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Dunbar Gets Post May 22 M PAGES A Better Newspaper Main Office: 612 East Vemor Highway VOLUME 4 PIONEER SPIRIT / m MISS RUBY TRIMBLE come within our time a major in dustry. Miss Trimble’s contribu tion to this field is an inspiring record of heroic progress. Read the story of Miss Trimble and her institution elsewhere in this issue. Founder of the Ruby’s Beauty university which has won nation al recognition for excellence in beauty culture. The glorification •f American womanhood through *he art of beauty culture has be MRS. BEASLEY 25 YEARS ON N.A.A.C.P. ROLL TIME Marches On The News Os The World In Pithy Paragraphs 300 TO SING IN JUBILEE WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—A chorus of 300 Negro voices under ..the di rection of Leviticus Lyon will take | part in the annual spring song j jubilee of Westchester county,] Thursday, May 18. The program will include old time spirituals and modern arrangements of Negro bal-j program will be the “revival ’ num- i bers with singers in different parts , of the auditorium taking part in the singing of certain spirituals. | The well-known quartet, the j Southernaires. will also take part in the jubilee. It will mark their first visit to Westchester. PRESERVATION OF RACE DIFFERENCES I RC,ED NEW YORK ClTY—Differences of race and religion should be re tained rather than erased, stated Dr E. George Payne, acting dean o' the New York university school of education, speaking to 150 edu cators at a conference on methods of promoting understanding in the school and community. Dean Payne' staled, “The rruria. problem facing democracy is that of providing for an educational pro gram that will not eliminate cul tural differences, but will eliminate the prejudices which make impossi ble the free expression of person * Another speaker, Leonard. Co- , vello, principal of the Benjamin Franklin high school, pointed out the importance of adult attitudes | or. children. He said. “As under ’ standing, appreciation and tolerance grow among older people, the tone and attitude of these older people j createj a like attitude in the chu- j dren of the household." DUKE ELLINGTON AT FAIR NEW YORK ClTY—Jazz will come to the World of Tomorrow on June 3 when Duke Ellington and ; bis orchestra appear at the World'* Fair Hall of Music. The Duke has just returned from ! a tour of Europe in the course of: which he played in France. Hol land, Denmark, Norway and i Sweden. The program which he ' presented traced the "authentic [ musical history of the Negro from : Africa tr> Harlem." YOUTH. 15. DIES SUDDENLY A 15-year-old youth died from what was listed as heart trouble last week, after he had been or-' dered to the Receiving hosprtal by t city physician. He was identified as Harold Alex ander of 929 East Ferry by a sis ter. Vivian Alexander, who lives at 138 Hendrie. Death was due to natural causes of heart trouble, doctors ■•bitgd_aft : _[ er an examination-of the deceased s * body. t As the Detroit Branch N. A. A. C. j P. prepares to open its annual mem bership drive on June 1, one of its j members, Mrs. Mary L. Beasley of 1533 Alger avenue, recalls memories of other drives and past successes. I Mrs. Beasley has been a member ■j and ardent suporter of N. A. A. C. P. i work for twenty-five years. She first joined the association in Ten nessee at the age of sixteen. In I 1922, upon her arrival in Detroit. I Mrs. Beasley joined the Detroit branch and resumed activities and < contact with the association. For the past five years Mrs. Beas ley has been a member of the De troit branch executive committee and has worked under such able leaders as W. Hayes McKinney, Fred Williams, Rev. R. L. Bradby. Moses L. Walker, Louis C. Blount and is now carrying on remarkably well and despite a recent illness, under Dr. James J. McClendon. Mrs. Beasley has also served on ; the state executive committee for three years and as an organizer of Youth rnnnriU in Detroit, Pontiar . Port Huron and Lansing. Many will remember her work as advisor to the Birdhurst council. Joe Louis’ Kin Is Held For Bigamy , Frank Martin, first cousin to Joe' | Louis, was arrested last week on ; ; a charge of bigamy by Detective ! Wash Hardy of the Women's divi sion of police. j Martin. 24, of 2914 Mullett street, jis charged with having married 1 Josephine Williams In TSteete, Ohio, j about two months ago without first having received a divorce from | his first wife, Julia Louis Martin. 1 23 year«' old. They ware married j in 1935 in the state of Alabama, it was reported. ] Policewoman Susan Glenskl is in ! charge of the case which is expected : to be given a court hearing shortly. Youth, 20, Held; Raped Girl, 14 Twenty-vear-old George Felton ; of 2219 East Fort street, was ar rested last week by Detective Wash j Hardy on a charge of statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the case. The 14-year-old girl lives on Mon roe. street The accused man is; held by police on the ninth floor as ; a complete investigation into the] rase is being conducted by Police-1 woman Mrs. Darden. BOY, 15, KILLED BY POLICE; STORE CLERK CLAIMS THEFT Organization Is Victim Os Swindle PROJECT POST IS AWARDED TO HENRY DUNBAR To Succeed G. A. Isabell, Who Had Temporary Appointment i Henry S. Dunbar will take office as manager of the Brewster Housing I 1 Project on Monday, May 22, it was I disclosed last Tuesday. Mr. Dur.bar j J was notified that his services had ! been requisitioned last Monday by ( the Housing Commission. He will succeed George A. Isabell, promi- j nent realtor, who was appointed 1 temporary manager several months Mr. Dunbar won the second highest rating in the city-wide Civil Service examinations which were given for that post, the first rating going to the pfesent manager of the Parkside Project No announce ments regarding changes either in personnel or policies were made by Mr. Dunbar when interviewed by a Chronicle reporter, i Mr. Dunbar has served as clerr: r ! of the Friend of the Court and as j Ia YMC A. executive secretary for ; j 18 years. He is a native of Georgia ; j and a graduate of Paine college. He . studied at the University of Cin cinnati and entered Y work in that | city. In Detroit Mr, Dunbar headed j -pthe St. Antoine V.M C A for a-mint- * I her of years and obtained a law I degree from the Detroit College of J Law. He has also studied at the j extension division of the University j of Michigan. Drops Money To Stop Man Chasing Him Early last week a bold thug enter ; cd the office of the Universal Car-1 pet Service company, at 310 West | Congress, while the manager was’ out and made off with pay envelopes i containing $l5O, it was disclosd. j It seems that Louis Shapiro had ! stepped out of the office for a short j time and upon his return saw a lone ; man near the office, who iwhpff asked\hat he wanted, stated jhewanted to see a Mr, McDonald, The manager chased the lone man east on Congress where he escaped j During the chase, the thug appar ently trying to elude or at least, halt the pursuit of the manager be gan to drop several pay envelopes which he is charged with having stolen from the company safe. A checkup of tne safe disclosed that approximately $l5O in pay en velopes was missing. Police have a description of the alleged 22 year old thug who is the object of an extensive search by police. N.A.A.C.P. Plans Membership Meet Directors of the 1939 Membership Drive of the Detroit Branch of the j j National Association for the Ad- | I vancement of Colored People have j requested that all captains, workers, and members of the committee on | ' membership be present at the mem bership meeting on Wednesday eve i ning. May 24. at the St. Antoine YMC A. At this meeting final in structions will be given to workers I in the drive and material will be given out to captain and workers i The meeting will begin at 8.30 sharp land all those connected with the j i drive should be on hand without j" fail. DETROIT. MICHIGAN SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1939 FAKER LEAVES TOWN BEFORE INVESTIGATION Juvenile Protective Ass'n 1 Sought To Aid Race Youth Joins Staff >l> I E. Shepherd Bramble ~r 67j | Pcimbjrcol Building who had been ’ authorized to raise funds in the I interests of the Juvenile Protective | J Association. Inc., skipped town last [ j week as police sought to invest!- I gate his activities. A complaint f against Bramble was made by the { I Rev C M. Metcalf of the St. Peter j j A. M. E. Zion church according to 1 Luther Keith, president of the asso-1 ciation. j According to Detectives Bennett I I and Mulligan and Prosecutors 1 : Dowling and Graham. E. S. Bramble had swindled the colored organiza ! tion out of untold sums of money J which were being raised ostensibly to build an orphan home for colored I youth. Through the sale of raffle i tickets and many other promotional schemes. Bramble collected money and kept two sets of books, one for j ! himself and one for the organization, i The books turned over to the or-! ganization show a deficit amounting | ■ to thirty odd dollars whereas -itts • private books revealed that B ini j blc had collected far more money : than was accounted for. I police declare that the Juvenile ; Protective Association was the wic- j : tim of the fake promoter and ask i that all citizens who contributed | funds to E S. Bramble inform the | WILLIAM L. SHERRILL Weil known writer and public speaker has been appointed asso ciate editor of the Michigan Chronicle according to an an nouncement made by Louis E. Martin, editor-in-chief of the Chronicle, this week. Mr. Sher rill is a graduate of Philander Smith college and a former grad uate student of Northwestern uni versity. As the writer of the stimulating column. ’’We the Ne gro.” Mr. Sherrill is well known to Chronicle readers. NO COLORED ‘BUSINESS,’ j WHITES SAY Man Vacated On Promise Os Realty Company To Pay Him In January, 1939. W. C. Mabry who resides at 1013 Lomita ave nue. Flint. Mich., and a former employee of the Buick Motor com pany, planned on entering into bus iness. He proceeded to rent suit able quarters located at 3962 In-] dustrial avenue, which property! was owned by a woman in Califor-; j nia. and the rental and manage- ■ | ment of the property was in the. hands of Ray W. Tallman. with of ] fices in the Union Industrial build- After spending a considerable j sum of money he had proceeded To I occupy the property, was making ] his repairs and getting everything! MT See BUSINESS Pip 2 TprosecuiorS office imineararrry: I Luther Keith, president of the association, declared that the or ganization will continue its fight to j aid the colored youth of Michigan i despite the setback received at the i hands of E. S. Bramble. The associa ! tion is seeking to build an orphan ; home for colored youth and an old ! folks home in Michigan. The officers of the association I whose terms expired the first of Mav are as follows: Luther Keith, : president; Hiram Crawford, vice | president: Pearl Scott, vice presi dent; Azoline Minor, secretary; Mary Holliday, assistant secretary; : Lillian Carey, treasurer Members of i the board of directors include: ; Mamie Donovan, chairman: Ger -1 trude Henderson, Rev. E. M. \ * Ka'igl. :. Blanche Cock field. ATTV T Julian Perry. John H. O'Dell. Rev. C. M. Metcalf. A tty. Charles Roz j bdfough. Donald R Foley, and Atty ) ; James B. Duncan. ; ThyjQVtuiie Protective Assnria-; i tion of Michigan was incorporated] 1 in February of 1935 and has worked .ever since to bmltf »W Orpha: Vg ; » and engage m all such aolmt.e. of, importance to the colored youth of j Michigan. DOCTORS TO PRACTICE HERE Q i * > h lip si® \ \ .W jF DR. BEATRICE KEEMER Dr. Beatrice Keemer is a native of Newark. N. J. is a graduate of Howard college and medical school. Both Drv Keemer interned at Freedmens hospital in Wash ington. DR. EDGAR KEEMEK Both Dr. Edgar Krrmrr and his wife, Beatrice, who Is also a phy sician, will open offices in Detroit this month. Dr. Edgar Keemer is a graduate of Indiana wnlverMiy and the Meharry Medical college. Free Slayer Os Teddy Hill E. R. Carney Addresses The Tri-StateMeet At the Tri-State hospital assembly j recently held at the Stevens Hotel j in Chicago. E. R. Carney, admin- j istrator of Parkside hospital, re- i only Negro so address lh# it- T ~The local ’hospilaThead presented, a dissertation on the public rela | tions program entitled “Meetings | Asa Means of Interpretation.” I During the meet Alden Mills, asso- j | date editor of the national publica- i | tion. “Modern Hospital,” requested I | that Mr. Carney tell the assembly of! the pre-natal and post-natal clinic | ; so successfully operated at Park- I | side hospital. In its last issue I 1 “Modern Hospital,” carried an | article on Parkside and its educa- j tional work with its employees and patients accompanied by pictures taken while Mr. Sloan, the editor, visited Detroit. Over a thousand delegates attend ed the conclave. Other NegTo dele gates came from Provident hospital in Chicago. Mrs. Carney accom panied her husband as the repre sentative of the Ladies' Auxiliary. Judge Raps Jury In Hill Slaying Case | Frank Sabinski who was charged : with manslaughter for the fatal j shooting of Teddy Hill of 635 E. | Elizabeth street last February was i freed Monday as a Utrjt deliberated for 30 minutes and returned with a verdict of not guilty. Judge Thomas M. Cotter of Re- j i corders court before whom the trial took place, scored the jury for the verdict and stated that he did not | sec how they could free the do- ; fendant. Teddy Hill was slain as he stood near a parked car near the corner of Rivard and E. Palmer streets Sabinski shot him from an upstairs window allegedly because he thought Hill was trying to steal I something from the automobile. Although he was araigned on a ’ manslaughter charge, Sabinski 1 maintained his innocence and his! attorney declared that Sabinski [ merely tried to frighten the youth ! j The judge scored the piosecutor in' dynce that he had not prepared ‘ himself to try and convict Sabinski. | Eddie Tolan. James Washington ! and Mr. Ross were called to testify j in betyilf of Hill and it was clearly I I shown that Hill had been the victim j • of wanton shooting. The whole case I was so badly prosecuted Thar The j j judge had to excuse the jury three , times in order to talk to the princi- j pals in the case. He charged the jury for a half hour and clearly ex plained the nature of manslaughter] } with which Sabinski was charged, j | Upon hearing the verdict of the [ | jury the judge gave them a verbal I ! whipping for the miscarriage of Two Negro Women, White Man, Get $37 Police are on the lookout for two unidentified Negro women and ja white ipan who are alleged to ! have slim-slammed a Mrs. Josephine ! Burnside of Inkster out of $37. i It seems t£pt Mrs. Burnside put ; up $37 as security (or her ahare of i a SI.OM bill in the scheme of the white man who represented himself as a New York car salesman. One of the Negro women was. | listed as a Mrs. Jones, while the j other was a Mrs. Smith. Police j have a description of both women , but were unable to get a descrip- j tion of the W’hitc man. 1 The case has been aligned lu the . Special Investigation squad. □CITYQ EDITION 5 CENTS And Worth It Telephone Clifford 3103 SHOT IN BACK AS HE FLED FROM POLICE Was Accused Os Stealing Sweaters From | Clothing Store •> Takes Office MV j Fifteen-year-old Leo Lothridgc I was a victim of police bullets last ! Friday in the New York Central | yards. The Injured youth was ! rushed To Receiving hospital where !he died a short time later from a '.gunshot wound la hi*- back. Tha | bullet had entered the right side of j his back and lodged underneath the skin of the abdomen. | There is some question whether j lh e officer fired a warning shot be- I fore fatally shooting the boy in the i back as he boarded a freight train, j according to a reliable report, j Lothridge. of 5831 Van Court street, according to police had gone to Dave’s Cut Rate store at 6340 j Woodward avenue in the company or an as yet unidentified youth for the apparent purpose of making a j purchase. Manuel Norman, a clerk, j stated me or iIV bfrtys aroused his | suspicion when Jhey failed to pur chase any of the wearing apparel he had shown them. As they were leaving the store, the clerk stated, he noticed a bulge j underneath the coat of one of the boys and attempted to stop them for questioning when they broke ] and ran from the store He chased Ithem east on Congress and was joined by Police Officer Bert Mitchell in an attempt to catch the ■ two fleeing boys. * Statements disclosed that one of I the boys ran between several cars j on a parking lot on Baltimore street j near Woodward and attempted to ' hide behind a billboard, then was HENRY S. DUNBAR Well Itown community leader who Uk» office :•* housing manager df“4ne BTewslcr Housing Project, on Monday, May 22. Dr. Dunbar will succeed George Isabell. prominent realtor who was ap pointed as temporary manager several months ago. Mr. Dunbar was formerly executive secretary of the Y. M. C. A. See story else- seen trying to get whatever was making the bulge underneath his On an order to put up his hands. I the officer stated, the boy broke and ran in between some cars as he again started in pursuit of the youth. By this time Patrolman David Wooten had also joined the chase. Officer Mitchell reported he saw Lothridge run up the rail rad track and board a westbound He drew his gun and fired, striking the boy in the lower right part of his back when he dropped to the ground, fatally wounded. It is yet unknown how many shots j were fired and whether the officer gave a warning shot before firing the fatal bullet at Lothridge. Several sweater* alleged to Have been identified as belonging to I Dave's Cut Rate store were recov . ered from the railroad yard, accord ing to police. 1. an interview with a Chronicle I reporter. Mrs. Formum, mother of i tiie slain boy stated he was only 15 years old instead of the age listed ; by police. "I was away from home when it happened and only know : what I was told," she stated. “My [ son had just taken his clothes to his father's house the day before,** she !added. Mrs. Formum was reluctant *o i discuss the tragic happening and I what she knew of the events leading up to her son's untimely death. I The funeral was held Wednesday ; from the Kelley-Fritz funeral home ' at Garfield and Brush streets. Flees Fire; Drops Dead On Sidewalk ! Forty-eight-year-old Tessie C. ! Moore of 1961 Chestnut street was |rushe4, to Receiving hospital last : week oy a rescue squad from her I home, accompanied by her hus i band Gregory. She died several minutes later. 1 Her husband stated there had been a fire at their home and both iof theng had fled to safety outside the house where she suddenly col lapsed. A rescue sqied and the fire department took her to get aid only to learn that she had died en route, apparently from a heart Police revealed there were no marks of violence on the body and that she had been taking treat ments for a heart ailment for some Man, 22, Given 15-30 Yrs. On Rape Charge A twenty-two year old man was convicted of rape to the person of : a 40 year old woman before Judge Maher and sentenced to a term of 15-30 years in prison. Henry Bowden of 3128 Monroe street was arrested on March 29 for an ellegcd attack on the aged wom an on March 11 on Lafayette street between Orleans- and- St Aubin j streets. It was disclosed the woman. was robbed of $4, then raped by 1 Bowden. Officers Perry and Moore picked ' up the suspect on a warrant of hav , ing beaten a young girl. During man admitted he had attacked the ! 40 year old woman who later iden ! tified him in a police shenvup. j Police woman. Miss Louise Simms,, ; Bowden had a previous record of ! i the malicious destruction of person- I al property and a charge o? larceny I from a store. And that he admitted the recent attack on the woman on j last March 11. Ex-Con Is Held In Armed Robbery Case Booked as an ex-convict and 1 ■ charged with having served five ] (years for robbery in Kentucky.) i police are holding Robert Larpb, ] j 37, of 1035 Theodore for an in- j vextigation of robbery, armed, last ! Wednesday. Records revealed that Lamb had I been sentenced to serve five years! for robbery from Georgetown. Ky., and had done his term in prison !at Frankfort. He was released in ) 1935. Detectives Wallace Williams |and Robert Mitchell were the ar-' resting officers Visitor Returns j Mrs. Erma Shah who lives at 523 j j Mt. Elliot street .returned to the I city last Sunday from Chicago. 111., j where she spent several weeks visit ! ing her mother. Mrs. Shah it very [popular and well liked throughout Y | NUMBER 7