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The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

civil Rights r'ank
causes Disse, <t.<n <tn
s.nator Joe Brown Warns Democr.
bo..ible Loss of Negro Vote in Fall

ID PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The City of Brotherlv l.
&md the Democratic National Convention something Of
anti-clmax this week after the turbulent Republican
fnvention of three weeks ago.
With President Truman sure bet to be selected as
ndardbearer after several false of dark horses
remainder Of the controversy turned to the selection of
~ ycepresdentia candidate and the issue on the civil
Eghts plank
President Harry S. Truman agreed to accept Senator
aben Barkley of Kentucky his running mate Dem
kratic National Chairman Howard McGrath made the an
&uncement Tuesday.
Barkey, who will be seventy-one in November is ex
ected appease many of the dsgrunted southerners
no have fought the president ever since he
Nat he wuold fight for his civil rights program
The platform committee reported to the convention
Wednesday afternoon Southern Democrats, however
khpped up enough strength to modify the platforms civ
rights plank.
There was huge meeting for the souherners at the
BENJAMIN Franklin Hotel Sunday
Rumors of ''rump Southern delegates starting a
ourh party received airing during the week with
ee southern delegations known to be opposed to Pres
ben Truman.
The rump delegations claim total Of 40 delegates
pay Join them in meeting scheduled to be held in Birm
teham Saturday. July a.
Much in evidence at the convention were Senator
and Mrs. Joseph Brown; Thomas B. Orum presidential
eeor; Harold Bledsoe alternate from the lst district;
William Booker, delegate atlarge from the Ist district
Mrs James Catchings C. w. Jones, Mrs Geneva Casey
and Emmett Cunnngha
Senator Brown predicted that Negro Democrats
oud get very little of what they really wanted in the
CNll pdllk w ME southern political
pT against the civil rights program doomed from the
<peakers platform. Brown cOmme'ted that it would be
astrouS for the Democratic party in November if the
ruman Civil Rights recommendations were not adopted
Jay LOSE RACE VOTE
We fear that the Democrats will lose the Negro vote
the civil rights plank is weak If America through its po
ra parties fails to meet the civil rights issues squarely
country cannot expect to remain the outstanding cham
Of the democratic processes that it has always BEEN
The Michigan Democratic delegation to the Phade-
9ha convention elected state committeeman. in
Fucus fight that threatened to turn into violence
George S. Fitzgerald Detroit Teamster attorney and
rona attorney OF James r. Hoa. stormy AFL boss de-
lSee TRUMAN, PAGE q
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

ing for her mother 70 return
home. went for the lde but es-
capped from the car several blocks
from her home after Mason al
leGedly made indecent advances
TO her. Mason is held for in
vestigatlon by police in the al
legged rape case
A thirty-three year old west
side woman reported 70 police
this week that while walking
near 23rd and Hancock. a man
grabbed her and attempted to
rape her.
A 23-Year old woman was
reported raped by two men
near the Blair Hotel last Sat-
urdaY and left her unconscious.
Joseph Blair. As. Of the Blair
Hotel, 74l So. Solvay. reported
TO police that he heard screams
IN the alley near the hotel
Looking out. ne saw two men
escape and the young woman
lying unconscious.
Harry + Mayfield. 80. and
Charles Settle. %. Of 244 So.
Morrell. were arrested and held
for investigation Of the rape.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Mrs. MosIey
Is Visiting
In Chicago

Mrs. Mable Mosley, mother OF
IS year old Leon Mosley. who
was slain recently by Patrol
man Louis Melasi, left Detroit
Sunday to take a rest in Chicago.
The Joint Committee for JUS
tice for Leon Mosley presented
Mrs. Mosley with a check short
~ before she departed. The
check, according to Coleman
Young. secretary Of the commit
tee. will finance her trip to
Caicago.
Mrs. Mosley thanked Young
for the check and praised the
efforts of his group, the Mich
igan Civil Rights Committee
the NAACP. and other persons
and organizations for their in
terest in the case.
The Rev. 7. S, Boone. CO.
chairman of the committee and
pastor OF King Solman's Baptist
Church. said I'VE are gald to
be able to send Mrs Mosley
away on a well deserved uip."
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Ike Williams
Wins By K0
Over B. Jack

Ike Williams removed any
doubt from the minds Of many
who have wondered whether he
was as great as he had been
pictured BY close followers.
Monday night in Shibe Park
he proved beyond doubt that
ho is the champ that they say
he is by winning over Beau
Jack bv technical Knockout
in SIX rounds
Jack. realizing thai he was
a beaten man in The sixth
round shortly after Ike caught
him with a series OF rights
ard lefis. looked 10 the referee
TO stop the slaughter.
Keep fighting. Ike Charley
Daggert. the referee, warned
him
Ike poured II on and Daggert
noticing that the Beau didn't
have il any more, even though
he was still on his feet, stopped
Il awarding Ike the victory
Thus. Jack failed in his bid TO
be the first lightweight boxer
10 wear the crown three times.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
luke Box War
CooIs After
Stencil Bombs

An alleged juke box war ex-
pected after several stencil bombs
were hurled into several busi-
nesses last week failed TO ma
terialize this week
Among the business places
that received the unwelcomed
and vile smelling bombs last
week was the McGraw Hotel
560S Junction. and the Cotton
Club. 1873 Beaubien.
Police suspected a juke box
war because in all but one IN
stance, juke boxes either had
been replaced or intentions of
replacing them announced.
The bomb was thrown into
the lobby Of the McGraw Hotel
last week. A hotel spokesman
said that distribuior-op-
Grated machine had been re-
placed recently with one pri.
vatelY owned.
Az the Cotton Club. the owner
reported that he had replaced
a machine owned by the Ray
Music Company with one owned
bv the Vance National Coin
company.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Crimes Mount AS Thermo Rises
Fatal Shooting Ends
Strange Love Affair
Accidental
Shot Bares


Detroits crime wave
clicked right along with the
high heat wave this week,
ranging from rape and rob
berry to murder-with num-
erous petty crimes thrown in,
between, for good measure.
Lieuts Gerald Walters and
Williams OF Detroit's Homicide
Department, questioned about
the mounting crime increase,
both agreed that its traditional
for crime 10 increase during the
months Of June and July. which
may be attributed to the fact
that more people are on the
streets. mingling and there is
greater contact between more
people. than any other time of
the year
They're on the streets at
tempting 10 escape the intense
heat. and consequently come
into greater contact with one
another. which allows for frie-
fion thai ofiimes leads 10 va.
rious degrees Of crime. which
other wise would not occur"
Which proffers one to ponder
the case of two male lovers,
who. although they we're inside,
became engaged in an argument
and fight. which finally ended
in the death of the older of the
two males
Jessie Newbins. So. and Joe
Robinson. rs. of 623 Gratiot.
the alleged two male lovers.
until Newbins' death last
Sunday night. had lived to-
qefher as man and wife since
last February.
NITRO TEST MAY CLEAR
ROBINSON
NeWbins was pronounced dead
Of a bullet wound 10 the cneek,
inflicted bv his own Al calibre
gun which accidentally dis
charged during the argument
(See STRANGE LOVE, p. ~
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Marion Anderson
Has Operation

BROOKLYN tNNPA)-Marisn
Anderson, noted American con-
tralto. is recovering from a ma
jor operation al Brooklyn Jewish
Hospital. it was learned Tuesday.
July 6. She was reported 10 be
doing fine The operation was
performed two weeks ago.
Although the nature Of the
operation could not be learned
her physician, DR.. Rudolf MIS-
sen said lit has nothing to do
with her throat"
S. Hurok. Miss Anderson S
manager. said the singer has no
concerts booked until September.
Her last appearance was late IN
MAY.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

the Mosley staying.
Further, Toy told the deIega-
tion that Boland had acted IN
accord with police regulations
as he saw them in the Mosley
case.
Pstrolman Louis Melssi, who
shot MoSley shortly after he
halted the stolen automobile
was arrested on a manslaughter
warrant last week and placed on
$4,000 bond
Presently he is awaiting trial.
AS he waived examination before
q Recorders Court judge. Earlier
last week coroner's jury de-
scribed Mosley's Staying as "un-
wise. unJustlfiable ana unneces-
sary"
The Joint Committee for
Justice for Leon MosleY stated
this week in press release
accused Prosecutor James N.
MeNsllY Of taking sides with
the police department..
SEEK SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
Therefore the release Say&,
I'VE are demanding that a
special prosecutor be assigned 20
the trial of Patrolman Louis
Melssi; we intend TO take any
and all necessary steps to secure
anc impartial special prosecutor =
The Rev. Charles a Hill Of
Hartford Baptist Church Is CO.
chairman along with the Rev
Mr.. Boone of the JOIN, Com
mittee.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
EIIington's Music
Not To Be Heard
In English Hall

LONDON. - Duke Ellington,
famous American band leader,
was refused permission TO play
in historic Albert Hall in Not
tingham this week
The Rev. Frank T. Copple-
stone. minister. who uses the
hall for religious service. said;
This is no judgement on FL
lineton's performance. but we
have 10 exercise discretion. We
aim 10 let the hall be used for
high class concerts"
Ellington, defending his desire
TO play in the hall, said: Il
have played in church halls all
over the United States
Il have every respect and
rcverance for anyone's religious
beliefs. II is nonsense to suggest
that my music is irreligious.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

Boland was the partner OF
Patrolman Louis Melasi on the
night Of June when he shot
and killed Is year old Leon
Mosley shortly after the youth
alighted from a stolen automo-
bile
The Michigan Civil Rights
Committee and the Detroit
Branch Of the NAACP were
among the organizations. de-
msndins that Boland be car
ried before a trial board.
DID NOT PROTECT
PRISONER
Aside of being an accomplice
of MeaSl in the MoSley Staying,
Boland's record in arrestlng
prisoner last August was cited.
Boland according 10 police
files stood idly by last August
as several whites attacked a
Negro prisoner, whom he had
in his custody Boland Il was
stated. made no effort whatever
TO protect his prisoner.
Toy, however, agreed 70
suggestion that Bolsnd be ex-
amined by 4 police medical
board 70 determine il he is emo
tionally unstable.
COMMISSIONER DEFENDS
The commissioner used as his
excuse for not sending Boland
before a police trial board as
fNat 9Th, prosecute, had exon
Grated him of any charges IN
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Gas Attendant Guilty Of Selling
7-Yea-OId Girl Gas For Fuel Oil

gasoline attendant found guilty Of selling goso-
line instead of fuel oil year old girl, and the
owner of the station convicted of permitting unli
censed operate the gasoline pumps, Monday IN
Judge Thomas Murphy's Court.
Jack Austin of 1926 Erskne convicted of oper-
ating gas pump at 369l Russell without a license and
selling gasoline in a fuel oil container
STATION OWNER CONVICTED
Samuel + Whitley, owner of the station at 3691 Rus
sell, convicted of permitting unlicensed person to
operate the pumps.
Police charge that Austin sold the gasoline to ate
7yeSr-od Shirley Cook last July 2, and that when her
mother placed the gasoline into stove, it blew up
ting The house ae~o
The entire family had to fee, cuding four other
children, from the n nome al 1881 Livingstone
INSPECT GAS STATIONS
Police announced that inspection of all gasoline
stations is underway and that unlicensed attendants will
be prosecuted by the fire marsha office Conviction can
bring $50 dollar fine, 80 days in jail. both.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

Ford Rouge plant.
Hester, meanwhile. is free on
$4,000 bond, pending his hearing
on July 81.
Meanwhile, Wayne County
Prosecutor James N. McNally an
nounced after a meeting with
law enforcement agencies Of
Dearborn and Detroit, that he
would decide within 2 weeks
whether he will ask for a special
numbers grand jury. 10 investi-
gate numbers rackets in auto
plants within the county.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Pastor Says
Wife HeckIed
His Sermons

Some pastors get amens and
hallelujshs when they preach
All Rev. Elzic NJ Kaigler got
was sneers. giimaces and hollow
laughter. from his wife. that is.
He accused her of heckling
him during his sermons. in his
He charged that she also false
lY accused him Of attentions 10
suit for divorce filed Tuesday.
other women.
The divorce was asked for on
the grounds of extreme and re-
peated cruelty. Rev. Mr.. Kalgler
also asked that equities IN prop
erty be retained in his name.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
INSPECT GAS sTATIoNs
Neighbor Is Accused
Of Raping Young Girl

a t2-year- old girl reported 10
police this week that she was
raped by . thirty-flve year old
ucighbor
According TO police, Thomas
Mason IS. Of 1881 Gladstone. OF
iered 10 carry a Young neigh
hor's daughter for an automobile
ride about 1870 p m last Sat
urday.
The young girl who was wait
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

Trial of Edward Hester,
Ford Rouge committeeman
and alleged numbers man
was postponed Monday,
when the assistant prosecu-
tor. assigned to the case fail
ed to appear in court.
Assistant Prosecutor Newton
Hawkins was assigned TO the case.
Hester is scheduled TO be tried
on charges that he attempted to
bribe Ralph 3. Guy, Dearborn
Police Chief in Dearborn police
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

headquarters recently.
Municipal Judge George A.
Belding postponed the case un-
ill July al.
ATTEMPTED BRIBE
Hester, according TO the Dear
born police, is head Of one Of sew
eral numbers houses which are
operating in the Rouge plant.
Following the alleged bribe,
Dearborn and Detroit police. with
a key which they allegedly found
on Hester, entered q hotel at $50
+. Columbia.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

=
cause of American unionism-
and democracy"
Citizens OF Detroit will re.
member the NLRB election
held in the spring of ls4l.
shortly after the Ford strike.
when the workers first voted
for a union in the Ford Rouge
plant.
The race issue was one OF the
major issues raised in the cam
paigning OF union and anti-unlon
iorccs. inasmuch as Ford en-
picyed more Negro workers than
any other automobile plant IN
the city.
Anti-union forces argued that
il the CIO came into the Ford
plants. the Negro workers
would lose out. Therefore. the
NLRB election on the union
shop came as a significant eli.
max after the Negro workers
mad worked seven years under
union conditions.
DEFEAT FOR TIL BILL
Their votes are slap IN
the face of the authors, sponsors
and supporters Of the vicious
Taft Hartley Act, said Bannon.
They have served notice on
the Ford Motor Company that
they give complete support to
the demands now in negotiations
between the union and the COM
pany. and are ready To back
up those demands with action,
n the company forces them TO do
so"
Foundry workers who are pre-
dominantly Negro, are seeking
To negotiate an additional prem.
ium raise in addition to the 70
cents requested. The higher raise
for foundry workers IS beinl
requested because OF the type
of conditions that exist in ioun-
dries. heat, dust dirt, fumes,
and heavier work, which sub
jects workers to greater health
hazards.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

WIN 88.s43 workers out OF
'Ool eligible workers. voting
Maintain the union shop. the
nion won a 90 per cent ma
'Il'y The voting was conduct
during the first part of July
D the NLRB.
According TO Ken Bannon.
proctor Of the UAW- -CIO Ma.
Ponsl Ford Department. The
orc workers are TO be con.
yisiuiaied on their Democratic
'pirii and upon their detern.i-
pailon TO have a truly repre-.
ieniailve election despite the
posiaeles put in their way both
N The Act itself and by the
tompanY. They have perform
p an invaluable service 10 the
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Hester;s Trial In Rouge Numbers
Crackdown, To Be Heard July 21

According 10 police. records
in Hesters room indicated that
he had approximately $50 men
writing numbers for him. and
that additional gambling par.
aphernalia was discovered in his
room.
Police officials report that
Hester. who Is 81. and lives al
1911 81. Aubin. was attempting
TO bribe them In an effort TO
provide a monopoly for his
house. the Benson. while shut
ting out four other numbers
gangs. sllessdlY operating in the
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Victim Captures
Confidence Man

Helping two self-styled Hindu
noblemen 20 find a safe place
for their fortune cost Azie
Brown. 33. 1907 f. Canfield. his
own. Of $3.50. in MAY.
Tuesday, Azie spied the pair
and took chase. capturing one
who was later identified as Ed
ward Wilson, 20, Of 578 Jose
phine.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Whiskey Poisons
a Year Old Boy

A little 4-year old boy who
drank from a bottle OF whiSkey
in his home last week, is Suf-
fering from alcohol poisoning.
William Conn, 4year old son
OF Mrs. Thelma Conn Of 2l8
Josephine succeeded in gctting
the bottle and drinking from it
while his mother was away from
home.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Snake Dancer
Fails to Charm
Police Censor

The Snake Dancers act at
Sportree's Music Bar was de-
scribed for liquor board hearing
examiners by the police censor
The act was rated as indecent en-
tertainment' -,
Eighteen other bars were also
cited for indecent entertainment
The examiners will report their
findings TO the Liquor Control
Commission for possible penal
ties.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Toy Opposed TO bO|and Inquiry
Says Prosecutor
Exonerated Officer
Agrees to Medical Board Hearing
AS Suggested by Protesting Groups

Police Commissioner Harry S. Toy, Tuesday, fatty re-
fused to issue warrant for the of Patroman
Boland. or send him before police trial board
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Vote For Union Plant at Fords
[rasss Race Issue Raised in Al

thousands of Negro workers and members of the
IAN-ClO Ioined with their fellow union members in vot
Pg for union shop in Ford plants hrougout the country
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

Hsndblils. plseards. programs
Invitations. all types Of printing
done In our Job work dePari
msnf--Deiroii Tribune, zl4S d
Antoine. CT 1874.
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definitely not my position: On the
contrary. I am oppoeed to the
principle Of state medicine"
The unanimity of the Govern
ors in refusing to approve the
Governments embarking on a
system Of compulsory medical
care insurance covering virtually
the entire population furnishes
an unmistakable index of public
sentiment on this issue. Despite
t h ingenious propaganda of a
few Washington bureaucrats and
politicians, socialized medicine
has taken no substantial hold of
public opinion.
The latest evidence of t h a
fact should deter President Tru-
man from being led by overzeal-
GUS advisers to thrust a compul-
sorry sickness insurance plank on
an unwilling Democratic nation
al convention. christian Science
Monitor.
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Upharn Here From
Hungry Horse Town

Joe Upham, who is employed
by the Reece & Sewers Construc-
ton Co. at Martin City clearing
ground for site of the Hungry
Horse dam, was in Browning
several days this week.
Others of Browning, who are
employed there, are Isaac Smith,
John Grounds, Jr., Julian Bird
and Charles Thomas.
Upham said that with the open
ing of spring, construction act.
ivities would be of considerable
magnitude, with t h a section
bristling with business.
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Entered as End class matter July IS,
1881 at the postoffice at Browning.
Montana, under act Of March 8, 1879
NOT A GOVERNOR FOR IT

The most important poll on
socialized medicine ever taken in
the United States has just come
out strikingly in opposition.
Early last summer Senator H.
Alexander Smith, chairman of a
Senate committee holding hear
ings on a national health policy,
wrote the Governors of the 4s
states to ask their views on two
bills in Congress. One was 8. 1920,
the Wagner-Murray- Dingell bill
providing for national system
Of compulsory sickness insurance;
the other was the Taft bill pro-
posing Government appropria-
tons to furnish voluntary sick
ness insurance to the needy.
AS it now develops, not a sin
gle Governor recorded himself as
favoring Federal program of
compulsory sickness insurance.
First reports of t he inquiry
credited Governor Nav of Utah
with being the lone Governor to
indorse socialized medicine. But
this was a mistake. Through the
error of a subordinate he put him
self down for the wrong bill.
When he learned of the mixup,
he wrote Senator Smith as fol-
lows:
Il have recently been informed
that l am on record with your
committee as favoring S. 1920, a
bill which favors state medicine.
Please be informed that this is
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McAllister Buys
Grass Range Sheep

Dan McAllister recently con-
tracted for 1900 head of ewes at
Grass Range and will receive
them the fore part of next
month. He plans to be lambing
the herd the latter part of next
month. Having sold most of his
old herd, the new additional ewes
will put him back in the sheep
industry on a basis comparable
with what it was formerly.
McAllister during the mex t
several months will also be en-
gagged with wool buying for the
Colonial Wool Company of Bos-
ton.
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Local Overflow

The condition of Mike Sullivan,
who underwent a delicate sur.
gical operation in a Boston Hos.
pital early this week, was re.
ported as poor, according to Mrs.
Sullivan, who received word in.
directly from the operating
specialist through Great Falls
relatives. He wired that within
five days developments of sur
gerry would determine whether
or not Mike would survive any
length of time.
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F. F. A. District
Meet March 10, 20
Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
take up the entire morning for
those competing.
Throughout the day as time
permits there will be COMPETE
ton by three man rifle teams
representing each chapter and
under the direction of Hans Jen-
sen at t h e American Legion
range. Steve Barcus shot the in
dividual high last year and will
be in there trying again this year.
Throughout the day also horse
shoe competition will be carried
on under the direction of Don
Fox, local coach, who will also
conduct some soft ball games.
Following lunch comes the
Parliamentary Procedure Con-
test. The competing teams in
clude the elected officers of each
chapter. Browning won this
event last year and hopes to re-
peat. Following this contest the
district delegate assembly will
meet to act on various district
matters. Barcus as president of
the host chapter will preside at
this event.
The closing event of the two
day session will be the district
banquet, which will be served at
the school for the competitors.
Following the banquet various
trophies and certificates will be
presented to various winners,
including the trophy most highly
priced the S weeps-s ak
Trophy. 1t goes to the chapter
having the highest aggregate
score in the six principal events,
namely, livestock. grain, shop,
general agriculture, parliament
airy procedure and public speak
ing.
Trophies go to each chapter
winning first place in the event
as well as riflery and talent
night. In some cases the top in
dividuals will also be awarded.
The local chapter has been
busy for over two months already
making physical arrangements
for the convention. ecuri n 6
prizes, arranging for livestock
and grain for judging, securing
judges for all the various events,
planning food and housi in e, |
working out the complex judging
cards and score sheets necessary
for an event of this kind and 9TH
erwise doing their best to antici-
pate every need and problem in
order that the project be at least
from the standpoint of physical !
operation, just as nearly perfect
as possible. 1t is the desire of
every member of the Browning
Chapter that the honor and re-
putation of the Blackfeet Reser-
walton be upheld by the manner
in which this convention is pre-