Gary American

"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. Milton Thomas, 1984 Massachusetts, decided to buy some intoxicating liquor last week in order to brighten his spirits for the coming holidays. He met his favorite bootlegger on the streets and placed an order to be delivered at his address. Police officers had been trailing the bootlegger and when the whiskey was delivered they secured a warrant to search Thomas's home. Thomas was arrested for violation of the state liquor law and maintaining a liquor nuisance. In city court Tuesday he was found not guilty of the second charge, but on the charge of possession he was fined $130 and 30 days. The days were suspended on payment of the fine. ATLANTA, Ga. — (ANP) — According to an announcement made here Thursday the following southern colleges have been placed on the approved list by the Southern Education association: Fisk university, Nashville, Tenn., Johnson C. Smith, Charlotte, N. C., Morehouse college and Spellman college, of this city, Talladega college, Talladega, Alabama, Virginia State college, Petersburg, Va., and Virginia Union, Richmond, Virginia. This marks the first time, if reports be true, that the Southern Education Association has placed Negro institutions on its approved list and is being heralded as a step forward in the educational progress being made in the south. The announcement further stated that four white institutions in Mississippi had been dropped from the list, due to the influence of politics in the school system. The suspended institutions are the University of Mississippi, the Mississippi A. & M. college, State college for Women and the State Teachers college. Efforts were made to prevent the suspension of the institution by the governor and other officials of the state, but to no avail, the association declaring: "We cannot accept recent statements of the governor and recent actions of the trustees as a satisfactory explanation of the past or as an adequate guarantee of the future." The placing of the Negro institutions on the approved list, according to the report of the association, following the investigation of the colleges, will mean that credits and degrees conferred by them will be accepted without question by other institutions to which their alumni may go for further study. GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD DID NOT KILL PRISONER DARIEN, Ga. — (CNS) — The McIntosh county grand jury here Thursday returned presentments exonerating the Georgia National Guards and local peace officers in connection with the killing of George Grant, a colored prisoner last September. The jury concluded in its report that the man was killed by "some party or parties unknown." Grant was shot to death in his jail cell on September 6. HARRISBURG, Pa. — (CNS) — Six people have died here as a result of poison liquor since Thanskgiving. The fatalities are Charles Brown, Willie Atkins, Robert Lewis, Wesley Taylor, Eugene Edward and Mrs. Ida Brown. The last two named died Friday, while the others died on Thanksgiving day. Claims Whites Forced Him to Shoot South Carolina Sheriff camp in the upper part of the county where he was working. He was given plenty of liquor to drink and a 32-calibre automatic pistol, when he reached Willis' garage. About midnight Sheriff Willis drove into the garage and as he emerged, Rooks stated that he shot him four times. After the killing he again met Moore and was carried back to the construction camp where he went back to work at the appointed time. Rooks stated that he was also approached by Rector and Moore with a proposition to kill the presen Sheriff Cliff Benett, but he renigued. The killing of Willis caused quite a stir throughout the country and for more than a year remained a mystery. Suddenly Rector appeared at the county jail and confessed that he was the slayer and named the white men as being directly responsible for the killing. VOL. IV. No. 4 Kills Father In Rage; Gets Life Sentence Claims Father Poisoned Mother; Cops Prove Defense Untrue Retracts Plea To Guilty of Murder Many Think 26-Year Old Garyite Is Slightly Mentally Unsound George Miskel, 26, formerly living at 1533 Washington, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Martin Smith Tuesday, after he had pleaded guilty to killing his father, Hugh Miskel, at 2213 Massachusetts on May 10, 1930. According to investigation, Miskel killed his father without the slightest provocation. In Miskels' first statement to the police, when he was arrested on the afternoon of the shooting, he claimed that his father had poisoned his mother 15 years before that, while they were living in Mississippi. He also claimed that the father had threatened to kill him and his brother, Richard. Voice Prove Claim False While Miskel was being held in Crown Point, awaiting trial on a murder charge, police made an investigation of his claim that his father had killed his mother, years before in McComb, Mississippi. This they found to be untrue. The coroner's report of the death showed that Mrs. Miskel had died a natural death. When this investigation was brought to light, Miskel changed his plea to guilty of murder, and claimed that his father threatened to kill him when he attempted to collect a debt his father owed him. Thought Demented Many friends of Miskel claim that he has appeared on a number of instances to be demented. Even when he killed his father, and attempted to escape from the police, he stated in his confession that he soaked the bottom of his shoes with turpentine before leaving the house. He said this act would prevent the officers from being able to trace him. Angel Gabriel of Green Pastures Wreck Victim NEW YORK — (Special) — The Angel Gabriel is dead—the Angel Gabriel of "Green Pastures," that is. Wesley Hill, who created the role of the right hand man of the Lord in "The Green Pastures" and who played it from the opennig night through the performance of last Tuesday was not in his dressing room when the Mansfield theatre's stage manager sounded the "half hour" call for Wednesday's matinees. Wesley Hill lay dead, at his home in Harlem, the victim of a taxi accident. The car hurled him violently against an "L" pillar. He was rushed to Suydenham hospital, but was dead on arrival. Returns 3 Months After Crime; Nabbed by Cops Jesse Singleton, 35, 1717 Pennsylvania, returned to Gary before the police had forgotten that he was wanted for assault and battery. Detectives Bolden and Fields remembered the three month old crime when they met Singleton on the streets Monday night. Singleton is charged with stabbing and seriously wounding William Burt, 1640 Carolina, in a fight on August 30. He escaped at the time, and left the city. But last week he took the chance to return, and was nabbed by the police for doing so. Burt has fully recovered from his wounds. GREENVILLE, S. C. — (ANP)—A story of how he was bribed and forced to kill Sheriff Sam D. Willis, of Greenville County, was told by Blair Rooks, when he was placed on the witness stand by the state to testify against Carloh Rector, former sheriff, and J. H. Moore, former, deputy. Rooks declared that the white men told him that if he did not do as they told him he would be killed himself, and if he did he would be handsomely rewarded. Fearing that the threat against his life might be carried out, he compiled with their request. Willis was shot down in his garage on the night of June 11, 1927. Over a year later, Rooks confessed implicating Rector and Moore, the white men. The witness' story was to the effect that after he had consented to carry out the orders of the white men, Moore brought him to Greenville from a construction The Gary American EIGHT PAGES Possession Of Holiday Liquor Costs Man $130 Seven Colleges Get Rating by Board in South Four White Mississippi Schools Dropped by Same Association POISON LIQUOR KILLS SIX AT HARRISBURG, PA --- Indict Lawyer For Perjury in Divorce Tangle Society Case Witness Tells of Scheme to 'Frame' the Wife Hubby Disappears As Case Gets Hot Witness Vows She Was Paid to Give False Charges in Court ST. LOUIS. — (ANP) — George L. Vaughn, well-known attorney here, with offices in the Peoples Finance building, and James Hutt, employe in the City Assessor's office, were indicted on a charge of subordination of perjury by the grand jury in special session last Saturday, as a result of their part in the divorce suit of Walter A. Gilter, athletic director of Vashon High school. Vaughn and Hutt were arrested following the sensational divorce trial of eight days which resulted in a decree in favor of Mrs. Hazel Giles against her husband Walter, whom Attorney Vaughn represented. Hattie and Louise Robinson, two sisters, who were also arrested, said they had been paid by Vaughn through Hutt, to make false affidavits against Mrs. Giles' character. Losi Patillo Hardy, a witness in the case, repudiated an affidavit she had previously made, and told of the scheme to "frame" Mrs. Giles, and said Hutt gave each of the women $10, with a promise of more. Crossbill Filed Through her attorney, Homer G. Phillips, Mrs. Giles filed a crossbill and received a decree, custody of two children, and $80 a month. Prof. Giles, who received $330 a month as director of Athletics, has left for parts unknown. He suddenly disappeared Wednesday before Thanksgiving day, which was pay-day for school teachers in St. Louis. He did not apply for a leave of absence from his school work. An investigation at his home, 4137 Enright avenue, disclosed the information that all of his effects were gone. A trunk that he kept locked inthe basement had been carried up to his room and the contents removed. Friends of Giles who last saw him here said he was carrying two large suitcases and said he declared he was enroute to Chicago. Others say the physical director was fleeing from the wrath to come. With perjury charges against two girls in addition to that of James Hutt and George L. Vaughn, Giles' attorney, it is said Giles' mysterious disappearance was out of fear of his arrest. Lax Law Enforcing Provokes Lynching So Says Bishop Walls at Church Confab NEW ORLEANS - (ANP) The frequent failure of justice for whites is partly responsible for the lynching of Negroes, Bishop W. J. Walls told the Louisiana Annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church. "The frequent miscarriage of justice and delay through judicial procedure is, as much as anything else, responsible for the frequency of lynching in the South," he declared. "White men so often see those of their own race escape the just penalties of the law that the temptation to take the law in their own hands in the case of a Negro offender is very great. The record of six thousand lynchings in the past forty years is a reflection on the Christianity of America. I urge as a remedy an improved mode of criminal procedure." Jazzin' The News (THE WEEK'S NEWS IN VERSE) By F. Marshall Davis Cops arrest many Negroes to set a new record here Against a man charged with rape his "victims" will not appear Lawyer held in society case, say he tried to frame the wife Killis his father with a gun; goes to pen for life to pen for life Seven schools get high rank as four for whites are dropped Do your bit so that the pain of the poor'll be stopped! POISON RUM KILLS SIX IN NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO, N. C. — (CNS) Six deaths from drinking poison rum—supposedly denatured alcohol, were registered in Guilford county last Saturday. Claude Buldin was found dead in his room. Willie Birth, his room mate, and John Burnett, died here later in a local hospital, while three other deaths were reported earlier in the week. Office of Publication 1819 Washington Street. Telephone Gary 6134. Buy Corpse Round Trip Ticket to Save Money MACON, Ga. — (CNS)—A round trip ticket to Detroit for a corpse is one of Macon's ideas of present day economy. The corpse was a woman with seven children in Detroit, all of whom naturally wanted to see the body. She died in Macon and they thought she should be buried in Macon. Yet the children should see the body—and there were seven of them. Her brother-in-law here went to the ticket office of the Macon terminal and asked for a round-trip ticket for a corpse to Detroit. "Why a round trip?" they asked him, amazedly. "Well," he explained, "It costs less than having all of them children come down here." Plan Charity Ball to Help Gary's Needy In order to alleviate conditions among the poor, members of the Mid-Winter club will present a charity ball Monday night at Labor hall, according to an announcement made today. Plans for the affair were finished several days ago, according to Mrs. S. D. Davis, president of the Mid-Winter club, and finishing touches will be put upon the event during the week-end. Seek to Aid Needy Realizing the seriousness of the unemployment situation in Gary, members of the club decided upon the dance, Mrs. Davis said, as a means of raising funds for poor relief. "As many needy families as we can reach through the money raised as a result of the affair will be given aid," Mrs. Davis stated. "No case of need will possibly be overlooked. The cooperation of the community is urgently asked to make this worhty cause as success," she said. Music for the affair will be rendered by the Roosevelt Harmony Kings, and an enjoyable program to be presented in connection with the dance is being planned. James T. Rucks, prominent member of the Avondale club, will be florr master. Facilities to handle the crowd expected to attend will be provided. The Mid-Winter club is composed of some of Gary's most prominent residents, and membership is open alike to members of both sexes as the purpose of the organization is to render community uplift, Mrs. Davis pointed out. Members of the committee, in charge of the dance Monday night, are: Mesdames S. D. Davis, Wm. W. Cooke, A. B. Whitlock, W. J. Hardaway, Gladys Preston, Margie Woodfolk, Erma Lowndes, Tony Cooper, J. W. Robinson, Sidney Taylor, L. Walls, R. D. Guy, Irene Rucks. Messrs. James T. Rucks, W. W. Cooke, R. W. Grubbs, Wilbur J. Hardaway, A. B. Whitlock, Chauncey Townsend, Fritz W. Alexander, J. Harris, Sam Henry, G. H. Ross, Ruben Minor, J. E. Robinson and R. D. Guy. Everybody is invited to attend the affair. Admission will be fifty cents. Strikes Hubby; Judge O. K.'s; Fines Her $1 "I cannot blame you for what you did, except that you did not hit him hard enough. But since you pleaded guilty, under the law I am forced to fine you $1 and costs," said Judge Herman Key in city court to Mrs. Odessa Royal, 1746 Madison. Mrs. Royal was being tried for assaulting her husband, Charles, Monday night of last week while he was sitting in the Broadway theatre with Sarah Pryor, 1622 Jackson. Mrs. Royal was discharged on the charge of attacking the Pryor woman; and the judge stated that if she had not pleaded guilty to the charge of attacking her husband, she would have been discharged of that offense also. Testimony showed that Mrs. Royal had reprimanded her husband a number of times for keeping company with Miss Pryer. She followed them to the theatre, and struck her husband with a piece of rock wrapped in a handkerchief. The husband paid the fine and they left together, Royal promising he would be a "better husband." THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY invited to attend a moving picture, showing the complete manufacture of International Motor Trucks on December 15th, afternoon and evening. In addition to a display of all International models, a cut-a-way chassis will be on display. International Harvester Co., of America, 2017 Broadway. FOR RENT — Basement and first floor apartments at 2668 Fillmore $15 and $25 per month. Strictly modern, both gas and electricity. Dial 6134. Cops Nab 351 For a Record Arrest Total Negroes Jailed Equal Half of City Total for November For the first time in the history of the local police department officers displayed unusual zest and arrested more than 350 Negroes during a 30 day period. In November 351 found their way into the city bastile to set a new Gary record. These figures are from a report submitted by the local department this week to Police Chief Stanley Bucklind. Arrests of darker Garyites for October totaled 215 which was 136 short of the November mark. A city-wide summary shows that altogether 656 had their activities curtailed by police, exactly ten more than got that way during October. Many Suspects It seems to be a good old police custom to take in large numbers of Aframericans and hold them as "suspects." This in a measure accounted for the high crime total during November for approximately one-half of the 351 were jailed on suspicion. Unemployment, which police officials said some months ago would result in an unusually large amount of crime this winter, is considered to have caused the November increase in arrests. Petty thefts and several holdups on the south side caused many to be arrested in an attempt to find the guilty persons. A summary of the report shows an increase in the number of auto accidents for the month. There were 147 registered, in which 53 persons sustained injuries. Fifteen pedestrians were struck by automobiles. Intoxication for the month increased, but did not reach the score set by auto accidents. There were 141 cases of intoxication. Violation of the state liquor law decreased considerably, in comparison to October's total. There were only 31 cases registered, as against 85 for the previous month. Burglaries adn Robberies Sixty-one burglaries for the month accounted for a loss of $7,460.05; 38 robberies produced a loss of $9,769.05. while 69 larcenies were responsible for $1,775 in loss of property. Chief Bucklind's men were successful in foiling seven attempted robberies and three burglaries. Seven shooting affairs were reported during the month. Five of these concerned Negroes. Two suicides, two attempted suicides, one homicide, and one murder, were more of the totals. None of these however, concerned Negroes. Mack Granted Stay of Execution to June 12 The electric chair will have to wait until June 1 if it plans to end the life of Ulysses Mack, Garyite convicted of the ax murders of Josephine Odoriczzi, Mary Gigl, both white, and William Welch. The state supreme court Tuesday granted a second stay of execution to counsel representing Mack. The murders were committed in the spring of 1928. Mack was tried and sentenced to die on October 27, 1929. He was given a stay of execution. March 2 of 1931 was set for the date of his electrocution but the new stay pushes the date three months more into the future. By that time his attorneys will have an opportunity to file briefs in the case. DRDOWNEDD RETURNING FROM FISHING TRIP NEW ORLEANS. — (ANP) — Gabriel Pratt was drowned in the Mississippi River sixty miles above New Orleans when the skiff in which he was returning from rabbit hunting with Police Captain Nelson of the United Fruit company, upset, throwing them into the river. Captain Nelson said that Young was rowing at the time an oar broke, causing the skiff to head down the river in the teeth of a wind that was whipping up white caps. NEW JERSEY PHYSICIAN GETS A YEAR ON NARCOTIC CHARGE NEWARK, N. J. — (CNS) — Dr. William H. Green, prominent physician of this city, was sentenced to a year in the Federal prison here last Monday when he was found guilty of selling narcotics. FOR RENT—Three rm. cottage on Lincoln street. $10 per month. Newly decorated. Electricity. Superior Realty and Bldg. Co. 2000 Broadway. Phone 9229 Open evenings. White Women Refuse To Testify Against Their Alleged Rapist Avondale "5" Victors Over Chicago Boys Uncorking a strong offense that permitted them to score almost at will, the strong Avondale quintet ran up a total of 34 points to overwhelm a game but outclassed Belvedere court five from Chicago Thursday night at the Froebel gyhnasium before an enthusiastic crowd of 400 spectators. The visitors found the basket for only ten markers. Wilbur Byrd, tall lanky center for the Avondales, led the scoring with four field goals and two free throws. He was followed by Gougis, Belvedere left forward, who did most of the scoring for the visitors, accounting for three field goals and two free throws. Jackson, Huckle and Price were also outstanding in the local boys' offense work, while Exum carried the bulk of the defense. In the first half of the game the visiting basketeers battled hard against the first members of the local team but were unable to make any showing against such fast and perfectly executed team work. With three substitutes in the second half for the Avondales the Belvederes were able to reach the basket a little more often. To begin the third quarter, the Avondales, realizing that they completely outclassed the visitors, put in a new team of youngsters, known as the Avondale Lights, and they too were able to run circles around the Chicagoans. In the two preliminary games the Avondale Lights conquered the "Y" Big Five by a score of 14 to 7. The Friendship House boys and the Trojans, all 100-pounders, opened the preliminaries with a 2-2 tie. The line-up of the big game was: Avondale Pos. Belveder Price R.F. Smith Jackson L.F. Gougis W. Byrd C. Sutton Huckle R.G. E. Byrd Exum L.G. Martin Substitutions: Avondales—Smith Wayne, Gibson, Price, Spann, Bozeman, and Davis. Belvederes—Sharpe and Fitz. Gary Fire Losses In November High Men Battle 110 Fires Worth $3,088,685 Gary firemen were called upon to combat approximately an equal number of conflagrations during the month of November as they did the previous month, but according to report submitted last week by Chief Frank Parkey, the value of buildings and property at risk was much greater. In Chief Parkey's report he stated that firemen answered the call to 110 blazes in November. The value of the buildings at risk was $2,038,835; while the value of contents was $1,049,850. The loss on the buildings amounted to $23,120, and the loss on the contents was $19,745. The two largest losses by fire during the month occurred in the south central business district. The most acute loss to Negroes was the destruction of the Southside garage, 26th and Washington, Thanksgiving morning. Twenty-two care were destroyed, representing a loss of approximately $10,000. HAMPTON GETS NEW HEAD HAMPTON, Va. — (CNS) — Dr Arthur Howe, assistant professor of citizenship at Dartmouth college, son-in-law of the late General Armstrong, founder of Hampton Institute, was named president of the institution last week to succeed the late Dr. Phenix, former head of the school. Howe is a graduate of Yale university nad the Union Theological Seminary. He will take up his duties on January 1. COUNTRY'S YEARLY GROCERY BILL IS $15,350,000,000 Groceries alone for the three square meals a day necessary to keep 120,000,000 Americans happy, amount to approximately fifteen billion three hundred and fifty million dollars yearly. Figured on a twelve hour day basis, this runs into something slightly over four million dollars per hour or nearly seventy thousand dollars a minute. Final Edition News while it is news and many features of particular interest to all may be found in every issue of this paper. On sale at all news stands. n Refuse Against aged Rapist --- EIGHT PAGES Women Iestify A Allege Successful T. K. Gibson who, as chairman of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance company, has proven himself to be one of the leading business men of black America. Two Get Long Sentence For Futile Holdup Postpone Trial of Pal; Victim of Holdup Is Bandits' Friend Swift justice was meted out to two south side stick-up men in criminal court last week. They wer arrested on November 21, along with another man, and lodged in jail at Crown Point, with robbery charges filed against them. Wednesday, two of the men were sentenced to 10 years in the state prison, while the third man's trial was postponed. Colonel Jones, 48, 1739 Washington, and James Jackson, 22, 1641 Madison, were sentenced to the state prison, after entering a plea of guilt. Their alleged accomplice, Charles Campbell, 30, 1609 Madison, pleaded not guilty and his case was postponed. The three men were arrested by Detectives Bolden and Fields on November 21, on the complaint of Abe Pool, 2139 Madison. According to Pool's testimony, the four had played cards earlier in the day of the robbery and that he had won all the stakes. The men then conspired to get him drunk, and rob him of his winnings. That night the three men attacked Pool in an alley near 15th and Jefferson, but he screamed and fled. They did not obtain any loot, nad Pool reported the attack to the police. 7 Drown as Schooner Goes Down Off Boston BOSTON The coal-laden schooner Storm Petrel, with four men, two women and a child aboard, all Negroes, went down off Westerly, R. I., while in tow of a coast guard boat. The schooner was owned by the Finger Bread Coal Co., of New Brighten, L. I., and was bound from New York to Nantucket, R. I. It previously had been towed into New London, Conn., on Nov. 26, after being driven on the rocks of Hen and Chicken Reef off the Connecticut river. BILBO COMMUTES DEDATH SENTENCE JACKSON, Miss. (ANP) Governor T. G. Bilbo has commuted the death sentence of Henry Jackson, Panola County, to a life term in the penitentiary. The commutation was issued on recommendation of eleven of the trial jurors, said the governor, the tw juror having died. Jackson was charged with killing his wife with a shotgun. He was to be hanged December 18. MITCHELL'S NAME GOES TO THE SENATE WASHINGTON — (CNS) — The nomination of Charles E. Mitchell, recently named United States Minister to Liberia by President Hoover, was sent to the Senate for confirmation last Wednesday. Price 5 Cents Say No Identification by Them of Neighbor Held as Culprit Case Dismissed by Crown Point Judge Women Claim Cops Did Not Arrest Culprit Although Called Voicing her surprise that Joe Pounds, 30, 2185 Washington street, a neighbor, was being tried on charges of an attempt to criminally assault her, Mrs. Rose Shabon, 41, 2141 Washington street, white, so smashed the state's case against Pounds that Judge Martin Smith was forced to free the Garyite in criminal court at Crown Point Wednesday. Mrs. Shabon told the court that neither she nor Mrs. Mary Ruzich, 2149 Washington street, also white, had identified Pounds as their assailant. She said that after he had been arrested she saw the real culprit pass her house and telephoned that information to police but, so far as she knew, they took no action Jailed in October Pounds was arrested on October 27 by Detectives John Bolden and Wardell Fields. Mrs. Shabon had been attacked in May, 1929, as she was doing laundry in the basement of her home. Her screams frightened the man away but two days later the attack was repeated. Mrs. Ruzich had a similar experience shortly afterward. A year and five months elapsed before Pounds was connected with the case. The Gary man was arrested and held in conection with the murder of Mrs. Mary Janovich, "cat woman," two months ago. Freed, he was placed in jail again. When his attorneys threatened to force his release through a writ of habeas corpus, assault charges were filed against him. Bolden asserts that the women identified him but they claim they never picked him out definitely as their assailant. **Women Subpoenaed** When they learned that Pounda was being held on charges of attempting to criminally assault them, the women refused to appear in court against him. As a result, they were subpoenaed. Mrs. Ruzich told the court Wednesday that she had known Pounds by sight for more than a year and thought well of him. In view of the facts, Prosecutor Oliver Starr refused to prosecute the case. Hobo Stops a Burglary Then Bosses Business PONCHATOULA, La. — (CNS)— Lawson Frazier is more than a hobo. Last Tuesday night he frightened burglars who attempted to rob a gasoline filling station when he came to investigate a crash of a window pane. Lawson remained at the station all night and in doing so handled the midnight business. One of his customers happened to be an officer of the law and not having change for a $5 bill, Lawson took a charge receipt. The next morning Lawson turned over his account for the night to the owner and received as a reward a breakfast and some new clothes. Macon Physician Jumps Straddle Auto; Injured MACON, Ga. — (CNS) — Dr. W. A. Davis, prominent physician here, suffered a broken rib and an injury to his ankle when he was struck by an automobile last Wednesday. Davis, according to witnesses of the accident, broke all records for high jumping. When he discovered that he was going to be struck by the machine while crossing the street, he jumped straight up in the air and landed on the radiator of the car, smashing a headlight and receiving his injuries. "I always preach to my wife to jump straight up if ever caught like that, and I practice what I preach," the doctor said, while being treated at a local hospital. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (CNS) — Louise Robinson, 16, student at a local school, was held on a charge of assault to murder here last week, following a fight between her and a white schoolgirl, Mary Alice Moore. The fight occurred when the two girls met while enroute from school. The white girl was stabbed several times with a file by the colored girl. Judge Fitzhugh, who heard the case said: "It is attacks like this that start race riots." Relatives of the Robinson girl brought the family Bible to court to prove the age of Louise who was alleged by the white girl to have been 15 years of age. National Bank of America 685 BROADWAY December 13.1930 Race Relations Body Talks of Miscegenation Howard Prof Attacks Parallel Theory; Jew Favors It CHICAGO — (ANP) — The question of whether humanity of the future is to be made up of highly organized individual groups or races as it is today, or whether there will be a merging and blending to develop the perfect man of the future, were among the subjects discussed at the Human Relations parley held December 5 and 6 at the Northwestern university and the North Shore hotel here. Jews and Negroes, Protestants and Catholics, came together in the round table discussions and perhaps the most significant presentations were made by a Jew and a Negro, representatives of the two most distinctly separate groups there. Espouses Idea In considering the advisability of racial groups yielding to the pressure of universalism, in which a new and blended type of man might be created, all wars cease and the millenium of brotherhood appear, as against the idea of the value of the preservation of group personality, Dr. Abram L. Harris, Jr. of Howard university, espoused the idea of the former, while Rabbi Solomon Goldman, associate editor of the Journal of Religious Education, contended that it was best for the welfare of man that each group be granted freedom to develop its own culture. Dr. Harris, who recently won his degree as doctor of philosophy in economics at Columbia university, criticised present trends in the development of racial consciousness, and said that all plans for the development of Negroes through the setting up of parrallel institutions with the white race were doomed to failure. What was needed, he said, was a realization of the necessity of creating an organization that would cut across race lines for the advance of the great body of the people. Goldman Speaks Rabbi Goldman while in agreement on this said, "Science may ultimately bring the world together, but the present evolution is in the direction of national group personalities. "Einstein and Moses are kin," he said. "What does that show? Jewish individuation. The universalists cannot understand Israel's irresistible will to live. We have been victims of social and business prejudice. But the Jew will hold out "Here in America he is indeed being put to the test. It is a melting pot. The American pattern is still in the weaving. How many centuries will it take to assimilate the colored people? How long before the mountaineers view life as Greenwich Village? America needs a continuance of group personalities." Discusses Contributions Discusses Contributions Prof. Harris' discussion centered around the contribution of the Negro to American life; the manner in which European customs have modified and shaped his life; the handicaps under which he has labored, the development of group consciousness within the race; and the effects of all this on the rest of American society. Other speakers were Dr. Edward A. Steiner, Grinnel college, Iowa. Dr. Paul Kiniery, Loyola university, and Rabbi Felix A. Levy of Chicago. Rail Executive Leaves Bequest to Servants CHICAGO. — (ANP) — Four colored servants were remembered substantially in the will of Charles H. Markham, chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Central railroad system, who died at his winter home in California last Monday. The names of those to receive bequests are: William Ferguson, chef on Mr. Markham's private car, and Oliver Dixon, waiter on the car, each of whom received $2,000, and Mrs. Minta Sheppard and Mrs. Mattie Harris, for whom a trust fund was created to provide them with a monthly income of $100 and $50 respectively. MONDE BANQUE DE LA VILLE Former Editor Member of Communists Battling With Police in Capital City Former Editor Member of Communists Battling With Police in Capital City Scarlet Sister Mary' Author Tells About Gullah Negroes WASHINGTON — (CNS) — George D. Tyler, former theatrical editor of a Baltimore weekly was among the 500 Communists of all nations who staged a demonstration on the steps of the United States Capitol at the opening of Congress here last Monday. Tear gas bombs and policemen's sticks drove the Communists away in a straggling march. Many of the delegation, who had come here from all sections of the country, left the city before nightfall. "Down with discriminating legislation." "Down with deportation." "Freedom for all political prisoners." "Down with finger-printing of aliens." "Down with the Fish committee." Scarlet Sister Tells About NEW YORK — (CNS) — "The Negro essentially is a truthful and honest person. The Gullahs are clannish and do not encourage other Negroes to live among them. Those who go away come back to die if they can get back," said Mrs. Julia Peterkin, author of "Black April" and "Scarlet Sister Mary" and many short stories about the Gullah Negroes. Mrs. Peterkin who lives on her husband's plantation, Lang Syne, in South Carolina, came to New York last week to see the New York premiere of Daniel Reed's dramatization of "Scarlet Sister Mary" played by Ethel Barrymore and her company in Miss Barrymore theatre. Mrs. Peterkin is a striking woman, of tall and commanding figure. Her speech, always precise, is unmarred by sharpeded words. She talks slowly and to the point. When interviewed about her literary work she remarked: "I really am not a writer. You might call my literary work an accident, though I don't believe in accidents myself. My job in life is that of a housekeeper, a mother. I was born in South Carolina. My father was a doctor and my mother died when I was born. I was raised by a Gullah Negress. I have been close to the people on my husband's planattion. I love to work in my kitchen and my garden. It was to unburden myself of many things that disturbed me about these Negroes that I tried to write. There are nearly 500 Negroes on the plantation. I have seen them under all conditions of life, happiness, sorrow, death and birth, superstition, frenzy. Some phases of these people One Fifth of Members in Churches Under 13 WASHINGTON, D. C. — (ANP) The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection which met in this city last week brought together a group of men and women, chiefly educators and social service workers, selected to make a study of conditions affecting the younger generation. From a report made by the Committee on Youth Outside the Home and School, it is revealed that there are ten million, two hundred thousand members in 232,154 churches, and these members are under thirteen years of age. They have, therefore, followed the admonition: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth." It is estimated that about 18.4 per cent of the entire church membership is composed of children, and that this membership is growing. In addition to the church, the committee reports that other organized agencies which influence boys and girls in the forty per cent of their time which is spent outside of the home and school, include the girl agencies which touch 1,500,000; the boy agencies which enroll 2,100,000 and the neighborhood agencies which attract 1,400,-000. An Albino deer, one of the rarest native animals in the United States, is roaming the forests in Potter county, Pa. Are you in need of MONEY See Sam at 1604 Broadway Phone 2-3477 The Limited Income accomplishes more, in the long run, if part of it is put aside regularly in a Savings Acount with the NATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA. Systematic deposits soon build a supstantial fund that enables you to enjoy the bigger things you want. A small deposit will open an account. k of America OADWAY For Complete Satisfaction Demand Superior Master Brand Meat Products MASTER BRAND Sausage, Luncheon Meat, Hams, Bacon Green Valley Butter and Eggs Superior Meat Products (Inc.) Phone 9157-8-9 Such were the inscriptions on the placards which the Reds held above their heads, screaming incoherent abuse at the police as they surged toward the steps. Twice the police walked in among them, snatched the placards and destroyed them. On a third rush, however, a woman wearing a rich fur coat refused to give up her placard. Two policemen attempted to get it as half a dozen Communists rushed them. Fists began flying. Among the other Negroes in the delegation were Julia Whitefield of New York, and Herbert Newton of Atlanta, who headed the committee that took a copy of the demands to Speaker Longworth's office. Mary' Author Gullah Negroes came to be almost an obsession with me." Second Dramatization Daniel Reed, who made the dramatization, had dramatized her first full-length novel, "Black April." He was the director of an art theatre in Columbia, S. C. the nearest large city to the Peterkin plantation, and Mrs. Peterkin had acted in his company. She states that the principal character, "Si May-e" is a real person and now is more than fifty years old. "Scarlet Sister Mary' never would have been dramatized had it not been for Miss Barrymore," said the novelist. "She asked for it, though when Miss Marbury, the play agent, wired me about it, she did not tell me the name of 'the famous American actress' who wanted the dramatic rights. I had no idea it was a woman so great as Miss Barrymore. I went to Cleveland to see the performance there. My only suggestion concerned the simplifying of the dialect, which I felt still was too complex readily to be understod by an audience in a theatre. "The Gullah speech is peculiar to our region. It is a mixture of original African words and the American language with perhaps a vague influence of Hugenot French. No one knows exactly its origin, but it is unified and pays no attention to singulars, plurals or genders. I never have been interviewed about the stage production of the play, despite all rumors to the contrary. I admire Miss Barrymore tremendously, and am gratified by what she has done for the play and the character." BORN IN 1820; DIES GREENVILLE, Miss. — (ANP) — Willis Clay, 110-year-old, is dead. Clay is believed to be the oldest man in the Delta and one of the oldest in Mississippi. He was born in Lafayette county, Kentucky, in 1820, and brought down the Mississippi river and sold into slavery in 1858. Following the emancipation of the slaves, Clay remained with his master at Yazoo City, and only a few years ago came to Washington county. Dr. E. J. Hoskins, owner of Sligo plantation, was in the city today and said that Clay has seven children surviving him, the oldest being 87 years old. Suits Cleaned and Pressed 69c MON. and TUES. Cloth Dresses Plain 99c Bring them in yourself; do not give them to anyone. We have no boy. SUPERIOR REMODELERS 2146 Broadway For Completo Demand Superior Meat THE GARY AMERICAN. GARY. INDIANA Satire Called A 'Menace' by Ohio Reviewer Negro's Novel on Race Relations 'Discredit' to Caucasians LOS ANGELES, — (ANP) — Urging the Columbus, Ohio, Urban League to blacklist it, a bitter diatribe has been released by the Ohio State Journal against a satirical novel recently published by Eugene Henry Huffman, 4215 Hooper avenue. Copies of the daily reaching here have caused no little discussion, due to the fact that all the local dailies had spoken highly of the work as a brilliant, amusing satire. The Journal article, written by Elma Ehrlich Levinger, states that the book, the title of which is "Now I am Civilized," will do "no little mischief, and promote misunderstanding between the white and black citizens of our country." The objection to the novel seems to arise from the fact that young Huffman, while employed as a cook in private families, has not only exposed the workings of the white man's mind but also the private actions of some of the most exclusive "white folks" from New Orleans to Hollywood. His revelations may keep him out of future jobs, as he is still working. With side-splitting humor, he has ridiculed the white man's highly touted superiority and thrown a spotlight on his morality. The Journal especially finds fault with Huffman's story of the origin of the mulatto and calls it "a vulgar, thoroughly barbarous treatment of a delicate subject. We are not squeamish if the regrettable fact is treated with dignity as in Walter White's 'Fire in the Flint,' but it should not be made the object of smoking-car humor." Miss Ehrlich further states that jesting about the white man's desire to cross the color line, and his association with Negro women, is too much of a discredit to the white race. Chicago Hospital Board Names Dr. M. Johnson WASHINGTON, D. C. — President Mordecai W. Johnson of Howard university, has been elected trustee of the Provident hospital of Chicago which recently successfully conducted a $3,000,000.00 campaign, and was the other Negro institution with Howard university to receive a bequest of the Hubert estate which was administered by former President Calvin Coolidge, ex-Governor Al Smith of New York, and Julius Rosenwald, of Chicago. Rich radium deposits that have been discovered near Wilberforce, Ont., Canada, give promise of surpassing those of the Belgian Congo, now the world's richest radium supply. Eat Wholesome Meals Tasty and well cooked food, attractively served, is essential to your health. Your meals should be chosen with the greatest of care and the place where you eat should specialize in delicious victuals easy to digest. Such a place is the ROXY LUNCH 1744 BROADWAY We specialize in wholesome cooking in both regular meals and short orders. We serve only the best quality of foods prepared with an eye toward easy digestion, tastiness and attractiveness. Satisfaction or Master Brand Products WASHINGTON. — (CNS) The State Department here Friday night instructed the American Charge d'Affaires Samuel Rober, Jr., at Monrovia, Liberia to proceed cautiously in his dealings with the government of the little republic in view of the resignation of President Charles B.D. King and Vice President Allen Yancey. Resignation of the two officials as a result of an expose of labor conditions and a subsequent discussion in the Liberian Legislature, was reported to reliable circles here Friday. Officials here view the uncertain situation caused by the resignation as serious. It was not known if Edward Barkley, Liberian secretary of state, can legally become president. The State department and the League of Nations have before them a report of joint investigating committees, charging labor conditions "scarcely distinguishable' from slavery existing in the tiny republic. Whites Use Dynamite to Oust Negro Workers COUCHATTA La - (CNS) COUCHATTA, La. — (CNS) A group of nearly 50 colored men, driven from a construction camp by a crowd of white men, here last Tuesday, were reported housed temporarily in the old Red River parish jail for safekeeping. The mob used dynamite. The gang visited the construction camp early in the evening and warned colored men to leave the vicinity so that white men, now unemployed, might obtain work, officers said. When the mob returned a second time and found the men still at work they bombed the camp with sticks of dynamite. Members of the state legislature from the local territory made a plea to the road contractor to employ only local white labor at his camp. Heat generated by rain reaching quicklime was the cause of a fire at a builders' supply yard in Wellingborough, Eng. TITTLER PACKING Meat Merchants 1500-1504 TITTLE BROS. PACKING CO. INC. 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Some of the arresting subjects discussed in Dr. Hill's new book are: 1. That the original ancestors of the people known as Negroes were not black. 2. That although more than one-tenth of the population of the United States is made up of "Negroes," more than one-half of this one-tenth is more white than black. 3. That everything distinctively :"American" in music, art, literature, and homely philosophy had its origin directly or indirectly with the Negro. 4. That Negroes in this country know much more about white people than white folk know about Negroes. 5. That the Negro is essential to the successful economic life of this nation in the immedite future. 6. That all Negroes will turn white if they continue to abide in this climate and civilization. 7. That Negro voters may have it absolutely within their power to determine the next occupant of the White House. Dr. Hill will also discuss "Interracial Rambling", the Negro's potentiality for good and evil, and his ultimate place in the nation. Bandits worked so quietly when they held up a telegraph office at Los Angeles, Cal., that Detective R. L. Stevenson, who was guarding the office in anticipation of a robbery, knew nothing of it although he stood less than 30 feet from the scene. E BROS. NG CO. INC. Stores Everywhere BROADWAY DIRECTORY EXPRESSING FRED'S EXPRESS & COAL CO. Light Hauling 118 W. 17th Ave. 2-1747 FURNITURE 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 Fire Burns Asylum; Start Bankruptcy 1 Dies, Some Leave Suit Naming Binga Fire Burns Asylum; Start Bankruptcy 1 Dies, Some Leave Suit Naming Binga JACKSON, Miss. — (ANP) One man was burned to death, according to Dr. C. D. Mitchell, white, superintendent of the hospital for the insane, "between 15 and 20" other insane patients escaped custody of their guards, when one of the three-story buildings, housing more than 300 insane patients, was virtually destroyed by fire, early Thursday morning. They escaped while being transferred to other wards. The 300-odd patients, scantily dressed, suffered from the severe cold weather as they were taken to safety. The burned body of the youth, who was feeble-minded, was discovered on the third floor near the bathroom in which the blaze started, when the ruins were searched Friday morning. Discovery of the escape of others was made during the day as the check of patients progressed. The definite number getting away cannot be determined until the check is completed. Cause of the blaze has not been determined. Because of the loss of the building, the trustees of the insane hospital at a special meeting, held Friday afternoon, adopted a resolution notifying sheriffs of the 82 counties that until further notice the institution can receive no more patients. BANKS EXPECTED TO REOPEN VERY SOON LOUISVILLE, Ky. — (ANP) The two banks that closed last week are expected to reopen very soon. The state banking commissioners have full charge of the auditing of the books. The cause of the closing was the fact that the Louisville Trust company, a white institution, closed last Mon- Dreading to 'face a charge of stealing a loaf of bread from the home of his neighbor, at Pittsburgh, Pa., Joseph Drusin, 39, unemployed and the father of 8 hungry children, escaped the law's demands by hanging himself. 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SLICK'S Gary Laundry Co. "The Laundry That Does It Best" FIFTH AND MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN BEA 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. Read The American. Phone 2-6414 PAGE THREE CHICAGO — (ANP) — Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were instituted here Wednesday against Jesse Binga, president of the defunct Binga State bank, in a petition filed by attorneys for the John J. Dunne Coal company. The petition alleges that Binga owed the coal company $15,868, and questions his right to transfer 41 pieces of real estate and shares of stock possesed by him to Charles Jackson. Binga is also alleged to have transferred some of his personal property to his wife, Mrs. Eudora Binga. Edward H. Morris, appointed receiver for the Binga bank last week, took charge of the institution Tuesday. Sue Hubert Julian For Motorless Plane Price HUBERT JULIAN— NEW YORK — A suit for $5,189. 35 was filed Friday against Hubert Julian, former head of the Abyssinian air service and Harlem parachute jumper. The action was instituted in the Supreme court by Frank P. Oexle, Jr., white, who said he sold Julian a motorless airplane for exhibition purposes in 1926. The plane was exhibited in Harlem. Oexle says in his petition that he failed to receive payment for the machine. Julian recently returned from Abyssinia, denying reports that he was ordered from the country by Emperor Haile Selassie for crashing with one of the ruler's choice airplanes. A plunge from a 40th-floor window of a New York (N. Y.) hotel killed 36-year-old Robert Brownfelder. IVAN C. DUNLAP Jeweler Successor to Stringfellow's Jewelry Department Expert Watch Repairer 548 Broadway Dresses of 31 Draped With a Jewel Cluster Paris Shops “Show Most New Gowns Tending Toward Jewelry _ PARIS — A hasty census of the gowns included in the midseason fashion shows now going on in Pa- Tis —(the advance guard of 1931 styles) — gives the approximate percentage of nearly seventy per- cent worn and designed with jew- els, and thirty percent without. It is noticeable that the dresses worn with jewelry are of the type that depend entirely on their orna- ments. For example, a majority of the new dresses have some sort of tightened line sround the waist with the fuuness or the sKirt caught up in the space between the hips and the waistline. Where last year’s similarly draped frock would have fastened under a fold of a pleat, this year's version is caught up obviously beneath some brooch or band of jewels. Three important dressmaking housese — Lucien Lelong, Jean Pa- tou and the Maison Ardanse, now fsrm the growing list of conturiers who show real jewels (and none others) with their costumes, Of- 4en as not, an afternoon’s manne- quin parade will include jewels val- ued at many millions of francs. Award Three Prizes in Chrysanthemum Show Three prizes were awarded to winners in the Chrysanthemum show held at the Bast Pulaski school by the home decorating Glass. Mrs. Pearl Ortain, 1549 Ver- mont, won first honors; Mrs, Louise Patton, 1519 Vermont, took — sec- ond, ond Mrs. E. Fitzpatrick, 1712 Carolina, was awarded third’ prize. Mrs. E,'L. Williams, 1549 Tennes- see, judged the display. Gary women are urged to attend the class which meets every Mon- day and Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 at East Pulaski, or the Roos- evelt school class which moets Tues- days and Thursdays at the same hour, Both classes are under the Girection of Mrs. A. P. Alvan, 1520 Carolina strect. Particular attention at present is being directed toward the making of poinsettas and wall plaques for Christmas and it is reported that Tuch beautiful and interesting Maris heirs donc. MAN INDICTED FOR 10-CENT THEFT GULFPORT, Miss. — (CNS) The alleged theft of a 10-cent can of syrup served as the basis of an indictment, for petit larceny. When arraigned following. his indict- ment, Patterson protested his in- Nocence and when asked when he would be ready for triai, shouted “right now.” This is said to be the smallest monetary value ever plac- €d on an article of merchandise in an indictment returned in this county. ROOSEVELT rl | | | | THEATRE | | | Sunday, Dee. 14 “THE BIG FIGHT” | | | STEPIN PETCHIT || Eola Lane James Eagle | ———_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_____ Mon., Tues. & Wed. _ Dec. 15-16-17 “CHEER UP | AND SMILE” | with DIXTE LEE | ARTHUR LAKE | : || “THE INDIANS | ARE COMING” | 12 Smashing Talking Chapters | with | | COL. 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Fruit Cabbage Salad in Gelatin 1 package lemon 1 cup diced pine- flavored apple gelatin mix- 4 eup grapefruit, ture diced 1% cups boiling 1% cups finely water chopped cab- % cup pineapple bage juice 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons lem- chopped pimien- ‘on juice tos % tablespoon salt Pour the boiling water over vela- tin mixture and stir until dissolved Add the pineaple juice. Cool. Add rest of ingredients and pour into mold which has been rinsed ovt with cold water. Set in a cold place to stiffen. Unmold on lettuce and surround with salad dressing Apple Roll Somerset 2 cups flour L tablespoon sugar 4 teaspoons bak- 5 tablespoons fat ing powder = 2.3 cup milk 44 teaspoon salt Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in the fat with knife. Mixing with the knife slow ly add the milk until a soft doush forms. Pat out on a floured papri Spread with the Apple Mixture Apple Mixture 14 cups sliced 2-3 cup sugar apples 2 tablespoons 1 cup water flour 1 teaspoon cinna-2 tablespoons but- mon ter Mix the apples and water. Cook 5 minutes in covered pan. Mix the stjsar, cinnamon and flour. Add to apple mixture and cook until it thickens a little. Stir constantly Add the butter and cool. Spread on the soft dough. oll up like jelly and place in greased pan. Bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Cut in slices and serve. MAVANA BANS “RHOMBA": HARLEM LIKES IT NEW YORK — (ANP) — The Rhumba dance, a new, wild dance, based on the jungle dances of Af. rica, now popular in the New York night clubs, has been barred by clubs in Havana, where the club owners declare it too suggestive and violent for presentation in their places. It is all the rage in New York City. Not only is the dance highly suggestive, but the costumes are less than those affected in the “Diga Diga Do" numbers of “Placl: birds.” Read, The Amevican. De Luxe Club Notes A very pleasant evening was spent by all wro attended the Mat- inee conee Sundey at the Club se- lon. ‘The out of town guests were: Misses Ruth Conner, Christine Me- ‘Aree, Blossom Lane, Thelma Rob- inson, Thelma Prown and Juanita Rogers, Mr. an? Mrs, Conner, Mr. and Mrs. McAree and Dr. and Mes. G. W. Lane. Because of the increasing popu- larity of the Sunday evening dane*s, the club will now start at 5:30 and continue until 9:30. The musie will be furnished by the club orchestra, Mr. Greenlow, formerly of Chicago, is the director. Every one is invited to attend and any criticisms offered will be appreciat- ed. Earl Hyman, accompanied by the club, attended the morning ser- viee at Trinity Baptist church last Sunday. The club wiil visit Grace Presbyterian on December 14. The schedule of the DeLuxe **The schedule of the DeLuxe Five will be announced soon. . Be a DeLuxe booster. . Joseph L. .Ratcliffe, reporter NOTICE, St. John A. M. ©. church will hold its first quarterly mecting Sunday, December 14, at 3p. vm. at St. James A, M. E. church, 26th and Massachusetts streets. We invite our friends to join us in making this a success. The kev. asugene Thompeon, pastor of the First A. M. 8, church, will deliver the communion ser- mon. Music will be by the St. James choir, Mrs. S$. EB. Gross is to sing a solo and Mrs. Gross and Mrs Yolande Smiley are to sing a duet, é All are welcome. WHITE CLERK FLEECES MAN. OF $50 BILL, HELD MEMPHIS, Ten. — (CNS) — A white store clerk was held on a charg? of grand larceny here last week when he is alleged to havc fleeced Lootas Hall, a colored cus- tom>r, out of a $50 bill. Hall says he bave Max Goidman, the clerk the bill and asked him to change it for him. 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Dixie Dairy Co. 1200 W. 15th Ave. Phone 6101 THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA aa 7 ° What’s What Broadway Pres i as eas Pe Za ies Varieties of 1 <3 éf roa | Continuing with the pe (72 \-| | AY) Za) | ringing stage shows to th “i ye | south side, the Broadway | ey ewe | announced this wek that Mz Rope) © fq (Taylor will present Vari MES SOUS _ ES |1931, a musical comedy with tigers ta | f a rp | of twenty two, this coming 3 a ian ae pam §6| Tuesday and Wednesday. te Gari apes Ae The Three Ink Spots, et * 1% G | ee ts singing and dancing act whi NE aes ey closed a successful run at t EN 7 = ae, gal theatre, Chicago, will nt \ a of the featured attractions. poe EY | |Howard and Spark Plug known comedians, will be m RESTAURANT MANNERS | 22078 Comedians, will be m Questions—1. A girl is dining with a young man in a restaurant. Food for two is served on a platter. Does the young man help his sruest or does she serve herself? Some menus have dishes with foreign nanies; often i don’t know what (hey mean. Is there a way of find- ing out what they represent? MIRIAM. 2. When Mr. Y invites me to linner befote the show, do I order from the menu or does he? Do I remove my hat and coat? When bouillion is served in cups, is it eaten with a spoon or sipped from the cup? fa Answers—1. In first-class restau- rants the waiter serves the portions from the platter. When this service is not available the host helps his suest to a portion before he serves himself, When the name of a dish is not understood, it is quite all right for the host to request the weiter to translate it into English, 2. The host ¢oes the orderir}z, asking bis guest for her prefer- ences. Her coat ts removed at the table; she does not take off her hat. A few spoonfuls of bouillion are taken; the remainder is sipped from the eun. (Copyright by Public Ledger) Buy now and help bring prosper- ity back. 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Slim Howard and Spark Plug, well known comedians, will be much in evidence as will Ellis and Ells, dancers, Mack and Mack, comed- ians, Mary Mack, the blues sing- er; Bobby Wilson, the personality isirl, a chorus of ten girls and an eight piece jagz band. This stage show will take an hour and will follow the talking picture, “She's My Weakness,” starring Sue Carol and Arthur Lake, Admission will be 30 cents for adults and 10 cents for chil- dren, with the stage show coming on at 2:30, 4:45, 7:00 and 9:15. MADE PRESBYTERIAN ELDER NEW YORK (ANP) — Mrs. William Wolfe, wife of the princi- pal of Bowling Green academy, Kentucky, a National Missions in- stitution for colored boys and girls, has been elected elder in the Bowl- iq; Green chureh, according to an anouncement by the Presbyterian Board of National missions. With ire ection Mrs. Wolfe becomes he first colored woman elder in the Presbyterian church, U. S. A. LGA, | ee ee. | 1G. A. 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We Have It If it’s in our line South Side DECORATING & HARDWARE CO. 121 W. 25th St. Phone 4-1031 DECEMBER 13,1980 THE SERVED WISEST RED HOT ae: Mustar) = AMERICA ISSUE HELLO, EVERYBODY! Scien- lists claim that he world is good for sibly two or thre million ‘years ore. That will just about give t of us time to pay all the in- mts on that radio and auto- Odile. soe Also, by that time Congress may t around to pass a law against ching. eee Jus* think how many divorces a jovie star could have by then! see ADD SMILIES: AS SLOW AS A LICEMAN 'COMING TO THE ‘ENE OF A CRIME. oe 8 DIRTY'S BROAD HAS HER AY. Mister Mustard: That no-good mp, Dirty Twelve, told you just ne story of him eating Thanks- ving dinner over to my. house. He id that I have got so fat you have lo look twice to see if I am walk- in gor rolling. Well, all I got to is this: don’t nobody overlook when I walk down the street ind this winter if I want to I can ake any skinny gal in town hunt erself another stall. As for Dirty, e's done got so small dodging cops nd hunting meals he has to stand the same place twice to cast a lhadow. As for the turkey, we thov{zht it as a mighty big bird until we sat lown to dinner. Dirty ate both gs, wings, part of the breast and as still hungry so he grabbed a ouple of turkish towels hanging drying and started to eat those boiled tripe. He hadn't sat wn to a table in so long he had lorgotten whether you put sugar coffee or buttered it. He wouldn't ke a napkin because he said he in't want to wrap up anything. ile we were eating Dad told him e could tell he had eggs for break- last because of the yolk on his hin, but Dirty said that was two That’s New York! By Crerar Harris "Sane ae back pretty recul Shall we chat this week about Ihe stage and its people? The stars ff the cinema, thanks to super- ress-agentry, have so monopolized e spotlight in recent years that ericans at large have all but rgotten their pre-war flair for aking idols of the legitimate the- tre’s dominant personalities. Not in New York. Although the rama is not followed so intensely rhaps as in the days before flick- ring shadows were taken serious- , there is still a sizeable metropo- itan coterie that attends first ights religiously and takes de- ight in heaping adulation upon the jurrent footlight favorites. The stage-door John is not yet tinct. Prima-donnas and leading ies still are freif;hted with or- lhids. Glorified chorus girls are jot without saole wraps and dia- ond bangles. Any back-stage at- ndants are still going flat-footed rrying mash notes. Today the toast of the town is dele Astaire. She reigns as the m supreme in Ziqgfeld’s cluster of auties. A willowy little wisp of legance, she has that gift which kes great names—she is grace arnate. The blunt still call it x appeal, but the subtle find her apostheosis of feminity. She is 1980 what Lotta Crabtree, Anna eld, Lillian Russell and Julia San- lerson were to their successive as. She isa figure of vicarious mance, an embodied quintessence Terpsichore, and she has the ywn at her feet. The daughter of a prosperous maha brewer, she came to New ork as a dancing child with her ‘other Fred, who still stars with r. They knew the hard novitiate stagedom—weary seasons of five jows a day in vaudeville, then a eshman course in minor musical- medy hits. It remained for Lon- m to lift Adele to the heights. ritain took her wistful magnifi- nce to its heart, and Mayfair ade a darling of her. She hob- bbed with Shaw and Barrie and Isworthy. So it was in the cards, hen she returned to Broadway, at Park Avenue, with its usual nglomania, should take a leaf om London's book and pamper r, too. The triumph of.her premiere this ason was like a social levee. So- ety provides the van of her army adorers. No exclusive party is mplete without her. Born for e stage, she says she will never arry. But it seems inevitable that me day she shall be mistress of brilliant fortune. eee Peter Arne. You know the name, \egurse. It's the label of the yy sauciest, most sophisti- tec @nd satirical of today’s cari- tur@gs of New Yorks’ segment of e A@Merican scene. Those racy, wdy, «slapstick or subtle strokes the guffaw-providing pages of e New. Yorker. Having con- ered with his crayon, Arno has rned to the theatre. His show — least, he “lid the book, designed e sets and provided most of the gs — will’~¥ on the boards by @ time this gxys into type. t gives promise of in’ {nating that new a distinct typé ‘of American hu- jor which his namc\now typifies. Most people suspect from his rk that Arno, like other cur- ntly pampered caricaturists, ‘ought his talent from abroad. He n't. He is a native New Yorker, e son of a well-known Supreme urt Justice, and his family name Peters. He went up to Yale only few years ago as just another wh man's son. He was known ere chiefly as a jazzy piano play- and a rather sturdy roisterer. A ng estrangement with his father ted from one of his college es- pades. When he left Yale he yught livelihood at the piano, hav- tried in vain to mold his strange ifts into the exactitudes of an ar- tic education. He was leading a ce orchestra when he made a 1 essay at becoming a humor- artist. His sketches had been days ago. Dad offered him a cigar but the big bum had to step on it be- fore he could smoke it and enjoy it. We might have gone to a show after dinner only I was broke. Any- way, the last time I went out with him T had to walk back home in- stead of riding the street car be- cause Dirty said he didn’t want to break a quarter. As for our sing- ing — he tried to join in with us and blamed if the whole police de partment didn’t come around look- ing for a murder. hope all his children play minia- ture golf! Hattie Whatthehen eee | MOST OF THE HAIR-RAISING STORIES ARE WRITTEN BY -BALDHEADED MEN. Sas TO A FRIEND FAR AWAY I'd Nke to write you A letter every day But I fear that I wouldn't Know jst what to say It is raining Or tt fsn’t The cat has had kittens Or it hasn't 1 m\ght say I’m lonesome But you've heard that before So until we have a western sun- rise Or the angel Gabriel Serenades us I fear There'll be nothing much to write Unless I say I'm lonesome And you've heard that before. —Sonny Boy. eee According to staistics, there are seven women in the world for each and every man. But let a man who is tied up try to get around to his other six and see what happens. Which proves that the women ain't got no sense of justice or responsi- bility for the other members of the sex. —Marsh Mellows. coming back pretty regularly from the comic magazines. Then he turned out the first of his famous Whoops sisters, those nonedescript bonneted women whom every mag- azine reader remembers. He was about to accept an attractive berth leading a fashionable orchestra when the New Yorker accepted the sketch. He jettisoned music forth- with and his bizarre and meteoric career began. Today art editors beg for his work at any stiff price that Arno cares to mention. Whether the theatre will think as well of him soon will be determin- eo ‘ee Ring Lardner, whose written hu- mor is in some points comparable with Arno’s crazy pictures, also is projecting his name into the thea- trical firmament. When a producer wants a revue to be a really super- ior success, he gets Lardner to write the lyrics. Ziegfeld consider- led “Smiles,” his latest offering, a tittle deficient when it opened in Boston. So he rounded up Vincent Xoumens, composer of the music, late one night, got Lardner out of ‘bed in New York to hold up the other end of a long-distance wire, and made Youmans hum some of his melodies .into the _ telephone. Lardner did a quick job of wrap- ping some new and funnier words around the music, and the show, in Ziegfeld's opinion at least, be- gan to click. eee It takes an outlander to appre- ciate New York for what it is. Two bits from Paul Morand’s new book, just translated from the French, strike me as graphically apt. Sup- pose you try them: “New York sprang from exile, from tears, from poverty, from con- gestion; and now its doors are clos- ed to the poor, the failures, those who are ‘on the sidetracks’; you live there, you whistle, you an- swer ‘O. K.’ to everything, and you only die at the last moment, very quickly. You aren't born there (@ pregnant woman is never seen in the streets); and you don't die ‘there either. As soon as one has breathed his last he is immediately driven off very fast in a Packard to the funeral parlor, where he is laid out and painted up. So if you ever see a very restful, pink face in New York, it belongs to a corpse.” And this: “New York's nerves are being shattered; it is a new breathing on ‘the wheel. The environs are full of asylums, of Yogi institutions where millionaires go digging and watering. The slow, sifting sub- tle melancholy of London — what is that compared with the New ‘York “blues,” the malady one fights with doses of cocktails, or with the nervous depression ever ready to pounce? A European bears up for a few months. The New Yorker only escapes it by going away. Sal- vation in flight. Railway stations are like the churches of a new re- ligion.” Amen! TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE GETS $5,000 BEQUEST NEW YORK — (CNS) — By the will of Mrs. Jane E. Andrews, late of 966 Park avenue this city and Islip, Lonf; Island, who died on November 19, leaving an estate es- timated at $3,000,000, Tuskege Insti- tute, Tuskegee, Alabama, gets a $5,000 bequest. The Laurnsburg Normal Institute at Laurensburg, N. C., also gets $2,000. HERE IS TRUE CHRISTIANITY ALBANY, N. Y. — (CNS) — The Mount Olive Community Welfare, Uplift and Industrial association, a Negro organization, is serving 600 free mcals daily to the unemployed more than half of whom are white persons. The Rev. Isaac C. Reddie secretary and general superinten- dent of the association, said 100 men can be fed at a cost of $15. Movie Lot Talk Shi Sate Tawetia See a enor Things are quiet on the movie front, there being very few of the tocal colony working. But news of considerable activity after the holi- days will be in evidence. ; eee “GREAT DAY," according to re port, is to be filmed soon at M. G. M. Mr. Harry Poltard, who has just finished the “Southerner,” is expected to direct it. eee DAISY BUFORD, charming local screen player, worked in “Aloha” with Ben Lyon. ee ROSALEE LINCOLN had a nice 2 he Se . pe ‘ Ad oe a a5. « ae << — caer sas " oe ’e ae oe ARTHUR B. WHITLOCK President a S. | - ee | “a ss 2 oS fae? | weir” | | PP Fi f ad ¥. MARSHALL DAVIS. Managing Editor ae — F ’ me ” ol a as os j : — . : wie i. ~ 4 | * Fd | MARJORIE BURRELL Business Dept. = Woes GRY : Ra Ue — ate YE * BAe ues ¢ 1 | fee Y PRINTERS — PUBLISHERS — ENGRAVERS OUR PRIVATE EXCHANGE WILL CONNECT YOU WITH ANY DEPARTMENT — JUST DIAL GARY 6134 1819 WASHINGTON STREET ‘THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA ye -speaking part in “Follow| MOVIE COMBINE PLAN ru.” naeonen rx. S PHILADELPHIA. — (AD OSCAR SMITH could be seen|What promises to be a step playing the part of a cook in the |direction of “big things” is ° same picture. It was made at/|cent announcement by D. M. Paramount, where Oscar is as well | ly, 1505 N, 22nd street, a well. known as the gate Itself. real estate broker, that he h: cee ed with four men who are WALTER RICHARDSON is toto invest one mitiion dolla: deave with Small and Mays, accord- | moving picture company for ing to report. the actors will ie principa o 2 8_38 grocs. A suitable name -f THE AL JOLSON CHORUS is |company has not yet been to leave shortly on a tour with|and a prize is to be awar¢ Noah Beery, it is alleged. Jone. ‘Ihe best Negro talent Sa a being selected. The pictures Mrs. DOROTHY PERRY, wife of he made by Philadelphia N the famous Stepin Fetchit, arrived | and the first picture will be last week from N. ¥., with the al-| Married Man Love his Wi ready famous baby. Sweetheart at the Same Tin Knowing how to do many things is a valuable asset to an individual. It can be appreciated in a business organization as well, For instance, almost any one of our people can plan and prepare printing —— make attractive layouts. specify appropriate type, and suggest the right kind of paper. - -, Ours is not an over-specialized organization, and you will find everyone here ready and willing to aid you with your printing problems, and qualified to do so by virtue of talent, training and temperament. When you order printing from us you may be assured that care wil! be exercised to sce that you get what you want. We give you service —— « service made possible by the battery of machines and presses we have in operation in our plant and by the number of qualified people we have in our organization, a few of whom are shown here. | Let’s get acquainted. MOVIE COMBINE PLANNED PHILADELPHIA. — (ANP) — What promises to be a step in the direction of “big things” is ‘the re- cent announcement by D. M. Mobe- ly, 1505 N, 22nd street, a well-known real estate broker, that he has join- ed with four men who are: willing to invest one mitiion dollars in a moving picture company for which the actors will ke principally Ne- groos. A suitable name -for the company has not yet been found, and a prize is to be awarded for one. The best Negro talent is also being selected. The pictures are to be made by Philadelphia Negroes, and the first picture will be “Can a Married Man Love his Wife and Sweetheart at the Same Time?” ber = ‘ * ‘ we ~ att \e~ ¥ a fio : Ne CHAUNCEY TOWNSEND Executive Editor Trained To Render Efficient Service HAS PASSION FOR FALSE ALARMS PHILADELPHIA, Pa, — (ANP) — His passion for turning in alarms in qrder to see the quick re- sponse of the engines caused the atrest of James Roden who lives near 28th and Ellsworth streets. He was charged with turning in false alarms, after firemen had been called out three times in one hour from the same location. Roden was held in $500 bail for court. When a judge at Denver, Colo- rado, gave Esther Matson, | pretty 22-year-old bootlegyer, the choice of a 90-day jail sentence or go to church for 2 years, she decided to attend church. a —————— i OLDEST NEW ORLEANS CHURCH HAS A CELEBRATION NEW ORLEANS -- (CNS) — The 76th anniversary of St. Mark Baptist chureh was observed here last week. The church is one of the oldest in the state and has three de- ceased pastors. A chorus of fifty voices participated én the exercises. Among the speakers were the Rev. J. C. Nicholas, pastor of First Free Mission Baptist church; the Rev. G. H. Devore, president of first dis- trict Baptist association and Pro- fessor A. L. Simon, L. D. Johnson, H. D. Moulton and L. W. Cham- bers. An advertisement in The Ameri- ean brings results. ¢ = eS 4 we 3g ‘7 F; —— ae R cs ene ai ine Se Cae Ys ‘ ow me ee aaa a eee ERS SOR SG Shen ee RB ee ee q Bi are a y bea Pe i Be FRITZ W. ALEXANDER Treasurer “fy ee BOOKER T. 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He was evidently success. ful in bringing great influence to ‘bear to keep me from coming to Camden. If he did not, somebody else did, as T have a letter in my ‘pocket which informed me that ‘this was to be a democratic meet- ing.” | The congressman from Illinois was the principal speaker, along with Dean William Pickens, at the mass meeting held under the aus- pices of the N. A. A.C P. The meeting was attended by more than two thousands who packed the Con- vention hall, 7 Congressman De Priest pointed out instances, nationwide, in which the Negro had been discriminated against in defiance of constitutional rights accorded him, and told his hearers: Advance Together “Your fight for your rights has only begun. I have been criticised for permitting my wife to attend the White House reception which is my privilage as a congressman, The advancement of one Negro should be an incentive for the ad- vancement of others. 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When asked if he decided to take off four, Brown replied. “Yes sir, I'd like to take four of them off.” “All right,” said the judge, “which four will you take.” “Most any four,’ replied the de- fendant. “I just want to tak> 'en off and talk to them before they try me.” HUNTER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF; DIES WATER VALLEY — (ANP) — Jack Barr, farmer of néar Water Valley, bled to death in the woods near his home from a wound in the right leg accidentally inflicted. Barr started hunting when his shot- gun was accidentally discharged. The charge entered the right leg above the knee. NOTICE OF FINAL . SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE In the Lake Superior Cot Gary, November term, 1930. the matter of the estate of Jake Thomas, No. 1332. Notice is hereby given to the heirs, legatees and creditors of Jake ‘Thomas, deceased, to ap- pear in the Lake Superior Court, held at Gary, Indiana, on the 13th day of December, 1930 and show cause, if any, why the Final Set- tlement Accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be ap- proved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distribu- tive shares. Witness the Clerk of the Lake Superior Court, at Gary, this 15th day of November, 1980. ‘ ‘ALVINA’ M. TaLLAGREW Clerk Lake Superior Court CAGE EiGHT . Te “The Distinguished Newspaper”. Owned and published every Friday morning in, the year by The American Publishing Company, Inc. an Indiana corporation. arthur B. Whitlock, Presi- dent; 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. Adver- tising rates upon request. Cepyright, 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. VOL. 1V. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 No. 4 What’s Wrong With Christianity? UNDAY New York's mightiest cath S rang with epithets. Church p shouted threats of lynching and 2 UNDAY New York's mightiest cathedral S rang with epithets. Church Dee shouted threats of lynching and added blows to their outeries. Former Judge Ben Lindsey of Colorado had attempted to de- fend himself against the oral and character attacks of Episcopal Bishop William T. Man- ning and the congregation would have none of it. In such strange ways did Christianity work in the nation’s sophisticated metropo- lis. The merits and faults of companionate marriage will not be discussed here. There are more important subjects. , The main issues are the tendency of the clergy to use the pulpit to lambast and villify those with whom they disagree, the hypocrisy of American religion, the mediaeval fanaticism of church members who would wreak vio- lence in behalf of a religion founded on peace, brotherly love and fairplay, and the common practice of white priests in avoiding mention of America’s most baffling problem — the race situation. =a A history of Bishop Manning’s record will show that the total amount of energy expend- ed in behalf of the Negro race will not com- pare with the exertion spent in fighting companionate marriage. The Methodist church directs the bulk of its energy against anti-Prohibition sentiment. The notorious Bishop Cannon brays for the sanctity of the Eighteenth amendment while a large section of his constituency daily violates the Four- teenth and Fifteenth. It is apparently more essential to supervise post-marital relations and what one drinks than to promote the doctrines of a square deal for fellow-Chris- tians of another color. It is most unfortunate that the pulpits are not filled with Christians. The few who have somehow managed to get in are either too few in number to wield great power or too fearful of ridicule to let their true status become known. As it is, the non-Christian priests sway the land and lead congregations who have either been hoodwinked or go to church because they get what they like to hear. The records show that those who have imbibed deepest of the drink believed to be Christianity have been affected as has a youth by strong wine. They have fought, conquered, killed and tortured in the name of the church as a history of wars and of nations will show. Today the southern yokel of the Mississippi frontier has his churches and his lynchings and is interested equally in both. Christianity would probably put an end to racial and class antagonism if it ever be- came popular. The few glimpses the world has had of this strange and peaceful relig- ion has caused thinkers to sing its praises. Some day a leader may come and cause the world to follow, even if it means stripping our pulpits of many preachers. A Lesson From Hard Times LESSED with a little success, it has been B the tendency of the professional man to sink his earnings in good living and costly pleasures. As a rule he supports few business institutions unless he sees where he can snatch something for himself and has lit- tle time for organizations unless by working in them he can get much useful personal publicity. He has considered his salvation and well-being a thing apart from that of the masses. Probably nothing has proven the mistake of this position so much as has the prevail- ing unemployment problem. The dentist, the doctor and the lawyer have felt its stwength; for when the laborer has neither money nor job he cannot pay the professional man for the performance of his duties. This is a fundamental truth, yet it has not soon been learned. The future should see widespread changes along these lines. Since the success of those at the top of the economic scale depends up- on the steady employment of those at the foot of the ladder, it becomes imperative that the professional man invest his earn- ings in ways to assure the people as a whole of continued income. This can best be done by the financing of businesses which wi!l give work to the masses. Too much cannot be said of the gains of cooperation. It means personal salvation in times of need. But for the most part it has gone a-begging. If the professional man will realize, in times of prosperity, that the burden of pre- paration against hard times lies with him and others who have money to invest in busi- ness enterprises, then the preva'ling depres- sion will have done much needed and lasting _ good. Other Papers Say THE LABELS RBPALUMIIUEE SAREE SREEENE BREET Clarence Darrow doesn’t believe in the Christian and the Jewish God. He says so himself. He goes further. He says it every night or so on the lecture platform before thousands of listeners who pay a dollar a seat to hear Mr. Darrow riddle arguments ‘of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish preach- ers who claim for Christianity unity, and brotherly love. The Catholic church teaches that through it alone passes the divine way. It is intol- erant, said the Protestant speaker at a quadrangular discussion in Washington last week . Who was intolerant when Al Smith ran for the Presidency? asked the Catholic; ‘and the Jewish rabbi, condemning neither, merely directed attention to three thousand | years of Jewish history. Mr. Darrow re- ferred sarcastically to all of their preten- ‘sions. Colored folk, who were refused admission to this debate except to seats in the gallery, apealed through the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. to each of the speakers. Darrow, the Agnostic, alone responded. He threatened to withdraw unless what he regarded as segregation was corrected. So the gallery segregation plan was abondaned for a plan more subtie and tricky. Effort was made to keep colored folk together in single rows, albeit in no one section. The point is, however, that of the Catholic, the Jew, the Agnostic and the Protestant, “the so-called Agnostic alone did the Chris- tian thing.” Such was the comment of a Washington minister. Our own goes much further. As we see it, Darrow was the only Christian there, Others have only the labels. THE POLITICAL FOOTBALL (Philadelphia Tribune) Reapportionment of House representation will in all probability give the lame ducks in the present.Congress their last oppor- tunity to play football with aliens and Ne- groes. 3 Representatives of agricultural states, which will lose representatives under the new census figures, will attempt to exclude aliens from the reapportionment count to prevent gains in certain industrial states. This attempt will be met by a counter move on the part of representatives in in- dustrial states to reduce represenattion in Southern states in proportion to the dis- franchisement of Negroes in those states. It is to be observed that the Southern representatives are planning to take the of- fensive to exclude the aliens. Representative Tinkham, Massachusetts Republican, says: “If an attempt is made to exclude the aliens, I stand ready to fight for the enforcement of the Fourteenth Amend- ment to the Constitution amd will propose re- duction in representation in proportion to the disfranchisement of the Negro in the South.” The fight for the enforceemnt of the Fourteenth Amendment is, therefore, dec- pendent upon how well the South succeeds in curtailing Eastern representation by eliminating aliens from the reapportionment count. In other words it is to be used as a threat, a thing to trade with. If you do not interfere with our aliens we wiil let you do as you darn please with the Negro and the Constitution. The reduction of Southern representation should have been accomplished as provided in the Constitution long ago. But there has been no sincere effort to enforce this amend- ment. Republicans have used it frequently to drive Southern Democrats into line: The issue of reducing Southern representation because of the disfranchisement of Negroes is merely a football. Mbt ..? Opinions | empty stomach is not a good po yi; r" —Albert Ein st of what I learned at school i to be inaccurate or wholly false : —Joseph Hergesh: ctory does not count nearly so w you play the game.” —Gene Tt objection to divorce is that it h: too respectable.” —Gilbert K. Chest “An empty stomach is not a good political adviser,” ; ; ry —Albert Einstein. “Most of what I,learned at school is now found to be inaccurate or wholly false.” : —Joseph Hergesheimer. Saeed “Victory does not count nearly so much as how you play the game.” —Gene Tunney. “My objection to divorce is that it has be- come too respectable.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton. “Tam old-fashioned enough to believe that trade is the hand-maid of peace.” —Sir Charles Addis. “Age acquires no value save through dis- cipline.” —James Truslow Adams. “We want opinions to change—but not in fundamentals, not in aspirations, not in ideals.” —Ramsay MacDonald. “While I am where I am, there will be no war.” —Aristide Briand. “Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.” —Arnold Bennett. “I have found no appreciable difference between one so-called race and another.” —Charles Edward Russell. “It is the egotism of man that inspires his belief in the soul.” —Clarence Darrow. “An artist cannot work regularly eight hours a day.” Count Keyserling. “Men are more inclined to submit to him who makes himself dreaded than to him who strives to be loved.” —Dean Inge. THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA A Diplomat at Large It’s no great wonder that young Negro writers don’t blossom out in wholesale lots. It takes a man with plenty of grit, sand, nerve and arguing capacity to get anywhere. A peace loving individual is ruled out at the start. An author fights to get his stuff in print and then he has to fight because he does. ese # Let an author write of the upper strata of Aframeri- can life (I refer to the professional men and teachers, in case the statement is puzzling) and he is immediately set | upon for painting a false picture of Negro existence, for trying to get away from his race, and for aping the white man’s world. His stuff is considered to be too high class for general mass appeal and too much like their own for Caucasian enjoyment. This, in a measure, accounts for the failure of such writers as Countee Cullen to become popular with the masses, e 8 @ @ On the other hand, if an author publishes poetry or prose dealing with his less educated brothers and sisters, he is ac- cused of pandering his race’s good name for gold. Most of the |white critics give him praise and most of the colored critics 'give him the devil. They call his work libelous, concupiscent, lewd, erotic, incestuous, lecherous, lustful, licentious, meretri- cious, and running out of adjectives, end by saying it is just Slat dirty. Sex among the educational neophytes is quite \vulgar, according to the critics. And ordinarily a book has to have sex to sell. Numbered among those who have been lambasted for their writings are Langston Hughes in the field of poetry and Claude McKay in the field of the novel. oe @ I know that many a person who can greatly hinder or hurt a book should have diapers about his brain. So in order to aid the young person who can’t sleep at night until he delivers a printed message to the world, I have prepared a list of suggestions, any one of which will, if | followed, result in immunity for the writer. te ae | 1. Move to Jugo Slovakia and adopt the country’s cus- toms and language. Then you can write about what you wish as neither side will be able to understand you. | 2. Confine your literary tendencies to the writing of ‘checks. Everybody likes a good check and, if all the elastic is taken out, there'll be no criticisms at all. 3. Burn your stuff up as soon as it is finished. But be sure and scatter the ashes to the four winds, or else some jot these Ethiopians who run around bent over looking for something to pan will find you out — — and they begin criti- cisms at the wag of a tail. 4. Give up the idea of writing. o 8 © & Each idea has innumerable merits, but I think that No. 4 stands head and torso above the others. It is ex- ceptionally safe and will permit neither side to find any fault. see # Hoping that the suggestions will meet with the favor of thin-skinned embryo authors who wish only to write in peace is F. MARSHALL DAVIS ° The Health Question Dr. Dennis A. Bethea (Health Editor, The Gary American) COLDS—DO YOU TAKE THEM? This 1s the time of year when people lay in their Winter’s supply of colds as well as their coal. Many persons start in with it when the leaves begin to fall, and are never quite free from its clutches until the flowers bloom again. It is as hard to find an individual who never takes a cold as it is to find a needle in the proverbial haystack, or a black cat in a dark room. Professor Irvin Fisher of Yale has estimated that the average well person loses about five days a year on account of colds and headaches and such minor afflictions. Aside from the distress that it gives one physically, it is a financial loss. If you are away from your job too often on account of such minor ailments, the boss may decide to try to get along some- how, without your valuable services. Of all the common minor maladies afflicting the civilized races, probably none is more troublesome and more complete- ly misunderstood than the common cold. You can count on having one at least once a year. It may last two or three days or two or three weeks. In speaking of the common cold, we refer to an acute in- fection or inflammation in the head, particularly affecting the nose. It is accompanied in the early stages by sneezing, chilli- ness, shivering, fullness in the head, and later by muscular pains, dry skin and impairment of the sense of smell and taste, sore throat, hoarseness and fever. The cold may run on for a week or ten days, unless you are able to break it up dur- ing the first couple of days. It is well for those who have children to remember that the symptoms of the common cold are similar to those of the first stages of the acute infectious diseases such as whooping cough. This is why your physician demands that you keep Johnnie or Mary indoors for a day or two when they take down with these severe symptoms. So when he calls at your home two or three times during the next few days it is be- cause he is trying to head off some infectious disease, as well as heap a big bill upon your shoulders. | In the earlier days we did not look upon “bad colds”, | With any concern. We just let them slide like a sled down a slippery slope. But we have no wlearned from sad experience that these little colds that we thought amounted to nothing are simple foundation stones for a superstructure of pneu- monia, tuberculosis, heart disease and a train load of our most deadly diseases. We have found out that a cold that hangs on for more than two weeks needs attention. When colds have a tendency to have such staying qualities, you should not go on headlong, treating yourself with stews, toddys, and toenail teas, unles you have picked out for your- self a real nice undertaker. No Place for Words. Free Press: Perhaps it doesn’t hurt ology on thugs, but the use of a goo ore just at this stage of the proceed Detroit Free Press: Perhaps it doesn't hurt particularly to use psychology on thugs, but the use of a good whip would help a lot more just at this stage of the proceedings. 25 M— They Are Endurable. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: A scientist is _re- ported to have found a subtance like rubber, but more dur- able. He was probably eating a welsh rarebit. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: A scientist 1s _re- ported to have found a subtance like rubber, but more dur- able. He was probably eating a welsh rarebit. A “Car” for Dad. Sebree Banner: The bicycle is regaining some of its old-time popularity. It will be handy for dad to use when the Test of the family is out in the car. Sebree Banner: The bicycle is regaining some of its old-time popularity. It will be handy for dad to use when the rest of the family is out in the car. Another Drought Victim. Buffalo News: Add to the victims of the drought the New Jersey unbrella mender who was jailed as a vagrant because he could find no work at his craft. Buffalo News: Add to the victims of the drought the New Jersey unbrella mender who was jailed as a vagrant because he could find no work at his craft. How to Re a Hiechbrow Birmingham News: ‘Tt ‘isn’t hard to be a highbrow. You just pretend to understand when another pretends to be awed by a messy daub of paint. _Digesting The News the entire world for that matter) the economic situation is serious and inasumch as a goodly portior of our workers are of the persona service type our race in general business, professional and recrea. tional seems to be at its lowes’ ebb. eee Serious as conditions are how. ever, the race is going to emerge the victor. During these shifting times our weak philosophies, ou! erroneous conceptions of leadership our insecure institutions are all be- ing drawn throifzhthe sieve of com: mon understanding and indisput. able facts and in their place will arise a new day and a new order of things, all of which will redound favorably for this and the coming generations. If we are to obtain that freedom, respect and privileges for which we are always praying and demanding, we must set a new standard, rear- range our own household, displacing the old, unnecessary and luxurious items with others that are more practical, more durable, sustaining ‘and comfortable. eee | We must analyze the facts as they are and not as they should be. In our appreciation of life we must not forget that we cannot get out of it more than we are willing to put in. To enjoy life on this earth, at least ,there are many practical things that must enter into its sus- tenance. These things must be solved in a practical manner. It is obvious that if we do not wish to be continually begging for opportunities and the necessities of life we must create and own them. To do this we must conserve our possesions. It is not conserving but the height of folly to make sacrifices in order to play the “numbers” and then pray that we make a “hit.” It is ngt conserving but extreme foolishness to make a “down payment” on some luxury to keep up with our neighbors and then trust to the Lord that we will be able to meet the succeeding pay- ments some way or other. It is not conserving but idiotic to waste our earnings in extravagant “din- future provisions are to come from. i@g wining” and know not where It is not conserving to live in styl- ish rented apartments and expect “rent” parties to maintain them. It is not conserving to keep our gas tank full and our coal bin empty. In fact it is not conserving to preach economy while living in ex- travagance no matter what the form may be. eee We can build up a strong econo- mic structure within our race by merely diverting the funds we are dissipating. The money that we scrape together to throw a big party or banquet, taken collectively, would start or at least help, some worthy young man or woman in some form of commercial enter- prise that might offer employment to others. A dollar so invested that it will produce a revenue for your son or daughter is just as useful in a practical way as a dollar sent to Africa or China for foreign mis- sions especially when there is am- ple opportunities for a little mis- ‘sionary work right in your own communities. eaee We cannot expect to solve our economic problems through any particular political party or even in the halls of the legislature but if we could it certainly would be a blessing if in some manner a mea- sure would be enacted that would place absolutely upon the manage- ment of business the necessity of providing for the future welfare of its employes. It seems that cer- tain sums should be set aside, in trust, to met the emergencies of the working man. While such a theory might not be practicable for legislative purposes, it is quite pos- sible for some of our own success- ful business leaders to .pave the way by adopting for our own sal- vation some method that will ade- quately care for our men and wo- men in times of sickness, unem- ployment, old age and death. eee There is one thin®, however, that we can do and if we do not live to reap an earthly benefit we will at least have the assurance that the next generation can enjoy and that is to liberally patronize our insur- ance companies. In so doing we are not only storing up an individ- ual surplus fund but we are pro- viding the capital that will enable our boys and girls to earn a com- fortable and respectable living. We are also creating funds that can be ‘invested in enterprises that will furnish additional employment to our trained men and women. Our loved ones will be assured of a lit- tle better opportunity of success- fully solving our economic indepen- dence and if we do no more as in- dividuals we will have at least con- tributed a small mite towards con- serving our possessions and gaining that day of economic freedom. PROMINENT LOUISVILLE PHYSICIAN DIES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ANP) — Dr. P. M. Flack, one of the best known physicians in the state of Kentucky, /died Saturday morning after an ill ness lasting nearly five weeks. He has been an officer of the State Medical society, chairman of the board of directors of the ¥. M. C. A,, a meber of the board of direc- tors of the Boy Scouts of Ameri- ca, officer in the Jacob Street ehureh and connected with nearly every civic movement in the city. He leaves a wife, a few relatives and a host of friends. Before they robbed a store in Harrisburg, Pa., one of a pair of hold-up men hit the 18-year-old clerk, John Peters, on the head with a rolling pin wrapped in paper and fractured his skull. Read The American, 4 Pertinent Paragraphs By Rudolf Jonson Pulpit Attacks. A practice which is indulged in by many ministers, tha’ of making personal attacks on individuals in regular sermons without giving that individual an opportunity to answer the; cree fore the same audience, was highly exemplified! last Sunday in New York when Bishop Manning of the Epis. copal diocese of New York attacked former Judge Ben Lind. sey of Denver. The bishop of the largest diocese in the| United States criticised the ex-juvenile ques views on com-} panionate marriage, and then proceeded to attack the; jJudges’s character. Judge Lindsey, who was in the congregation, attempte: to defend himself and asked to be heard for five minutes. The bishop ignored the request, and some of the member and ushers attempted to asault the judge and forcibly ejec' him from the church. Judge Lindsey was arrested on aj disorderly conduct charge. Without eatreente our views on Judge Lindsey’s ideas] on marriage, which Bishop Manning calls “free love in the’ guise of companionate marriage.” we feel that under the' circumstances the least amount of courteousness which could have been shown, would have been to allow the judge to speak. In Bishop Manning’s sermon he was jutified in| denouncing the growing sentiment towards companionate marriage. In doing so he was following the dictates of his church, which recognizes only the sanctity of a religious marriage. When he digressed from his sermon and began to personally attack the judge’s character, usin; the mantle of the bishopric for protection, he violated ail rules of fair play and Christian pulpit proceedure. Such a criticism against the ministry in all of its de- nominations is voiced by the layman. The pulpit is ued as a platform for personal attacks by the ministers, instead of being used to attack the evils of the “fatherhood of God an the brotherhood of man.” e 8 # @ Education vs. Churches. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard univer- sity, spoke in Washington last week on the subject of “Chris- tian Missions and the American Negro.” He proclaimed the Christian church as “the greatest help since slavery,” be- cause “it has imparted to the people the power to fight with soul and spirit.” He further stated that “both the economic and social life of the Negro are in the hands of the white| man.” And that “schools will not better conditions; it is up} to the churches.” j It is hard to conceive that such an educator as Dr.) Johnson, occupying undoubtedly the highest position in the] educational life of the Aframerican, would make such al statement, contradictory to his own position. Any person,, with the average amount of intelligence, will admit that edu-! cation is the only, solution to the economic problem of the Negro in America. For many years Aframericans have been taught to be- lieve, by “race leaders” who were cunningly encouraged by the white man, that fanatic christianity would eradicate the evils heaped upon their heads by their white brothers. In the meantime, the white brother has been garnering all of the worldly goods and giving the Aframerican Jesus. ' In another part of Dr. Johnson’s address, he says “lack of facilities places the education of the Negro minister at, a great disadvanthage. Less than 750 are in college pre-| paring to enter the ministry, yet there are 43,000 churches | calling 2,000 ministers yearly.” Seems to me he put his! foot in his own pie when he made that statement, decrying! the lack of education in the ministry. j It seems more plausible that we should demand an edu-| cated ministry before we accept it as the basic principle in| the economic status of Aframerican life; or probably the: president of the largest and most influential factor in} Aframerican educational life would prefer that those edu-6 cated laymen being graduated yearly blindly follow unedu-! cated ministerial leadership, primarily on the face of his) statement that the church, and not education is the solution to the economic and social problem. t * * #* * } The President’s Address to Congress. } Aframerican editors and columnists throughout the length and breadth of the country are wailing loud and long; because President Hoover did not single them out by making a request for specific Aframerican legislation, in his address} to the short session of congress last week. Of course this writer feels that the presidena should have expressed his views in no desultory terms on the most blatant violation of gov- ernmental protection of its Aframerican citizens—lynching. But such was to be expected of Herbert Clarke Hoover, a! Wilsonian democrat in the guise of a republican off'ceinolder. | On the other hand, the Aframerican can find one ray} of light in the president’s address. That is, when he said “I) urge the strengthening of our deportation law so as to more fully rid ourselves of criminal aliens.” Although President Hoover did not say that strengthening the deportation law would help economic conditions, we take that view. Our Weekly Lesson in English WORDS OFTEN MISUSED Kindle, ignite, inflame, I Do not say, “All kind of pictures | Cite. _ ‘ were in the book.” Say “kinds”| Weird, eerie, uncanny, un with the plural verb. Chief (adjective), main, Do not say, “What kind of a po- | head, paramount, vital, sup: sition have you?” Omit “a.” Src. Do not say, “I bought a bottle WORD STUDY off the druggist.” Say “of the drug-| “Use a word three times « gist,” or “from the druggist.” yours.” Let us increase 01 “None” is both singular and plu-| bulary by mastering one we ral. “None of the mail has been|day. Words for this lesson delivered to me.” “None of the let-| | INSINUATE: to suggest ters were shown to me.” indirectly. ‘Do you insinuat Do not say, “The punishment will |am guilty?” have a good affect.” Say “effect.” | GLAMOROUS; full of gla Do not say, “She hadn't ought to|enchantment. “The stage pi have gone.” Say, “She ought not.” |a glamorous spectacle.” eee BOVINE; of or pertainin, WORDS OFTEN jen; resembling the charac MISPRONOUNCED of an ox or cow. “He bello Theater. Pronounce the-a-ter, first e as in “me,” a unstressed, ac- cent first syllable; do not pronounce the a as in “day,” nor accent second syllable. Cavalier. Pronounce kav-a-ler, first a asin “at,” second a un- stressed, e as in “me,” accent last syllable. Mademoiselle. Pronounce mad- mwa-zel, both a's as in “ask,” e as in “bell,” accent last syllable; or, mad-e-mo-zel, a as in “mad,” e un- stressed, o as in “no.” Torment. Accent the noun on first syllable, verb on last syllable. _» Celestial. Pronounce se-les-chal, first e as in “see,” second e as in “less,” a unstressed, aceent second syllable. _ Soft. Pronounce the o as in “dog,” not as in “of.” WORDS OFTEN MISSPELLED Phantom: note the ph, not f. Hap- py (ppy); happier, happiest, happi- ness (ppi.) Lucrative; note the a. Copy, y; copying, y; copies, ie; Spinach; also spelled spinage. Clum- sy; sy, not zy. SYNONYMS Cheer (verb) , gladden, enliven, comfort, console, exhilarate, refresh. Gloomy, abuse, desecrate, injure, infringe, trangress. | . | | | | | | | | December 13, 1930 Kindle, ignite, inflame, light, in- cite. Weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly. Chief (adjective), main, leading, head, paramount, vital, supreme. WORD STUDY “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our voca- bulary by mastering one word each day. Words for this lesson: INSINUATE: to suggest or hint indirectly. ‘Do you insinuate that I am guilty?” GLAMOROUS; full of glamour of enchantment. “The stage presented a glamorous spectacle.” j BOVINE; of or pertaining tg ox. en; resembling the characterpetiey ‘of an ox or cow. “He bellowet out his bovine laughter.” _ COLLABORATE; to la¥or to ‘ether; especially: in litetary ot ‘scientific work. “She collaborated with me in writing the afticle.” | EFFRONTERY: shagheless bold. ness; impudence. “He had the ef. frontery to contradict her.” : DECORUM; propriety of manner or conduct; dignity, “We must ob- serve certain laws of decency and decorum.” ELKS LODGE PASSES INTO | HANDS OF RECEIVER _ PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — (ANP) — Elkdom was startled when i learned that the O. V. Catto, lodg No. 20, I. B. P. Order of Elks, one) of the largest lodges in the East, is bankrupt. A petition in volun tary bankruptcy has been filed in| the United States District court. receiver has been apointed to oper. ate the lodge’s affairs until rehabi- litation plans have been worked! out. Edward W. Henry, magistrate. is exalted ruler of O. y. Catton lodge. j ‘ An advertisement in The Amerf can is the surest way of gettin: your goods before the Negro pur- chaser. Bee ee praclonlneers Yar Eid Bes = = + - 5 a i e ae ome 2 a ase