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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
STRIKE CALLED BY Parent;
AGAINST FERNDALE school,
Adjourn Hearing Of
Four Held On Charge
Made BY Young Girl

The hearing Of four persons ac-
cused OF conspiring 10 pander and
TO operate a house OF prostitution,
was adjourned Tuesday until Jan.
81 by Recorders Judge Donald Van
Zile. The four defendants were re-
leased under $500 bond each.
The complaint against the four
had been made by 16-year-old
girl who charged that she had en-
tered 70 house Of Miss Effie Cleve-
land. 2S. 452 East Warren. and
committed acts Of prostitution.
Others facing the charge are Miss
Gertrude Thomas. %. ASP East
Warren: James Williams. 81 452
East Warren. and James Woody.
So Of 49, East Warren. Woody.
according to the testimony OF the
girl. was doorman at the house.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Ten Per Cent
OF Children Are
Out OF School
Pickets To
Be Placed At
Grant
BY Rrss J. CowANs

The strike which has been
threatening az Grant school 21l5l
t,afdenlanr. Woodland Township
FOR several months. became a real
iiy Wednesday morning when
numbfr OF parents Withdrew their
children from 'he school.
The STRIKE followed meeiar of
The Partnf-reacher association
Tuesday night 10 the school AZ
Witch time lh- members following
a motion made hv Abort SCOTT
former Teacher u The schoo' voted
10 withdraw iaeir children IN pro-
tesi against the crov ded conditions
AZ The school
The parents contend that because
~ the congesfed condition their
children are not .hL 10 obtain the
fnll BENEFITS a tie educational pre-
grant They MISC charge ,hat the
teachers are oter-Workod
They have pciiiioned the Fern
dale Board ~ Education for per-
mission 10 transfer those children
in the hfih aud sixth grades 10 The
jefferson school located Ia tie
same District and just four blocks
north Of the Grant school This
permission mas been refused.
Howard Kern pfiucipa Of both
Gram and Jefferson schools de-
clared Wedn, sday morning that ap-
proxmaielv ~ per cent ~ tire
children hal been Withdrawn from
the school
There We're no p.ckcfs AZ the
school Wean ~dav. nat scot, de-
-rlared thai.they would have rickets
there before The end ~ The week
Prior 20 Tie meeting Tuesday
right petitions had boon circulated
IN me community THE petitions
demanded the removal ~ Inc ch'-
dfen IN tho hf;h and sixth grades
~ Grant 20 Jefferson school where
iheIe are tNa vacant rooms
school officials. artoleing to FL
wood ptklH~nn father ~ II chill
Gren. have refused 70 acceae 70
Those requests. pointing ga that
the fruu-frr would create racial
trnAhie Dickinson declared thai.
there was no iound7iinn for this
charge as colorea children have af-
tended The Jefferson school 10 the
past
Plan have been compiered FOR
Increasing room space AZ Grant.
but these plans have been held up
SO long that parents have grown
disguised They also dee lare that
'he DELAY Is working 2 hardship on
their children who arc not ahio 70
keep abreast o, other children after
computing 'he course AZ Grant.
They ailrlhrie this 20 tho halliday
sessions az The sthool
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

dition vanished when the Michigan
Supreme Court refused To inter
vene and review his case Smith $
attorney sought writ from the
State high court last FRIDAY for a
stay OF extradition 10 permit re-
view OF the case. This was denied
by the Supreme Court.
Appeal To High Court
The appeal for a writ from tho
State high court was made follow
ing a hearing last Thursday before
Recorders Judge W Mckay Skill
man. The court gave the attorneys
the following day 10 obtain the
writ from the state high court aft
er all other legal procedure had
failed.
Smith was arrested last month
after police had been informed that
he was wanted in New Orleans for
the Staying OF a policeman. Smith
was working al the Dodge plant. =.
The prisoner had a hearing be-
fore the then Governor Luren u.
Dickinson on Dec, %, and the gov
ernOr signed the extfadliinn papers,
ordering the return OF Smith 20
Louisiana.
Charge Hearing Unfair
The following dav smiths attor-
hey's obtained a writ OF hlheas
corpus from judge SIX !imar,
charging that the prisoner had mol
been given fair hearing AZ l.ans-
ing. Smith had conlended tnet he
had been living in Delroi. at the
time OF The shooting
The case was adjourned uniil
Dec. n TO give Smith an opporiu-
nifty TO bring In witnesses 20 sup
port his claim that he was in De-
troit in 1929. This evidence failed
to materialize and the attorneys
then turned 10 the state high court
Smiths co-workers AZ the badge
plant raised a defense fund % $50
in an effort TO block his cxtradit IN
10 Louisiana. The Detroit Branch
OF the National Association for ne
Advancement OF Colored People al
so became interested in the case.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Two Jailed BY Court
After Stealing Coal

PONTIAC. Mich Fate Bass and
Willie Burton We're given sem
fences o. IS and 30 DAYS respective
ly in The local baslile last week on
& charge Of simple lafceuy
The men were accused Of steal
Ing ton Of oal from one OF the
local yards. They we're arrested as
they were about TO deliver The coal.
Elijah Henderson,. WHO WAS arrest
cd with the men Was released by
the court after proving that they
had borrowed his truck bat had
NOT told him what they were 10 DO
with r.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Morehouse President
To Speak At Meeting
OF The Alumni Club

Or. BENJAMIN i. Mays. president
OF Morehouse college. Atlanta. Ga.
will speak at the 81. Antoine
Branch YMCA. 635 East Elizabeth.
Sunday. ian 20. The meeting. slat-
ed TO start at p m. Is sponsored
by the Detroit Morehouse Alumni
club OF which Lester McFall Is
president.
DR.. Mays IS scheduled to arrive
IN Detroit Saturday for several I'M
portant meetings with the alumni
group and prospective students.
Prior to accepting the presidency
OF Morehousc college, Or. MAYS
was for several years dean Of the
School OF Religion az Howard uni
yersIty. He received his P.H.D.
from the University OF Chicago sew
eral years ago. using as HIS thesis
"The Negroes God" which Is now
In hook form.
This will mark DR.. Mays FIRST
trip 10 Detroit IN three years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

ire sv., se'o OF he Sclective Ssrv-
hl0.' ".alnerating these favorable
Ia, -. MAJOR Campbell declared
son n NJ .o sraiiees would learn q les
Other o ,Ss,al adjustment by meeting
viii NJ p' , Many indlviapalIsts
these yos "monE tho draftees. and
~ sloe 0.ns ,.rs willslearn ncw O
n, WIN other people.
,nlID opportunity to develop lead
trai.ss.'s WI slso be afforded the
through advancement.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

attitude.
Two Of the best letters this week
come from J, c. Stubbs. Detroit
artist and writer. and Mrs Rosa
Gragg. president Of the Detroit
Association Of Women club. Their
letieds read as follows;
"The public realizes that the
function OF the newspaper Is TO
publish the news. be IL good or bad,
hut there should be certain limits.
| have heard many people say they
do not like 10 read colored papers
because of the crime news and the
wav II is presented. There is too
much 'common-law' stun and they
do not like It in their homes be-
cause Of the bad effect II may
have on their children.
From racial point Of view u
IL also bad policy because II TENDS
20 Justify the opinion OF most white
neople that the Negro Is crimlnally
inclined. A Negro newspaper should
do more than print the news; II
should also play the role OF re-
former and defender. -,
III the Race newspaper wouln
mike more aggressive right Tor
Negro rights We would get more
derired recognition and be accoru-
cd more Justice: the papers would
also get more readers: Thus Dolh
the paper and subscribers would
be benefited.
"The editors may contend that
they do fight for our rights. II
they do. II Is 80 spasmodic that u
h ineffective II should be week
,o-week crusade until public opin-
ION has been stirred 10 action ~
would cause the Negro 10 become
more thoroughly organized ana
thus more militant In demanding
his rights an this can hest be los
tered nv our newspapers.
"Dont try TO satisfy by stooping
An the gutter but endeavor To raise
The moral standard OF the Race
and the newspapers will not only
get more support hut be OF real
service TO the race.
J. c. Stubs
1919 Beaublen Street.
II have read with deep concern
tho controversy Of recent weeks
snnsarlnr IN the columns OF the
netrolt Tribune on Crime News
vs.. Constructive News. appre-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

through the various ranks Of cor
,oral sergeant and other nor -c0m'
misloned offices. Those win ex-
ceptional ability will have en- op-
portunity to attend Officers 'ra'n, =,
ing school during the last three OF
the twelve months.
The speaker declared that plans
we're under way 10 create noara
10 provide for the reemploymen'
Of the draftees. especially tnose
working In factories.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

Police were holding Samuel Alex
anded. 81. this week for the shoot
ing OF George Cotton. 2165 East la.
fayette. last Saturday. The shoot
ing occurred in beer tavern al
1924 MONROE where Alexander Is
bartender
Cotton was shot IN the abdomen
and his condition was serious al
the time OF Alexander's arrest.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Arthur Harding Gives
Up to Police For The
Staying Of Jim Gray

Arthur Harding. 81, 427 Farms
worth. was arraisned on a murder
charge In Recorders Court wednes-
day. Judge Donald Van Zilc set
the examination for Jan %.
Harding Is charged with the ia
tai shooting of James Gray. 625
Gratlot. last month. Gray and
Harding had been partners IN the
operation OF the beer tavern at 1910
So. Antoine. Gray was shot as he
sat In n restaurant az 1905 ST. An
tolnc.
Harding was surrendered 10 po-
lice by his attorney. Joseph Brown,
Monday.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18

Stop Mr. Average American on
the street and ask him the
meaning Of Liberty. You'll be
surprised at the variety OF an
swers you will receive. / know
FOR / tried that very thing
Liberty one fellow said
that's easy For instance. il /
don't like my job. l can tell my
boss to go hang and get an
other.
To the sailor from the Fleet
Liberty means shore leave To
The American housewife. Liberty
means freedom from worry and
4 steady pay-check. To the AM
arican business man and indus
trialist. Lberty-in this day and
age means the right TO con-
tinue business without Interior
ence from outside sources
Industrial liberty has always
brought freedom of thought and
action TO every mar, woman and
child In America. For industrial
peace is one OF the main-propS
Of the great American Dream.
Liberty may be defined In
hundreds OF different ways. The
definition. OF course, is wholly
dependent upon the person de-
filming 1t. His views of life: his
health both physical and fin
ancial-muSt be all taken into
consideration Many factors en-
ter into the definition, or expla-
nation. OF Liberty. by Mr. Aver
age American.
People want to do. are able to
do. and have the means to do
an endless variety OF things in
America. Moreover. they M ay
change their ideas OF what they
believe. or want to do. for cir
cumStances. which determine
their abilities. and the means at
their disposal are constantly
changing. Liberty. In the light
OF its true meaning. is absolute
freedom from all restraint: free
dom from all restraint. on the
other hand. Is anarchy.
There must be some limita-
ton put upon Liberty for h c
simple reason that another group
or individual. might not respect
the ideas and rights of others
That is why our laws were, and
are. enacted The definition OF
the Freedom and Liberty. that
make up our American Dream
has been incorporated into the
Constitution OF the United States
Of America Everyone knows that
the American dream beacons
and liberates all who seek free
dom from oppression
The limitations placed upon
liberty. by the Constitution. were
designed to prevent-by law
others. with different. or dis
tcrted. Interpretation OF tn 2
meaning OF Liberty. from des-
troying our Democratic struc-
ture OF government.
Jacques-the fool in Shakes
peares LAS You Like ibid
not wish TO be restricted In his
mummeries and vaporinRs:
Il must have Liberty
withal. as large a charter as the
wind.
To blow on whom / please"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
|NN Present
OF Bias
Against Race
Mother OF
Condemned Man
Will Speak

detailed account OF the many
n,l determinations employed by
frs 70 deny p,cupational oppor-
hritss 10 Negro skilled and un-
snllh workers. Viii be given 10
lie pahlc AZ 4 mass meeting sched-
ulsi ior Second Baptist church.
slnisy, Jan III according 10 Or.
Jinn J. NfClendon, president of
d, Detroit Branch OF the National
Association for he Advancement OF
cclorsa Peolif sponsors Of the
meeting.
II adiiuoa 20 reading contracts
held by firms manufacturing arma-
rsri naieria for the national de-
i,rss nroEran ~ McClendon de-
dared thai sun'erfuces employed
" these firms 20 avoid hiring Ne
10 workers " also be disclosed
The Rev Grant Reynolds. pastor
da CONGREGATIONAL church in
Csrelsnd wiz be the principal
SPEAKER TAe meeting Is slated 10
70 s.ar' AZ SEQ pm
Violate Contract Claus
D. NcCleHdon declared that
tsss determinations against the
Nero workers have been employed
b Detroit firms despite a claus in
4 contracts which states specific
ilT hat Workers should not be
Terminated against because OF
" sex. race or color.
10 addition 20 yoicing protest
lnrst the facal bias which has
ny Negro workers out OF en-
rIren', 'Ne meeting. according 10
D. Ncrleneon Will adopt resolu-
lci Of protest and forward them
hhs'dent Roosevelt, Senators
AIT u Nandenberg and Prem
laH Brown and members OF the
Gna Defense Advisory Com
narn
To Raise Defense Funds
fands for the defense OF Odell
Ms'r. Virginia sharecropper now
aiaeT a dealn sentence for the slay-
ny q a White plantation owner,
w Joseph Spell, New York chauf-
w facing murder charge, will
v solicited AZ The meeting.
walker IS accused of Staying the
snis man after he had returned
. Richmond Va. and found that
=, owner had eyicted his mother
uon ne plantation and refused to
rs walker has share of the crop
v .sAeT said The owner had attempt
= 70 draw gun when he demand
q Bis money
lne convicted man was recently
y a stay Of execution until
n y BY Governor James Fl.
.noe Walker was TO have been
'itenied Dec. ~
sps'l 5l.ycar-old chauffeur. has
~. accused by Mrs. John r.
0,.olng wealthy Greenwich
,,a, EMPLOYER Of criminally at
,. her four times on the
lolnine Of Dec II.
:, NAACP officials in New York
r,s e STATED that an investigation
, r-a' ~ their attorneys discloses
r. '., aouh'' about Spells guilt Of
li,n d, annie Walker mother OF
s..,,. walker will also speak at the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Grir.by speaks In ChicagO

:. y. Grigsby, former chairman
of The Detroit Civic RIGHTS COM
mlttee. Will leave for Chicago Fri
day. where he will speak on a
forum program az West Lawn
Methodist church. sunday on the
theme, "Detroit's Technique In Sc
curing Employment for Negroes. :"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Democratic Clubs

A commite OF presidents. dele
gates and rcprcsi stiiNes OF va
rious organizations supporting the
Democratic part, in the Fifteenth
Congressional district organized
the Fifteenth Congress Fede-
rated Democratic clubs. Monday.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Bishop Visits Detroit

G. II Mason. senior bishop o.
the Church Of God in CHRIST church.
was IN Detroit this week Bishop
Mason lives IN Memphis. Tenn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
A Big Demonstration

More than 1000 women will par
iicipatc in the demonstration at
Olympia under the auspices 81
Department OF Recreation. this
Spring.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Year Draftees Spend In Camp Will
Provide Many Things To Aid Future

Inc twelve months draftees will spend in camps IN
viii titus sections of the country will provide young men
fun any things which will add much to tneir hves III e
"a nj gon, DC recently appointed executive asslsIanl
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Artist And Club President Condemn
Highlighting Crime News In Paper

Following the publication of letters from Mrs. Geral-
dine Bledsoe and Miss Nellie Watts protesting the head
lining of crime news many letters have poured into the
office of the Detroit Tribune of the writer's concur
ring with the two writer's while others condemned their
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Miller High School Denounced As
A Tantalizing Farce By Randall

scathng indictment of the policy of the Detroit
Branch Of the NAACp made in letter to The
Detroit Tribune this week by Arthur Randall Sr men,
Der of the Detroit Branch
Altcr seyercy CONSUMING lhe Detroit Branch Cor not
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
Wilmer Smith Loses
Extradition Battle

Wilmer Smith alias John Sanders. returned to
New Orleans last week to face 11-year-od murder
charge Smith is charged with the fatal shooting of a
traffic policeman in the Louisiana city in 1929.
The last hopes Of Smith successfully fighting exradi
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-18
The
Home Front
BY
ROBERT LAW CRINNIAN

The opinions. and beliefs. err
pressed bv the Triter. DO not
necessarily express those OF
this publication.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
OUR SECRET ENEMIES
BY DR.. Charles Stelzle-z

The thing that greatest into the minds
night upon the city quiet countryside even
torpedo lurking mi that sinks the unarmed
ship Such methods of attack have been anticipated
of defense have been prepared to meet them
through afraid Shelters masks life boats
old invention come backbone that is
as histoybu which outlawed by civilization and
bell countries at the Hague
Conference the Fifth Co the Trojan Horse-the
relentless boring within like termtes gnawing at the
foundation until the whole structure rotten This Fifth Col
consists of traitors whohave not like thief in the
night but friend at MONDAY until the time has to
strike And when they do strike they prefer stabbng the
back.
This is MOI the kind that have glorifed for
ceAturesa open fight recognized opponents There
despite horror it, thing of glory in the to man
conflict But the tactics those of gangsters of bank
robbers parasites that live the and honest abor OF
other In righteous in dgnaon against these tactics
used abroad let that the tactics
fomenting hatreds midst foens religious
hared class prudes setting against indivi
dual aga1sI individual y real pfrp0s = e break down our
Now, of all times must be united country, sinking
petty differences and dskes in concerted effort to keep
America free natio-free only govenmnt, but free
from the subversve influences that would sap life blood
through hatred ourselves If do this-the Fifth
~ ~NNOS N'i~- -N-N' ~"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
WORTH, w. Va. NEWS

" After Sunday school Sunday
morning the officers and teach
ers of the Sunday school, church
and auxilliaries were installed
by the pastor, Rev. r. H. McKoy.
} At the eleven o'clock services
the pastor delivered very in
structive sermon from the text,
Awake, Awake, Put on Thy
Strength Oh Zion" II" used as
a subject, "Things That Will
Make a Church Strong" The
following things were numerat-
ed: Christian Living, Doing
What God requires, Supporting
the church, Punctuality, and
Unity. He suggested the con-
gregation make these their re-
solutions for 1911.
T At the evep.ls ser1 &c D.v
Mckinley Raymore preached q
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
wILC0E NEWS

Miss Florence Eggleston visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Waller re-
Gently. ..
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
"Along Elm Street"
Gree nsboro, ~. c. By Capt. d. J. Cilmer

: Saturday afternoon there
went a corpse of one mother
whom | know was a chosen wo-
man of God. ) lie was born
slave and served | slavery for
about 10 years. 81 was marri-
ed IN slavery days, out her hus-
ba I'd joined the United States
ar ny as a soldier in the Civil
War with a company of Negro
soldiers forming a volunteer
company raised at New Bern,
North Carolina. His name was
John Banks. He was an honor
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10

able man against whom not one
i'll expression was ever heard.
For years he was a one-legged
man to be seen as a flag watch
man for the railroad whefe the
passenger station was on the
east side of Elm Street. He has
been dead for more than 40
years. =. ....
On Saturday, January 4, 1941
Mrs. Lizzie Banks, wife she was
to Mr.. John Banks, above named,
joined the dead with her hus-
band, the father of her IL chill
dren. >. px
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
THE WALKERS ENTERTAIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Walker
of Wyco, entertained the Tri-
County Bridge club on New
Years Day. The home was
very beautifully decorated with
cedar and pine forming a star
with multi-colored lights. Each
light bespeaking a tiny Happy
New Year!
The guests Immediately felt
the warmth radiated and begun
to join in such pastimes as
bridge, pinochle, Chinese check
ers and Parchessi.
Mrs. Beatric Hazard and Mr..
Abraham Booker were bridge
high scorers. Mr.. Carl Hazard
won the prize in Parchessi
while Mr.. Simon Warren won
the Chinese checkers prize.
A tasty menu consisting OF
turkey, olives, string beans,
potatoes au gratin, pineapple
salad, fruit cake ad coffee was
served the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bennett
spent their holidays in Cincin'
natl, Ohio, as guests of rela'
tives and friends.
-0|--
| Mr.. Richard Minors brother
was visiting him during TIN
holidays. Mr.. and Mrs. Minol
live at Kimberly, w. Va.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Warren
: lof Rhodell, were dinner guest
r ;of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hazzar
{Sunday. .
Mrs. Annie TONNES is improv
from a recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. w. Robert
motored to Corrine Sunday t
visit the Mckinley Coopers.
e MIR. and Mrs. Stewart Walker
Entertain Club
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-10
MO ON
over
Mcdowell
BY S. B. Moon, Jr.-

Mr.. Cecil r. H. Scott, of Char
lesion, in reply to Bob" Greer's
criticism of his All-State foot
ball selection said among other
things that he had never heard
of Greer, Mr.. Scott seemed to
tink that Bob was mere publ
city seeker and was unworthy
as a critic.
We are not interested in, the
facts one way or the other AS
far as We are concerned both
are right, but inasmuch as Mr..
Scott is so mistaken as to the
motive which impelled Bob to
make his statements, We feel it
our duty to correct that false
impression.
Bob" Greer is well-known in
Mcdowell county and through
out the state for his well writ
ten sports stories. Bob was sports
writer for his high school
paper; for four years he was
sports editor of the Bluefieldian,
a college publication; he has
written and contributed sports
stories to several of our national
Negro weeklies at present he is
special correspondent to the
WEIGH Daily News and the Nc
Dowell Times; he is a letter
man and graduate of Bluefeld
State Teachers college; and he
ls well qualified to speak as an
authority on Negro sports in
this state. =.