans to strengthen and
broaden the mass fight against
racial segregation and jirn-crow at
tacks on the Negro masses by chau-
whist Bronx landlords and city off,
Gals.
The call for the conference
arose out of the struggle against
the attempt to evict IA Negro fam
lilies from 1636-4o University Ave,
Organized by the Isaac Meyers
Branch Of the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights, the Bronx Section
Of the International Labor Defense
and the House Committee of 1636-40
University Ave, the conference is
endorsed by the American Civil
Liberties Union, the Committee for
the Protection Of Foreign Born, the
district LID, and a number of A.
F. of L. locals.
Meanwhile, hearing on the cases
of two of the tenants was again
postponed last Wednesday in the
magistrates court at 161st and
Washington Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-21
Marine Strike Is
Firm, Carmen Out
Continued from Poqe y

addition to the fascist attacks on
striking marine workers.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 90 A
cowardly scoundrelism tempered by
the hypocrisy of the so-called sane
labor leadership of the Central
General Strike Committee, has iso-
lated the still striking maritime
trades. The return to work, in
many cases disguised under the
permit system which has now par
TALLY been made into racket-fees
of ten to fifty dollars and up being
charged for permits, the money
going into various dark channels
has become general among the
shore trades.
The Dollar and Matson lines have
wired all their ships at sea with
San Francisco as their home port,
to return here. Since these ships
have been loaded and unloaded in
other ports since the strike Of the
maritime trades, it is clear that the
intention is now to work them with
strikebreakerS under the guns of
the 5000 National Guardsmen, CO.
operating with thousands of regular
and special police, whose lines ex-
tend along a five mile front and
whose outposts reach into San
Francisco proper as far up as Third
Street.
With these facts In mind the
strikebreaking character Of the
whole arbitration strategy of the
Roosevelt Administration, headed
here now by General johnson, and
the cooperation of Vandeleur, Kid
well, Casey and Mclaughlin Is seen
in its full meaning. No sooner was
it announced that by juggling dele
gates, refusing registration and roll
call of delegates and other standard
gyp methods, the agents of the en-
ployers had succeeded in dividing
the ranks of the strikers on the
question of continuation Of the
strike, than General johnson and
the entire employers press delivered
an ultimatum.
Press Demands Surrender
It's best expression, as is to be
expected, is found in the liberal
San Francisco News, a Scripps-
Howard paper. Its main headline
for Wednesday said: 60 back tc
work, arbitrate, Board tells work
| ers."