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VOLUME 4
SUES POLICE FOR SLAYING BOY. 15
Religious Cult Bars Aid To Fire Victims
MAN SHOOTS WIFE, DAUGHTER
SECT FORBIDS
MEDICAL AID;
MUST SUFFER
Mother And Daughters
Advised To Secure
Treatment
Although badly burned, needing
medical treatment and advised to
get hospitalization by doctors,
tnree persons must continue suf
fering until the pain either sub
sides or proves fatal to them as the
religious belief of a mother is pre
venting her and a 13 and 11 year
old daughters from receiving medi
cal aid. The mother also needs
treatment for her burns, according
to Dr. S. J. Moroun of 226 East
Congress street
It was disclosed that the mother
belongs to the religious cult Beth
lehem Temple Apostolic church at
2238-54 Clinton street and that her
religion forbids medical attention.
Mrs. Evorice Williams, 32. and her
daughters, Ethel Mae, 13, and Dor
othy, 11. were burned during a
small Are at their home last Satur
day at approximately T-'tlO am.
According to a report the fire
started when some oil was thrown
in the stove doing apparently no
damage to the house or its contents.
The mother is suffering from first
and second degree bums of the left J
hand and face. Ethel Mae has sec- j
ond and third degree burns of both
legs. Her condition is serious.
While Dorothy has minor burns of
the hands and face.
2 Injured,
1 Dead In
Auto Crash
Two Detroiters were seriously in
jured and one killed as the result
of an auto crash in wWch they
were involved en route two weeks
ago to a Georgian point where they
had been called to attend the fu
neral 'of the husband of the fam- |
ily's father.
Killed was three-year-old San- j
ford "Sonny" Strickland and in- j
jured. Guy Strickland, father and j
Mrs. Gracie Strickland, mother.
The family were caretakers of an
apartment located at 3436 Brush
street and left the city approxi
mately two weeks ago. It is be
lieved. according to reports, that
the father who was driving the car.
fell asleep at the wheel in Sweet
enwater, Tennessee and the car
plunged from a bridge, fracturing
the child’s skull and knocking out
one of his eyes He died almost im
mediately.
The injured were transferred (
from Tennessee to Georgia by Mr. j
Strickland's brother who was noti-1
fied of the accident while the child
was buried along with the grand
father whQse funeral the family left;
Detroit to attend.
Manuel Steen
Dies Suddenly
Many; neighbors and friends are
mourn.'hg the sudden passing oft
Manuel Steen. 1468 Macomb street,
who succumbed to a sudden attack
of pneumonia. Thursday morning ,
February 1. at 2 a m.
Mr. Steen was born in Teague
Texas, in 1895; where in 1918 he
met an 1 married hi> wife. Mrs Hat
t e Ste?n He was employed at the
Detroit f.eel Casting company fof
mere than 13 yars. and was a faith- .
ful member of the St John C M F.
His boo lies in rue at the A G
Wright funeral home- Fwterei-eerv- •
ires wtl be conducted from the
family church in Teague Texas
next week
Mourning hi/ passing arc. his
w dow Mattie; three sisters and a
Headache’ Nothing faster in aspi
rin than St. Joseph, and none surer.
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Chairman of the N.A.A.C.P. anni
versary ball which will be held
at the C.raystone ballroom Mon
day, February 12. Twenty boxes
Joe Louis’ Sister Seeks
To Divorce Husband
Emmarcll Davis, 33-year-old mar
tied sister of Heavyweight Cham
pion Joe Louis aiid~6Whtr Ofthc
Emmarcll Hat Shop on Hastings
street is suing her husband Henry
for divorce in a bill of complaint
fned January 30, 1939 in circuit
Mr«. Davis charges her 45-year
o’d husband beat her unmercifully,
choked her ar.d threatened to do
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Governor I.uren D Dickinson,
first man of the state of Michi
gan. will be guest speaker at
Ebenexrr A M.E.* church, corner
Willis and Rui-h streets. Sunday.
,i . p m The
governor will deliver an address
on the annual Lincoln day pro
gram l.eld in connection with
Negro Historv week and the
Seventy Fixe Years of Negro
Progress exposition for which
plans are well undnxxax The.
fair will open in May of this year.
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CHAIRMAN N.A.A.C.P. BALL
MISS KATHERINE TINSLEY
I have already been sold for the
| affair according to Dr. J. J. Mc-
I Clendon. president of the local
I N.A.A.C.P. branch.
her great bodily harm and that
■ne is fearful he will carry out his
' threats unless restrained by the
court. An injunction to this effect
was issued by Circuit Judge
De Witt H. Merriam. dated January
30 and filed February 21, 1939.
Married in Alabama. 1922
According to a friend of the court
report, the Davises were married
January 30. 1922 i r i Alexandra. Ala.,
and were separated November 23,
i9?9. Mrs. Davis' maiden name was
En.marell Barrow. |he family name
i of Joe Louis. Both husband and w ife
| nave been in Michigan for 11 years
and have five children by this mar
i iage Henry Davis has three grown
daughters by his first wife who
cied in 1921.
No Reconciliation Wife
Mrs Davis said in the court re
port: "I desire to establish a home
with a housekeeper and let our
of us they desire to. I will not re
turn to my husband. I am not in
terested in any financial aid from
my husband."
Mr. Davis said i.i the same report;
i My wife has no grounds for a di
4-Vorce. I have always been a good
j husband and for the past year have
, cared for our ch'ldron just like a
mother. I desire a reconciliation
I It that fails I want custody of our
children."
1 Not Good Enough Husband
i She is the -ister of Joe Louts
. A since her brother's rise to fame
. "as adopted a contemptuous atti
; ti;de toward him insinuating 'hat
-♦he. an ordinary- w<«rking man. docs
i not fit in the more affluent group of
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Speaker
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1940
Governor To
Give Address
At Ehenezer
Governor Luren D Dickinson will
deliver the main address on the
annual Lincoln Day program to be
'• held in connection with Negro His
; tory Week at Ebenczcr AM E.
j church. Brush at Willis. Sundaj.
| Fob. 11. at 3 p.m.
I The governor will speak on the
Seventy-five Years of Negro Prog
ress Exposition opening here i
May and will stress its value as a
medium for increasing interracial
understanding and cooperation,
gays Fair Will Be Progress
Incentive
Iri a recent interview with the
Exposition committee, the governor
outlined the main theme' of the
talk he will make here on Lincoln
Day when he said: “Marking as it
j does an epochal period in the ad
vancement of the Negro people in
j America, the Seventy-five Years of
Negro Progress Exposition has my
I best wishes. By emphasizing
I achievements of the past, it sets
; :.cw goals for the future which I
am confident the Negro people will
reach in their characteristic man-
Many of the state's leading offi
iccepted the invitation of Dr.
, George W .Baber, pastor of Ebe
r.ezer and general chairman of the
1 Exposition, to attend this meeting.
! Among those who will be present
.
ward Jeffries, former Mayor Rien
! ..rd W. Reading, and Vernon J.
j Brown. auditor-general. Charles
| Mahoney of the State Labor Com
mission will present the governor
Governor to Be Presented a Bust
of Lincoln
j A bust of Lincoln by a local young
Negro sculptress, Dorothy Foster
Perkins, will be presented to Gov
ernor Dickinson in the name of the
Exposition at this time.
Music will be furnished by a
chorus of 700 voice* directed by
Dolly C. Brown, and Oriel Taylor
will offer an original song especially
written for the Exposition.
Crigsby To Speak
At Louisville, Ky.
Snow F Grigsby has been invited
to address the Louisville branch of
the Nat.onal Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People thi*
week Mr. Grigsby will, in the
event that he accepts speak from
the subject "Challenge to the Un
achieved." and will leave the city
for Kentt’cky. Thursday Grigsby
was former chairman of the Detroit
Civic Rights committee
Van Wagoner Speaks
At Dem. State Meet
I Expect.ng the grea* st Negro I
I Democratic gather,ng in the history
j of Michigan, when the State Con-|
! Terence of Negro Democrats con
. venes in Detroit February 17. at
[ 'he Brewster Center Negro Demo- !
i cratic leaders of Detroit are busily j
i preparing to tnake 'he conference ■
a huge success.
The conference which aims to |
I cement the Democratic Negro force* •
Brewster Center all afternoon or. ,
Saturday. February 17. beginning
at 1 p.m.
Murray D Van Wagoner, state <
i highway commissioner will address *
I the conference. Mr Van Wagonerl
also will speak at the banquet given
!in his honor at the YWCA on
« Friday night preceding the confer- I
The committee on ai:. .-.ments
1 which includes such well known;
TWO INJURED
IN MYSTERY
! FAMILY ROW
Police Detain Husband ;|
Victims Are Taken
To Hospital
A 32->ear-old mother and her
nine-year-old daughter are at Re
ceiving hospital for treatment of
gunshot wounds, according to police.
Adelaide Harrison and her daugh
ter Novella of 705 Frederick, apart
ment four, were taken from their
to get aid. The mother was
• shot in the left leg, while (he daugh
ter had a wound of the left arm
through and through, which doctors
say will be given an X-ray.
The circumstances loading up to
j the shooting are unrevealed as
police hold the husband and father.
! Jasson Harrison, 38, for the alleged
assault
FOUND GUILTY
OF ROBBERY
- Involved in an alleged lumber J
I office robbery during which his l
j companion was shot and killed and
a bystander slain, a police officer
wounded William McKee, 30, ol j
6307 Thirtieth street, was found |
! guilty of breaking and entering be- ]
I fore a jury in the court of Record- j
! cr's Judge Arthur E. Gordon Mon- i
day.
The owner of a restaurant and '
| employed by the Ford Motor Car
. company. McKee was the alleged 1
; accomplice of Solomon Smith. 32. of j
4738 Milford street, who was slain
Iby Patrolman Kapuschanski last
December 6 during a gun fight fol
lowing an alleged attempt by the
| two men to rob a lumber company !
! office at 4825 Russell street
j Charles Fisher. 42. of 5457 St
! Aubin street, and police officer.]
Joseph C Moffat. 45. white, of 12796
! Griggs street, were injured in the '
[cross fire of police and bandit bul- j
J lets. Fisher died, but Moffatt re- i
I Smith's body was shipped to
Okmulgee. Okla. for burial by a
! sister lining at 6337 E Watson
I street. December 9 according to a
. funeral director in charge of the
body while it lay in state at 1939:
' St. Aubin street.
TO PRESENT LINCOLN BUST
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Dorothy Foster Perkins. Detroit
sculptress, member of the Pen
and Pallette Art club, exhibitor
, of pottery at one of the large de
partment stores, and many times
winner of honors for her cera
mics, painting and sculpture, will
present her recently completed
bust of Abraham Lincoln to Gov.
Leaders Give Opinions
Of Labor Union *
Sometime ago flic president of
the Detroit Branch N.AACP was!
asked by certain interested mcrch-:
I ant? on the East ?tde to form a
iuho was «pen«nnng the National
Association of American Workers j
land just what its intentions weie ,
, lunate ur.ion. With that infli.nd '.he .
I following committee was ch.>.-m: |
j Rev Wm H Pock. Rev Cv W
i Baber. Rev. A (.' William- I. C
I Blount, Fred Allen Carlton Ol nei
i Dr. James J McClendon
j This committee has held several
| meetings w i!h the officers of the •
I National Ass mat on nf American
] Workers. Our findings are as fol
| The organization was chartered |
• as » labor organization on October .
|9. 1939 Wc find that they have n
| perfect right to organize labor |
1 unions if they so desire This right j
j has been the United |
ional Labor Relations board. Wp
find that they were organized for j
the same purpose as any other labor
1. For collective bargaining
i democratic leaders as State Senator j
l Digg/. Emmett S. Cu/inmgham.
j Joseph C Coles. -George Johnson!
1 and Rev Horace A White, has an
nounced the appointment .of a cre-
The credential? committee, head-!
j ed by Crtarle* Fisher, well known j
labor leader, as chairman, includes. |
I also Ally. Wyne Garvin. Luther,
Keith. Pete Cazsy. Rev Horace A. I
• White. Victor Hick; W T Johnson.
Lawrence Carter. Dr. T. E Tanr..!
; Dr. Alonzo E Goodson.
All clubs and organizations who
are part cipating in the conference
; are advised to get in touch with
j Chairman Fisher in order to secure
their accredited credentials Mr.
Fisher can be contacted at the
! Y.M.C.A. between 9 and 11 am., in
I the mornings and from 1 to 2 30 p m
Straighten out your thinking about
i kinking. Use Mogro. Now only 25c.
Telephone TEmple 1-8878
ernor Luren D. Dickinson when
he speaks at Ebenezer church
Sunday on the annual Lincoln
i day program. Mrs. Perkins will
make the presentation in the
name of the Seventy Five Years
which will open in Detroit in May
of this year.
3 To eliminate inhuman work- 1
ing conditions
4 To fight against any and all
kinds of discrimination in factor- ]
ics and in all other labor unions j
5 To dwnurwl a just portion of |
employment in the manufacture and i
distribution of goods sold on the j
open markets. —>
We find that they are not a seg
regated union for colored members !
only and that according to their |
rolls whites are also members. We |
find that it is not a company union
bul was organized- by individuals 1
who I'T.iTTzcß'. the need of sue!) an j
organization and banded themselves!
together for the general improve-!
ment of'all workers regardless of 1
We further find that they have
; ready according to their records.
WSer UNION, Page 2
GET CARVER PORTRAIT
Gradvate? of the Russell acDobl
[ presented a? a class gift to the
school at their commencement ex
iercises an. excellent portrait of the
famous analytical chemist. Dr
| George Washington Carver
Attorney Henry S Dunbar, man
ager of the Brewster Housing Pro
ject delivered the graduation ad
' dicss.
□CITYQ
EDITION
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And Worth It
NUMBER 45
ASK SIO,OOO
DAMAGES FOR
LAD’S DEATH
Child Is Shot In Back
While Boarding A
Freight Train
A white police officer is being
sued for SIO,OOO in the fatal shoot
ing of a 15-ycar-old Negro boy
who died at Receiving hospital last
May 12. accordirg to records filed
in circuit court.
Clarence Lothridge was appointed
administrator on June 21. 1939 by a
probate court for the estate of Leo
Lothridge. 15, of 5831 Van Court
who died intestate The SIO,OOO
damage claim was filed through
Ally Charles B Berry against Bert
Mitchell, a white police officer.
Boy Shot in Back
Leo Lothridge was allegedly shot
in the back by the officer while
boarding a freight train at New
York Central yards by the police
officer who, in his answer to the
declaration, stated he was approxi
mately 75 feet from the deceased to
whom he called “halt." He said that
•he deceased stopped, reached with
bis right«hanri under his left armpit,
then agan rail away and jumped
or. a moving freight train.
Officer Mitchell admits he had
not witnessed the commission of a
felony by the person being pur
sued (Leo Lothridge) but denies
lie did not have probable cause to
i nelieve such a felony had been
committed; the officer further de
! mes that he did not give any warn
ig whatsoever to the 15-year-old
bov and that he shot without cause
oi justification.
Store Clerk Chases Boy
The alleged shooting occulted
1 ;ome time after 12:05 May 12. while
the police officer was on duty at
I Milwaukee and Woodward avenue
! when* he was attracted by the out
-1 cries of a store clerk at 6430 Wood
-ward avenue who was allegedly
pursuing Leo Lothridge along with
Patrolman David Wooten. Bert
vditchell is represented by Nathaniel
• loldstick, assistant corporation
I counsel.
Officer Was Negligent
In the declaration filed by the
Lothridge administrator these al
c gat ions were made: Negligence of
’he defendant (white officer) con
ists of (a) for injury to the plain
tiffs intestate without any personal
: knowledge of the commission of
ay felony or misdemeanor: (b)
without having any probable cause
that a felony had been committed;
ic) without any information that
plaintiff's intestate had committed
any feldny; <d) without any positive
information by written, telegraphic
or other authoritative source that
another officer held a warrant for
,iis (Leo Lothridgc's) arrest; (el
without making any effort to pur
uc. capture and arrest the de
ceased, and that the gross, wilful,
and negligent act of the defendant
v.-as not for public security, but
contrary to the status in such cases
,ade and provided especially by
Group Nominates
Senator Diggs
Honorable Senator Charles C.
Di««. recent winner of the Porter
• Iphy, given annually by the
| Booker T Washington association
i t i the individual who renders the
progres? jn Detroit, has announced
i hi.* candidacy, through the Citizens
| committee for the nation-wide poll
! being conducted by the Schomburg
' mltectlon of Negro Literature and
■he New York Association for the
Study of Life and History, to select
[ the 12 outstanding Negroes of 1939.
i judging them on merit, courage and
I social contribution to the race and
1 humanity.
The results to be announced dur
; ing the celebration of Negro History
' week.
Let us all support our senator
1 and humanitarian Address your
letters indorsing the senator to the
•'chomburg collection of Negro lit
erature. New York City. N. Y., in
care of L D Reddick, curator.
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