davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-21
INMATE NEAR
DEATH AFTER
GROIN KICKS
Transfusions Given
Patient Following
Hemorrhage

A sweeping investigation into
the treatment OF mental patients
at Eloise Hospital has been de-
manded following the serious IN
jury OF William Mack. AZ. Monday.
The demand will ne made by the
local branch OF the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Colored People. according 10 those
close 10 officials OF the orssniza-
ton.
Mack, an inmate Of The hospital.
was kicked In the groin by white
attendant. Stanley Gould. q. as
Mack was on his way to the cafe
terra. Mack is suffering from an
|internsl~ rupture.
Gould dashed out with his floi
Monday IN a stairway leading TO
the mess hall. The attendant later
said that b. only used. what force
he thought necessary guess |
kicked him too low. though.
HAS BLOOD TRANSMISSION
The victim OF the kiS.ting had
two blood transfusions following
severe hemorrhage. according to
DR. Thomas X. Gruber. superiu-
tendent of the hospital.
Gould was Immediately discharg-
ed by the superintendent who later
said If Mack lives, we will press
assault and battery charges against
Gould. II he dies. Gould should be
charged with with murder
The kicking occurred az noon as
several 'trusty inmates went
downstairs from the mess hall for
food trays for the IS others being
served. Gould and two other
guards were in charge.
In telling about the kicking OF
Mack Gould said, All OF sudden
Mack started walking own the
stairs. ran after him not knowing
whether he was trying 10 escape
or what. AT about the second staff
from the bottom caught up with
him and he clawed az me.
He didn't strike a, me-he just
clawed. Then he kicked az me
once and | kicked back ! didn't
slug him only thought was do
ing my duty.
HARMLESS OLD MAN
Or. Gruder said that Mack was
just a harmless man who "wanders
around all the time. and acts az
though he doesn't quite know what
its all about.
About once a year an inmate Is
beaten up like this and I'm getting
tired Of H. Its going to stop
At various charges have been
made against the treiment Of in
mates al the hospital, but the in
vestigaions have never been push
ed very far However. those who
are acquaintd with inc OFFICIALS Of
the local branch Of the NAACP are
saying that the association will de-
mand thorough shifting Of the
treatment of inmates.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1937-08-21
PRAISES FORD.
FOR ATTITUDE
TOWARD NEGRO
I'VE Must Not Follow
Hind Leadership"
Says Rector

4 Addressing his large congrega-
6ation last Sunday morning. just
prior to announcing that Donald
Harshall. of the Ford Personnel
Department.. would speak at the
church next Sunday, August %,
ri Al q. m. on the theme THE
Ford Policy. Father Edward Dan
lei rector OF st. Matthew Episcopal
Church, at st. Antoine and Eliza
hath streets. laid down the chal-
Iepse to any one 10 show him
any industrialist who has done
more for colored labor than Hen
ry<Ford.
~ t'The time 10 think Is before
Al event happens, and afterwards.
"a speaker declared; I'VE must
<38t follow blind leadership. The
4 ", Z, 4. G. P.,is "a Equalization,
i2< N All Of fhs people. but for
gonit| ,of tht people. +
z Continuing. Father Daniel said:
Plant Inspected
mo leader or leaders should be
stampeded. The n. A. A. c. p.
sent Roy wilkins TO the Ford
Plant to make Investigations. He
was shown through the plant:
was extended every courtesy: and
an engagement was made for him
with me, from the Ford offices.
When he left. he expressed him
self as being pleased with the
working conditions. the hours and
pay. and was to come to see me.
in keeping with the engagement.
Mr. wilkins left without keeping
the engagement. and wrote an ar
ticle criticizing the Ford policy"
Waxing TO high pitch OF elo-
quence. the churchman then thun-
dered:
Intends to Fight
Il don't think anybody can sit
In a swivel chair In New York
and work out conditions in Detroit.
You can't tell man whom to en-
ploy and whom not to employ. He
might close down on you, and then
where would you be? I had pray
ed that would not have to fight
any more. but just must fight for
some things. Some things l will
not stand for. / will not stand
for the crucifixion OF our boys and
girls who are coming up. The
doors OF opportunity must be kept
open. to them"
Speaking OF DR.. w. Z. b. Dubois
and the late Dr. Booker T. Wash
ington. Father Daniel added:
Booker T. Washington was cri-
ticized long after his death. by
the N. A. A. c. p. They did not
allow him 10 rest in his grave. No
one did more for the N. A. A. c. P.
than Dubois. He criticised GER
tain principles. Now, after having
decided that Booker Washington
and Dubois were wrong. show me
what makes Homer Martin right"
Program Criticized
In concluding his discourse,
Father Daniel criticized the n. A.
A. c. p. program at their last con-
vention In Detroit. particularly
the participation OF Homer Martin
on program. He likewise criticiz-
ed the local branch Of the n. A. A.
c. p. for having permitted the New
York office Of the organization to
make such a program, and for ac-
cepting that program which was
not In harmony with local condi-
lions.
what we want Is a fair field.
and we can't have II by following
blind leadership" the speaker
shouted.
The N. A. A. c. p. was also cri-
ticized by Father Daniel. for their
attitude toward the .colored attor-
neys IN the famous Sweet Case.
which was conducted In Detroit
some years ago. He said the or
ganization was willing TO pay Clar-
cnce barrow and the other white
attorneys In the case. but were
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
M4Q@@nN
AdVenturerS'
Club

" Streak of Death "
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

VOU know boys and girls about half of battle to live
is fought against ourselves and other people, and the
other half fought against Old Dame Nature For every
Bill Jones who got himself caught whrng piece of man.
made machinery had to fight for his life against some
vicious craZed fellow human there is Pete Smith, who
finds himself in jam with earthquake wild animal
other of Mother Natures tools of destruction
wouldn't which type I've got
something
about Dame Natures right hooks them
Nature well understand the machines create
And here's story o a by
Mrs John j. SprouI N. j. those things
along threw a reasonless
Adventure the family the the night They
all had
the night The The
black
denly they of loud
crashing
This Was No Ordinary Storm, No. Sir,
Sprouts jumped
what The of the
quickly howed
punctuaed lightning like
battery of fired beside the house
people pay a thunderstorm
O keep The foo romg getting
crashing
bolt lightning striking
bed-he standing the mid
into the
and
TO Mrs Spru Get the other children he cried land down
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Late Lord Darling Livened
Drab Scenes With
Pleasan+ries.

Many are the stories told about
Lord Darling-better known as
Mr.. Justice Darling, England S
wittiest judge"-who died recent
ly. He was a poet, with several
published volumes to his credit.
But it was his humor from the
bench" that made his name al
most a household word.
On one occasion, a talesman
claimed exemption from jury duty
on the ground that he was COM
pletely deaf in the left ear.
"You can CO." said Judge Dar-
ling, gravely; II cannot have any
one in the jury box who cannot
hear both sides"
+, A lawyer who had the misfor-
tune never to have acquired the
ability to use the letter "h" (re-
lates Silvain Mayer in his legal
reminiscences), was engaged be-
fore Justice Darling in a case
which had relation to a horse
For some time the lawyer kept re-
ferring to the animal as "ar
orse." After a while, Darling
looked down and said:
WAS the animal a large horse
or a little one?"
"Oh, a little one"
"Then," said the judge, may
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Judge Often Handed Down
Humor From the Bench"

we, for the remainder of the case,
call it a pony?"
In another case before Justice
Darling-in which a Cockney ca
terer was suing to recover the cost
of picnic luncheon he had pro-
vided for a large number of peo-
ple-the plaintiff waxed highly in
dignant, under cross-examination
when it was suggested that his
sandwiches were mostly bread
and Bread" with the ham con-
spicuous only by its absence.
II ham amazed; l ham sur
prised; l ham," he sputtered.
That will dol" interrupted Dar-
ling. Il suggest that had you
been more generous with your
hams on another occasion and a
little less liberal with them here,
you might not have found your
self in this situation!" !"-Kansas
City Star.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Identifying Houses

Before houses were numbered,
London's business streets were
lined on both sides by a success
sion of gay signboards exhibiting
an almost infinite variety of blue
boars, black swans, red lions,
flying pigs and the like. Even
with these signs it was often hard
to find ones destination, for the
signs were often so badly painted
that it would have puzzled a natu-
ralist to make out the animal
meant.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Mongols! Madam,
Barked Sir HOwOrth

Sir Henry Howorth was taken
aback one day when introduced to
a gushing lady who declared that
she was so charmed to meet him
because she wished to talk to him
about her little dog.
"But l know nothing about
dogs" he protested.
"Oh, how can you say So" she
said, when you have written
books about them?"
Never, madam, neverl"
"But surely" she persisted,
"you have written a history of the
mongrels?"
"Mongols, madam, mongols!"
he barked. 'Nat mongrels. y
London Answers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08

Prepared by National Geographic Society
Washington. d. C-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Think It Over

by THE street of Bye-and-
- Bye one arrives at the
house of Never.-German prov
erb.
People who have half an hour
to spare usually spend it with
somebody who hasn't.
Dignity is one thing that can't
be preserved in alcohol.
Epitaph: He walked on the
suicide of the road.
Many have made up their
minds what they are going to
do if temptation comes their
way. They are going to fall.
When one is unimportant, he
can attract attention in many
noisy ways.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Etesian Winds

Etesian winds are winds blowing
at stated times of the year, ap-
Piled especially to north and north
east winds which prevail at certain
seasons in the Mediterranean re-
gions. They are due to the heat of
the African Sahara, which causes a
huge displacement of air due to
superheating. This is supplied by
the cooler air from Southern Eu.
rope.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08
Gibraltar, Rocky Promontory

Gibraltar is rocky promontory
near the southern point of the
Iberian Peninsula and commanding
the western entrance to the Mediter-
ranean sea. 1t a colonial posses
sion of Great Britain. Covering
about two square miles. it consists
mainly of fortified rock, 1.439 feet
high, at the foot of which is the
town with a population of over 21,-
600.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-08

and
stairs quick I'll light the kitchen
Mrs Sproul Is Perifed With Fear.
Sprou
She had started of the headed the hall
which suddenly
ing clap of thunder, louder than all the
II the Immediately
thought it a
like that of birthstone pemeatng whole
in
bed
long time for presently occurred that since that last crash
had not heard sound from either husband the kitchen
followed him of a
1 heard voice coming from below"
Fear Lurked in the Blackness of Night
Mrs sprou that sounded
feebly. ma-m a-come her Papa's dead
before. with unable
muscle But that sound her into activity She
through the hall way the
stairs lower total
to her boyaskng him where he was AT last he
Pm lie
Feeling house, toward the
high chair Thunder st outside
dining
asked him by
killed"
groped way feet lit on some
feel her
husband had fallen with glass
Storm Provides a Weird Tattoo
found the floor She
at the
time she Sprouts
i dining
In few minutes neghbors began camorng They
Spoul wasn't dead but he
lightning. charred and
smoking When they pulled his clothing body they that
the lightning had played curious trick Photographed
a sivery spot the exact shape of a
doctor worked him. brought him back to con-
had lived through
the shock fascinated Johns
said he'd Sprou will never
forget is that terrible night of storm and destruction
@wNU
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
4 Unidentified
3 Survive Bus Wreck That Took 20
Lives in Salem, Ill.

Four persons, their bodies burned
too badly to permit positive identifi-
cation, were buried at Salem, ILL.,,
Saturday to give Salem unmarked
memorials to the 20 members of a
roller-skating troupe who died in a
bus accident Wednesday.
One of the bodies, known to be
that of woman, had been tenta-
lively identified as Mile Cooper,
10, of Villa Park, Ill. Omar McMac-
kin, owner of a mortuary in Salem
said, however, relatives found it i'm
possible to recognize the charred
form and decided to allow it to be
buried as unidentified.
The other three bodies, scared be-
yond recognition when exploding
gasoline tanks turned the bus into
torch, were believed to be known.
Suffering from serious burns, the
three survivors of one of the nations
worst motor bus disasters were CIV
en- blood transfusions at st. Louis
hospital, where they were taken.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Girl, IL, Marries
57-Year-Old Man

Attorney Dewey A. Dye drew up
annulment papers Sunday in Bra
denton, Fla, as the first step in a
legal effort to dissolve the union of
a 12-year-old girl and her 57-year-
old husband.
He said he would send the papers
tomorrow to Jacksonville for the
signature of Martha Nell Revell, re-
ported staying at the home of an
older sister.
The sister, Mrs. Ruby Hendricks,
defied her parents and took Martha
Nell away from their home where
she and Chandler L. Revell, the
grandather-bridegroom, were living,
Other older sisters backed Mrs.
Hendricks.
When the sixth grade pupil signs
the papers and returns them, Dye
said, they will be filed in Circuit
court, this week. The next step
would be serving notice upon Rev
ell, who would have until next rule
day-in May-to present his answer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Easter Ride Ends in
Death Of of 5 People

Five persons were killed almost
instantly in Charlotte Sunday after
noon, when Southern passenger
train No. l struck the automobile in
which they were riding.
ALI those killed were closely re-
lated. They were said to be enjoying
an Easter ride when the fatal wreck
occurred. Officers who investigated
the wreck said that it was evidently
caused by the blind crossing. There
appeared to be no witnesses to the
affair.
The automobile was struck broad
side. lifted off the track by the cow
catcher, and carried 400 yards be-
fore the train halted. Conductor w.
A. Disart, and Engineer Monk Will
son, together with others of the train
crew and persons attracted to the
wreck pried the car off the front of
the train and took out the unconsci-
GUS occupants.
Bryce Clarkson, said by police to
have been driving the car, was still
alive when removed. He was taken
to st. Peters hospital, and lived for
an hour, but never regained consci-
BUSINESS.
Joe Walker also was alive when
taken from the car, but died on the
way to the hospital. The others were
dead when the train stopped.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
HOG OUTLOOK is GOOD
FOR CAROLINA FARMER

Better prices for the hogs this
summer are forecast by H. w. Tay-
lor, extension swine specialist at
State College.
Although large stocks of pork and
lard are now in cold storage, he said
the number of hogs being slaughter
ed is diminishing, while the demand
is holding up well.
Most of the Nations market hogs
are produced in the western corn
belt and in the north central States
The supply of corn in the western
corn belt is approximately 40 per
cent less than it was two years ago,
and the number of hogs there on
January was estimated at 1885,
900 head, the lowest in years.
The 26,473,O0O head of hogs in the
north central States is about the
same number produced in 1885, &C.
cording to report from the federal
bureau of agricultural economics.
Any increase in hog production in
these regions will depend upon q
return of corn production to some
thing like a normal level, and that
cannot affect hog prices this spring
and early summer, Taylor pointed
out.
The outlook, then, is that there
will be a good market for NORTH
Carolina hogs, he continued. Price.
are expected to hold up well
through the spring, and rise in the
summer.
However, the question of whether
an individual farmer should holC
his hogs for summer marketing will
depend upon the condition of his
hogs and the amount and type OF
feed he has on hand.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
DALLAS GROW WELL IN
NORTH AROLINA SOILS

A soil that will grow good vege-
tables will grow dahlias, said Robert
Schmidt, horticulturist at the N. c.
Agricultural Experiment Station.
A sunny location with partial
shade in the afternoon, and protect
ed from drying winds, is ideal for a
dahlia garden, he went on.
The soil should be well drained
For poor, rundown soils, turn I'M
der a liberal application of well rot
ted stable manure several weeks be-
fore planting time.
A handful of bone meal to each
hill or a small amount of well bal
anced commercial fertilizer mixed
thoroughly with the soil at planting
time will aid the growth of the
young plants.
In central North Carolina, dahlias
may be planted from April l to late
June, though May lis is probably
the best time, Schmidt pointed out.
The dahlia buds, or eyes, are
found on the base of the stem, or
crown, and not in the roots. A root
without an eye will not produce a
dahlia plant However, one root with
one good eye is sufficient for plant
ing one hill.
Medium to small-sized roots are
better than large ones, he continued
Plant them six inches deep in sandy
soils and not more than four to five
inches deep in heavy soils. Hills
should be spaced three feet apart
in rows three and half to four feet
apart.
When about IS inches high, the
plants should be top-dressed with a
handful of good potato fertilizer to
each hill, but don't place the ferti-
lizer closer than six inches to the
plant. Repeat this when the buds
begin to appear, and every three
weeks thereafter until mid Septem-
ber But do not overfertilize, Shmidt
warned.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Triple Murder in New York

A pretty artists model, her moth
er, and a bartender who had roomed
with them were found slain Sunday
in their East Side apartment in New
York City.
The bodies, strangled, beaten and
stabbed, were discovered when Jo-
seph Gedeon, father of the model,
paid an Easter call at the apartment.
He had been estranged from the
girls mother.
Gedeon went to the apartment
with a married daughter to keep an
appointment for Easter dinner.
The bodies Of the two women
were in one bedroom, and that of
the man in another.
The man had been stabbed near
the left ear by sharp, thin blade,
which the police described as either
an ice pick or a stilletto. The weap-
on was not found.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Farmers Pleased by
Outlook of Wheat

With European importations the
heaviest since the world war, actual
reentry of the United States into
world export trade stimulated farm
ers' hopes for presently this week.
The highest domestic wheat prices
in eight years gave the American
wheat crop to be harvested this
summer its greatest value since 1929
An 100000, 000-bushel crop would be
worth more than a billion dollars
at prevailing prices.
Wheat has advanced steadily-five
cents bushel in the last week, 10
cents in a month-in the face of i'm
proving crop conditions. This week
the arid northwest, where last years
drought cut production drastically,
received what was described as a
"billion dollar snow"
Traders said that even a bumper
crop might bring high prices be-
cause of the unusual demand from
European nations, chiefly Great Bri-
tain, Germany and Italy, which have
been securing breadstuff production
countries for importations at the
rate of almost 100000 bushels a
day for weeks.
With Buenos Aires wheat the
highest in II years, traders said the
relationship between Argentine and
United States prices was the most
favorable for export trade from this
country in any year since 1921.
Actual shipment of 100000 bushels
of wheat from the Pacific coast,
marking re-entry of this country in
to wheat expectation trade, was re-
ported by the Farmers National
Grain corporation, huge co-opera-
tive, this week.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
GET UP NIGHTS DUE TO
BLADDER IRRITATION?

It's not normal. It's natures 'Dan-
ger Signal. Make this Csc test. Use
buchu leaves, juniper oil, and 9TH
er drugs, made into little green tab
lets call Bukets. Flush out excess
acids and impurities. Excess acids can
cause irritation resulting in getting
up nights, scanty flow, frequent de-
sire, burning, backache, and leg
pains. Just say Bukets to your drug
gist. In four days if not pleased your
Csc will be refunded. RAY DRUG
COMPANY, West Jefferson, N. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
FARM NEWS

Conservation Service an State Col
lege Extension Service and were as
good as could have been built by a
tractor, according to C. L. Winches-
ter, soil conservationist on the pro-
ject.
At the first blowing rounds or Is
burrows were plowed. At each sub
sequent blowing one less round was
made until the final blowing of six
rounds, or IL burrows, completed
the terraces.
''The terraces were built on APP
ping coarse sand loan, a type of
soil that is easy to terrace" Win
chester said, "but there is not a one
Of them that even looks like break
ing"
Terraces built with a plow have
the advantages of less subsoil being
turned up and leave a smoother
flow line" Winchester added.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
CATTLE LICE CHECK
GROWTH OF ANIMALS

Examine cattle for lice and other
external parasites before turning
them into pasture this spring, urges
Fred M. Haig, of the State College
dairying department.
Calves and young stock, especial
ly, should be examined, he said, as
they are particularly subject to in
jury.
Cattle lice are very small, he went
on, and one must look closely to de-
tect them with the naked eye. They
are usually found more numerous
around the head, shoulders, and tail
of the animal.
Infested cattle rub against posts
and trees. This wears off hair and
inflames and thickens the skin. II
such a condition is not corrected,
cattle become thin and weak, Haig
warned.
To rid cattle. of lice, he recon-
mends the following treatment:
Dissolve one ounce of sodium flu
oride in a gallon of water. Apply
this solution with a brush to al
parts of the animals body. and
brush in vigorously.
Then tie the animal in the sun
shine, where it will be protected
from drafts, and allow it to dry,
Remove all old bedding from the
stall or barn, and thoroughly disin.
feet, the stall and barn to prevent
the cattle from becoming re-infest.
ed.
The treatment is simple and mex
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Matches Cause Trouble

Kinston, March 24.-Ed Fennell,
IL, will be treated against the posi-
bility of tetanus, it was announced
today. He played on a slide made of
planned planks, a box of matches in
his hip pocket. AS he slid down the
slide the friction ignited the
matches. Six inches of skin was
burned off his hip and his pants
were ruined.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01

EQEE1 II excess acid causes
EhEGs you Stomach Ulcers,
Gas Pains, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free
sample doctors prescription Udga,
at Ray Drug Co. 6-3
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
PLOW-MADE TERRACES
COST LESS PER ACRE

Twenty acres of land terraced at
cost of SO cents an acre is the record
of V. R. Harris, cooperator in the
Soil Conservation Service area at
Franklinton.
The terracing was done with a
turning pillow and terracing wing
and the only cost-$10 for the 20
acres-was for labor. The terraces
wereu p to specifications of the Soil