EMANCIPATION ID MOSLEY’SSLAYERCONVICTED

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EMANCIPATIONand JOE LOUIS

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VOLUME XIII NO. 29

SPECIAL

EMANCIPATIONand JOE LOUIS

EDITION

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MOSLEY’S SLAYER CONVICTEDJoe Louis Petitioned T 6 Stay In DetroitCROWD PACKSCHURCH TOHEAR GRIGSBY

Fills Os Interview With

Mayor, By Members OsCivic Committee

Celebrates Anniversary GREAT LAKESAGENTS HOLDFIFTH jCONFABAnnual Confab Os Great

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By ROBERT CRUMP

[ Swearing in the pulpit ofthe church on Sunday, par-ticularly when that churchis crowded to its doors withintelligent people who cometo be enlightened may befar removed from Christianity; but when the swearingis approved by the multitudeof listeners, then that putsthe case in the catagory ofthe man who bites the dog—-and it is news.

The blasphemy In thie instance,however, wan only when Bnow K.Grigsby, chairman of the DetroitCivic Right* Committee, who waschief speaker at a meeting at StJohn Presbyterian Church lastSnnay afternoon, repeated whatthe Mayor of the ooty la alleged tohave said, when he stated In thepresence of members of the com-mute, that he wouldn’t give a OD mn about Negro votes andthat they could do him neithergood nor harm.

The crowd did not condemnOrlgsby for his utterance, butrather commended him for haringthe nerve to state publically whatthe Mayor waa alleged to hare saidto three members of the oommttteein private.

The theme of Grigsby’s talk was"An Inventory Os the City Hall,An Why the Mayor Does Not WantNegro Firemen."

What was termed themoat successful of the an-nual agents’ conference ofthe Great Lakes Mutual In-surance Company, was heldat the home office buildingof the company, E. WarrenOct 26 to 28, inclusive. Theentire agency force of thestate, numbering nearly onehundred, attended the con-ference Lunch and dinnerwere served dally, at the firm's ex-pense, in the spacious dining roomof the building, for the conveni-ence of the agents.

The purpose of the conferencewas to acquaint the agents andoffice employees with the work ofthe concern. All phases of officeand field work were discussedfreely, Including such eufcjeet* as"How To Make Reports,* 4 "RevivalApplications," “Traaaler andLapse," "Agents' OoatlMU, "ThePolicy," Marking Preaatnsa Re-

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In business, the value of study,and selections of risks.

REV. FATHER E. W. DANIEL, of St. Matthew'.Episcopal Church, who observed the beginning of hisfifteenth anniversary as rector of his church, last Thurs-day.

Officers who addressed thecroup were President Charles H.Mahoney, M. L. Walker, ricepresident-treasurer and others.

The speaker began by saying

that both civic Justice and the Ne-gro were doing a ‘‘Rip VanWlnklethe had gone off somewhere tosleep and that It was time forthem to be wakened; also thatthe Civic Rights Committee along

with other organizations, had setout to wake them up.

The talk at this meeting wasnot directed alone to city officials,several of whom were present, butto members of the race as well,“whose lethargy and Indifference,whose chlld-llke acceptance of

whatever Is handed them, withoutprotest” Unscrupulous leadersboth political and otherwise, werescored, and the speaker was ap-plauded.

It was made plain that the CivicRights Commltte Is not a political

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Rector of HistoricChurch 7s Honored

Many Notables Attend Banquet In Honor of.Father Everard W. Daniel At St.

Matthews, Sept. 26More than three hundred parishioners and friends

gathered in the spacious banquet hall ot St. Matthew s

parish house, at St. Antoine and Elizabeth street, last

Thursday evening, to honor the^Rev. Father E. W. Daniel, at the'Matthew Church,

beginning of the fifteenth anni- The program began with invocavrsary of hlg rectorship at St. (Continued on Page 4)

| On Friday evening, former statecommissioner of insurance, R. M.Wade, delivered a forceful and in-formative talk to the agency force.

Saturday afternoon. John Dancydirector of the Detroit Urban l.eu-Kue, made an inspiring talk at tic;

conference.

(Oourtesy of Free Press)

These three celebrities—from left to right are: Mrs.Marva Louis; Joe Louis, Detroit’s heavyweight hero; andhis mother, Mrs. Lillie Brooks on their recent arrival herefrom New York, “The Brown Bomber” and his pretty

bride were accorded a rousing public welcome at Calvary

Baptist Church, where a home-coming celebration wasstaged in their honor.

MRS. MARY B.SPANN DIESSUDDENLY

Mrs. Mary Hell Spann, wife of

Dr. L. L. Spann, dentist, at t'hen<and Mullett streis, died suddenlyTuesday morning al 10:30 o'clockfrom appoplexy.

Funeral services were heldThursday at 3 p. m. from the Mr-Fall Brothers Funeral Home, uster which the body was shipped ti

Hopkinsville, Kentucky, accom-panied by Dr. Spann and Mrs.Ruby Trimble-Holden.

Other visitors present includedMiss Tcnbrook, statistician of

|Northwestern Mutual Ins. t'o.;Mr. Kroft. of Mutual Benefit; \V.J. Fields. C. W. Gaines. MissesVictoria and Margaret McCall. Mrs.Jean Walker, Mrs. F. W. Tyree,Percy Jacks, and representativesfrom the Detroit Tribune.

The conference was under thesupervision of L. <\ Blount, sec-retary-manager; (’. C. Miller,agency director; and Mrs. L. Hen-derson, office supervisor.

Joe Louis Petitionedto Stay in Detroit

‘ Brown Bomber* ’ Welcomed By Throngs,At Home-coming Meet; Impressive Cere-monies Held At Calvary Church, In HonorOs Hero

With the return of Joe Louis to Detroit last Sunday,

a group of prominent citizens of both races began circu-

it ting petitions, congratulating the “Brown Bomber” up-

The Emancipator•A TRIBUTE TO

JOE LOUISBy Hex White

(Special to The Detroit Tribune)

Bonn* forty years ago John L.Sullivan battled his way to a

; championship- -and drank his wayito fistic oblivion. Many others

! have followed that traigc route in

■ the history of the ring. Youth look-ing toward the glory of achieve-ment in which stalked or swag-gered champions were also con-fronted with the shadows of theaftermath.

Joe Louis is offering anew pic-ture—fame bas«i on inate decen-cy as well as stout arms andfighting heart, wealth that, willnot he spent for physical and men-tal wreckage, an ambition thatseeks such American ideals ashome, children, content and peace.The “brutality” of the prise ringIs not the brutality of two physi-cally perfect bodies receivingbuffets whose marks fade In a dayhut rather are brutality of thesoul that too often has followedgreat monetary reward.

The hoys of Joe Louis' race aswell as the youth of all races maydo much worse than to look withadmiring eyes on one for whomheights were reached without sidetrips into Vhc primrose strewnpaths whose blossoms cover theslime and muck. He has kept* hishands clean, his mind free fromevil, his body strong and his fu-ture planned toward a middle andold age In which self respectstands beside the respect of allmen of all ages.

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on his signal victory over Max'Baer and appealing lo him and hisyoung bride to continue their re-sidence In the Motor City, wherethe famous heavyweight fighter’ir* lived since childhood and re-ceived the eneouragement and op-portunity that s'arled h in on ’’ •uccesaful puAllMlc career. Morn

than ten thousand signature tothe petitions h«v« already been se-cured and will be presented to Joeat an early date

A crowd of approximately 7.000people owr-ran Calvary Raptlat

Church and the district surround-ing it, Sunday afternoon, to accordJoe and his wife one of the mostrousing welcomes ever given s De-troiter-

Joe had promised hie mother toattend Calvary on the first Sundayof his return after the Baer fight,and the word had leaked out.Twenty-five policemen had to bedetailed to the district to main-tain order.

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martyr to freedom, whs tlffn-,ed the Emancipation Proclama-tion In 1*64, which net fourmillion slaves free.

Diet In Lamp BlazeFire in a small house at 2680

Hunt, resulting from a defectivekerosene lamp. Monday night,

caused the death of ClarenceHopkins. 65 years old. Hopkins re-sided in the building. His remainswere taken to the county morgue

Notice To SubscribersThis i« the last week that the

Tribune <ill be sent to dlllnquentsubeerbers. All readers who areIn arrears, are requested to call atthe office or renew their subscrip-tions with our certified agents, atonce, otherwise we shall be forcedto remove their names from oarmailing Hat.

J. B. McCallEditor

Hundredit of people, bringinglunches. flocked to the church forthe nine o'clock Sunday Schoolnervier, and remained through thefore-noon so that they might geta look at the “Hero of the hour"and at hit “Lady-fair.’* At noonpeople from all parts of Detroitflowed Into the district like watersof a stream converging at a dam.

Modest Lad .

Joe Louts was listed on the pro-gram aa one of the speakers, andwhen he mounted the platform a

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The late W. I». MOSLEY, of47*7 Yhieweed a vease, who wasslain hy William Ptaex an lastMay. Pinex was convicted sf see-sad degree murder. In Judge Gar-den's ( eerl, Wednesday.

Detroiter To Hold SpotlightAt Jubilee Day Celebration

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Mrs. Maggie Porter Cole Only SurvivingMember Os Original Fisk Singers

In the same way that the young girl-Maggie Porter—-by her dazzling personality and superb singing as a mem-

ber of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, stood out in thelimelight of public attention more*than three-score years ago. she

atlll holds the spotlight In the au-

tumn of her llfo. Os the originalJubilee Blngers, who went forthfrom Flak University In Nashville.Tenn . October 6. 1871. and sangtheir way Into the hearts of Ameri-ca and Europe, ahe la the onlysurviving member. Thla famouswoman, who la now Mrs. MaggiePorter Cole of Detroit, sang withthe Flak Jubilee Singers beforekings and queena and the nobili-ty of many lands.

Although ahe was in her teenswhen she started out sixty-fouryear* ago on her flrat alnglng

tour, which took her all over theUnited States and many countriesof Europe. Mrs. Cole will be un-able. to attend the Jubilee Daycelebration to be observed at FlakUniversity. Nashville. Bundaymorning. October §. However, ahehas written a unique and Impres-sive personal letter which will beread on that occasion by ErnestR. Carney, representative of theDetrolt-Flsli Alumni Club, who lefta few days ago, taking with him

this precious Missive from Mrs.Cole.

The nation-wide memorial Ineducational circles, will mark thesixty-fourth year since the origi-nal Fisk Jubilee Bingers set outfrom Nashville, to make musicalhistory for the school and the race.

In addition to tlie special me-morial services to be held at FiskUniversity Sunday, local Flakalumni clubs in all sections of thecountry will participate In thecelebration. Andrew Allison, alum-ni secretary of Fisk, has Issued anappeal to Fisk clubs, and Indivi-dual Flskltes and friends, as fol-lows:

“Will you kindly call upon thevarious churches, requesting thatthey set apart a service on thefirst Sunday In October, calling ItJubilee Day Memorial Service. A

collection may or may not be liftedIn the name of the day. accordingto the wishes of the church. If acollection be taken, It may besent to Fisk University as ascholarship aid. In the name of thechurch, and a receipt will be Is-

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ALL-WHITEJURY FINDSPINEX GUILTYTo Sentence Prisoner fn

Judge Gordon's CourtOn October 14

After two hour* of deli-beration Wednesday, an all-white jury of seven womenand five men brought out averdict of guilty of second-degree murder against Wil-liam Pinex, 38 years old, inJudge Arthur Gordon’s Re-corder’s Court, for the mur-der of the late Willie D.Mosley, a prominent busi-ness man of this city.

Ptnex shot and killed Mr. Mos-ley. on the night of May 24, at thelatter's business place at St. An-oine and Napoleon street.

After several previous postpone-ments, the trial started last Thurs-day morning and at each sessionwas attended by many spectators.During the trial, several witnesseswere heard, including Charles H.Mosley, brother of the deceased;William Price, and others.

The defendant was representedin court by Attorney E. Hat©ltemButler; the prosecuting attorneyfor the state being Attorney Char-les W. Jones.

Plnex will be sentenced on Octo-ber 14. before Judge Ciordon. Thecase was referred to the Proba-tion department, according to re-quirements by state law, la orderthat the Probation officials maylook up the prisoner's record sad[■sake rcommsadalloaa. Tha Court

ibow ever, t» ml Ittarty u> Mthtlwch monntnAMlou.

Community HemithTo Be Surveyed

By GovernmentI A true picture of the health con-ditions that prevail in the countryis to be drawn from a surrey con-ducted by the United States Pub-lic Health Service. In 19 statesand 95 towns an army of Investi-gators will attempt to glean information regarding the extent andseverity of chronic diseasos. physi-cal impairments and the adequa-Icy of medical facillti)>s in the vari-ous communities.

The public is urged to cooperatewith the government investiga-tors in rendering information requested All answers will be re-garded as con tide ntal and all in-vestigators will be supplied withproper credentials.

Stuart E. Walker is the citysupervisor of the project.

SON OF SCHOOL HEADFACES COURT TRIAL

FOR AUTO DEATHJames Colter. 48 years old, a

prominent colored citixen, whowas struck two weeks ago by acar driven by Richard Webster.17-year-old son of the presidentof the Detroit Hoard of Educa-tion, died Wednesday in ReceivingHospital.

Young Webster, who was al-ready charged with leaving thescene of an accident, is out onbond of $1,500. He is the son ofJohn H. Webster. 325 8.avenue.

Clifford Byrd, assistana prose-cutor. who is in charge of trafficcases, will decide Thursday wheth-er or not to charge young Websterwith manslaughter.

MINIMUM SENTENCEGIVEN WILLINGHAM

Glen Wtllinghm, youthful mis-creant who pled guilty to a chargeof manslaughter before Judge VanZlle last Monday, was sentencedto nerve two and a half yearn Inthe Detroit Houne of Correction,Monday. Sept. 31.

The many recommendation* ofcharacter witnesses served Wil-lingham In good stead. His re-cord has been an exceptionallygood one and the crime for whichhe was sentenced was. In some respects believed justified.

Judge Van Zlle lectured Willlngham for IS minutes before pro-nouncing sentence

-lRead Aurthur Randalls poem.

The Tribune's Tribute To JoeLouie on Page four.

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