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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. She's through in a jiffy! PAGE TWO Fought in War Of Revolution To Lose Bonds Slaves on Both Sides; Freedom Reward of Black Soldiers Fighting in the ranks of the colonists during the Revolutionary war was one of the prices that slaves paid for their freedom. During this struggle for independence of the white colonists from English tyranny, they refused to entertain any suggestion to accord the same freedom to their slaves. As early as 1716, Dr. Hopkins, a prominent Abolitionist preacher, advocated that the Continental Congress pass an emancipation act for fear the Negro slaves would turn against the colonists and aid Great Britain. Early Preindices Not only did the colonists refuse this proposal, but some went so far as to forbid the enlistment of black soldiers in the Continental army. Such men as Alexander Hamilton, Major General Nathaniel Green, and Col. John Laurens advocated the enlistment of Negroes in the army, but they met strong opposition. George Washington was impartial in directing to the attitude of the various colonies, although personally he is thought to have favored the plan. In some sections Negroes were rejected altogether; in others, like Rhode Island, they were formed into separate companies and battalions. Many slaves served without pay upon promise of freedom. Changed Policy Although Massachusetts in 1775 ruled that no slaves whatever be admitted to the army, the pressure for soldiers became so great in 1778 that they changed their policy and ordered the enlistment of a regiment of "Negroes, Mulattoes, or Indians" in which the higher officers were to be white. Connecticut and New Hampshire also raised similar corps of Negroes. The consent of the master was necessary. South Carolina hit upon the extraordinary idea of giving slaves as bounty to white recruits. One sound Negro between the ages of ten and forty was given for each and every year of service. This same proposition was advanced in Virginia, but was opposed by James Madison who declared it would be just as easy to free and enlist the slaves as to enlist white soldiers. English Offered Freedom Lord Dunmore offered immediate freedom to all slaves who deserted the rebels and joined the British forces. Georgia lost from three-fourths to seven-eighths of her slaves to the British. SEEK CHICAGO GIRL HERE SEEK CHICAGO GIRL HERE Police this week were on the lookout for Lillian Hugins, 16-year-old Chicago girl who lived with her grandmother at 5944 Michigan avenue. The grandmother told police she thought the girl had run away to Gary. She has been missing since Aug. 30. IVAN C. DUNLAP Jeweler Successor to Stringfellow's Jewelry Department Expert Watch Repairer 548 Broadway She's through in a jiffy! Her housework is done in almost no time. When her friends ask, "Does a telephone in the kitchen really help," she tells them, "Of course it does. Friends call me when I'm in the kitchen but it only takes a minute to answer. I order my groceries and other supplies from the kitchen telephone . . . it saves my time and steps." 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Born in Nashville, Mr. Rogers went to Philadelphia as a young man and began his work as a lyric writer. Later coming to New York, he has collaborated with such lyricists as Jesse A. Shipp, C. Luckeleth Roberts and Henry Creamer. He wrote the shows that made Williams and Walker famous, In Dahomey, Mr. Load of Coal and My Magnolia. Other successes included Elder Eatmore's Sermons, sung on phonograph records by the late Bert Williams. Collaborating with Henry Creamer Rogers wwrite The Old Man's Boy, the first successful all-Negro production to play on Broadway. This was shortly preceding K's onery Fruits old Drinks Lork's Confectionery Ice Cream, Fruits Candy and Cold Drinks C. LORK, Prop. 2500 Adams Street gh Extension telephones, wisely placed in your home, will save lots of your time and innumerable steps. When you attend to your household tasks in the kitchen, it's a real convenience to have a telephone at hand. You never waste time and energy running elsewhere to use your telephone. 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INDIANA PATRONIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY We are located in the central district and especially solicit the patronage of our neighbors. PURE DAIRY PRODUCTS 17 W. 25rd 4-1654 Sheriff Takes Boy Away; Stop Mobs Boy Charged With Uusal Crime of 'Assault' LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. — Action of Sheriff Neal Morrow in removing 17-year-old John L. Spindle, accused of assaulting a white woman, prevented a lynching here Sunday. The alleged attack happened a waak ago Wednesday. It was kept quiet to aid the capture. Spindle was arrested and brought here Saturday. When word that a mob was forming reached Sheriff Morrow, he rushed the youth out of town to a neighboring county. More than 100 men were in the NOTICE FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Board of Commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, that up until 1 o'clock P. M. on Monday, the 29th day of September, 1930, sealed bids addressed to the Auditor, will be received at the Auditor's Office in Crown Point, Indiana, for heating plant to be installed at the Lake County Colored Children's Home, in Gary, at 2300 Jefferson street, all in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the County Auditor at Crown Point, Indiana. All bids must be made in full compliance with the laws governing such matters. A bond equal to the amount of the bid, must accompany all bids. One of the sureties must be a resident of Lake County, Indiana, or a Surety Company authorized to do business in Lake County, Indiana. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. WILLIAM E. WHITAKER. Auditor Lake County, Indiana. Publish: 9-13 and 9-20. mob which stormed the jail seeking Spindle. Mrs. Morrow, wife of the sheriff, conducted McKissack, husband of the alleged attack victim and leader of the mob, through the jail to show him that the boy was no longer there. The mob then dispersed and the tow quieted down. PORTER GETS AWARK FOR 50 YEARS SERVICE Paris, Tenn.—Thomas Porter, 69, porter to the roadmaster, of West Rison street, and employee of the L. & N. Railroad, recently received a gold button set with ten diamonds, as an honor gift for fifty years of unbroken service with the company. Heads of the company sent him several letterrs of congratulation and will give him a pension when he is ready to retire. An Advertisement In The American Brings Results. NOTICE FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Commissioners of Lake County, Indiana, that up until 1 o'clock P. M., on Monday, the 29th day of September, 1930, sealed bids addressed to the Auditor, will be received at the Auditor's Office in Crown Point, Indiana, for storm-windows and doors at the Colored Children's Home, at Gary, Indiana, in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the County Auditor, at Crown Point, Indiana. All bids must be made in full compliance with the laws governing such matters. A bond equal to the amount of the bid, must accompany all bids. One of the sureties must be a resident of Lake County, Indiana, or a Surety Company authorized to do business in Lake County, Indiana. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. WILLIAM E. WHITAKER, Auditor Lake County, Indiana. Publish: 9-12 and 9-20. The New Fall Stock Has Arrived at JAKE'S ARMY STORE 2152 BROADWAY BUSINESS IS GOOD--- for Those Who Go After It IT's time to get down to business—time for executives to get back to their desks—time for salesmen to get back into harness—time for all of us to pay more attention to our own business. Now, more than ever, we should tell people what we have to sell. The country isn't going to the dogs. Business is fundamentally sound. People are still going to buy. But they need to be sold harder now than ever. Gary American advertising will help you do that. Sell more goods, reap more profits thru advertising in the medium which covers the Negro field like a blanket. To sell them, you must tell them. The Gary American "THE DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER" 1819 Washington St. Phone 6134 NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT STATE OF INDIANA LAKE COUNTY In the Lake Superior Court, sitting at Gary, Vacation Term, 1930. Charles Hemphill vs. Essie P. Hemphill. Cause No. 22267. Action to Divorce. Now comes the plaintiff by Adelbert S. Moore, his attorney, and files complaint herein, together with an affidavit of a competent person, showing that the defendant thereto, to wit: Essie P. Hemphill, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action and that the same will stand for trial at the next term of said Court, and that unless she appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of of said cause, on the 29th day of October, A. D., 1930, the same being the 45th day of the next term of said Court to be begun and held in the Court House, Room No. —, at Gary, in said County and State, on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D. 1930, said action will be heard and determined in her absence. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Gary, this 29th day of August, A. D. 1930. ALVINA M. KILLIBREW, Clerk L. S. C. By Iris M. Pettis, Deputy Clerk. 9-16-13-20 NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT STATE OF INDIANA LAKE COUNTY In the Lake Superior Court, sitting at Gary, Vacation Term, 1930. Nora Short vs. David Short. Cause No. 22266. Action to Divorce. Now comes the plaintiff by Adelbert S. Moore her attorney and files her complaint herein, together with an affidavit of a competent person, showing that the defendant thereto, to wit: David Short, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said action and that the same will stand for trial at the next term of said Court, and that unless he appear and answer or demur therein, at the calling of said cause, on the 29th day of October, A. D. 1930, the same being the 45th day of the next term of said Court to be held in the Court House, Room No. —, Gary, in said County and State, on the 2nd Monday of September, A. D. 1930, said action will be heard and determined in his absence. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Gary, this 29th day of August, A. D. 1930. ALVINA M. KILLIBREW, Clerk L. S. C. By Iris M. Pettis, Deputy Clerk. 9-6-13-20 Read The American. Screens Galore We Make Them by the Thousands That's why our prices are lowest. We also make screen doors. Combination doors and porches. GARY SCREEN MFG. Co. 1041 Jefferson. Phone 7059 September 20,1930 Cuba Attempts To Hold Back Touring Party Mrs.Bethune, Sims, Face Color Bar Set Up by United States HAVANA, Cuba. — Racial prejudice, a by-product of the United States, cropped to the front on this island when officials held back and annoyed Mary McLeod Bethune, famous 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 government officials in harassing and discouraging 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 Americans; the Americans, when you tackle them about it out of the hearing of Cubans, say it is the Cuban government. The Negroes believe the thing inspired by Americans. 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 "encourage Negroes to go to Cuba." Appointed to Federal Education Post WASHINGTON. — Dr. Ambrose Caliver, first colored citizen of the United States to meet the requirements 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 department as of considerable importance, carries responsibility for conducting a clearing house of information concerning colored education—directing and encouraging research, stimulating interest and assisting 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. Expert Interior Decorators 566 Washington St. Phone 2-6277 CLOVER LEAF PRODUCTS Place your order with Clover Leaf Dairy Company and be assured of quality products and prompt service. CLOVER LEAF DAIRY COMPANY 1100 Mass. Phone 9177 Sanitary Beauty Shoppe 1917 Washington St. —Presents the new and the effective in beauty technique. —Charming chic is available here at moderate cost. Mrs. J. W. Robinson, Prop. PHONE 2-1646 A BODY BUILDER Most of the ills and primary causes of disease are due to faulty elimination. No disease can be cured unless the bowels move regularly. If the bowels do not move properly toxic poisons accumulate through the bowels into the blood. Therefore it is important in treating chronic or lingering disease that the bowels move regularly. DR. MICHAEL'S ALL-HERB TONIC acts as a mild soothing TONIC laxative. It thoroughly cleans every fold, tube and gland, of the entire alimentary canal, it flushes out, cleans and strengthens the kidneys, carefully removes the superfluous bile from the liver. Therefore it is very essential to rid the body toxins which eliminate through the pores of the body, the urine and bowels, then nature's machinery is ready to do her work in a natural way, putting forth rich, red, healthy blood flowing throughout the entire system, and health is restored. DR. MICHAEL'S ALL-HERB TONIC imparts making and building qualities to the blood. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST PETER H. BURKE O.A.N.P. R. R..TAYLOR Mr. Taylor is vice-principal of the famous Tuskegee institute and has been an invaluable aid to Robert Russa Moton in the management of that institution. Alice and Kip Hold 'Last' Court Seance NEW YORK CITY.—Alice Jones Rhinelander stated last week that she had made her last appearance in a court. This came with the settlement 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 intermarriage case has attracted the attention 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. Are you in need of MONEY See Sam at 1604 Broadway Phone 2-3477 FIRST NATIONAL BANK GARY MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 632 BROADWAY DRINK Dixie Dairy Milk A pure fresh milk from contented cows. Furnished thru a modern plant. Dixie Dairy Co. 1200 W. 15th Ave. Phone 6101 MOTOR OIL At Wholesale Prices Light Medium, gal. . 40c Medium, gal. . 45c Heavy, gal. . 50c Extra Heavy, gal. . 55c Please furnish can Alger and Hirschberg 10th and Broadway Suits Cleaned and Pressed 69c MON. and TUES. Cloth Dresses Plain 99c Bring them in yourself; do not give them to any- one. We have no boy. Cash and Carry SUPERIOR REMODELERS 2146 Broadway --- Tale of White Woman Rouses Colorado City Police Nab 53, Feeling Runs High on Story Of Attack PUEBLO, Col.—A story told police by Mary Moore, alleged white prostitute, resulted in the arrest of 53 Negroes and the creation of sentiment which may have led to a lynching here last week. The Moore woman said that three Negroes had attacked her and robbed her husband of $11 after taking his car. Local radio station KGHP had broadcast the word that three Negroes assaulted a white woman, and the white dailies issued extras with large healines. The town, with only a few colored people, was in an uproar. Police 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 arreSED and "confessed." The men said that they had met the white woman in a local rooming house and there made a date Have You the Patronize Your In Who Handle a You and Gary M MASTER Sausage, Lunche and Superior Me Phone FRANK FRED TITTL PACKI Meat Merchants e You the City At He ronize Your Independent Deal Who Handle a Home Product You and Gary May Be Proud of MASTER BRAND age, Luncheon Meats, B and Bacon Superior Meat Produce (Inc.) Phone 9157-8-9 LITTLE BRO PACKING CO. at Merchants - Stores Everywh Have You the City At Heart? Patronize Your Independent Dealers Who Handle a Home Product You and Gary May Be Proud of MASTER BRAND Sausage, Luncheon Meats, Hams and Bacon Superior Meat Products (Inc.) Phone 9157-8-9 FRANK FRED JAMES JOHN LAWRENCE TITTLE BROS. PACKING CO. INC. Meat Merchants Stores Everywhere 1500-1504 BROADWAY 631-633 BRODWAY CLEANLINE AND BEAUTY LEANLINES AND BEAUTY Restored safely to all wearing apparel. Prompt service, right prices. We subject your clothes to a scientific process that removes every spot and stain. This process brightens the colors without harming the sheerest of fabrics. It results in your garments coming back to you fresh and like new. Phone today for our wagon. THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA Grant Pierson Suspect Release on Bond SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — The right to release on $10,000 bond was for marac v,tt SHRDL FWY granted late Saturday to George Washington, colored, Indianapolis, held here for two months following his arrest in Indianapolis for the murder of E. D. Pierson, Chicago, colored auditor for the Southern Colored Baptist Association. This decision was reached by Judge John R. Carney following a two-day hearing on a writ of habeas corpus filed by Washington's attorneys. Washington was returned to jail following the hearing and expects to give bond this week. Cops Halt Inter-Race Fight in Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A free-for-all fight in which more than 20 Negroes and whites engaged Sunday morning was broken up by the arrival of police. As a result 13 Negroes have been arrested. The fight started when a car driven by Negroes is alleged to have some close to a car writen 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 Saturday a lynching was imminent, and the three men were spirited out of town. City At Heart? Independent Dealers Home Product May Be Proud of BRAND Meats, Hams Bacon Great Products inc.) 9157-8-9 E BROS. NG CO. INC. Stores Everywhere LINESS ND UTY La. 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 Monday 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 defendant by "coercing" Clay J. Dugan, general manager of the penitentiary, to enter into a contract with John P. Burgin, Inc., to operate the rice farm with convict labor in exchange for the land furnished by Brugin with agreement to divide the crop equally between the contracting parties, according to the petition set forth. The petition charged that Governor Long, Dugas and Burgin entered into the arrangement for their personal profit. 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"The Laundry That Does It Best" FIFTH AND MASSACHUSETTS --- MIDDLEBANK National Bank 685 BRO National Bank of America 685 BROADWAY 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 revolt, the petition said, by cruel and unusual punishment and slavvery laborious toll, and meager rattions doled out to them." MORTON FIRES SUPER NEW YORK.—Because he refused to support the policies of Civil Service Commissioner Ferdinand Q. Morton, as leader of the Tammany Negro organization in Harlem, Herman Whaley, superintendent of the Harlem branch of the State Labor Employment Bureau, was fired last week. The London Standard says cosmetics have been used by women since time immemorial. Because men have allowed themselves to be fooled by cosmetics from time immemorial. WASHINGTON CLEANERS 1542 Broadway MEN'S SUITS Cleaned and Pressed 75c SILK DRESSES, LADIES' Suits and Overcoats Cleaned and Pressed We call and Deliver Phone 2-2951 5c cago , convenient ortation. Work ne When You ARY 7571 courteous drivers to your washes. A few days later, and clean. For how can count of pure water and dry satisfaction, call us! CK'S The Limited Income accomplishes more, in the long run, if part of it is put aside regularly in a Savings Account with the NATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA. Systematic deposits soon build a substantial fund that enables you to enjoy the bigger things you want. A small deposit will open an account. Bank of America DADWAY 75c $1.00 PLATES AS LOW AS $10 The newest, finest precious metal plate ever known. Better than gold. At a price you can afford to pay. Introductory offer: .Half Price till Sept. 1st. We make all kinds of plates, rubber, gold, aluminum, zelonite, hecolite and alcolite. WATT DENTISTS 860 Broadway GOOD U 100 ALL Bargain Prices From Rel Grantham Chevrol 1075 Broadway PARKER SAUSAGE There's a Unec PARKER HOUSE Pure Po SAUSAGE MEA Parker House Chicago PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE HANDY D GOOD USED CARS 100 CARS ALL MAKES in Prices Reasonable From Reliable Dealer Grantham Motor Sale Chevrolet Dealer 1075 Broadway — 545 Washington PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE There's a Difference Unequaled Quality and F PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE ANDY DIRECTOR GOOD USED CARS PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE There's a Difference Unequaled Quality and Flavor PARKER HOUSE Pure Po SAUSA MEA Parker House Chicago PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE PARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE There's a Difference HANDY DIRECTORY of Gary Firms Who Guarantee Products and Service BEAUTY SHOPS EXPRESSIN BEAUTY SHOPS EXPRESSIN JULIETTE BEAUTY SHOP 16 W. 25th St. COMPLETE BEAUTY SERVICE For Women who are more Fastidious SMITH'S EXP OAL, WOOD, EXP Phone 2-7216 1749 W RUDOLPH'S BAKERY and LUNCH We bake all of our pastry and Bread. Real Home Cooking. Once served at Rudolph's you will become a regular customer. Mrs. Todd Rudolph, Prop. 1751 Washington St. HUNTER'S Home Made Candies Fresh Salted Peanuts Daily 1945 Washington Street CENTRAL CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY CO. 10 E. 19th Ave. .Phone 2-5641 TRACEY SMITH, Prop. STEEL CITY FLORISTS Mrs. Briney and Mrs. Menczyski, Prop. 17 East 16th Avenue GARY, INDIANA Phone 2-2134 ADVERTISE IN THE GARY AMERICAN --- LOW AS $10 THE NEW PLATE a metal plate ever known. price you can afford to pay. half Price till Sept. 1st. s, rubber, gold, aluminum, e and alcolite. BRIDGE WORK (22k) Beautiful, lasting. $5.00 now as ... — DON'T HURT A BIT ey. Come and see us... YOU! ED CARS CARS MAKES Reasonable Terms able Dealer Motor Sales t Dealer 545 Washington HOUSE AGE Difference Saled Quality and Flavor ARKER HOUSE SAUSAGE RECTORY EXPRESSING SMITH'S EXPRESS OAL, WOOD, EXPRESSING Phone 2-7216 1749 Washington FRED'S EXPRESS & COAL CO. Light Hauling 118 W. 17th Ave. 2-4747 STIMSON FURNITURE CO. 1855 Broadway Phone 2-6311 GROCERY STORES JAMES' GROCERY and MEAT MARKET Fresh Vegetables We deliver anywhere in the city. Phone 2-2706. R. JAMES, Prop. 1951 Washington PACKERS ROTH PACKING CO., Inc. For Good Meats 1729 Broadway Phone 6730 RESTAURANTS BOLTON'S RESTAURANT Choice Foods Served Open Day and Night 24 W. 17th Street R. BOLTON, Prop. Ph. 2-7847 --- PAGE THREE The Gary K. "The Distinguished Owned and published every Friday American Publishing Company, Inc. B. Whitlock, President; Chauncey T. Alexander, Treasurer. Address 1819 W. TELEPHONE Subscription price: $2.00 per year. Single copies, five cents. Advertising 1930, by The American Publishing Co. CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND ..... BOOKER T. THOMAS ..... Managing Editor: F. Marshall D. Director of Advertising: William C. Leeke, Dennis A. Bethea, William A. "The Gary American enters the f anyone; it has no axe to grind, neither but one aim, to which it will cling w stand squarely in defense of the rig spectus of The Gary American Numbe BRANCH GARY—1819 Washington Street. Phi HAMMOND—530 Kenwood Avenue. ST CHICAGO—2214 Broadway. INDIANAPOLIS—520 Indiana Avenue. CHICAGO, ILL—608 South Dearborn. NEW YORK CITY—551 Fifth Avenue. The Gary American "The Distinguished Newspaper" Owned and published every Friday morning in the year by The American Publishing Company, Inc., an Indiana corporation. Arthur B. Whitlock, President; Chauncey Townsend, Vice-President; Fritz W. Alexander, Treasurer. Address 1819 Washington Street, Gary, Indiana. TELEPHONE GARY 6134 Subscription price: $2.00 per year in advance; for six months, $1.50. Single copies, five cents. Advertising rates upon request. Copyright, 1930, by The American Publishing Company, Inc. CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND ..... Executive Editor BOOKER T. THOMAS ..... Business Manager Managing Editor: F. Marshall Davis; News Editor Rudolf Jonson; Director 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 anyone; it has no axe to grind, neither has it 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 Number One, November 10, 1927. BRANCH OFFICES GARY—1819 Washington Street. Phone Gary 6134. HAMMOND—530 Kenwood Avenue. Phone Hammond 7668. EST CHICAGO—2214 Broadway. Phone East Chicago 1382. INDIANAPOLIS—520 Indiana Avenue. Phone Lincoln 7222. CHICAGO, ILL.—608 South Dearborn. Phone Harrison 8768. NEW YORK CITY—551 Fifth Avenue, The W. B. Ziff Company. VOL. III FRIDAY. SEPT. 20, 1930 NO. 44 Curbing Third Day MORE Negroes are arrested in any other one cause. Most in a given period are of Africa apparently seeking guilty person to various brutalities in an eff Charges of third degree atrochurled at the police department brought to court or released, so the victims of beatings adminis headquarters. Confessions have makers when brought into court. It is evident that prevailing legally wrong. Suspects are a chance of self-defense. Outsiding gang assaults would be severe the victims of these methods courts, but how many times are cured? It is the prevailing policy of such matters. Unless stirred the tendency is to permit con public should be aroused immediate naws at the very heart of our There seems to be at least ocular official method of extracting is the presence of a judge when a suspect. The presence of a judge with the confessor being forced to sas a group is known to be oppo While there are some who may the number opposed is of such oubtedly be lessened. It might be argued that the illized methods of getting congerous criminals to go free. We free every day. The vice-lords are seldom convicted. It is a criminal to be convicted on his fuses to confess unless advised the purpose of receiving a light. The suggestion, if carried on harm and would curb inclination crime to solve a crime. May this soon to stop these brutalities. Going Third Degree Method Aggroes are arrested in Gary as suspect over one cause. Most of the suspects when period are of Aframerican extract seeking guilty persons, subject the crutalities in an effort to force third degree atrocities are being the police department and many pri- court or released, show evidence of beatings administered in the sec- tions. Confessions have been repudi- ed in brought into court. Sentent that prevailing police methods being. Suspects are attacked and be- self-defense. Outside of a police its would be severely punished. It of these methods have legally re- show many times are conviction or prevailing policy of the public to less. Unless stirred by some partici- ly is to permit conditions to continue be aroused immediately, for it is a very heart of our social order. Items to be at least one sound remedy method of extracting confessions. Once of a judge when a statement is ence of a judge would annul the or being forced to sign a statement is known to be opposed to third degr are some who might countenance opposed is of such size that beating lessened. It be argued that the abolishing of kids of getting confessions would annals to go free. Well, dangerous day. The vice-lords and gangsters convicted. It is a novelty for be convicted on his confession be- fess unless advised to do so by his receiving a lighter sentence. Gestion, if carried out, would do mo- ould curb inclinations of the police be a crime. May this or some other to these brutalities. Curbing Third Degree Methods MORE Negroes are arrested in Gary as suspects than for any other one cause. Most of the suspects jailed within 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 repudiated by the makers when brought into court. It is evident that prevailing police methods in Gary are legally 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 the victims of these methods have legally redress in the courts, but how many times are conviction of officers secured? 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 popular official method of extracting confessions. That remedy is the presence of a judge when a statement is taken from a suspect. The presence of a judge would annul the possibility of the 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 unobtently be lessened. It might be argued that the abolishing of these uncivilized methods of getting confessions would permit dangerous criminals to go free. Well, dangerous criminals go free every day. The vice-lords and gangsters of the land are seldom convicted. It is a novelty for a dangerous criminal to be convicted on his confession because he refuses to confess unless advised to do so by his lawyer for the 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 soon to stop these brutalities. Influence Not Limited OPENING of school has again well trained and capable to of local folk. Yet the ins small part of what these teach It is the characteristic of fluence to the classroom. The complacency settles about their aiding civic programs and len fortunate members of the race. Gary is still in the format that needs to be accomplished. At a low ebb. Factions are elements are here from all process of readjustment is not than one-fifth of the town's pro chance for the moulding of the group. The formation and operation might be undertaken by local success. There is need here f are also local clubs and organ which might be aided consider of the teachers. These suggestions are offered will awaken to their possibilities not limit the benefits of their. Those who are prepared should way, for racial progress is the individuals cannot go forward ligent leadership. Pertinent By Rudolf Jonson of school has again brought to Gatineau and capable teachers to instruct folk. Yet the instruction of children of what these teachers are fitted to is characteristic of teachers to come the classroom. They settle into a job settles about them. Little though programs and lending a helping hand members of the race. It still in the formative period. This to be accomplished. Leadership is, of course. Factions are constantly warriors here from all parts of the city adjustment is not yet completed. Much of the town's population is Negro the moulding of the populace into nation and operation of civic bodies undertaken by local pedagogs with there is need here for such undertaking clubs and organizations already not be aided considerable by the unners. Suggestions are offered in the hope that to their possibilities for racial advantage benefits of their training to the are prepared should exert their influential progress is the progress of in cannot go forward without guidance. Pertinent Paragraph OPENING 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 influence to the classroom. They settle into a job and smug complacency settles about them. Little thought is given to aiding civic programs and lending a helping hand to less fortunate members of the race. Gary is still in the formative period. There is much that needs to be accomplished. Leadership is, on the whole, at a low ebb. Factions are constantly warring. Diverse elements are here from all parts of the country. The process of readjustment is not yet completed. And, as more than one-fifth of the town's population is Negro, there is a chance for the moulding of the populace into a powerful group. The formation and operation of civic bodies and forums might be undertaken by local pedagogs with considerable success. There is need here for such undertakings. There are 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 not limit the benefits of their training to the classroom. Those who are prepared should exert their influence in every way, for racial progress is the progress of individuals and individuals cannot go forward without guidance and intelligent leadership. Pertinent Paragraphs Political battles begin this month. Next month they will be quite hot; ending in the wave of hot air on the first Tuesday in November. Prohibition will be the biggest issue in the campaigns, with unemployment and Republican inefficiency following next in order. Senatorial candidates and their stand on the 18th amandment, which Hoover gave the nom de plume of a "noble experiment," will command the bulk of political attention. In Illinois, James Hamilton Lewis, dripping democratic wet, should defeat Ruth Hanna McCormick, who recently announced herself as a "referendum wet." In New Jersey, Dwight W. Morrow, friend of President Hoover, will be elected, not because he is a friend of the President, but because he is a wet. In Ohio, Senator Fess, administration leader says that "prohibition is not an issue." But his colleague, Senator McCullough, a dry, will be defeated by Robert J. Bulkley, dripping wet democrat. On down the line, republican dry control is being challenged by democrats advocating repeal of the 18th amendment. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university and staunch critic of the re- --- PAGE FOUR Political Campaigns. Degree Methods In Gary as suspects than for part of the suspects jailed with-american extraction. Police, persons, subject these prisoners effort to force confessions. Cities are being constantly hat and many prisoners, when show evidence of having beenattered in the secrecy of police have been repudiated by the art. police methods in Gary are attacked and beaten with no shade of a police station, suchly punished. It is true that they have legally redress in the are conviction of officers se- of the public to be passive in by some particular atrocity, conditions to continue. Yet themediately, for it is an evil which or social order. one sound remedy to the pop-ing confessions. That remedy when a statement is taken from would annul the possibility of sign a statement. The bench closed to third degree methods. Right countenance brutalities, size that beatings would un- ne abolishing of these uncivifessions would permit dan-Well, dangerous criminals go on and gangsters of the land a novelty for a dangerous this confession because he reed to do so by his lawyer for later sentence. but, would do more good than sons of the police to commit a his or some other step be taken in brought to Gary a host of teachers to instruct the young construction of children is only aiders are fitted to do. Teachers to confine their in-try settle into a job and smugm. Little thought is given to finding a helping hand to less active period. There is much Leadership is, on the whole, constantly warring. Diverse parts of the country. The yet completed. And, as more population is Negro, there is a populace into a powerful nation of civic bodies and forums and pedagogs with considerable for such undertakings. There organizations already in existence are able by the untiring efforts held in the hope that instructors uses for racial advancement and training to the classroom. And exert their influence in every the progress of individuals and without guidance and intel- Paragraphs publican party, says that the party must offer some relief for the prohibition amendment or be defeated by more than a million votes. In this state, Senator Watson, republican 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 country. But ignored the prohibition question. 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 public and to the board of education, they are being successfully conducted. The children are not becoming contaminated with racial inferiority. All this reverts our minds to the howls made this summer over the probable disposition of Negro students in the local schools, with the opening of the present school term. "Much Ado About Nothing." Perhaps nothing makes the oldster view the new generation with more concern than a bunch of eighteen-year-olds getting their exercise with a so-called playground ball. --- GREAT NEWS! FOR THE WELL DRESSED MAN 500 NEW SUIT AND OVERCOAT PATTERNS TO CHOOSE FROM $23.00 ALSO SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT $25.00 $28.00 $30.00 AND $32.00 This COUPON is Worth $2.00 on any Suit ordered REAL ART TAILORING CO. 1616 BROADWAY Africans To Get Land;To Till Own Soil New Freedom to Be Had By Natives, Bronner Says in Cable By Milton Bronner LONDON.—The greatest charter for the Negro race handed down by man since Abraham Lincoln issued his world-famous proclamation, freeing the slaves, has been proposed recently by the Labor Government of Great Britain. The scheme is nothing less than to set aside forever for the native tribes of British East Africa tremendous areas of tillable land and to make them inalienable, so that other races cannot take the soil away. The Government is trying to write a new chapter in the story of the relations of the white man with those he found in possession of territories into which he has intruded. It has not always been so pleasant a story. 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 taskmasters. 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 imprisonment 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 Tanganyika, 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 Government proposes to name a High Commissioner, who will have all the powers and most of the status of a Governor General or a Viceroy. He will have twofold dutiees. He will be the chief adviser to the Secretary for the Colonies on all native questions. He will administer and legislate on such subjects as railways, ports, harbors, customs, defenses, posts, telegraphs and telephones. To perform the latter duties he will have a council of three officers of his staff and twenty-one of other members, each of the colonies 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 represent the various races. This means that, in addition to white men on the commission, there will probably be native Africans, Indians and Arabs. The Government backs up a "white paper" issued in 1923, which said that Kenya was primarily an African territory and that the interests of the African native must be paramount. The Government does not think the African natives are yet ripe THE GARY AMERICAN. GARY. INDIANA Richard Arlen Returns In 'The SeaGod' Richard Arlen, after a short rest in Hollywood, returned to motion pictures to make his latest all-talking 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 Abbott, who has turned out a score of sensational productions. Something new and entirely different 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 football game Saturday evening at Gleason park at eight o'clock with Wendell Phillips high school of Chicago, it was announced this week. Coach Cooke says he has developed a good team and expects to turn in the first victory of the year at that time. for voting and other things that go with modern forms of government. But they should be encouraged 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. Native Will Exchange Natives In the economic sphere the Government will encourage the natives to make the most efficient use of their own resources for production, full regard being had to the principle that the native should be effectively 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 occupancy, but also for ownership, lease or occupation by such natives as are prepared to take up agriculture on their individual account. The Government, therefore, declared that lands gazetted as natives reserves are to be reserved for the use and benefit of the natives 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 employers. 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 Society With the canning of fruit, getting the younger people off to college, putting out last winter's coats and furs for the last touch of the summer sun-ray and adjusting ourselves to after vacation positions, there is little time left for Dame Society to socialize. Hence we will mention the few interesting things we would take time to do, and then turn our attention to some of the more serious things of life about which we may think as we go busily forth peeling the peaches or squeezing the jelly bag. CHARMING YOUNG HOSTESS ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE PARTY Both maids and matrons put aside cares and work last Wednesday evening to enjoy a delightful bridge game with Miss Ruth Haymon and her most charming guests, the Misses Miranda Meaddough, a teacher in Loncoln university, and Lottie Turnley, a graduate of Chicago and Radcliff universities. Miss Haymon's charming personality would be quite sufficient to make a party a happy one, in addition 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 first and second score prizes were awarded to Mesdames Leola Hyman and Ruby Edwards respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Harris of the Lake County Children's Home accompanied by Mrs. Alberta Newsome, motored to Hamilton, Ohio, where they visited Mrs. Newsome's mother and were joined by Miss Thelma Nixon. Motoring through Cincinnati they returned to Gary. 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. Lawson will visit relatives in Cleveland Ohio, on her way back to New York. Arrest Avoid Have your Speedometer Repaired! AND SAVE THE FINE OFFICIAL SPEEDOMETER SERVICE Automotive Specialty Experts 119 W. 4th Ave. Dial 2-1849 Open Evenings Till 8:00 Setting a Table In Modern Mode For Fall Luncheons Modernism stays with us and the autumn hostesss 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 to an individual color scheme; use a green cloth, that lovely shade which makes one think of cool water. In the center lay an oblong looking glass, and in the center of this make two cubes of small looking glasses about two or three inches high. Fill these with English 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 zinnas. 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 silverware 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, Don’t Fear t In the Ho Otto G. Flfield, candidate to State, is getting his machiner Meeting. With everything in harmor Lake County, Flfield is confide Side voters in Gary. The major fraternal orders and clubs know every respect. Flfield has many things to h ers remained inactive. He wa of Marion during the recent ly people of the race out of his o him. And he knows that for this port. In the meeting, which w from East Chicago, Hammond a ing for Flfield will be sponsore Mrs. Clara Webster and he justice of the peace, the Elks Watch for the date. Gary Home Appliance Co. 440 Washington St. Phone 2-6563 Just another thing added to other good t of life AMERICAN CIGAR CAMEL TURKISH DOMESTIC CIGARETTES --- --- Mrs. Florida Leeke, and brother, John, enroute to Nashville, Tenn. where she will enter for her sophomore year at Fisk university. Miss Leeke has spent her vacation in Indianapolis where she worked as file clerk in the License Department at the State house. LEAVING FOR COLLEGE The Gary American extends its sincere wishes for a happy and successful school year to the following young people who are leaving for work in the various colleges: Wm. McPherson to Irdiana university. Wm. Exum to Wisconsin university. Jennie Parham to Wilberforce college. Alberta Cheeks to Fisk university. Jane Leeke to Fisk university. Addie Bryant to Illinois university. Arthur Drake to Indiana university. Thirkield Garrett to Northwestern university. Margaret Hueston to Howard university. Geneva Hower to De Pauw university. Johnnie Taylor to Fisk university. Odell Lee to Chicago university. Katherine Smith to Crane college. Alfred Beckman to Crane college. Roy Wayne to Crane college. Victor Hower to Embalming school, Chicago. 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 which 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 coming are also urged to bring along their membership fees. SILENT AUTOMATIC The oil burner with the wiping wall flame—was designed to meet the needs of any home from cottage to mansion. 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. 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. 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