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RACE BIAS RIDES AGAIN AS COLONEL HAMTRAMCK HOMES FIGURE IN HOUSING ROW
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In a decision upon the occupancy of the Colonel Hamtramck home* i
which units are under controversy as to occupancy—whether it shall
be Negro, white or bi-racial as originally planned. Judge Guy A. I
West Side Human Relations Council In Fight Against Vice
COMMUNITY IS
AROUSED OVER
SHADYjOINTS
A drive on vice is being launched
by the West Side Human Relations
Council with the launching of a
"Know Your Community Banquet"
to be held at St. Stephens A M E
church. June 26. at 7 p.m.
The drive, according to reports
la designed to eradicate from the
West Side Community "certain
beer gardens not properly run and
ether sore spots in the community
•uch as disorderly houses and
•moke shops which are smoke
•creens for policy houses”
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Setting a 1942 goal of 10,000 membera in a huge
membership drive the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People climaxed their
drive by getting 10,236 membera and $11,807.75.
Over 700 workers took part in the "Victory*’ night
celebration. Shown here are the division leaders.
According to a statement from
the president of the organization
Mrs. Levi McDowell, "the past few
week-ends, the last of which re
sulted in tragedy, have aroused the
Ire of the community and we are
determined to do something con
crete about it.
“We know.” Mrs. McDowell con
tinued, "that we are letting our
selves in for a long, hard fight but
we feel that we must line ourselves
up with decent law abiding citizens |
who want to raise their families [
in a good environment.”
Some of the Problems Involved
Some of the problems which will
be discussed in the fight against
vice will be, in addition to those
• forementioned: Are your alleys
cleaned regularly? How many juve
nile delinquents come from the
West Side area: How many disrepu
table places are there in your neigh
borhood?
Action on these problems will be
■discussed at the Know Your Com
munity dinner. Such information as:
How does the rent control law help
me? Where may I secure sugar for
canning? will also be discussed at
the dinner meeting.
The regular meeting of the Coun
cil to be held June 22 at the Lothrop
branch public library, West Warren
at West Grand boulevard will take ;
the form of a mass meeting to plan '
..definite procedure (ap -riddrng- ;
community of undesirable elements, j
All persons having grievances and |
Complaints are invited to this meet
ing. Problems will be authentically j
discussed and effective treatment of [
the same will be planned.
EVADED DRAFT, HELD
Thomas Flowers, alias Thomas
Brown, alias Ziss, 27 years old of
1825 Monroe street, was held for
Investigation of evading the selec
tive service draft, according to po
lice records.
Dead —
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roaring days of Detroit, the days
! when the Motor City was just be
-1 ginning its march up the ladder as
; the automobile center of the world.
It was in those days that Junior
opened his haberdasery store on
St.Antoin" street, in the building
now occupied by the Thomas Paper
company.
Prior to that he had worked as
a waiter in hotels in various sec
tions of the country, and friends
yet relate some of the stories he
told them about his experience as
a waiter. This helped him to pay
his way through Howard university
and the Detroit College of Law.
In late years he had blossomed j
forth as a poet, and it was in the j
columns of the Michigan Chronicle j
! that he had his first verse publish- J
l ed His column in the paper was ;
• urrdfT-thv ception, ''Sage ol St. An-
Itoine Street.”
In addition, he had a number !
of his poemj published in maga- 1
izines. As they were written in a
I vein that attracted the man of the
streets, his verse was well known
to thousands.
Hanging in the window of his
office are copies of "The Eternal
Triangle." "Return of the Practical
Son." "The Singing Bartender," and
many others. There are also pic
tures of Henry Armstrong, the late
Bob Willis and Hattie McDaniels.
Junior was a good friend of Wil
lis, and many were the friendly
arguments they had as they dis
! sered about worldly things.
Junior was born in South Caro
lina. He was a member of Alpha
j Phi Alpha fraternity, and for a
j long time lived at the frat house
on Eliot street. He was also a mem-
I ber of the Wolverine Bar associ
ation, and each year would read
one of his poems at the yearly
meeting. o
He was as much a land mark in
Detroit as the late Bob Willis, and
his passing will be felt by many.
Junior was a friend of the poor
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Os JOE LOUIS’ SPRINGHILL FARM
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Miller of Circuit court last Friday handed down a temporary restrain
ing injunction against all-white occupancy of the project and at the
same time ordered that eight per cent of the approximately 300 unit
NAACP GETS MORE THAN 10,000 MEMBERS
Proj'ect—
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residents of the vicinities. He said
$190,000 had been allocated by the
Federal Housing Authority for the
project.
Judge Miller asked Cohen if i.
was the policy of the Federal Hous
ing Authority to designate the ra- j
cial occupancy of vario-’i projects.
When Cohen said this was left
entirely to the local authorities,
Judge Miller suggested that the
Federal ‘ Government be made a
party defendant in the case.
Judge Miller said he would grant
the plaintiff five days in which to
join the Federal Housing Authority
as a defendant in the case.
Condemns Action
The Bohn Aluminum Local No.
208, UAW-CIO, at thei- meeting j
last Sunday, adopted a resolution
urging the Hzmtramck Council and j
Hamtramck Housing Commission
to reverse their action of opposing I
bi-racial occupancy of the Colonel
! Hamtramck Homes. The resolution
.reads as follows:
“Whereas, the CIO has always I
fought discrimination against the
| Negroes and has incorporated in
its constitution, and
"Whereas, the Housi-g Commis
sion of Hamtramck has passed the
outrageous decision of smiting the
occupancy of the Colonel Ham
tramck Federal Housing Project
‘solely for members of the white
race’ despite the desperate need of
housing by the Negro citizens of
Hamtramck, and
"Whereas, such action can only
foment race hatred and misunder-
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Rev. Charles A. Hill, leader of the Navy; Mrs.
Mildred Cross. leader of the army: Mrs. Daisy E.
Lampkin, field secretary, director of the campaign;
Harrington E. O’Bryant, representing the Labor
division and Gloster Current, leader of Air Corps.
Reverend Hill’s division led with 47 members over
that of Mrs. Cross.
Pickens —
(Continued from Page 1)
I Negroes and that anything that
tends to becloud that basic con
cern is suicidal.
) The veteran leader Intimated
j that the action of the N.A.A.C.P.
1 in New York last week was un-
I important and of no consequence.
He pointed out that he was not
working for the N.A.A.C.R and
that you cannot fire a man you do
not hire. He stated further that
there is still a great work for the
N.A.A.C.P. and other organizations
to do in making a better America.
standing when the need for unity
is greatest at this critical war
period,
"Be It resolved that Local 208.
j UAW-CIO goes on record con
demning this action and demand
ing that the Housing Commission
I rescind this action and make homes
j available for Negro defense work
in a Joint statement issued by
the Rev. Charles C. Hill, chairman
of *he Sojourner Truth Citzens’
Committee, it was pointed out that
the fight waged for occupancy of
the Homes was not wo., as the re
straining injunction is only tem
porary.
A mass meeting is scheduled for
Sunday. June 21, at First Institu
tional Baptist church. Mitchell near
Caniff. Plans for raising funds and
occupancy of the Homes will be
discussed.
Spring HORSE SHOW
project be allocated to Negroes. Leroy G. Whise, chairman of the
Hamtramck Taxpayers’ league and Rev. C. N. Metcalf with Rev.
Charles Hill, chairman of Detroit Citizens’ committee are heading
YOUNG WIFE
SLAYS MATE
WITH KNIFE
Claimed He Attacked Her
And Child
Thirty-six-year-old Chester Con- ;
yers of 008 Erskine street was dead
on admittance to Receiving hospi- j
tal where he had been taken to i
1 get aid for a stab wound over the
i heart.
| Police disclosed that Conyers and
1 his wife, Lona. 32 years old, had
an argument ar.d that he assaulted
her with a knife and thr?ntened
ner 14-year-old daughter, Fanny
Mae Ellis.
Police added that Lona and sev
eral friends succeeded in quieting
Chester. However, a short time j
later Conyers, so police say. re- I
sumed the attack on his wife while
armed with a butcher knife. 1
During the altercation Chester,
so witnesses say. dropped the knife .
and used an end table to strike his
wife several times on the back. 1
knocking her to the floor, where
she picked up a pocket knife and .
stabbed him once in the left chest.
The injured man then ran from I
the houst-. While his wife securer!
the aid of Ernest Curry, 20, of the
same address and took her injured
husband to the hospital, where he
was pronounced dead on admit-
Details of the family altercation
were not disclosed by the police
department pending a complete in
vestigation of the cas* this week.
Woman Stabbed,
Walking Street
She was walkiiTg alone on Di
vision street between St. Antoine
and Beaubicn streets when an un- |
I identified person stabbed her in the :
abdomen, is the story told police i
by Sammie Lou Brown, 24, of 936 j
Adelaide street.
She gave police a description of i
her alleged assailant.
Drowns —
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doctors had made every effort to
sa\ e hip life.
The party of three young men
! and two girls, which included be-
I sides Young, Elmer Russell, Eu
! ?er.e Clark, Barbara Wheeler and
1 Marie Jackson, left Detroit at 7
pm. Wednesday and arrived at
j Sand Bar a half hour later.
According to Russell, only the
j boys went into the water. They
I had been swimming close to the
beach for less than ten minutes
when Young called for help. Rus
sell said he and Clark swam out
jto their drowning friend whom
j they believed had had an attack
of cramps. Young was too heavy
for them to pull to shore, Russell
[said, and they notified the sher-
I iffs office and a rescue squad was
! immediately sent to the scene.
The men rowed out to the point
where Young had gone under and
brought the body to the beach
where they tried every method of
resuscitation as th§, tragic-stricken
j party looked on.
; Young was then rushed to the
! hospital where another hour was
spent trying to bring him back
j to life, but his water filled lungs
' had expanded to the bursting point.
1 Tu«t before he died the youth tried
j in vain to mumble a few last words
jto his pals who stood by help
less as he breathed his last breath. ■
j Northwestern Graduate
! Born in Detroit November 26, '
1921. Young graduated from North
; western high school in June of
1940. He was an ojkpr of the
Gladiators club of the West side;
had been a member of the St.
Stephen’s church, but recently had
been attending services at the
Hartford Avenue Baptist church.
He was employed by the Federal
Aircraft company.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at 11 a.m. In the parlors
of the Stinson funeral home with
the Rev. J. D. Howell officiating.
Pall bearers were Arthur Sihcrt,
I Finis Brown, Eugene Clark, ElVr
more Wade, Thomas Williams and
; Eustus Foster. Honorary pall bear
i ers . were Paul Foster, Kenneth
j Clark, Rufus Johnson, Grover
Strong, William Ligan, Lenzie Wil
iliams and Richard Blevins.
! Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Young, two sisters
and two brothers, an aunt and
■ uncle and a host of friends.
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the fight for a fair percentage of Negro occupancy of the homeo.
Above photos show sections of the homes under dispute, located at
Dequindre and Dyar.
Riot —
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the left cheek. It was not learned
how Ksrafil received the wound
over his left eye.
Angry Crowd Gathers
An angry crowd began to gather
about the place as Thomas and
Karafil fought inside. Karafil said
Thomas broke the glass in the
front door of the shop and some
one in the crowd threw a brick
through the north window, the
flying glass sending the crowd
scurrying to safety.
Police arrived on the scene be
fore the disturbance developed into
a riot and Karafil and Thomas were
taken to Receiving hospital where
they were treated for their wounds
and held as police prisoners. Wea
ver and a few others were taken
to police headquarters, but all were
released except Weaver.
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