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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-11
Chatter OF Hoefs
BY RAzz BROWN

Henri Mora. the Jockey from
Panama, viii ser,e a. hrs s'rinr
rider f0r ne powerful stable Of
Emil Denemark and bnNs. ihats a
winning combination DO n book
50 get ready 20 slriuR aloNg The
Golden Gate irack has been hindor-
cd BIS bad weather and maybe The
- r Not as long a. ms onc used
a. ne Santa AnNa track The lai-
ter keeps rHnninr whether Il rains
or shines CT mos
hike Jacobs arrived at Miami
for n bricf stay. Yes. he PLAYS
the ponies ~ times. but not
heavy. Btn Jones. trainer Tor
the big Calumet stable. will use
Jockey Earl Dew this winter.
hut think he could lind bet
Ter rider for such u strong
stable III nays. This stable has
ALWAYS had topnotch rider.
and ! don't think fhi> lad j n
topnoich jockey.
jimnA stout and Cnai.s iufar.
do will do mos ~ the wGirc forfNf
Fizimmnns-irain"d hogses Th~
always win their share ~ farcs
Syls BE- q. Young hlii Developed
by The negro trainer ilcnrt Lon
den nearly r0mped home az Flor.
ida AZ me- laug odds or eo-l She
Is s'fc 90 Win oheap m, De-.
cauS" ~ hes npreme spfcd
just received Wota from Ni1n
thar MM>h Tally. Neg q irainpi
~ f'rfie arrived ftom lttd Bans
\ J wih ~ head n horses anf
Viii lioptf 'aep for tho Hialca
Parh up"i ANa bow Late PISS 3
nag THAT WAS mentioned IN tiis cul
umn led 2 good Geld home on No0
Years ia, Midland 'hr ltliue
bred roll of G S liNaf. ~apwr,
his heels 'n good f, a' San'.
Aniia Bows donf woss iboaf
Jockey Don Meade II wl ssh
pleni, ~ rares at iiialeal SO ho
not % q slumr lust war l'i
George Odom hegir- 20 wage, on
his nacs then you'll find o.i aboa
bon
| UIhU'f lIO'h IfdllN Uidhf~
the colt Liberty Francs stock
60 up. Yes. be- eats mud In hi>
oats. Nav. sou ho,S can bet
ON Flying ILL and cash IN ~
she i ready io hit. ho>> can
not win until he i ready.
Sometimes the checkers ret inn
pressed hy last workouts and
SCI in the works. then >nuak
when the nag j. heaicn. Races
mr." run In the afternoon. mud
mot in The morning. Remember.
wise gns>.
Keep funf peepers trimmed -
! Raise IN Nev Gesture. rgfH 81
Elmer Foeoso kanfor Run SeN'
High Tor ilNH aa Nie'u'v r.
memhor 'ii- boss DE aiaf
when its mnw9 sDria
| Don Meade. q Ntw1 iuasrsr'
A. califonit G. RewnWr
! onnaoN Adams These a
'h" cka's that know waa it. 81
Ahoef
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-11

ster record Of three wins and
one loss FOR The season Thor only
loss WAS 10 the worlds champion
Globe Tfoilcrs. The remainins
part Of the season viii he -penl on
the road games heinz scheduled
in Toledo. Cleveland. Buffalo and
Dayton.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-01-11
Great Lakes
Protests Win
OF Suffriin
Last-Minute
Field Goal Base
Of Protest

a decision which resulted In an
uproar by both fans and PLAYERS
gave Harry Suffrin a 30-eS victory
over Great Lakes at Holy Redeem
or gymnasium Sunday night and
caused the Great Lakes manager
10 lodge protest with officials OF
the Greater Detroit Basketball
league.
The decision was made with only
two seconds OF play remaining in
the game. and paved The way for the
sinking OF the winning basket. A
foul had been called against Verne
Smith. Great Lakes center. and
while the Great Lakes players were
standing aside for the foul throw
one Of the Sunrln players sneaked
under the basket and tossed In a
field goal.
OverrnIed BY Officials
Although the Great Lakes team
contcnded that tho goal should
not count. they were Oycrruled by
tho Officials. League officials will
hear the protest Thursday.
Trailing % AZ the end OF the
first quarter. Grea' Lakes spurted
in the second period and. giving
an OK ihition Of fine floor work
and clever passing 10 hold a 14-1l
lead AZ the halfway mark.
Tho Great Lakes offense was
paced by Jim Country Davis who
made nine points. Larry Bleach.
who leads tho league In scoring.
was held To four points. Int was
able TO maintain his position.
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Belgian Congo Rules
Itself A Free State

Native officers of the French
Congo accomplished coup de-etat
when they arrested the governor.
general and administrator of the
colony who make known their
plans to surrender their forces to
the Nazi-controlled government in
Vichy. ea
Following the example of Felix
Ebou. black governor of the Chad
! province, natives of the French
Congo revolted and joined up with
Gen. de Gaulle. the leader of the
French armed forces When Gen.
Husson, governor general of French
Equatorial Africa, expressed his
official loyalty to the men of
Vichy, a group of native officers
promptly arrested him along with
his administrator Both men were
taken across the border into the
Belgian Congo as prisoners.
Other officers and native troops
occupied all the off1cial buildings
and raised the flag of Free France,
and the officers who had been ear
lier put in prison were set free as
well as all native political leaders.
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The Globe Trotter ".*ssss ssN 3, cl1 M~s4::v

available to all Americans.
This warning, from all reports, has fallen on
deaf ears. Especially is this true in the South,
where dual school setup has always been ope-
rated to the advantage of one group and to the
great disadvantage of the other.
Strange things being offered in many
Southern Negro schools in the guise of "defense." "
Some of these courses which the local educators
have deemed defense training for Negroes bor-
der the ridiculous Especially is this true when
you compare them to the courses which are being
made available to white youths.
LEARN JANITORIAL WORK
For example in Birmingham where is located a
large NYA training center, young Negroes anxious
to become skilled in certain trades relegated
to classes teaching janitorial work, auto polishing
and how to remove automobile tires. Does that
sound like defense" to you?
In Chattanooga Negro high school is offer
ing defense" course in how to be a chauffeur.
And in the same city the Vocational School recent
ly advertised for twenty young men between 18
and 25 for a course designated defense
course in automobile servicing." That word "serv-
icng' might fool you. 1t doesn't mean the mechani-
aacal end of it at all. 1t means these will be
taught how to wash, grease and polish and re-
pair flat tires.
These are cited as typical of just how "equal'
is the young Negroes share of the thrty-six millions
allocated supposedly to train skilled workmen
OTHERS ARE TRAINED
Meanwhile white youths under the program
are being given thorough courses in engineering
and will after completion, step into good paying
jobs as designers, inspectors and supervisors of
production. They are being taught carpentering
sheet metal work, how to operate toong and lathe
machines, the machines of airplane motor all
of the things that were originally intended that
ALL young men qualifying under the program
would be taught
Here is situation which is so unjust, so un-
democratic that protest to those who claim they
are preparing to defend democracy" should not
be necessary 1t is a deliberate effort to forge the
final link in the plot to keep the Negro perpetual
y out of the economic scheme, to keep his back
figuratively and literally to the wall
Our educators should be in the foreground of
this battle to see that obtain that which is Just
y ours under this vast training program Nothing
less than full and equal participation should be
satisfactory. On the outcome of this fight will
hinge the results of the determined drive of the
Negro press and public to secure equal Job oppor-
tunites in the defense program and equality of
participation and opportunity in the nations arm
ed forces,
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Negro Hospital Heads
eetInNew Orleans

fnSf SfCHICAGO,-(ANP)-- Dr. John
W. Lawlah, medical director of
'$pfovident hospital and secretary
: treasurer of the National Con-
ference of Hospital Administrators
elafTnoanced . this week that plans are
"being perfect for the sixth annual
sASsseting of the conference, to be
s.4reld February 1921, at Flint
{ Geodridge Hospital New Orleans.
6 Or. A. w. Dent, Flint-G Goodridge
superintendent, and chairman of
the conference, will be host to the
visitors and mmebers.
Speaking of the conference pro-
gram, DR.. Lawlah said:
1--WE are fortunate this year in
having Russell H. Oppeheimer.
4 dean of the school of medicine,
Emory university, Atlanta, as our
! special guest to appear on the pro-
! gram and lead group conferences.
! DR., Pppenheimer is outstanding in
medical education and is particu-
larly interested in hospitals with
. respect to their professional and
Educational activities"
in keeping with the sentiment
expressed at the meeting last year
at Nashville, Mrs. Estelle Massey
Riddle, superintendent of nurses,
Homer g. Phillips Hospital and
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not heed Mr. Washngton's advice back then but
instead chose to follow the path of classical edu-
cation, which teaches whole lot about everything
and very little about something.
But we chose the classical path and here we
are in the same fix as other Americans in the lack
of now badly needed skilled laborers
MIGHT START FROM SCRATCH
Even at this late hour it might be possible
for us to start almost at scratch with other Aeri
cans in the matter of technical training but as
yet nothing concrete has been DONE Our educators,
with but few exceptions, seem possessed with a
fixed complex that will not allow them to shift
with the needs of the times.
Our high school curriculums are still designed
to prepare our young people to enter college, de-
spite the all too well known fact that less than
fourteen per cent ever enroll for higher education.
The eghty-six per cent. who turned loose are
ill-fitted to cope with the problems of technical
world
And only four per cent of those who finish
college equipped to do anything other than
teach or preach. The ideology of technical train
ing has just not been grasped by the men who set
up these programs of study and from all present
indications serious movement toward vocational
currlculumS is even at this late date being made.
NEED OF THE MOMENT
But back to the original proposition of the
thirty-siX millions. Your own government, even if
your educators do not, has recognized the dire
need for men able to coordinate the hand and
brain. 1t has created the largest educational en-
dOwment fund in world history.
U. S. Commissioner of Education John W.
Studebaker has sent bulletins from his office to
every state, county, and city superintendent of
schools warning that there was to be no color dis
elimination in the matter of making this training
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LEOPOLDVILLE, B E l. G. A N
CONGO-(ANP) - The Belgian
Congo, one of the richest sections
Of the African continent, has been
declared a free state independent
Of the mother country for the du-
ration Of the war. according to .
report from M. devices Houwer
Belgian minister for colonies. who
will assume, the duties of admin
istrator general of the newly es.
tablished state. ~; = 80. ~
The Free Belgian government
has given him special powers, sc
that King Leopold, who is pris4
oner under the Nazis, will have nc
authority over the African colony.
The Congo will function as a sep
arate self-governinE state under
the control of officials friendly to
Great Britain.
Unless directly attacked by Ger.
man and italian forces, it will be
the policy of the new Congo gov
crnment to maintain neutrality in
the African struggle. Meanwhile
the native army will be increased
and trained to defend the colony
against invasion.
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Raps Opposition
AS Selfish,
Little Group

situation as it affects our young
men before organizing against the
establishment of an all-Negro air
unit There are many technical
angles, and there is the angle Of
future employment in aeronautical
work after young man gets out
of the service al
! sincerely believe from my ex-
perience that the establishment of
an all Negro squadron equipped
properly and with all Negro Off
GERS in charge is the best solution
to military aviation as it confronts
the Negro at present. realize that
some of the instruction certain
work of this squadron will have to
be white to start, but they should
be replaced as soon as we get Me-
groes trained to handle this in
struction.
Many social problems that come
up when squadons are out Of the
primary training period and are
assigned to different flight missions
through America from time to time
would be eliminated through the
formation of this all Negro unit.
/ pray this article will be taken
in the nature that it is given--for
the future understanding and prog
ress of our group in the aeronauti.
cal field.
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''Hugging'
.Suitmay!Be
Settled :

LOS ANGEL LES-(ANP) - Ac-
cording to reports, DR.. Arthur
Henderson, white. who fell out
when papers were filed on him in
law suit by a colored woman, has
recovered from his nervous break
down. He is said to be seeking a
compromise.
Charging that DR.. Arthur L..
Henderson, prominent Pasadena
physician, "eXcitedly. deliberately
and unlawfully" grabbed her and
kissed, caressed and fondled" her
when she went to his Office for
medical treatment last Dec. %.
Mrs. Caroln Angel this week filed
suit asking $4,000 in damages
from him.
In her complaint filed through
Atty. Lloyd C. Griffith, Mrs. An
gel explains that she had been a
patient of the doctor and that his
actions in attempting to make love
tc her were entirely without her
consent.
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BY COL. JOHN C. ROBINSON

-(ANP)-After many
of our newspapers and individual
leaders fought for several years to
have Negro units in the armed
forces, the war department has al
last granted establishment Of an
all-Negro air squadron-only to
find that a small group of Negroes
is, for selfish motives and personal
gain, trying to gain public support
in an attempt to block this forward
step. ttie'@
+ sincerely believe that creation
of this squadron is real advance.
ment, means recognition of my
race in military aviation, and is an
important step toward the real rec
ognition we will have to merit be-
fore we will be accepted in the
backbone of the aviation industry
airplane manufacturing and sched.
ule transportation. .ss
1t is also my contention that this
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Col. Robinson In Defense
OfAH-Negro Air Squadron

squadron will fare far better thai
it would were it to be trained al
Randolph or Kelly field in Texas
waere The typical southern atti.
tudes and prejudices would be
dominant.
These views are based on my
actual experience in civil and mil
itary aviation, flying and aviation
mechanics and automobile mechan.
ices. My experiences as war pilot
were under extremely adverse con
ditions because of limited aerial
equipment They came after J
went 5000 miles to a foreign land
to defend with my life the last
black empire, Ethiopia, and prove
to the world that the Negro could
be as efficient in aviation as could
any other group.
Negroes as a group will make Q
major aeronautical blrnder if they
don't measure the real facts in this
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Brownsville Vote Case May Get
Attention Of Federal Government
Confidential
Report Given
.Atty-Ceneral

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Back from trip to the deep
South where he went as an OBJ
server for the department of JUS
tice, Amos w. Woodcock. formerly
prohibition administrator, under
President Hoover, handed in "a con-
fidential report to the attorney
general which it is believed, will
lead to thorough investigation
of the charges against the white
residents of Brownsville, Tenn.
Mr.. Woodstock was firm in his
belief that if the government
through its department of Justice
sent qualified investigators to
Brownville case could be built
which would stand in the federal
courts and justice brought to the
citizens who sought their legal
rights at the polls and tried to
vote.
Observing the legal aspects OF
the CASE. Mr., Woodcock visited
Brownville, not in the capacity Of
an Investigator, but as a lawyer,
and discussed with white and COL
ored residents of the town the ter
rors that prevailed in the little
village when these Negroes went to
vote.
"It seems" said Mr.. Woodcock,
"that the trouble started when the
colored folk protested the election
of a school superintendent. They
went to the wrong place to make
their protests and the poorer ele-
ment of the town became suspic-
ious that these Negroes wanted to
vote.
prior to this, 1t seems to me-
said Mr.. Woodstock, ''that the re-
lations between the two races had
been as good as they are In any
southern town. But if the govern
mept sends trained investigators
into this village, they will find s,f-
ficient evidence to tie up the loose
ends and bring a good case of con-
Spiracy against the perpetrators of
the crimes. Of course, the govern
ment cannot try anyone for mur-
der but it can be proved that mur~
der was incidental in the case"
MIR. Woodcock was winding up
his affairs in the department Of
justice and had already submitted
his support to his superiors, firm
ly convinced that federal action
could be taken In this Brownsville
situation, because Ia federal law
had been violated. Whether this
was contained in his report, he
could not state as the report was
confidential, but the general trend
Of his conversation would lead to
the belief that such a recommen-
dation had been made, based on
his observances of the happenings
and their sequence.
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tors and ironing out details of
the resolution, will return to the
Capitol on Monday. The resolu-
tion, which will be sponsored by
a number of senators, represent
ing all sections of the country,
will probably be introduced in
the Senate during the middle of
the week, Mr.. White said.
BYRNES BLOCKS MOVE
"The chief obstacle to getting
the investigation under way" he
said, appears to be the Senate
Committee ON Audit and Control,
whose chairman is Senator James
F. Byrnes, of South Carolina,
long a foe of Anti-lynching Leg
islation and reported to be Pres
ident Roosevelt's choice for the
u. S. Supreme Court" Other
members of this committee, which
will be asked to provide the funds
for the investigation, are Milard
E. Tydings, of Maryland; Carl
Hayden, of Arizona and Charles
w. Tobey, Of New Hampshire.
According to the NAACP secre-
tary, present plans call for pub
lie hearings when witnesses, in
Guiding Officials of the army,
navy, and others high up in the
Government, labor union officials,
and qualified Negroes who have
been refused jobs in defense in
dustry, will be heard. >
AFTER JOBS
"We are placing particular
stress on the question of jobs"
he said, because it is here that
Negroes have suffered most, de-
spite the fact that in addition
to S17,00O,000 already appropri-
ated, Congress will probably ap-
propriate $25,O00,0OO more for
industrial defense contracts dur
ing the current session."
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from Lyons dIteT DedtlnS Illln WI
According to testimony brought
out at the trial, Elmer Rogers, his
wife and four-year-old daughter,
were murdered on December 81,
1899, in Fort Towson, Okla, and
their home was fired by the nur-
derer. The only evidence brought
out that connects Lyons with the
case is the statement Of a witness
who said Lyons was seen hunting
rear the Rogers home on the day
of the murder, and the forced con-
fession. ~
A GALA DAY"
During the trial, Judge /. R.
Childers described the case, which
has attracted people from all over
the county, as ''gala day" White
students in the elementary and high
schools have been allowed to at
tend the trial with their teachers.
Lyons, who is represented by
Thurgood Marshall, special coun-
sci of the National Association Tor
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple, and Stanley Belden, of Cush-
ing. Oklahoma, testified that on the
night he was arrested he was
struck with a board, had his eye
blacked and his head rammed
against brick wall several times,
while officers took turns beating
him. But, he refused to admit any,
thing, he said.
BEATEN BY TEN
Sometime later, he testified, he
was taken up to the County Prose-
cUtor's office, where more than ten
officers took turns beating him
with black jacks. They then
brought in some of the bones of
the burned victims, placing them
in his lap. They then continued to
beat him until 2:30 in the morning,
he said. when he finally "confes-
sed." They then took him to the
scene of the crime, thence to the
state pen at McAllister, Okla.
where he made a second comics
sion."
The county prosecutor, Norman
Horten, admitted that they hit
Lyons with a strap. A state investi-
gator testified that he "yanked his
knee" Judge Childers ruled out
the first confession, admitting that
it was secured as a result OF
threats, but refused to rule out the
second.
Back in 1899, shortly after the
crime was committed a state con-
vict is reported to have confessed
the crime and duplicating several
other convicts. A state prison scan- /
dal resulted in the firing of the
prison camp boss, I
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Mrs. Mabel K. Staupers, executive
secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Colored Graduate Nurses,
along with other executives of
schools for nurses will meet con-
currently at Flint -Goodridge hos
pital and some joint sessions are
being included on the program, so
that considerable attention can be
given by the administrators sec
ton OF nursing problems.
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projects set up by various state
vocational educational depart
ments and the U. S. Office of
Education.
This money was voted by the
last Congress and was Immediate
ly available for the vast program
of education on the pattern that
Booker T. Washington was so Sc
verely criticized a quarter GEN.
tury ago for proposing. How
tragic it is that our leaders would
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Happy Relief When
Laxative Is Needed

Don't experiment with harsh
ways to relieve constipation.
There's no use when there's a
gentle way: spicy, aromatic
BLACK-DRAUGHT when taken
by directions.
1t is a purely vegetable medi-
cine. Taken as directed at night,
it usually allows time for sleep ;
acts gently but thoroughly next
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morning. You should feel fine
again. -,
BLACK-DRAUGHT'S effective
ness is largely due TO its chief
ingedient known as an intestinal
tonic-laxative," which helps i'm
part tone to lazy bowel muscles.
Take BLACK-DRAUGHT next
time. 1t is time-tested, econom-
ical. 25 to 40 doses are just 25c.
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Senate Defense
! Probe Is Urged.

srE NEW YORK CITY-(SNS)- have been complet-
ed for the introduction in Congress next of
on calling for investigation of the treatment of the
Negro in the entire national defense program including the
sA1my Navy Air and Marine Corps, with particular
asls jobs in defense industry the National Association
ofor the Advancement of Colored People announced.
D Walter White executive spent time Washington
of the
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Tells Of Torture In
Okla. Murder Trial

HUGO Oka-(SNS(-C -Colored and white witnesses appear
ing here this week the trial Of W. D Lyons Negro farmer
charged with killing white family and then setting fire to their
home nearly years ago. testified that the state investigator
Ve Cheawood admitted them that he forced the confession
after beating him with black lack for hours
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Cheated Again

TOTAL OF thrty-six millions of dollars has
been appropriated by Congress for the training of
young men to fill the great deficiency in the ranks
of skilled labor for defense jobs. The money is
being expended through the NYA. CCC. throueh