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NEWSY
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UNBIASED
VOL. XIII NO. 39
BRIDE-ELECT BURNED. DIES
Eddie Tolart Straddks Fence On Olympic Issue
SAYS HE MET
NO GERMAN
INJUSTICE
(By Arthur Knndtill)
Eddie Tolan, in speaking
before an Anti-Nazi Olym
pic Forum, at tbe downtown
Y. W. C. A. on December 6.
refuaed to take a stand on
tne question of Negro ath
letes competing in the Ger
man Olympia.
"If the reports that I have* heard
concerning German burbnyltleH are j
true," Tolan Halil. *1 am sure that
falrneHH would not prevail and
the real spirit of the Olympics
«t>uld be defeated. However, if
tie American Olympics Committee
has already received word from
Germany that no dlßorimlnatlon
will be tolerated at Berlin, then I
Metcalf Can’t See
"I can see no reason to ex
pect discrimination at the Olym-
Metcalf, ex-track captain at
Marquette, and runner of Inter;
national fame, In an answer to
a questlonalre to a group
of picked athloies by Avery
Hrundage, head of the American
Olympic CommHtee.
Metcalf Ih u colored man from
Chicago.
sec nothing to do but to urge the
American team to ro and win. If
members of the team do meet dis
crimination, they will have ofrt
g wnanw t© whatever chan
nels there are to take care of it.”
The double-winner of the sprints
in the last Olympics based his con
clusions on the fact thut he hart
rnn In Germany in 1932. “I was
not shown anv discrimination
then,” he said, '‘so why should T
expect to be treated dlfforent'y
now ?”
Tolnn’s attitude different from j
that, manifested by Jesse Owens,
speedy Ohioan who is almost ,;ure i
of a berth on this year's sprin;.ng
squad. Owens is reported to have
said: “If there is auy dl^eiirainu
lion against mtnorittes in Germany
then the Olympics must be with
drawn.”
His track ooach. Lari v Snyderj
(white) of Ohio State, in com i
menting on Owens
ed him severely.
is on top of the world
If he speaks nt your
iiiiw C•' (Youth Congress Anti-
Olympics Meeting In Cleveland)
he will And himself at the notion
of the ash can. He will be the for
gotten man.” Sjmder told the
Youth Congress.
Local Undertaker
Lose*. Mother
George liOvejoy. olio of I)etrolt’H
prominent undertakers, wai called
South last week. by the illness and
death of hie mother. The Tribune
joins with other fri.'uds :u extend i
ing sympathy to Mr Lovejoy in
hla breavement.
A Winner
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R>Xf* ' ’
ANNA RUBY URKUY, talented
ynnntr <liinirhtrr of Mr. and Sri.
Berry fiordy, MI9 R#o»ruM arc
ane, Detroit, wlio recently irave a
hrlllli.nl exhibition of tap -dancin':
In n recent nmafenr cortert »t
Roper*’ Theatre, nt We*t Warren
and RmmtcK, and w«i awarded
tint prtae In competition with i
inn of inatNr dwwn.
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DON REDMAN and his orchestra, featuring the
Rolden voiced Harlan Lattimore, will again xppear at the
annual Christmas Eve dance, at the Grays'tne Ballroom,
sponsored by Tom Phillips Post No. 184, American Legion.
REV. MILLS MAKES STATEMENT
ON MT. OLIVE ISSUE
Defends His Action In Connection With Mt. Olive
Church Issue
t‘4. • ocjsetuow w|rh the
controversy at
Church, Rev. T. V. i.intfi
the following statement >ollester Hall,
to certain criticism he enjoyed hv oil
He says: shal treat.
"I deny having any coiT_"T' < ' om ‘' 1 1
with the Askew controversy and
wouldn't haw for anythin*?. The
squabble between Kev. Askew and
I his church, wan no nffulr of mine.
: I did not pay any atttuition to n,
until the court ordered Rev. Askew
and the officers to select one un
interested party each. These two
were to choose u third party and
the three were to meet at Mt.
Olive Baptist Church. Thursday
night, OoL 3, 1935
"1 received notification from the
of tiers that I had been chosen by
them to be present. Rev. 11. H.
Coleman, himwelf, Informed me
that both of us hod been chosen,
that he hod been selected by Rev.
Askew, and we were to choose the
third party. We selected Rev. Hill.
“At 7:30 on the night designated.
I arrived at the church. I found
Rev. Coleman and Rev. Hill there.
We wen- all three there together,
but no one could get into the
! church, as the doors were locked.
! At least, two hundred were walt
j Ing to get in.
' ' Finally, the doors were open
ed and we all went in. What be
came of Rev. Coleman and Rev.
Hill, they can answer. I went Into
the meeting ordered by the eour*.
"One of the deacons led a fine
dcvotonal sendee, nftqr which the
house was called to order. To my
great surprise, the house voted al
most unanimously that 1 preside,
and I accepted.
! "The eourt returned all matters
of the ehurch hack to the church.
This was read twice In open meet
ing. I stated that, so Tar as the
< ourt order was ixincerned. there
was nothing before the house. A
motion prevailed that the pulpit
be declared vacant. A standing,
vote was taken which resulted in
170 for and 35 against. A motion
also prevailed to give Rev. Askew
thirty days to move out of the
parsonage. This Is the sum and
substance of whnt transpired at the
meeting at Mt. Olive Raptist
Church. Oct. 3. over which I had
the honor and pleasure to pre
side.
"The Baptist Ministers' Confer
ence wanted me to acknowledge
‘hat I dtd wrong in presiding a»
this meeting. I told them I dtd it.
because I felt I had a right to do
so. hut that if they thought it was
wrong and could prove It according
‘o Baptist law. I war willing and
ready to ask pardon They hnve
'ailed to show or convince me that
I violated any law of the Baptist
Church. They tried to get me to
make a confession I did not and
will not, until thr Lord Jesus.
Himself, shows me it was wrong.
"The talk about rentorlng ms to
If yon are la the market for a
rw»d a«ed car. ro to the Rcllnhl *
■otor Salon. W**d tlmtlot. See ad
rortlnomont an pair* S af thin laaae.
Don Redman
n*oent. the fellowship
Baptist again, is buiflk. me
, hp oayj ( iliuion, periled]
! sMrru.e ■*-- thou to a large atidl-
I cnee. It was the second quarterly
conference, the Lord's Supper was
nduiinfsterctJ at the evening war-,
ship Cider Hinton tq -
Max Yergen Greets
Detroit Friends In
Interesting Letter
Spingarn Medalist Resumes
African Work, After
Visit To U. S.
Max Yergen, the name that Is
known the world ovot and the Y.
M. C. A. secretary who has done
such an outstanding work In Afri
ca. greets friends in Detroit
through an interesting letter re
cently received at the local "Y". It
will bo remembered that Detroit
each year rallies to the support of
this dynamic missionary and has
always displayed a great Interest
in the work he has been doinr
through his “Y” center at Alice
C. P., {-{auith Africa. A deleted
letter from Mr. Yergen follows:
P. O. Box
Alice C. P.
South Africa
September 30. 1935
I Dear Friends:
We have been back in South
: Africa long enough to gather on
the threads of our work where «>•
left it in 1933. During these year
; of our absence, much has happened
and 1 will write this letter tinder
the influences of chances hor
and those ehnnges that I ex
perienced along with vou in Ameri
ca during 1933 and 1934.
The first Impression is one of
unquestioned mntorini prosperity
throughout South Africa due to In
'creased exploitation of go*d ndnci*
There have been some increases
in wnres for the nfrtves nnd sub
stantial surpluses Slaved hv the
Provincial OovernmAtfs. The im
ports for the first six months shm**
a marked Increase snd include
American fnrm mat .tlncrv and
1 automobiles.
The second Impression is the
political retrogression In which
Parliament proposes to tn’-n n»'"'
from Africa In sane Province *h '
ri"ht to vote, whb-h they have ei.- j
Joved for al'tv vea»-s
Tho TtathnnKthlopinn situation |
Is contributing to the genera’ ,
seriousness of the normal f'”"' !
pitrntf ns in Sm“h Africa. Thi«
situation Is nnturaiiv iM»u*lpg •»"-
rest nmonrst all the Furon-' 1 "
colonial Powers ss thev note the
desire of the natives to condemn
Italv and frequently think lu
terms of their own economic and
physical freedom
The work of the "T" la goln*
ahead in snlte of all of the ver
real deatructlons occuring all
ahont mb. I found most of th*
forty - two associations amongst
atudenta actively enaaaod in their
DETROIT, MICH:
GROUP WILL
SHOW HONOR
TOZAMENHOF
Honoring rlw birthday of the
lain Dr. 1* L. Zamenhof. author of
Esperanto, tho auxiliary interna
tiona) language, several Hot roil
groups who are studlng tho lan
guage will give a program, Sunday
afternoon, December lfith, »t I
o'clock, at tho parish house of St.
Jnhn’a Episcopal Church, 111 K
Montcalm street.
Mrs. Robert L. Davis, organizer
of the ‘‘Human Family’* progrnnts.
is co-operating in the presentation
of this program, and will be one of
the speakers. Joseph H. Murry. 1
•resident of the Esperanto Society
of Detroit, will pretride. Members
of the Polish Society and various
members of the study classes being
held In different jsirts of the city,
will also participate.
According to the sponsors, the
Esperanto groups have no political
or religious affiliations, but are
strictly neutral groups whose solo
aim and purpose is to establish
Esperanto us an auxiliary language
for all members of the human
family.
Piter M. Quralshi. a native of
India, will explain the purpose of
an auxiliary International lan
guage. Others will speak on the
ife of Dr. Zamenhof.
Smokes In Bed
Clarence Webb, 44. of 2722
Hrunh Htrvet. sufferer! 2nd and
Ird doprce burnw about h'.*
*ace, body. arm.', and ehouldei
a when he allowed a cigarette
hat ho wajL««a -Ur
' rflod Por. 8. nf
survived by Ms widow, fwoJ
or* and ono sister,
Mr, iv -h
Mrs. Mary Bethune
Thrills Large Crowd
At Local “Y ”
Mrs. Mary Mcl>eod Bethune,
speaking at the Y. M. C. A. on last
Sunday, gnve u highly Inspiration
al address to the crowded aud
ience that had assembled to hear
her.
Relating the difficulties that
had faced her as she strove to
bring her Ideals of education for J
young people of the race to inn- i
tlon. she spoke optimistically ol
the future, pointing out various op- j
portunitles that the world offered |
colored people.
"We should tuke prldo In our
selves and prldo in our race,” j
Mrs. Bethune asserted, "and we
should not allow hatred for each
other to enter our relationship."
Mrs. Bethune. who came to De
troit under the auspices of the
local branch of the N. A. A. C. K.
spoke on the subject. "In-terraclal
Good Will Throughout The World. ’
L. C. Blount, president of the local
organization, presided.
Following the address, n lovely
mnqttet was presented the speak
>r by Mrs. Viola Hardimnn. on be.
lalf of the Tati Chapter of the
Delta Sign... Theta. of which
torority Mrs. Bethune is a mem- i
ter.
Christmas Cheer To Be Shared With The
Needy
We are pleased to announce through the Tribune Unit we are
In tonrh with certain organisation* ami Individual* through whom
If will he possible so *npply n llmlfeil nnmher of ( hrMniiis bask
ets so needy families In l>etrolf. Other organisations are also In
vited to co-operate.
With this object In view, we arc printing lielow a coupon to
he tilled out and sent to the Tribune office at 2MS St. Antoine, hi
those needy families desiring to he taken care of In this way. Ap
plication*. however, will not he considered, unless this coupon is
used.
Ipply mil later than Noon December It
rorpon
\a me ... -
House nunilM-r Street
Number in family . Number of small children
program of practical social sor
vice. religious educational worl
through nihlo sludy. nddreese
upon and discussion of persona'
and putdlc literal questions. Mrs
Yergen Is nl my side in her tlaua'
devoted manner and. In addition
must conduct school dally for one
two younger children. We left the
two older bova. * Frederick and
Mas. In Aiaartca-Oakwood School
Poughkeepsie. New York. They
are doing well and I am quite cor*
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 f 1935
Joe Louis Buys NAACP Christmas Seals
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■ e.’ji vs -> ‘f 'W|S^B9| * J i ( ‘j
The Brown in the living room of his
1 qottagc at his tre*' l,n tf camp in Pomptvn N. J. pur
JflHp j
,-otoper, 4 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam H. Cooper of the Paul Laurence Dunbar aparmenis
in Harlem. The week of December 15-22 has been desig
nated as N. A. A. C. P. Christmas seal week when the sai*-
of more than 350,000 seals will be poshed in all sections
of the country.
These seals are being sold in Detroit through a com
mittee of the Junior Works Division of the local N. A. A.
C. P., of which Charles Harris, 4826 Moore Place is
chairman. .
JOE LOUIS BOOSTERS CLUB
TO SPONSOR CHARITY SHOW
Affair To Be Staged At Lucy Thurman “Y. W. C. A."'
Thursday, December 10
The big benefit show to be pre- I
sen ted at the Lucy Thurman Y.
W. C. A . Ik e. 19, by ’he Joe !>oulk
Boosters' Club, bids fair to be a |
mammoth success The benefit is
being given a secure funds with
which to supply Christmas baskets
nnd clothing to needy families in
Detroit. It is the hope of the spon
sors to provide for about three
hundred or more families.
All applications will be investi
gate*! by the Detroit Housewives
League
Sponsors promise that those
fortunate enough t.» secure tickets
to the charity show will witness
the largest galaxy of stars ever to
*ain thnl the strnin of separation
Is harder on us than on them.
Time will not p«rmlt me to
write further and I hope to send
n second letter within a short
while. T appreciate your Intcres'
In Africa and In the work which
we are trying to do here, and It Is
my desire to keep you as well In
formed of events and of our work
aa posslbl .
You re very sincerely.
Mai Yergen
on the local stage They will
Include stars from the Club Planta
tion. (“hocolate Bar, Ap*-x. Frogs’
I Club, Derbies Bla .'* Cat Club.
Babcock's Booking Agency, thi
Holbrook Theatre, Lark Club. Dun
bar Theatre. Roxbnrough Players,
and other amusement enterprises,
in addition to other radio stars and
local celebrities who will do their
hit to bring Christmas cheer. Two
or more popular Jazz orchestra*
will furnish the marie
The public Is cordlallv Invited to
support this worthy project, by
purchasing tickets to the show
Kdgar .1 ntt* ts general chairman:
Dr. Powell Johnson. John H.
Thompson, anti Mo-es F Fritz, an
sistnnt chairmen
Tickets may lx secured from
members of the committee, or at
the Lucy Thurman YWCA . f*6it R.
Kllzuheth. the Booker T Washing
ton Trade Associate n, and the De
troit Housewives League
Dr. Schmalhausen
To Lecture
On Fascism
Next Sunday af’ , »rnoou at 2:.10.
at St. Andrews* Svrriely Hall. ■l3l
K. Congress street. . nc half block
1 < -n*f of the County building, the
1 ahor Institute of Social Science
will present llr. Sami.cl Schmal
hnusen In a lecture oi. the sub
Sect' "Fascism: A < nlturc or a
Crime?" Or. S« 1 inulhuir en Is a
nationally known psychologist,
educator, author, and lr- furor, lie
Is the author of tho folowlng hooks
Our Changing l.ui.ac Nature;
whv Wc Misbehave Humanising
Education: Dehold America: Wo
man’s t/Oining Os Ages; uud many
others.
After ibe lecfuct-. iherc will be
a period duroted to 'locations from
the audlepec. The meeting Is pub
lic, and all Interested are cordial
ly InrljAjl to attend
2J46 ST. ANTOINE
PRETTY ETHELYN STRONG
DIES IN AGONY ON
EYE OF WEDDING
Funeral Services Held Wednesday
Afternoon, With Many Attending
The last sail funeral rites for IP-yeai-oM Ethelyn
Strong. •‘>•‘s6l McGraw, who was tat:ill> burned at hi.
home last Friday night, were held at tlu local Websiei
Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon. ut l o’clock. The
two rooms of the establishment were filled to overflowing
with the youthful friends of the dead girl and her *‘ami!\.
and an air of seriousness that was most depressing per
faded the atmosphere. ?
Various theoric ami rumors
hin’i' been advan- •|| as o tin* in»>
live which prompt* o this youna
«lrl Jo saturate her itoihinu with
cleaning f 1 ui<! and ignite them in
the basement of Vv i.oin* Friday
niuht Hite was >«• haw been mar
ried this week to Oswald Webster,
a 20-year-old *• nth *d this city
and the ntarrii* • !i< ace had al
ready been applied or and pub
lished.
When a Tribune n presentative
called at the faru'l/ residence
shorty after the Vrs. Anna
Strong. tin rect widowed
mother, (lonic<l that the tragedy
hud he«*n prefect •>1 !■> a lov< rs
lunrrel, u* r**p■>»*«• <l. and alao
elated that her dim "iici hud nt i
I 'Oimnlttcd Kiilrlde On tin t'dhev
l hand Mr*. Strong *tut«d that, u
l nurac at the R»etivinn Iloupltul
i where the stricken tak
en, told her that v-Vn Elhelyn
was questioned an to how she wus
burnt; t. Bhe reel: "I did it.
vHt* U.” Retailtrr i ray Ethelyn
had nevW aAvn tV in any Indies-
I flon of the fact
i trouble or that she wlshertfoVift
( nor hail she been obviously melar
(choly on the nlphi of her fatal
tragedy. She had been. however,
rather an enigma, friends nay, for
she suffered from mere moods or
discontent and morbidity ami
si ranee silences often not speaking
a word in company for hours
Kthelyn was a a radii a in of North
western Mlah School and was , t
Kiri of unusual ihurni and attrac
tiveness. He father die,, several
months ugo from high blood pres
sure, his death having been has
tened by financial worries, ac
cording to the sia*«*ment of the
widow.
Young Webster railed to see his
flunce Friday night. Members of
the family had no inkling of the
tragedy, until lal»r that night,
when they heard *»cveanu in tu«*
basement and Ktheyu in a mass
>f flamen ran up the step* scream
ing for old. When her sister.
Evelyn rushed to her assistence
and attempted to extinguish th* 1
flumes, It is report and the agonizing
hride-to-be cried cut ‘‘Help me
die Help me die.” Sh rt was rush
ed to Receiving liosp'tal. wher •
she died Saturday morning.
Her sister, who had attempted
to help her, was painfully burned
about the hands and arms and
also received treatment at fh<
hospital
Rev. .1. I> How ||, pastor of St
Stephen A M E. Church. officiated
at the funeral amt snoki solemnlv
of the mysterioiisness of the liti
man soul and the necessity for
preparation for d' - *<h .V lie stood
above the flower-strewn white cof
tln in which the chirred body of
Etholvn Stronp lay in etern;'l
sleep, lie said. "Life is llk<» look-
Inp into thr nlphl, darkly," as h<‘
brought horn** the sac t that Jud r
ment for human frnilMes Is an at
attrlbnte of a higher tribunal than
man.
Two unaccompanied solos were
xunp. "If You See Aly Savior" be
inp rendered by Kvr-lyn llreer, and
; "The Old Kuppid Cron*." by Hot
ity all«. Mis* Carry Thompson
! rend thi* poem, ‘‘Resolution.'* and
j Miss Anna Louise K''!tb road the*
obituary. Mrs. Irene Render ren
dered several in pressiv • HOlf't*-
' tions on the piano, jm the funeral
rites were conducted.
Commitment was riade by R» v
Howell, at the funeral pat lor. prier
Ito the Interment which took pin e
at Memorial Park Cer.u lery
IMIA If I l)M t V and Ms nroM's
tra, fejifnrlncr tbc ridden voiced
llnrlnn 1 nttlmnre, will min ««.
pear at the anneal 1 hrMr>v«i
dance, at Ihc llmnlnnn Untlronm
nonsered by Tom PMlllps Post
f«. IS I, American lerien.
l.nelilmr for real baeroln* so
osod ears? If «o. read the Reliable
Md#o* Sales advertise me at on pace
S *if thl« hum.
ADVERTISE
IN
OUR COLUMNS
5 CENTS A COPY
I Schoolboy Die*
After A Scuffle
On Icy Pavemenl
Unwilling disclose the serum.*
extent of the injury that lie tuts
tallied when ho was trlpnorf on on
an loy street by one of his play
mates. Leroy t'nntv, 12 voar son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cant*, of 21 Sr-
Anti*»tam strict, languished in hie
homo for ihree dnvs with copras
slon of the brnin, .ind died in Re
ceiving Hospital, after Hr. Moure
tad recommended that lie be token
her«- after he had made a uron' 1
ri|> to the hoy’s home
On tbe noon of Thrmksrivtng
eve. juHt after he hart apneared in
a r»lnv in the Oapron School de
pleting the First Thanfca*rlvtnß.
Leroy Oanty was thrown to the
(tround In a schoolboy fracas or
the way to lunch.
He went hotm> comnlalntnr of a
i teadaohe hi* mother. Carrie
Canty, would pot allow him to re
kJ”’*'""' -*'»--*\that afternoon. On
t Grand Trunk R. Roacf
about
his father woulc.
the gang playing .#» 8338
Fridav. he became eo sei
that his parents, alarmed.
Dr. Moore, who was not able t*
elicit the true cans*' of Laroy’s 111- j
ie«s from the hoy.
f>r Moore. !*ow<ver, fold the
h’>v’s nm - nf" that he dMn’t Iflte
he way he looked, end that If he
»ecsme worse, to call him again
On Saturday Leroy's condition was
so bad that axi amhuJance wn*
summoned and he was carried to
the hospital. He died Tuesday at
9:30 after telling his mother and
father how he had come to be hurt
Leroy Canty was a smart bov.
having reached the 6th grade ir.
Oapron school and beinr a member
of the St Antoine Y. M. C. A
His parent* were verv proud of
him and miss him very rnncn. a«-
hough thev hane three other sons
nd one daughter. His parent*,
nemhers of Calvarv Bardlet rhuroh
are originally from Montgomery.
Alabama.
Young I<erov's funeral was held
at Diggs' rndertakinr Rstah’ish
nent on last Saturday, the R*»\
erend Mastln offieJating
4>
Sacred Sing Rental To Be
Presented At Second
__ Baptist Church
Mrs Kula WiPtame. will present
the Excelsior Harmon} - Singers
under the direction of Lola Mae
Harris, In u sacred sing recital at
Second Rapttst Church. Sunday
lav 15. at s p m Everybody is
cordially invited.
Invests
■JpJ
IRVI> MU.I.HR, 471S St. Aa
tolne street, one of RetrolPa aae.
cessfol haalaean men mho U oae
of the atock-heßkn in the Kkhardt
*»d Becker Bnahf Ca