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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11

Washington-(A N PA formal
complaint last week was fled with
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion by Atty. Richard Il. West
brooks OF Chicago and Congress
man Arthur w. Mitchell, lone Ne
gro U. s. Representative against
several defendant railroads, for
their action in Jim Growing Mr..
Mitchell last April while on a trip
from Chicago to Hot Springs. Ark.
The complaint was filed on the
Congressman behalf and on be-
half OF all other colored persons
subjected to the discriminatory
acts OF the defendants. II also re-
quested issuance OF an order by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to have the defendant rail-
roads correct the abuse complain
ed OF and refrain from such dis
criminatory acts In future.
The complaint was filed against
Frank o. Lowden, James Il. Cor
man and Joseph B. Fleming. Trus-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Demand Probe of
Florida Staying

peanuts. The proprietor OF the
confectionery store testified that
within a few minutes after the
purchase Of the peanuts. he heard
shots Another witness testified
that he was sitting on his porch
when Young Danes walked from
the confectionery store and that a
police car drew up 10 the curb
and the police started shooting al
young Danes without saying any
thing. The witness declared 'he
Danes boy started running toward
his mothers house. but the hail Of
bullets from the police guns cut
him down practically al his moth
er's front porch A colored wom-
an testified that she saw PATROL
man r. Simpson. one Of the off
GERS involved in the killing. plan,
CONTINUED on page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
MOTHER GETS
FROM
.KIDNAPPER
3 Women Flee To
Mississippi With
Two Little Boys

A heart-broken mother SAT on
the divan At 1887 Holbrook avenue
Thursday and awaited an answer
to letter her husband had sent
TO Leland. Miss The letter was re-
gardine her two sons Kelley Sui
Ivan. Jr.. aged five, and Walter
Dale Sullivan aged four-who had
been kidnapped last Friday by
three women
Wednesday Mrs. Sullivan had
learned that the three women we're
in Leland her former home This
information came through a let
ter Miss Lillian c. Anderson. IS.
one Of the alleged kidnappers had
written 10 one OF her friends In
Detroit Miss Anderson also en-
closed note TO Mrs sullivan in
which she apoIogized for the part
she played in the kidnapping OF
the children.
TAKEN FROM HOME
Mrs. sullivan said that the chill
lCcntinued On Page a
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
.olored Detectives
In Special Squad

shin dinner at O'Clock Members
and friends and guests are all well
come to attend this affair for which
reservations should be made at
the Branch by Tuesday evening
September IA. Mrs Robert Croft.
chairman OF World Fellowship and
Mrs. w. A. Thompson, membership
chairman. are heading the hostess
committee
Employable girls will have their
annual fall rally at 7 o'clock In
charge OF Fannie Anderson. Mary
Childs. Dorothy Edwards. Dorothy
Daniels. HarridelI Bryant. Berna-
dine Miller. Havona Butler. Evelyn
Marshall. Ruth Warren and Avalon
Hughes. assisted by Mrs Maude
Page.
Mrs. A. 4. Thomas. chairman OF
Lucy Thurman Branch. and Mrs
Madeline II. Fowler, executive Sc
cretary are especially anxious that
everyone should know that all the
days activities are open to the
public without charge and that
Continued on Page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
GIVES DENIAL
7 0 RECEIVING
|MILLMAN AID
Harry Millman Has
Not Given Money
T o Wi d O w

An emphatic denial OF reported
statements that Harry Millman.
white. had contributed funds tow
ard the burial OF her husband. was
made by Mrs. Amy Holmes in an
interview with a Tribune reporter
Wednesday.
Mrs. Holmes, husband. william
w. Holmes. was killed last week
when 10 sticks OF dynamite which
had been placed under the hood OF
Millman's automobile. exploded,
tearing the car TO shreds and blow
ing Holmes partially through the
rear window.
Holmes. doorman at the Ten
Forty club, 1910 Wayne street,
had been sent by Millmsn 10 drive
his car. which had been parked In
an adjacent lot, round In front OF
the club.
Mrs. Holmes, during the course
OF the interview. said that she
had not heard from Millman.
neither had she received any
money from him.
However. she admitted that Max
silk. proprietor OF the club where
her husband had been employed
for four years. had made finan-
cial contribution toward the buri-
al OF her husband.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Lewis To Vacate
Title for Heavies

misunderstanding 10 Gus
Greenlee manager OF John Henry
Lewis. light heavyweight cham
pion, Lewis will lay aside his
crown and enter the heavyw eight
tournament to be sponsored by
Mike Jacobs.
Greenlee sent a wire to the New
York Boxing Commission In which
he stated that Lewis would be
willing TO step into the tournament
~ he is assured that he will be
guaranteed title match by your
commission should he win the
tournament"
Lewis has a scheduled bout with
Jack McAvoy. English champion,
for November. This will probably
be his last defense OF the light
heavyweight title.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Natl. Catholic Organ
Again Hits Lynching

NEW YORK-(C)- America
national Catholic weekly. in an ed
itorial last week entitled Lynch
Law. said: "Lynching. in spite OF
Senator Blacks protest that In
1895 there only fourteen instances
there were sevcnteen), continues
to flourish. Last week mob
OF masked men tooka Negro from
the custody OF Tennessee sheriff
and hanged him. When the sher-
IN pleaded that the law be allow
ed TO take its course. their answer
was rope.
"A searching investigation has
been ordered. II always is order
ed. But we never heard OF an in
vestigation which uncovered a
lyncher. still less pl shed him.
Usually the investigation merely
illustrates justice. adding another.
and sometimes more striking
example OF contempt OF authority.
IF detection and punishme:.- do
not follow this lynching, then Ten
nessee has supplied another argu-
ment for the Wagner-van Mugs
anti-lynching bill. The last num-
bers OF the Congressional Record
are cluttered up with speeches by
Southern representatives. not de-
livered In Congress but inserted
under the leave 10 print rule.
They would count more strongly
against the necessity OF Federal
action II they exhorted these Sou
thern communities 10 put down
ynching. but the plain tenor Of
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11

Killed As Speeding Automobiles Crash On Highway
Georgia Indicts Its
1st Mob, All Negroes

Atlanta (ANP) This state OF
many lynchings has finally indict-
ted It's first mob under law
passed during the Reconstruction
days. But, ironically enough. those
named members OF the mob are
Negroes who were accused by
white men OF stoning Greeks
barbecue stand after the owner
shot and killed II. Wood as the la'-
ter protested Nichols maltreat'
ment OF another boy, Miller Cher
~, who had stolen sandwich. II
byought out numerous police riot
cars and officers were stationed
for several days at the restau-
rant when angered Negroes
broke out plate glass windows. a
glass door. and are said to have
threatened the lives OF the owner
and his wife. The place Is still
being boycotted.
Charles Nichols. his brother
James, and Bob Slaton accused
the quintet. Nichols himself face
trial for murder but his hearing
has been postponed FIVE times on
the court docket. Should the Ave
men be convicted on mob charges
an eventual appeal to the u. $
supreme court II necessary Is ex.
pected : The law rs said sbsbe simi'
lar to the invalidated insurrectior
! law under which Angelo Herndor
was convicted and then freed or
appeal to the nations highest tri'
bunal.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
SPITE FREES
P RISON Err
Georgia Convict Sent
To Massachusetts

Atlanta amp Gov T. R
Rivers Of Georgia went to amazing
lengths last week 10 get even with
Gov Charles Hurley OF Massschu-
setts when he paroled Fleming
Willis. S0-year-old changing pri-
soner. on the latter's agreement 70
take up residence in Massachusetts,
Is
Willis had served one month 81
a lO-year sentence for lottery oper-
alton His application for clemency
was so worded by official request
as to read that he desired 10 move
to Massachusetts because the at
titude Of Gov. Hurley toward the
applicant is more in keeping with
the happiness and welfare of the
applicant than Is 10 be found In
the state Of Georgia " The parole
will terminate If Willis does not
reside in Massachusetts for the full
term Of The parole
The Rivers-Hurley feud hogan =
few weeks ago when the Massa-
chusetts governor interviewed per-
sonaIly 10 prevent the extradition
OF James Cunningham, escaped
changing fugitive. 10 Georgia on
the ground that this states prisons
are atroclous Cunningham was
arrested for lottery violation. fin
ed and freed to the deep chagrin
Of Governor Rivers.
When Rivers signed the parole.
he told Willis. You had better
make them good citizen up
there" Later. he added Hurley
seems more interested in the well
fare Of criminals than in the well
fare OF law-abidine people. And
since he seems 10 be in need Of
some extra lottery operators. we
will give him one"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11

many is conformation Of this bar
barous practice. this unhaliowei
revolt against the law OF Gcd and
man.
"Of course, law will never stop
lynching II may slow up this
swift stream OF crime. but the real
remedy lies in the removal OF the
causes Of lynching. Lynching
flourishes In communities in which
religion has been replaced by SUI
perstition. In which vice is con-
doned as lon II Is not Haunted
in public. in hich illiteracy and
general ignorance are the rule
rather than the exception. Az
long as 1t Is not Haunted in public.
in which illiteracy ard general ig-
norance are the rule rather than
the exception. As long az these
malign conditions remain untouch-
ed. lynch law will remain in hon-
or"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11

The creation OF a segregated
squad Of colored detectives TO
work on Negro cases under the
supervision OF Jr. 1t. John Hays,
was announced Wednesday by Sup
erintendent Of Police Fred W.
Frahm.
The creation Of the special de-
tail. according to police officials.
was the outgrowth OF the numer-
GUS complaints about colored men
molesting women and children. At
the same time other officials claim
that II was not the increase In
crime among Negroes which
prompted the creation OF the spe-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
TEXANS FLAY
MEXICAN BAN

MARSHALL, Tex (ANP) =
President Joseph J. Rhoads OF
Bishop College and several mem
bers Of his party which sought 10
enter Mexico on a vacation trip
last week refused to put up the
cash bond Of $3.50 which Mexican
law requires OF Negro tourists VINO
visits that country and brought 70
the attention Of influential Mexi-
cans the discriminatory attitude
OF the government toward colored
visitors.
President Rhoads. accompanied
by Dr. o. w. Phillips and Dr.
Charles II. Houst-Patterson were
told by the Mexican Consul at san
Antonio. Texas. that Negro tour.
lists. chauffeurs and servants
were required TO post the bond be-
fore they could enter the country
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Cotton Pickers Are
Delta Area Need

Clarksdals Miss.-(ANP)-Fac-
ing one OF H. argest cotton crops
in the history OF this section, farm
leaders last week estimated that
$4,000 cotton pickers are needed
in the Mississippi delta region.
Coahoma sent out an appeal for
10000 pickers to be used In the
fields OF the county so the crop
may be speedily harvested.
Planters in the delta region are
confronted with the problem OF
securing enough pickers to gather
the record yield before weather
damage occurs. The labor shortage
is more acute this year than In sew
erai years, because OF the fact that
thousands OF Negroes have left
the section for industrial centers
the past year.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Mrs. J. A. Brewer,
Dies In Spokane

Mrs. Eula Brewer. wife OF DR.. J..
A. Brewer, 1910 Path street. OF
Detroit died Monday 10 Spokane,
Washington, while on a motor tour
OF the West with her husband
DR.. and Mrs. Brewer had at
tended the annual convention OF
the National Medical Association in
st. Louis, after which they motor
ed to California and up the Coast
TO Washington. where Mrs. Brewer
was suddenly stricken Ill. She
died after an emergency opera
ton had been performed.
The deceased. who was the
daughter OF Professor and Mrs.
Evans Lewis. OF Montgomery. Ala,
was married TO Or. Brewer In her
home town twenty-five years ago.
Surviving are her husband. DR.. j.
A. Brewer; her mother. Mrs. Ev-
ans Lewis. and brother, Evans
Lewis, Jr. OF Detroit.
The funeral will be held Mon
day. September Is. at / .. m,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Open House Day"
At YWCA Sept. Is

such an interesting and enter
aiming Open House day program
Lucy Thurman Branch Y. w. C.
A. Tor Thursday. September is.
us' been announced by the general
chairman, Mrs. Carrie B. Riley,
'us' no one will want to miss this
gala event
visitors and members will be
s.'come all day long to inspect
'De exhibits Of "Y" activities. nos
s's announcing new fall events
SUI 10 enjoy the demonstrations
u gymnasium and pool both at
s'nOon and evening under Miss
0e..y Gains direction.
The official program starts with
=, MONDAY luncheon sponsored by
. y. Home Relations department
NY. 'n Mrs. Burrell Carter as chair
. ,sa' The Homemakers clubs will
|,.,,a 'u'o action again In the af-
,,. .oon at 3 o'clock when they
'snt musicale followed by
H. - : o'clock. Mrs. Fred Wheel
|m,, res'dent OF Derricotte Home
|prs.,s's' and Mrs. Evelyn Dennis,
|lgrs usnt OF Premier Homemakers
O., mead the hostess committee.
|osn Reserves are having their
~ nour OF entertainment from
|Nr. o'clock with Marie Malone,
ma Arthur. Arthur Lyles. Helen white
ga !. A'ice Fields among the hos
Wright. " MISS Helen M
4. mort period OF meditation IN
!. ,. uape' from $3.50 to $40 will
O"ed BY the annual fellow
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11


cial squad. but II was felt that
colored persons feel more fire. TO
discuss their problems with mem
bers OF their own race.
The men whohave been ass, ned
TO the squad so far are Sergeants
Edward white and william Fuller.
OF the Special Investigation squad; ;
Detectives Earl Moore and Alfred
Perry. Third precinct: Patrolmen
Henderson Turpin. Armstrong, and
Johnson.
Assisting 1t. Hays will be Jr. 1t.
Wallace Williams and 1t. James
Mitchell.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11

NEW YORK-Governor Fred p
cone has been asked by the Ma
tionaI Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People and
the American Civil Liberties Union
to institute a special investiga-
ton into the shooting and killing
OF stafford Danes. Jr.. on July
81 by three Miami policemen.
The n. A. A. c. P also asked the
Mayor to direct a reopenirg Of the
case and full prosecution Of the
officers involved
Testimony brought out at the
coroners inquest indicated plainly
that young Danes was killed In
cold blood on the thin excuse that
he was attempting 70 enter a Cath
Ollie church he had been altar boy
for six years.
Shot without Warning
witnesses at the inquest. all
Negroes. testified that young
Danes had spent the evening
visiting friends. had stopped at a
confectionery store and bought
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Liqour Commission
Functions Explained

The Liquor Control Commission.
with its receipts OF 10000 900 last
year. its various ramifications and
complex problems Is a bushes OF
such magnitude that many mis-
takes can be made in the admins
tration.
This was the information given
by Cy Huston. Of the Liquor Con-
troll Commission. to the members
OF the MONDAY Luncheon Club
Wednesday at the Lucy Thurman
branch YwCA.
Mr.. Huston told how the COM
mission Is divided into "a various
departments. with three outstand-
ing departments--purchasing and
selling. enforcement and licensing
ing. In the enforcement depart
ment there are 20 members OF the
state police.
SPEAKERS BUREAU
Another important department
according to Mr.. Huston, is. ths
pphl relations department. Thi,
dt6aslkssnt has set up a speaker.
bureau and is now showing tive
films throughout the state. on,
showing the effect OF liquor on tn,
body. and the other showing acct
dents occurring from fast driving
while intoxicated.
There are three districts-tht
Escanaba district which handles
the business of the Upper Pennin.
sular; Lansing. and Detroit. Mt
Clemans. Port Huron. Birmingham
Dearborn and River Rouge are In
the Detroit district.
or the IS state stores in Michi.
gan. %, according TO the speaker
are located in Detroit. Detroit last
year had 81 per cent OF the sales
In the state, and the Detroit dis.
trict had 81 per cent.
II was because OF this large
sale In Detroit that Senator Char
les c. Diggs has urged the Liquor
Control Commission TO give col
ored proprietors preference in Is
suing licenses in the Negro dis
tricts. He pointed out that the
liquor stores on Hastings street dc
a larger business than any other
store in Detroit.
Attorney z. Alexander LOBBY,
who represented william Redmond
In the Nashville students efforts
to break down the racial bars at
the University OF Tennessee and
instructor OF Medical Jurisprudence
at Meharry college. was another
speaker. Tommy Wright, BltImore.
also spoke.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Sharecropper Plight
Worst In the World

swARTHMoRE, Ps.-(ANP)-
Nothing he had ever seen in Afri-
ca 10 as horrible as the life OF the
Negro sharecropper in the deer
South. said Sir John II. Harris
former member OF the British Par
Lament. In an address to the world
conference Of the Society OF Friends
Wednesday night.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Boston Gets First
Colored Sergeant

Boston-(ANP)-With his
recent appointment from the
partolman's competitive list,
Police Sergeant Francis G.
Wilson becomes the first men,
Der Of his race to hold that
position in Boston's police de-
partment. He was also the first
Boston colored man TO be APP
pointed clerk OF a police sta
ton; which position he held
creditably for eight years,
serving under four Captains.
Sergt. Wilson has been on the
force for IL years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Congressman Arthur Mitchell
Files Jim-Crow Complaint

tees OF the Estate Of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Company a corporation; and Pull
man Company, a corporation
charging discrimination in failing
to furnish equal Accommodations as
required by law to citizens paying
the same rate OF fare
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
Close Baptist
Rift Of Year

MEMPHIS-(ANP1-- A years
rift in the Baptist Missionary and
Education association, which deve-
loped in the Chattanooga meeting
in 1886. was closed Wednesday
with the signing OF an agreement
satisfactory to both factions. the
Rev T. o. Fuller announced.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-09-11
HEADONC CRASH
SENDS EIC H 7.
TO HOSPITALS
Party Was Returning
From Picnic At
Forest Park

Tragedy which rode the high
WAYS over the past weekend
claimed two lives in Detroit Mon
day afternoon when two cars
travelling according to police. at q
high rate OF speed. collided In De-
quindre Road between Nine and
Ten-Mile roads, killing two and
seriously injuring 10 others.
The dead are: Fred Owen. Is,
i3is Rowena street, and Miss
Henrietta Pillow.
Injured. all OF them serious, are
Mss IIonore Jones. % OF 429 Gar
field avenue. Receiving Hospital;
Mary Jeutal. 500 woodside ave.
nue.. Highland Park General Hos
pital; An unidentified man; Earl
Garses. 80. 1897 Jos. Campau ave-
nue.. sunny Brook Sanitarium,
Rochester: Earl Cannon. FL 1911
East Jefferson avenue, Highland
Park General Hospital; Miss Ruth
Burkes, %. i29 Garfield avenue,
Royal Oak Hospital; William
owens. 81 1890 Hastings street
and Henry williams. "a 1887 Jos.
Campau avenue.
40 WITNESSES
Beth owens and Miss Pillows
died in The accident. head-on
crash between a Ford and Chew
rolet. There were no witnesses
and Macomb County sheriff's
officers have not been able
to reconstruct the crash from the
meager stories OF the victims.
According to friends Of Owens
he was riding in the car driven by
William Owens. and the party had
been 10 a picnic at Forest Park
and we're on their way home when
the accident occurred.
Owens was married and the faith
roftwo children, Fred. Jr.. a year
and seven months and Helen. eight
months He had been married two
years.
Mrs Owens said that her hus-
Osnd had left home about six
o'clock Monday evening. She did
not hear from him until officers
came TO the house after midnight
70 INFORM her Of his death.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-02

pouze nahodnym zjevem, ny
brz ocekavatelnym zakonce-
MIN nespravneho nakladan1 s
pGdou.
VfTfcf prach byva nabit e.
lektrinou a pGsob1 obcas explo
81 V obilnych sypkach. Dust IL
di i dobytek. Je nebezpecny
letectvi. Prachove bouTe jsou
snad zhoubnejsi neil povod-
me. Podobn6 jake tyto, i ony
jsou zabranitelne. Je mnoho
metod obrany. Mnohe zapad-
nj obce ponechavaj1 nynf cele
lany laden a jinde nepTipou-
st1 1plne spasenf travy dobyt-
KEN. Nekde zas1vajf rusky bo-
dlak, ktery Sc osvedcil V po-
dobnych pr1padech V Europe.
Ucenci zabyvaj1 Sc pokusy s
jinymi metodami. Nejjistejsf
vsak a pTi tom narodohospo-
daTsky nejzdravejsf zp1sob,
jak zabraniti dalsi erosi anne
ricke pGdy a jak napraviti sko
du jiz zpGsobenou, je postara-
ii Sc o navrat travy.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-02
Jeden usmrcen bleskem,
3 zranSni.

Bleskem V pondeli usmrcen
byl We Filadelfii jeden muz, 81
roxy starry James Vanelli. Mr.
tvola jeho nalezena byla u ko-
leJl Reading drahy. Usmrcen
byl bleskem pod stromem, KITE
~ hromem rozpGlen byl. V
bl1zkosti byly omraceny 46le-
ia Zeile Roseti a jej1 7leta dee
ra Ramona. Pozdeji ma silnici
nalezena byla automobilistou
10 leta Edith Rosetti lezfc1 v
bezvedom1.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-07-02
Uspech "Prodane nevssty"
" Leningrads.

V malem opernfm divadle
leningrhdskem konalo Sc ne
davno "a 1casti vynikajfcfch
predstavitel1 hudebnfho a We
feJneho zivota premiere Sme-
tanovy "Prodane nevesty".
Pfedstaveni melo velky u
speech a "Prodana nevesta" z1-
stane ma repertoire tohoto di-
vadla.