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GAY PUBLIC LIBRARY 5TH AVE JEFFERSON "The Truth-Quick" In our humble way we strive to serve the Colored people of America by giving them a truthful story of local and world news. M. This young lady is making a big hit on the stage since her advent there several seasons ago She is the daughter of a prominent Harlem fraternal and business man Keep Black Shirts From Staging Meet Macon, Ga.—Mayor G. Glen Toole denied representatives of the Order of Black Shirts permission to hold a public meeting here on September 4. The organization, recently formed in Atlanta, has announced support of white supremacy as one of its purposes. Federal officers have been quoted as saying the federal grand jury in Atlanta will investigate charges that committees from the order have sought by threats to force employers to discharge Negro labor. Mayor Toole instructed the chief of police to see that no public meeting was held, and that no public hall was used for a meeting. GOLD STAR SEGREGATION HIT NEW YORK CITY. A resolution criticizing the War Department for segregating Negro women on the gold star pilgrimages to France was passed by the national convention of Negro Baptists here Tuesday. A copy will be sent to President Hoover and to the War Department. It called the action "unfair and insulting" to the Negro women whose sons died in action. Mustard me when I'm drunk and I won't marry her when I'm sober. * * * * LOOKS AS IF HERBERT HOOVER HAD BETTER BEGIN PRACTICING UP ON FEEDING STARVING PEOPLE. * * * * FINDING IN the attic in the bottom of an old tin trunk I found a woman's soul tied with blue ribbon just so in neat packages 6 by 3 by 3 and covered with gray dust. POSSUM CENTER NEWS Jim Bloodoo, well known lodge man around here, says he has seven children—three boys, two girls, and two Oddfellows. Matt Musk, who has just returned from a deer hunting trip up north, says he was very lucky, having shot two other hunters and a farmer's cow. **** So the daily papers say Oscar DePriest took $10,000 in marked bills to the extortionists. Don't believe it. Hell, there ain't that much money any more. Jazzin' The News Jazzin' The News (THE WEEK'S NEWS IN VERSE) By F. Marshall Davis quiz on congress candidates, Communist tells of Marion mob and a strange tale he relates. Woman shoots her lover here, he refused to give her money. Legion post makes call on Mayor, but Mayor they could not sec; U. S. seeking "Black Klan" facts so daily paper tells. The merchant who uses The American is the one who always sells it! VOLUME III No. 44 State Legion Ignores Lynch Bill at Meet In Convention Ft. Wayne, Ind.—Rejection of a resolution condemning the recent lynching at Marion was one of the actions of the American Legion holding its state convention here Aug. 24, 25 and 26, it was revealed here this week. The resolution was offered by Marion Hansberry, delegate from the Senate Y. M. C. A. post in Indianapolis. It follows: WHEREAS, our great organization of the American Legion is founded on the following principles: To maintain law and order, to make right the master of might, to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy. BE IT RESOLVED, That the State convention, now in session at Ft. Wayne, Ind., go on record as condemning the lynching which took place at Marion, Ind., and be it further RESOLVED, That the participants in the lynching be apprehended and convicted by due procedure of law. Be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the governor of the State of Indiana, mayor of Marion, and a copy retained on the records of the convention. MARION HANSBERRY Post Commander. Release Seven Held For Safekeping Montgomery, Ala.—Seven members of the Robertson family who escaped death at the hands of a mob of Emelle (Ala.) whites July 4, and who have been held at the Kilby prison for safe-keeping, were released Thursday morning. The Robertson family was attacked and chased by a mob of whites after one of the members of the family had killed Gorver Boyd, a white man in a fight. The killing aroused the whole family and resulted in the lynching of five Negroes, three of whom had no connection whatever with the killing, but were the victims of the wrath of the whites when they failed to capture the Robertsons. 1 OUT OF A JOB; DROWNS SELF NEW ORLEANS.—Carrying out his threat to commit suicide if he did not find work, Mason Tapp jumped into the New Basin Canal. THE WISEST CRACKS IN AMERICA HELLO, EVERYBODY! Little Dickie Dishwater, who does a lot of reading, wants to know if it is still kistomary to cuss the bride. The wages of marriage is alimony. Since short skirts came in, you don't hear of any man marrying out of curiosity. Husbands in the future will have to quit telling their wives that they can't make pies like mother used to make, because mother nowadays is getting hers at the bakery. It is estimated that a housewife walks five miles in preparing the evening meal. Delicatessens should be closer than that. All a bride needs to prepare any kind of a meal is a can opener. The height of optimism is a wife going through the pockets of her husband, who is a Scotchman. Speaking of woman's talkativeness, a friend of ours was deaf and dumb for two years before his wife found it out. An insane asylum in Illinois has six deaf and dumb women. That's what made them insane. When a little man takes his 200 pound wife out to a dance and struggles with her all evening, paying no attention to the good-looking gals—that ain't love. It's self-protection. **** Platonic love is the feeling a man has for a pretty woman when her husband, who is a heavyweight prizefighter, is in the same room. **** OUR VAUDEVILLE SECTION Jack: When are you and Margie going to get married? Jerry: Never. She won't marry The Gary American Success MISS ANNA KING SERVED RED HOT EVERY ISSUE —Marsh Mellows. Emancipation To Be Lauded In Last Meet 'Black Billy Sunday' to Lecture Sunday Before Two Race Groups Revival services now being conducted by Dr. J. Gordon McPherson, the "Black Billy Sunday," at the Hunton Branch Y. M. C. A. will come to a close Sunday night following special services that afternoon commemorating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln on Sept. 22, 1862. Announcements of this special service to be held at 3 o'clock state that it will be an interracial affair and that the evangelist will deliver a patriotic talk on the subject of "Red Americanism." Organizations and individuals expected to be present include Mayor Johnson, city council members, county officials, the American Legion, the Colored United States Spanish War Veterans, and comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic. As one of the members of the black band in the famous charge on San Juan hill in the Spanish-American War, Rev. McPherson andr ial,scGr tofa : fli Gins M plans to give an eye-witness account of the battle. He plans also to touch upon the achievements of the Negroes during their 68 years of freedom. Sunday morning he will fill the pulpit of the Grace Presbyterian church, 2873 Washington street, speaking on the subject of "Great Is the Mystery of Godliness." His closing sermon at the "Y" will be on "The Red Horse and Its Rider." Negroes Immune to 'Ginger Jake' Ills Scientists Make Test of Poison Drink Cincinnati.—Negroes are almost immune to the ravages of "ginger jake," alcoholic concoction which has caused a wave of temporary paralysis in all parts of the country, according to facts turned up in tests at the University of Cincinnati. It was noted at the time of the outbreak here that slightly more than 97 per cent of the 300 cases were of whites. At the time reports brought to the university, when analysis of samples of liquor was undertaken, stated that much of the drink had been sold in colored districts. F. J. Andress, who is conducting the research, tried samples of the drink on monkeys, rabbits and white rats, but all these animals were immune to paralysis. Then he tried it on chickens, the bird family having a well known susceptibility to poison. He gave it to white chickens and every one developed either paralysis or symptoms of paralysis. But when he gave it to black chickens not one of them showed a symptom of paralysis. Scientists who attended the chemical meetings here this week made a guess that the paralysis of ginger jake "is a function of pigmentation," meaning that the coloring matter in pigment that makes the complexion, may in some manner combine with something in the drink to give the whites a special poison. Mr. Andress says the experiments are too incomplete to throw any light on these guesses. To Return to Dixie for Murder Done in 1897 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Rev. Charles B. Gugenhine of St. Louis must go back to Louisiana to face a charge of murder, alleged to have been committed in 1897. The state supreme court yesterday (Thursday) denied him a writ of habeas corpus which would have saved him from the officers. Gugenhine is charged with killing Dr. Charles A. Rigney in Parish of Pointe Coupee, La., November 27, 1897. He attacked the validity of the requisition papers which were honored by Governor Caulfield. Gugenhine and his lawyers claim the charge of murder against him is a blind to get him out of the way because some land which he or his relatives are supposed to own has oil on it and white people in the section are anxious to get him out of the way so they can get at the property. ALLEGED INFORMER DIES BOSTON.—Mystery surrounds the sudden death in the City hospital Sunday night of King Dogan, said to have been a "stool pigeon" for the liquor squad. WOMAN SHOOTS LOVER OVER CASH Drafting New Bill Against Lynching Evil 18 Known, 5 Unofficial Lynchings Move N.A.A. C.P. Heads to Action Ask Voters to Quiz Congress Entries Seek Definite Stand on Mob Bill Vote Before Election Is Held NEW YORK. — Eighteen lynchings thus far in the current year as compared with twelve for the entire year 1929, have brought about a determination in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to campaign anew for the enactment of a federal anti-lynching law. Attorneys of the N. A. A. C. P. under the leadership of Arthur B. Spingarn, chairman of the National Legal committee, and Herbert K. Stockton, who has exhaustively studied the measure, are already at work going over the bills introduced in past sessions. of Congress with a view to drafting a measure with teeth in it. Besides the eighteen lynchings officially listed as such by the N. A. A. C. P. there are reports of five others, the details as yet unverified and the N. A. A. C. P. is making every effort to obtain proof that they occurred. If detail can be obtained, the additional reported but as yet unverified lynchings will be added to the year's total. Makes Statement In announcing the decision to campaign for a new federal antilynching law, Walter White, acting secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., made the following statement: "The nearest we ever got to the enactment of a federal anti-lynching law was in 1922, when the House of Representatives passed the Dyer bill by a vote of 230 to 119, and a filibuster of southern senators from lynching states forced withdrawal of the measure. "The threat of that bill did bring about a sharp reduction in the number of mob-murders. And the N. A. A. C. P., hoping that an aroused public opinion would become effective in stamping out this American disease, held in abeyance its demand for federal action. "But now the mobbists are again rampant. This year's record of shame will bulk large in the annals of lawlessness in this country. The states are powerless and indifferent. Probably not one of the publicly known murderers will be seriously prosecuted or punished. Introduced Next Session "We shall have a bill introduced in the next session of Congress. Probably that session will not convene until after the election in November. So it behooves colored voters throughout the country to put this issue of lynching squarely up to all candidates for election to House or Senate. Get a clear and unequivocal statement from candidates how they will vote on federal action to end lynching. No general condemnation of mob violence will do. Make them answer a specific question as to their vote on a federal anti-lynching law. Here is another field in which colored voters throughout the nation can act as a unit. If they do act as a unit, they can obtain what they and all decent citizens desire: the end of murderous anarchy, doing to death without trial, any Negro whom a mob happens to select for horrible death." Baltimore Names 3 for State Legislature BALTIMORE.—The tabulation of election returns of the primaries of last Monday disclose the fact that three of the four Negroes who were candidates were nominated for the legislature. They were nominated from the 4th district of Baltimore and will be on the official Republican ticket in November. Those successful candidates were: Dr. James A. White, dentist, L. H. Davenport, furniture dealer, and Linwood G. Koger, an attorney. J. Howard Payne, an attorney, was also a candidate but failed to be nominated. He ran as an independent, without organization control, but polled a very creditable vote even in the wards controlled by the regular Republican organization. At the same election of ward committeemen, Negroes were elected to executive control in four city wards. ? Miss Ruby Arsenaux, popular Chicago damsel, is one of the reasons why the big Lake Michigan mettropolis has such an array of brilliant social events. She is considered to be the perfect hostess by guests from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Communist Investigator Belies ReportedMarionLynchingCause Two Caught With Booze Florida College Gets Draw Heavy Fines Its Own Talkies Vehemently denying the reported cause for the lynching that occurred in Marion, Indiana, August 6, Sol Harper, organizer for the American Negro Labor Congress and member of the International Labor Defense council, made a report of his personal investigations of the crime that made another black mark on Indiana's character whereas Negroes are concerned. Harper spoke at a Communist meeting of Negro and white workers, at their hall at 215 W. 18th avenue, Wednesday night. Deeter and Negro Friends According to the report made by Harper, it was learned that Claude Deeter, the white man killed, Mary Ball, the white girl reported to have been raped, and the three Negro boys, Tom Shipp and Abe Smith, the boys lynched, and Herbert Cameron, the third boy now being held on a murder charge, were friends. They were all members of a group of young Negro and white workers forming a division of the American Negro Labor Congress, a communist organization for the benefit of Negro and white workers throughout America. The five young workers met in a secluded spot along the roadside in order to talk over their organization plans, according to information secured by Harper. It was necessary for them to conduct their meetings secretly because of the George Murphy and Oscar Williams, both living at 1529 Monroe were arrested by Detectives Bolden and Fields on September 10. They were each charged with violating the state liquor law, possession of intoxicating liquor and maintaining a liquor nuisance, after officers found a quantity of whiskey in their home. Tuesday in city court, before Judge Herman Key, the two men were fined $130 and cost of court, and sentenced to 60 days in jail on each of the three charges. Wilmington, Del.-Police clashed here last week with more than 200 white and Negro workers of the International Labor Defense when they met in front of the jail to protest what they called a "legal lynching" of Theodore Russ, convicted of assaulting a white woman near Woodside. opposition of the capitalistic class in Marion. The factory owners and superintendents had made open threats to those who were trying to organize the branch of the communist party. Lynching Was Planned Reprisal Harper claims to have learned in his investigation that when the factory owners saw no other way of curbing the organization, they chose the method of racial friction. Through their agents it was learned that Mary Ball, Deeter, Shipp, Smith and Cameron planned to meet at this lonely spot, in order to perfect plans of their organization. With this knowledge, according to Harper's report, the factory owners, with the consent of the mayor, police chief and sheriff, planned to ambush the party and shoot Deeter, then spread the news that Deeter had been killed and his fiance (although she denies the fact) had been raped by the three Negroes. With this method of creating race trouble they would successfully curb the amalgamation of Negro and white workers in Marion. Gets Names of Leaders Harper secured a list of names purported to have been the leaders of the mob. In the list are names of the most successful business men in Marion. The International Labor Defense council will present this list to Governor Leslie at an early date. Tallahasse, Fla.—J. R. E. Lee Jr. business manager of the Florida A. and M. college, has announced the signing of a contract with the Western Electric company for the installation of a sound film equipment at the school valued at $9,000. Arrangements have also been completed to secure the new regular curriculum lectures to supplement the usual classroom instruction, in addition to the regular sound pictures which will be featured weekly. The Florida A. and M. college will be the only Negro educational institution in the United States so equipped for service to its students. Asbury Park, N. N.—Dr. William J. Parks was released under $10,000 bond on charges of performing an illegal operation on a young white woman. PUBLIC LIBRARY CARY, INDIANA Fi News wh Illustrate issue of part of t ER OVER Final Edition News while is is news—and a complete Illustrated Feature Section with each issue of the paper. Delivered to any part of the city. VER CASH Calumet Post Still Without Carnival Writ Writ Officers Hear Shots Foil Escape Try Woman Held by Police Pending Outcome Of Paramour Legionaires Will Plan Future Action at Next Meet Council Hears Bill At Monday Meeting Attempt to See Mayor Tuesday After City Council Ruling Told Monday night that the matter of issuing a carnival permit would be left entirely in the hands of the mayor, a committee composed of members of the Calumet Post of the American Legion called at Mayor R. O. Johnson's office in the city hall Tuesday but were not granted an interview. The trouble began several months ago when the south side legionaires sought a permit to stage a carnival. They were refused a permit by the mayor, who told them that the bars were down on all carnivals due to a city ordinance. Shortly afterward Memorial post of the Legion, white, sponsored a carnival on 26th street at the edge of the colored residential section. Mayor Johnson told a committee then that he understood the white and colored posts were to share in the proceeds. Calumet Post prepared a petition, signed by post members to be presented to the city council asking that they be given a permit. It was not presented until last Monday night's meeting when Jesse O. Thomas, commander of the post, brought it up. It was supported by Fifth Ward Alderman Wilbur Hardway who stated that the south side legionnaires had not been permitted to share in the proceeds of the carnival, although Mayor Johnson assured them they would do so. 'Black Tie' Order Facing U. S. Quiz? Claim So. Bend Grand Jury Seeking Facts It was A. W. Brown, alderman of the First ward, who suggested that the council adopt a "hands off" policy and permit the mayor to issue permits at his own discretion Ralph E. Rowley, Second ward alderman, had previous to that pointed out that the council, by a mere motion, could not grant a carnival permit in the face of the city ordinance prohibiting them from entering Gary. Calumet post is not yet certain just what action they will take. They plan to voice the matter in their next meeting. Dies from Drinking 'Whiskey' He Stole BALTIMORE. All liquid in a bottle on a living room mantel is not whiskey, Edward Amos, 45, truck driver, learned here this week at the expense of his life. Amos delivered a truckload of furniture to the country home of Dr. Walter Jackson. Finding himself alone in the living room, he helped himself to the contents of a bottle on the mantel which he supposed contained whiskey. Returning the city he staggered along the street until he collapsed. Rushed to John Hopkins hospital, he told his story. He died before stomach pumps could be brought into play. Investigation showed that the "whiskey" was a poisonous disinfectant. Manes of Lions ELKHART, Ind.—The Elkhart school board was on the verge of a controversy Friday which promises to rival the prolonged skirmish in Gary between the school authorities and leaders of the colored population. The school board here Thursday voted to set aside the South Side school on Cleveland avenue for the exclusive use of the city's colored schoolchildren. A committee of colored residents appeared before the board and opposed the move on the ground that it was discrimination. The South Side school of Elkhart is located in a thickly populated colored section of the city. Present Petition Fight Jim Crow School In Elkhart Price 5 Cent Abdomen Bullet Wound Near Fatal; Victim In Hospital Because of a quarrel over money with her paramour last Saturday evening, Margaret Smith, 28, States Hotel, is being held with bond by the police authorities while her lover, Tom Martin, 29, same address, lies in Mercy hospital with a wound in his abdomen. His condition is reported by the hospital officials as being critical. Has Large Sum of Money Although there were no witnesses to the snooting that occurred in room at the hotel, the story was told to the authorities that Martin upbraided the young woman because she did not give him a larger amount of money. Martin, an employee of the Illinois Steel company until recently, gave $159 to the hotel clerk as he was being taken to the hospital by the ambulance attendants. In searching his room, police found another large sum of money. Officers Hear Shots Officers Hear Shots Detectives Bolden and Fields were patrolling their territory in the neighborhood of the hotel when they heard the pistol shots. Rushing into the hotel, trying to determine in which room the gun was fired, they met Margaret Smith rushing madly down the stairs. She was detained, and upon questioning admitted that she fired the shots and also told the officers in which room it happened. She was arrested and taken to the police station and is now being held without bond, pending the outcome of Martin's condition. Martin Shot in Abdomen The wounded man was rushed to Mercy hospital. Doctors operated and removed a bullet from his abdomen, and treated another wound in his ribght arm. According to the latest reports from the hospital his condition is yet serious, with slight hopes for his recovery. According to a story appearing in Thursday's issue of the Chicago Triibune, the grand jury now in session at South Bend is investigating activities of a Gary Negro organization known at the "Bow Tie Amalgamation." It is charged that Negroes called there went for the purpose of testifying against the organization. Most prominent among those who have appeared: Roger W. Woodfolk, lawyer. William Burrus, justice of the peace. John "Boots" Lewis, alleged vice lord. C. P. Jones, bondsman. Samuel R. Blackwell, physician. An expose of this organization, known as the "Black Klan," as it is alleged to have been formed by Klan officials and to have a similar ritual, was made three years ago at the time of the Emerson school strike. Since the group is understood to have been inactive for more than two years, it is not known just what caused the government to take an interest in its activities, if reports to that effect alleged to have taken birth in District Attorney Lewis' office are correct. Burrus and Woodfolk could not be reached in time to get a statement. Ras Tafari to Wear LONDON.—The manes of 13 lions have arrived at a well known military tailoring establishment in London to be made into headdresses for the "Lion of Judah," Ras Tafari, the emperor of Abyssinia. These headaddresses are to be worn by the emperor and twelve notables at the forthcoming coronation. Detailed instructions have been received from Abyssinia regarding their manufacture, as many symbolic features must be incorporated in their design. September 20, 1930 Cuba Attempts To Hold Back Touring Party fa Beilans, Sins: Face Color Bar Set Up by United States HAVANA, Cuba. — Racial preju- dice, a by-product of the United States, cropped to the front on this island when officials held back and annoyed Mary McLeod Bethune, fa- mous woman leader, and President R. P. Sims of Bluefield institute when they, with members of their families, attempted to disembark at Havana. The Cuban officials later claimed that they acted under suggested wishes of the United States govern- ment officials in harassing and dis- couraging Negroes from coming into Cuba. President Sims and his daughter, being lighter of skin, were about to be passed by the official, while Mrs. Bethune, being plainly Negro, was held up. But they made it known that they were all of the same party, and refused to be separated. The firm stand of Mrs. Bethune and the intervention of a colored family in Cuba, saved the day. But the officer, to save his face, held back their return tickets, for which they had to call later. The Cubans say it is the Ameri- cans; the Americans, when you tackle them about it out of the hearing of Cubans, say it is the Cu- ban government. The Negroes be- lieve the thing inspired by Ameri- cans. They had even refused to sell the Simses and Bethunes round trip tickets from Miami, Fla., to Havana—saying it was “orders,” and that they were not to “encour- age Negroes to go to Cuba.” Appointed to Federal Education Post WASHINGTON. — Dr. Ambrose Caliver, first colored citizen of the United States to meet the require- ments for a doctor of philosophy degree in college administration and instruction, has been selected to head a new service in the federal office of education. The position, described today by the interior de- partment as of considerable impor- tance, carries responsibility for con- ducting a clearing house of infor- mation concerning colored educa- tion—directing and encouraging re- search, stimulating interest and as- sisting in co-ordinating activities of schools and leaders of the race. Back home there were a few abandoned farms but there were more that just looked abandoned. Lower- Merritt DECORATING CO. 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This came with the set- tlement of her recent suit against Commodore Philip Rhinelander for the alienation of affections of her former husband, Kip Rhinelander, son of Commodore Rhinelander. Alice withdrew her suit, which was for $500,000, but is said to have received a settlement calling for $3,000 a year. This will be provided for through the establishment of a $250,000 trust fund. This long-drawn-out _ intermar- riage case has attracted the atten- tion of the Negro and Caucasian press of the country for five years. Alice Jones, the daughter of a white mother and a West Indian father, married Kip Rhinelander, a descendant of a an old Huguenot family and an heir to millions. Kip sued for divorce in New York, on the instigations of his family, charging deception of color, but was refused the decree. Later he established residence in Nevada, and was granted a divorce at Reno. The Reno divorce is not recognized in New York state. 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The Moore woman said that three Negroes had attacked het and robbed her husband of $11 aft. er taking his car. Local radio station KGHP had broadcast the word that three Ne- groes assaulted a white woman and the white dailies issued extras with large healines. The town, with only a few col. ored people, was in an uproar. Po- lice put out a dragnet and arrested fifty-three men. The woman said her attacker was very dark and between 35 and 40 years old. Nevertheless, light and dark, young and old, were arrested in barber shops, half-shaved, and even hauled out of bed, half clad. They were detained in a dirty “bull pen’ until Sunday morning even after the three “guilty” men were arres- ed and “confessed.” The men said that they had met the white woman in a local room. ing house and there made a date THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA | > -» Grant Pierson Suspect |La. Governor S ‘ ¥ Release on Bond By Conviet’s Wi Po SCOTTSBURG, Ind.— The right to release on $10,000 bond was|fluey Long a Defe for marac v,tt SHRDL FWY Sele granted late Saturday to George In Suit for $25,( Washington, colored, Indianapolis, | held here for two months follow- | ing his arrest in Indianapolis for! Baton Rouge, La—A | the murder of E. D. Pierson, Chi- | $25,000 was filed here last § cago , colored auditor for the South- in district court by the w ern Colored Baptist Association. |the Negro convict killed Is This decision was reached by Judge | day by guards on the rice John R. Carney following a two-| Pointe Coupee parish. Gor day hearing on a writ of habeas |p. Long was made a defer corpus filed by Washington's at-|the suit. torneys. Washington was returned to jail following the hearing ead gah eee ; expects to give bond this week. | Po norai manager of the : Se | Uary, to enter into a contr 5 John P. Burgin, Inc., to ope Cops Halt Inter-Race | ice farm with convict lab a ‘ 5 \change for the land furni Fight in Memphis |Brugin with agreement t peg he SE MAN A telah eat) MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A free-for-all fight in which more than 20 Ne- groes and whites engaged Sunday morning was broken up by the ar- rival of police. As a result 13 Ne- groes have been arrested. The fight started when a car driven by Negroes is alleged to have some close to a car wriven by whites. An argument ensued which terminated in the attempt of the white driver, a former prizefighter, to jump on the occupants of the other car. Passers-by, attracted, joined the affray. to meet her on a lonely road for immoral purposes. With the woman gone, there is no one to prefer charges against the three men. The town is quiet now, but Satur- day a lynching was imminent, and the three men were spirited out of town. 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Governor Sued By Convict’s Widow Huey Long a Defendant In Suit for $25,000 Baton Rouge, La—A suit for $25,000 was filed here last Saturday in district court by the widow of the Negro convict killed last Mon- day by guards on the rice farm in Pointe Coupee parish. Gov. Henry P. Long was made a defendant in the suit. The governor became a defend- ant by “coercing” Clay J. Dugan, general manager of the _peniten- Uary, to enter into a contract with John P. Burgin, Inc., to operate the rice farm with convict labor in ex- change for the land furnished by Brugin with agreement to divide the crop equally between the con- tracting parties, according to the petition set forth. The petition charged that Governor Long, Du- gas and Burgin entered into the arrangement for their personal profit. The contract, the petition “Photographs Live Forever” BE PHOTOGRAPHED EVERY YEAR Grand Studio 1700 BROADWAY Room 207 Phone 2-1459 charged, was illegal, as the farm had not been designated as a penal institution and the Negro, Curtiss Blackwell, was illegally confined there. The convicts were driven to re- volt, the petition said, by cruel and unusual punishment and slavvery laborious toil, and meager rettions doled out to them.” MORTON FIRES SUPER NEW YORK.—Because he re- fused to support the policies of Civ- il Service Commissioner Ferdinand Q. Morton, as leader of the Tam- many Negro organization in Har- lem, Herman Whaley, superintend- ent of the Harlem branch of the State Labor Employment Bureau, was fired last week. The London Standard says cos- metics have been used by women since time immemorial. Because men have allowed themselves to be fooled by cosmetics from time im- memorial. 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SHAUNCEY TOWNSEND .....................:----- Executive Editor BOOKER T. THOMAS ....00.000000000..0.......... "Business Manager | Managing Editor: F. Marshall Davis; News Editor Rudolf Jonson; 1 or of Advertising: William C. Hicks; Contributors: Florida J. Leeke, Dennis A. Bethea, William A. Lorden. | “The Gary American enters the field without malice or envy toward Inyone; it has no axe to grind, neither has it anyone to punish; it has one aim, to which it will cling with pious devotion, and that is to fStand squarely in defense of .ue rights of the black American.”—Pro- "spectus of The Gary American Number One, November 10, 1927. 7 BRANCH OFFICES SGARY_1819 Washington Street. Phone Gary 6134. [MOND—530 Kenwood Avenue. Phone Hammond 7668. ST CHICAGO—2214 Broadway. Phone East Chicago 1382. FENDIANAPOLIS—520 Indiana Avenue. Phone Lincoln 7222, BHICAGO, ILL.—608 South Dearborn. Phone Harrison 8768. Mew YORK CITY—561 Fitth Avenue, The W. B. Ziff Company. ‘VOL. 11 FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1930 "NO. 44 Curbing Third Decree Methods ‘(ORE Negroes are arrested in Gary as suspects than for any other one cause. Most of the suspects jailed with- in a given period are of Aframerican extraction. Police, apparently seeking guilty persons, subject these prisoners to various brutalities in an effort to force confessions. Charges of third degree atrocities are being constantly hurled at the police department and many prisoners, when brought to court or released, show evidence of having been the victims of beatings administered in the secrecy of police headquarters. Confessions have been repudiaed by the ‘makers when brought into court. It is evident that prevailing police methods in Gary are legallly wrong. Suspects are attacked and beaten with no chance of self-defense. Outside of a police station, such gang assaults would be severely punished. It is true that victims of these methods have legally redress in the courts, but how many times are conviction of officers se- cured? It is the prevailing policy of the public to be passive in Such matters. Unless stirred by some particular atrocity, the tendency is to permit conditions to continue. Yet the public should be aroused immediately, for it is an evil which gnaws at the very heart of our social order. There seems to be at least one sound remedy to the pop- ular official method of extracting confessions. That remedy is the presence of a judge when a statement is taken from la suspect. The presence of a judge would annul the possibility of ithe confessor being forced to sign a statement. The bench as a group is known to be opposed to third degree methods. While there are some who might countenance brutalities, the number opposed is of such size that beatings would un- oubtedly be lessened. It might be argued that the abolishing of these unciv- ilized methods of getting confesssions would permit dan- eo criminals to go free. Well, dangerous criminals go ree every day. The vice-lords and gangsters of the land lare seldom convicted. It is a novelty for a dangerous criminal to be convicted on his confession because he re- fuses to confess unless advised to do so by his lawyer for purpose of receiving a lighter sentence. The suggestion, if carried out, would do more good than harm and would curb inclinations of the police to commit a crime to solve a crime. May this or some other step be taken igoon to stop these brutalities. Influence Not Limited PENING of school has again brought to Gary a host of well trained and capable teachers to instruct the young of local folk. Yet the instruction of children is only a small part of what these teachers are fitted to do. It is the characteristic of teachers to confine their in- fluence to the classroom. They settle into a job and smug complacency settles about them. Little thought is given to ing civic programs and lending a helping hand to less fortunate members of the race. Gary is still in the formative period. There is much tt needs to be accomplished. Leadership is, on the whole, a low ebb. Factions are constantly warring. Diverse ents are here from all parts of the country. The a of readjustment is not yet completed. And, as more one-fifth of the town’s population is Negro, there is a ice for the moulding of the populace into a powerful e formation and operation of civic bodies and forums ight be undertaken by local pedagogs with considerable . There is need here for such undertakings. There i also local clubs and organizations already in existence Which might be aided considerable by the untiring efforts ‘of the teachers. These suggestions are offered in the hope that instructors will awaken to their possibilities for racial advancement and limit the benefits of their training to the classroom. jose who are prepared should exert their influence in every yy, for racial progress is the progress of individuals and ividuals cannot go forward without guidance and intel- ligent leadership. Pertinent Paragraphs Political Campaigns. _ Political battles begin this month. Next month they will be quite hot; ‘ending in the wave of hot air oa the first Tuesday in November Pro- hibition will be the biggest issue dm the campaigas, with uncmploy- ment and Republican inetticiency following next in order. Senatorial candidates and their stand on the 18th amandment, hich Hoover gave the nom de plume of a “noble experiment,” ‘will command the bulk of political fattention. In Illinois, James Ham- filton Lewis, dripping democratic fwet, should defeat Ruth Hanna eCormick, who recently an- fmounced herself as a “referendum fwet.” In New Jersey, Dwight W. |Morrow, friend of President Hoo- ver, will be elected, not because he His a friend of the President, but be- C he is a wet. In Ohio, Sen- stor Fess, administration leader, gays that “prohibition is not an issue.” But his colleague, Senator Cullough, a dry, will be defeat “by Robert J. Bulkley, dripping et democrat. 7On down the line, republican dry is being challenged by dem- ts advocating repeal of the 18th mdment. Dr. Nicholas Murray ler, president of Columbia uni. mity and staunch critic of the re WAGE FOUR publican party, says that the party must offer some relief for the pro- hibition amendment or be defeated by more than a million votes. In this state, Senator Watson, repub- lican floor leader in the senate, speaking at the republican state convention at Linton, _ praised Hoover in his efforts to relieve the ‘economic depression of the coun- try. But ignored the prohibition question. se eeee Roosevelt High School. The city schools have been in ‘session for more than two weeks now. To the satisfaction of most of the parents, to the general pub- lic and to the board of education, |they are being successfully con- ducted. The children are not be- coming contaminated with racial inferiority. All this reverts our minds to the howls made this summer over the probable disposition of Negro stu- dents in the local schools, with the opening of the present school term. “Much Ado About Nothing.” | Perhaps nothing makes the old- ster view the new generation with more concern than a bunch of eightcen-year-olds getting their ex- jerelse with a so-called playground ball. iL GREAT NEWS! 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Dark Chapters Written In Africa very dark chapters have been written. In the last century the whole world was horrified by an expose of the manner in which the blacks in the rubber regions of Belgian Congo were mishandled and even maimed by cruel task- masters, In the German colonies, before the world war, it was repeatedly charged that the native rebellions so sternly suppressed were largely caused by the cruelty of the whites. In the French Congo so lately as ‘a couple of years ago, a great ‘French writer openly charged that ‘the natives were forced to labor in rubber collection by tyrannical fines and sentences of imprison- ment inflicted without rhyme or ‘reason. |_In the vast territory collectively known as British East Africa the authorities are anxious to write a new story. The domain is made up of Kenya and Uganda, which are British possessions, and Tangan- yika, the mandate for which was assumed by Great Britain when this former German possession was wrested from German rule. To Make United Colony The British Government desires to make of this territory something ‘like one united crown colony, the ultimate and distant object being to make of it a great self-governing dominion. | For this purpose the Govern- ‘ment proposes to name a High ‘Commissioner, who will have all ‘the powers and most of the status ‘of a Governor General or a Vice- roy. He will have twofold dutiees. He jwill be the chief adviser to the Secretary for the Colonies on all native questions, He will admin- ister and legislate on such —sub- jects as railways, ports, harbors, customs, defenses, posts, telegraphs and telephones. To perform the latter duties he se have a council of three offi- cers of his staff and twenty-one of ‘other members, each of the colo- nies being represented by seven, but all being named by him. Natives to Help Govern In doing so, he will, as far as possible, name some who will rep- resent the various races. This means that, in addition to white ‘men on the commission, there will probably be native Africans, In- dians and Arabs. The Government backs up a “white paper” issued in 1923, which said that Kenya was primarily an African territory and that the in- terests of the African native must be paramount. | The Government does not think ithe African natives are yet ripe THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA Richard Arlen Returns | In ‘The Sea’God’ | a a\ Richard Arlen, after a short rest in Hollywood, returned to motion pictures to make his latest all-talk- ing triumph, “The Sea God,” the Oriental theater's screen offering for next Friday. Mr. Arlen assumes the role of a deep-sea diver with many trying experiences below and above the surface of the sea. Assisting Richard Arlen in this dramatic sensation of the year are Fay Wray, Eugene Palette, Ivan Simpson, and a cast of well-known stars. The screen version of this intense drama was based on_the story, “The Lost God,” by John Russell. The position of director was capably filled by George Ab- bott, who has turned out a score of sensational productions. Something new and entirely dif. ferent in stage presentations will take place on the Oriental theater stage next Friday. Since this is an era of syncopation, Harry Ross and his Oriental theater orchestra have prepared a very clever and novel show for their patrons. Included in this stage show will be versatile stars of great renown. PLAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME Roosevelt high school's football team will play a night footbal game Saturday evening at Gleason park at eight o'clock with Wendel Phillips high school of Chicago, i was announced this week. Coach Cooke says he has developed a goo¢ team and expects to turn in the first victory of the year at thal time. for voting and other things that go with modern forms of govern- ment. But they should be encour- aged in the development of their own social and political institutions. A desire should be fostered in them to take an increasing share in their tribal affairs and in the land reserved for tribal use, and, ultimately, in the government of the territory in which they live. The Government will help them by schools and by medical attention. Will Exchange Natives In the economic sphere the Goy- ernment will encourage the natives ‘to make the most efficient use of their own resources for production, full regard being had to the prin- ciple that the native should be ef- fectively free to work. It is set forth that the native’s freedom to choose his form of work can be real only if land is practically as well as theoretically, available not only for tribal occu- pancy, but also for ownership, lease or occupation by such natives as are prepared to take up agricul- ture on their individual account. The Government, therefore, de- clared that lands gazetted as na- tives reserves are to be reserved for the use and benefit of the na- tives forever. Further, the Government says the policy in East Africa should not admit any restrictions on the possession of land being of such a kind as virtually to compel the native either directly or indirectly to work for wages for private em- ployers. He must be free to work his own land if he wants to or to work for others if he desires. This document will not meet with the approval of Parliament without a fight. Already the white settlers in Kenya are protesting about various phases of it. DELICIOUS FOOD WELL PREPARED PERFECTLY SERVED Reasonably Priced Labor Lunch 1016 BROADWAY \ Ai By Florida Leeke |Mrs. Florida Leeke, and brot! With the canning of fruit, getting | John, enroute to Nashville, Tei ‘the younger people off to’ college, | where she will enter for her 80 putting out last winter's coats and |omore year at Fisk university. N furs for the last touch of the sum-|Leeke has spent her vacation mer sun-ray and adjusting our- | Indianapolis where she worked selves,to after vacation positions, |file clerk in the License Dep: there is little time left for Dame | ment at the State house. Society to socialize. Hence we will tees mention the few interesting things | LEAVING FOR COLLEGE we would take time to do, and then| The Gary American extends turn our attention to some of the | sincere wishes for a happy and ¢ more serious things of life about |cessful school year to the foll which we may think as we go bus: |ing young people who are leav ily forth peeling the peaches or|for work in the various colles squeezing the jelly bag. | Wm. McPherson to Indiana 1 weeeae versity. CHARMING YOUNG HosTEss | Wm. Exum to Wisconsin uni Te . iol sity. ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Jennie Parham to Wilberte Both maids and matrons put aside cares and work last Wednes day evening to enjoy a delightful bridge game with Miss Ruth Hay- mon and her most charming guests, the Misses Miranda Mead. dough, a teacher in Loncoln uni. versity, and Lottie Turnley, a graduate of Chicago and Radclifi universities. Miss Haymon’s charming person. ality would be quite sufficient to make a party a happy one, in ad- dition to that was the beautiful home in which she lives and the dainty two-course lunch she ‘served. Lovely guest prizes were given to both honor guests while eee and second score prizes were awarded to Mesdames Leola Hy- ‘man and Ruby Edwards respect ively. seeees TRIO TAKES A WEEK-END MOTOR TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Harris of the Lake County Children’s Home accompa- nied by Mrs. Alberta Newsome, mo- tored to Hamilton, Ohio, where they visited Mrs. Newsome’s moth- er and were joined by Miss Thelma Nixon. Motoring through Cincin- nati they returned to Gary. te eeee CITY INVADED BY GOTHAM VISITORS Mrs. Edward Clarke of New York City and sister of Mrs. J. L. Lawson, spent last week-end as house guests at the Lawson home in Connecticut street. Mrs. Law- son will visit relatives in Cleveland ‘Ohio, on her way back to New York. | tees MISS JANE LEEKE RETURNING TO COLLEGE Miss Jane Leeke is spending a week in Gary with her mother, Arrest Avoid Have your , &- Speedometer Repaired/ @ ee ey SS AAs [go =) GND fr Sap: ew Dream Pvc) ner sateen \ 9d AND SAVE THE FINE OFFICIAL SPEEDOMETER SERVICE Automotive Specialty Experts 119 W. 4th Ave. Dial 2-1849 Open Evenings Till 8:00 Just another good thing added to the | other good things of life WHY CAMELS ARE THE BETTER CIGARETTE Cen Camels contain such tobaccos and such JX cy blending as have never been offered in - ae —— any other cigarette, wr ar A They are made of the choicest Turkish and ee ee 2EL,: American tobaccos grown, \¥ : at Le \ Camels are always smooth and mild, 1G = |. Camel quality is jealously maintained... \ «Ws by the world’s largest organization of ‘. We ™~ expert tobacco men. . . it never varies, ant, oo Smoke Camels as liberally as you choose. . . Se they will never tire your taste, oe RS oS jot gies «(Nor do they ever leave an unpleasant * =: a $2929, BJ, Reynelde Tobscce Mrs. Florida Leeke, and brother, John, enroute to Nashville, Tenn. where she will enter for her soph- omore year at Fisk university. Miss Leeke has spent her vacation in Indianapolis where she worked as file clerk in the License Depart- ment at the State house. eee LEAVING FOR COLLEGE The Gary American extends its sincere wishes for a happy and suc- cessful school year to the follow- ing young people who are leaving for work in the various colleges: | Wm. McPherson to Indiana uni. versity. | Wm. Exum to Wisconsin univer- sity. | Jennie Parham to Wilberforce college. Alberta Cheeks to Fisk university. Jane Leeke to Fisk university. Addie Bryant to Illinois univer- sity. Arthur Drake to Indiana univer- sity. _ Thirkield Garrett to Northwest- ern university. Margaret Hueston to Howard university. Geneva Hower to De Pauw uni- versity. _ Johnnie Taylor to Fisk university | Odell Lee to Chicago university. _ Katherine Smith to Crane col- lege. | Alfred Beckman to Crane col- lege. Roy Wayne to Crane college. Victor Hower to Embalming ‘eee CMC aai ae N. A. A. C. P, TO HOLD MEET The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a meeting Monday night at the Hunton “Y¥” to whicn 500 men between the ages of 18 and 35 are particularly asked to be present. Matters pertaining to the Marion lynching and the Gary park case will be taken up. Those com- ing are also urged to bring along their membership fees. = ” AUTOMATIC The oil burner with the wip- ing wall flame—was designed to meet the needs of any home from cottage to man- sion. Let us show you more about SILENT AUTOMATIC — its wonderful heating efficiency, its Cleanliness, how it keeps an even warmth in your home without a thought or worry on your part, how quietly it can be installed in your own furnace and how easily its purchase can be financed. If you will telephone or come in we will be glad to put all the facts before you. Gary Home Appliance Co. 440 Washington St. Phone 2-6563 4 Don’t Fear the Democrats In the Hoosier State Otto G. Fifield, candidate to succeed himself as Secretary of State, is getting his machinery ready for a big Republican Meeting. With everything in harmony with Colored Republicans in Lake County, Fifield is confident of the loyal support of South Side voters in Gary. The majority of members of the churches, fraternal orders and clubs know Fifield to have favored them in every respect. Fifield has many things to his credit. He has acted when oth- ers remained inactive. He was the first to give aid to citizens of Marion during the recent lynching. He has employed more people of the race out of his office than any other man before him. And he knows that for this the people will rally to his sup- port. In the meeting, which will soon be announced, speakers from East Chicago, Hammond and Gary will appear. This meet- ing for Fifield will be sponsored by the following: Mrs. Clara Webster and her co-workers, William E. Burrus, justice of the peace, the Elks, K. of P.’s, Masons, and others. Watch for the date. VIRGIL SHEPPERD, Chairman. ADVERTISEMENT — ADVERTISEMENT Setting a Table | In Modern Mode For Fall Luncheons Modernism stays with us and the autumn Kostesss will be seeking something expressive of this very up-to-dateness in the way of table decoration for coming parties. Low ‘centerpieces are so popular and here is one which may be adapted ito an individual color scheme; use a green cloth, that lovely shade |which makes one think of cool water. In the center lay an oblong jlooking glass, and in the center of this make two cubes of small look- ‘ing glasses about two or three |inches high. Fill these with Eng- lish ivy and let some of it trail over the glass and onto the table. Now cut purple asters with short stems, and put two or three in the center of each cube. Or if you want something warmer in tone, use some of the lovely reddish zin- nas. Green glassware, or black harmonizes with this color scheme or the black and silver glass would be striking too. One thing about a modern table is that for the silver- ware the new modern designs should be used, or some pattern which is extremely simple and plain. There are lovely new ones in the shops now specially designed for the modern table. The knives ‘have long handles and short blades, ADVERTISEMENT September 20, 1930 and are quite striking. If the host- ess wishes to carry the modernism into other silver pieces, she will find many in the shops to suit her fancy. While the color scheme of this table may be varied by the flowers used, it is well to keep to the green cloth; there is something about its coolness and austerity which seems to fit particularly well into the modern scheme. ‘Follow Thru’ Making A Big Hit Handsome Buddy Rogers and charming Nancy Carroll are casted together again in their latest ro- mance, “Follow Thru,” now play- ing at the United Artists theater, Chicago. This is the first picture in which they play opposite each oth- er since “Close Harmony,” a pro- duction that played in Chicago about eight months back. “Follow Thru” is a technical ro- mance converted into an actual golf comedy. Mr. Rogers and Miss Car- roll are teacher and student re- spectively on the fairway, but at romance they both assume the po- sition of professor. With Charles Rogers’ crooning voice and Nancy Carroll’s captivating personality, “Follow Thru” will undoubtedly be acclaimed as this charming pair's greatest production. Read The American. 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