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Pen And Palette Art Show Draws Large Crowd Here
MITCHELL, BOYD
HALL, HARDMAN
TAKE PRIZES
Scene of the sixteenth annual ex
hibition of the Pen and Palette Art
club, the Horace H Rackham Me
morial Building at Woodward and
Warren avenues offered a splendid
background for the event.
Forty two works of race artist*,
members of the Pen and Palette
club were on display. The group
included water colors, oil paintings,
J.thographs and wood carvings.
Leroy Mitchell Takes First Priie
First prize of $-5 went to Leroy
Mitchell for hi* water color. "Sus
pense" which was a study of a pool
room scene. Mitchell, whose works
drew much praise from patrons, was
also awarded honorable mention
for his lithograph "Wheat Boy,"
Born in Detroit in 1924. the young
artist attended Balch. Garfield and
Cass schools. He was graduated
from Cass in 1942. Under instruction
at the school of Misses Davis and
Skew is. Mitchell. 'in 1941. won the
National Scholastic prize of S3O.
and the National Scholastic Ink
drawing third prize of $lO. His
lithograph was entitled "Street
Scene," his ink drawing, “Gas Sta-
.... " J 1
Dr. Frank Raiford. former president of Trinity hospital, announced
last week that he will open offices in the Tobin building at 1308 Broad
way. Dr. H. E. Tann will be associated with Dr. Raiford in suites
206-7-8. Dr. Raiford was head of the department of gynecology at
Trinity hospital.
Michigan Elks Close
• State Conference
Highlighting the slate convention
of Michigan' Elk*- held last Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at Lansing.
Mich, in the Lincoln community
was the oratorical contest in which
representative* from Michigan cities
participated.
in addition to these citations.
Mitchell was awarded the Walker
Outdoor Advertising Award by the
Walker Outdoor Advertising com
pany for his design of Ipana Tooth
paste and honorable mention in
the national Meat Poster Competi
tion. Three of the youthful artist’s
prints have also been sold to George
Sampleton of Fortune Magazine.
Much of Mitchell’s artistic suc
cess has been the result of the in
terest and coaching of Miss Hadra
cose of Garfield intermediate school.
Mis* Campbell of Balch elemen
tary. Miss Eirren. Miss Fleming.
Mr. Scholtz, Mr. Brackett and Mr.
Dc Edrley, art instructors and
patrons. Mitchell is now an aircraft
mechanic, training at the Ford
Motor company.
Gerald Boyd Takes Second
Second prize was taken by Gerald
Rotan Boyd. Boyd, a graduate of
the University of low a. major in art.
tv as, during his university years.
Ihe winner of numerous prizes in
UTr-amf-designT He also exhibited'
J:-. the Texas Centennial Art Sec
tion and in the Fort Worth. Texas
first.all state show being the lone
Race exhibitor. Boyd also has nu
mero paintings hanging in Kansas
City. Kars., where he lived for sev-1
cral years.
Holding the position of vice chair
niat of the Un.ted American
Artist? affiliated with Local 26.
U O P.W..V, CIO. in Detroit. Boyd
is a native of Texas 'Fort Worth)
#nd has resided in Detroit for the
past two—and one-half years. The
Frances do Erdely prize and the
Dr. Rupert Markoe Purchase prize
■were those taken by Boyd.
Myrtle Hall Awarded Third
Third prize, the George C. Har
fhaw Memorial, went to Myrtle
Hall for her oil painting. "Coal
Shanty." Miss Hall, who for years
was a professional model before
she touched a canvas credits much
rs her interest and success in_art
“1j Paul Honore. noted nturahst. for
•whom she modeled some years ago.
*nd Zoltan Sepheshy of Cranbrook
Art school. She was for six.years.
pre«.dent of the Pen and Palette
club and look first pr.ze m the
exhibit of 1941 Her art career has
jiftted her grand prizes and
Held Sunday evening the com
petition resulted in Margaret Leo j
of Flint, taking the first prize: Sally j
Cornwell And Ernestine Johnson, j
consolation prizes. Miss Lee will I
compete for the national grand .
prize of a SI,OOO scholarship in the j
regional contest which will be held ■
July 5 at Chicago. 111.
Directing the contest was Judge i
W. C. Houston of Washington. D C., I
grand comm-ssioner of the national ,
organization. Mrs. Carrie Curtis,
chairman of the State Education !
committee, was mistress of cere- )
monies. Judges included G B Wil
liams. Lansing sociologist; Mrs. Nell j
Bloodgood. president of the Lincoln
school, and Atty. Charles W. Jones, i
assitant prosecutor from Detroit.
Drill Contest Colorful Event
Sunday afternoon was filled with I
coir and drama as the drill teams
of various temples throughout the \
Rothman, Mrs. William Valentiner. j
Miss Isabelle Weadock - Louis :
Blount. Fred Butzcl. John C Dancy.
Albert De Salle. Fiances Do Erdely.
Carlos Lopez. Dr. Rupert C Markoe.
Mrs. Kenneth L. Moore. Sarkis !
Sarkisian. Zoltan Sepcshy, Dr i
Ernest Scheyer. George L. Torna |
and Wilbur C. Woodson
Saturday. Opening Day; Will Run
One Week
Saturday. June 13, was opening I
day for the exhibit which is sot up
in rooms seven and eight of the
building. Tea was served to patrons
with Mrs. Madeline Fowler, execu
tive secretary of the Lucy Thurman J
Y W.C.A., presiding at the tea table, j
Sidelights
The Pen and Palette club mem- J
bers oraised highly the interest
and cooperation which has been
tendered the group by Francis
de Erdley, noted European artist, i
who has been giving volunteer in- j
struction to the group for the past
George-. C. Harshaw, late member j
of the group was characterized by I
| the members of the group was char- »
acterized by the members as having
been a "fine fellow and a real art-!
isl" Third prize was given in Har
shaw’s memory. The young artist I
d.cd early this year.
Nine Paintings Sold
Nine of thr 42 works exhibited
HO.c and V urd.iv. Percentage of I
proceeds from sale.- will go to war!
relief Officers of the c’.ub are !
Gerald R. Boyd, president: Booker j
T Helm, vice presided; Ruth Mc-
Intosh secretary; Aubrcc C. Agee,
The ciub is sponsored by the De
troit Urban League. J<-hn C Dancy,
executive secretary Painting? m:i>
oe viewed da.ly until 6 pm. Satur
day.
Ernest Hardman Gets fourth
Fourth prize went to Ernest Hard
man Hardman «a- born in Konowa.
Okia . attended ihe public schools
cf St. Louis, ihen moved to Cleve
land. Ohio. He studied art in high
school, attended art classes at the
Cleveland Museum of Art. was
given a scholarship to the Cleve
land School of Art. He has sold
ciuitc a number of paintings - and
has recently completed an oil paint
ing of Mr-. Christine Smith, for
mer active YWCA, leader. Hard- I
man also took honorable mention
lor his "Study of a Boy "
Honorable Mention
Honorable mention* ribbons also*
went to Sidney for his "Still Life” I
and Booker Helm for hi* wood j
carving, "Bigger.” Helm’s wood
carving was a study of Bigger |
Thomas. < haracter in the recently ;
popular Native Son" by Richard)
Wright.
Judges for the event were Mrs.
Ueorgc Kamnermai Sark s Sar- ,
Jtijrian and Dr. Ernest Scheyer
Sponsors included Mrs George M.
Black. Mrs. Earl J. Hudson. Mrs.
George Kaiupcrman, Mrs. Edward
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i participated in a drill contest
i Results of the competition were that
first prize went to Lucille Junior
Giri.N «>f ’.ue Florence Ames Temple.
[ DctroU Bessie Wilson, leader: sec
ond prize. Port Huron Marching
ciub; third prize, Beulah Land
Temple Dr/1 Team.
1 Among the officers named in the
I women s division were Grace Bry- \
ant. president; Georgia Hight. first)
! vice president; Cleo Taylor, secre- i
y; s' i Hawkins, treasurer;,
Virginia Yale*, state recorder; Car- ;
! ne Curtis, state chairman,
i B J. Bryant was rc-elerted state
i president of the organization. Hon- j
.liable J. Finley Wilson, grand ex- !
alted ruler of the national group !
and Judge Houston attended all
I sessions of the meeting. Music for |
the oratorical session was furnished
• by the Pride of Michigan Glee Club.
BURNED IN OCT.
WOMAN DIES AT
ELOISE KOSP.
I Pul ce listed as ace dental death
the case of Mrs. Ruby Grimes. 27. |
I nf 8793 Cardoni street, who died at |
Receiving hospital last week after i
receiving treatment for third degree I
burns of the legs, thighs and arms.
i It was disclosed that the injured
woman had been burned when
cleaning fluid exploded in an cstab- j
lishment at 1217 Westminster street
on October 23.
j The body was taken to the 1
morgue and identified by David 1
Grimes of the Cardoni street ad-j
dress and by George Postcll of 907 '
Mrs Grimes had been transferred i
to Eloisc hospital where she died I
from her burns last week.
Convicted For
Mistake Slaying
After deliberating more than 20 j
•rv Os j
Circuit Judge Lila M. Ncunfelt
' fund Thomas Hall gui ty of second !
! degree murder. I >t Friday. Hall
| w ' be sentenced June 19
i The defendant was charged with!
the fatal shooting of Joseph Lewin-
I -ki. white, la.-! winter Hall hud had |
• h s h-.rne. got a ,-hotgun and rc
i mined to the Hamtramck Case He
,<-d the gun with intention of
I shooting .the other man. but hit
| l.ewmski -mirad. the full blast of |
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Visits Parents
Suit —
(Continued from Tagr 1)
case, according to Attorney Wil
liam T. Patrick Sr
Dawson was arrested in Monroe.
Mich-, on or about April 20. 1940
for an alleged traffic violation and
' held by the police authorities. He
1 oefore Municipal Judge George S
I Wright.
Brutally Beaten By Cop
While in court appealing the
l court for his release, according to
the attorney's brief. Dawson was
j attacked by Officer A1 Gessner and
i several others and reportedly bru-
I tally beaten with a blackjack until
Ihe collapsed on the floor of the
Body Hung In Cell
! The injured youth was reported
i ly then taken to his jail cell and
j was later found with his iie knot
i :rd around his throat tied to '.he
j top of the cell. When an inquiry
was made, it was reported that.
Dawson had committed suicide in
1 A suit for SIOO 000 was filed in
! the Federal District court at Dc- i
I troit by Atty. William T. Patrick j
Sr., representing the estate and
’ heirs of Tommy Dawson.
I Several Surd In SIOO,OOO Case
The Monroe police officers and j
* the judge of the municipal court j
j and the city of Monroe were made j
| party defendants in the lawsuit.
I However, a motion to dismiss the J
case for lack of jurisdiction by the j
> defendants and a motion to add j
i Judge George Wright as a party |
I defendant Was made by Attorney !
! Patrick.
i The motion to dismiss the case i
j for lack of jurisdiction was granted j
I and the motion to add the judge
' as party defendant was denied,
j Attorney Patrick contended in
his jurisdictional statement that I
the case came under the Four- |
tcenth Amendment of the Consti- I
j tution of the United States, in that I
| the defendants were all servants j
' and agents of the state of Micili- j
y { . j
-1
Norman J. Tabor, Jr.. 2nd lieu
tenant Corps of Engineers, re
cently assigned to the Engineers’
Replacement training center at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., was :n
the city this week visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ta
bor. A former Fort Custeritc.
Tabor was recently graduated
from an officers* training school
at Virginia. (See story elsewhere)
Lieut. Tabor
Visits Family
! Norman Tabor, soldier son of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabor of
Chestnut avenue and former Camp
visiting his parents and host of
friends. Tabor, quite svelt, in his i
lieutenant's uniform came to the
city directly from Fortg Belvoir,
Va . where he graduated this month
from the Engineers Officers Train
ing candidates course. Engineers'
school. United States army.
Commissioned as second lieuten
ant. Tabor is the third Negro offi
cer to be so commissioned and the
third Negro to finish the school.
He was at Camp Custer for a pe
riod of thirteen months during
which time he held the position j
of administration and personnel
sergeant.
Tabor left the city this week for
Missouri. Other Detroiters at Fort
Belvoir, according to Tabor's re
ports, are Alexander Smith, Jr.,
and Isaac Blocker. Isaac is the
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Blocker, Detroiters.
Pending an appeal to the United
States Supreme court. Attorney
William T. Patrick made a motion
to set aside and vacate the order
dismissing the case and the order
denying the motion to add Judge
Wright as a party defendant.
Set Order Aside
The motions were argued before
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard
last week. He set a.'idc the order
dismissing the case for lack of
jurisdiction and also set aside the
older denying the motion to add
Judge Wright ns parly defendant.
Amendment "Protects” Man
Attorney Patrick contends that
unless the defendants agree to go
to trial he is prepared to appeal
to the United States Supreme
court, in that "the large corpora
tions of the United Suites, con
trary to legislative intention have,
with uninterrupted consistency
been protected by the fourteenth
amendment Why shouldn’t a Ne
gro man. whose life has been taken
without due process of law* and
for whom ihe said fourteenth
amendment was enacted to law. be
protected under the above dmend
r.cnt to the Constitution of the
United States? 7 *
HUBBY SHOT
IN NECK IN
FREAK PLAY
An altercation between a wife j
and her mjte ended when Cebram
Whittaker, the husband, was shot
in the center of the back at the base
of the neck as. according to police,
the couple were struggling for the |
possession of a revolver.
Testimony disclosed that Cebram j
Whittaker. 36. of 457 Hague, had j
accused his wife. Addie, 36 years j
old. of being too friendly with
William Martin, a guest in their
home, so police say.
It was further disclosed that
Whittaker went to his bedroom, got
a gun and threatened to kill his
wife and Martin Whittaker, then
police say. fired three shots at his
wife, missing her but leaving pow- [
dor marks on her clothes.
Mrs. Whittaker grabbed the gun
in the sculc bent her husband’s
gun arm back until when the re
volver discharged the bullet struck
Cebram at the base of the neck.
He Was rushed to gc! aid by Mr?.
1 Whittaker. He was '-eld a police
prisoner pending a complete inves-
I ligation of the altercation.
Youth On Bike,
Struck By Auto
A 16-year-old boy was crowded i
off his bike and was treated for a j
possible skull fracture at Rcceiv* I
ing hospital last week after being !
taken to get aid from Beaubicn and 1
East Vernor Highway, so police j
I records disclosed.
j Ralph Crawford of 281 E. Vernor. I
I off his bicycle by an auto driven by i
! William E. Brooks. 20. of 18411 !
Binder street, employed at Ford's :
plant.
Neither Crawford nor Brooks
was held by police. *“■ '
The ‘Master’
Headlines —
(Continued from Page I)
! dressed a college alumni gathering i
I m swank Hotel Wardolf Astoria via
! radio from China last week and she:
i spoke brave words of wisdom j
! which America cannot ignore. The j
I little lady said. ”1 have faith that >
I from the crucifixion experienced in j
this WM the democracies w ill learn
the lesson that prevention is better
| than cure: that it is bester to pre
. ven wars than to win wars But war
can only be prevented if the world
I society is so constituted that all
1 races are given equal opportunity
I to ’develop their native genius, not
' ;iami--ered but aided by stronger and
more advanced races.”
, REAPING TIME i
! When A. Philip Randolph got up
i on the floor of the A. Fof L. con
j vention in Seattle last year gave his
i fellow unionists a smooth but bit
‘ ter tongue lashing for their dis
; criminating ways, he was politely
j ignored. Last week in Chicago,
i however, the Fair Em
ployment- Pra.ctice Committee
cracked down on two A F. of L. lo-
I cals; had given them an ultimatum
to clean house by June 18 or they
! would be cited to the'President for
i punitive action. These locals that
; discriminate against Negro members
are hurting the whole organized
labor movement besides preventing
Negroes from helping in the war
effort which, of course.-amounts to
sabotage or treason. Tne words of
' Randolph must be ringing in their
cars. These labor boys are reaping
! a harvest of very bad publicity
which may end in some drastic
SINFUL WASHINGTON
According to a news dispatch the
police department in the nation's
[ capital has issued a w arning to
| parents which runs: "if your daugh
ter is emotionally unstable keep her
away from wartime Washington.”
There are more women than men
I in the big city and tho girls are liv
ling on top of one another because
of the housing shortage. There are
i more unmarried women in Wash
ington than any other city of com
l parable size. The catty chicks get
desperate and the wolves are roam
ing everywhere and good girls are
i leu behind.
POLICE QUESTION
| The police have been cracking
| down on a number of the black and
1 tan spots and certain leaders are
| saying that the police are trying to
I break up all spots where Negroes
| and whites frequent together The
j after hour places for whites are said
to be going full blast. One critic
contends that the cops might find
: some ' interesting things in the i
, IYAC after closing hours and a few I
other cultural establishments.
Job— "
(Continued from Page 1)
to follow the present i
which is making progress.
"We are dealing here with a
long starding human problem that
requires patience and education in
tolerance if we are really to get
results instead of indulging in emp- !
ty gestures.
Necessity Will Accomplish Much
*fhe governor further expressed ,
the opinion that sheer necessity
, w ill do much toward hastening
j the employment of Negroes in
| much fcrger numbers, saying . . .
"It is my belief that great steps
toward wiping out employment dis
crimination wu'.l come about auto
matically in the months ahead.
Michigan faces a tremendous labor
shortage. Negroes and other mi
noriay groups will bo given work
out of sheer necessity. It has
[ been my observation that these
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PETRY FISHER
The self-styled "old master” in
affairs political will begin broad- j
casting in the columns of the :
Michigan Chronicle next week, j
The following introduction is j
from the pen of Mr. Fisher: i
"Louis Martin, editor of the
Chronicle has persuaded ‘The
Old Master.’ the great Petry
Fisher to view and review and i
give the political lowdown on the
national, state, county and city !
governments. As to offices held
and officeholders, their attitude
and their fitness to serve the peo- 1
pie and their relations to m**m- j
bers of the colored race. Petry |
was formerly editor of tho Mich- )
iftan World and is now commis- J
sioner of the Athletic Board of I
Control and Deputy Sheriff oi j
Wayne county. Mr. Fisher is I
known as an astute politician and |
an untiring worker for his peo
ple. This column will explain all |
amendments that shall be oro- |
posed: expose selfish sponsoring |
interests and make clear vague j
issues as they affect our group.
Next week, Petry will begin wth
a discussion of Home Rule and I
Various Candidates." |
people Ly good conduct, and hard
work when actually given a chance.
cpn do more to wipe out old preju-
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Young Man Escapes
From Institution
Police say that Edward Howard.
27. escaped from the Detroit House
of Correction last week where he
was serving a 90-day sentence on
a false pretenses charge.
Police say that he has a wife
living at an Nlontcalm street
address.
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