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Joe Louis to Wed Chicago Girl
ADVERTISE
IN
OUR COLUMNS
VOLUME XIII NO. 25 Clifford tm
WM. LOVING
GETS SCHOOL
PLACEMENT
'William Loving, noed high school
: and college athlete and former di
rector af physical education at the
St. Antoine Branch V. M. C A., was
appointed this week as physical di
. Motor of the Trowbridge School,
on Forest avenue, the appointment
being announced through the De
troit Board of Education Wednes
day.
The appointment of Mr. Lovjng
to this position was urged last
year by the Detroit Civic Rights
‘Committee, but was not made at
(that time because Mr. Roving had
received his degree in physl
****l education. S* n(, e then, he has
his special college
required for the Job.
, flke members of the Civic Rights
* Committee will meet Friday wjfh
Supt. Frank Cody, at his office, In
ordeF to urge hat some of the col
ored gtrls who took th civil
vice examination some month
'be appinted as clerkß and steno
graphers in the local puhl<- sclm
An effort will also he mad,- to
have some of thq Colored t. 'aches
who have been sUhatituting to he
appointed as regolgr tenehers.
mm to
ENTERTAIN
;FTGROUP
' t fhc Pm and Palotte
.Art (Tub 'il l bo guests, of Jehu C.
Dancy: ?.* -n eating at Green
Pm ’fcT SSI" ' - •?-
pffTmlnV an
aiinorncett"' at hy Mrs. Myrtle Hall
problem be organisation.
At! b r Mi<> club during the
year Inc* ' and an exhibit t»f Hass
work: h 'h ’ St. Antoine V.M.
C. A. in if «pring; and picnic at
Elizabeth t rk on .Inly I.
The t 'i • at Green Pastures
will oonH"(' in • Hun's program;
until the ■ r oiling (its school at
'Chestm:ii CV'tor it: October.
'Courses often and al the art school
will liiclud • work in oils water
colors: bnt'k work; pen ; pencil
‘VjtA-ings: and clay modeling.
***’. ft 1 (• members are invitea
Mr. Ibincy at the IH*-
To 1 T’flmn I-*»•*«*
j r - TI
A. M. E. CONFAB
CONVENES IN
DETROIT
MICHIGAN A VI. K. CONFKRence
The 41tth annual sesslnn of the
Michigan A. M. E. Conference open
ed Thursday. September ft. til 0 a.
m„ nt Dethel A M E. Church, at
Frederick and St. Antoine streets.
Rev. W. H. Peck, pastor; Bishop
H. TI Parks, of Chicago, Is presid
ing.
Other church officials In atten
dance Include Bishop W. 11. Heard,
R. C. Ransopi. M. H. Davis, also
Rev. R. Francis. Washington, D.
C., presiding elder; Rev. John W.
Saunders, D. D„ presiding elder.
((Ymlnued on Pago 4)
Progressive
jp
f I
. • PE . Win. 11. PECK
paster of R‘ <V I A. M. K. Church;
Detroit; where the Michigan An
nual A. M E Conference Is In
GUAiRD MOHTS
WOMAN TENANT SUES
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Tribune Subscription Drive In Full Swing
PUBLIC ASKED
TO COOPERATE
1 PER CENT
On.) Si\ Months \ud Vcarlj Sub
scrlptioiis Will Be Offered; \ll
Subscriptions l.ctt Than Si\
.Months. Stop With This Issue
Fortho past several weeks
the Tribune-Independent
has been makinp intensive
preparations t'o one of the
most intensive newspaper
subsciption drives in De
troit’s history in which
every local colored citizen
will be asked to subscribe
for this progressive home
town newspaper.
aentlaTf’to’TtVil gfowTn"lTnTTtevlop
ruent of a moro successful and in
fluential local weekly, such as the
people of this community can bo
proud of and depend upon to be
on guard for Negro rights and
privileges.
In the opinion of outstanding
leaders. Detroit faces many knotty
and dfificutt problems, which de
mand a powerful, crusading news
paper to aid in their solution. Me
tropolitan Detroit can.ot get on
and go forward, «o far as colored
people are concerned, without a
dynamic Negro paper. The type of
local weekly the group will have,
will depend Upon the degre of sup
port given by the masses of color
ed citizens.
The greater aupport received in
subscriptions, as well as advertise
ments (for a paper muht live on
advertisements), better the paper
will tervo the community.
Finn of Campaign
The plan of this subscription
(Campaign is to solicit and accept
(Continued on Page SI
DETROITERS PLAN GRAND RECEPTION
FOR MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
ROBERT TOLLERSON, RIGGER AT
FORD MOTOR CO. KILLED
I BY FIFTY FOOTFALL
Robert Tollerson, 62, of
6433 Williams street, ded at
Ford’s Hosptal Tuesday
morning at 4 o’clock from
injuries received last Satur
day morning, when he fell
, lfty feet from a scaffold at
the Ford Motor Plant, in
River Rouge.
Tollerson, who was employed'as
a rimer at the plant, was arrang
ing scaffolds of plank and rope to
be used by a Ran* of painters,
when hs foot became entanßled In
a rope, causing him to lose his bal-
Seeks Re-Election
M\ \ (lit I’KWh COI'ZKNS
COUZEISJO
RUN TTfisli?
FOR MAYOR
Mayor Frank Couzens, who Is in
Rochester. Mlnp. where he was
called recently by the illness of
his father, I T . S. Senator Jam<?B
Couzens, has Just announced Ills
candidacy for re-election to the
mayoralty of Detroit, In a letter
which reads as follows:
“My derision to become a can
didate for re-elected ha*, been
prompted by a delre to complete
oonia of the very important im
provement wheh I have undertaken
in the city government.
“Ia instill anxious to serve the
citizens of Detroit as their chief
executive If it is their wish to re
turn me to that office.”
- —T-I
support Yoru home town
PAPER IT TALKS - WORKS
FIGHTS FOR YOU.
ance and fall. His spine and both
legs were broken by the fall and
Internal injures were also suffer
ed.
Tho deceased, who was a native
of Jacksonville, Florida, was a
former sailor In the employ of a
Norwegian ship line, and had been
In service at the Ford plant for
fourteen years. He a survved by
hs wdow. also a brother residing
at Jacksonville. Funeral arrange
ments hnve not been announced.
• • •
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SUPPORT YOUR HOKE TOWN
PAPER IT TALKS WORKS—
FIGHTS FOR YOU.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
LOUIS TO WED
‘CHI’ STENOG
AFTER FIGHT
'lll-nun Bomber * 4 uniiriiis Humor
<»i’ inmiUTineiit ■ Hi'i'urls Niij
A. ». Specialist Builds Sale 111
>r lo Tiviniirr 4'ninp
Pompton Lakes, N. J.—
According to current re-
I ports, Joe Lillis and Miss
Marva 'Fritter, a pretty Chi
cago stenographer, are eii
j grayed to he married, shortly
after the Lous-P»aer tih r ht,
September 2 1.
Close friends of the young eon
plo say that Mins Trotter will jour
ney to Now York to witness the
light, and will make the trip in
Joe's new n oen~'- 'jJetTby
afciutlg ,s '*&t. A fr*'
.foe liotiis lias canto hack to Itr.
Joseph (tier's Health Training
Camp to prepare for hjs battle
with Maxlo Itaer at Yankee Staili
nm. Fanils trained here for his ligln
with I’rlnio Camera June 2. r >, ami
considers tlii> spot deal for eond
tioning himself for his coming bat
tle.
| Several efforts were made to
have Louis change to another spot,
but Joe ilesred to do hs training
here. One of the proprietors of a
l cam P In I’ennselvanla offered
Louis' manager it fat purse if he
; would take his protege down to his
camp and train, hut he refused the
1 offer.
Louts arrived at Hr. Filer's romp
Thursday morning and Immediate
ly went to bed. The Brown Bomber
had been on the go for almost a
week and was very tired.
Jack Blackburn, trainer, for
Louis. Larry Amadee. assistant to
Blackburn, and Roy Williams, spar
mate, arrived In camp Saturday
night.
Blackburn had Jot- out for a six
Elaborate Preparation# For Special Program
Have Been Arranged
Mrs. Franklin D. Rooaevelt will be the guest of the City
of Detroit and the Detroit Housing Commission on Septem
ber 9th when she will be the principal speaker at the De
molition Ceremony marking the commencement of physi
cal work on the Irst Detroit Slum Clearance Project.
Her route will be by the way of
Dearborn where she will be met
by a cycle scort from the
I’oljce Departnient at One O'clock.
The party will come down Michi
gan avcnu to Llvernolns.. down
I.lvernola to Fort and along Fort to
the City Hall where ahe will be re
ceived bv the Mayor. The entire
party will then proced to 6f»l Un
ion street where the demolition
ceremonies ar scheduled to take
place at 2:30 p. nt.
Avery attractive program has
been arranged Including all city
choruses and speeches by Mrs.
■Rooaevelt. the Mayor. Harry L.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1935
Honored In Chicago
fef
¥m
JmJbh . ■*% v !
MU IS, t . III.UiM
|iresident of tjie Detroit Bran
the N. A. A. C. I’ ;
BiMITf
TO SPfrft V CHICAGO
AT NATIONAL MEET
Snow F. Grjgsby. «liairtiiati of
the etmlt Civic Bights ('omtliiltcc.
and Minis C. Blount, presldtnt o.'
the Detroit Brunch of the Nation.il
Assoeialion For the Advancement
of Colored People, will leave Sat
urday for Chicago. Illinois, where
they have been invited to appear
on the program at the 2nth anni
versary celebration of the Asso
claton For the Study of Negro Life
and History, of which Dr. Carter
G. Woodson is president.
The celebration begins Sunday,
at li pb. m- witFi a get-together
dinner at the International House
on the campus of the University of
Chicago.
Pierson ami Rev. William Peck.
The program will he broadcast.
Mrs. Roosevelt will then visit!
some of the present nhabjtant? of.
the slum area an( l proceed to the
Naval Armony where a pubic re
ception will be held front 4:30 to
6:30 p m. An attractive musical
program Is being workod out for
the reception.
It Is expected that a large num
ber of people will wish to see and '
meet Mrs. Roosevelt and plans are'
being made so that the reception
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£ >MS|pfcW *W>*r*>W ■ jggg/S
smiw i. <;ni
« ii.i : : .‘i of t i' Civic
mos iti-lu c a*'-" T .
[ mifnncsß Iftte.rests to * *
m/sb Boat toe Aib- -
-»ve two delghtful
Carlton W. G**T.- r V r * I
<UainnM» • ■*
.Mr Grigsby v ill speak at this
dinner, his subject being "The
Citizens Viewpoint of tin* Study
of Negro History and Life." Mr
Blount will discuss "The Business
Man's Viewpoint of the same sub
ject."
In addition to the Sunday pro
gram. there "ill be lectures and
addresses on numerous topics,
which will appeal to all persons in
the various walks of life. Among
the themes to be presented "11 b.
Afrcian Art. African Music. Tin
Situation In Haiti, the Question
Between Italy and Abyastnl, and
Economic Imperialism. a* It Con
cerns the Negro in Particular.
U. V. REFUSES
NEGRO
STUDENTS
Richmond. Va. (CN) —Dr. J. K.
Jackson, a druggist of Richmond,
will take court action to compel
| the University of of Virginia,
founed by Thomas Jefferson, to
! admit his daughter as a student.
Mandamus proceedings will be
brought to compel the university
authorities to admit Alice Jackson.
22 years old. who was graduated
from the Virginia Union Univer
sity here In 1934 and has com
pleted half the work necessary for
a master’s degree In French at
Smith College In Massachusetts.
The proposed court move as
sumes rejection hy the University
of Virginia authorities of an ap
plication to take graduate work In
French.
1146 Mt. Antolnr
MRS. MATTIE SMOOTHERS
SEEKS P.4 V FOR INJURIES
SUFFERED INACCIDEKT
Fall From Back Porch, Blamed On Land
lord’s Neglect of Repairs
TKN \NT HITS I.AMtl.nlll) .. ..*
A u fm 'w t*o'» wu- t.’> jit ■ i
or t <n i” ill® a • h li\ Mi - Mat |
ti Sim u tin i>, Sr Antoine I
stf <>:. I'm injure site r*■«•«*!v»-«l r**-!
Cl Tit ] ;,1 1,1 T t > shb'liC. biaUSO «»f
all v 'I ii ila pillar *'l n*l tli'l *•J"i. a -1
at oil dominion of the promises The
plaintiff is represented by Attar*,
ney Willlunt V. Hanks, a wi ll
known local colored lawyer, with
offices at ULi.' lieu ah ■
Htth "
Snio"'hen ‘ " Teirrori nos the
prouib Si ? c ®H. rr ipl«’a as a home.
Tlio railing Rave way and she fell
twint v feet, to the ground, thereby I
■ ti-raining a broken leg. and shock I
lo • brain, spine, and nervous I
ays;i m which the plaintiff (relieves
may become permanent.
Tlii' properly occupied bv Mrs.
SmuwtbciH s u four-family apart
ment building owned by Jacob
Koss.
Iti a statement to the press, At
torney Hanks said:
NORTH CAROLINA OFFICIALS
ARE GIVEN NAMES OF
WARD LYNCHERS
New York—Sensational disclos
ures of the circumstances of the
lyncbng of Ciocan “Sweat” Ward
in broad open daylight at Louis
burg, N. 0.. on July 30th which
were made by an N A.A V I’. inves
tigator were forwarded todayby the
NAACP to Governor J. (’ 11.
Ehringhaus of North Carolina and
Solicitor W. Y Hickett. The NAACP
investigator, a southern white man
revealed in his report the names
of nine members of the mob of
twenty -five to thirty who lynched
Ward at Louisburg at eleven
o’clock in the forenoon. Among the
alleged lynchers are several coun
ty and city officials.
A second startling dsdosure
made by the NAACP s that a mem
ber of the Natonal Guard, sent to
Louisburg to prevent the lynching
and restore order, Is reported to
h; e cut a toe from Ward’s foot as
a grisly souvenir Members of the
National Guard sent to Louisburg
from Henderson. N. C. arrived after
the lynching had taken place.
The Investigator’s report re
veals that Ward was known to be
insane and had hnd frequent spells
of violence. The NAACP charges
that the State of North Carolina is
indirectly responsible for the
homicidal attacks made by Ward
prior to his death on his female
cousin and two men. one of whom
he killed, in that the State should
have long since placed Ward In an
institution for the Insane. Furthe
evidence of Ward’s mental stßte
Irf given In the NAACP investiga
tor’s report which tells how WnH
after having struck Charles (».
Stokes, a white farmer, with
-as Stokes worked In his to
bacco field, returned to hs c
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“'The building in win Mrs.
Sinowihcrs rosldi ■■ is •.nof many
'innlar building.- located in the
down-town Hast side section. own*
ed bs l.mdlord who charge high
rents for properly which can ho
rcttled only to pove*ty-stricken
peopi,. .who happen to i>c members
of the colored group. 1 am Inform
tad that ■'b""» .
r FtC ,',
I one of the u. # ■flats and
w W killed. It is alleged hat her
| fnshand has since tone ins ne. as
a result of grief ovi r the untimely
death of his wife. In my opinion, it
might better conditions for occu
pants of dilapidated buildings in
this locality, if a few more similar
suits were filed.”
T!
SI’PPOItT YOt'R HOME TOWN
PAPER IT TALKS WORKS
EIGHTS Eoft YOl\
sin's home, got an axe with which
lit returned to the field and cut
of the head of Stokes. Ward then
took ihi severed head to his own
home, wrapped it in bed clothing
and then took a seat in the yard,
placing the'head by him, in which
position he was found when offi
cers urrved to arrest him.
Negroes Hid \of Participate In
Lynching
The ptiblshed reports that Ne
graes Joined in the lynching mob
wc re characterized b\ the NAACP
investigator as "entirely false.”
Tbo investigator attributes this re
port to the fact tha a Negro did aid
in the arrest of Ward. In calling
Governor Ehringhaus' attention to
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Speed Typist, Signs
Washington -<C N 8) -Cortes
W Peters, former World’s
Amateur Champion Typist, win
ner of SI,OOO second prize in the
last World's Professional Type
wrting Contest in Chicago. June
2Sth. lias Just been signed by s
large typewrter company and
will he paid SO,OOO for thre per
formances in World's Cham
pionship Typing Tests. Mr. Pst
ers is to be required to merely
use the machine of this Com
pany’s manufacture in the con
test. with all traveling expen
se* paid, and a handsome bonus
should he win. It Is interestli g
to note that hia rate of pay
will he $36.00 per minute, while
icrfnrmlng In the hourly cham
pionship test.