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Plan Negro School for Idlewild
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VOLUME XII. NO. 6
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retna Club's “Uythin on Purade.”
DR. DUBOIS ANSWERS CRITICS
IN POST SCRIPT OF CRISIS
MKUHF.iaTION l\ THE SOUTH
By W. K. I?. Bubals
RIMTmH'H NOTH Wt- lire re|irlnUnK
ihl* r*i>jr Mhli’h l*r. I >ul«>lh iiinile to
< rltli lmiiN of hln m " slum! on s«-irri’Ktt
tlon, In «ril«>r that tli **- of our roadera
who hMV«- not luTuanl tin cilwlk Mh(|-
*lna. may ha%o Iho «i>|iort unity of raail -
Inn l»r. Dubois' clrfona#' of hi* i>o*ltlon
Tlta art hi* will ba rnrrh*! In two Inntall
nianta
I have rend with Interest the
various criticisms on my recent
discussions of segregation. Those
like that of Mr. Pierce of Cleve
land. do not Impress me. I am not
worried about being Inconsistent.
What worries me Is the Truth. I
ant talking about conditions in
1934 und not in 1910. Ido not rare
what 1 said In 1910 or 1810 or in It.
C. 700.
The arguments of Wain r White,
tlcorge Schuyler and Kelly Miller
have logic, but they seem to me
(tulle beside the point In (he llrst
place. Walter White Is white. He
luis more white companions awl
Vp* than colored. He goes
w'here he will In New York city
and naturally meets no Color I.lne,
for the simple and sufficient rea
son that he Isn’t "colored;” he
fet-KJils new freedom In hitter
contrast to what he wus liorti to In
Georgia. This Is perfectly natural
MOTOR CITY LODGE. OF ELKS, NO 962, Present*
EARL HINES l "u'F.°Lu". d Grand Terrace Orchestra
ofe Qrib*S2ifffipEndtnt
G U a UsD fkl G H T S /?—^Q
CLIFFORD SM4
Participants in Nacirema’s “Rhythm On Parade”
to he held May 17 and 18 at Me-
Colleslcr Hall. Front right to lef
th a”' 1 : (Standing) Itutli Itouit
and he does what anyone else of
' itis complexion would do.
Hut it is funtastic to assume that
this has anything to do with the
color problem in the Putted States.
It naturally makes .Mr. White an
extreme opponent of any segrega
tion based on a myth of race. Hut
this argument does not apply to
Schuyler or Miller or me. Moreover,
Mr. White knows this. He moved
(Continued on Page 7)
Editor W. Porter
Visits In Detroit
Attorney Webster L. Porter, lead
ing member of the Knoxville, Ten
nessee group of race lawyers and
for twenty-seven years editor of the
Hast Tennessee News, spent several
hours In the city Inst week while
enronte to Ponllae where he took
delivery on u business coupe to
drive bnek home.
Attorney Porter stopped in for a
visit at the Tribune-Independent
and was loud iu praise of the elnb
orafe equipment and well organ fit ed
.itT of newspaper folk making pos
sible the wt II edited publication.
“What part is our rnclal group
playing in tbo Tennessee Valley
Construct ion Project, Inutirhcd by
President Uoosovclt?" asked Edi
tor McCall, to which the Tennessee
publisher replied:
“There Is positively no douht but
* • TfoV Horn !tv Thomas. He
hcct’tt Fields. Winifred Peek; (Seat
ed) Naola Xuttall, John I’or.s.
that the experiment launched by
our national leaders In the Tennes
see Valley, which Includes the cre
ation of the Norr s dam and provid
ing light and power at rates with
in reach of moderate wage earn
er. will prove of great !»< noflt In
solving the annoying economic
problems that confront the nation.
(Continued on Page 21
O
Trade Group Meet*
With NAA C P
The April meeting of the local
Branch N. A. A. C. P. will he held
at Ht. Stephen A. M. E Church, at
Stanford and Cobh street. Thursday
April 2*>, at 8 p tn., in connection
with the Booker T. Washington
Trade Association.
The meeting will he of unusual
Interest and an oustandlng speaker
will he on program. The public Is
Invited.
DEVELOPMENT OF 01 OWN
It) N. K. Tuknhiishl
There Is anew tendency among
colored Americans, to racial unity.
The tittle has come, when they
must follow the example of those
luces who have gained power
through unity.
It Is most s'gnlflcant that, re
cently, Negro papers suddenly be
gan to advocate the necessity for
unification of the colored nice.
Every week. In the local Negro pa
pers. we read articles which deal
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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War Vet Convicted
On Rape Charge
Paul Wrner. aged ;M, of |fo|-
fonl street, Riv« r Rouge, was «on
vietfil Tuesday of thin week, In
Judge Jnmcs t'lienot's Court on n
charge t>f statutory ru|>e.
V tuner's victim was a little nine
year-old Kiri, Lizzie Mae Driscoll,
423 liol ford street, whom he lured
Into its home, with a twenty-five
cent piece.
The penalty for rape is life im
prisonment. but the court had not
sentenced Vernor at this writing.
Assistant prosecuting Attorney
WllllHtn C. Buckingham represent
ed the State, while Moory Helnberg
defended V’erner.
Tho eonvlcted man is a war vet
eran and is deaf. It is believed he
Is suffering from the effects of
shell shock, and this fact may have
some bearing on the severity of the
sentence he receives.
with rin ini unity. Such articles
were rarely found, eiglit months
ago, when I came here.
Furthermore, outstanding busi
ness and pi utesslonal men have al
ready started to carry oil a cam
paign for unification for the com
mon good of all. Just the oilier
day, for xample, the local Civic
Rights Committee held a mass
meeting at the Y. W. C. A., and
(Continued on Pago 2*
Japanese Weds Colored Woman
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934
BRADBY GIVES'
VIEWS ON THE
SCHOOL PLAN
Is Opposed To Any
Segregation In
Public Schools
Promises To Make
Full Investigation
('<»l(>! <“i < itfzms h 1 AlirliiKHii were
ustouiulcd last Saturday, by the
unnouiM't intuit, in tho daily press
that Ki-otindH for the Idlewild Nor
mal and Industrial Institute for
Negroes, whhli its promoters hope
to develop into the “Tuskegeo of
the .North," will bo broken early
In May.
According to reports attributed
to tiio officers and sponsors, tho
first unit of the new institution
will he a two and a half story
stone building, 44 by 70 feet. The
upper stories will he used as a
dormitory for students and in
etructors, until cottages can be
erected.
It Will cost SIO,OOO, half of
which, it is said will he in labor
provided for by the I*. W. A. Huild
ings and cottages costing sr>o,ooo
will constitute the school, accord
dug to present plans of the pro
moters.
I,lst of Directors
Officers and directors of the in
stitute ure: President, Fritz lle
ber, Fremont merchant; vlee-pres
ildent. Dr. Farlton W. Wlnsor. Heed
t'ity; secretary, C. K. Charleston,
Idlewild real estate dealer; treas-
I urer, Hubert J. ttnrtlth, Ualdwtn
banker; K. O. Branch, White Cloud
liar c«/lau
pastor, Heed City M. K. Church;
Kev. H. Franklin Bray*, pastor
Idlewild Tabernacle; Hay Trucks,
Baldwin attorney and abstractor;
and Rev. It. L. Bradby.
Land Donated
A tract of 280 acres in the Man
istee National Forest, it is said,
was donated by Mrs. Alice Koliy,
of Sparta, Michlgun, as tho site for
proposed Negro school. Tho land
is valued at $1,400. A library of
1700 volumes, also printing and ag- j
riculturul equipment, have like- 1
wlso been donated by interested
persons.
Tho school at first, will he open
only to Negro students from Mich
igan, promoters say, hut it Is
planned to enlarge tho scope us
soon as conditions permit-
PRISON GUARD
FLOGS MEN
Canyon City, i'n| ,\ Simon l.i
! mec Hogging stunt was enacted
here Tuesday, only the tallies were
turn'd and the whip was in tin
hands of a stalwart Negro guard in
the Colorado State Poiilii -Hilary,
and the viet ins upon whose hare
hacks the lash fell were three
white prisoners, who were punish
<<| for having made an attempt at a
jail del*ery
The men who were flogged by
order of the prison officials were
William Crosby, Marvin Green, and
ltoy McVey. The whipping was
administered l*y Jim I’ate, the
guard. Kadi of the three prison
ers received six lashes and prom
ised to behave in the future. War
den Best sail these were the first
floggingH at the prison in several
years.
At the time of the Jail delivery,
two prisoners, Claud Reeves and
Raymond Berry made good their
escape. Prison officials are push
| ing a search for them.
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Hopeless Paralytic
Regains His Health
Memphis, Tcnn Homer Moore.
20 years of age. who lias been af
tlicti and with paralysis for some time
and was believed to tie a hopeless
invalid, suddenly regained the use
of his limbs Friday and wulked
from the Marine Hospital, where bo
had been a patient here.
Dr. M. S. Lombard, white attend
ing physician, ascribed the sudden
cure to th« power of auto sug
gestion.
Mr. Moore, who is colored and
a former Government employee at
Helena, Ark. declares that his cure
was the rtstilt of faith and prayer.
tVntiirliiir
HEK3ERI
(KTOROV WKATHKR)
JEFFRIES
Honored
m -dWfct ■--*r A
%. dfe- *•
ltl\. N. |». ICONS
Pastor of Greater Shiloh ftaptp'
Church, who is celebrating the
fifth anniversary of hi |>astorate
in Detroit.
SHILOH HOLDS
PASTOR’S STH
ANNIVERSARY
Many Local Pastors
Will Participate
The fifth anniversary of ihc
pastorate of Dr. S D. Ross, as vec
tor of Greater Shiloh Baptist
Chart t> r>r.:t Benton. w'H he nt»»erv
ed by the church from April lXfh
through April .10th. Dr. Kokh has
had an Interesting, colorful, and In
some respects an extraordinary
ministry In ililh city, lie came,
from the Second Baptist Church.
ut Savannah, Gu„ an outatand ng
I and progresKlve congregat on of
CliristlniiH, and neccp’ed the |.,ns
! tornte at Shiloh, which Is the set
load larges* colored Kapils! (’lunch
1 organl/at lon in Ihe city.
Dnr ng Cl * past fl,. years. Pas
tor Ross luts added I ten t n flic
•ei her-hip w hleh originally mini
tiered one thousand The chlireh
under lit adti'liil'ti'c’loa !a- re. •
id and e.p ndd ? Iniiuii fur \ art
mi* ifdl ' i ii*, **ll at. and cilucatlon
i<l purpu- in Sliih Ii Is modern in
style, progressive ill llictlu I. and
effective in operation and it com
mands the respect of the entile
common tv
< in ill •« To Pitrt’clpale
Among the h I »liur< Ics im
pastors who ill par' leip ■ l l »:i I! •
• inii.er ary pro *,at i>• l Sh'loh. are
(Continued on Puj!* 4)
East Unit:;. With West
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t*-?® l® ' ''-'Saßii'. ■ ■- w.
Major and Mrs. Satoknto Tuku
liashl, of 421t< Brush street. Detroit,
who announce their marriage
wlileh took place In Toledo, Ohio.
Graystone Ballroom
Monday, April 30,1934
SALE 60c BOX OFFICE 75c
£146 Kt Antoine
Popular Candidate
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! \ M'. f ). lli/• I!( VI.D
’ ’ •|. .-,: ' r ’: i.ih I>. I'ilzgcrald
'•I \ o' -fie, who is a lie
I'tlhl . iii candidule for tie- govern I
orsh p of M.ehig .a are h< lnr, « 1 r-'
eulliti'l and the publh :s n-reiving
I < m w I h i ii hii>i .sm.
.v ■o’ 1 ne i■ i ilie !.an* ug Du
••i :u. thot. -i ,i|* of siyit"d petitions
in* pur 'tie in and • II >
- great
; ojoila* .t v Ins ti • a eousideruhly I
atieiM ir <<l 1» Ci'* par h*- recently!
•,,l '«| ‘a help i:'.* h tue. about a 1
n due .o.i la the prices of a tit onto
t. ~. |m-i ii e pl i.< s in Mlehlgivn,
h • tow v pvl*" of idat.es has ul-
ri iuly saved to* ear-owners of the t
.lee tun dollar*, and they are
••’i*d of the opportunity to »how
i Yv'lr amt turte.
• k ■ \ \" zK •• '• h;»s been w
I public servant nt realising Tor 22
,* a rs hat’l k risen from the lium
[' to r n'cs tit> to the exsDed posl
' *i o Sc- arv of Sta.e, I
Liberian Troops
Massacre Natives
i\ ■ i >'>•, i t Hand Tin- Lca
. • • • i' u;i < placed lit an
l pi'vi ** ■ lilt 1 !l.:h'. Iridny. April
I j:t, |f th<» i-i poll ♦lnn Kini'i’s of
mi mb . Ml ilk Km irlla -'. in n
•etlo l .ih' r .i. w h h ihi- I,onguc
liiu! itself persuaded to disarm, had
In c|| IlUt' sari I .»fI« r trouble With
l.ihi'riati 'mops.
Tin- n ports, li wnrr, li.ivi not
In i ll \ • r (It'd.
It; I-I -t>\ I IF sistta thrill
lip- liiv s."ii'l, to Wlllu Mar
l id o and Putt" •’>
11l February. Major Takahnahl In
ii native of Tnklo. Japan. bis
bride bolnpt tTit' former Mr*. FVarl
Sherrod, a graduate of TtiakeKfv
Inalltute.
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE
IN
Our Columns
5 CENTS A COPY
ISLAM CULT
STAGES RIOT
AT POLICE STA.
Many Hurt As Cult
Members Protest
Arrest
Further Outbreaks
Feared By Police
• 1: ' 'i• ’ ' t ;■ 'Hifi.i of pi>]if
f 1 • : P > ! I it- j>< » ?.*r William ll
I turn I*ii»i\ i i.triM number
'■ '"l "» "i ’li*’ ill \|n*W>m
''!■ ' ni.ir> li::i_■ W.-di,<
li> 1 1 '"lift:fi. | m ll ,■ <• he.id<|llart
>i-to j■ r<*»• -• f|n> ;t i*i*4 s! of sot *ra 1
' T ' '■ •' r* ii)lc<l ;n a free
-1 1 :t,! li ir. mi w Inch i:j officers
.viii* '' ininlcif and several mem*
! t" f*i i.l ih.' . nil clnhlii and
Oii lc. r* ( Ini. i\ i»m«• i,
flic tilth*. "li eh* in mm on (Jin*
I.m 'ircci. (itilck 1> carried to
"f 'll- l.oli. C Mam,n.
Spectator* wlm v\ if M<—< ,i t| u . , i as h,
'date that the officer-* > Inhhcd wo
men. as well a men and that the
I d'-monsf rafors louitld d< spcrately
j w,th knive* sil. ks, l»rl« klm-s aim
j.tll slm lar weapons at their com.
[ mand.
I ‘.dice ri serve* were called out,
tirludiiiß tear-itas deta. hments ami
mount, and officers,
V V. 1. P. 1., IntcMlinit*
Kv. ry precaution is being taken
hv police authorities and influential
citizen* of both races to avert fur
liter outbreaks. Ueprc*enlatlvea of
lie local National Association tor
the Advancement of Colored l’eo
iplo urv making a carelul tnveaUca
-1 lion into the riot, so as lo arrive
] at The fai ls o;i both -ide *■
Afiorne> Herbert 1.. Dudley, legal
I nprNMtttflf for the XA.A.C. P.
hit the Instance and instruction of
I L. C. Hloiiut, president of the
local branch of the Association, is
In charge of flic invest'gafion.
The police report iliar 41 colored
I person* were alien fed following
'tlu* clash. !<i men were held for
I investigation. Pour hoys, from It
o IT .'ears old, wen held at the
Juveii Jo I>etenlion Horne.
Cull l.eaders trre*ted
Shortly after the outhreak. the
cult leaders, who were taken in the
raid at their headquarters at 340S
Hustings street, were arraigned be
fore lteeorder Judg# Ar t Ini i K
Cordon's eourt and were charged
with cent rihuMna to tin delimiiuti
cv of a minor. Solly Allah. l.'» years
old to play truant from the public
School, to attend the cult's school.
They pleaded 'i"t guilty, iiml were
held hi fatal bonds each, for » x
iiiiiiii.ilioji next W' dtiesday.
Monday afternoon. a squad of pn
lieeinen, utider direction >f Ccorgc
\V. Schudlich, assist.an irrosectitor,
and irualicy 'officers of the Hoard
i I! lu ,«iloii. m ob* a raid on the
\- lem I'liivirsity. at HP'S lifts*
r lu- wlo t’i they arrested tin lond
(■ ' and tejo hers of the school and
oitfis at' and a number of pamphlets
and lex: hooks.
Local Woman Wed*
Japanese Officer
Armoneement was made this
, week of a wedding of unusual in
terest. which took place In Toledo,
I Ohio, February 24, of this year,
wlnfli Mrs. Pearl U. Sherrod, a
graduate of Tuskegee Institute,
Ala., and a member of a prominent
AoJored family, of Clarksburg,
West Virginia, became the bride of
Major Satokato Takahashl, an in*
. flnentlal citizen of Toklo, Japan
The marriage ceremony was held
at the Third Unpttst Church, 3bH
Woodluwn avenue, in the County
of Lucas. Ohio, with the Rev. Cal
'vin K Stalnnker, officiating.
Itrlde Talented
Mrs. Takahashl, whose family
1 name Is Harnett, Is a woman of
.extraordinary talents and ability.
1 After graduating from Tuskegee
; Institute, she taught school for
several years as principal of the
(into City High School, at Hirmlng
liain, Alabama, and likewise serv
ed for some years under the Jean
land Itosenw a 1 and Educational
Hoards in the South.
For. some time, Mr*. Takahashl
j lias resided In Detroit, where she
has co-operated with Major Taka
hashl In organizing and conduct
ing an organization known as
; “The Development. Os Our Own,”
which has many followers In De
troit and adjoining cities. The put
(Continued on Page 5)

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