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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14

When Harry StuhIdreher.
Wisconsin coach, visited Phil
Iy the other doy he was asked
where he picked UP the striped,
brioht-colored. scorf hs wos
wearing. WELL" I've sold, ~
had O bum season two years
oeo, so ] bought this scorf so
I'd look more like q student
than q coach"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
BanlsIlIvslU|I
Closes Strong
10 Retain Tile
Reilly in Plns1 Bounds
Pulls Fight with Fsvts
Out Of Fire


@-Lou Salica. the Worlds
Dantamweight Boxing Chl1a-
pion from Brooklyn. lay tucked
In his hotel bed early today. His
LETT eye YVES al pulled up. An
lee pack was put On e "a help
reduce the swellhg.
This was the champion re-
Taxed. Several hours beeore,
this anne SAliea, hah.hlindAd
for nine rounds and calling upon
Ill the ring wisdom of his ~
years. had staged . sensational
rally In Tho last two rounds
% win Z 1S-round decision over
Philadelphia's Tommy Forte
and retain his world title.
Apparently % badly beaten
that the Smart Money" boyl
were laying 2 10 ! On 11-ySar,
old Forte st the end Of the 18th
round, Salica turned on his tor
mentor In the 18th with such
savage fury that Forte ave
ground. In the 18th Salica nail,
ed the challenger with Z terri1-
ic right that drove Forte al the
way aeross the ring and into the
ropes.
Il was Z stirring finish thai
brought cheers from . capoeity
crowd o. $500 who paid 9lo,.
go at the arena and earned
Salica the nod q both judges,
Eddie Loushran and Harry Lar
key. Referse Irving Kutchez
called Il Z draw, but aimee thu
judges agreed his vote did moi
count.
"How come YOU fought q
furleusly those last two rounds =
8alico W. 6sked. n
'pleose 10 not smoke" tAs
champ Heplied wryly. 1T hurts
when ! lnhalo."
"IIymie did Il" ~ went a,
referring 70 the finish. +
YES" ehlmed M Hymies Caps
lin, Salinas manaoef:. ~ told
him 70 90 out and win The 1lth
TOR Drooklyn Ind IT. 10 fof III
1athe4 .apIf fo&nily. I told hin,
they wouldnst 1t him ii z n
wsnt home .beotsn. You Only
need 0ne eye = dack this ~
4 seyxi - - su6s ant -
\, .sIoele huttsd Lou q w Mn
and ~ tho ~ o. liz saE(I ~
emit - out g it. That rc
81 cur plan q fishting ~ l
! vented Lou 10 Just lab Uu1l
tho ninth o. 10th, then Qu(
looo0.''
Forte, who knocked Salico
down Tar : ntne count md boal
him n 4 poa.titls affair IL
Oct06es. dtdn't ~ much.
He stunned ne IN Tie In
round" ~ acknowledged eham,
". "rd like q tight him N0aiR.r
I'VE thought W ho1 ven
contributed Mickey Diamond,
xorts'D manager.
1e3eeoe xutcher called ! doe.
tor into IL ring % esr1mimG
SaliO's ~ u the = d d III
10Th round. but both salice and
C1plin asserted The - 49, III
right and tn daht Nent =. \.
Both fighters wei ~ 115M
pounds with Salica entoFine tn
ring . II to } 1ovoeita. y
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
Wolverines Lose
10 IIIIaI, 47.4t
Third CeafeseWes Defect
fos NoD)oss M Five


ocHAAdPAIoN, ILL.,. Jan. a.
R--A0chigan's bask Q { b al ]
team WIS rebuked once again
by I Big Ten foe last night
when 3 st-breakinG UniveSs.
ity Of Illinois quintet ran. up .
47-to-4l victory over Tho Wei
verines. Il Avas the third co0-
ference defeat for Michigan.
Although within striking de
lance several times, sNe Wolvsr-
ines failed 70 cash In on q num-
Der Of easy shots. The Mimi
started slowly but picked up
speed and led by . 24-14 mar.
GIN ct tl1e half-Hmo..
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
ccc Activities

Two thirds Of the Woshine-
ton CCC boys-Ben Chopnon
and George Cose-hove auto
orophed contracts for Clark
Griffin. This leaves only
Roger Cromer without the fold.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14

: PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Il
Carl Miles. the Atlfletics' young
left-hander, has returned 70 the
University Of Missouri 10 study
ios . masters degree
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
Sports BulIetin Board

For the first time since their
partnership wos formed in
1896. Eddie Need, who is III,
will not be in Henry Arm
strone's corner Friday night. !.
Pete Nell. who used to be
known as the "one-mon bock-
field" for the Enelewood IN
j. Highs, has nine stroieht
koyos to his credit since he
turned pro fighter.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14

Hogan, White Plains, N. Y,
shotmaster who was leading
money winner of 1910 and the
play-off favorite, carded q "a
40--74.
Harrison, the long-legged
Little Rock, Ark, entry who Get
the pace for the second and
third rounds Of the tournament,
struggled with an unruly putter
and wound UP with q 37-3o--76.
The second place finish earn
ed Hogan $3.50. Harrison peck
eted $3.50.
The trio tied at 27r for the
four rounds ending Sunday.
Dodson, natural comic, who
has Travelled the winter tourna-
ment circuit unsung for years,
looked at the tie count and an
nounced:
"It's all over but the shout.
ing. I never lost q hast play-ofi
yet"
When the three sloshed In.
into the club house last night
Dodson had made good. He whip.
ped two better known player,
IN one Of the best rounds evel
played around here under sucf
conditions. r.
It was Dodsons fourth play
off victory IN Q comparatively
brief career o. Z pro. He defeat
ed Harry Cooper In the play-ofI
Of the 1895 ST. Petersburg, Fla.
open and the following yea
won similarly from Horton
Smith In the Hollywood, Fla.
open and from Bruce Coultart
IN the Philadelphia open.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
Todey's Guest Stav

Todey's Guest Stav
Bill Shirley, Little Rock Ark
onsos Democrat: w e r e
willing to bet that Pittsburgh,
which once sheIIed out IS G's
for one Gee, wouldn't port
with one 6 for IS Gees right
now"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-14
Dodson Grabs
Open Crown
Shoots One Over Par
in oaklond Ployoff
BY RUSS NEWLAND

OOAKLAND, Calf, Jan. IA
R-Golfs professional bigwigs
moved over a space today to
sqteexe another celebrity into
q seat at the head table.
Leonard Dodson, born In the
Ozarks, receipted for $1,000 and
the title of 1941 champion of the
Oakland $4,000 72-hole open
tournament.
The ex-Springfield, Mo-, cad
dy, now professional ut the
Kansas City Country Club, &C
complished the feat the hard
way. He knocked over two
tough competitors in triple tie
play-oH
Proving that his assertion of
never having lost a play-on was
no idle talk, Dodson trudged
through q rainstorm yesterday
and shot q one over par n for
the Sequoyah course to defeat
Ben Hogan and E. ]. Dutch"
Harrison in the 18-hole anti
climax to the tournament. Dod-
son posted a $3.50 against par
Ok az
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Bobby Gwynn Now
Tn Fourth Month
At Coast Nitery

LOS ANGEL (WSD- Bobbie
Gwynn comely singer at the Bal
Tabarin, is now in her fourth
month at this famous nitery and
bids fair TO stay there as long as
she desires. Patrons rave over this
girls voice which has stunped
many people because Of its wide
range and versatility:
When the singer entered the Bal
Tabarin, she did "Old Man River"
She has often had that number re-
quested by some one in the place.
Miss Gwynn sings this number
where it is written for the baritone
and her notes are so full that peo-
pie stand and applaud while she IS
singing. + '.<'.+
In an attempt to show that she
is not one song girl, the talented
miss has been doing Travelling s."
Chloe" and other songs which
were primarily written for baritone
or contralto and shows versatility
by singing the sweet tunes "TreeS."
JEANNE With The Light Brown
HAIR" "Only Forever" and others
in this category.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
By cliff Maekay
The Globe TrOtter

was actually given him by the coach
And further the officer at the type"rner taA-
mo the statement, testimony shows, makes no
effort at all to warn the "cOnfesSng prisoner OIL
his rights under the United States Constitution
nor even writes the confession as the prisoner
gives it Inserted at all times, one officer admitted
was the clause that the statement is being maze
"voluntarv of YOUR own free will and accord, WIN
out fear of intimidation, nor hope of reward ana
rnat the confession" may be used against MIN IN
court of law
INSERT OWN WORDS
These words are the officers, not those of the
prisoner yet the prisoner is called upon TO sign
ii and very few there are black or "hlte III Ieor,
gia who will not forthwith sign when surrounded
with hostile squadron of men armed with PISTOLS
badges, blackjacks and Flashlights.
It was in this far from sympathetic atmosphere
that 16-year-od Quintar South his body still smart
ING from the raw wounds left by the torture iron,
was called upon to sign. And he signed, knowing
all the time that he signing away his freedom
in statement describing a situation which had
not happened. '.'- o.
The difference between South and hundreds
of other prisoners black and white, who have been
"put through the m' at Atlanta's police head
quarters was that South worked for a klnd-hearted
white woman, interested in his welfare. Had not
this woman, Mrs. c.. E. Harrison, insisted on going
to the bottom of this case, South undoubtedly
by now would be serving a term for burglary
he did not commit
FAITH NOT MISPLACED
Black Americans have always kept an abiding
faith in the majesty, the fairness and justice OF
the federal government The vigorous manner IN
which the Sutherland case is being prosecuted is
ample proof that this faith has not been misplaced
More than year ago Federal Judge Under
wood in a charge to the U. S. Grand Jury con-
demned the wreckless disregard of civil liberties
practced by many officers sworn to uphold the
law and urged thorough Investigation
Unlike many promised Investigations, this one
failed to to simmer out INFO nothingness. but has
grown into a determined crusade to stamp out
cossack-like methods of many members of the At
lanta police force.
Irregardless of the outcome of the present trial
there is no question that It will have deterring
effect on those policemen, who in the past have
been so quick to pounce upon and brutally beat
and abuse helpless prisoners in their custody. For
that we can all be thankful And for that Gum
tar South will not have suffered his painful ex-
periencc in vain.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Date Set For
Texas White
Primary Case

HOUSTON, Tex-(SNS) S)-Acting
under the new federal rules of civil
procedure, Judge T. M. Kennerly,
Of the United States District Court
here has set February "a, as the
date for holding a preliminary con-
ference in the Forthcoming court
action against the Texas White
Primary" which is being fought by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
The NAlACP on January IS, filed
case here on behalf of Sidney
Hasgett, a Negro voter who was
denied the right to vote in the
Democratic primary last year.
The association seeks $4,000
damages on the ground that the
18th amendment to the Constitu-
ton has been violated Thurgood
Marshall special NAACP counsel is
expected to come here in time for
the opening of the case.
Other NAACP lawyers working in
the case include: w. j. Durham, of
Sherman, Texas; William H. Has
tie. Leon A. Ransom, James N. Ma
brit, and Robert Ming, Jr., all
members of the associations ma
tional legal committee.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

black citizens. to this writer augurS well as 10 Lie
strength of this democratic way OF life and Is
telling refutation of the Axis partners charge that
democracy is weak and totterlng.
GREAT ISSUE AT STAKE
There is a greater issue at stake IN the Suther-
land trial than the guilt innocence of this white
detective whom the government charges stopped
to torture practices reminiscent of the Middle Ages
to wiring bogus confession from Negro boy.
More than Mr. Sutherland is on trial. An en-
tire system Of police investigation is being weigh
ed and to this writer's mind is being found want
ing The thoroughness with which U. 5. Assistant
District Attorney Raymond w. Martin Is delv1ng
into this confession system used at Atlanta Po-
lice Headquarters is testimony to the govern
ment's apparent intention to break up uncon-
stitutional practice which for too long has prevail
ed in free America.
Witness after witness summoned by the defense
and put through rigid and grueing cross exami-
nation by Mr. Martin despite efforts to keep from
barring the SYSTEM have brought startling facts to
light.
TOLD TO TALK
Disclosed Friday morning through the testl-
mony of police officers was how prisoners de
string to make confessions we're carried to
front office in the police station, seated next to
nan with typewriter and told to talk.
This in itself would be all right, if the prisoner
as the government charges in the Sutherland
case has not been coerced. Sixteen-year old GUM
tar South, it is alleged, burned with cleo
trio photographers "tacking" iron, before he ad-
mitted breaking in the Clark College Gymnasium
stealing athletic apparel, which it later develops
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Defense
Jim Grow
Spot
Pledge Given
Negro Builders.
At Hampton
HAMPTON INSTITUTE Va

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va. -
(SNS)- The 18th biennial Hamp-
ton Builders Conference meeting in
conjunction with the National
Builders Association on February
10, IL, and IL at Hampton Insti-
tute, was packed with nationally
significant events concerning De-
fense construction and the Ne
gro.
In a personal letter to the as
sembled delegates. John M. Carmo-
dy, administrator of the Federal
Works Agency announced for the
first time the opening of AN i'm
mediate inquiry into discrimination
against Negroes on National De-
fense housing projects in the
Hampton Roads area.
With this hurdle passed, the
200 delegates from 20 states list
ened to George Zuidema, sole hir-
ing agent for all contractors en-
gagged in construction work at
Fort Eustis, Virginia, as he at
tempted to answer the personal
charges made on his discriminatory
practices again skilled Negroes
Unsatisfied with Zuidema's ex-
PLANTATION that you cant change
custom overnight" the Confer
ence dispatched 580-word tele-
gram to President Franklin D..
Roosevelt and 19 other key govern
ment officials, denouncing dis
criminatory practices, submitting
specific proof, and asking for i'm
mediate action.
The National Defense program
of vocational education training for
Negroes was praised in a resolution
passed at the close of the meeting
Organized in 1928, this meeting
of the Hampton Builders Confer
ence proved to be most outstanding
in its history. Elected president OF
the National Builders Association
was Walter H Aiken, Atlanta. con-
tractor. It was announced that
next years conference will be
held in the Municipal Auditorium,
Atlanta, DR. Malcolm S. Mclean
addressed the conference at a BAN
quet on Monday evening and in
troduced H. Whittemore Brown
who organized the conference II
1923.
In explaining his reasons for no
hiring a single Negro carpentel
among the 1000 carpenters employ
ed at the Fort Eustis project, Mr
Zuidema told the delegates tina
| 230O of the $500 employees at tn
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Negroes Can t
Euen Janit0r

NASHVILLE, Tenn. =. (SNS)-
The local division of the Vultee
Aircraft company here not only
refuses to employ Negroes as a
part of its regular working force, .
but holds out only the slightest
hope of employing them in menial
capacities such as porters and
cleaners, Mrs E. w. Grant, Secre-
tary of the Nashville branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vanoement OF Colored People re
vealed today.
MIS-. Gram made public "a letter
received by Dr. Eli S. Marks,
charm IAN of the branch's educa-
tionaI committee, from G s.. Hast
ings industrial relations manager
of aircraft company's local plant
located at Berry Field near here.
The letter was written in response
to a committee inquiry on the en-
ployment of Negro skilled workers
at the plant.
The committee sent the letter,
Mrs Grant said, after the local
Schoo1 board had advised them that
little promise could be held out for
the establishment of defense train
ing classes for Negroes in Nash
Vile because the Vultee plant
would not employ Negroes ~in
skilled capacities, even if properly
trained persons were available"
The complete text of the aircraft
officials letter to DR.. Marks. fol
lows:
"In reply to your letter of Feb
ruary 5; 1941, may we advise that
we do not believe it advisable to
include colored people with our
regular working force We may,
at later date be in poslu on TO
add some colored people in minor
capacities such as porters and
cleaners.
"In discussing this matter with
some of the members of the Board
of Education, they have advised
that thev are considering starting
courses in occupations which col
ored people would experience no
difficulty in obtaining employment.
These courses, 1 believe, cover such
subjects as to repair, construction
work. cement finishers, moulders,
etc.
"IfsI can be of any further Serv'
ice nlease do not hesitate to con-
tact me-
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Lobby Fund Of
100000 Gets
Bishops 0keh

NEW ORLEANS, La.-(SNS)-
The Bishops Council of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church
meeting as guests of Bishop S. 4"
Greene, at the conclusion of a his
toric three-day conference in New
Orleans indorsed unanimously ana
approved the proclamation of the
National Negro Council calling for
a united front of 10000 Negroes
back of the Councils 100000 lob
by, the first to be established lii
Washington to protect and advance
the welfare of colored citizens in
every section of the country through
nationwide campaign.
I'VE must demand justice from
Congress and the federal govern
ment", said Bishop Reverdy c.
Ransom, Wilberforce, Ohio, Negro
people everywhere should put up
nickles and dimes to get their
share of the billions of dollars for
which we, to, are being taxed in the
name of National Defense"
Each member of every Negro
family in America must send sill
yer coin to the National Race De-
fense Fund, Citizens and Southern
Bank and Trust Company, 18th and
South streets, Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania, Major r. r. Wright, pres
ident-for he who would be free
must strike the first blow. He who
pays calls the tune.
Taxation without representation
make my blood boil in 1941, no less
than it did CrispuS AttuckS in ITO
said Bishop S. D. Greene. New Or.
leans, Louisiana.
Bishop W. A. Fountain, Atlanta,
Georgia, presiding senior bishop of
the A. M. E. Bishops Council II
the absence of Bishop J. S. Flipper,
South Carolina, said, I'VE are
unanimously back of the National
Negro Councils 100000 lobby in
Washington and we join in the
proclamation that Sunday, March
so. 1941, be observed by our people
as NATIONAL RACE AND RE-
IIGIOUS DAY RALLY, to be held
Sunday. March 80, 1941, in every
Negro church in the United States
and all funds collected sent to Ma
tional Race Defense Fund, Citizens
southern Bank and Trust Company,
199th and South street, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Hold Two
Guards For
Reformatory
Inmate, Is,
Beaten to Death

CHICAGO GNP) - Charged
with numbering James williams, Is,
who a year ago was sent to the
st. Charles School for Boys for
auto thievery, two white employees
of the reform school, Robert Ad-
ans, 33, and William Lard, 27,
were arrested Thursday on orders
of the states attorney of Kane
county
Charges were preferred against
the guards after n investigation
by officials and statements from
other prisoners of both races who
saw the fatal beating which took
place Wednesday night in one of
the disciplinary cottages.
Witness said Adams was drunk
and slapped and struck Williams
with a paddle, pinewood club and
Laird beat the youth with heavy
hose nozzle. The beating tkarted
in the afternoon when Williams
complained of illness as he and
others were shoveling coal. Adams
who later admitted having three
drinks of whiskey before going on
duty, made the youth step in line
and slapped him, telling williams
he would give him ''hot recep-
ton" as soon as they arrived at the
cottage.
When the boy was slow In re-
moving his clothing later at the
cottage prior to taking a shower
with the others, witnesses said Ad-
ans hit him with wooden paddle.
A few minutes later he again hit
the lad, breaking the paddle. After
ordering another inmate to get the
nozzle and club from the shelf, Ad-
ans again started beating Williams.
/ The latter tried tc protect himself
and fled to another room where a
tussle started. There Laird, who
had entered meanwhile, was order
ed to get the nozzle and hit VIII
liams. He did SO and the boy fell
to the floor.
Williams said Adams continued
to beat the unconscious youth un-
til John Armstrong, chief disciplin-
ary officer. summoned by other in
mates, arrived Williams was rush
ed to the hospital where he was
found to have suffered cerebral
hemorrhage and severe brain con-
cussion
Investigators later found the
splintered paddle, club and nozzle
on the floor. It was also learned
that Adams was not permitted to
use the club which is for the pro-
lection Of night guards from at
tacks.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Boy, IA, Held In
Stabbing Of Girl,
13, Last Friday
BIRMINGHAM Ala.-(SNS).

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
A youth accused of stabbing
13-year- school girl in the back
last Friday afternoon ha6 been ar
rested Monday and turned over to
Juvenile authorities, City Detectives
Holland and Taylor reported.
The suspect was arrested at a
Glenn Street address and was list
ed by the detectives as Eldredge
Colbert, IA. Officer Holland said
the boy admitted the stabbing.
Bobbie Mae Bankston, of Ill
Lucy Street, S. E., was quoted by
the detectives as saying Colbert
stabbed her and boarded a street
car at the corner of Irwin and
Howell Streets following an argu-
ment at school about her hat.
The stab wound was not seri-
Gus.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

Several civic and religious or
ganizations in the city including
the Upper City Baptist Ministers,
Laymen and Teachers union with
a combined membership of more
than $4,000 signed protests condemn
ing and asking for the removal of
Conductor H. Bourgeois for his un-
warranted actions.
According to Miss Curtis, daugh-
ter of Rev. Isaac E., Curtis, she
boarded the car accompanied by
12-year-old child and they took two
vacant seats toward the. rear. When
all the seats but one, which was
part of a long side-seat at the eX-
treme back of the car, had been
taken. the conductor asked her tn
give her place to white passenger
who boarded the car.
This / refused to do, and Bour-
eeois procured the statements OF
several passengers who said that /
refused to move when asked, but
the young girl for whom he asked
me to move refused to sign the
statement, saying that she did not
see why I should get up, since
there was. no other vacant seat :,
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
FRANK WAKEFIELD, manager G

FRANK WAKEFIELD, manager of
the washington Pilots, succumbed
to an internal hemorrhage eight
years ago at the age OF "a, when
Negro Baseball League officials
werei Inclined to rate him the best
manager in baseball. his pet
name was "the weasel due to fact
that like his namesake, he was
cunning. brainy and strateglst
par-excellence C?),
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
WAY To Happy Relief
From Lazy lnsides

Punctual, satisfying relief from
constipation and it's headaches,
niliousness, bad breath, is the rule
when spicy, aromatic, time-tested
BLACK-DRAUGHT is used.
That is principally due to the
chief ingredient of this purely
vegetable medicine. an intestinal
tonic-laxative" with high medical
recognition 1t helps impart tone
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22

The purpose Of TINS piece IS not
to argue as to the guilt or inno-
cence of Mr.. Sutherland. Twelve
good men and true seated on the
iurv in Judge Marvin E. Under
woods court are charged with
that duty.
But the fact that such trial
is being held in the heart of sec
ton Of the country, which has
been far from Jealous in safe
guarding the civil rights of its
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-22
Fined Because She Refused
To Give Up Street Car Seat

was not satisfied. He ran into the
station and demanded that police.
arrest me. The car continued, but
when we got further on, the con-
ductor off duty at this time, was
there with two policemen, an in
spector and the patrol wagon, she
said.
The little girl with Miss Curtis
was left to get back home as best
she could while the young woman
was taken to the police station.
Rev. Curtis states that the case Will
be carried to a higher court.