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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Attacks, Robs
30 Year Old
Step-Mother

Nineteen year old John Lawson's
short career OF crime was stopped
by two bullets from a police Of
ficer's gun last Wednesday night
when the youth ended up at the
Receiving hospital with bullet holes
in both his right and left thigh.
Lawson was shot when he tried
to take a gun from Patrolman Nc
liver in a struggle at the rear Of
5S12 oath street. who was trying to
arrest him on complaint of his
step mother, Mrs. Jessie Lawson.
age 30. 5sl2 Twenty-Fourth stree.
She told police that he had forced
her at the point OF a knife into
the bed room OF her apartment and
tore her clothes off her and raped
her. After which he took $3.50
from the dresser and left.
Patrolman McIver and his part
ner. John Pobursky, went to 1912
oath street TO look for young Law
son. Patroman Pobursky waited al
the front while his partner, PATROL
man McIver. went to the rear OF
the house.
Patrolman McIver said that Law
son jumped from a small porch
onto him and tried TO take his gun
and he fired one shot Lawson
broke away and started to run aud
he fired another shot at him.
On hearing the shooting Patrol
man Pobursky went 10 the back OF
the building and caught Lawson az
he was getting away. Both officers
subdued the boy and found that he
had been hit. He was taken 10 the
Receiving hospital. Patrolman Me
liver was also taken TO the hospital
and treated for cuts on his right
knee.
Assistant Prosecutor Joseph
Bannigan took statements from the
policemen and Mrs. Lawson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

o. II. Sweet. one OF the invited
speakers. advocated the opening Of
any form OF legitimate business by
members OF the race. and a similar
stand was taken by +. c. Kilgoie.
a resident OF Conant Gardens for
fifteen years.
The meeting was spirited one.
some OF those present being 10
favor OF Jones project. while 9th
ers opposed It vigorously.
One OF the opponents made ref
erence 10 the need for a community
center in the locality and asked
why Mr.. Jones had not offered TO
contribute money toward thet
project, IN order that colored chill
dren might have recreational "a
cilities. instead OF being exposed %
the evils OF beer garden.
This question was like waving a
red flag before a bull. Mr.. Kilgors
Continued on page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Runs Over
Girl Who Fails
To Make Love

A warrant for felonious assault
has been asked for Jess Thornton,
3s years old. 5342 Scotch. who
knocked down and ran over his
girl friend" Mrs. Florida Smith.
rs years old In front OF the Blue
Bird Beer Tavern last Saturday.
Detective George Rose OF the
Homicide Squad said that Mrs
Smith, Jess Thornton, Samuel
Pigram., age SO. 1886 Macarthur
street and Willie Winwidde. age
&c. 1900 McGraw, went for ride
on Bell Isle and spent two hours
on the island. They decided to stop
at the Blue Bird for a few drinks
before going home.
Outside OF the beer garden Jess
tried TO make love 10 Mrs. Smith
and she objected and got out OF the
car. He followed her and in the
tussel he knocked her down. Then
he jumped back into his car and
drove his car over the woman.
She was taken 10 the Receiving
Hospital where she is recovering
from a fracture and internal in
juries.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

The part played by Hamtramck
Catholic priests in preventing Ne
rroes from moving into the Col
onel Hamtramck Homes project on
Deouindre and CONNER, became
more evident this week when Le-
Roy q. White OF the Negro TAX
payers and Housisg committee Talk
ed with one Of the priesthood: Ia
discussing the situation with WHITE
the Reverend Father Majewski,
rector of the st. Ladislaus Roman
Catholic church, said that II there
Is going 10 q fight, Wen win u.
white had sought to obtain the
priests support OF Negro occupan-
CIV OF the Colonel Hamtramck
Homes project isasmuch as Father
MaiewskI had opposed vigorously
a move to erect a special project
for Negro families, causing Ham
tramck to lose the $4,000 OF fed
sral funds appropriated for tnat
purpose. He asserted that he ha1
not been against colored people, but
that he was opposed to the site OF
the project. ct win be remember
I'd that there was q question OF the
selection Of three sites for the
erection OF the ss-unit project TO
house Negroes.) However. Father
Majewski did not state what site
he favored and refused TO give heip
10 what he himself said was going
TO be . riot"
white states that q conference
with Mayor stephen 8. skrzyc1
brought TO light the fact that 81.
though the Mayor was In favor OF
doing the right thing. TREMENDOUS
pressure had been brought TO bear
bv scores Of white orEsnizauous
who soueht 10 bar Negroes from oc-
cupancy Of the s00-homs project on
Deoulndrs, and also opposed the
appointment Of . Negcr member %
ths housing commission. the MAY
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
TRUCK DRIVER
FREED OF
RIOT CHARGES

Hailed into court by the Detroit
police and charged with throwing
a brick at patrolman during the
Sojourner Truth disturbance. Judge
Wheeler. s1s7 Cameron. was found
not guilty by Recorders Court
Judge George Murphy, last Friday
Juse s.
Presented ae n witness" for
the police was Teddy Scafranic,
who identified wheeler as the man
he saw toss brick at Patrolman
I'd. Gross. on the morning the
fra tenants were turned back
from the project by q bellgerant
white mob aided by the police.
whceleN attorney. Judson Pow
ell. presented information to
Judge Murphy that Scafranic had
been the finger" man used by the
police in another such case and
that he had picked out his victims
az the Dawson street station from
number OF men who had been
rounded up and brought into the
station.
Wheeler said that he had been
hired by the Dean Moving COM
pany 10 help move tenants into the
project and gave this as the rea-
son why he was in the vicinity.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
3 Lieutenants Are
Entertained Before
Reporting To Custer

First Lieutenants Walker Blake
and Terry Brooks and Second
Lieutenants George Rhodes. for
merly stationed al Fort Devens.
Mass. reported for duty Wednes-
day morning at Fort Custer.
The trio. all Wherefore grad
yates. were honored with a party
Tuesday evening upon their arrival
by motor by Lieutenant and Mrs
Hondon Hargroves. The party. held
at the home OF Mrs. Hargroves
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Parker OF els owen, was attended
by old schoolmates and friends.
Lieutenant Hargroves. himself a
Wilberforce alumnus, will report "a
Fort Custer sometime next week d.
Mrs. Hargrovee, the former COM
Der Sue Parker. will reside tenn
porarily with her parents.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
No Bias At
Herman Keller
Davey Reports

Chief Wayne County accountant
w. E. Davey. who was requested
by Auditor Ray Hafeli some days
ago to make an investigation into
charges made against Herman
Kiefer hospital and Mayberry san
itorium by Senator Charles c.
Diggs which were published in the
Detroit Tribune, announces that his
investigation shows that Negroes
have received very good consider
alton by both OF these institutions
In the matter OF disqualification.
Mr.. Davey said that he checked
the records OF both hospitals with
DR.. Bruce Douglas. commissioners
OF health. and found that there
were whites as well as Negroes on
the list waiting for disqualification.
He also presented figures to sub
Continued on page -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Many Races
Parade TO Aid
Bond Sales

Under the auspices OF local u. s.
Treasury officials promoting the
sale OF War Bonds, a spectacular
parade headed by 16 war heroes
from various war fronts in Hawaii,
the Philippines. North Africa, Aus
tralia, India, China and elsewhere
will be featured in Detroit We'd
nesday, June II. at $3.50 pm. The
parade will start at Vernon, march
down woodward to Michigan and
out Michigan TO Briggs stadium.
The Negro contingent will be
headed by an artillery unit from
Camp Custer, followed by veterans
OF Tom Phillips post. Charles
Young and other posts and bands,
also units OF the Elks, Masons,
Pythians and other patriotic
groups.
On reaching Briggs stadium. the
participating war heroes from the
lighting fronts will be presented to
the crowd. A large turnout Is an
ticipated.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
|CTORY NIGHT
NDS NAACP


kday June IL, n VICTORY
|BT in the NAACP Campaign
y closes with a mammoth re-
meeting at the st. Antoine
"a. As the most successful
|palgn IN the thirty-one years OF
Detroit association draws to a
/, Daisy Z. Lampkin. campaign
|dor, Indicated that the goal Of
thousand members will be
|hed.
IN competition remaining keen
lser division leaders Mildred
Z Army. Rev. Charles A. Hill,
,, Prince Clarke. Labor, and
per B. Current, Air Corps, en-
Plastic workers in six prelinf-
y reports have indicated that
association can look forward TO
largest membership in the
ttry.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
|upil Breaks
pose; Turns
|chool Ont

pave you ever felt like break
ouI as many window panes as
eould' But just couldn't think
sInng way 10 that inward saw
u'se' Well, Claude Sheridan. a
EeF old sherrard school youth
y under the strain last Friday
En,ns and didn't stop until ne
broken iifty-eight windows
chased the teachers and his
Nv students from the class
y youth, who lives ut 4s1 e.
|n',' was later placed under
~. and taken to the Receiving
|r'Al where he was treated for
~ cuts on the right arm and
|E sheridan was turned over
~ psycopathic experts for OBJ
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

tv,Ons parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Est Dawson Of San Antonio
usrents OF Lawson are the
and Mrs. Robert n. Lawson OF
town, Va.
!. two cadets were flying one OF
advanced training ships and
! due to graduate at the end OF
month. The accident occurred
n their ship nosedived into a
h river near the town OF Tai
N, Ala. about II miles from
krmy field here. Two strands of
|rh power line were broken
i the airplane struck the line
before crashing into the river.
N exact causes OF the accident
being Investigated by a spe-
board OF inquiry named by the
handing officer.
here have been two carckups
|iously at the Tuskegee army
d field. both involving white
d One was delivering a plane
b school and the other had lost
way Neither accident, how
!, vas fatal.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

Detroit Police Departments homi-
eide squad who took statement
from the young girl.
The dead baby was discovered
by another girl who opened the
locker To get a coat. Her screams
brought Dr. Arthur Rutzen, staff
physician 10 the room.
The young girl whose name is
withheld was brought 10 the hos
pitaI hy' her aunt on May IS.
In her statement the young
mother said that after the childs
birth. she cut the cord and depoe-
tied the baby in the locker at the
foot Of her bed.
II Is not stated whether the in
FAINT was born dead or died from
lack OF attention.
The body was removed 10 the
WAYNE County Morgue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

Bishop Frank Madison Reid OF
st. Louis. Missouri will be guest
speaker on Mems Day az St. Paul
AME Sunday. June IA.
The RI Rev. Bishop Reid will
speak In the morning on the sub
ject. THE Call OF the Pioneer A.
pm he will lecture At macs
meeting on THE Hour Is Al
Hand" The Rev. J. A. Charleston
IL pastor.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
KILLED IN
FALL DOWN
EMPTY SHAFT

A faulty elevator door caused the
death OF Samuel Trimble. aged ~,
5s15 Brush street. who plunged to
his death throuh the elevator
shaft Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Mr.. Trimble. who lived in the
basement OF the apartment. open
ed the elevator door and thinking
that he was getting on the elevator
stepped into the empty shaft.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
c. Rowlette Named
On us. Price Board

Attorney Cecil Rowlette. Of the
law firm OF Lewis, Rowletts a
Brown, was appointed Tuesday on
recommendation OF Mayor Edward
Jeffreys to membership on the To-
cal Price And Rationing board.
He attended the FIRST meeting
Wednesday In the Penobscott
building. This Is an important
post and Attorney Rowlette Is be-
ing congratulated by his host OF
frienda
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Crushed BY Crane

While he was playing on the
d. p. ". garbage loading dock at
the foot Of Riopelle street. at Z
pm. June 9. Albert Collier, IA
years old. pushed the release on a
large crane and the boom dropped
crushing him In the chest.
The Injured youth was rushed
TO the Receiving Hospital by Al
Iene Barksdale, 1851 Trombley and
Wesley Green, 1882 Sherman
street. His condition Is still Sc
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
etholic Official Will
|ddress Sunday Meet

III, Knight John H. Clouser,
,. = supreme knight Of the larg-
H., eternal order in the Catholic
\, "a u, among colored, will de-
H., sne keynote address at the
InIs. Hour Period" Saturday
II. June 10 at $3.50 o'clock.
:, ,n no9r is being held under
|unsr 'plces OF Father Kapp's
|sooi u at the Sacred Heart
|,t, rooms at Eliot and Rivard
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Priest Says Housing of Negroes
Tn Project Will Cause Race Riot

or indicated that the vacancy which
exists on the housing commission
would not be filled until the hous-
ing problem is settled.
Meanwhile, the Rev. Charles
Continued on page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Citizens Ask Probe
OF Monopolies BY
Liquor Licences

Petitions are being circulated
by the Detroit Colored Citizens
League TO request the state
Liquor Control Commission 20
investigate the charges that
eertain groups have a monopoly
getting class G and S. ID. n.
permits on Hastings street aud
slso information that many OF
these licenses are held by "dum-
meys' who are fronting for for
mer eangsters and bootleggers.
Directing the circulating OF the
petitions is Frank owens, for
mer owner Of the Chocolate
bar. who resides At 2if Medbury.
Dir. Owens X president OF the
colored Citizens League.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
THE LETTER BOX
QUIZ

| s ,Ss Detroit Tribune win pay
|,e s,, snard weekly to the per-
IN s s.l.lns the best answer 10
|sI,pp proposed question IN this
|sSisls iouT letter must not
|liSrs'. more than 100 words.
|D,Sss' letters to Quiz EdItor,
|hhe.s i'''une' slfs st. An
Es WI, - a the question for this
Nm NJ. n. yoa Iavor coIored base
b, r sIyers being admitted to
boz 49,, white leagues or. Do
.wf own lsssusi
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
yIoLATEs sELECTIyE SERVICE

Robert Taylor, % years Oh
youth was arrested Sunday at 75l
4. Canfeld for violation OF the
selective Service Act. He was
turned over to the United States
marshalls Office Monday.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
l5-Year-Old Gives Birth In Hospital
Alone; Hides Infant AT Foot OF Bed

ffeen-year-od girl at Florence Crittenden hospi-
tai, 1850 Tuxedo who birth to baby, Wednesday
morning while alone in her then crammed the infant
into locker at the of her bed visited at the hos
initial "Wednesday hv Detectives Turner and Wolf Of the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
Clergy Defends Ford

Is one Industrial concern does
mean something!
As touching the employment
Of women OF our group, none
are more anxious than 10 see
II come 70 pass. Indeed l do
sincerely hope that In the very
Immediate future they find use
for their training. But Is II
wise ito ride TO death" one who
over a period OF years has
proved TO he kindly disposed 10
our Eroupi Further. l wonder
whether there Is a hidden rea-
Continued on page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13
baby FOUND DEAD TN LOCKED
Ie Dive Of Plane Into River Ends
|,duation Hopes OF Youthful Cadet

TUSKEGEE-(A NP)-In the first fatal accident at
Tuskegee army flying school, Cadet Robert A. Daw-
"a, San Antonio, Texas was instantly killed Monday
his passenger Cadet Walter /. Lawson, escaped with
phnnr scratches.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13


The citizens In this group were
among those present at the cere-
monies last Thursday, when
General Motors presented 10 Joe
Louis's mother, Mrs. Lille
Brooks, in honor Of the champion,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

Protest against criticism by citl-
zens and newspapers regarding the
seeming difficulty OF Negro women
to secure employment at the vii.
low Run bombing plant Is made by
Father +. Ricksford Meyers, OF s..
Matthews Episcopal church. De-
troit, and similar expressions OF
condemnation against Ford critics
are also made by number OF Ink
ster ministers, who deplore the re-
cent closing OF the Ford commits
sary In that community.
Is a letter to The Detroit Tribune,
Father Meyers writes as follows:
Detroit, Mich,
June s, 1919.
MY dear Editor.
have read with much inter.
est In your paper OF last week,
the statement concerning the
Ford Motor company and the
employment OF the women Of
our group. But 1 am wonder
Ing why the same method Is not
being applied to Chrysler, Gen.
eral Motors and others.
II Is undenIably true that Mr..
Ford has been more consIderate
Of our people than any indus
trial magnate In this city. why
then do people try TO put his
organization In the worse pos
sIble light, when nothing seems
10 be done In the eases men-
toned above. Ten thousand or
more Of our group employed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-06-13

Cash For Your opinions
See Letter Qulz Box Page
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-29
Million
Left by
CuIleO
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES

CHICAGO. Sept. 29.-The will
OF Frank Cuneo. pioneer Chicago
merchant and philanthropist. dis
posing OF an estate valued in ex-
cess of 81 100000, was filed in pro-
bate court today by Attorney Her
man A. Fischer.
John F. Cuneo. president of the
Cuneo Press. Inc. and the North
ern Trust Company are co-execu-
tors, and the four sons. John F.,
Lawrence F.. Columbus F. and
America F. Cuneo, are trustees of
the estate with the Northern
Trust Company.
Mr.. Cuneo, who died September
II at the age of 80, founded the
produce firm of Garibaldi e. Cuneo
in 1881, and was active in the pro-
motion of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition in 1893. He helped de-
velop the Wilson avenue business
district and had extensive real
estate interests. Many charitable
and church organizations benefited
from his generosity.
The will makes bequests to sew
.eral nieces and nephews. To his
cretary. Nellie J. Rose, he left
z, 900; and to Emma Wolgen-
singer, his housekeeper, he left
$1,000.
A sum of 100000 is to be di-
vided among church charities; and
trusts are TO be established for the
four sons. Grandchildren will ulti-
mately receive the estate.
Mrs. Cuneo died in 1891. In her
memory, Mr.. Cuneo established
and equipped the Frank Cuneo
Memorial Hospital for the Mis-
sionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-29
RECEIVED BY EDITOR

The Singer award was received
~ Paul Schoenstein. city editor Of
he New York Journal-American.
In behalf of William Randolph
Hearst Jr.
Noted newspapermen and women
women took part in the radio
program. in addition TO Connolly
and Schoenstein.
Detroit evening times., 1942-09-29
INS De(ordtes
Reporters With
Hero Medals
BY JAMES L. KLGALLEN
stlonsl News Service stan Writer

Intern stional News Service Stan Writer
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Hon-
ored today with the international
News Services new medals OF
honor to war correspondents for
heroic devotion to duty were four
newspapermen, one Of whom =
Jack Singer of INS-was officially
reported missing in action
The other three were Larry
Meier, ms London correspondent
who was the only reporter TO ac-
company the United States Rang
ers in the recent attack on Dieppe.
France: Ross Munro OF the Cana
dian Press, and Drew Middleton.
recently with the Associated Press
and now representing the New
York Times in London.
Meier, Munro and Middleton
were in the thick of things In the
Dieppe invasion.
AWARDED AT BROADCAST
Joseph v. Connolly. president of
ms. awarded the medals at a
special Vox Pop broadcast over the
nationwide network Of Columbia
Broadcasting Company last night.
The broadcast originated at CO.
lumbia University.
In presenting the medals, Con-
molly paid tribute to Singer and
the other valorous reporters. He
said:
To-day, newspapermen are
literally fighting side by aide
with our army and navy In the
front lines. The international
News Service medal Is presented
20 those correspondents who go
beyond the call Of duty on the
battle fields to bring you the
news first and right.
REPORTERS DsC
I'VE like to think of this medal
as tho newspapermen's Distin-
kIiished Service Cross"
Connolly told OF the journalistic
achievements OF Meier. Munro and
Middleton and informed the vast
radio audience that Meier, who
was wounded in the face and
chest, is now convalescing in an
English hospital.
Then he spoke OF the fourth
correspondent" Singer. who did
more than risk his life"
"Singer," said Connolly. may
have given his life. He was n
fine Newspaper man, a star base
ball and sports writer on the
New York Journal-American
before he joined international
News Service.
"He was reported by the
United States Navy as missing
In action I'm the South Pacific.
RIsKED LIFE FOR STORY
"The sad report reached us
just after Singer had turned In
one Of the finest pieces OF writ
Ing that has come out Of this
war. At the risk of his life he
flew In n torpedo plane against
n japanese aircraft carrier and
described drama ticaliy the death
blow To that warship."
Connolly said that in the short
time Singer was on the battle
front for ms he displayed quail
ties Of the great correspondents
of all time. According 10 Con-
molly, he had the zest for adven-
ture of Richard Harding Davis.
the zip of Floyd Gibbons and the
color and modestness OF Frank
Ward O'Malley.
Singers stories. Connolly as
serted, were acclaimed the world
over"
RECEIVED BY EDITOR
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-10
tumble RACE
1ightens Up

Winning its first victory Of
the season, Richards Roofers
upset the Optimists Club 13-s
IN . tumble Softball League
game last night TO give indica-
tion that senior circuit may be-
come . closer race than first in
dieations gave.
Taking advantage Of . pair Of
walks and . hit in the opening
frame off Wayne Adair, Jr., the
winners scored two runs for Z
fl lead and were never head
ID.
"A six-run effort In the third
YVES topped by Merle BatkinS'
md L. Batkin's doubles and o.
or Rosso's triple.
The losers scored seven runs
ever the third, fourth and fifth
frames. including . triple "
Freeman and . double by Al
Schunke, but were unable to
catch their foes.
1jskard's zoe 10 LIS IL 6
0ptimists $50 III 80 II 6
Batteries: Richards - Linds-
man and Kuse. Optimists -
Adair, Freeman and Switxer.