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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
FANS PROTEST
.JAKE'S SLURS
Demand Life Ban For
Yankee Outhelder

The Youths Progressive club. Of
Detroit, has prepared petition
bearing several thousand sigma
lures. to be submitted TO Judge
Kenesaw NJ. Lands. baseball ezar.
In protest against the prejudicsl
remarks made by Jake Powell, cf
the New York Yankees. during q
recent radio interview.
A letter Of protest has also been
sent TO Walter Briggs. owner OF the
Detroit Tigers. and copy for
warded 10 Judge Lands.
The letter reads as follows:
I'VE. the undersigned members
OF Negro fraternities. lodges.
churches. and clubs, feel It our
racial duty 10 file THE protest
against one. Jake Powell. OF the
New York Yankees. and request
ing that you restrain him from
participating IN any future gares
AZ Briggs stadium. because OF the
slanderous statements he recently
uttered over the radio against Ne
groes"
Louis r. Taylor Il chairman Of
the protest committee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
Police Report Denies Charges OF Brutality
Filed By The Local Branch Of The NAACP

In response TO Mayor Readings
demand that . thorough investign-
ION be made by Commissioner
pickert into the charges by James
hogse't. Of ass Frederick, that he
osd been brutally beaten by police
and relieved Of 81 which he had
u bis possession when arrested.
Superintendent Fred rrahm issued
report Tuesday.
The report reads In part a. FOL-
lows:
Mr.. Hogsett has been interview
"a by Lieutenant Book. OF the 18th
precinct station. and he stated that
10 has no statements to make. IN
addition to that set up in his affi-
oaVl'' except that his doctor might
aavs some statement to make for
him.
In the course OF investigating
AIS case. our officers have located
ou' one witness to Hogsett's being
vken into custody by Patrolmen
harold Poole and steve Ashen-
o.enner, this being Mrs. Lillian Lee.
u Gil Palmer avenue. T.. Apt. Z.
vpOn being questioned. she stated
Ha' she was awakened at about
a'onlght on July 8. by fighting and
,u0O'ing In front Of the above ad-
u'e's' that she went to the from.
vo'en OF her apartment and from
mere saw three colored men as
- sssu''lns a fourth man. Hogsett.
..e called to these men to desist.
~'sr 'ney had knocked Hogsett to
80 sidewalk. Hogsett staggered
10 Tell on his face and some Of
:" friends came out Of the apart
".n. and picked him up.
one described Horsett AZ being
'''oziested. 10 much no that whea
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
FIVE INJURED
IN GAS BLAST
Explosion L a i d To
Exploring Boy

Although I'VE persons were In
jured as a result OF an explosion
that demolished the house at e9l
Watson street, Tuesday afternoon,
a rumor circulated that a woman
had been burning under the debris
proved unfounded. according to po-
lice Wednesday.
Police and firemen were busy
digging in the fallen wreckage tor
five hours after the report had
been circulated.
The injured are James walker,
II. 301 watson street: Charles
Cox. 2. OF 2s15 Rivard street:
Douglas Jones. "a. OF 4406 Brush
street: LESSEE Jeter, 81, OF sO1 Wat
son street: and Ismaye Bradley. 20
OF the same address.
According TO police. the explo-
SON followed the lighting OF q
match in the basement OF the build
ing by James Walker. who with
william Basselle. IL, OF s137 Brush
street. had seen junk man come
cut OF the building with n sack.
The walker boy was knocked
down at the first explosion as the
Basselle boy, who had remained
outside. watched at the window.
He was knocked down again by the
second explosion.
At the Receiving Hospital he end
the other injured were given first
aid treatment and sent home.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
MORTICIAN In
MORCUE FIGHT
Demands Officials To
Remove Body

One OF the local undertakers. A.
S. Cockfield. OF the st. Aubin Fun
eral Home, 1899 ST. Aubin. Is seek
ing to have the Wayne County
morgue remove from his establish
ment the corpse OF woman which
has remained there for the past
sixty days.
According to Cockfield's account
OF the case. Mrs. Doris Doboins
died at Herman Kiefer hospital on
May 20. and the body was released
to him by the sister OF the dead
woman. Mrs. Opal Brooks. OF 81.
Antoine and Montcalm.
After the body had been emba'n-
ed, Il developed that the deceased
had no insurance and her relatives
were unable to assume funeral ex-
pense. The sister however, re-
fused 10 release the corpse for bu'
rial by the city.
Cockfield then requested the
coroners TO have the body taken
from his establishment to the NOR
que. but after two months the
corpse Is still at the St. Aubin
Funeral Home.
The time limit which the law
permits a body 70 remain at a
funeral establishment IL about
thirty days. although corpses may
DO lawfully kept at the morgue f,r
six months, where ample cold
storage facilities are available.
II IL believed unlikely that the
Board OF Health and the coroners
will permit the dead body to remain
much longer at the st. Aubin Fun
erai Home. despite the unwilling
ness Of relatives TO sign for It's re-
lease for burial by the city.
The dead woman's eleven-year-
CID son. Ernest Dobbins. who has
been In charge OF local friends
since his mothers death, was sent
Tuesday OF this week TO relatives
In st. Louis. by the Welfare de-
partment.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
MAYOR REFUSES PLEA
TO TRANSFER F|REmEN
Fred Smith No Novice
At Game of Escaping
From Chain Gangs

Fred Smith. known to police a.
the BLACK John Dillinger." hiss
shaken the shackles OF a Georgia
chain gang and is once again In
our midst. II seems only yesterday
that Fred was with rs after break
Ing away from chain gang under
fusillade OF shots from the
keen eyed guards.
But escaping from a Georgia
chain gang is no novelty FOR
Smith, according TO Detectives
Stanley Pydykx and Earl Foor. who
recognized Smith as their old
friend when he was brought In
Sunday night on a charge OF break
ing into house on Alexandrine
street and attempting to assault =
woman at the point OF a knife.
The detectives arrested Smith
last December and returned him 10
Savannah authorities In January.
Fifteen days later he escaped from
the chap gang. His nrst escape
occurred after he had served two
years OF thirty-five-year term for
robbery.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
GIRL FAINTS
BEATING
Suspended Sentence
Given By Judge

Lucille Gatson. 20. and Catherine
Gadson. 20. both OF 1s4s Monroe
Ave, were given suspended SEN
fences by Judge George Murphy
in Recorders Court wednesday. The
two girls were charged with simple
larceny.
The complainant in the case was
Ruth Rowe. an employee OF Sans
Cut Rate store. Randolph and Mon
roe avenues. Miss Rowe said that
the two women had been caught
while IN the act Of stealing pro-
perty from the store.
Three eye-witnesses. who we're
present IN the store when the girls
we're taken into the managers Of
fSce informed Tribune reporters
that one Of the girls was beaten 80
brutally AZ 10 be rendered almost
insensfble. They say her screams
for help could be heard all through
the store. and then when officers
were finally summoned. and led the
young women out OF the estac-
lishment. she tainted from pain and
weakness and fell PROSTATE on the
sidewalk. she had to be taken back
into the store 10 be revived.
One OF the eye-witnesses who
testified to the brutality OF the at
tack on the girl. was a white ci.i-
zen. Al Gomez. lsi e. Elizabeth. He
was a customer at the store at the
time OF the incident. The two other
eye-winesses who told the story 10
the Tribune were Mrs. Susan Will
llams. ais 81. Antoine. and Mrs
Rsbsoca Norris, ala Dubois street
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
Hold Funeral Rites
For DR.. H. c. Loving
Thursday Afternoon

Funeral rites for the late DR..
H. c. Loving. we'll known optome-
trist and ophthalmologist, will be
held Thursday. at D. m. from
webster's Funeral Home.
DR.. Loving died Monday, after an
illness Of four years. He was ttc
first Negro to graduate fross the
Columbia Optical college. IN 81.
Paul. Minnesota and practicsd his
profession in Detroit for thirteen
years.
The deceased II survived by his
widow. Mrs. Alma b. Loving: q
daughter, Ardine: and three sons.
Robert, Neal, and Bernard: and .
brother. Dallas Loving.
"A C0I0HFu IUUXE
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
CONGRESS AID
FOR STRIKERS


The Detroit council OF the Ma
'ional Negro Congress IL making
IN appeal to all local colored c'li-
isrs TO support the Kroger strik-
srs in their effort 10 better their
working condition.
The negotiating committee for
ne strikers. following q NEE. IL
With the executive committee o.
The Detroit council OF the Negro
Congress, passed the following re-
solution at the recent regular
meeting OF the Local No. 1S9
United Bakers and Food Handlcrs.
u wit
WHEREAS the Kroger Grocery
aud Baking Company. operating a
tnain Of retail stores in Detroit. is
discriminating against the Negro
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
Urges More Respect
For Racial Heritage
In Crisis Article

New York-A growing disregard
for the glorious heritage OF their
race. aided and abetted by teach
srs In mixed as well as Negro
schools and colleges. has succeed
ed In giving our youth q lob-sidsd
viewpoint ION the matter Of racial
respect" Randolph Edmonds says
IN an article appearing In the Au-
gust Crisis magazine entitled "Edu-
cation In sslf-Coutempt.s
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
Fate OF Washington Ellis And Wife
In Hands Of Governor Murphy

whether Warrington and Josie
Ellis are to be returned 10 Rentonis
Miss. to face a murder charge 'er
the Staying Of James (Boots)
Parker. white. rests in the hands
Of Governor Frank Murphy
Governor Murphy took the case
urder advisement Monday after
hearing testimony end arguments
by John Barber. assistant prosecut-
or from BentonIa, and Lloyd A.
LOOMS. counsel for the Ellises.
The hearing was held In Hotel
Statler.
Mrs. Ellis Testifies
Mrs. Ellis testified at the hear
ing. telling the Governor how she
had been assaulted by Parker n
June /. 1885 while she was waiting
for her husband In Bentonia.
She said that Parker cursed her.
and then struck her. 1t was then
that her husband. who had driven
up in a car. came TO her rescue.
Parker cut Ellis on the hand be-
fore Ellis pulled his knife and
stabbed Parker In the heart. she
declared.
Jim Tedder white. who was with
Parker at the time OF the staying.
said that ne and another fellow
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
They Got The Money
Between The Whacks

Two white thugs robbed Emer-
son Mitchell, IL. 543s 2sth street,
OF eleven dollars as Mitchell was
walking on McGraw street. Monday
night.
Mitchell told police that he he
iieved that he had cut one Of the
thugs In the nght
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
The Iron Pipe Was
Much More Effective
Than The Blackjack

Willie Kinchen. 40. 214l Orleans
street. is In Receiving Hospital
suffering from a possible fracture
Of his skull and decorations OF the
head. Kinchen told authorities
that he had been struck on the
head by an iron pipe In the hands
OF Elzie Gasner. during an argu-
ment. witnesses said Kinchen had
attempted to hit Gasner with a
blackjack.
Gasner was arrested and IL held
on a charge OF felonius assault.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06

Eliminia Williams, 40, s70f
Moore place. lost 81 70 thugs
night when thugs rnstch-
ed her purse while abe was WALK
Inc near her homA
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
DEMANDS MADE
BY WHITES IN.
Two PETITIONS
Charge Union Had
Made Attempts To
Stop Assignment

Mayor Richard w. Reading We'd
nesday definitely turned down the
petition bearing names OF 1900
white citizens In the Livernois and
Walton street section. that the two
colored iremen who have been as
signed to Fire Engine station No.
"a be removed TO another station.
The two firemen involved are
Marvin White. 6424 Ironwood ard
Taylor, OF 610S woodrow
The men passed rigid civil service
tests with high honors. about three
months ago. and after completing
their three months of preliminary
training at the Firemen's Training
school. were assigned to report fer
duty at Station No. "a.
When Marven white reached the
station, AZ 5 o'clock Saturday morn
Ing. he found his entrance TO the
nre station barred by q barricade
OF white women. thanked by about
q hundred white men,. The men
shouted to Mr.. White, Don't you
dare touch those women"
Maintain Order
Fireman White kept a cool head
and stood patiently In front OF the
engine house. while scores OF po-
licemen busted themselves in keep
ing the crowd from approaching
Mr.. White. and maintaining order.
After a delay OF about three
hours. the officers finally dispersed
the crowd and Fireman White en-
tered the station and began his
duties, without further molesta-
ton.
Fireman Taylor reported on duty
Sunday morning.
Eight white student hremen
with whom White and Taylor at
tended training school. we're as
signed with them to the same sta
ton on Livernois, and all EXCEPT
three OF the firemen who previous
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06
Fiight Loss Of Property Fur Stun
Clearance Project On Lumley Ave.

Faced with the loss OF property
which many OF them have occupied
for upward OF fifteen years COM
mittee OF residents OF Lumley ave-
nue., south OF Michigan avenue. ex-
pressed their resentment 10 the
Common Council IN hearing Wed
resday morning.
A slum clearance project on
Lumley avenue has been proposed
By the West side Civic association.
Frank J. stachowics Is president OF
the association
Mrs. Albert Johnson. 4763 Lum-
ley avenue. who Is responsible for
organizing the more than ave hun
dred colored residents in the COM
munity. was one Of the speakers
who expressed opposition TO tho
proposed project before the Com
mon Council.
Valuation Lowered
Mrs. Johnson. In clear and con-
else terms. told the members OF the
Common Council that the majority
OF the colorsd residents had gone
into the district when II was very
bad. and have spent their money in
trying to improve conditions.
She declared that she and her
husband had paid $500 for their
home. but under the proposed pur-
chase Of the property for the stun
clearance project. they would re-
ceive considerable less than they
paid. Notwithstanding the improve
ments made.
other property owners. Mrs.
Johnson said. would suffer SINH
lar losses II the plan Is accepted
by the Common Council.
The Rev. II. c. Gleiss. white,
superintendent Of the Detroit Bap-
list Missionary society. acclaimed
against the proposed project. point
ing out that regardless OF the con-
dition OF the property. II was IN
better condition than II was when
the colored people moved In.
1t was also brought out that
taxes had been raised on the pro-
perty. but. at the same time. pro-,
perty valuations had been de-
creased.
Two weeks ago Carl I. Bradt.
secretary OF the Detroit housing
commission. told the Common
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"A CoLoRED JUDGE
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-08-06

A coLoxrp Jupox--
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
Address your envelope Bureau IL Sterling
pln klvnN Y

Miss Ellen. Fitzsimmons, of
Charleston. S. c., is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fitzsmmons,
the former her nephew.
Mesdames Mary Penland and
w C. Hinsdale left today to visit
their son and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Hinsdale, in Washing
ton. ID. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Frady have
returned home after a short visit
to the latter's mother, Mrs. G. Z.
Aldrich, at the Appalachian School
at Penland.
Mrs. Rose Lipsitz will leave to-
morrow for her winter home in
Miami, Fla, after spending sew
eral months here.
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Brown
have taken an apartment at the
Fielder House for the winter.
Mrs. Harry E. Buchanan under
went an appendix operation at
Patton Memorial hospital yester-
day and is getting along nicely,
her friends will be GLAD to know.
Mrs. Bessie Seabrook has re-
turned to the Fielder House for
the winter.
Friends of Lewis C. Tebeau, son
of DR.. and Mrs. A.. C. Tebeau, OF
Springfield, Ohio, will be sorry to
learn that he underwent an appen-
dix operation at the Bethesda hos
pital in Cincinnati. He is SAID 10
be getting along nicely.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
EXPOSITION OF LIGHT
HERE FRIDAY EVE
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Continued from page one)
light sources. In presentation of
Light Dress Parade" Mr.. Tysin-
ger will be assisted by H. NJ. Hor-
ton, lighting engineer associated
with the General Electric COM
pany, and Mrs. Mildred Seaber,
home service advisor with the
Duke Power company. Features of
the evening will include separate
demonstrations entitled Lets
See," Light Conditioning" New
Light Sources" and "The Magic
of Light" Except at Worlds
fair or in the great research lab
oratories such demonstrations are
rarely available to the general
public.
Emphasis in the program is
from the educational and enter
tainment point of view rather
than the technical. When we are
reminded that a large percentage
of the 100000 serious accidents
and 10000 accidental deaths in
doors each year are due to faulty
lighting and that thousands of
school failures and cases of per-
manent handicap result from eye
strain brought about by improper
lighting habits or equipment, the
practical value of the exposition
is apparent to every thinking citi-
zen. Everyone is invited, it was
stated by sponsors Of the event.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
RELIGIOUS STRIFE
WORRIES DIPLOMATS
Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
4~<sss T.. ,1s - - - = -.- -
to "render to Der Fuehrer all
things that are Der Fuehrer's and
to God the things that are Gods"
Since this paraphrase of the
Biblical injunction was almost
identical with the demand of
Reich Commissioner Josef Buerck-
ell in a speech during the Vienna
rioting last week, it was interpret
ed to mean that a truce favorable
to the NaZis was imminent.
At the same time, it was re-
ported reliably that since the
.Austr n anschluss, 40 priests had
been arrested. in Vienna alone, al
though it is not known by the gem
eral public. A high church source
said that Theodore Cardinal limit
ger would visit the Pope soon, as
he has done annually for several
years, and it was believed deci-
sions hten would be reached con-
corning the church's attitude to-
ward the NaZi regime in Ostmark.
The Jewish Telegraph agency,
in a copyrighted Berlin story,
said that Germany is drafting a
decree virtually forbidding the
100000 Jews left in the Reich to
earn a living, for PRONUNCIATION
probably January l. The decree,
the dispatch said, would "sweep
away all Jewish manufacturing,
banks and probably wholesale
houses"
A dispatch from Paris interest
ed statesmen, but in their opinion
foreshadowed no immediate deVel-
opment. 1t told of an appeal by
Eduard Artega y Gassett, former
president of the Spanish supreme
court. to President Roosevelt ask
ing the American chief executive
to use his influence to obtain an
armistice and arrange a peace to
end the Spanish civil war. Inform
ed observers doubted that Roose-
welt even would answer publicly,
much less accept the invitation,
because of the dangerous interna-
tional aspects of this conflict.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
PERSONAL
PARAGRAPHS

Misses Virginia and Margaret
Brookshire and Christine McCor-
kle. of Bob Jones college. will ar
rive tororrow-to spend the week
end at home. They will have as
their guest, Miss Billie Marie Rid
del. of Fort Worth, Texas. also
student at the college.
Mrs. w. H. Wagner, OF Vale
Cfucis, was the overnight guest
of Rev. and Mrs. James P. Burke
en- route to the district auxiliary
meeting, at Bat Cave today; to be
held at the Church of the Trans
figuration. Mrs. Frederick W. Ew-
bank is district vice-president.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
WITNESS LINKS GIRL
WITH NAZI SPY RING
,IContinued from page one)

1IContinued from page one)
terday, naming Johanna Hoffman,,
redGhaired beautician Of the Ger
man Liner Europa, as having been
introduced to him b va German
seaman as every well known" to
the bureau of messages in the war
ministry, Berlin. Miss Hoffman, IS
charged with having served as a
messenger between Berlin and the
United States for the spy ring. On
trial with her are Otto Hermann
Voss, charged with stealing plans
of American prsuit planes, ana
Eric CHASER, U. S. army private
charged with stealing military
aviation code. :,
The seaman who introduced
Miss Hoffman, he said, was harl
Schleuter, a pay-off man who
mentioned during the converse,
ton that he had just delivered
$4,000 to "some kind of a fore
man" at the Curtiss Wright plant
at Buffalo, for aviation plans.
The spies, according to Rum
rich, worked out elaborate meth
DDS of identification and arrange
ment of meetings. He once met
German representatives IN the
Hotel Taft through receiving
sketch of its lobby on which was
marked cross. At the spot des.
ignated he found two men, one Oh
them Theodore Schuetz, alias harl
Wiegand, showed him a photo
graph of himself in a group with
Captain Fritz Weidemann, contl-
dant Of Adolf Hitler, and Hans
ieckoff, German ambassador TO
the United States, at the German
embassy in Washington.
Rumrich found espionage excit-
ing but Improbable, according TO
his story. There were little PROB
lens of honor among spies, sucn
as when he padded an expense &C
count for 500 only to have the
money, filched by the. pay-off man;
He was hired, sight unseen and
without references, by one SAND
ers. He said he wrote to Ger,
many for. the spy job after ne naa
been fired from dishwashlng Jop
because he was ''too SLOW" Sand
ers, attached to the German intel.
ligence service told him TO. get
"secret and confidential data" ana
Rumrich told how he went through
his collection. Of army souvenirs
and sent back such items "a cou,
pie of shots ! had from the eanal
zone of troops on parade" ana
book sanitation. These were ac-
cepted gratefully, he said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-10-19
,o,NT HosTESSES HONOR
HISS EWBANk

Mrs Bert H. Colt and Mrs. Will
Fam Freeze compimented Miss
|rary Ewbank. bride-elect of No
E.r,hcr >, with a lovely two-table
.b-itce Yesterday afternoon, the
r;S being made up OF a few close
Friends. ChrySanrnemumS and 9TH
H. fall flowers added charming
|ro,r 10 the setting.
Miss Ewbank was the recipient
hi a beautiful cake plate in her
.rbcsen pattern of china, the pack
lagr done in bridal white with
.fuffv bows of tulle, looking as
EGaintv as a bride herself. Miss
'Wmona Ewbank won the top
score trophy.
4 salad course was served at
|tractiyely. the lovely Madeira
|clothS being graced with bud vases
|of blossoms, to the following
quests at this pre-nuptial party
his Ewbank. honoree. Miss Eir-
gin!a Ewbank, her sister, Misses
ENnona Ewbank. Anne Weeks,
Marie Louise Nutting, Mesdames
[Gretchen Poole. Jonathan Jackson,
Baden Powell Shipman and Fred
[erick ". Streetman.