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BAPTIST LEADER SLAIN "Interest, Character and Substance" News while it is news—and a complete Illustrated Feature Section with every issue of this paper. GAY PUBLIC LIBRARY 5TH AVE JEFFERSON VOLUME III. No. 22 WOMAN, ABOUT TO BECOME MOTHER. SET UPON BY COPS Mayor's Own Police Grab An Expectant Mother and Then Abuse Her Another instance of the brutal treatment colored people are receiving from Gary police under the administration of Mayor R. O. Johnson, was brought to light this week, when a woman, soon to become a mother, was arrested by the mayor's cossack police, put under a straining cross-examination, which resulted in the miscarriage of her unborn child. The woman, Mrs. Lettie Cochram 2444 Adams street, was arrested by a group of overbearing cops at her home Wednesday, because she refused to give information to a white woman who claimed to be a census enumerator. Coming to her home, the white woman called Mrs. Cochran and her sister, Mrs. A. Bullard, to the door. There, they were unceremoniously asked several questions about their private affairs. When they asked the white woman to show her credentials to prove that she was a census enumerator, the latter became abusive and bawled them out. Then she went next door, called a group of police, who shoved Mrs. Cochran in a patrol wagon, and took her to the police station. There she was put under a gruelling cross-examination, after a rough ride over the streets of Gary in the police patrol wagon. So strenuous was the ordeal that she had a miscarriage in the station, before being released and allowed to go home. According to the census supervisor here, no arrest of any person should be made because of their failure to give out information without first taking up the matter with the office of the census bureau here. Mrs. Cochran is a graduate of Froebel high school and Chicago university. She was fromerly a teacher at East Pulaski school. Mayor Johnson could not be found at a late hour today to explain the action of his police department in making the arrest. 2,000 Pulpits Vacant Each Year Says Smith WASHINGTON, D. C.—Returning today from the first lap of a tour of fifty colleges, Emory B. Smith, field agent and publicity director of Howard university, reports increased interest on the part of Negro college students in the study of theology and law. In his message to the colleges, Mr. Smith is calling attention to the fact that to fill 2,000 vacancies annually in Negro elitures here are less than 70 college trained Negroes in all of the theological seminaries of the United States, but the religious leadership of the race, depends primarily upon the growing interest on the part of college students in the ministry. The increased intelligence of the church members, resulting from improved educational facilities, together with radio competition demands a type of intellectual fitness in the ministry superior to that of the usual Negro preacher of today In his presentation of the study of law as a life work, the Howard field agent is stressing the importance of character in law as an economic asset, and of the great opportunity for services to the race and the nation at large in this particular field of endeavor Mr. Smith insists that with personal fitness, thorough training in law, with a college background, and a moral stamina with which property to represent the interest of his client the Negro lawyer has the same chance for success as lawyers of like qualifications in any other race. Miss Edwards Talks to Club in Kansas City By A. Staff Correspondent By A Staff Correspondent KANSAS CITY, MO.—Miss Thyra J. Edwards of Gary, Ind., was the principal speaker here Sunday at the Centennial M. E. Church, the guest of the young women's department of the City federation. "The subject of her speech was "Women of Today," which covered the many phases of work women are doing in different fields. A reception was given later in honor of Miss Edwards at the residence of Mrs. Rosebella Jones. The Gary American Opposition To Judge Parker Renewed Dies in D. C. 62 ED11 His unselfish services to the race known to many, Neval H. Thomas, of Washington, D.C., died this week and left thousands to mourn his loss. Mr. Thomas was known as a champion of equal rights for colored people. SLAYER OF NEGRO GIRL ASSAILED BY WHITE JOURNALISTS Newspapers Denounce Brutality of Cop Who Murdered Woman in Dixie NEW YORK—Dr. George W. Lucas, president of the New Orleans branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has forwarded to the National office copies of editorials from local white dailies endorsing the death sentence meted out to a white police officer who shot and killed a fourteen-year-old colored girl when she resisted his advances. The New Orleans N.A.A.C.P. employed special counsel to assist the district attorney in prosecuting the case. The New Orleans states in its editorial says in part: "The verdict of an unusually courageous jury ought to have a repressive effect on men like this policeman who believe that persons of color have no rights they are required to respect. It means that in this city the Negro can and does get justice and protection in our criminal courts." The Times-Picayune said in part: "The trial jury, composed entirely of white citizens, deserves community approval and thanks for prescribing the penalty provided by the white man's law and civilization for crimes of just such heinous and revolting type as was proved convincingly to its twelve members in this case. Its verdict constitutes a vindication of law and justice that will be approved by decent and fair-minded citizens of both races." "Putting on the Ritz" On at United Artists Harry Richman, star of George White's "Scandals," makes his initial appearance in talking pictures in "Putting on the Ritz," all-singing color spectacle coming to the United Artists theatre on April 20. Richman has long been noted for his exceptionally fine voice, and now with his introduction into talking pictures, more people will have a chance to hear him. He records beautifully and all the fine quality of his glorious tones is brought out on the singing screen. The equivalent of the whole population of the United States pays admission price to a moving picture theatre every ten days. Office of Publication: 7 East 19th Avenue Telephone Gary 2-4660 — If Busy, Call Gary 2-3865 GARY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930 NATION STIRRED BY FIGHT AGAINST SOUTHERN JUDGE NATION STIRRED BY FIGHT AGAINST SOUTHERN JUDGE Protests Voiced Against the Naming of Parker to Supreme Court NEW YORK- Colored people throughout the United States, as well as white editors and their readers, have been stirred by the fight made against the elevation to the U. S. Supreme court bench of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, who is opposed by organized labor, and by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the ground of his hostility to Negroes voting and taking part in politics. Besides the appearance in Washington, before the subcommittee of the Senate committee on the Judiciary of Walter White, Acting Secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., who opposed approval of Judge Parker's nomination, branches of the Association in all parts of the United States have been telegraphing their Senators urging an adverse vote on the nomination. Negroes in Judge Parker's own state of North Carolina have been backing up the fight on the nomination made by the N.A.A.C.P., among those telegraphing their opposition to Judge Parker being the Raleigh branch of the N.A.A.C.P., E. A. Austin of Durham, editor of the Carolina Times, an outstanding colored weekly, and R. McCants Andrews, prominent colored attorney. Mr. Austin's telegram branded as false the statement of Senator Overman that Negroes had voted for Judge Parker in the governorship campaign of 1920 and offered to furnish 5,000 affidavits from Negro voters denying the Senator's statement. These telegrams were forwarded by the N.A.A.C.P. to Senator Overman, who is chairman of the Judiciary committee's subcommittee which was considering the Parker nomination, and to the other members of the subcommittee, Senators Borah and Herbert. Mr. Austin wires the N.A. A.C.P. that affidavits are in the mail. Much editorial comment in both white and colored publications has been devoted to the contest, among the comments being the first editorial paragraph in The Nation for April 9, which says: "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has also called Judge Parker to account for his alleged hostility to Negro voters." The N.A.A.C.P. opposition is also noted by the editor of the Elizabeth City, N.C., Advance, and the Pittsburgh Courier for April 5, commenting on Judge Parker's failure to deny the statements attributed to him, says: "hence we are constrained to agree with the N.A.A.C.P. that 'no man who holds such opinions as these is qualified to sit on the bench of the U. S. Supreme Court where, inevitably, issues affecting Negro Americans will be brought for consideration . . .' Vigorous and manly protests always elicit respect." Branches Complain Says the Providence, R. I. News-Tribune white): "Frankly we do not know how well-founded are the various charges made against Judge Parker. But when two such important bodies as the American Federation of Labor and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People object to him, their complaints must be threshed out to the limit." Among the N.A.A.C.P. branches which telegraphed protests to the Senators from their states are: Chicago, Bloomington and Normal branches in Illinois; Gary and South Bend in Indiana; Parsons branch in Kansas; Kansas City branch in Missouri; Bayonne and Orange branches in New Jersey; Brooklyn, Jamaica and Staten Island branches in New York: Hawkins Given Purse Of $900.00 By Baptists Here Rev. Charles E. Hawkins, pastor of First Baptist church, was honored at a banquet by members and friends of the First Baptist church Monday night on the seventeenth anniversary of his pastorate at the First Baptist. The Sunday School auditorium was packed to full capacity. It was one of the largest demonstrations of gratitude ever displayed to a local minister for his service by members and friends. Rev. Hawkins received as recognition for his long and untiring efforts to establish a church that would be a credit to its community a gift of $900. Every department and organization of the church and all civic and industrial organizations of the city contributed to make this event an outstanding and never-to-be-forgotten affair. Rev. Hawkins stood with tears in his eyes as each representative of an organization presented him with their tokens of esteem. Pastor Happy He was so happy that when he started to say his remarks all he could utter was, "thank you." Prof. W. A. McFarland, principal of Roosevelt school, delivered a seventeen minute address. Rev. Hawkins' mother witnessed the demonstration of affection bestowed upon her son. Rev. Howard Hawkins, brother of Rev. Hawkins and several visitors from Chicago, also attended the banquet. Musical selections were rendered by the Crooning four, the Presto singers, and Mrs. I. Brown, organist of the church. In the United States the working man spends 30 to 40 per cent of his income for food and in Europe he spends 40 to 60 per cent. TO PROBE SLAYER OF COLORED YOUTH SHOT IN R.R.YARD Investigation To Be Staged To Find Out Cause of Boys' Murder CAMDEN, N. J. — The Camden branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is pushing the case against a railroad policeman who on Feb. 15, shot and killed a young colored boy, Jerome Singleton, in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. Investigation has been re-opened by County Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin, following pleas made to him by delegations of the N.A.A.C.P., headed by Irving T. Nutt, former member of the Camden board of education, and other bodies of colored people. The delegations presented the names of six boys who had seen the shooting. The witnesses claim the policeman fired at a group of boys when they were seen standing on railroad property. Eighty-seven per cent of all automobiles manufactured last year were of the "closed" variety, and the average retail price of each pleasure car sold was $812, according to the Chicago Motor club. Springfield branch in Massachusetts; Columbus, Newark, Cleveland and Toledo branches in Ohio. The N.A.A.C.P. national office has also replied to a colored editor who endorsed Judge Parker and claimed that his utterance on the Negro was only routine "political clapstrap," by pointing out that a man who would descend to appeal in this way to a political constituency was not of the standard required by the importance of the work of the U. S. Supreme Court. WAR DEPARTMENT SILENT ON ISSUE OF SEGREGATION WAR DEPARTMENT SILENT ON ISSUE OF SEGREGATION Fails to Make a Reply to the Inquiry Made by the National Association NEW YORK—Repeated efforts to elicit from the War department a definite statement as to whether "equal accommodations" and "no discrimination" for colored gold star mothers on the pilgrimage to the soldies' cemeteries in France means color segregation or not, have as yet brought no reply, according to the National Association for the Advancecent of Colored People. The latest communication to the War department from the N.A.A.C.P. was a telegram addressed to F. Truce Davison in which he used the War department's stereotype phrase about "equal accommodation" and "no discrimination." The N.A.A.C.P. telegram, sent by Walter White, Acting Secretary, is as follows: "Have just received your letter in response to ours to President Hoover relative to report that Negro gold star mothers are to be segregated in pilgrimage to European cemeteries. Will you advise us by wire if statement 'no discrimination whatever will be made as between the various groups' moans that there is to be no segregation by color." To this telegram, sent yesterday the N.A.A.C.P. has as yet had no reply nor has it been possible to obtain additional information from the War department through Representatives Robert L. Bacon of New York or Charles Brand of Ohio, both of whom instituted inquiries. Medic Addresses Students On T. B. Greensboro, N. C.—Dr. Algernon B. Jackson, member of the Howard university medical faculty and head of the department of public health addressed the students of A & T college here this noon on "Preventing Tuberculosis in Childhood." Dr Jackson is traveling under the auspices of the National Tuberculosis Association and is visiting the colleges of North Carolina and Virginia. In his address here he made an urgent appeal to the student body to concern themselves with the problem of health, and especially with the ravages of tuberculosis among Negro children. Among other things, Dr Jackson said that if tuberculosis is checked in childhood it will decrease the occurrence of the disease in adults; that while tuberculosis cannot be inherited from tubercular parents, the child is more susceptible to tuberculosis than the adult. He stated that the way to rid one's self of the disease is to turn the germs against themselves, that a sure test for the presence of the disease in the child is the reaction to vaccination, scratching the arm with a needle and rubbing in the tuberculo bacilli. If the child is tubercular, within forty-eight hours, this spot will have red-dened and swollen. If the result is positive an x-ray should be made to determine the extent of the infection, and the child should then be taken from the home and placed in a preventorium, where rest, fresh air, proper food, and sunshine are stressed. Stereopticon views served more graphically to impress upon the audience the manner of infection, the test for the presence of tuberculo bacilli and the rigid daily schedule to which the tubercular child is subjected. PLAN BIG MEET A monster mass meeting in the interest of William J. Fulton will be held Tuesday night at Rosemont hall, according to an announcement made today. HOME EDITION SLAIN --- Runs For State Senate In Michigan M. Charles R. Perkins, famous as an all-southern football star and graduate of Morehouse college and Detroit college, has entered the race for the Michigan state senate, according to dispatches from Detroit. DR. WOOD 'FIXES' MEETING: DODGES R.O. INVITE FIGHT DR. WOOD 'FIXES' MEETING: DODGES R.O. INVITE FIGHT Shrewdly Invites Visitors To Address Club; Then Adjourns Meet In an effort to save himself from probable embarassment, Dr. Charles R. Wood, president of the Gary Noonday Business club, invited Dr. Fred H. Butler to speak to members of the club last Wednesday, and then hastily adjourned the meeting to prevent members of the club from voicing their objections over Dr. Wood's ill-advised action in inviting Mayor R. O. Johnson to speak before the club three week's ago. Shrewdly and with apparent aim, Dr. Wood had pre-arranged the meeting to prevent the issue over Johnson's presence at the club from being raised. Dr. Butler spoke to the club on the meaning of brotherhood and criticized the lack of unity among churches and organizations. After he finished speaking, Wood nervously arose, and adjourned the meeting. "The meeting is adjourned," Wood declared after Dr. Butler had finished speaking. Wood then hastily left his place at the table and left members of the club sitting in amazement. Members of the club, however, plan to force the issue over Johnson being invited to speak to the club at the next meeting. They declare they are determined to bring the matter up. Wood's action in trying to block mention of the matter has made them more determined to present their criticism. The whole matter is an outgrowth of Mayor Johnson's action in refusing to consider a petition sent him asking for adequate recognition of colored voters. The mayor, by his own admission, threw the petition in the waste basket. Since then, sentiment everywhere has opposed his presence at any meeting on the South Side. More than 50,000 miles of new highways are to be built this year, according to the Chicago Motor club. The cost will be approximately $1,500,000,-000. In view of the fact that the cities will spend in the neighborhood of $500,000,000 for street facilities, the nation's 1930 street and highway bill may be set at $2,000,000,000. GARY AMERICAN Phone 2-4660 Office: 7 East 19th Ave. PRICE THREE CENTS BAPTIST AUDITOR 'CARRIED FOR RIDE' IN CHURCH FEUD Auditor For Denomination Is Found Slain; Suspect Faction Fight Scottsburg, Ind. — Enemies within the church were today blamed by police for the slaying of Edward D. Person, 5434 S. Michigan ave., Negro auditor for the national Baptist convention. Pierson was found in the Muscata-tuck river, near Scottsburg, Ind., yesterday. Three fishermen heard his saint cries for help and found him keenly clinging to the branches of a tree. He died soon after he was rescued. There were six bullet wounds in his body; his hands and feet were bound and two traveling bags were weighted about his neck. Found Bad Accounts Members of the family said Pierson had frequently found irregularities in accounts of the Negro churches comprising the national Baptist convention and expressed the belief that "someone was hired to kill him." Police here aiding in the investigation said Pierson had been "put on the spot and taken for a ride." Pierson went to Nashville March 30 to audit the books of the convention office there. He left there Tuesday evening for Louisville, his secretary said. Roy Darden of the Tennessee attorney general's office, said Pierson had found that a loan of $62,000 to the Nashville office had been "juggled," and that he was preparing to report this to the general offices of the convention in Chicago. Sought to Keep Him Here Scottsburg is on a main Louisville- Indianapolis highway. It is believed by Chicago police that Pierson's enemies "put him on the spot" in Louisville and then headed north in an automobile. Sheridan A. Bresseaux, Negro investigator formerly with the statel attorney's office, said efforts had been made to prevent Pierson from going to Nashville. 42 Games of National Negro Baseball League To Be Held in Chicago Forty-two games will be played at Chicago by the Negro National Baseball league, according to information received today by The Gary American. The games scheduled are: Detroit at Chicago, April 26-27-28-29; Cubans at Chicago, May 3-4-5-6; Nashville at Chicago, May 24-25-26-27; Birmingham at Chicago, May 30-31-June 1-2; Kansas City at Chicago, May 29-30; Memphis at Chicago, May 31-June 1-2; Birmingham at Chicago, June 7-8-9-10; St. Louis at Chicago, June 14-15-16-17; Kansas City at Chicago, June 21-22-23-24. Motorist Warned Against Freezing Wise motorists will protect the cooling systems of their cars from freezing throughout April, according to a statement issued by the Chicago Motor club and based on statistics furnished by the Chicago weather bureau. "The latest spring time freezing temperature ever recorded in the fifty-nine years that the weather bureau here has bn in operation was on April 30, 1873, when the mercury slid down to 30 degrees, or two degrees below the freezing mark," the motor club stated. "Ordinarily, however, the last freezing temperature occurs during the latter part of March. A small amount of anti-freeze solution in the radiator beyond that period will do no harm, and may save the owner a serious repair bill." Americans own 76 per cent of the 34,700,000 motor vehicles registered throughout the world, according to the touring bureau fo the Chicago Mo- Page Two MISS SZIKORA IN RACE: SEEKS THE TRUSTEE'S POST South Side Business: Woman Gets in Contest for Office; Asks for Support Declaring that she will give her best efforts to administer the affairs of the office, Miss Margarette Szkora, manager of the Oak Park Market, at 26th and Adams street, today announced her candidacy for township trustee, subject to the will of the voters in the primary election, May 6. A high school graduate and holder of a certificate from a business college, Miss Szkora is 34 years of age. She is a property owner and taxpayer. Employed for six years at the old Goodman department store. Miss Szikora has been a worker all her life. For the past nine years, she has been in the grocery and market business on the south side. In this position, she has made friendships among hundreds of colored people on the South Side, many of them customers of her store who know her intimately as possessing the qualities of sympathy, honesty and courage. Miss Szikora recently lost her father, who for many years was a staunch republican worker. She has three brothers and two sisters. She is a niece of Frank Szikora, member of the board of public works. As manager of the Oak Park market, she has created many friends among residents in and around the south side. From the very beginning, she has employed colored men and women as clerks in her store, and today there are three colored persons in her employ, one as a clerk in the store, one as a delivery man, and a woman who works in her residence. "I am out to win." Miss Szikora stated in announcing her entrance into the race. "I believe the office of township trustee is one which a woman should hold. I feel that my education and training and my experience as a business woman qualify me for the office. I am asking the support of all my good friends. If I win, I'll try to serve to the best of my ability." One Year Ago April 12, 1929 St. James A.M.E. church, which last December moved into its new edifice at 2601 Massachusetts street, faces a crisis if the Rev. D. H. Byrd, its pastor for 18 months, changes to the Bethel A.M.E. church at Des Moines, where he was assigned Saturday by Bishop A. J. Cary. Twenty-three Negroes have filed their candidacy in the republican primaries, all but two of them seeking the aldermanship of the Third, Fourth and Fifth wards, according to records in the office of the city clerk. Banks Prospering 10 Confidence of colored people in their own business institutions, especially colored banks, has shown a marked increase as seen in deposits made by them, declared Anthony Overton, Chicago banker, in an address before the Fact Finding conference which adjourned yesterday at Durham, N. C. Marcus Cleaners Suit Cleaned and Pressed 75c Dresses (Plain) Cleaned and Pressed $1.00 30 West 7th Ave. Phone 2-3213 We Call For and Deliver Runs for Office 9 KIRKL Miss Margarette Szikora, manager of the Oak Park market, at 26th and Adams street, has entered the race for township trustee, according to an announcement she made today. Garyites To Hear Famous Opera Here Wednesday Night Garyites To Hear Famous Opera Here Wednesday Night Gary will have an opportunity to hear "Cavaliera Rustichna" in the Gary City church, Wednesday, April 23rd, with a Steel City singer, Mrs. Thad Menczyzenski, in one of the principal roles. The opera is being put on by the Del Preda Opera company, who is addition to having the best of talent for the leading roles will have a chorus of fifty and music by members of the Chicago Civic Opera company. The leading male role of Turreda will be played by Wilburne Arone, a tenor of international fame, who has just recently returned from seven years of singing in the leading operas in the cities of Milan, Rome, Palermo, Naples and Berlin. The baritone part will be sung by Pasko Alujevic, a dramatic baritone. He will be heard in the role of Alffo. Madame Anna Del Preda will take the part of Santuzza and Mrs. Menczynski will be heard in dual parts as Lucia and Lola. Alexander Aster, concert and radio artists will be at the piano, with the orchestra. The entire opera will be under the personal direction of Gabriel Chrzanowski, who came to this country with the first Russian opera company several years ago. The United States proper, with 8.17 automobiles per mile of road, is exceeded in car density with respect to highway facilities by seven regions, according to the Chicago Motor club. The localities, and the number of cars per mile of road, are Cuba, 23.91; Panama, including the Canal Zone, 18.92; Anglo Egyptian Sudan, 9.32; Canary Islands, 19.85; Gibralter, 38.2; Siam, 10.47, and Hawaii, 24.34. The regions possessing the fewest cars per mile of road are British Somaliland and French Equatorial Africa, which are tied at .06. Gary Shoe Mart New Sprng Arrvals. Perfect, dressy footwear for Easter are here. Varous styles, reasonably priced. Beige! FASHION says: when the frock is gaily printed, let the shoe be beige. And Queen Quality sends us many new models of infinite grace that run the whole gamut of lovely new beige tones. Their prices, you will find, fit your purse as well as their gracious lines fit your feet. THE GARY AMERICAN New Car Service Intalled For The Big Rush Hours Rush hour street car service between the corner of 45th avenue and Grant street in Glen Park and the loop at North Broadway will be provided by Gary Railways effective Monday, April 14, officials of the company announced today. Cars for the business district will leave 45th and Grant daily except Sunday at 6:25 and 7:25 in the morning and at 4:25 and 5:25 in the afternoon. Outbound from the North Broadway loop cars will leave daily except Sunday at 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., and at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Federai route 40, extending from Wilmington, Delaware, to St. Mary's, Kansas, a distance of 1,254 miles, is said to be the longest paved highway in the world, according to the Chicago Motor club. The population of New York City in 1928 was 6,017,500 and that of Chicago the same year was 3,157,000. 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Saturday, April 19, 1930 MINATE A WOM ho Is QUALIFIED t Merely Ambiti r TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE EEKING public office, a candidate less something more than just the pected to a high position in the coun . For no office is this requireme ry than for the office of Township. ATE WOMAN QUALIFIED by Ambitious TOWNSHIP STEE office, a candidate should more than just the ambition position in the county gov- is this requirement more office of Township Trustee. NOMINATE A WOMAN Who Is QUALIFIED Not Merely Ambitious 307 E GREY For TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE For TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE IN SEEKING public office, a candidate should possess something more than just the ambition to be elected to a high position in the county government. For no office is this requirement more necessary than for the office of Township Trustee. Office Has Many Duties Township Trustee's office has man- action is not simply to give relief to a fund provided by the coun- tship Trustee should be a trained work in addition to giving relief to the p ip Trustee must supervise and the township schools of the township. For teachers to teach in the township, ing all the supplies for the scho- ip Trustee's duty is a large one. ce's office has many duties. Apply to give relief to the burden by the county. The will be a trained worker. wing relief to the poor, the it supervise and manage the township. From sel- in the township schools, lies for the schools, the y is a large one. The Township Trastee's office has many duties. Its function is not simply to give relief to the poor thru a fund provided by the county. The township Trustee should be a trained worker. For in addition to giving relief to the poor, the Township Trustee must supervise and manage the township schools of the township. From selecting teachers to teach in the township schools, to buying all the supplies for the schools, the Township Trustee's duty is a large one. Qualified by Experience Newlin Cothery, candidate for T. of Calumet Township, is admirable the position she seeks, and for the is being endorsed and supported by numbers by a majority of v. township. four years she has been a deputy trustee's office. At this post, and a thorough knowledge of every task. She has supplemented her e school and college, by completing y, candidate for Township nship, is admirably quali seeks, and for that rea d and supported in over a majority of voters in has been a deputy in the e. At this post, she has knowledge of every detail of supplemented her education by completing special Alice Newlin Cothery, candidate for Township Trustee of Calumet Township, is admirably qualified for the position she seeks, and for that reason she is being endorsed and supported in overwhelming numbers by a majority of voters in Calumet township. For four years she has been a deputy in the township trustee's office. At this post, she has acquired a thorough knowledge of every detail of the work. She has supplemented her education in public school and college, by completing special courses in social work at two of the country's leading universities. Good Work Deserves Promotion For the best interest of the township, for the highest welfare of every person in Gary, give her your support. Reward her past service. Promote her to the office of Township Trustee. 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LARD, 1 lb. PORK LO 1 lb. PORK SH 1 lb. SPARE R 1 lb. PORK RO 1 lb. Boiling Bo Stew, Vea FREE DELIVERY AMERICA TER SUP phone 2-643 STATE URGES USE OF INDIANA PARKS FOR NATURE STUDY STATE URGES USE OF INDIANA PARKS FOR NATURE STUDY Declare Properties Afford Wonderful Opportunity For the Pursuit TERRE HAUTE--In a great measure the conservation department has pointed out to the citizenship of this commonwealth that saving scenic and historic places for the people pays real dividends. Especially is this true as regards state parks, Richard Lieber, department director, told members of the Nature Study Section of the Department club here this evening, as he described in detail the growth of state parks from an insignificant position eleven years ago to outstanding importance today in the economic, social and educational life of this state. At the same time six major divisions of this department, namely: Geology, Entomology, Forestry, Fish and Game, Lands and Waters and Engineering, rendering unified service of THE GARY AMERICAN the utmost importance and at most reasonable cost. Indiana possesses ten state parks—seven developed and three still devoid of contemplated developments calculated to produce the maximum of service, he said. Turkey Run, Pokagon, The Dunes, Spring Mill, McCormick, Clifty and Muscatatuck are developed to the point of extending a complete service to nearly 500,000 visitors last year. Brown, Shakamak and The Mounds remain to be developed to that point where the standard of conservation service is possible. The Dunes are being partially developed this spring providing increased service and keeping the landscape in its natural state. That business in government who regards depart- of the Depart- METHOD OF AN WOLVES MUCH W NO. 5 OUR METHOD INVOLVES M OUR METHOD OF ASSESSING BUILDINGS INVOLVES MUCH WORK TO INSURE ACCURACY John McFadden THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN Republican Candidate for ASSESSOR Calumet Township Figures You Will Understand Building and improvements are Building Gary Land Co.'s Subs..... 5,036 Wabash R.R. to Little Calumet 4,282 City Limits to Grant Street (Except Gary Land Subs.) Ridge Road (So. of Cal. River) 3,451 Tolleston 1,334 West Gary 895 Miller 557 Total 15,555 We arrive at the true cash value of ing manner: 1st. By employing a practical understanding architecture, knows plants, and who is capable of making a true valuation on any building of 2nd. By copying all building per ing commissioner and investigating they are worth more or less than the also gives us location of all new bu struction in the city and also on all 3rd. By direct talks with the ow to give correct figures. A SQUAR and improvements are assessed as follow: Co.'s Subs. 5,036 174,309,941 To Little Calumet 4,282 86,743,343 (Grant Street and Subs.) (So. of Cal. River) 3,451 61,172,660 1,334 25,833,472 895 8,521,929 557 7,116,640 15,555 363,697,985 at the true cash value of improvements in employing a practical building man as an architecture, knows buildings, materials who is capable of making a correct estimation on any building of whatever construction copying all building permits issued by our designer and investigating them to determine with more or less than the amount of the property location of all new buildings and a line of the city and also on all removals. direct talks with the owner or builder who direct figures. SQUARE DE Primari Buildings Cubic Feet Value Gary Land Co.'s Subs. 5,036 174,309,941 $25,396,475 Wabash R.R. to Little Calumet 4,282 86,743,343 12,401,510 City Limits to Grant Street (Except Gary Land Subs.) Ridge Road (So. of Cal. River) 3,451 61,172,660 8,027,965 Tolleston 1,334 25,833,472 3,143,065 West Gary 895 8,521,929 839,245 Miller 557 7,116,640 717,855 Total 15,555 363,697,985 $50,526,115 We arrive at the true cash value of improvements in the following manner: 1st. By employing a practical building man as deputy who understands architecture, knows buildings, material, heating plants, and who is capable of making a correct estimate or placing a true valuation on any building of whatever construction. 2nd. By copying all building permits issued by our city building commissioner and investigating them to determine whether they are worth more or less than the amount of the permit. This also gives us location of all new buildings and a line on all construction in the city and also on all removals. 3rd. By direct talks with the owner or builder who rarely fails to give correct figures. A SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERYBODY C. C. B. --- --- Published Weekly In This Paper NO. 5 ther county, city, state or national is possible, Mr. Lieber cited the state highway and conservation departments as outstanding examples in Indiana. For an investment of about 120 million dollars our most efficient highway department has paved some 2600 miles of roads and is maintaining about 5,000 miles of roads, he said, while the same department has a pretentious paving program this year and likewise will make dustless 800 miles of gravel and stone surfaced roads. Service by this department, he said, is in the interests of all for it provides improved and consistent transportation for not only Indiana but the people of adjoining states who cross our commonwealth. ASSESSOR'S NEWS OD OF ASSESS MUCH WORK If you own a building don't fail to read this article which will give you information and perhaps clear up points about which you may have been in doubt. Last week we talked of Real Estate—the assessment of lots and blocks. Today we have the assessment of buildings. --- are assessed as follows: Buildings Cubic Feet Value 1036 174,309,941 $25,396,475 282 86,743,343 12,401,510 451 61,172,660 8,027,965 334 25,833,472 3,143,065 895 8,521,929 839,245 557 7,116,640 717,855 Primaries—Tuesday, May 6th, 1930 Endorsed By Colored Leaders For Judge SESSO NEWS SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930 ASSESSING WORK TO ror or slip 3rd. Loof of real esta have the co enabling us ows: Value $25,396,475 12,401,510 8,027,965 3,143,065 839,245 717,855 $50,526,115 in the follow- s deputy who high priced also unders map so that great adva- subdivision lead pencil is made tha- keeping the After the section map of each lot it is improved ment is wri- tional impro- are arranged east to west value of one location or z at a glace a EAL FOR ries—Tuesday, May orsed Leader In addition to receiving County Bar association, co-added their approval to the Ridgely for judge of the LA The endorsements wi from both colored and wh indication of his qualifica In addition to receiving the endorsement of the Lake County Bar association, colored leaders of Lake County have added their approval to the candidacy of Judge Claude V. Ridgely for judge of the Lake Superior Court, Room 4, Gary. The endorsements which Judge Ridgely has received from both colored and white citizens of Lake County is an indication of his qualifications. AUDE Lake Superior Likewise is the conservation department providing great service and at minimum cost, the speaker declared. Petite Alice White Stars in "Show Girl" Alice White, the original "show girl," now makes her appearance in her newest and greatest production. "Show Girl in Hollywood," based on the story by J. P. McAvoy, coming to the Oriental theatre on Friday, April 18. Alice White played the role of Dixie Dugan, the "Show Girl," two years ago, when she appeared in a silent version of the production. SSOR'S WS 4th. By actually cubing all but per cubic foot. As office equipment for the life attention, first, to our system of 1st. A large wall map of the city marked by a heavy red line, a different color—those colors quite easy to locate them. 2nd. Loose leaf maps of an bird's eye-view of the section as a ror or slip of memory as to local 3rd. Loose leaf quarter section of real estate are spread by blocks have the correct lineal measurement enabling us to set up its correct size. In 1919 we valued almost the entire old settlement—by the square. 4th. Plat maps of the blocks' dition. These plats are made up high priced work is done for a real also understands valuing proper map so that all property is shown great advantage to us, as many subdivisions. By printing the old lead pencil these plats become a is made the name is erased and keeping the record up to date. After the real estate values be section map they are transferred of each lot is written in lead pencil is improved the value of the improvement is written on the face of national improvements are treated are arranged in books by zones, east to west, thus setting up in value of one lot, but of all lot in the location or zone. In this way any at a glace and corrected if in er 4th. By actually cubing all buildings and valuing at so much per cubic foot. As office equipment for the listing of these valuations we call attention, first, to our system of maps: 1st. A large wall map of the entire township with the city limits marked by a heavy red line. Each subdivision or addition is in a different color—those colors quite bright—which makes it very easy to locate them. 2nd. Loose leaf maps of an entire section which give us a bird's eye-view of the section as a whole, and thus prevent any error or slip of memory as to location or contiguity. 3rd. Loose leaf quarter section maps upon which all valuations of real estate are spread by blocks. These maps are official and have the correct lineal measurement of each parcel of land, thus enabling us to set up its correct value whatever its shape or size. In 1919 we valued almost the entire Original Town of Tolleston an old settlement-by the square foot. 4th. Plat maps of the blocks making up a subdivision or addition. These plats are made up in our office. In this way this high priced work is done for a regular deputy's pay. The deputy also understands valuing property and makes and arranges the map so that all property is shown as it actually lies. This is a great advantage to us, as many blocks in Gary have from 2 to 5 subdivisions. By printing the owner's name on his lot or lots in lead pencil these plats become an ownership record. If transfer is made the name is erased and the new name printed in, thus keeping the record up to date. After the real estate values have been spread on the quarter section map they are transferred to the plat maps and the value of each lot is written in lead pencil on its street margin. If the lot is improved the value of the improvement with the date of assessment is written on the face of the lot as, "$5,000--'22." Additional improvements are treated in the same way. These maps are arranged in books by zones, and by street and avenues from east to west, thus setting up in easy access not only the assessed value of one lot, but of all lot in the block and of all blocks in that location or zone. In this way anything unusual in values is caught at a glace and corrected if in error. MY SLOGAN FOR EVEN May, May 6th, 1930 ed By Co ders For in to receiving the endorsement association, colored leaders of Lake C approval to the candidacy of Judg edge of the Lake Superior Court, Re sements which Judge Ridgely h ored and white citizens of Lake C is qualifications. NOMINATE E V. RII uperior Court, BUILDINGS FREQUENTLY cubing all building at for the listing your system of ma- nap of the entire by red line. Each case colors quite b maps of an entire section as a who by as to location quarter section ma- read by blocks. real measurement of its correct values most the entire O by the square foot of the blocks make are made up in o one for a regular building property and property is shown as as many blocks printing the owner' has become an owe erased and the to date. state values have be transferred to the in lead pencil on the of the improvement the face of the lo are treated in th by zones, and be setting up in easy a of all lot in the bl this way anything stated if in error. Sincerely yours. VERY 0 Color For Adjudement of the ers of Lake Count ency of Judge Cla or Court, Room 4 e Ridgely has r s of Lake Count John M 1/2 Fadden RIDGE urt, Ro Page Three VOTE and NOMINATE Wm. Mayfield For State Representative A Friend of the Working People Election May 6 All Gary reads The American. For The Interest of the General Public dings and valuing at so much ing of these valuations we call maps: Fire township with the city lim- ch subdivision or addition is in bright—which makes it very entire section which give us a whole, and thus prevent any er- on or contiguity. maps upon which all valuations are. These maps are official and out of each parcel of land, thus value whatever its shape or size. The Original Town of Tolleston— foot. making up a subdivision or ad- n our office. In this way this solar deputy's pay. The deputy and makes and arranges the as it actually lies. This is a blocks in Gary have from 2 to 5 heer's name on his lot or lots in ownership record. If transfer the new name printed in, thus have been spread on the quarter to the plat maps and the value on its street margin. If the lot element with the date of assess- e lot as, "$5,000--'22." Addi- tion the same way. These maps ed by street and avenues from by access not only the assessed block and of all blocks in that ing unusual in values is caught. "Value the Other Man's Property As I Would Have Him Value Mine." rs, M c Fadden The Gary American Published every Friday morning in the year by The Gary American Company, Incorporated, American Building, 7 East Nineteenth Avenue, Gary, Indiana. Arthur B. Whitlock, President; Chauncey Townsend, Vice-President; Fritz W. Alexander, Treasurer. TELEPHONE GARY 2-4660 — IF BUSY CALL GARY 2-3865 Entered as second-class mail matter at the post-office at Gary, Indiana under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1929, by The Gary American Publishing Company, Incorporated. CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND - Executive Editor BOOKER THOMAS - Business Manager Associate Editors: F. Marshall Davis, Cyril Alington, Charles L. James Contributors: Dennis A. Bethea, Sarah Taft Sims, Ralph Ellingwood Subscription price $1.50 a year in advance. For six months, $1. Single copies, three cents. "The Gary American enters the field without malice or envy toward anyone. It has no axe to grind. Neither does it have anyone to punish; it has but one aim, to which it will cling with pious devotion, and that is to stand squarely in defense of the rights of the black American."—Prospectus of The Gary American No. 1, November 10, 1927. Easter-The Story Of Resurrection Never did the world need the essential meaning and their spiritual stimulus of Easter more than in this year of grace. On every hand are those whom the state of the world disheartens. We are told, if we listen to their lamentation, that religion has failed, that the plain, homely virtues of faith and loving kindness and mercy as between men and their fellows are dead of inoperative, and in this vale of tears the mourners are the most sensible of mortals, since there is no reason to rejoice in anything we hear or see. To such an attitude of mind Easter comes as a shining and a beautiful refutation, as an angel seen by those who are in sorrow round a tomb. Easter is not to be observed merely as the commemoration of a triumph over the grave, a victory over death, nineteen centuries ago. It stands for the glory and the power of a resurrection here and now—of a rebirth day, of the springing of new life in this glad hour for "a confident tomorrow. The meaning of the festival is not to be confined with the ceremony of any sect or any ritual. It cannot all be told in music or in flowers or in the wings and fire of the most eloquent of sermons. It is not all in the glow of the hour of prayer and praise and song. It goes far deeper than words can utter; it reaches the deepest of the truths we know, at the very heart of our human lives, in their need of that which is higher than ourselves, and in their aspiration towards that which is true eternally. It is each man's resurrection and not that of Christ alone on which this day insists forever. It is in your power and mine to cast off what is of the earth earthy, that holds us down to the mundane and the material. Easter is the freedom and light, the upspringing joy of the emancipation of the soul of man. Least of all the festivals is it a time for selfish introspection, for the backward look and the unprofitable resemblance of failure and disaster, the sin besetting and the shame disfiguring the pattern of our human lives. It is, instead, the time for the looking and thinking and acting beyond and away from ourselves. As in the solemn and beautiful jubilee we consider the lilies, and hear the music, and feel the inspiration of the sermon and enter into the radiance and the rapture of the morning, let us take thought how we may impart to other lives and bring to other hearts the joy we feel, knowing that as we are ministered unto it is our duty to minister and to spread abroad the message of the Eastertide to a world that needs all the cheer that any has to give. Seven years ago in Baltimore, Maryland, a Criminal Justice Commission was created with the object of making criminal justice function faster and with greater certainty by an annual survey of police and judiciary efficiency. The seventh report has just been issued and should prove of interest to officials and citizens throughout the nation. It shows that 601 fewer serious crimes were committed in the city in 1929 than in 1928. Arrests were made in 50 per cent of the crimes reported, the highest record yet attained. Convictions resulted from 87 per cent of cases brought to trial, also a record. The Commission, in order to show the significance of these records, compares Baltimore with other cities. In Baltimore, 77 per cent of all cases were tried within three weeks of arrest; in Washington, which may be taken as a representative city, but one per cent was disposed of in that time. In Baltimore, 85 per cent of those indicted for felonies were convicted; in New York, convictions resulted in but 32 per cent of cases. The Commission, according to the Baltimore Sun, gives the major share of credit for this almost unique record to the Police Department, Courts and States Attorney's office. "But these agencies and the public, as well," comments the Sun, "know that the data compiled by the Commission, the investigations it has made, and the material it has supplied for measuring the efficiency of our machinery for detecting and punishing crime, have had much to do with the improvement chronicled year after year." Other communities and states, instead of passing more laws in a futile attempt to stop crime, should observe what common sense and intelligent legal practice have done to make Balitmore law abiding. Some fellows work their way through school; others work their parents. Some little girls are punished for making faces. But not when they grow up! The average man thinks the only thing that could live on his salary is a germ. Christianity is easy to understand unless theology is offered in explanation. Perhaps it's the conviction there's no place like home that keeps some men going Household Hint: Nothing will take the disagreeable smell of incense out of a house any faster than cooking up a good thick steak. Page Four SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1930 Over-The Story Of Resurrection And di dthe world need the essential meaning and mean of Easter more than in this year of graces those whom the state of the world disheartens, we told, if we listen to their lamentation, that the plain, homely virtues of faith and loving between men and their fellows are dead of inop- of tears the mourners are the most sensible no reason to rejoice in anything we hear or with an attitude of mind Easter comes as a sh mutation, as an angel seen by those who are soo. Easter is not to be observed merely as the triumph over the grave, a victory over de- tion. It stands for the glory and the power of now—of a rebirth day, of the springing o ear for "a confident tomorrow. Swing of the festival is not to be confined with the for any ritual. It cannot all be told in music, songs and fire of the most eloquent of sermons. All in the glow of the hour of prayer and pra- keeper than words can utter; it reaches the daw- ow, at the very heart of our human lives, in his higher than ourselves, and in their aspira true eternally. Each man's resurrection and not that of Christ may insists forever. It is in your power and of the earth earthy, that holds us down to material. Is the freedom and light, the upspringing joy the soul of man. Least of all the festivals is projection, for the backward look and the un- failure and disaster, the sin besetting and the pattern of our human lives. It is, instead, the thinking and acting beyond and away from the solemn and beautiful jubilee we consider the sic, and feel the inspiration of the sermon and the rapture of the morning, let us take heart to other lives and bring to other hearts the that as we are ministered unto it is our duty to broad the message of the Eastertide to a wor- that any has to give. Saying It With Results Saying It With Results years ago in Baltimore, Maryland, a Crime was created with the object of making crimer and with greater certainty by an annual judiciary efficiency. seventh report has just been issued and shouldcials and citizens throughout the nation. Our Weekly Lesson In English WORDS Often Misused Say, "Tom and Martha's house," if the one house belongs to both. Say, "Tom's and Martha's houses" when referring to separate things. Speak of "a troop of children," a horde of ruflians," "a heap of rubbish," "a corps of engineers." Do not say, "Give me them books." Say, "those books." Do not say, "She said that her brother is going." Say, "said that her brother was," or, "says that her brother is." Do not say, "She was exceeding kind to him." Say, "exceedingly kind." Say, "I agree with John" (a person), "I agree to the proposition" (a thing.) Words OFTEN Mispronounced Garage. Pronounce ga-razh, first a as in "ask," second a as in "father," and accent last syllable; or pronounce gar-aj, first a as in "at," second a as in "age," and accent first syllable. Poem. Pronounce po-em, o as in "no," e as in "men," and not pome nor po-um. Cater-cornered. Pronounce the a as in "ate" or as in "cat," but cat-er, never cat-ty. Political Announcements JUSTICE OF PEACE Editor GARY AMERICAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for justice of the peace of Calumet township subject to the will of the voters in the primary election, May 6, 1830. JUSTICE OF PEACE Editor GARY AMERICAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for justice of the peace of Calumet township at the primary election. May 6, 1930. JOSEPH H. RAPIER. Editor GARY AMERICAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that it will be a candidate for judge of the Lake Superior Court, Room 4, Gary, subject to the will of the voters in the primary election, May 6, 1930. JOHN W. SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF Editor Gary American: Please announce that I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Lake County, in the Primaries, Tuesday, May 6th, 1930. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE Editor GARY AMERICAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate on the Republican ticket for the promotion for Township Trust District Township at the primary election. May 6, 1930 ALICE NEWLIN COTHERY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Editor GARY AMERICAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake County that I will be a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination for Justice of the Peace at the primary election, May 6, 1930. C. I. CLEMENS. Editor GARY AMBRIAN: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination for County Commissioner at the primary election, May 6, 2014. EDWARD C. GLOVER Please announce that I am a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination for presecutor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. FLOYD S. DRAPER. COUNTY CLERK Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for county clerk of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. ALVINA M. KILLIGREW. TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for township assessor at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. JOHN McFADDEN. Editor Gary American: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for renomination for county assessor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. WILLIAM E. BLACK. COUNTY COMMISSIONER Editor Gary American: Please announce that I am a candidate on the Republican ticket for re-nomination for county commissioner at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. COUNTY PROSECUTOR Editor Gary American: Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for presecutor of Lake county at the primary election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. OSCAR A. AHLGREN. COUNTY TREASURER Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the nomination for county treasurer of Lake county at the primary election, May 6, 1930. DAN KREITZAN. SUPERIOR JUDGE Please announce to the voters of Lake county that I will be a candidate for the Republican ticket for re-nomination as judge of Lake Superior election, Tuesday, May 6, 1930. C. V. RIDGELY. Lesson In English Hasten. Pronounce has-n, a as in "haste," but the t is silent in "hasten." Chute. Pronounce the same as "shoot." Genial. Preferred pronunciation is je-ni-al, e as in "me," i as in "it," accent first syllable. Business; busi, not buis. Grate (frame of bars for holding fuel), great (big.) Particular. Note the two a's, not per nor ler. Compel; only one l. Penny (singular), pennies (plural). Calamity; mi, not ma. SYNONYMS Ferocious, fierce, savage, cruel, barbarous, brutal, inhuman, ruthless. Color, hue, tint, tinge, shade. Animate, enliven, stimulate, exhilarate, urge, inspire, incite, prompt. Miserable abject, forlorn, wretched. Fertile, fruitful, prolific, productive. Combination, combine, party, faction, alliance, association, league, union. "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us increase our vocabulary. FULT For County Co BOOST MASS M ROSEMON Tuesday Night, Ap MUSIC AND REF VOTE FOR NO. Steadily keeping faith w he has diligently served tain the opportunity of sincerely and respectfu vote. Assist him in his 65-WILLIAM J FULTON County Commission BOOSTER SS MEET FREMONT HA Night, April 22 PIC AND REFRESHME ing faith with the ntly served, and s portunity of furthe respectfully solic him in his endeav WILLIAM J. FUL M. Steadily keeping faith with the masses, whom he has diligently served, and striving to retain the opportunity of further serving, he sincerely and respectfully solicits the Negro vote. Assist him in his endeavor. RE-NOMINATE "BILL" R Republican Ca COMMIS First Di LL" FULT Publican Candidate MISSION First District WORDS Often Mispelled lary by mastering one word each day. Words for this lesson: PERSISTENCY; the quality of being persistent; perseverance. "The characteristic of a genuine heroism is its persistency."—Emerson. SUBSEQUENT; following in time, order, or place; succeeding. "It is the subsequent effect that we anticipate." INSURMOUNTABLE; incapable of being surmounted. "The difficulties seemed insurmountable." VOLUNTARILY; in an intentional manner. "He voluntarily consented to go." INFALLIBLE; not capable of ering; not liable to disappoint. "His teaching inspires in man an infallible trust." SIMPLICITY; quality of being simple; plainness. "I was touched by the simplicity of his life." Gigantic mice, developed by allowing baby mice to be nursed by rats, have been grown as a result of an experiment recently tried out. The business of dealing in old scrap iron and steel is now so vast and important that it amounted in this country alone last year to a half billion dollars. LTON Commissioner OSTER MEETING FONT HALL April 22, 8 P. M. REFRESHMENTS 65 with the masses, whom served, and striving to re- v of further serving, he totfully solicits the Negro his endeavor. M J. FULTON- X FULTON Candidate for SSIONER District Saturday, April 19, 1930 . 47 on Bal n Ballot --- No.47 on Ballot 133 REWARD 7 Years of Faithful Service as Chief Deputy Treasurer PROMOTE Dan REITZMA TO REASURE OF LAKE COUNTY MOTE AN ZMAN O SURER COUNTY KREITZMAN TREASURER OF LAKE COUNTY PRIMARY MAY 6 Vote for No or No. Vote for No. 47 on Ballot --- --- TO Saturday, April 19, 1930 DR.A.A.WATTS TO SEEK RE-ELECTION FOR CO. CORONER Seeks Re-nomination At Polls on May 6; Sets Forth His Qualifications Dr. Albert A. Watts, efficient and aggressive county coroner who has made a splendid record during the initial period of his incumbency, announced today that he would seek renomination for another term, at the Republican primary, May 6, believing that the citizens who believe in honest and capable administration of county officers will support him again. Dr. Watts was first elected coroner four years ago, not taking office until several months afterwards, but introducing notable changes in the office when he took charge which have functioned for efficiency and service to the citizens and taxpayers. He has the distinction of being a life-long resident of Lake county, living in this community for 19 years before Gary was founded and being one of the first three Gary public school teachers. He is a well known Gary physician, having an enormous practice which indicates his standing in the community professionally and shows the great number of friends he possesses. Born in Hammond The coroner was born in Hammond and lived there for a long period of time. He is the son of William H. Watts, who was justice of the peace there for many years and his family, as well as himself, is favorably known. He has a number of brothers and sisters, all of whom are well known in various parts of the Calumet region. He and his family have always been staunch Republicans. He enlisted in the United States army during the war and for a year and a half served in the medical corps with a rank of captain. He was overseas for some time, during which he saw service in the front line trenches and witnessed some of the heaviest World war fighting. Dr. Watts has proven that he is qualified to serve as coroner and he announces that if re-nominated and re-elected, he will keep himself free from entangling alliances as he has done in the past and that no clique or group of people will control the office or influence him in the management of that important branch of the county government. Fair Treatment to All He promises fair and impartial treatment to all citizens and will continue his policy of certalizing the office and appointing only competent deputies to serve the people in a manner that will carry out the intent and purpose of the coroner's office in protecting the state in all coroner cases. His candidacy for another term is the result of a general demand on the part of his friends and real Republican leaders in various sections and if successful in the May primary and the fall election, he will continue to give the people an honest, efficient, impartial and dependable administration. The centralization of the coroner's office carried out by Dr. Watts in the early months of his present ternm has resulted in economy and exact service and has been arranged solely in the hope of giving service in the best possible manner. Opposes Bad Crossings The coroner is bitterly opposed to some of the dangerous grade crossings in Lake county and supported the movement to compel the installation of safety signals on the Grand Trunk railroad crossings between Gary and Merrillville. He also gave effective support to the movements for crossing gates at the 19th avenue crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad, and declares that several other crossings should be pro- Smith's Auto Body Works Fifth and Vermont Streets Phone 2-3319 First Class Body & Fender Work Automobile Glass Painting and Trimming Frames and Axles Straightened FIRST CLASS WORKMANSHIP We Re-build Auto Bodies 62 JPEL Dr. Albert A. Watts, Lake county coroner, today announced his candidacy for re-nomination, subject to the will of the voters in the primary election, May 6. Dr. Albert A. Watts, Lake county coroner, today announced his candidacy for re-nomination, subject to the will of the voters in the primary election, May 6. No. 56 No. 56 DR. A. A. WATTS YOUR PRESENT COUNTY CORONER Has Served You Fairly and Justly and Deserves Your SUPPORT FOR RE-NOMINATION 56 DR. A. A. WATTS X tected in various parts of Lake county. Dr. Watts' fraternal, social and professional connections include a life membership in the Loyal Order of Moose, Gary Lodge No. 783; member of American Legion, Gary Memorial Post No. 17; Gary Commercial club, Harrison Republican club, Gary Republican club, Young Men's Christian association; Lake County Medical as- sociation, Gary Lodge Elks, No. 1152; and all the leading medical societies. Coroner Watts is a man who knows all men by their deeds and merit. He is fearless in his convictions and the citizens may expect him to continue efficient performance of the duties of the office of coroner and a just representation of all the citizens. Despite attempts of a discarded THE GARY AMERICAN BUTTERBEANS AND SUSIE TO APPEAR AT GARY THEATRE Famous Pair to Be Seen Here In Inimitable Act; Will Put on Specialty "Butterbeans and Susie," in their revue of 1930 will be presented at the Gary theatre, 5th and Broadway, for one entire week beginning April 21. The show will consist of the same cast which is now winding up a tour of the large theatres of the country. The Butterbeans and Susie revue of 1930 which opened with a bang at the Booker Washington theatre in St. Louis, played to capacity houses, during its run at the Booker Washington. The revue was acclaimed by critics as one of the most elaborate, gorgeous and tuneful of revues. "Butterbeans and Susie" comic recording artists will perform their latest antics for the delight of the Garyites. They are assisted by a cast of 30 consisting of such celebrities as Corinne Gibson, tersichorean dancer Anna White, coloratura blues singer and Billy Dunn. Some of the hottest song and dance numbers will be rendered. political machine to muddy the race for this important office, friends of Dr. Watts declare their belief that he will achieve one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate for this office in the Republican primary. They insist that no just complaint can be made against the record or the integrity of this official or against he conduct of his office and that if efficient and honest service is to be rewarded Dr. Watts should again be the coroner of Lake county for another two years. Every new style, idea-capes, flares, lace touches, trimmed-sleeves, and many other distinctive touches, and every color you wish. Sizes 14 to 20 - 38 to 52. NEW YORK FASHION SHOP 622 Broadway GARY WHERE FASHIONS COST LESS Foreman's has always been your suit store and this year more than ever you should let this store of friendly service outfit you for EASTER. Our stock was never so complete and we can satisfy your every need, whether you want to spend $25.00 or $50.00 for a suit. P. Save on The V Every new style, idea and many other distin 14 to 20 — 38 to 52 $5.00 NEW YO 622 Broadway WH EAS Foreman's more than vice outfit complete a you want to You Can Suit $30 MALLORY HATS FO Made to Retail From a $15 to $25 These two groups of new chic coats ought to go right out in a hurry at these two ridiculously low prices-capes, belted models and the princess lines in the finest fabrics for Spring wear. Many coats are fur-trimmed. WILSON BROS. SHIRTS Page Five Brand New Lot OATS 50 50 m a $15 to $25 ought to go right out in a prices—capes, belted models ories for Spring wear. Many A YOU R UIT? and this year of friendly ser- k was never so need, whether uit. A Good s For $40 IT SMITH SMART SHOES N'S Page Six NODISCRIMINATION TO COLORED GOLD STAR MOTHERS-U.S. Congressmen Give Assurance That There Will be No Jim Crow of Women NEW YORK—In response to a letter sent by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to congressmen urging opposition to the war department's plan to segregate colored gold star mothers on the pilgrimage to their sons' graves in France, the N.A.A.C.P. is assured ed of "equal accommodations, care and consideration," for the colored mothers. The assurance comes in a letter from Congressman Robert L. Bacon, of New York, of whom the N.A.A.C.P. thereupon telegraphed inquiring whether the War department's assurance of "no discrimination," meant there would be no segregation. In reply the N.A.A.C.P. today received the following telegram from Congressman Bacon: "Understand there is no discrimination but so you may be advised direct official, am trespassing your wire to War Department with request they respond promptly to you." At the moment of going to press the War department had not communicated with the N.A.A.C.P. Meanwhile the same assurance of "no discrimination" and of equal accommodations, care and consideration" were given the Jamaica branch of the N.A.A.C.P. which, through its president Dr. Charles M. Reid, had protested directly to the War department against segregation of gold star mothers. NOTICE All members of the Universal Negro Improvement association are supporting the Universal Political union. Any worker who claims to be a member of Universal Negro Improvement association and is working for candidates that are not slated by the Universal Political union are imposters and must not be considered having any influence with the Universal Negro Improvement association. During the last few months certain disgruntled ex-officers and former members have been trying their best to influence certain candidates that they have our organization behind them. The Universal Negro Improvement association is independent and is not allied with any other organization or individuals. CHAS. L. JAMES, Pres. JELLA B. WHITMORE, Sec'y. New York was the first state to license motor vehicles, according to the Chicago Motor club. It began in 1901, collecting $954 that year. Preliminary reports indicate that the taxes, exclusive of gasoline taxes, paid on the 26,400,000 motor vehicles registered in the United States last year amounted to $510,000,000. Don't Be Deceived There's only one SAM'S LOAN SHOP in Gary. It is at 1604 Broadway Superior Remodelers 2136-38 Broadway SUITS CLEANED (and) PRESSED Any Day CASH and CARRY We Have No Boy Collecting We Say It With Values For years, the people of Gary have known Jack's Army Store, 1060 Broadway, as a store offering the very best merchandise at the lowest prices. We say it with values. Jack's Army Store "Trade With Jack and Save Some Jack" 1060 Broadway NEW YORK Planning to give his attention to a business career, Phil Edwards, New York university track runner, plans to retire from athletics. Queen Wilhelmina's representative in the East Indies governs more than 50,000,000 subjects. Your Neighbors Launcher LET US DO YOUR RUG CLEANING LET US DO YOUR DRY CLEANING 1525 Madison Street Dial ©K © 1938 The New STETSON for Easter $8.50 up to $13.00 AETNA BELL CL 1118 BR The cleaning of our coal begins in the mines. It is picked over and cleared of all slate, clay and other impurities, right in the mines. That's why our coal is superior. Let us deliver your next ton. --- Pablo Picasso FULL HOUSE HEARS SPRING CANDIDATES FULL HOUSE HEARS SPRING CANDIDATES Aspirants for Major Office Speak at Meeting at Rosemont Hall To a packed house of interested voters candidates for county offices set forth their qualifications Wednesday night in a meeting sponsored by the W.W.C. organization of the central district, at Rosemont hall. Dewey Bozeman, president of the organization, presided. The meeting was made possible through the efforts of Bozeman, assisted by members of his organization, Mrs. Anita Ocrey and Mrs. A. Buchanan. Among the candidates who spoke were: Bert R. Kuss, for state representative; Adelbert S. Moore, for justice of peace; Floyd Draper, for county prosecutor; John W. Scott, for judge of superior court, room 4, Gary; Joseph B. Kyle, for county sheriff; Alvina Killigrew, for county clerk; William J. Fulton, for county commissioner, first district; Alice Newlin Cothery, for township trustee; Bill Bailey, for township assessor, and Margaret Szikora, for township assessor. Following the meeting, refreshments were served. Hot Spring (By ANP)—Following many financial difficulties, the affairs of the Mid-West Life Insurance company of St. Louis, Missouri, were relieved last week when John L. Webb, supreme custodian of Woodmen of Union, and president of the Century Life Insurance company of Hot Springs, came to its rescue by paying off certain indebtedness on the companys real estate on Pine street, St. Louis. Phone 2-5097 Dr. R. B. JAMES Physician and Surgeon 1548 BROADWAY GARY, INDIA Dial 9-1-2-1 Memorial Auditorium April 21, 22 and 23, 1930 NEW SPRING FASHIONS BROADWAY STYLE SHOP 1618 BROADWAY Odorless dry cleaning -no airing necessary THE GARY AMERICAN Seeks Office 62 PED Because of his varied experience and knowledge, thousands of Lake county voters are backing Edward C. Glover, above, candidate for county commissioner, from the second district. Glover was formerly mayor of Crown Point. The average American factory worker earned $25.50 per week during 1928. Two Zeppelin-type navy ships are to be built in the near future at Akron, Ohio. 10th A Y. M. 3-D BOXING TO Memorial April 21, 22 Reserved Seats General Admission Lovely New Frocks for Easter $8.95 to $25.00 Dresses that herald a gay springtime and early summer season. MILLINERY Remarkable sale of Spring Hats. They're young, they're feminine, they're all your Spring Hat should be, and this is their first appearance. Sold at $3.95 BROADWAY 1618 BRO HOME —AL CLEA 20 East 20th Place Glover Issues Four Page Pamphlet About His Record in County Setting forth his qualifications for the office, Edward C. Glover, former mayor of Crown Point, has issued a four page pamphlet, showing how he, as mayor of Crown Point, saved that city of the necessity of spending thousands of dollars in building concrete roads. The pamphlet, neatly printed and captioned, carries a photo of Mr. Glover on the front page. It sets forth the fact that Mr. Glover as mayor of Crown Point built concrete roads for the city at a cost of only $2.94 per square yard; built six inch concrete curbs with 18 inch gutters at a cost of only 82 cents per foot, and completed numerous other civic improvement which have placed Crown Point on a par with other cities of its population. Mr. Glover has been a republican worker all his life. He was at one time secretary of the republican central committee. As candidate for county commissioner from the second district, every voter in Lake county will have a chance to vote for this office in the primary on May 6. Steam and electricity threaten Holland's famous old windmills with extinction. ANNUAL C. A. DAY TOURNAMENT Auditorium and 23, 1930 $2.00 $1.00 G FASHIONS Spring Coats Easter! An event of timely importance. SPRING COATS at a price $12.00 to $49.00 Chiffon Hosiery Full fashioned, sheer chiffon Stockings. New colors. $1.00 STYLE SHOP BADWAY Odorless dry cleaning —no airing necessary DYERS ND— NERS Phone 2-1332 Norma Shearer Has Role of Divorcee Remember what an impression "The Last of Mrs. Cheney" made? Recall how Norma Shearer thrilled with her portrayal of a society woman? Impressed with the remarkable way the people of this city took to this type TRAVEL BY BUS Detroit $4.00 Toledo $4.00 Cleveland $7.00 Pittsburgh $9.00 New York City $17.00 Louisville, Ky. $7.00 Cincinnati $6.00 St. Louis $4.00 Memphis $10.00 Kansas City $8.50 Omaha $11.00 Denver $21.50 Los Angeles $40.50 San Francisco $46.50 Consolidated Bus Depot 103 E. 5th Ave. Phone 2-7096 Olympic Hotel CONTINUOUS ROOS BROADWAY FRIDAY and SATU "RED HOT With AL Also—"UP T The First Talking Pictu Sat. at Midnite & Sun. "Parade of With KEN Also All-Talking MONDAY and TU Mae M CONTINUOUS 10:30 TO 11:30PM. POOSEVEI BROADWAY AT 15th. ST. FIDAY and SATURDAY, April RED HOT RHYTHM With ALAN HALE Also—"UP THE CONGO" The First Talking Picture Made in the Jun t Midnite & Sun., April 20, East Parade of the West With KEN MAYNARD Also All-Talking Comedy and Act FIDAY and TUESDAY, April Mae Murray MONDAY and TUESDAY, April 21-22 Mae Murray PEACOCK ALLEY Final Chapter of "KIN Talking Comedy and Free Dishes to Ev MON., TUES. MAT WEDNESDAY "MEXICA With BARBAR Talking Comedy a Thurs. - Fri. and Sa Dolores Del Rio as Here Comes TH Final Chapter of "KING OF THE KONG Talking Comedy and Movietone News Free Dishes to Every Lady and Girl MON., TUES. MATINEE or EVENING WEDNESDAY, April 23 Only "MEXICALI ROSE" With BARBARA STANWYCH Talking Comedy and Vitaphone Act rs. - Fri. and Sat., April 24 - 2 Colores Del Rio as "EVANGELI re Comes THE BIG SH Here Comes THE BIG SHOW BIG NEWS IN GARY Beginning April 21st GARY GALA EASTER W BUTTER and SU Themselves ARY THEATRE One Solid W Coming Mon., A LA EASTER WEEK ATTRAC UTTERBEAN and SUSIE Themselves — In Person And Their Big Song, Dance and Fun Show 30 — PEOPLE Prize Dancing Chorus The Greatest Color Also Their Ow All Star Cast of BL Gorgeous Costum Popular Prices - Midnite PEOPLE Prize Dancing Chorus of Bronze Damse The Greatest Colored Show on Earth Also Their Own Jazz Band All Star Cast of BROADWAY STARS Gorgeous Costumes and Scenery ar Prices - Midnite Ramble Saturday a of picture and the performance of this talking star, the Chicago theatre announces with pleasure the return of Miss Shearer in the all-talking picture "Divorcee," at the Chicago theatre, week commencing Friday, April 18. American ads get results. Dr. Michael's All-Herb Tonic A Tonic Laxative Cleanse the system and have rich Red Blood flowing through your veins. Dr. Michael's ALL HERB TONIC intended as system regulator, helps to stimulate the appetite, aid digestion, giving renewed strength and vigor to restore the system to its normal healthy condition. Made from purifying and health giving herbs, roots, barks, leaves and berries of known medicinal properties. DR. MICHAEL'S ALL-HERB TONIC acts as a mild soothing TONIC laxative. Made from 26 different herbs, roots, barks, leaves and berries, has won fame and become Gary's fastest selling Herb Tonic by helping thousands of local citizens when everything else failed. A trial will convince the most skeptical. Dr. Michael's All-Herb Tonic—a blood purifier, Body Builder—System Regulator. Try it for You will then realize why it has met a week every morning and evening, with such wide favor in this community. Dixie Pharmacy ...1700 Broadway Schult Pharmacy...1880 Broadway Peoples Pharmacy...1428 Broadway Paul's Pharmacy...1062 Broadway For free sample call at 856 Broadway 10:30 TO 11:30 PM. EVELT SAT 15th. 91. SURDAY, April 18-19 "RHYTHM" AN HALE THE CONGO" ure Made in the Jungles , April 20, Easter Sun. the West" MAYNARD Comedy and Act ESDAY, April 21-22 urray ING OF THE KONGO" and Movietone News very Lady and Girl NEE or EVENING , April 23 Only LI ROSE" A STANWYCK and Vitaphone Act t., April 24 - 25 - 26 "EVANGELINE" HEATRE One Solid Week coming Mon., April 21 EEK ATTRACTION RBEANS JSIE Saturday, April 19, 1930 Soci Society By EUGENIA WARD The Young Matron's club will meet Thursday, April 24, from 8 to 10 p.m., in the home of Mrs. Louise Figgins of 1839 Connecticut. The president, Mrs. Lillie Jackson, requests that all members be present. Madames Lillian Boyd and Louise Figgins will be the entertaining hostesses for the evening. Miss Diffay Entertains Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller and W. H. Weatherly of Chicago were the guests of Miss Mae Diffey, Thursday right at the residence of Miss Diffey at 2305 Connecticut. Miss Bolden Home Miss Bessie Bolden student of Terre Hause state normal is spending the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bolden of 2548 Tyler. Binghams Entertain Dr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson of Chicago were the week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. Leroy W. Bingham of 215 West twenty-third avenue. Mrs. Bingham entertained a few of her friends at a bridge party Saturday night in her home, in honor of Mrs. Thompson. Miss Hayman Is Hostess Miss Ruth Hayman of 2400 Adams street, entertained the members of the We Modern's club and a group of Chicago and Gary friends in her lovely home Friday evening. Guests present were Mrs. Emma Matthews; Mrs. Bessie Thompson, Miss Covington and Miss Young of Chicago; Madames Katherine Bingham, Florence Alexander, Ruby Creswell and Annie S. Johnson of Gary. An appetizing three course luncheon was served by the hostess. Chicagoans Guests Here Dr. and Mrs. Irvin Shafer of Chicago were the week-end guests of Mrs Shafer of the Friendship House a 2244 Washington. The Juvenile Household Ruth No 5206, will meet Friday evening immediately after school at 2176 Washington. Yoyo Club Entertained Mrs. Margie Woodfolk of 1981 Massachusetts, beautifully entertained the members of the Yoyo club in her lov- P. P. ANNOUNC The Lincoln F Now Open for 3524 Guthrie St. 3 PHON IND. HARBOR 2760 IND. HARB To the Citizen You and your friends are cordially Reasonable prices, Polite and Cour Embalmers. Complet 3524 Guthrie St. Indiana Harbor, Ind. You and your friends are cordially invited to inspect the Home. Reasonable prices, Polite and Courteous Service to All. Licensed Embalmers. Complete Funeral Service. Packard Equipment - Lady Attendant N. O. DENNIS Licensed Embalmer Catering especially to the colored Let The Laun Don't Have a in your Catering especially to the colored people of the Calumet Region Let The Laundry Do It Don't Have a wash day in your home Phone Gary-7571 Slick's Gary Laundry Co. Fifth and Massachusetts "The Laundry That Does Its Best" ```markdown ``` ely home Thursday evening. * * * Plan "Chicken Dinner" The Household Ruth No. 5306 will give a chicken dinner at the Elks rest, 2174 Broadway, Friday, April 25 Dr. Butler in City Dr. Fred Butler of the Board of education of the Methodist Episcopal churches has spending each day at Stewart house in observance of passion week. Wednesday he lectured to the Noonday Business club. The subject of his address was the true meaning of Brotherhood. * * * The Yoyo club will give a mystic tea and whist party Tuesday evening April 29, at the Elks club room, 2174 Broadway. Shipps to Be Hosts Mr. and Mrs. George Shipp will entertain the members of the premiere club Saturday in their lovely home at 1934 Washington. Club Postpones Meet The Tougaloo club will not meet Sunday, April 27, the date of the next meeting will be announced next week. Pageant Postponed The pageant, "Brotherhood Adventures in America," which was to be presented by the Girls' guild at the First Baptist church Friday, April 25, will be postponed until a later date. Those who have purchased tickets may keep them, and use them when the pageant is to be presented. Delaney's Plan Trip Rev. and Mrs. Frank S. Delaney and a few of the members and friends of Trinity M. E. church will leave next week to attend the Annual M. E. conference in Detroit. To Honor Minister A reception will be given Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the Stewart Settlement house at 1500 Massachusetts, in observance of the tenth anniversary of Rev. Frank S. Delaney, pastor of Trinity church and superintendent of the Stewart Settlement house. The most costly theatre in the world is the new Theatre Pigalle, in Paris. It cost two million dollars. ALD A. LEPORE Republican Candidate for VICE OF THE PEACE For years a lawyer of unquestionable Integrity Honesty - Fairness Justice Primaries May 6, 1930 INCLEMENT! Funeral Home for Business at Indiana Harbor, Ind. NES— E. CHICAGO 3151 HARBOR 2370 Oens of Gary: Rally invited to inspect the Home. Curteous Service to All. Licensed ate Funeral Service. B. M. RODDY Business Manager and people of the Calumet Region X Among the outstanding surgeons of the country who attended the John A. Anderson memorial clinic at Tuskegee, was Gary's own Dr. Robert M. Hedrick, of St. John hospital, of this city. He returned this week. The total distance traveled by the Graf Zeppelin on its flight around the world is 20,000 miles, spanning three continents and two oceans. All Gary reads The American. SEARS, New Retail Dept. Store 813 to 827 Broadway Phone Gary 6171 Gary Sho Thousands of pa $1.9 Gary's Greatest Shoe Values Thousands of pairs of smart spring shoes for women, misses, girls, boys and men. Values to $3.98 BAY --- ```markdown ``` A style for every face, colors for blondes, brunettes and titians. A size for every head. Materials are Lacy Straws, Panamalac, hemp, Adjour braid, Vixca and Milan. Compare them with any $5 hats. Our price..... --- Store Hours 9 to 6 Sat., 9 to 9 100 THE GARY AMERICAN The Sunshine Social club will meet next Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dungy at 2530 Harrison. Mr. Floyd K. Dungy will be the host. The senior choir of Trinity M. E. consisting of twenty-five voices will present the cantata, "The Dawn of Easter" Sunday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock in the Trinity M. E. church. The choir under the directions of Dr. V. M. Marshall assisted by the organist, Mrs. Marrou has been rehearsing for the presentation of "The Dawn of Easter" for the past two months. This will be one of the best cantatas ever presented by the Trinity choir; the public is invited. The Junior choir under the direction of Miss Lawson will present "The King Triumphant" Sunday morning. The senior choir of the First Baptist church, under the direction of R. D. Guy, assisted by the organist, Mrs. foretta Brown, will present a cantata, "The Crucifixion," Sunday morning at 11 a. m., at First Baptist church. Sunday evening at 8 p. m. the junior and intermediate departments of the First Baptists Sunday School assisted by the junior choir under the direction of Madames Mary Hill and Edna Braddock will present, "There Is No Death," an Easter play, the public is asked to attend. Henry Ford says that he would quit making cars if Prohibition were repealed. He believes that strong drinks and cars will not mix. ROEBUCK AND C New Retail Dept. Store to 827 Broadway phone Gary 6171 y's Greatest oe Values pairs of smart spring shoes for wome isses, girls, boys and men. 98 and $2.98 Becoming styles in one-straps, pumps and ties, in a wide choice of leathers, including patent leather, black and brown kidskins and reptile. Greatest dress shoe values in the history of Gary. You should buy several pairs. All sizes and widths (21/2 to 8) in the lot, in all the popular heels, so you should be fitted readily. "Royal Purple SILK HOSIER "Royal Purple" SILK HOSIERY Whether your budget is large or small, you want your hosiery sheer and flawless—clinging and smooth. "Royal Purple" hosiery is perfect—and the price, you will notice, is amazingly low. Come in—now—and see for yourself! You will buy several pairs. Two styles—midweight, and chiffon. Both have the new slender French heel. STRAW HATS style for every face, colors for blondes, tates and titians. A size for every head.als are Lacy Straws, Panamalac, hemp, braid, Vixca and Milan. Compare $2. Journalist Ill M. FAY J. ROBINSON Overworked as a result of acting as co-editor of a magazine, Fay Jackson Robinson, editor of Flash, California's smart chart, has been forced to give up her work temporarily, according to Los Angeles dispatches. A democracy is a land in which the young has an equal right to feel superior to the common people, says the Richmond News-Leader. Telephone your want ads. AND CO. atest ues bes for women, 2.98 Values to $4.98 CITY OF NEW YORK "Royal Purple" MILK HOSIERY Silk to Top. New Slender French Heel. HATS $2.85 Club Meets Monday Choir Plans Program Parking Space No Charge $1.48 Your Guide Should Be Your Better Judgment If You Want Ability and Integrity in the DRAPER All Republicans And he is of the type of candidate, citizen and official needed to carry the REPUBLICAN PARTY to VICTORY Next Fall! All Republicans in Lake County Who Want in the PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Will Support FLOYD S. DRAPER Vote for [Picture of a man with glasses and a suit]. FLOYD S. RAPE HE IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CANDIDATE Not of Any One Faction Not of Any One Creed Not of Any One Race Not of Any One Clique Not of Any One Clan Not of Any One Group He IS the CANDIDATE of I Republican is of the type of candidate, cit needed to carry the REPU ARTY to VICTORY Next Fai publicans in Lake County Wh HONESTY EFFICIENCY FEARLESSNESS PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Will LOYD S. DRAPE in the Republican Primaries Tuesday, May 6 Page Seven The Only Cab of Its Kind in Gary All Colored Drivers BENNETT TO SEEK RENOMINATION; HAS SPLENDID RECORD Young Official To Run Again For Constable; Points To Past Record Indiana's youngest elective official, Lawrence G. Bennett, constable in Calumet township for the last four years, today announced his candidacy for renomination to the post in which he has served for the term which is now drawing to a close. Mr. Bennett, who went into the office as a young man of 23 years of age, has served well in spite of his youth, his friends say, and is running for the renomination on his record and his pledge to continue in the future to work as faithfully as he has done in the past. "I do not promise better service than I have given," he said, "as I have always given my best. But I will continue to do the same if I am again nominated and elected as constable." Mr. Bennett was born at Kokomo and spent his early years in that city, being educated in the schools there and at Elwood. He came to Gary in 1919, and has since resided in this community, where he has established himself as a property owner and taxpayer. He now lives at 402 Hayes, with his wife and their two children. Left an orphan at the age of nine years, he has "made his own way" in the world since that time. Upon coming to Gary 11 years ago, Mr. Bennett entered the employ of the Illinois Steel company, where he held various positions. He then worked for Tittle Brothers Packing company for a time, and returned to the mills at the American Sheet and Tin Plate company. After working there for several years, he entered the employ of the Gary Land company and continued there until 1925. In that year he successfully fought for the nomination for constable and was nominated with the highest vote, in every precinct, given any of the 10 candidates for the 4 constable nominations. Again in the general election, he led the constable ticket, receiving more votes in every precinct than any other candidate for that job. Since then, his service in the office has been such as to permit to keep the popularity he held four years ago. and he is confidently expecting to receive a heavy vote in May. He has been connected, during the last four years, with the office of Justice of the Peace Charles I. Clemens, at 738 Broadway, and has been the only constable working out of that court. Mr. Bennett is affiliated with a number of political organizations, and fraternal groups. He is a member of the Harrison club, the Gary Republican club, and the Lake County Political club, formerly known as the South Side Business Men's Political club. Mr. Bennett is basing his candidacy entirely upon his past record, and asks that all voters who feel that he has served well support him in the primaries, May 6. Mr. Bennett is favorably known among the colored people of Gary, who have found him at all times courteous and friendly. He expects staunch support from them. Ice Cream, Fruits Candy and Cold Drinks 2500 Adams Street C. LORK, Prop. "If Its In Town Its At Reids" Says Graham Reid Who Operates Country's Largest Music Store A. S. S. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, of The Gary American, published weekly at Gary, Indiana, for April 1, 1930. State of Indiana, County of Lake. Before me a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Chauney Townsend, who having been daily sworn according to new deposes and says that he is the executive editor of The Gary American and that the following is to the nest of his knowledge and belief a true statement of the ownership and management, etc. of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 411, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Gary American Publishing Co. Inc., 7 East 19th Avenue, Gary, Ind Editor, Chauney Townsend, 7 East 19th Avenue, Gary, Ind Managing Editor, Chauney Townsend, 7 East 19th Avenue, Gary, Ind Business Manager, Booker T. Thomas, 7 East 19th Avenue, Gary, Ind. 2. 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Take advantage of this special Easter price. 5 For 14c Sugar . 3 lbs. 20c 1/2-lb. 16c THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS ARE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES: Above (reading from left to right), are four of the persons selected by Mr. Gordon as the thirteen most interesting Negroes in the United States: Nannie H. Burroughs, founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls; Robert S. Abbott, editor of the Chieago Defender; James Weldon Johnson, poet and reformer, advocating Universal Democracy; Mordecai W. Johnson, first Negro president of Howard University, leading Negro educational institution. Below (in center of page) Eugene Gordon, widely known essayist, whose articles have appeared in The American Mercury, Plain Talk, and other leading magazines. Mr. Gordon has been for several years a member of the editorial staff of The Boston Post, one of Massachusetts's leading newspapers. His writing is characterized by an accuracy and facility of expression which we believe will meet the approval of the readers of the Illustrated Feature Section. Above (reading from left to right), are four of the persons selected by Mr. Gordon as the thirteen most interesting Negroes in the United States: Nannie H. Burroughs, founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls; Robert S. Abbott, editor of the Chieago Defender; James Weldon Johnson, poet and reformer, advocating Universal Democracy; Mordecai W. Johnson, first Negro president of Howard University, leading Negro educational institution. Below (in center of page) Eugene Gordon, widely known essayist, whose articles have appeared in The American Mercury, Plain Talk, and other leading magazines. Mr. Gordon has been for several years a member of the editorial staff of The Boston Post, one of Massachusetts's leading newspapers. His writing is characterized by an accuracy and facility of expression which we believe will meet the approval of the readers of the Illustrated Feature Section. THE THIRTEEN MOST INTERESTING NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES Next: The Thirteen Most Important Negroes In The United States W. B. Ziff Co., 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Advertising Representatives Above (reading from left to right), a National Training School for Women Mordecai W. Johnson, first Negro pro- have appeared in The American Mer- Massachusetts's leading newspapers. ture Section. leading from left to right), are four of the training School for Women and Girls; H. V. Johnson, first Negro president of Howeed in The American Mercury, Plain Taft's leading newspapers. His writing is. THE THIRD NEGROES By EUGENE GORDON At the very start of an arti interesting Negroes in this cou tions already asked by every i are, first, "What do you mean second, "Interesting to whom? second question can be given n first will come later. Interesting to whom? In largest number of literate and the country; and, in the second writer of the article. In very start of an article on the tha Negroes in this country I face badly asked by every intelligent re- "What do you mean by interest interesting to whom?" The answer can be given now; the answer later. Resting to whom? In the first p- number of literate and intelligent; and, in the second place, to the article. At the very start of an article on the thirteen most interesting Negroes in this country I face two questions already asked by every intelligent reader; they are, first, "What do you mean by interesting?" and, second, "Interesting to whom?" The answer to the second question can be given now; the answer to the first will come later. Interesting to whom? In the first place, to the largest number of literate and intelligent citizens of the country; and, in the second place, to me as the writer of the article. It is obviously necessary in such a paper to name only those persons who are known to the largest number of fairly intelligent residents of these States. Boston has its local goodfellow, who is, to Bostonians, the most interesting chap on earth; New York has another; Atlanta, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh. Dallas, Washington, and Chicago each has another; but unless these various local celebrities are known more or less nationally, also, they do not belong in this sketch. If the goodfellows in each of the localities mentioned entered a national contest for the most interesting of all, that one who received the greatest acclaim would probably be designated the most interesting in the United States. The chief runner-up would be the second most interesting; and so on. There being no such contest, and this article being written mainly for the pleasure I derive Next: The Th t: The Thirteen article on the thirteen most country I face two ques- try intelligent reader; they mean by interesting?" and, com?" The answer to the en now; the answer to the In the first place, to the and intelligent citizens of second place, to me as the from the business, selections must be made on the assumption that nationally known persons who appeal to my catholic interest will appeal also to the interest of other intelligent observers. And I may as well point out now as later that a man or a woman need not be great or important in order to be interesting. Many an important man is colorless, and therefore uninteresting; for example, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois. No man of 62 who spent precious time coddling a pet goatee to taper at a certain angle could interest me, except, perhaps, academically. For a person like that must be more than a little pompous, and given to strutting, and pompous strutters, as such, do not hold my appreciative or sympathetic regard, save as an abstract phenomenon. Again what may interest my good neighbor of Boston and Cambridge in, say, "Shag" Taylor, who, they tell me, is one of the most popular goodfellows in the nation. may leave me as cold as yesterday morning's flapjacks. Here is the article you've been waiting to read! important N THE NEW YORK TIMES (BY THE SAME AUTHOR) Admitting that the ebullient Shag IS a goodfellow, I do not personally find in him that hilarious interest a number of my esteemed acquaintances do. He does not warm me; he does not so much as touch me. There is no response in me to those emanations of goodfellowship of his that penetrate countless local hearts. Moreover, it is because the interest he arouses IS local that he and others like him cannot be considered in my final estimate. These gentlemen, and ladies,—have not performed on a large enough stage or before a large enough audience to be acclaimed outside the limits of narrow personal acquaintanceship. You see, the thirteen persons finally chosen must be thirteen who are known in some degree to most literates in the United States. There must exist in every one of these literates a feeling that these thirteen concern him. There must be, no matter how vague, a feeling of personal concernment in all these thirteen persons whenever their names are heard or are seen in print; a feeling of concernment intense enough to fix the attention upon these interesting persons. When that feeling exists, interest exists. And I believe that that feeling does exist with respect to the persons I have named as the most interesting in the United States. There was a great deal of mental tightrope walking before I finally decided on the 21 persons here listed. Here is a complete roster, my favorites being named in alphabetical order; 1. Robert Sengstack Abbott, L.L.B., L.L.D.; 2. J. Berni Barbour; 3. Bessye J. Bearden; 4. Nannie Helen Burroughs; 5. Archibald James Carey, A.M., Ph.D., D.D.; 6. George Washington Carver, M.S.; 7. Benjamin Jefferson Davis, Sr.; 8. Oscar De Priest; 9. William Christopher Handy; 10. Maurice Hunter; 11. James Weldon Johnson, A.M., Litt.D.; 12. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, B.D., S.T.M., D.D.; 13. Rufus Lewis Milford Perry, L.L.B.; 14. William Pickens, AM., Litt.D.; 15. Julian David Rainey, L.L.B.; 16. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg; 17. George Samuel Schuyler; 18. Mary Church Terrell; 19. William Monroe Trotter, A.M.; 20. Walter Francis White; 21. Louis Tompkins Wright, M.D. In one way or another the owner of each of these names is interesting. It pained me excruciatingly to eliminate any of them. But to eliminate was essential. It could not possibly be avoided. The final number must be 13, not 21. But if each of them seemed, at first glance, to be as interesting as his neighbor, and I still realized that the list had to be shortened, there remained no alternative for me save to rationalize my ruthlessness, this rationalization to be for the benefit of any possible questioners. Let us begin, then, with the first person named. Robert Sengstack Abbott, L.L.B., L.L.D., passes inspection after only a cursory glance. He stays. And so does Nannie Helen Burroughs. We bow them aside. We shall tell them later why they are honored thus over J. Berni Barbour and Bessye J. Bearden. Our business at present is to tell the rejected why they are rejected, rather than to tell the others why they are accepted. J. Berni Barbour is to me one of the most interesting fellows in the country. He is a splendid musician and a talented composer, having done striking work Continued on Page Two The Thirteen Most Interesting Negroes in the United States SONG OF THE ISLANDS Blues goes hula... ♦ LOUIS ♦ ARMSTRONG'S rhythm triumph... No. 41375 "SONG OF THE ISLANDS" "BLUE TURNING GREY OVER YOU" Fox Trots LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA 75¢ Okeh ELECIRIC RACE RECORDS Okeh Photograph Corp., 11 Union Square W., N. Y. 2 Continued From Page One in charge of the chorus in Ziegfeld's musical comedy "Show Boat"; and as a story teller he could make Taylor Gordon look like a stuttering amateur. But he is little known outside of New York; even in Harlem there are scores of bright persons who do not know who J. Berni Barbour is! Amazing, but a fact. Nor is he to blame for this ignorance. He is more than pleased to relate stories of his accomplishments and adventures; the trouble is that he is too busy to get out among people. Being unknown nationally, he will have to be eliminated. Now Bessye J. Bearden is known to virtually every mother, father, and infant in New York, not to mention her acquaintance among all the debs and their boy friends, among all the charitable organizations which want free publicity, and to almost everybody who has learned the trick of getting a free dollar by telling a likely-sounding tale of hard luck. And to every one of the thousands who know her, she is as interesting as a many-sided human social dynamo can be. But, like J. Berni Barbour, she is not widely enough known. And I have no right to assume that because I could spend all my spare time in New York—on those rare occasions when I manage to get there—talking with Bessye on matters of mutual interest, that a majority of citizens of these benighted states would enjoy the same pastime. Perhaps the masculine portion would; but, Mrs. Bearden being a beautiful woman, and women being given to prejudice against beauties in members of their sex, the feminine portion of the citizens would likely vote her decidedly unpopular. So we bow Bessye J. Bearden out. Archibald James Carey, A.M., Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will step aside, please, and wait. Mr. Carver is, to me, one of the most interesting personalities in the country, but of the 112 millions of whites and blacks scattered across this continent I doubt that a scant quarter million have heard of him. He is too important to discard; I reserve him for a future article. Benjamin Jefferson Davis. Sr., has fascinated me ever since I was a heat that drives away pain ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—April 19, 1930 youngster on a Georgia plantation, but of late his fame has been eclipsed, so he is less known to the new generation than he was to an earlier. Regretfully we let him pass. The Honorable Oscar De Priest will please stay, as will also William Christopher Handy, Maurice Hunter, James Weldon Johnson, A.M., Litt.D., and the Rev. Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson. 3.D. S.T.M. D.D. The venerable Robert Russa Moton, A.M., has no place here, being interesting merely as a laboratory specimen; and while Rufus Lewis Milford Hope Perry, L.L.B., should be able to qualify on his name alone, I fear that he'll have to drop out. As a Negro American who embraced the Jewish faith so as to marry a Jewish maiden. Mr. Perry is not without glamor, but knowledge about him among those who mutter aloud when they read the newspaper is too sparse. William Pickens stays, and so does Julian David Rainey, but Arthur Alfonso Schomburg goes. There will be a place for this magnificent book-collector in another article. George Samuel Schuyler will remain in ranks; but Mary Church Terrell, because the glamor that once enveloped her faded with a past generation, will please fall out. William Monroe Trotter and Walter White will please fill in the places left vacant by those who have just dropped out. Louis Tompkins Wright is out. too; but we shall meet him in another article. Now, here we are! My roster now reads like this: 1. Robert Sengstack Abbott, L.L.B., L.L.D.; 2. Nannie Helen Burroughs; 3. Archibald James Carey, A.M., Ph.D., D.D.; 4. Oscar De Priest; 5. William Christopher Handy; 6. Maurice Hunter; 7. James Weldon Johnson, A.M., Litt.D.; 8. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, B.D., S.T.M., D.D.; 9. William Pickens, A.M., Litt.D.; 10. Julian David Rainey, L.L.B.: 11. George Samuel Schuyler; 12. William Monroe Trotter, A.M.: 13. Walter Francis White. Dr. Robert Sengstack Abbott has, first of all, a most interesting middle name. It was this, I admit, which first attracted my attention to him. Now, a man of such nondescript physical appearance as Mr. Abbott's, yet who is interesting in spite of that, cannot lightly be passed by. 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The proximity of the famous name to the latter clause of that typically Abbottonian proverb has no particular significance, I assure you. It was simply an accident. For Robert S. Abbott is hardly a fool. He was barely given a chance, yet he has become one of the best known and one of the most influential Negroes in the country, and the very idiosyncracies I have enumerated contribute to the aura of interest that surrounds him. Nannie Helen Burroughs, speaking in Boston before the Ford Hall Forum recently on "The High Cost of a Jim Crow Civilization," aroused more noisy hilarity than that body had seen previously in a decade. Her whole attitude seemed to cry: "I'm a Negress, and I intend to give you folks what you expect me as a Negress to give you. Here it is; take it!" And she did give it. The whites howled with laughter along with some of the colored folks; but most of the colored folks burned with embarrassment. "When she called herself a mahogany blonde," whispered a fairskinned but race-conscious little Aframerican maiden afterwards, "I almost passed out." "The lady clown," commented another youth, who was challenged by a Burroughs defender to deny that, in spite of a vaudevillesque platform manner, she had "put her message across." Perhaps she did. I am personally less interested in her message than in her personality. It is the latter that renders her interesting. Anybody with any pretensions at all to public speaking can "put across" a message, but anybody cannot, in addition, sizzle interest like Nannie Helen Burroughs's. This interest is intensified by the knowledge that Miss Burroughs heads a nationally known school for girls and that she commands great influence among Negroes, and a considerable number of whites, of the country. 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Later, Lyla, Reggie, Rod, and several others go to the Swamp Hut, a cabaret, where Reggie drinks too much. He strikes Rod who falls to return his blow. Lyla thinks Rod is a coward, but she learns differently when he takes her from Wolf, a notorious gangster who had snatched her from Reggie's arms while they were dancing. Wolf attacks Rod and is knocked out. Several of Wolf's henchmen also attack the youth but are routed just as police raid the place. Rod is able to get the girl safely out of the place. The next night, as he leaves her home after having spent the evening with her, he is kidnapped by Wolf and his gang who take him out of the city in their car. They tell him they are going to kill him, but he is saved by federal agents who are laying in wait for bootleggers. As manager of prizesfighters, Kling, who was in the cabaret when Rod fought with the gangsters, offers him a contract to become a boxer, and Rod accepts in order to make enough money to enter school. At the gymnasium Kling orders Kelly, another of his boxers, to put on the gloves with Rod in order to see how skilled his new fighter is. Kelly, afraid that Rod may replace him, tried to harm him when they get into the ring, but Rod knocks him out. That evening Rod goes to see Lyla. They go for a walk to the beach. He tells her of his love and takes her into his arms. Intoxicated with her nearness and softness he kisses her hungrily, but she averts disaster by begging him not to spoil their friendship. They leave the beach, and as they reach the sidewalk, she discovers that she hasn't her pocketbook. Rod runs back after it and when he returns he sees her being dragged into a car. A half block away, the machine crashes into the sidewalk and Rod is able to catch it. He finds Lyla's abductor is Reggie, who has been drinking heavily. However, Reggie's identity is not known to him until after he has beaten him severely. Lyla, for some reason which he does not understand, becomes angry at him and after they take Reggie to a doctor, tells him to go away. As the days pass, Rod trains faithfully and sees no one except the other fighters in the gym. He does not try to see Lyla. One afternoon his friend, Martin, takes him to a "tea party" at a young society girl's home. There is much gaiety at the party, which Rod soon discovers is caused by free drinking of liquor. He meets a seductive looking girl named Zeda, who makes him take a drink—the first one in his life. Under the influence of the liquor he kisses Zeda in the hallway of the place and looks up to see Lyda entering. Zeda laughs triumphantly and, pulling Rod into the room, slams the door. Rod goes to Kling's office where his manager informs him that, in two weeks, he is to fight Mickey Latzo, chief contender for the middleweight championship. They go to the offices of the Arena's manager, where the contract is signed, several newspaper reporters being present. When they leave the place two of the reporters accompany them. At one of the city's busiest corners, a truck carrying a number of steers, crashes into another machine. One of the animals breaks loose and charges madly across the street. Rod, trained on the range for just such an emergency as this, leaps out in front of the beast as hundreds of people watch in fascinated horror. Directly back of him are a number of small children who will be crushed by the enraged steer unless Rod is able to halt its terrible charge. Chapter VII Screams of horror issued from hundreds of throats as the steer, infuriated by the figure which had leaped into its path, lowered its horns and plunged with terrible force at Rod. Trained on the range for just such things as this. Rod knew precisely what to do. With a nimbleness which would have done credit to a bullfighter, he leaped to one side just enough to prevent the sharp horns from piercing him. Then with a movement which was incredibly swift, he seized the animal's horns, and with a mighty tug which elicited a bellow of rage from the hurt beast, swung downward, the full weight of his body and the hard strength of his arms twisting the steer's neck groundward. ROD SUBDUES THE STEER For an instant the struggle was uncertain. Grimly the youth strained and stubbornly the animal yielded until with abrupt suddenness it crashed to the pavement. Seeing the animal prostrate the officer ran up and placed his gun against the steer's head. "Hey mister! Wait a minute. Don't kill him!" Rod cried, as he lay, his hands still holding the animal's horns firmly, on the ground beside it. "I can manage him now." The officer hesitated. "How you gonna manage all that beef? I better send a slug through his head before he hurts somebody." ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—April 19.1930 A man in a plaid shirt stands in front of a woman in a sleeveless dress, both facing each other. The background is a dark, indistinct setting with a lamp and a chair. "With a deft movement she threw off his dressing gown." got to his feet. The animal also lumbered cumbrously upright. The crowd which had started to gather around the scene of the drama swept back, including the policeman. The driver of the truck from which the animal had escaped had run across the street, and now stood fearfully regarding the escaped beast and its captor, uncertain what to do. Still retaining his hold on the steer the bronze youth led it slowly toward the cattle truck. Admiringly the truck driver followed him, and when "With a deft they had reached the vehicle, promptly swung its wooden runway into the street, helping Rod to herd the now docile steer back into the machine. From the outskirts of the crowd Rod could hear Kling calling him frantically. People tried to stop him, to question him, but brushing his torn and dusty clothes as he went, Rod forced his way good naturedly through the crowd toward the manager. "Are you hurt?" Kling demanded anxiously, as he took Rod's arm and pushed him into a taxi. "Not a bit. I'll be able to fight all right," Rod grinned, as he sat back in the car. "I'm not thinking about fighting. I'm thinking about you," Kling cried. "Why, boy, you are a hero!" "Aw, Mr. Kling," Rod muttered abashed, "that wasn't anything. We used to bulldog steers at home just for fun. It's not as dangerous as it looks." "Maybe not," Kling said feelingly, "but I would run the other way if such a big cow came running at me—and I did run, along with several hundred other people!" In spite of his having told Kling that he was not hurt, Rod realized that he had been bruised on the legs by the contact with the falling animal. When he got home he applied iodine and lay down on his bed. Outside the darkness was falling. He wondered what Lyla was thinking of him by now? He wanted badly to call her, but the rememberance of the look on her face when she had entered Tessie's house and found him kissing Zeda, made him believe that she would probably hang up on him if he did call. Had it only been this afternoon? It seemed days ago. So much had happened. A heavy sense of melancholy per- movement she threw off his vaded him. Now he knew that no other girl could ever make him feel as he felt toward Lyla. He realized that he loved her with an intensity which he had not known was possible. Vague thoughts, half-formed plans to again win her esteem swam through his troubled mind, but there was not a single one which seemed at all possible to him. A SUPRISE VISITOR With such thoughts floating through his mind he dropped off into troubled slumber. Outside, street lights gleamed through the soft spring dusk. The daytime sounds had merged into the peacefulness of late evening. Rod slept with the quietness of a child, with only his deep regular breathing indicating that he lived. The door of his room opened softly. A shadowy figure hesitated for a moment, then glided noiselessly across the floor to his bed. Rod stirred uneasily. The intruder sank down beside his bed and kissed him lightly on the lips. A husky feminine voice broke the stillness: "Rod. Rod. " The youth murmured crowsily but did not awaken. Again came the woman's voice: "Rod . . . sweetheart. wake up. . . " As Rod came back to wakefulness he was conscious of a heady fra- --- grance, and of soft lips pressing against his. For a moment he lay in a dream-like state in which he thought that by some magical process the lips which were on his belonged to Lyla. Slowly his arms encircled the figure which leaned over him, and drew the woman down to him. The pressure against his mouth increased. He returned the kiss with increasing fervor. Soft hands stroked his hair and his face. Suddenly he realized that he was not dreaming. He sat up abruptly. dressing gown." "Who—what—" he began confusedly. A quiet voice interrupted him. "Don't you even remember my kisses, honey? This is Zeda." "Zeda?" Rod cried. "Who else, darling, would have the nerve to come to your room like this?" the girl inquired coolly. "Oh, but you mustn't!" Rod exclaimed. "Why, what will people—" Again the girl broke in. "Who cares what anybody thinks, honey? I'm one girl who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it." Her face was near to his, her voice thrillingly warm. "And I want you. . ." Rod was young, and the wild blood of youth flowed swiftly through his vigorous body. The exotic perfume which the girl used seemed to create a haze about him which enhanced her allure, and made her seem a veritable enchantress. "But, Zeda—you mustn't do this, you know. . ." he protested unconvincingly. "And why should I not do anything I want to do?" the girl demanded, as her arms again stole around his neck. "I'm free, single, and disengaged, and I'm over twenty-one, so who's to tell me what I shall or shall not do?" Rod's voice deepened and throbbed beneath the last of his rising emo- ```markdown ``` tion. "You are right," he agreed. "Nothing else matters, does it?" In answer, Zeda pressed a hard kiss upon his lips. Savagely the boy threw his arms about her soft body and drew her slowly to him. For a blinding instant he held her close while the pressure of her arms tightened around him with passionate force. The yielding form in his arms suddenly became rigid. Zeda pulled away from him sharply. "Some one is coming up the stairs!" she whispered tensely. Before she had time to say more, there was a knock at the door. The girl sprang up dismayed. All her vaunted boldness seemed to have left her. "What shall I do? Hide me quickly!" she cried. "Jump in that clothes closet," Rod directed in a low whisper, pointing toward it. Quickly the girl obeyed, pulling the door shut. JUST A FRIEND "Who is it?" Rod called out. "Why, it's me, you big stiff," Martin's voice responded. "Were you asleep?" He entered the dim room slowly, feeling his way toward the light switch. Rod started to get out of bed, but feeling Zeda's purse on the covers, dragged it beneath them, and sat on the bed's edge. Martin snapped on the lights. "Gee, you took a long time to answer," he complained. "I was beginning to think that you weren't here." "I was sound asleep." Rod lied. "Well, you're just about the widest awake person right now that I ever saw," Martin told him. "Your eyes are sparkling, and your face is as red as a brownskin face can get. What's the matter?" His eyes probed into Rod's keenly. "Aw, you're imagining things, Marty. I was asleep," Rod insisted. "What brings you to my humble domicile this time of the evening, anyway?" "Just dropped by to gossip a minute. Have you seen Lyla since—since this afternoon?" Rod glanced apprehensively toward the closet. "Let's not discuss her," he begged. "Why not?" Martin asked in surprise. "Just a little while ago she was all that you could talk about." "I just don't want to talk about her any more." "Your little affair with the languishing Zeda kinda put the skids under you, with Lyla, didn't it. Cowboy?" Martin joked. Rod groaned, as he threw another quick glance toward where he knew Zeda was listening. "Shut up, will you!" he shouted. Martin paused in the act of lighting a cigaret to regard his friend in mild surprise. "Say—what the heck's eating you, anyway?" he demanded. "There isn't anything wrong with Lyla, or Zeda either for that matter, except that she's a sure enough hot mama when she likes a man. I tried to make her once myself but she gave me the—" "Martin, if you say another word about either one of those girls I'll sock you right in the nose!" Rod threatened. "Well, I'll be—oh, all right." Martin agreed. "If you'd rather not talk about it, it's jake with me." His voice was slightly aggrieved. "Don't get sore about it." Rod begged. "I just have good reasons for not wanting to talk about it." "OK. Cowboy Herrick." Martin said. "Have you heard the latest?" "The latest?" "Yeah. Lvla's father. Alderman Durant, is going to run for the state Senate. And if he can get Reggie's old man lined up with him he's a cinch to make it." "What's Reggie's father got to do with it?" Rod inquired, thinking not of the question but of the girl in his closet. "Why, he's the biggest banker on the south side and he has just about as much political pull as Alderman Durant. Folks say he's hitched up with the underworld too, although it's never been proved. Rumor has it that there is some connection between Durant. Reggie's dad and guess who?" "Can't imagine." THE WOLF AGAIN "With none other than your beloved enemy—the Wolf!" 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He's really got a voice. If he is mixed up with Reggie's old man they'll make e whizz of a political combination. take it from me." "That sounds absurd," Rod protested. "The idea of a banker and a gangster being allies—why you're crazy! "Just wait until you've been in Chicago as long as I have," Martin told him knowingly, "and you'll find out that stranger things than that happen." "Well, I don't believe that Lyla's father would have anything to do with a man like Wolf. Why he warned me against Wolf himself!" Rod cried. Zeda forgotten for the moment. "Politics," Martin stated pedantically. "is a game that makes the best men form queer alliances. That's why there is no more efficient government in the large cities. The men who are elected to office often owe Youth of America! You Need No Longer Suffer the Embarassment of Telltale PIMPLES SO many pretty girls and handsome boys have to be ashamed of their blemished complexions. And why? 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The article went on to tell that he was a boxer and that, being from the cattle country, he had known what to do in the unusual emergency when the steer had broken loose. It mentioned the fact that he was to fight on the ensuing championship bill, and praised him in extravagant terms. He put the paper down limply. "Whew!" he whispered, wiping his brow. "What a break for you, Kià," his friend said. "Now you will even attract more attention than the champion when you fight. I'll bet Kling will get more money for the fight now than he thought. Has he told you what your share will be yet?" "I haven't asked him," Rod said abstractedly, as he stared at the opened newspaper "What kind of a fighter are you?" Martin queried. "I trust my manager," Rod asserted simply. "Whatever I've got coming Mr. Kling will see that I get." Martin whistled. "Very well, babe in the woods," he mocked. "Your faith is very touching. I hope it's well founded." "I'm not worrying any," he dismissed the subject "Golly, but those newspaper guys surely spread it on thick." He grinned at the joke he was about to make. "I think they threw more bull than I did!" Martin laughed heartily. "I'll say. And what's more, every paper in town's carrying the story. Boy, you're a sure enough hero. I'll bet Lyla will be glad enough to make up with you now!" Suddenly Rod remembered his unbidden guest. He glanced again at the closet where she was. "Say, Marty," he began apologetically, "I'm—I'm— well, I'm sleepy. Would you mind if I got to bed? You know—that is, now that I'm a boxer I have to sort of keep early hours. . ." Martin's face wrinkled in amazement. "Boy, what's the matter with you tonight? One minute you're all excited about your story in the paper, and the next you start shooing me out of your room. Something's wrong sure as I'm alive. You tell me what it is!" LISTEN. 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