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VOL XIII NO. 41
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Denies Joe and Marva Are “Blessed-Eventing’
To Assist In Recital
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MARY CARDWELL DAWSON, Founder of the
Cardwell School of Music, Pittsburgh, Pa., who will be
hwkrd as assisting artist in the Organ recital by Orrin C.
Siuthern at the First Congregational Church, Saturday
evening, December 28.
I?“’7\JOEANI)MARVA
t .JRE “BLESSED-EVENTING”
Chicago, (ANP)- Contrary to re
ports published last week in out-of
town newspapers, Joe Louis and
hie wife, the former Marva Trotter,
are not yet “blessed- eventing."
At least so s-»1d Miss Olwiys Trott
er, sister of Marva.
“I hnv? not seen my sister for
three weeks," the young woman
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Receive
A. K. A. Group
Washington—(A N P) —M r s .
Dunklin D. Roosevelt has made an
engagement to receive the mem
ber* of the health committee of
the Alpha Kappa Alpha Health
Committee at the White House.
Dec. 31. This Rroup conducted an
■lUtstandlng health experiment in
k,y-.lmes County Mississippi this
Hpast summer, when several mem
bers of the sorority trained in
medicine, public health nursing,
teaching, volunteered tbetr ser
vices for a period of six weeks and
with headquarters at Lexington.
Miss, ministered to the health of
the children of the entire county
developing a mass of interesting
data and winning the support and
approval of the county health
authorities.
Miss Ida L» Jackson of Oakland.
California, national president and
Dr. Dorothy Bouldlng-Ferebee.
chairman of the health committee
will head the group The nation
al A. K . Health Committee is
noniposed of I)r. Ferebee, Gladys
Plnderhughes. Georgette White, Dr.
Kthel Sutton Irene Malvan. Ruth
Sample, Manr Williams, and Nor
ina Boyd. The local members are
Muriel Alexander. Marguerite Bow
Thomaslne Carothers, Ann W.
Davidson. Sophia Kdelfn. May
Gibson. Marie Long, Alice P. Moore
Cora Ruff, Ru*h Sample, , Ethel
Sutton, Roth Travers, Carolyn R.
Welch. Bernice Reason, and Mar
gnerlte Williams.
Call National Negro Congress
for Chicago February 14,1936
Washington. (ANF) —Declaring
that anew criala confronts the
Negro of the United Statea a call,
signed by 26 leaders In practically
every field, Including education, re
. llfioue and labor as well as pollti
lal. has been sent out for a conven
tion termed ae the National Negro
Congress to be held at Chicago,
Feb. 14. 19S(, according to an an
nouncement made here Thursday
morn Inf.
Thl* call embraces all Negroes.
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stated Friday, “but Joe and Marva
’re due back here tomorrow. I
im absolutely positive that Marva
has not stnrted expecting a
“b’essed event" since I saw her
last.
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Death Claims Mrs. V.
G. Roxborough
s*un« rul services for M r s. Virginia
Gertrude Rnxboroagh will bo hold
•»* i p. m. Saturday in the Cole
Bros Funeral iloira ?7!> R. War
ren Ave. Burial will bo in Wood
nv'**« Cemetery.
Mrs Roxborough died Thursday
in her home at 608 Woodland Ave.
r a long lllneHß. She wns horn
in New Orleans and had lived In
Detroit since 1899. She was 72
years old.
Surviving are three sons, John.
Charles A., and Claude Roxborough
and four grandchildren.
INTER-CHURCH FELLWSHIP
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The annual election of the De
troit Inter-Church Fellowship for
the ensuing year was held at the
( local T. M. C. A., Dec. 19. Of
ficers elected were as follows:
T. W. Ross, president; W. B. Mc-
Intosh. Ist vice president: Rev. H.
Lewis, *nd vice; Mrs. C. A. Strick
land. recording secretary; Mies
Posa Rowe, corresponding secre
tary; Wilber C. Woodson, treasurer
Lebron Simmons, parliamentarian.
Am vg the noteworthy achieve
ments ♦.> the credit of the Detroit
Inter-Church Fellowship, under
the leadership of President Ross
are the following: an Inter-colle-
I glste program, representing twelve
I colleges; several symposiums
native and foreign born, all Negto
organisations, ohnrcbee, moor
unions, farm and share-croppers,
fraternal, civic, professional and
political groups and to organtsa
tons and persona >*f whatever race
who are willing to fight for
economic and nodal )uetlce tur
Negroes.
Among the signers or the M caH"
who declare that It Is urgent that
all Negro organisations Join In the
{effort to bring economic ana
! social security to the members of
MOTHER OF TWELVE
EVICTED IN SNOW
R. J. COWAN’S
MOTHER IS
LAID TO REST
Russell J. Cowans, well
known journalist of this city
and secretary to Joe Louis,
returned from Chicago last
Saturday, where he was
called by the death of his
mother, Mrs. Ollie McCul-l
lough.
Mrs. McCullough, who had been !
ill for several months, passed away
Wednesday morn In*, toec. 18. She
had been in,falling health since
last April, but her condition was
not regarded as serious, and her
death came as a shock to relative*
and friends.
Born in Gadsden, Ala. fifty-eight
vear« a*o, Mrs McCullough moved
to Chicago In 1895 and resided
there until the time of her death.
In*erment. wan tn Oakland Ceme
tery.
Surviving are hor mother Mrs.
Mattie Sharp; one son. Russell J.
Cywaii*. ot*v .daughter Mrs. Luurik
Scruggs, of Chicago; three sisters.
Mesdames Klla Simmons and Min
nie Widen, also of Chicago; and
Mrs. Ada Haggard. Birmingham,
Ala; a grandson, Russell Cowans
,ir. and other relatives.
Couple Celebrate
Golden Wedding
One of Detroit's wry happy
married counles art* Mr. and
Mrs. J. D, Gregg. 910 Modbnry
[ avenue. They are not newly
weds. however, for they spoke
iheir wedding vows fifty years
am. and will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary on
Friday Dec. 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregg were horn
In Georgia und married in West
Point. On. Dec. 27. 1886.
The Gropgs are the parents of
four chidren. two of whom sur
vive and reside in this city. They
Carrie Stevenson and
Mrs. Bernetta Thompson. Mr. and
Mrs. l«regg are also the happy
grand parents of seven grand
and five great grandchildren.
round table discussions on youth
problems, the Juvenile De’lnquenty
Institute, and other activities.
Listed among the organisation's
plans for the future an Inter
racial program and co-operative
work in Juvenile delinquency.
In addition to these activities,
comprehensive plans are being
formulated for the solution of
problems arising In the religious,
educational, social, and civic life
of the young people of the com
munity.
The next meeting of the Fellow
ship Is scheduled for January 9. at
8 p. m„ at the Bt. Antoine Y. M. C.
A.
the group are: A. Philip Randolph,
of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters. Marlon Guthbert. Y. W. C.
A., Charles H. Houston. N. A. A. C.
P., Lester Granger. Nut’! Urban
League, Dr. Wary F. Waring.
National Association of Colored
Women’s Clubs and Dr. R. R.
(Wright, Jr., Wllberforce University
' National officers of the Congress
are: A. Philip Randolph, president.
John P. Davis, secretary, Marlon
Cuthbert, treasurer and Joseph
Bvdns, assistant secretary
DETROIT, MICH: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 193S
Radio Chain Honors
Dr. George W. Carver
Thrilling Life Story
Dramatized i
Over WJR
New York—Dr. Geoige
Washington Carver, genu
inely amazed that people
find hia amazing achieve
ments of interest, is more
than ever amazed that John
Hix, creator of the radio
program STRANGE AS IT
SEEMS, has used u strange
tale of Carver’s boyhood for
one of his dramatizations
over Station WJR on Thurs
day, Dec. 26 at 6:45 p. m. i
0»C« A Hlave
Om» a slave. anil •_
uiangf lor a ra«*-
horse, today Oeorgw Washington
Carver 'ls the Director of Re
search at Tuakegee University.
Alabama, respected as one of the
greatest living scientists, but still
a mild, gentle, unassuming per
son who refuses to believe that
he Is of Internationa) importance.
However, the world Is full of hun
dreds of things Dr. Carver has
made out of waste products, which
have saved the world millions of
dollars.
Cn'itlfs Many Prodiiels
Never boasting of hia achieve
ments, it iR well known just the
sanW that Dr. Carver has created
more than two hundred pioducts
from peanuts, ranging from shav
ing lotion to synthetic rubber. Me
alao hua mude an oil that ia used
in fighting infantie paralyala. Mr.
Carver haa not found any thins
too lowly for hia experlmenta to
diaoover some n**w material. Front
mere clay ho haa made wood
stain* and face powder and from
the ordinary sweet potato ho nah
created nearly two hundred pro
ducts from flour to starch and
dyes. From good old sawdust he
haa invented ways of using it to
make marble (aynthetic) and
building hoards wood, veneer, fi
bre, paper and many other worth
while thing* that never before
were manufactured from the waste
particles of Hawing wood. Even
| the pecan nerved Dr. Carver for
jsixty new articles that very use
-1 ful.
Hold Many Degrees
If you listen to this program,
you will hear about this famous
man who waa once a nameless
slave ransomed for a broken
down r uvehorse after his mother
and he were kidnaped. He took the
surname of his owner and the giv
jen name of Ceorge Washington.
| In time he van ready for school
and had to work hIH way through.
■ Will
Bring
This
Paper
For
Six
Months
CALL
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I»If. GEO. WASHINGTON CARVER
but got his degree at lowa State
College. One college degree wasn't
enough for this brilliant man —ho
Is a Bachelor of Science, Master
of Science, and Doctor of Science.
Ho ia a member of the Itnyal So
dety for the Encouragement of
Arts. Manufactures, and Oom
merre of Croat Britain, and win
ner of the Spingarn Medal for Ne
gro Achievement.
Boluses Edison's Offer
Hecoguzed by all the world of
commerce and educaton he has
quietly gone on with his work at
I Tuakegee University and even re
fused an offer from Thomas A.
| Edison who offered him SIOO,OOO
to work with him. Dr. Carver ex
pressed his regret to Mr. Edlßon
telling the inventor that he pre
ferred to remain at the University
working for the benetit of his peo
ple nnd among them.
(Continued on page 4>
PENSIONER
ONCE A
SLAVE
Mr*. Srnia Hamel. who accord
in** to h**r »rld-»i»«»hter. W 1»
llfi yearn last October 24, will re
ceive her Amt old-age pension
check thin week.
While the need woman rt***ed b'*
the store tn their flat at 957 Elio*
street, th® d***»rhter. Mm. C«*Me
Glenn, told the ntory of Mm.
Hamel'n life. She nald her mother
won nold three tlmen in slavery
The former nlave never knew he**
parents and took her name from
name has lon* been fonrotten. th**
the first famtlv that ov tied her In
lived the family, and her maiden
Milner. Gc**'«. , %. She married, out-
Informer stated.
| Mm. Hamers husband died In
nil. at the are of 70. He in honed
In Milner. Their two children
died In early youth.
| Since 1929. when aha ffcjt her
alrtt. Mra. Hamel hae been de
clining and la confined to her home
all the time. She adopted Mm.
Glenn S7 yearn ago. when the
latter was only a year old. They
have resided In Detroit el nee 1992
Honored
W. C. WOODSOK
BANQUET
SPEAKER
The annnnl hdntfflW of the Vsh
er Board of Rt. John Presbyterian
f’hnrch on Dec. 20th. at the Han**
burv Music Schorl on B. Ferry
Avenue waa a complete success and
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on'nvctl hv more than forty mem
bers and guest* who attended.
After enjovlng a delirious menu
prepared by a committee of the
Board, the program followed, with
\V. Harvey Hill as master of cere
monies There were two plant*
selectiona by Mist* Gwendolyn
Wilson; two numbers by the Acme
' ’virtetfe composed of Moßdames
Grace Jefferson. director. Hill,
W’est, and Carter; greetings from
representatives of church organiza
tions; remarks by the pastor. Rev.
Porter and A Hughes the president
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Thia group repreienti member* of th® comm it to® of th® Jo® I.ouia Booat®ra Club,
who tn co-operation with the Booker T. Washington Trade Aasociation and the
Detroit Housewives’ League* provided 175 Chriatmaa baskets for the city** poor. The
basket* were diatr'buted Monday and Tuesday, together with clothing for fifty-fid"®
persona, and toys and candy for one hundred underprivileged children. The Tribune
ni<k«i in making the deltveariee.
2J46 ST. ANTOINE
EBENEZER
MOVES INTO
NEW HOME
Local Ministers Assist In
Special Services
(Hj Church Reporter)
1 As the sun smiled upon
the faithful pilgrims who
wuirnevd from the old
church to the new, last Sun
dnv. there was manifested a
spirit of sincere inv that th»>
icv blacts 0 f December could
not chill.
Presiding Klder .1 w Saunders
'lel|\ ered the opening mewsnre from
the text. Kzra 5:22 subject. The
Hand of God i’pon His People
The sermon was appropriate, help
fnl and encouraging to a congre
t:atlon which has launched out in
a mighty effort for Improvement.
The Detroit AMR Minlstcis
All'ance sponsored a meeting a t 3
o’clock whloh wa« truly inspiring
Her. Wm. H. I’eck; Rev. J. r»
j*-,- oilia.ivT anl itev
M. R. Kbonenee in brfngfng greet
ings from their respective church
es and denominations heaped
praise, congratulations and en
couragement upon Eboneser and
her splendid leader Revs. Wm. Ft.
Maher, ,\1 J. Mendrieth. (’rider and
Noah (’lark also took active parts
on the occasion. The Luncheon
(’luh of the M. T. W. T A. w;l°. well
represented.
John Dancy of the ITrban Lea
gue. addressed a large audience at
tin A. 0. R. Leas up meeting, leav
ing much food for thought as ho
proton fed .Too Louis hr a suplendid
example for colored youth and n
vital Infuonco for the Negro econo- j
mically and socially.
The dav's RorviOf s were bpoug ut j
to a fUtlnr Hose with a rendition
of the Christmas Cantata. ' Jlo
Jtonvrnlv •'ht’il.“ by the choir of
Ebenexer Church.
• Ehenerer is grateful to th> visit- (
ing choirs who sang so well, and
to all of her friends who helped to
make the day one never to he for
gotten In her history.
(- On Snndav, January 5. Rev
George W. Haber will preach the
morning sermon. Sunday Sshool
convenes at 9:30 a. m. and A C K
League at fi.oo p. m
pn»«ne7**r invitea everyone to
her services and issues a special
invitation to Join t,(V* watch meet
ing service on Tuesday nlght v
of the liourd. The high light of
. the affair was the splendid ad
dress by Wilbur C. Woodson, sec
retary of the St. Antoine Branch
Y. M. C. A. He talked on the sub
ject- “Half Truths." showing how
many of the old Axioms are not
strictly adherred to. today. other
wise we would not have progress
ed so far.
Doing Their Bit For Sweet Charity
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Temporary Aid Secured For
Stricken Family
I While thousands 0 f happv
I children made merry, around
decorated Christmas
trees in comfortable homen.
a mother clutching a six
months old babe in her arms,
with several small children
clinging to her skirts, and
wondering just where to
turn for shelter from the
w intry blast, was one of th*
pathetic and tragic
i „ * \
season. Pause ra-by saw just
such a picture at 4130 West
Jefferson St., Thursday af
ternoon, when a mother of
: twelve children, eight of
whom are living, the young
est being a babe in arms,
was evicted from her home
at the address mentioned
and left shivering in the icy
streets.
A police scout cur, pushing th«
scene. discovered the plight of the
anfortunate family, as they stood
shivering beside their meaner
louschold belongings on the side
walk, and hurri dly took the raotn
< i and children to the police head
luartera fi»r welfare a'-d.
Leaving the husband, Grover
Drown, and the eldest son. a lad of
IS, on guard over the furniture,
police and welfare officials busied
themselves in securing shelter and
food for the stricken family
Temporary quarters were found at
sti(> Brady, opposite the Lincoln
School, where the mother, Mrs
Drown and seven of her
eight children are sheltered from
! the wintry bloats.
' The Drown family formerly re
sided in River Rouge. The father
recently secured temporary work
with the Wl’A. The family ha'*
been in Detroit only one year
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