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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
|Dr.(Iinehyto
Speak Here

DR.. Frank Horne. assistant 10
the Administrator of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency OF
Washington, d. c.. will be prin.
cipal speaker at the opening OF
Rouge Ecorse Forum Series sun
day. Feb. /. at 4 pm. at the John
Wesley Methodist Church, Beech
wood at Visger Road
The series is designed 10 slim
ulaie community interest in
current topics of today. II is
being sponsored by the Beech
wood Community Center. North
rup Elementary School OF River
Rouge. and the Westside Com
munity Center OF Ecorse.
The speaker has been in the
government service for the past
fifteen years. He served as As
sistant Director Of the Division
OF Negro Affairs. National Youth
Administration, and since 1898
with the Federal Housing Agen-
cies. beginning with the public
housing program in the U. S.
Housing Authority.
In his present position he cx-
ercises general supervision and
coordination OF racial relations in
the Federal Housing Admins
tration; the Home Loan Bank
Board and the Public Housing
Administration.
He is a graduate Of the College
Of the City OF New York. and
received the NJ A. degree from
the University Of Southern Cali
fornia. He also holds the Doctor
of Optometry degree from the
Nortern Illiois College Of OBI
technology and Otologv For
several years he served as a
member OF the faculty Of Fort
Valley State College and as Act
ing President OF that same insti-
tuition for three years.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Young Methodists Set
Mid Winter Farley

The 1853 Annual Methodist
Young Adult Mid-Winter Con-
vocation will be held Feb. 1915
al Detroit's Mt. Hope Methodist
Church.
Speakers include DR.. Glenn
Frye. DR.. Milton Huber. the
Rev. Paul Taylor and the Rev.
Philip Gentle.
Bishop Marshall Reed will
speak Saturday evening on the
subject you Can Help Who,
Me?" while workshop will be
conducted Feb. 10 as a seminar
on the individual responsibility,
the functions and the organiza-
ton of the local Young Adult
Group.
Other important features OF
the three day program will in
clude q discussion on individual
leadership in the Christian Work
by Robert L. Moore. Conference
Director Of Adult Work. and a
talk on the individuals contribu-
tions 10 the success of the United
Nations by Mrs. Doreen Gentle,
u. Of M. Extension Service.
Special recreation sessions will
be integrated with the regular
program and a convocation ban
quet will be served Saturday
evening.
The entire convocation will be
highlighted by a special candle
light Communion Service to be
served by Rev. w. Paul Nicholas
and assisted by the other minis
tiers cooperating in the program.
The Sunday morning service
is being arranged by the Mt.
Hope Young Adult Fellowship.
the Fellowship Friends. and the
Rev. W. Paul Nicholas Of Mt.
Hope will deliver the concluding
message.
Sleeping accommodations for
those attending from churches
outside the metropolitan Detroit
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

H0LD-UP VICTIM ON
ROAD TO RECOVERY
Bondsnlan
Battles
Extradition

An Alabama bondsman charged
with the kidnapping of Gerdis
Hill from Detroit for trial on a
traffic charge fought extradition
10 Michigan Monday after his ar
rest in Birmingham.
Herbert G. Bafson. the bonds
man. was arrested on a Mich.
gan warrant and released on
$500 appearance bond before
Jefferson County Sheriff Holt
a. Mcdowell.
Mcdowell stated that an extra
dition hearing will be set after
arrangements had been made
with County authorities.
Batson and an unknown COM
panion whom he refused to name
illegally seized Hill, 81, 48l3 st.
Aubin in Detroit Dec. % for
jumping bond after Hill had been
arrested for driving with a re-
voked license.
The kidnapping warrant sign.
cd by Recorders Judge w. Nc
Kay Skillman contends that the
pair violated the law by taking
Hill out of the state without 60
inc through proper channels :
Hill is serving 30-day SEN
tence in jail.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

Twins first conviction and
death sentence in the widely
publicized rape" case. together
with the conviction and death
sentence of Samuel Shepherd.
were reversed by the u. S. SUI
preme Court in April. 1851.
AT that time. Justice Robert H..
Jackson issued his now famous
concurring opinion, which stated
that the events surrounding the
first trial did not meet any
civilized conception of due pro-
cess of law"
Sheriff Shoots
In November, 1851, on the eve
of the re-trial ordered by the
high court for Shepherd and
Irwin, Sheriff Willis Mccall shot
both of the defendants on a
lonely country road as he was
transporting them from the state
penitentiary for the new trial.
Shepherd was killed and Irwin
seriously wounded. The sheriff,
who claimed "self-deiense." was
cleared by a coroner's jury.
In second trial in Ocala
early in 1852, Irwin was again
found guilty and sentenced to
death. The present appeal asks
reversal of this conviction and
sentence.
Another Killed
Charles Grreenlee, given life
Imprisonment at the time Of the
first trial in 1919, when he was
is years OF age, did not appeal
and is in the state penitentiary.
A fourth Negro. Ernest Thomas.
was killed by a sheriffs posse
before he was ever brought to
trial.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Clear PotroImen i'm
Death Of Pontiac Youth
Admits Shooting

opened fire.
Admits Shooting
The policemen testified that
they saw a figure run from the
door and fired several shots from
distance OF rs yards after yell
ing halt. assuming that the Prov
Ter was a man. Duby admitted
that he fired the fatal bullet.
Last Thursday examination at
the State Crime Detection Lab
oratory disclosed no powder
burns on the youths clothing
which indicated that the fatal
bullet was not fired at close
range.
An earlier examination, how
ever by pathologist revealed that
the youth was feet. 8 inches
and weighed 80 pounds at time
Of death rather than being five
feet tall and weighing lao as re-
ported by the two patrolmcn.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

area are being arranged for and
provided by members Of the Mt.
Hope congregation and other CO.
operating local churches.
The complete program has been
arranged by the Detroit Con-
ference Council Of the Methodist
Young Adult Fellowship. All
young adults living in the area
comprising the Detroit Con-
ference OF the Methodist Church
are urged 70 attend.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
. . New Post

always been one OF cool dis
lance.
I'VE never had any outright
opposition from Mayor Cobo's
office. but neither did we get
any cooperation he related.
Adjustment Rumors
Boris Joffe. CCGT secretary,
told of rumors around City Hall
which had the effective date Of
Mr. Schermer'S resignation (Mar.
to take a similar post in Phil
adelphia) as being one on which
the interracial committee would
be abolished and its functions
distributed among various other
City departments.
The citizens committee is COM
posed Of representatives OF %
major religious. labor, fraternal
and civic groups
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Religious Drama

The Cultural Committee Of
Second Baptist Church present.
ed Complementary two-day
presentation Of the Richard B.
Harrison Players OF Detroit in
T s. Elliot's religious drama,
Murder In the Cathedral" Sun
dav. Jan 25. al 7:30 pm. and
Jan. 26th al S:l5 pm. in the
church auditorium 44l Monroe
avenue. the Senior Choir assisted
with music
DR. A. A. Banks. Jr.. is pastor;
Mrs Jerene G. Macklin, commit
tee chairman.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Mrs. Beulah WhiibY

by Mayor Cobo TO place his COM
mittee on a permanent status
was repeatedly pending.
Given Power
The CCGT had empowered the
RI. Rev. Richard S. Enrich, Epis-
copal Bishop of Michigan, as its
chairman TO appoint sub-com-
mittee TO deal directly with the
Mayor. The Rev. Mr.. Enrich was
also granted power to seek appeal
to the Council in case the Mayor
failed 70 sponsor an ordinance to
put the committee on permanent
status.
Mr.. Schermer at the CCGT
meeting stated that his decision
for leaving the City of Detroit
was based on the fact that "the
relationship between the Mayor
and the intcrracial committee has
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
NAACP Banquet
Honors Phil Murray

LOS ANGELES.-More than
ovu people, with two hundred
more turned away, packed into
me ballroom Of the Hotel Alev-
.norla last Friday night to wit
ness the presentation of an
NAACP civil rights award post
.aumously to Philip Murray and
= near Walter White. NAACP
Aecutlve secretary. eulogize the
s'e ClO president as a great
suer In the struggle for human
: n''lp Murray. Mr.. White said,
Nv. Yer pussyfooted on the SUBJ
~ OF human rights. He showed
va, courage and complete re-
[sSsi 10 compromise on the issue
~ discrimination"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Beu|ah Whitbv
New Interracia|
(s@2lnittee Head
Fornne%s :
Executive =
Secretary

Alarm over possible uls
continuing of the City's in
terracial program was dis
pelled last week when Mrs.
Beulah Whitby was appoint.
ed acting director of Mayor
Cobo's Interracial Commit
tee.
The appointment was made
by the Common Council after
board members of the commit
tee recommended Mrs. Whifby
who was serving as executive
secretary.
Alarm over possible disband-
Ing Of the mayors committee was
expressed two weeks ago by the
Citizens Committee on Group
Tensions upon recent resignation
G. George Schermer, longtime
krecior of the MIC.
Sought Budget
The CCGT at special meeting
sought 10 get successor to Mr.
Schermer and obtain an adequate
budget TO assure positive race
relations program in the city
Organized by then Mayor JEFF
ferries after the l943 race riots,
the committee repeatedly was
hsmpered in its operations by a
temporary status which had il
10 come indirectly under the
whims and desires of the Mayor
and City Council.
While successor TO Mr.. Scher-
ner has been appointed, action
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Government Hits
Bias-Hiring Policies

WASHINGTON - tSpecial)-
General Service Administrators
Jess Larson last Thursday ord
cred firms under Government
contract 10 halt job discrimina-
ton in their plants.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

saw a figure run from the door
of the cafe before police ar
rived. When officers arrived. She
stated the prowler raced from
the door and hid behind q tree
in the field.
She added that the officer
shouted at the figure TO halt
about four times before they
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

The youth was killed as he
/ fled across an icy LOT on the
NIGHT of Jan. 10 when PATROL
men Harry DubY and Robert
Emery arrived at a restaurant
on report Of burglary attempt.
Deliberating about two hours
the jury found that the officers
had reason ito believe felony
had been committed and that the
victim committed IT,"
Warn Police
II warned, however. that police
officers should "be more cau-
tious in investigating crimes in
the future"
Counsel Leon Hubbard, who
represented the boys parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brown,
stated: "As far as I'm concerned,
this verdict closes the case. Per-
sonally, l think the verdict was
fair and should be accepted by
all parties concerned
Representing the local branch
NAACP also, Hubbard first
sought manslaughter warrants
agairisttife~ patrolmen after feel
ing that Oakland County coroner
Prevette was biased in finding
that the boy died because Of a
"gun shot wound received from
Officers carrying out their duty"
Refused. Warrant
The coroner's inquest was
granted after refusal to issue the
warrants on petitions Of the local
NAACP and labor groups. includ-
ing the UAW-CIO.
Testifying on the second day
OF the inquest last Friday, the
Rev. T. Walter Harris. pastor OF
Providence Baptist Church, told
Of four threatening phone calls
which blamed him for the shoot
ing of the youth. since he re-
ported the attempted burglary to
the police.
Rev. Mr.. Harris revealed that
he had gone to the church around
midnight to fire the furnace and
called police after he and his
wife watched the prowler.
Across Street
The church is across the street
from the closed Lees restaurant.
Bagley and Diston, which the
boy repeatedly attempted TO
force entrance.
Mrs. Harris testified that she
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
GroveIund Case
Aqoin in Court

TALLAHASSEE, Fla-The notorious Groveland case
again moved into the headlines here Tuesday morning as
attorneys for the NAACP appeared before the supreme
Court of Florida to present arguments appeal from the
Second conviction of Walter Irwin surviving defendant
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
On Parole
Talked With Owner

The bandit repeatedly entered
the store soon after Stevens
opened al am. Johnson al
legedly walked over to talk with
the owner as his accomplice stood
by the door.
This is a stick-up. hand me
your money" Johnson was quoted
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

PONTIAC.-Two patroImen were eAoneIa0eu ~ 1HV
fatal shooting of 1O-year-od James Douglas Brown by
coroners jury Tuesday
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31
Issue Warrant For
$500 Triggerman'
FOUR WITNESSES TERRORIZED:
HOLD SUSPECT ACCOMPLICE

A West Smile Road store
owner was reported to be
rallying Wednesday after
being shot during a holdur
of his store early last Fri
day, while a paroled convict
was held as a suspected &C
complete of the shooting
bandit.
Joseph Jameson. alias Dav-
export. 2o43s Wyoming. was
being held for questioning after
surrendering Sunday at police
headquarters upon hearing he
was being sought in probe of
the $1,000 holdup Of the store
at e437 w. e-Mile Road.
Last Friday evening. Recorders
Judge Paul (. Krause issued 9
warrant charging Homer J. John
son. %. 20525 Roselawn. with
shooting the proprietor, Fred c
Stevens, as. who is in AZ. Car
mel Mercy Hospital
On Parole
Jameson was sought after
police learned from his parole
officer that he was close FRIEND
Of a man questioned earlier II
the shooting. He is on parole fol
grand larceny in Mt. Clemens.
Four others who were ter
rorized in the store appeared as
witnesses TO pick Johnson from
police files and finger him as the
gunman. He is said TO have beer
known 10 all by his name anc
address. even to Stevens.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

opened fire.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-01-31

The church is across the street
from the closed Lees restaurant.
BaRley and Diston. which the
boy repeatedly attempted to
force entrance.
Mrs. Harris testified that she
Evening star., 1953-05-03

SIMPLICITY
with q feminine
touch highlights
the pedol pushers
and tobbed cot
ton blouse worn
obove BY Joon
Meyer tleft).
Potricio Sullivan
is weorine q two
piece seersucker
with q MILDLY top
and q wide skirt.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Modesty In Fashion

FASHION doesn't necessarily depend on
IL abbreviated sporswear in the opinion
Francisco high school girls To prove their point
fashion show to convince auditorium full OF
that teens clothes be
decorous without being dull
Ranging evening to everyday the styles
representatives of Is Catholic girls high
attractive proof that their Crusade for Modesy
could teen-age trend The girls they have
no pudsh clothes they believe their attire
can be punging necknes Bkn bathing suits
Evening star., 1953-05-03

At LEFT. vieky
corol swishes
down the runwoy
weoring q full
skirted toHeto
dote dress in tiny
blue = and white
checks. The pet
ticoot also is
mode Of toffeto.
Evening star., 1953-06-23

terms of the Atomic Energy Act,
passed by Congress in 1916.
The justice said the conspiracy
was alleged to have been con-
tlnuous from 1914 into 1850.
Terminal Date Stressed.
"The Government having tried
the Rosenbergs for a conspiracy
continuing from 1914 to 1885,"
he stated. "it flies in the face of
the charge made, the evidence
adduced and the basis on which
the conviction was secured now
to contend that the terminal
date of the Rosenberg conspiracy
preceded the effective date of the
Atomic Energy Act"
Justice Frankfurter referred to
what he called IAN unauthorita-
tive commentary" on the Atomic
Energy Act written by counsel
for the Senate Special Commit
tee on Atomic Energy.
The justice said this commen-
tary mot only recognize a COM
pelling need for judicial decision
in order to reconcile the conflict
ing penalty provisions of that act
and Of the Espionage Act, but
seems. as read it, to point to
the view that on facts like those
of this case the Atomic Energy
Act may well be found to apply
to the exclusion Of the Espion-
age Act
Evening star., 1953-06-23

he would never compromise
principle with expediency."
He pledged to Chief Murray
and to the Commissioners that
he would do everything in his
power to make them satisfied
with his promotion. He also
thanked Congress for passing
the police and firemen's pay in
crease, and the press for it's part
in helping to get it passed, so
that we can get better men to
do a better job"
Sutton in Wheelchair.
Others present included Fire
Chief Millard Sutton, in a wheel
chair. He was injured in a fire
early this year. Chief Sutton re-
ceived a standing ovation.
Also in attendance were Wash
B. Williams, business and civic
leader. and Deputy Chief How
ard v. Covell. executive officer of
the police department.
Chairman Simpson of the
House District Committee told
the audience he was glad Presi-
dent Eisenhower signed the pay
bill. He pointed out that the
Commissioners have the money
to see it through for a year. "but
If they need a Federal contribu-
ton to continue it. I am in favor
Of that"
A highlight Of the evening was
presentation Of an original car
toon by Star Cartonist James
Bergman to Inspector Richitt.
This cartoon was reproduced as
the frontispiece of the program
of the testimonial.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Young Bandit Gets $1,000
In Bold HoIdup Of Bank
By the Assoeiassd Press

NEW YORK, June ga
youthful gunman yesterday
staged bold, $1,000 holdup of
a bank just across the street
from Macy's Department Store.
With the streets thronged with
shoppers, the young robber held
up a branch of the Century Fed
eral Savings and Loan Associa-
ton and escaped.
Witnesses said he was tall and
dark with curly hair, and looked
like a college boy"
They said that when he en-
tered the bank, he strobe
through a swinging gate into a
small enclosure. ignoring a re-
ceptionist. and showed a note
demanding money into the win
dow Of Chief Teller Matthew F.
Kelleher, So.
Guards stood about unaware
Of the holdup.
Mr.. Kelleher started to leave
the cage, he said, but the youth
showed a gun. against him,
scooped up about $1,000 from a
drawer, crammed it into a
paper bag, and casually walked
out.
Evening star., 1953-06-23

to assist in advancing the Nc
Carthyite pro-Fascist reign Of
fear in the United States, to
brutalize the population. and
get it to accept the further fas-
citation of the United States
without resistance"
The statement said it was a
''tragic fact" that organized
labor was deceived by the colos-
sal frameup" and that the Gov
ernment had carried out the
executions with obscene speed"
in order to achieve it's purpose
before a wide popular move
ment" to retry the Rosenbergs
or win them a reduced sentence
could become irresistible"
Already the murder of the
Rosenbergs, in defiance of world
opinion, has increased the isola-
tion of the Washington pro-war
plotters to an acute degree" the
Communist manifesto said.
There is not a people, a nation,
in the world today which does
not seek to pull away from the
Washington A-bomb worshipers. -
Two of the signers of the state
ment, 62-year-old Miss Flynn
and 56-year-old PettiS Perry,
were convicted January 81 with
II other "second-string" Com
munist leaders for participating
in a revolutionary conspiracy.
Each was sentenced to three
years in prison and fined $4,000.
All have appealed.
Foster, who is 70, recently was
granted a stay of trial because
of a heart condition. He is
charged with conspiring to ad-
vocate overthrow of the Govern
ment.
Foster was indicted with II
top Red leaders, but gained a
severance. The rest were con-
victed in 1949. Eight are serving
prison terms and three jumped
bail and are still at large.
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Rosenbergs Called
Patriots in Article
In Daily Worker
By the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, June 23.-The
Communist Party had its official
say about the Rosenberg spy ex-
ecutions today. and called the
couple 1.-TWO immortal American
patriots"
The statement was published
in the Daily Worker, party jour-
nal, over the signatures of Will
liam z. Foster, party chairman;
Pettis Perry and Elizabeth Cur
ley Flynn.
The statement said, "The claim
the Rosenbergs had their day in
court is mockery of truth and
justice. The Supreme Court was
reconvened illegally to cancel
the stay Of execution and met
with a pistol to it's head in the
form of impeachment threats, in
an atmosphere of a Southern
lynch town."
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were electrocuted at Sing Sing
Friday for conSpiring to betray
United States atomic bomb Sc
crets to Russia. The case was
appealed to the Supreme Court
five times. It met in special ses-
sion last week after Justice
Douglas granted a stay on the
grounds the couple might have
been tried under the wrong law.
BY a 6-3 vote the full court
voided the stay.
Throughout their trial and
afterward, the Rosenbergs de-
clined to answer questions
whether they ever belonged to
the Communist Party, and in
sisted they were innocent victims
of a frameup.
The party statement today
said the Government plotted to
force the humble Jewish couple
to betray democracy by finger
ing the progressive and Marxist
movement as an espionage con-
spiracy.'
In short pO1itical nlOt
Evening star., 1953-06-23
Traffic Study Planned

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June
% R.-The Puerto Rican gov
ernment has named a six-man
commission to study traffic con-
troll measures in the United
States in an effort to alleviate
Puerto Rico's traffic problems.
The group is scheduled to visit
Washington, Chicago and other
cities. They will leave for the
United States tomorrow.