The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-09-15


tist minister. and Mordecai John
Sity. is a Baptist minister and
they don't fail 10 remind YOU that
President Truman is a member of
the Baptist faith
A GROUP Of business men
have purchased the vacant lot at
and will construct . plant
to house n publishing establish
ment Sherman Robbins
winces whenever you remind him
Of the leg injury which kept him
in and out Of hospitals for more
than a year but . big smile
comes across his face when he
gets around 10 talking about his
twO-mOnth-old boy :.
JOHN LEWIS. former Wayne
university track star and mem
Der W the United States 1901 meter
relay team in the 1929 Olympics.
uses his ukelelc to entertain the
YOUNGSTERS AT Mt. Vernon Recrea-
ton Center while Bill Griffin. reg
ular attendant al Nj, Vernon. is on
his vacation Lewis. one az the
greatest athletes ever developed in
the middlewcSt. Is the regular
worker al Aleer Playground dur
ing the summer months Local
night spots have taken on some
glitter now that Club Zombie IS
back with floor show e.. and
Club CSC is readving for the big
opening Club Owen, SEN
satlon and Cotton Club have been
Sprou,rng shows all season
COLUMBUS. o.. relatives Of
William Boyce. 3I-year-oid De-
trOit bartender, "intimated that
thew suspected foul plav. and
said they did not believe that
Royce could have taken his own
life" according To the Ohio
State News The homicide
squad here has closed the case
! their files indicating Bovee
committed suicide The Ohio
paper declares the relatives stat
ed Boyce had "amassed consid-
cradle property and . stable ~
Ave horses A check here
proves that Royce had three
horses at the time Of his death
roomrx house. and he
left debts totAllinx $500 Nv
taking his own life. the iusur-
ancc policy he had was can
FOR THE CONVENIENCE ~
the DELEGATES attending the 65th
| annual National Baptist ConVen-
ton last week the Twilight Limit
ed between Detroit and Chicago
was run in two sections Saturday
and SUNDAY You'll probably
forget the name ~ the street. but
I'm almost positive that you Will
rot forget the number" said Miss
Lucille F Campbell. director ~
! music for the National Baptist
Convention as she told me that she
lives al I'll Saxon street. Memphis.
Tenn. Miss Campbell who
wrote Something Within" and
Touch Me Lord Jesus" has been
member Of the faculty ~ Booker
r Washington high school in
Memoirs for 30 years And
It's the greatest high school in a
states said the joyial Miss
Campbell
r. l.. JONES machine OPP
orator has an important
engagement In Chicago next
month Oct &. to he definite
While driving on ChicaEos
Michigan avenue Set. 10. Jones
4 Ia a.
othv Jean williams and he
was charged with reckless driv-
ing Bishop George Wash
ington Baber. elected to the
EpiScopacy Of the AME. church
i'm south Africa at the general
conference held here last year.
will leave soon 10 take up his
duties Herbert Penn. who
used 10 he in and out Of Detroit
while getting his bachelor AL
master degrees AT the University
Of Michigan. Is now . student ut
Paris famed Sarbonne university
Penn Is a top sergeant with
the 1904 ON Trucking company
And Cpl. Albert Washing
ton Is back home on q furlourh
following II months overseas
service Washington. = for
mer colleague. was Eiven the
coveted Us. Treasury Lapel
award Just six months prior To
his induction in l943 This
came AS a result Of his direction
Of = campaign i'm the sale Of more
than 500. 900 In war bonds and
I StannnS
WILLIAM LIGHT. baSebe'l
/ IAN Who attends a large number OF
games al Briggs Stadium each
year sends this item 1T should
be made public to members OF our
group the unfairneSs practiced
against them by either the vendors
or cOnceSsionaircs al Briggs Sta
dunn Attending the game
Friday. Sept |, between Detroit
and Cleveland my wife and
! noticed souvenir bats being sold
+ FOR 80 cents TheSt same nsr<
/ are sold Al Brlgas STADIUM during
all games played by Negro teams
for IS cents