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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX A 19~ wi pv:o:o 19 Mavn anb ,iﬂamnln\)rnanl' po’;a[ pvnn‘vnm LAUVCIL CIIOIOLILIVOW & VITe JILCII/E S JIILTIIL AZRLTT & T UST RIS EAPEGT PROGAIN M0 PROGRES A5 TROUBLE ~ REMEDIED W YORK CITY, Dec. 13 (By Ferol Vincent-Smoot For The ANP)—The violent protests of certain factions in New York City have suddenly ended and a deadly calm has settled around the relief situation which seems to spell de feat for the protesters, The effort to wrest the control of the unem ploymen rel'ef administration from the hands of the present Staff has proved a failure. The workers at the Harlem Emcrgency Relicf Headquarters are those who were originally designated by William H. Matthews, white, chair man of the Emergency Work Bu-| reau. What seemed to be a crisis in the situation was reached on the night of November 27 at a pro test meeting held at the Harlem Association of Trade and Com merce. At this meeting. George 8, Harris, ed'tor of the New York News and former Alderman. presided. However. he made the mistake of presenting a resolution which was so vitriolic and ob viously unfair in its indictment of Miss Adaline Buffington. white, who is directing the emergency relief work, that even those who were formeceriy clamoring for a change ‘n leadership and for an entire Negro staff became disgust ed and walked out of the meet mg. With this fiasco began the apparent collapse of a movement which most Negroes in Harlem conceded had its good po'nts, but which was doomed to failure from its beginning because of its undi gnified. narrow-minded and ‘m practical leadership. : Werk at Standstill | " eManwhile. unempioyment re lief. both emergency work and aid, has been at a standst’ll. The cumbersome machinery of the Emergency Aid Burcau has heen turning less than a week and the shivering, starving and homeless are just now slowly receiving the a‘d and comfort which they should have had weeks ago. Miss Buf fington. in an interview which she readily granted, stated that with her staff of twenty-one workers. sixteen colored and f've white. everything is being done to rush cases through as speedily as pos-, sible. She had thie highest praise for her staff which she states s handling approximately one hun dred cases per day. It is almost imposs ble to ue more workers as the building is small for the pur pose and the workers are crowded into an unbelievably small space Each day from nine to five o'clock applicants for rel'ef may be scen crowding the reception room and halls and overflowing down the hlah :("]):1 onto th igewalk. | T R MR TR 4, < ©. 1 o A e AT On December 3, the Hariem Workers Club hell a luncheon meeting at which some of the gravest problems were discussed and measurcs suggested to core) reet some the unfortunate condi-, tions whtich cxist because the present relief plans are l'uélipg' in many wayvs to meet Harlem's meeds. Mr James H. Hubert, Di-, rector of the New York Urban League and President of the club, presided at this meeting, which was of cuite a diffcrent type from most of those¢ which have been conducted by interested citi zens. ; Both Races Members | The membership of the club is composed of white and colored soc'al workers in social agenciey. hospitals, schools and the Crime Preventation Bureau. The digni fied manner in which sound and practical plans were made at th's meeting was in the nature of a re- Lk to anvone who may have doubted th.: ability of Harlem so cial workers to handly cupable matters which have to do with their profession. A committee was appointed from this body to confer with downtown cxecutives in the effort to have established a placement bureau in Harlem where appl ecants for emergency employmen may be sent directly to jobs, Un der the present system, applicant register in Harlem. but they ar placed in ahe order of their appli cation {rom one headquarter wh'ch is situated i nthe metropoli tan district. Thus, they must take heir turn with thousands. Place ment results in Harlem to date plainly show that this sytem is unfair. §281 . f work in Harvlem s far below the statistical standard which had been reached at this time last year. Many of the churches which were conducting organized relief before Thank: gving in 1530 have made no at tempt to administer organized re lief beczuse «f the.chaotic condi tion of the work. This is deplor able and qu'te important since numerous cases of discriminatio by white private relief agencie have been reported Hit Dail JHit Daily 'PRER, FREE, 1932 INSIDE DOPE te make & HIT with Clearing House, Curl, Stock Exchange, Bonds, Electric, Motor, Radio, Races and Numbers 22?2 RBigsale, 200 W, 133d 8t. New York | e ey BUSINE SSEIW,‘ INDU' ?"’\Y L e @ | e (As compiled by the Associated Negro Press with the Co-operation 0l The National Negro Busine lL.eague, The Department of Cor merce, and Other Reliable Agen { FINANCIAL OUTLOOK By William Occomy ¢ For The Associated Negro Press) . Incomes Slashed Eleven Billions The first official report of the Treasury Department at Washing ton. D C for 1930 shows some thing like 11 billions have been {lost ds 4 resglt of wage CUts dividend slashes and drastic re trenchments. Income of individ uals shows a drop of 7 billion ‘while that for corporations shows a decrease of 41. billions. This is lone of the primary recasons why \Congress has been asked to find a ;way to. make the income of the | | United States more stable by hav ing a source of revenue which is | '‘more permanent in character than the income tax | Some have suggested higher in jheritance taxcs. while others have advocated a sales tax. When ex ‘amined closely, though, it is found that even this base is rather inde finite because of the numerous fluctuations in sales volume over a stated period. However, it is more permanent in character than the present form of income tax and wil probably find favorable recep tion among the members of the coming Congress. Auto Output Low Automobile output continues to register a low record according to reperts coming from the city of Detroit. “The months total is 31.66 per cent less than the total of 150,- 219 units reports during October 1930, and 17.81 per cent under the total of 124903 for September 1931, states R. L. Polk and Com pany compilers of official registra tions throughout the country. This means that the Negroes of Detroit are still in stringent cir cumstances because of that city's reliance of the automobile industry for its support. Indications are that with the restoration of con fidence and buying, Detroit will experience the thrill of creat’ns a few more millionaires as it d 1 in the last wave of prosperity. Holsey Still at It . Mr. Albon Holsey of the C. M. A. organization of New York City is still at it. hammering away at the idea of building our business en terprises. The depression, though has demonstrated to the Negro more forcefully than any other event his sheer weakness and eco nomic incapacity during a critical period. The experience of adver sity should serve to teach him th importance of organizing, of pov.- ing his resources. of operating ef ficiently. so as to make him a pow e financially. In this says Mr. Hol sey lies his economic salaration.” SEEK TO STIMULATE HARLEM BUSINESS By A. E. White New YorkJAll over the -eily, merchants are talking sbout the progress of the Harlem Business Men's Club and what it means to them as individuals. An organized effort is being made to stimulate the business of the Negroes of the Community and t h ¢ Business Men's Club is heading the move ment. There is a decided increase in the amount of business being transacted in Negro owned institu tions. according to various reports \";::‘:wd in at the regular meetings of the organizations. ' Throush their own medium, the Harlem Home Journal and the Business Men's Informer. the busi ness men are striving for a goal, that is more ecmployment for Negroes right in Harlem where thoy spend over ten millions of dollars per vear for the necessities of life. The majority of this money is taken out of the com munity by non-residents which works a hardship on those resid ing in the section but not partici pating in the money they spend. o . > E - Among the largest employers of Necgro help in the community are the Negro owned and controlled industries. the Belstrat Laundry topping the list with sixty-five employes; the Little Gray Shops with almost as many; the Superb Laundry. the Monarch Mattress Company and one or two others. The mogement gained impetus through the late depression when the Negroes of Harlern realized that they were being made the goats in every possible manner in places where they were formerly employed. They were the last to be hired and the first to be fired This awakened them to the pen tentialities of their own community ard through the assistance of the Harlem Business Men's Club. thoy are progressing along the right liues. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT Washington,—(By the Associated Negro Press)—Dr. Julius Klein, in a special report to the Asscciated Negro Press under date of Nov. 20, | ccmments on the general situation at f():'n,'_\;' “Building contract awards show ed some improvement in the third wiek of November over the low | | teturns for the first half of the month. Average dailv awards. as i tevorted by the F. W. Dodge Cor | poration. amounted to $7.637.000 for ith2 third week against $6.377.000 in {th> firet half of November and | 310560.000 fo- thg full month of | November, 1930, C%;:)l"é'd people e :F%H E\[: |A,R_LEfV| = = R e I el | , .\SKE]’CH§ BOOKf/ 7y 3"\ éf W el \ | e ol _,_..._L.J'.-—- BY THEBE}KUQ LEWIS ___ | school For Writers [ On SEVERAL OCCASIONS ] | have expressed my disagreement with those who assert that the Neg ‘ro press is dedicated to lofty ideals and that journalists are fired with holy zeal to serve the welfare of the race. 1 hold that the best newspaper men, or at any rate the mos! interesting ones, are thrill mongers and clowns. This opinion it goes without saying, is not re lished by journalists who _take a romantic view of their profession and who are usually to be found working on papers with falling cir culation. . To pentry of this tvpe any criticism of the press is as of fensive as mayhem or arson—-or a stink-bomb in a crowded subway car. Some time ago, when I wrote some plain facts about the necws paper business, I narrowly escaped being lynched by outraged journal ists with Richard Davis complexes, and before the incident was scuelched a local member of the craft threatened me with a libel suit and a Southern paper made me the subject of a lving editorial Bt 1 =i not tving 1o pick o fresh quarrel or revive an old one. I state my disbelief in the altruism of the press at this time only be cause some may suspect that mak ing face. I now profess to see per fection in an institution which I formly declared to be full of human a8 sudden and suspicious about frailties. There is one field in which the colored press is performing an in valuable service for the race I is gerving 4as a cschool in which young men and women With a ﬂzm'l for words can devclop their talents. In the editorial rooms of the h:l”-i‘ idozc-n leading newspapers vou will find the twoscore or more _\'nlln_’_{J lponpl(' who, five or ten years fmm\ now, will be producing the bulk !()f Negro litcrature. Today they jm‘(} feature writers. reporters. play lr(‘\'iewor.\' and sports columns its. Tomorrow they will be playwrights ;und novelists. And [ think they i'\'.'ill produce literature more rep resentative of the Negro mind Las healthior and more beautiful than any sve have known up to now. ~ Writers Must Be Born Again ~ IT 1S OFTEN SAID that writers lare-born, not made. 1 rather agree with Brander Matthews that most jof them are made after they are born. The best writers of all people are nmen who make writing ('ilhcr‘ lu fuil-time job or a consistent avo cation. Now and then a genius, ' liko Hardy or Conrad, is capable of developing himself, inspired by !h(" sheer joy ~of creating. But most| writers, even those who achieve the fronk rank -the Dreisers, Hechts, | Thackerays and Sincleir Lewisss— are driven on toward matuzity by the lash of some Simon l.egree or an editor who demands awhat he wants when hz2 wants it. not when yolil think vou can have it zf-xflf',‘ If itis true that wrilers are horn l it 1s no less {rue that the best n::vnal are born again under the pie ure. )of beating the deadline | - Like o)l arlists, writers are es-| sentially showmen. They soon be come aware of an invisible au ‘dience which they strive to pleie ' This keeps them up on their toes ‘trying to think up new ideas As ‘the number of ideas .any one man can originate is = limited-—only geniuses like Bernard Shaw bhoin Sble to minstel as many as six ‘Illu' fledgling writer must be con tinually inventing new ways (o ’prosvm his old ones This s by no means an easy task, especially 'if his stint calls for a measure of humor : i Jokes have a way of going ou! !n[ stile. Nowaday: whon the pios: figure in building operations. “Automobile registrations in Oct were approximately 103.000 units. or about 28 per cent higher than the production for the month, re sulting in a further reduction in stocks. “Business failures, although still numerous, h(k\'(' not kl‘.‘t??l as fre guent in November as in the pre ceding month Average weekly ‘fazlurcs for the elapsed 4 weeks of Nov. were 673, compared with 828 }in the preceding four weeks. ~ “Southern hardwood mills report a decrecase of only 1 per cent in new business in the week ended November 21, compared with the same week of last year. ‘The cost of living has continued to decline i recent months and in i October the index of the Nation lﬂ] Industrial Conference Board jwas at 849 per cent of the 1008 average. The index for the month Iw:m 15 per cent below the level of. December 1929 During the 'same compnarative period the com ‘;}4 nent parts of the index declined las follows: food 25 rent 12: cloth a2 fuel 50 Rt 91 and sundries, 4. “Pine sawmills in th~ Carolinas renort the receipt of 16 ner cent more orders in the week ended | November 14, than in the week of ‘m"o, “Payrol!l gains in severz! manu lfﬂ'tur‘ir.s! lines were reported b !:b Department of I.abor in Octo iJO‘ g8 o ympared with September. These include the paper and print lin r. tobacco products agricultyrn' !in'p!en“.unts. shipbuilding. stean fit'ings. and hardware industries Decclines in other industries, Row aver, resulted in a drop of 33 in eriplovment and of 31 per cent in pryrolls in the general indices for all reporting establishments THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATIL.ANTA, GA. is forced to compete with the stage, the talkies and the radio, fashions 1n humor change almost overnigh: Only a few years ago sex appear led to be a perennial ‘source of ‘material for the sweating gag art ist. The fellow who springs a joke today at once exposcs himseim as either an old fogy or a lazybones The present trend is toward {he Chic Salery, but in this ficld the writer is at an obvious disadvan tage ' compaved with tha stage comedian, or even with the talkies. I have seen Donald Ogden Stew art. in a talky shorf. open up a line that kept an audience roaring three minutes. Devilish and dar mg as I am, I nevertheless hvshi tate to introduce the same topie in this column for fear of getting ten | days in jail. It's not that I would mind the ten days' free board, but in the meantime some bright yvoung man might run away with the Sketch Book. i Eevery newspaper writer is con fronted with situations of this kind. Inventing ways and means to keep his stuff fresh in the course of time gives him an agility of mind that equips him for more arduous tasks. I cannot submit preof. but 1 imagine that after a sm‘ibbler| has invented thirty-three d.s::u:so;‘] for the same joke. the technique | of playwriting ought to be cmn-“ paratively simple. 1 . What the Public Wants | THE MOST VALUARIE EX PERIENCE gained for xn".v:;p:z;n-ri work is the knowledge of what the public wants. The theory that the | artist should ignore his Lo porariés and write or paint f(-,;[ posterity does #ot stand up under examination. It may be all n.'iztf for the artist to be a step or two | in advance of the mass Inderd he! should be. But if he is unable to| understand the feclings of the peo \ ple living in his own day and tirne | how can he tell what will be the feelings of people vet unboqn \‘ Sophocles wrote Ocdipus Rex for the Greeks of his own dav and Shakespeare produced Hamlet for Elizabethan Englishmen. Never theless both plays are apbreciated by Twentieth century Slays and Americans. The truth is, all great are is pro duced for a local of an Alabang ' black it will also stir the soul of a iN«'yr'.voqiLm blond. Failure to con form to this principle ™ the rea son why most of what we call Neg ro literature is second rate at best. It was written to catch the eye of white people. A different brand of writing will b2 turned out Lo the young people who are now thumping typewriters in the officoe: of c¢olored papers. They are furm»f ing the habit of writing black. The people who read teir accounts of sports and murders today wiil mf the futue enjoy their novels and | plays. Much of what they verite will cross the boundaries of race and lancuage. Porhaps a little of it: will e pimnyorial Seen and Heard Bunget Mark wae fh) coonc of another night of hilarious fun with J. N. Mentzomery and his band furnishing the music, flumirs co eds, and immaculately dressed young men and people of the busi ness world paid tribute to the Athletes of the colleges of the citv This dance, sponsored by lLucius _lones was a big hit of the pro 'sent social season. Some of the *so '('1.‘i! breds” caught in the sparklin: illumination of the flood lisht iwv:'n Misses Ruth Simpkin, Julia Belle Fountain, Mary McAfee Wil i'n' IKate. Pavieor ‘Resa: FElisah - Hattye Wimbish, Danye Williams Alice Dickerson: Fannie Arnold Annie Craddock, Trvhenou: And. erson, . Mae Porter. Algernon Mo Coy, Henriefta Smith. Laura Il.ane. Emma Brooks, Ruby Standfiold. Jaunita Ellison, Alice Pearson, Minnie Calloway. Annie Wilkinson Gladys Jones. Ethel Mae Moore. Messrs. Terbert Roland. Joel Waskiburn, A € Simmons Joe Sampson, Russell Simmons, Jerome Chapman, Oliver Holmes, William McMaster, Sam Willis. Robert Me- Farland. Joe Battle, Jesse Arnette John Mebane, Henry Barnwell “Shag” Jones. Emmett Spurloch “Spects” Bright, Ralph Perry. Ben ‘P.x;tun. Jesse Burney, Donald Reeves, Robert Stout. Wallier Tate lpl'nt' Monroe. Sarreals, Nicks, and Smith, Leroy McNeil. Douz Rob ’inson. Charlie Thomas. James Pinkney, Beau Caison, Alciy Spicer, . Grady Brookee i Stokes, Willie Battle, Rie Bob:d | Jeffries, McLaurin, Mitchell M cil. William Jackson, “Kack” Nob ersoi:-and a host of others = T know you haven't forsot that beg:nning with fomorrow T L & Roxal Theatre is going to cve ;s§ part of the proceeds to the ¥ndo. | merit Fund of Morehouse Coilo ! “The Spirit of Notre Damo' !f' be the feature picture. This o5 | is being sponsored by Mrs. Tabis Grant. You wont have a p frouble finding comfort iy i, .| Theitre or finding it hard to hear! 1s the Royal boasts of having i}, est accoustics in the city ; 1 Buy From Advertisers HAMMER SLAYER 0T 70 E5T BOAL L BIBMINGHAM Al Dee 18 - I Held without bovd to awalt his [preliminary hearing in conneetion [with the death of Mis. Ola McHei !rin Hoard, after he had pierced [her skull with a <'edge hammer :Sli!‘.(l‘:} nicht. Morric Hoard, 2608 "Sit\!‘n Avenue is in the county jail where he was transferred after his *:\r:'«-! Tuesday morning by Offi “cers Fulegnam and Shaw. ] According to first reports at the i poliee station. the mname of the woman was given as Mrs. Ola Me Herrin and it was stated that the fatal blow came at the end of a ;fz:.*: between the two who had been living together for sometime. f'l‘hu death certificate, issued at the city hall showerd Friday that she was Enown as Mrs. Ola McHerrin Hoard. The preliminary hearing of }th" wife slayer wiil be held next hvwk. Mrs. Hoard died Monday at noon at the Hillman hospital. Stall ‘wb:‘th and Johnson are in charge | d | | d f { BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dee. 13— | Saturday waS a happy cday (ol ;":'é?(- than two hundred racg teach ers in the Jefferson County School system who received notification | Friday that their Ogctober pay ‘hecks would be ready for them on Saturday. Members of the staff “warked hard Thursday night get ting the welcome news in the mail i In the meantime. J D. Moore president of the Board of Educa ;tmn of Jafferson County has issued an appeal to the tax payers of the [('uum_v stating that the board has ';1!:‘(‘ady borrowed from the banks to the limit of what it considers {:,:"\11- an:d sound business. He re 'minds: the public. that the board lh.’,l;; pot been abld: to pay e \t(‘nchm‘s their November salavies and that the tecachers are depend ent on their salaries for living ex penses and that the schools cannot be expected to remain open unless the silaries are: paid. ~The plea states in part: It would be a scorious calamity to have to close the schocls and we full sure you would not like to 500 such a situation develop: Your taxes must be paid by January lst. when, if not paid. they become de linquent. It will not be g gredd sacrifice for wvou to pay them uf once. Your Loard of education calls attention as to how Yyou can help wirhout any great sacrifice on vour port - these who have earnad their salavics by faithful and: of ficient dorvice Therefore - we ap peal to von to come to the help oi the schools and to the rehef of the teachers who are in financial dis "rr-f:f; bepnuse of - the fact that salaries which have alreidy been "(‘()l‘hl"d have not been paid.” It is understood that the state will not be in a postion to aid the county materiaily and much fear 15 felt that schools of the county outside the city system, will close after the Christmas vacation A M B Church, will open the progrom with devotional exercises after which ‘Miss McCarroll will play an organ prelude. The Christ mas story is to be rcad by Miss Miidred Bell. Followiripg this reading, an organ E0lo by Miss Mary A Cladk will Bo presented after which Miss Mary A ‘Davis will sinz a vocal solo. A special reading will be given by Miss Eloise Stewart. That well known celioist, Miss Lillian Douglass has been sccured to play a solo on her instrunment after which Mr. Vernon Newsome. connected with . the music depart lment of Talladega college. will ap pear in a vocal rendition. A read ing by Miss Minnie Scott will be followed bv an organ solo by Miss M=zbel BParker. An unique feature of the fea ture of the affair will be a whist ling solo by Miss Effie McCaw. A group of vecal selections by Miss Edith Rayfield, popular voralist will preceed the organ postlude by }.‘;Ii:‘s MeCarroll that will bring this periogd of restful music, re tmmi;w!;t of Christimas, to a close. f BRADFORD MUGIG H00R PROMIaLa FNTERTAINMENT BIRMINGHAM. Ala,. Dec. 13— An hour of delightful music 1s wromised Magic City music lovers when a pre-Christmas musical is nresented this afternoon at three thirty at the Bradford's funeral home on Seventh Avenue under he direction of Miss Alyce McCar 11 and Miss Mabel Barker. The public is invited to attend this ev ¢t which is given bv Mr. Brad {.rd, popular undertaler, for the eIt of THoSE W Tove music. . y = Community Xmas Tree Sponsored By Young Matrons A Community Xmas tree will be sponsored by the Young Matron's Circle of Wheat 8t Church. Wed nesday. Dee. 23.1831--8:00 P. M. At the Wheat ‘St. Parsonage, 21 You ot. This group of youn womet we;e organized five months ano for the purpose of doing chitibl work among the ncedy of the community. This project Was launched for the purpose of bring ing cheer and happiness to some of the less fortunate at the “Yule tide Season.” Baskets of food and clothing will be distributed by this group A committee has been appointed to contact the merchants of the city and friends to- ask their. full cooperation in helping to put over this project This committee is headed up by Mrs. Bobbie Wright. Other committees are as follows: Music Com.--Mrs. J. Raymond Henderson. Finance Com.-—Mrs. Ophelia Brooks. Transportation Com.—- Mrs. Rubiz Eanks This community Xmas tree spon sored by this group of young wo men is the first to be given for the colored people of Atlanta. Let everybody join hands and make it a success. 2 Mre. Etta Boone, President, Mrs R P King Ch of Pub licity. L™ BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 13— Merry Christmas! Do vou know that if vou do not do something to help others hawv a merry Christmas that you will really not be carrying out the <pirit of the day? Have vou stopped to think that, despite the depression that vour curtailed Christmas may be a hundred times better than that of some of your neighbors and fel ‘3:»\'.' citizens? - These are some of the questions ‘that members of our group must answer and similar messages are being brought to members of the various churches throughout the city today in an ecffort to make cirmingham Community conscious and willing to do its bit to sce that no one will have a sad Christmas a0 far. the greater part of the work done along financial lines, to make the first Colored Community Christmas a success has come from the members of the other race The buildine for the lse of the cominittee and the toy shop were donated by Mevers " and Engcl ealtors, the Birmincham Electric Company bhas given the free use of current and clectreic lights, the Bir: mingham Water Company has in stolleed water and the necessary cquiprnent to be used at the head duarters and toy shop, Coal was donated by the Red Star Coal cora pany while the wood for the malk ing of the huge ®u-k table and the rows of shelves is the donation Wood @L.umber Company. A larae group of fifty eight dolls was sent to the headquarters Friday morn ing by the Birmingham Nows and| Age Herald | Up to press time, the contribu tions necessary to make it possible to give Christmas dinners to tho! neediest families. h a s totalled thirty-four dollars, thirty of which has been sent in by white friends Mr. Engler. manager of the Fom ots and Champion Theatres send inz in a check for twenty-five ! lars while Miss Catherine Hool, also white. has dent in her click for five dollars. Deeorations for | the headquarters. were given by white merchants. | There is mueh work to do and, at a meeting of the executive com mittee Thursday © night at the headquarters at 320 Sevenieenth Street, N., final plans were made for the execution of all details and an appeal sent out for volunteer Workeis 1o work at {tha shop as well as car owners to deliver toys and candies and make calls for the same Everybedy in Birmingham can do some little part to make Community Christinas. Assistant Superintendent of schools E. C Baunks was present to give a few helpful remarks. Attorney E. A, Brown. presided e = L 5 . The shelves of the tay shop are beginning to resemble Merry Christmas for some youngitors an‘ Chairman C. W. Hayes reports that the school childven are hard at work repairing and making toys at the various school buildings. Principal . N. Woed of the Coun cill School, FEnsley., has already sent in four hundred toys of var tous Kinds from his school. Thou sapds of toys will be neceded to help make the poor youngsters happy and its not to late to send in a toy, new or old, for the good | cause. | Principal A. 1. Parker and Mrs. | A. M. Brown are appealing to all such in a cash contribution, be it little or small to the finance com mittee in order that dinsers may given to all who would otherwise do without. Contributions maybe sent to the Industrial High School all of this coming week and up to Lhestimas tane. . Gaits of food and Digesting The News By Clifford C. Mitchell Merging the weak with the strong!, It has been a hobby of mine for years to follow the recording ﬂf: come sienificant event with a 8ys- | +omitie eatalogued chronicle of re actions, sometimes with the idea! merely to confirm certain convict jons that I may have arrived at and at other times merely to study an economic racial condition in a :morc thorough manner. ‘ | e . ~ When certain disclosures, in onc of our largest insurance compun ies, were made, a few months ago, I become greatly alarmed over the possible effect it might have on other companies. Like most every thing else, thought has become nii tionalized and mechanized, and when trouble sprouts out in one part of the country we can begin to look for it elsewhere. ~ Sensing these things, or so I be lieve, our leading insurance exc cutives took stock of their own situations, sccretly corrected some of their weak points and publicly proclaimed their strong ones. Fin ancial statements, compiled from every conccivable angle, and news reports were broadcasted widely through our press. All of these had their effect, the people lost their anxiousness and the crisis was successfully met. These things 1 duly recorded but kept an even closer watch on the activities of other departments. Gradually, here and there, the insurance department of several individual state governments took cognizance of affairs and did some checking on their own account. In 1 . : Needy Column Family 3 . Welfare Society 239 Auburn Ave, N. E., Room 429 Telephone Wa, 6635 No. 1. Mother and child have no heat at home. Forced to go to neigh bors on cold days. A heater or stove for their one room would be ap preciated, No. 2. Roy has been barefooted for weeks, has severe cold. Child s shoes, size 13, would be a great re lief No. 3. Family of four (man, wite, boy 10, girl 9) forced to sleep in vile bed Bed, matress and bed clothing needed. No. 4. Woman necds winter cloth ing..shees, coat, dresses, underwe:sr. She wears sige 40. No. 5. A small bed needed for 5- vear-old child who is sleeping on the floor, No 6. A little mother who works hard daily to feed her children i ncet able to buy clothing., She would appreciate any help, Has two little girls, 3 vears old and 1 yvear old If you will share what you have with vour less fortunate fellows let us know. ‘The Attanta Neighhorhood (lub Met Monday at the bome of Bro S W. Wright December 7, at 8/} B. Hobson street. We heard talks from different members of the ciub: One visitor was present. Next meet ing will be at the home ol Bro Felsey. 927 Welch street. Decembe s ol (v Cgin, pres. W M. Hed mon seoc 5 W Wrighi rep. The Eoyval Acadians Were entertained by Mrs. Eula Green. 215 Howell stret. Next meet ing will be with Mrs, Lucile Hunt, 57 Boulevard at 8 p. m. Decembeoer 31 All members arc asked to be present. Mrs. I Rollins, pres.; Mrs, A. Alston, reporter. clothing are alsa acceptable Con munity Chriztimas wit be what vo imake it--Dp yotur bil Tuecsdav ov ening iz the last date that namos o children who might need toys fo Christmas and other wise he com pelled to do without, maybe sent in to Mrs.-E. R Johnson. chairman of the registration committee at the colored library. s ROBERT B ’ WORLD'S GREATEST NUMBER WIZARD . Now opens service compuny for confidential number | information on— | RACE TRACK REPORT, TOTAL STOCK SALES, ' BUTTER AND EGG REPORT, AND THE COTTON | MARKET, BOND REPORT, CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON BANK CLEARING | Telegraph five dollars ($5.00) for service and i membership and 1 will wire you absolutely free to | morrow’s number for yvour city. é POSITIVELY NO LETTERS ANSWERED ‘g Telegraph All Money To ROBERT M. KAY ; A1l communications must be made by telegraph or long | distance telephone. i Your daily number will be sent by telegraph and you are ! to donate fifty (350.00) dollars from the next dny’s winnings. ! Not over three winners a week will be sent to any one member. | NOTICE ; In telgraphing for advance numbers, usc the initials of i the system you are now playing, for example: R, T. for Race Track Report; T. S. for Total Stock Sales; B. E. for Butter ind Egg Report; C. M. for Cotton Market; S. E. for Stock sxchange; C. H. for Chicago; W. II. for Washington Clearing | «nd B. R. for Bond Report. { Office: 628 Farnsworth St. Detroit, Michigan Telephone, Columbia 2936 . SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931 to the press, now and then, seepe: the information that cer licenses had been revoked. Hu ried consultations were made b other insurance executives with a view of strengthening their own organizations and increasing their own business. I'ersonne! changes were made and recorded. The policy and mode of business, of some companies, changed for the better. In some in stances even the corporate name has been slightly changed and a reorganization effected. And re gularly during the past few weecks mergers have been effected in all parts of the country. In making these mergers it does not necessarily imply that any of t h e companies were seriously weak but it is significant that in cach instance the merged com panics have become substantially stronger and as the directors and stockholders will gain through an cfilcient and eentralized organ ization control so will the policy helders enjoy the benefit and as surance of a service that only the strong concern, in these times, is best able to render. As the benefit and success otu these mergers are proven it will not be long befére the same prin ciple will be. extended to many other lines of racial endeavor and just in proportion to the number f our individuals, groups and or aanizations that combine to over crome a wasteful economic condi tion so will our economic prestige, 2s a race, enhance. BIRMINGITAM. Ala., Déec 13— Two men were given life sent nees on charges of first degree murder this weck at the Jeflerson County Court House as capitale week came to an end Will Redford, who was arrested in Columbu Georgia Angust ;\4 this year by Detective Homer € Jone was found gu'lty Thursday afternoon in Judes Heflin's' court of mured in the first degree by a ury of which W C. Forrestor g foremen and sentenced to life ira prisonment. Roadford shot an d killed [I'w Hartlev. 407 Avenue D, about soven for#v five on the night of November 18 1929 At the shaot ng, which fook plaee at 1501 Ave ntie I a brother Will H 1rtley was hot in tho joo The wounded men woere taken to the Hillman haospital by FEchols and Strone and. upon arrival, it wis discovered that Jim. who was shot, in-the Tafl Lils o€ (1. & 8 was dead. After havine hiz wounds Aressed, Will was dismissed from the hospital. Redford also known as Duncan Redford, escaned and was captured in the Georgia city this past summer. He is appealing s case e ading to the latest in formation rcaching the World of fice ~ = e Joseph F. Fielder ; ‘a\‘".‘.-!’é:‘ﬂ., GRS TR ,_ Watchmaker & Jeweler 370 Peters Street, S. W. Cor. McDaniel St.