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Saturday, August 8, 1936

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m RELIEVE HOUSING SHORTAGE

GHICAGO, Aug. 7-r(ANP)—Possibility that the eight

story Pythian temple Greeted eigh^yaw^ ago'and a, liability to that lodge, may be turned frot* ian toffice building into

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dwtilln^s to relieve houeitoft; cbn-^ gestion loomed here this week. The federal government’s decision to go through with the housing project and the vacating of baMtags and removal of families frbih the area ^herh the hjbartmetots witt arise tfiakh the fcituatlad acute ds it urtil tale several months before the project Httll be ready for occupancy. Meanwhile Gouthsiders, already crowded,

must live somewhere.

At a Council of fiofclkl Atreliblfe® meeting. Chicago Urban league officials suggested the renovating of the Pythian, Templj^ds a ablntlpn

td'the probleftt

e probleht. Bhiepfihts have bbeh obtained from 15. A. T. Watkins; national head otf the order, and a study is being made of the ebst: Whether coftVenrtori of the building Iroald be. a public or privatc project has dot yet 'been coh-

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MONBUyiA. tibferTa, Adfc. 5— (A3fPl—-Hoh. Leater A,Walton. U. S. Minister U> Liberfa. and Mrs. Waltoh tr6re .recent hosts to government officials and foreign dignitaries, holding two receptions to welcome the lar§& . number of guests.. At the morning reception they received Pres!deht and Mrs. Barclay, the Chief Justice of the Supfethe fcbTiTt hllfl dttfrfe, the Cabinet members arid their wives, the diplomatic corps, WltS theii; wives

and the fiscal Officers.

Champagne ivas 4£rVbd, President Barclay giving a toast to the President of the tTrilted States and to the prpsfierky of the American people. Minister Walton responded, giving a jtodst to the President of- Liberia arid to the preservation of the feptiblifc’s sdvereignty and autonomy. The Frontier Force band played "The Star Spangled Brimfer," the LEberlftn national anthem, and other national airs. Notables at Afternoon Reception More than 200 attenue.d the afternoon reception, the gneats being Americans, tdberi&ns and Europeans, thefre being tnMiy white Americans present, mostly from the Pireratrine plantations. The welcoming committee, assisting the ho6ts, was headed by the Rt. ReV. Leopold Krdll, Episcopalian bishop of Liberia. Others on the cdmmtttee were William J. Salrieli, manager. Bank of Mdnrovla (a Firestorib conceth); W. J. H. Furbay tieari Of the college of West Africa; Miss ' Naomi Crawfofd, head nurse Baptist hospital; Sister Laura Gllliafd, American Lutheran Mission; 'Mrs. M. A. Adams, of Firestone plantations; Mrs. M. M. Davis, of Guebn Baptist Miaslon; Mias A. Coffey, of A. M E. Zion Mission; Miss Marjorie Walton, Mrs. Priarl Rupel. of Booker Washington Institute,, and Mhm Minnie LyOn, of the Lott

Carey Baptist Mission.

Many prominent Aborigines were also present, including the governor cflf Kroo^own. A buffet luncheon was served at both receptions. Mr. and Mr*, waitdri sail from Havre for NgjL YqyjA, Aug. 21, the He de France, for their s

mer vacation in AtnertCa.

LAWYERS SET FOR 12TH MEET IN PinSBURGH

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PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 6—

(ANP)—the advance guard of delegates and visitors to the 12th annual convention of the National Bar Association, which meets here August 6-8, has already begun tb arrive and included among their number are many high in the professional, civic and political life of the nation. Headquaiters for the visiting barristers will be the Center Avenue Y. M. C. A., 2621 Center avenue, and all sessions, including the big public mass meeting Thursday night, will be held in the Y auditorium.

Arrangements for accommoda-

tions during convention week have been completed by the national secretary. The social highlight of the convention will be the public reception to delegates and visitors, at whioh the . hostesses will the the wives of the members of the Robert H. Terrell Law club. The final meeting, Friday afternoon, featuring the election of officers, will be held at the beautiful country estate of Attorney Robert L. Vann, editor Pittsburgh Courier and former assist-

ant U. S. attorney general.

President Lawrence to Deliver

Annual Address

Attorney George W. Lawrence, of Chicago, president of the association, will deliver his annual address at the Thursday aftemnon session. The reports of the standing committees, the treasurer, and secretairy; the regional directors; arid the convention and credentials committees, will also be presented at the various business sessions. Among the nationally known lawyers who will address their contemporaries are Andrew W. Forsyth, Pittsburgh; Selmo C. Glenn, Cleveland; Thurgood Marshall, Baltimore; A. T. Walden, Atlanta; Jesse S. _Heslip, Toledo; Joseph P. Harris, St. Louis; Robert L. Vann, Pittsburgh; William L. Houston., Washington, D. C.; Harry J. Capehart, Welch, W. Va.; L. O. Payne, Cleveland; R. E. Westbrooks, Chicago; Robert J. Willis. Detroit; William H. Hastie, Washington, D. C., and Euclid L.

Taylor, Chicago.

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WILL BACK RACE ENTERPRIZES IN CLEVELAND?

THELMA GIBSON Registered nurse newly appointed superintendent of the Norfolk Community hospital, was honored at an introductory lawn social at the Jio&pital on last Sunday by the trustee board.

CATCH CLEVER SWINDLER

NEW YORK, Aug. 5-(ANP) — Swindling in the most modern methods caused the arrest here today of Edward Poppy, 31 years old, of 145 Bradhurst avenue, and may lead to that worthy’s imprisonment for life as a fourth offend-

er.

Poppy confessed he operated the swindle for two years in a highly profitable manner. His method wa-s to telephone prominent Southerners, whose names he culled from newspaper items, representing himself as Dr. Bull, or a Dr. Bryant, or a Dr. Ball as the case may be. The charges would he reversed. He would tell the Southerner he found his name on a slip of paper in the wallet of an

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 6—(By L£on Lewis for- '-AlNP)—Recent! statements by local insurance officials here clears up several quandaries. Why approximately sbventy-flVe per ceht. of Insurance business among Negroes is with white companies, how the public Is reacting to the public relations and economic appeal of business in general and that Cleveland Negroes will support race enterpriz-

es.

It is evident that insurance companies. in particular, have had a much harder fight above than below the Mason-Dixon line; several reasons can be given for^ this. There is more competition from white companies; their exist general tendency among northern Negroes or those immigrating north to assume a lack of confidence in their own enterprize. The class psychologyical factors that have proven to produce an ascension In their economic status, are compeltely forgotten. But even these business handicaps are being broken down by a new type of appeal that has shown astoundingly resultful within the last year. Cleveland Ranks as a Topnotcher The Atlanta Life Insurance cornmany was authorized to operate in this state last year. C. L. Sharp, manager of the Cleveland office, stated: “Starting active business here a little over a year ago, my office, today, leads the state offices of my company in insurance business in force and the percentage of my collections is in the middle nineties. Cleveland ranks as a topnotcher in insurance pos-

sibilities.”

M. €.' ■Clarke, state insm*ancc examiner, under whose engineering four local companies were consolidated within the last year said: “We must break do^n the racial barriers in business. Our advancement will be more stable, secure and productive of larger returns in every phase of our development when we enlarge our scope of thinking and planning. I contend that the wrongs from which we suffer and the ills of which we justly complain are due to the lack of economic power. Substantial gains have bejen made by the Negro insurance companies operating in the state of Ohio during the last six months. This is particularly evident in Cleveland

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BIG WELCOME ' FOR ALPHAS IN CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5—(ANP)

I —Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, old- | est Negro Greek letter society in i the world, will hold its 30th anni- , versaty convention here August 15-19, with Alpha Delta chapter as official host and meeting for the

first time in the far west. Dr. Eugene Kinckle Jones, ad-

visor on Negro affairs. Department. of Commerce, Washington, D. C., will address the public session at the convention. Prominent leaders in professional and industrial life among Negroes will he present. Large delegations are expected from New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Ghicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, Memphis, New Orleans, Kansas City, and Tulsa, Ok la. Elaborate preparations have been made by the citizens of Los Angeleis for the con-

EFFICIENT FORD V-8 “MAKES ITSELF AT HOME" ANYWHERE

A midwest farmer and his wife, driving home one cold night last winter, discovered a fire on the roof of a house they were passing. They ru-hed to the house hut found the occupants gone. Returning to their car, they drove a mile and a half to a telephone and reported the fire to the operator in a town nine miles away.

The operator roused the sleep-*' ing members of the town’s volunteer fire department. Rushing

who has completed a post-graduate course at Harvard university medical school in the modern diagno-

sis and treatment of heart disease, , ven j once anc j entertainment of the

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delegates and visitors.

to the fue house, the volunteers manned the Ford V-8 tiro truck and made the run to the burning farm house in eight minutes. Working with two hose lines, the firemen extinguished the blaze with the water carried in the fire truck's reserve water tank. The damage to the home was limited to $150 which indicates the efficiency with which men and truck performed. This is typical of the emergencies which small town volunteer |

forced to rea rm whv

returned to Indianapolis Tuesday

to resume his practice.

Accompanying Dr. Mitchell were Mrs. Middleton, who.also studied at Harvard in the school of education, and son, Richard. . Going to Boston they visited Niagara Falls, Canada. On the return trip, by way of New York City and Washnigton, D. C., they visited many friends and vxere the guests of Miss Olive Middleton and George W. Buckner in Washington. She is now spending a part of her vacation with the Middletons here in

Indianapolis.

HURL CHARGE OF JIM CROW GIRLS' SCHOOL

To Discuss the College Man ,the

NYA and the New Deal

The convention will direct its attention to the status of the Negro college man in local, state and national governmental set-ups under the New Deal. A confidential survey has ibeen made of the status of the Negro masses in the South, as well as of the North and West by first-hand investigators, and preliminary reports of these situations will be presetned, preparatory to extensive publicity

concerning such cases.

Reports concerning the National Youth Administration in connection with Negro college students will be made and the entire educational plight of the Negro youth in erlation to state aid will he considered. The Educational Foundation, the first of its kind to be estaglished by Negroes, will report the results of its first i year’s work. The national offiI cers will present reports concerning the various phases of the fraternity’s work of wwhich they have charge and chart course for

the future.

Noted Citizens on Committee Attorney Rert a. McDonald, fourth vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and assistant

General officers are Dr. Charles H. Wesley, Washington, I). C., president; Charles W. Greene, Atlanta, Ga., first vice president; Sidney A. Jones, Jr., Chicago, second vice president; Farrow L. Allen. New York, third vice president; Bert A. (McDonald, fourth vice president; Joseph H. B. Evan;s, Washington, D. C., secretary; Percival P. Piper, Detroit, Mich., treasurer; Lewis O. Swingler, Memphis, editor of the Sphinx; Rayford W. Logan, Atlanta, Ga., director of education, and B. Andrew Rose, Dayton. Ohio. Lowel H. Bennett, Fisk university, and William S. Randolph, Chicago, lay members of the executive council.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6—(ANP) — That segregation should exist in a state maintained Institution for women is a deplorable fact and should be stamped out, is the belief of a committee of four which

visited the New York State Train- prosecuting attorney of Los Angeing School for Women at Hudson, - - -

New York, last week.

accident victim he was treating. •J’ T tinn where the majority of the Negro

MOTHER OF JOE LOUIS WEARS GINGHAM DRESS IN FINE AUTOMOBILE

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Clarence House, *13, 4i6 West Fourteenth street. Was hurt on the leg while ridinjj a bicycle hi Missouri Street Tuesday night. He was struck by an unidentified rider on SUSStSUBM 1 *

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BIRMINGHAM, Aug. «—(ANP) —'Mrs. Brooks, mother of Joe Louis, had several things to say concerning her illustrious son as she visited relatives here last week. And although she rode around in an expensive black, chromium-trimmed automobile, a gift from Joe, she was most modestly attired in a simple red gingham dress. “Joe is good to me,” she declared. “He takes care of the money he Is earning, and is a director of an insurance company.” Regarding the fight with Max Schmeling in which Louis was kayoed, the mother asserted, “the best man whipped.” 'But she thinks there is little chance of his losing to Jkck Sharkey. However. Mrs. Brooks doesn’t care for extended conversations about her fighting offspring, declaring, “He’s over 21 Uud can talk for himself.” able to talk frdtn himself.

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During the conversation, Poppy artfully learned the name of the Southerner’s friends residing in New oYrk and call upon the friends for “loans” or from $5 to $25 citing supposed mutual acquaintance with the man in the

South.

He picked on th^ wrong man yesterday, a- newspaperman. John O’Connell, of the New’ York Times staff, notified police when Poppy phoned him for an interview and said he knew Grover Hall, of Montgomery, Alabama, a publisher and friend of O’Connell’s. When Poppy called at O’Connell’s house in Woodside, a detective stepped out of a closet and arrested him. Poppy’s police record shows eleven convictions, three for felonies.

population is located. I attribute this to w’ell trained and thoroughly coached insurance representatives thereby developing a closer relationship and a better understanding between the public and the companies. My department has been instrumental in setting this precedent, within the entire

state.

D. C. Chandler, manager of the Cleveland office of the Dunbar Mutual Society, said that the last year ahs been proof that insurance possibilities in Cleveland ar0 encouraging and that Cleveland Negroes have responded creditably which means that lack of confidence is rapidly disappearing.

A reform school, where women are taught by capable teachers in an effort to rehabilitate themselves on release from their terms of service, colored women are assigned to the laundry exclusively, no matter what their past may

have been.

Under the direction of a Mrs. Moss, who has been in this school for 13 years, colored girls do not have a chance to attend the class6s In beauty culture, because, says Mrs. Moss, there is a decided difference betwoe,n the type of work necessary for teaching white i girls and colored girls this work, | and also because of a shortage in the-budget. However, this shortage did not prevent the engaging of a white instructor for the white girls. Office practice, commercial art, nurse training and high

ies, Calif., extended the invitation to .\lpha Phi Alpha to hold the summer convention in his city last December at the Silver Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha at Nashville. With the co-operation of Rev. J. <B. St. Felix Isaacs, the noted actor, Clarence Muse, and hundreds of other spirited citizens, all of Los Angeles looks forward io this epic-making session lhal America’s oldest and largest Negro Creek letter fraternity will stage during the month of August.

National Officers

fire departments are meet. And it is one

light weight, V-8 equipment is finding increased use in the fire de-

partment field.

Just as the low priced car brought transportation to innumerable families wi'ih moderatn incomes, this fire fighting unit has brought efficient fire protection to many b*ss wealthy centers. With this unit the small town volunteer fire company finds itself able to handle fires with an expertness and efficieney which would do credit to many paid departments. The V-8 trueks are fitted out to meet the requirements of the communities in which they are used. If a truck is to mak'- rural calls, the volunteers want it equipped with a reserve water tank for cases where water is inaccessible. The pumps will handle water from well, stream, hydrant, or reserve tank with equal efficiency. The members of a volunteer company are rtsually carefully selected from a list of younger men anxious to serve. Membership carries with it no little distinction because the men realize that they are doing a fine work in addition to getting many thrills as they answer calls. There are always several available who are thoroughly familiar with Ford equipment. PAUL WHITEMAN PRAISES “PASTURES:” SUGGESTS MEDALS FOR ACTORS

NEW YORK. Aug. 4—<C)—Paui Whiteman, noted orchestra leader, suggested medals for Rex Ingram and Oscar Polk after seeing the film. “The Green Pastures.” Whiteman said in a letter to Warner Brothers: “Rex Ingram and Oscar Polg are in line for Film Academy awards for their beautiful and sincere interpretatinits of theTroles of The Lawd and Gabriel. I only hope that every New Yorker may experience the pleas-

MILLION DOLLAR PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR HARLEM

NEW YORK, Aug. V'—fANP)Construction on a new school in Harlem, P. S. 68, at the corner of 128th street and Madison avenue, has been promised within thirty days after the funds are allocated by the PWA. This building will relieve the rongestion in the old school which it replaces, and the famous old P. S. 89 at Lenox avenue and 135th street. The cost of the new building is placed at $1,290,000, which insures an adequate building, modern in every sense of the word. The structure will he ready for occupancy in January, 1938.

Councilman Hubbard’s View , . , .

John E. Hubbard, city council School courses are offered the man and state manager of the | prisoners who wish to better their Victory Mutual Life Insurance Co., condition. While the colored emphasized that his many years women are allowed to take the in the insurance business in Cleve- high school work, they are not land and other parts of Ohio as permitted to take the other work

well as his general participation in the classes.

in the public life of Negroes did Not only are the girls segregatnot by any means impress him j ed at work. Mrs. Moss refusing to

that Negroes of this vicinity deni-

The Dionnes are to open a souvenir booth opposite the quints’ misery. Their best souvenirs are the quints themselves. '

onstrate a lack of confidence in any line of busines sas long as that business merits the confidence generally expected. He said his company had always realized a proportionate part of the business in the entire state, the amount subject only to general economic

conditions.

As in insurance business, in other business circles the same thought exists concerning the Negro consumer of Cleveland. He will support, with pride, these enterprizes that are conducted on standards of merit comparable to the ecbnomfc conditions of any particular locality.

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BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 7—(ANP) —A virtually unbelievable spectacle—that o fa Southern detective chief assigning two of his men to establish tihe Innocence of a Negro identified by a white woman as her assailant—has just been witnessed here and with freedom for the suspect. Immediately after a criminal attack on Mrs. Sue Lecroy in a cemetery, early Sunday, Detectives J. M. Maynor and Frank Smith arrested Joe Gordon, 29, as the assailant. Mrs. Lecroy identified him as the guilty man. But so vehement were Gordon’s protests of innocence that Detective Chief G. C. Giles assigned Detectivs J. N. Bryan and R. G. Chiry to bring in evidence supporting the prisoner’s not guilty contention. The chief’s action in trying to clear up the case in this manner was almost without precedent, officers said. There is no record of this procedure having previously been followed in a similar case Involving a Negro and a white wom1 an. The two “defense” sleuths checked Gordon’s story as to where he had been Saturday and Sunday morning, the time of the supposed attack. In only one respect did his story appear to he weak, and that was in point of time. At some places where he assertedbad stayed q " bait

hour, witnesses claimed he was there not over 10 minutes. But this was in Gordon’s favor. The detectives said it was obvious from this uncertainty of time that he had not tried to manufacture an alibi. . So he went free.

HARLEM RIOTERS ARRAIGNED

'permit the white to go into the I laundry, they are segregated in living quarters. Two cottages are assigned to the colored girls, one a fairly good house arid the other, the oldest building on the campus. Mrs'. Moss says the reason for this segregation is a sex 'question —the problems of Lesbians prevailing among the girls, declaring that the whites seek tha colored girls and give all kinds of trouble. In the institution there are 79 colored girls from all parts of the state. Their crimes are chiefly sex crimes and they are all under age, being committed to this selv>ol until they reach their ma-

jority.

Their assignment to work in the laundry is given by a psychiatrist, who it is alleged determines just what type of work the girl is fitted for by reason of her past training and experience. On the committee making the visit were Dr. Marshall Rose, who discovered the conditions at the institution. Guy R. Brewer, secretary of the Beaver's club here, and Assemblyman William T. Andrews.

WEAKER SEX? HARLEM WOMEN ARE HOLD-UPS

NEW YORK, August 5—(ANP) —Learning from male thugs that there is a little profit in handbag snatching, three young colored women found themselves in the toils of the law as a result of a foray into this tickilsh business. The three Eliza Nelson, 19, 215 E. 103rd street, Carrie Dunsmore, 19. 154 E. 121st street, and Elaine Elliott, 18. 430 West 163rd street, are accused of attempting to rob

NEW YORK, Aug. 6—(ANP) — Thomas Reginald, 18, an elevator operator, was arraigned Friday in Felony court on a charge of felonious assault on complaint of Po-

liceman Daniel Dolan.

Reginald was arrested and identified by Dolan as the man who stabbed hinr during a riot in front

. _ are accused oi aiieuiuLing lu iv.j between 8t "olomd Helen McNelee. 40. of 1665 ami their audiences and the I»-j Accoibing 'to Mrs. McNeles, as

; she entered the vestibule of the appartment house the three women attacked her, knocker her down, and kicked her and snatched her hand bag which contained $12. The victim’s screams brought Policeman Lehner. of the East 126th street station, and he grabbed the three as they fled the house,- placing them under arrest.

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Man Injured

Lee Baker, 40, 309 West Ver-

mont street, window washer, fell of a ladder, While washing windows at the Century Cleaners, 2005 Massachussfetts avehue, and

sustained a fraetdred hip.

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