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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX Birmia - ns May L ° earn Life Ins. e At Atlanta Life’s Local School | BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec. I(L—-J Realizing that in Birmungham and vicinity there are numbers of p(,‘l'—‘ sons who wish to improve them selves by way of practical husnws:-! training and study. the Birming-| ham district of the Atlanta Life| Insurance Company. under the oap-, able management of Mr. J. T. Har rison, will sponsor a school in lite Insurance Salesmanship an d Methods. Beginning Monday, J:m-‘I uary 4. 1932, the Schcol will be held | two nights per weck for a pormdl of six weeks. There will be no charge for instruction. The rcster for the school will be made up from the list of applicants which are accepted by those 1n charge of the school. In general, the applicant should be neat, 1n ¢elligent-looking. not less than 20 vears old. and able to show that 3‘:0 or she has completed the train ing equivalent to that of the ninth grade of school. The applicant also chould declare his willingness to do the work of the school, and should be able to present salisfactery re ferences as to his character and geenral ability. Applications must be made in person, not later than December 31, 1931, at the District office of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. located on the sixth floor of the Colored Masonic Building. Ask to see Manager Harrison or Mr € 1 Shampe, or ask for an employment application blank of} any of the clerks in the office. l ”F 2;50“ UULLAHJ . ¥ . 3 Police Round Up 40 in Search for Man i x r PLOUGH COMPANY MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 16——' A lone bandit, working with clock like precision. robbed n] cashier of the Plough, Inc, A Ernest Lloyd, of $2.500.00 Sat urday at high noon as he was about to enter the side door of the Memphis Folding Box Company at 791 South Fifth Street. After snatching the satchel containing the Plough Company s payroll. the lone gunman quickly made his es cape up the alley and lumed‘ south on Broadway Street. Several people standing on the street at the time saw the robbery and gavel police authorities a fair description of the unmasked bandit. The exact time of the robbery was 11:45 The robhery victim, who is a cashier at the head office of chemical com pany at 121 South Second Street had just stepped out of a taxi with the money when the holdup was staged. The youthful bandit walk ed up to the chashier, and said: “1'll take that.” “What do you mean?” the casnh ier asked. The bandit did not reply. but stuck a nickel plated pistol against| the side of the eashier, and cnatched the bag of money. As the Negro bandit was fleeing, the cashier ran into the printing com pany's office and notified the oth er employees of the holdup. One| of the stenographers. a Miss P:i}'n".} caid that she was able to get a glimpse of the man. Police radio squads were quickly informed of the robbery. and made a desperate atiempt to catch the man in a drag net. but nothineg could be found of him An hnmz later several policemen raided a| gambling joint in search for the bandit. Forty men who were ‘A”,j gaged in a dice game at the ‘wjmoE were arrested. Two of the men had“ possessions of }‘-i‘:?(:vf\‘- ]’:i‘;;m.i authoritics believe that the bandit is= ono of the men rounded up at the ioint. Mike Bianchi. white proprietor of the place, was also] placed under arrest He is believed | to have some knowledge of thel holdun. The proprietor strongly protested against the action of the officers. who not only rounded up all of the samblers in the jont Lo | ceized 20 gailons of liquor. A third | pistol was found concealed in the| back of the rear room. Pral tables. ! and many gambling devices were | also destroved at the place. locat-! ed at 300 South Wellington Street The cashier and ceveral wilness- | es described the bandit as beincai around five feet seven inches tall 3 weighing 140 pounds. aged 21 or 22 | and wearing a gray hat and a brown suit. Besides the 82500.00 pay roll which was to be used to pay off 125 employees at the branch office | ef Plough Comnany, the .<'~!v"':~"{ contained the time cards of the employees. The loss of the time| cards will necessiate the making| of new time cards. The lost monev is covered by cash, the manager! stated. Five years ago. a Plough Com pany pavmaster was robbed of $2.- 400 under a viaduct on South Fifth Street. News of the death of his sisier in-law. Mrs. Rose Buckner. was a forerunner of the robbery to the cashier. He received the sad news a#t 10:15 and the holdup was staged at 11:45. & To Receive Interment at Evadale, Ark. MENMPHIS Tenn, Dee. 16— Following fuperal services today for Mrs. Mary Nathan at the Ebene zer Bantist church at ten o'rlocl, the body of the deceased will be trken to Evadale, Ark.,, by Hayes * Tangston for interment. Rev. ¥, M. Urderwood will dqeuver 1uc funeral eulogy. | ’ i i i y v iTHREE X-RAYS MEMPHIS Tenn, Dec 16— r Eleven patients attended th e Tuberculosis clinic at Jane Terrill Hospital last Wednesday evening One skin test was made with no nostive case of disease found and three X-rays Doctors of the Bluff City Medi ral Society attended the clinic The clinicians have examined 143 pa- | tients. Attending physicians werg Bre € M EBEoaulhise, A L. Cobr| peadge, J. W. Winchester. B .‘2; Mallleave and Dr. Obersmitca f white. field phvsician for they Shelby County Tuberculosis ‘S:ri ciety. Nurses from the city and county | health department attending wt g Misses Cummings. Bounds an :!! Mrs. Vance. Students nurses '-"v-"a‘i Corine William and Pauline Ran-| dolph. ' D C A Terrill superintendent of Jane Terrill Hospital: Dr. L. G { Patterson. assistant superintendent. Dr. A A. White. house physician, and Miss Pearl Cleo Hopkins, R N. head nurse Through the courtesy of S. W. Qualls and Company patients are ".!;'_rli..\fl? 10 :H:"!‘ from Jane Terrill (‘mm' free »I!n-}.‘ also furnish chairs for the large number of pa !‘i(!!"!vlv'.‘.jp ”u;;'- ."(':T:M!\.i!‘;.'ltimj and at this clinic each Wednes day afternoon from 1 to 4 p. m. . . Accuses Bandit Pair ~ of $61 Robbery ‘ ——— | MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dee. 16— Charles Stroud, white, 3003 Wa verly street, reported to police au thorities that two bandits held him up and robbed him of $61 Thursday ' night about 10:30. ~ Reports of other robberies came from the Drury Filling station, 234 '\\'est Iowa, which was burglarized of §25 .and from the residence ot F. T. Neal, white, 1106 Vance. The extent of the loss at the Neal resi ‘dence had not been estimated at the time of this writing. Belief was ‘(-x;n‘('s.\'v(l. however, that Negro bandits were responsible for all ‘t-f the robberies. i I ; BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 16— Hold up men and robbers had an !rnm-r fairly successful week end. Miss Willie Young, 31612 North 18th ’.:rvu?. was accosted by two race l"non who snatched her purse as | she was going through the 16th street park. She lost four dollars in cash in addition to the purse, The hold up took place about ten fifteen Saturday night. | ' Some unknown person entered the home of Willie Beaman, 4417 Isi:h‘d place north, Sunday night and stole an overcoat. The loss was re ported by . C. N. Gray, 3004 I15th avenue, north Charlie Slack, 517 17th street, north, was held up about nine o'clock Saturday evening at the corner of Fifth avenue and Mor timer street, by two men with pis tols. Mr. Slack was relieved of twenty-five dollars in bills | Police were busy Monday ques tioning suspects in the holdup and shooting of W. M. Kline, white, ;‘3\’)11 Third avenue, north, who was ' held up by two men in front ot 3125 27th street .north. The robber | pair, after taking forty-five dollars L from Mr, Kline, shot him in the Ehacl. HBis wounds are nol serious 2 i Insurance Man | Returns Home :f MEMPHIS. Tenn,, Dec. 16— After two weeks of conefinement at the Collins Chapel hospital where he has ben recovering from acci dent injuries received : Tuesday, night, November 24, when a car inj which he was returning from Nash ville was sideswiped by a truck in to a ditch near Brownsville, Tenn M. W. Bonner, general scecretary of the Universal lL.ife Insurance Co returned to his home at 719 Walk er street, The secretary was the most seriously injured of the four parties in the acident Mrs. J W Waiker. wife of Dr. J. W. Walker, was also badly hurt. She spent sev cral davs at the Collins Chapel hos pital. but is back at present. Dr Walker and Mr. A, W. Willis were onlv slightly wounded. The party was returning from Nashville where they attended the funeral of the late Dr J T Wilson, prominent phvsician. and first president of the Universal Life. MEMPHIS., Tenn,, Dec. 16— “ully determined to break up reck less driving in the city, Judge Fitz hugh of the city court fined Otis Burnett 33. 531 ‘Hollywood. $25 tor reckless driving and held him to the siate on charges of driving while intoxicated. Arresting officers said that the defendant had his car rocking from one side of the street to ancther when they arrested him on Jack 'G'm avenue. Burnett denied that he was driving the car while intoxi cated, but the judge thought other wise as he said: “I'm going to break up this drunizen driving business i1 ‘I have to fill up the workhouse.” . Gets Rid of Gun Very Slowly As ~ | Cops Roll Up 1 BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 16-~-—l While Officer Stapp and his part ner Officer George cruised about the Titusville section Saturday eve ning they noticed a number of n']un' congregated around an automobile. | As the police car came to a hult[ one man pulled a pistol from b(.'-l neath his clothing and tossed it uvcrl a nearby fence. Monday, Coleman Fullwell, 5‘_’7' Beta street, was given a fine of fifty dollars and costs and sentenc od to fifteen days in jail for carr}'-‘ ins concealed weapons. He stated, that he had been down town to get come medicine and {ad stopped to talk to the men: wheu the police ar came up and some one shouted| police.”. He had had a litlle to irink and didn't want the gun| ‘ound on him. Fullwell is employ-| »d by the city on the street clean-| ng crew, | BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec, 16— Services at the Macedonia Baptist church were rudely interrupted Sunday evening about nine o'clock as a loud shotgun roared forth in Eighth alley a short distance away Shot in the right thigh as he was between two houses, Cincin natti Baldwin. 1637 Ninth avenue, south, says that he did not see the party who fired the shot but James Wallace. 949 North 16th street. and Willie Ella Smith, same address. stated that they saw Adam Ross, known as Plunkett, running from the scene of the crime with a shot gun under his arm. The man was taken to the Hillman hospital where his wounds were treated. A large crowd had gathered in the alley where there are a number of houses at the sound of a dis turbance and it is believed that the charge destined for scme other per son struck the man as he was com ing between the houses to find out what was going on [ Mask Comes Off; $500 1 . Holdup Foiled % e | MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 16— Earl Holliday found it impossible to escape a true bill verdict by a Shelby County Grand Jury Friday morning for robbery and carrying a pistol and he must go to court to either plead guilly or stand trial when the ecriminal courts opeo next year. He was charged with robbing Frank Stergios white manager of t h e White Swan TLaundry, and carrying a pistol 550 dollars. but his nerves weaken ed when he lost his mask. Threa’s of his life by the defendant finally made him yield two dollars of th2 sum .Stergios declared. The Grand Jury returned thir teen true bills, ranging from lar ceny to assualt to murder charges. and one not true bill against Fest McCoy, who shot and Kkilled Joe Hankins last Sunday night. Tho> defendant said that the slaving was done in self defense. and after the deceased had cut him severa' times with a knife. The Grand Jury account is as follows: Tom Myers, charged with as sault to murder; Mary Harris and Janie Gobson. burglary, larceny a nd receiving stolen: property Fred McFarland. housebreakiny larceny and receiving stolen pro perty: Paul Morrics: Hiram Patter son. Andrew Wilson, 1. G. Reevar and Albert Greer. larceny and re ceiving stolen rroperty Henry Tee Jefferson. attemnt to rob: Earl Hollidav. robberv: Shep l.owe. violating the liquor laws and transportin®t intoxicating - quors: Fest MeCov Barl Holliday and Tom Myers. carrving pistols. E“ = ' v‘l ve i . oxplosion Vietim » r Buried Yesterday MEMPHIS Jant, Bee 16— .F”"'“"" ervices for the late Jos Givhans. who died of accident in juries he reccived two weeks ag i ;?,;N‘_ 1"‘5".' r Body Mill plant. was eld Mohddy fternoon at two p . at the parlor of Hayes & Lang ton Funeral Directors, 699 N, 2nd street. The deceased was an ex service man. and interment was held at the National cemetery, WANTS YOU 10 GIVE THE ADVERTISERS MOST O YOUR BUSINESS Make Your Dollars Y Count! HEIP THER UNEMPLOYED! THE ATLANTA WORLD \ | 4 \ All Depts. Work For . Uplift of Race ~ Y r N SERVE CHILDREN | MEMPBHIS. Tenn Dec, 16— Like many social and civie or ganizaions of the city. the colored Community House has taken cog nizance of the destitute conditions of many of the citizens of Memphis, and is contributing its bit to effect a panacea for their economic ills This organization is mainly inter ested in dependen t and helpless children whose half-clad sickly bodics are a crying challange to those with a spirit of benevolence l.ast Friday afternoon at four o'clock a Mothers’ club was orga nized at the Community Center This club plans to present a Xm;xsi Reverie during the holidays for| the purpose of acquainting a large number of industrial g-ovps that have already pledged finan~izi sup oert with many of the iconditions cenfronting social secvice workers at the Community House. It is tnru @iich groups' that the Community House secures most of its funds to keep up social work among Mem phis Negroes. A board of supervi sers was also organized., It com prises representatives of the lhl-l ferent industrial groups, wno \\'111{ work out their own plans by which eney is to be secured. Tie aewxly organized MNciliors! club will meet every w:elr to inake over old clothes to meet the need of suffening children. Friday after noott at four e'elock will be the regular meeting time of the club. THe Chiristian Servise Class iy taught every Friday by weli troin ed tcachers. Last Friday the class had a large attendance. Mis. J. D. Miller, white, Presbyterian suplt ot the Social Service scaocl. had charge of the class. A programn committee for this departinient was soleclied to secure funcds (o pur chase shees for some of the bare foated children connectzd with the Day Nursery and Kindergarten de p-timents. Nrs, Corine F. Wildes is chairman of the committee. and Mrs. Martha Kirk is assistant chair man. Tae Sunday Lyceum last Sunday, Decomber 5 was quite intercsting. Macy . :ilors were peesent. Mes Jennie P. Moore, execliiive cecre tary of the Community louse, re viewed - the lessons. Miss izetta Ward instructed the students ind visiting attendants for abonut thiity minutes. The Community House clinic ce partment had a hard day last Thursday with more than nmety children present to be vaccinated examined, or instructed in methods of sanitation. Dr. G, A. Davis and Miss Bradley. public health nurse, have been vaccinating -the children against diphtheria with toxin anti toxin serum. Some of the children showed symptoms of whooping coughs. In all such cases Dr. Davis sent a notice to the children's p;n‘—‘ ents, advising them to place the voungsters under the care of a 1)1\)'~’ sician immediately. _ A pair of 'health” scales was do- | nated to the clinic last week by the‘ 8t John M E. churca Missionary Society. The scales are very val uable for the clinic physician in helping him to determine the health conditions of the children. '1‘here< are ninety one children in the Com munity House Day Nursery and Kindergarden department, | lB ITY GOURT | . | Larceny, Assault With ‘ . | Pistol Blame MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 16— The judgment o f Ilonorable lewis Fitzhugh of the pclice court vas guick and drastic Priday after ; noon against five dofendants | brought before him. The charges | for which they were docketed at [ police headguarters carried felon !i; us weight. and they were auick. ily bound over to the staic by the { eity judge. { Johnnie Maize was Ffirst to fee! | the sting of the judge’s whip wher | Fitzhugh held her to the state or 'a charge of housebreaking and {larceny. According to the bpro ! cocutor, Parview., (white). t h e {".'nm:m broke into his home and ! stole some curtains, draperies. and ,-“.im'" household goods amounting to about twenty-five dollars. Dis ](“‘v!‘:.n('}' regarding her agze was ipointed out by the arresting of i ficer who testified that Johnnie | first said she was 19 and later gave { her age as 16. If Johnnie were only | sixteen she would have been sub { mitted to the juvenile department | but Judge Fitzhugh decided she { was nineteen and that her charge i should be given the consideration fur a Shelby County Grand Jury. ! Robert Smith got in trouble !!'\'Hnn he decided to thrash a little { issue out with his mother-in-law ’".t“'th a pistol. He was charged with {earrving a pistol and assault with {7 npistnl, and vagrancy: The “judge z‘- 'd him to the state on the first tvro charges. and fined him twenty ive dollars for dodging work - Petn Anderson. 17 and Allen nith. 18 were just old encugh to ~ tuned over the Grand Jury for «wpony of clothes at J. C Penny | “tara They were held to the state -~ the double charge of house { s~ -king and larceny. | rhovles Harten stepped a fayw ipre-~ from his automobils ang jwhen he returned he found [wc ATLANTA, GA. HITS 0 BITS - WILSON L. DRIVER v—.———:-fr—"“:'"“ ks a2BANCY G . BIRMINGHAM Ala, Dee 16— L A basketball looims into the ealm. of gportsdom the element ary l\.;;‘_h schools and l‘O“CgC‘S thru out Alzabanma are getting started for the basketball race. Before the vL‘.l rers take possession, let us turn cur thoughts to the gridiron once more | Rortunately for the Colored Grid ders of the Southern Conference, football's death toll has not been alarming. As yvet, there have been no fatilities in the 8. €. thHis sen 'son. While, the fatalittes on the gridiron have been numerically large as well as alarming for our white brethren. spring Training Chick Mechan, N. Y. University Coach; points out that aplausible explanation for the alarming num ber of football deaths is the need of spring training in all schools where the sport reigns; and making these spring training periods count for something. Continuing in his controversery. Coach Meehan paint tage of conditions, which prevent the pilayers from playing hard. thereby resulting in an injury. E ven though vigorous spring train ing will make better athletes for the fall, there is No guarantee of the elimination of injuries by this early training. Officials to the rescue With the coming meeting of the Southern Conference Officials Fri day and Saturday of this week, a remedy may be had which will tend to eliminate some of the many cases of injuries received by our players this season. By vigorous ly enforcing the rule, making it compulsory that clipping, piling. kneeing and hitting cost the offend ing ‘player the rest of the after noon on the bench, numbers of in juries that could have been avoid cd this season will be eliminated next session. The rules committee can go a step further and disqualify the of fender for his unsportsman like acts. DISCIPLINARY METHODS Football has its fine points as well as the bad. if we choose to call them such. In the realm of sportsdom, footbail his no peer as an agent to character building and discipline. Not content with dis cipfining the athletes, it makes men of weaklings (provided they aren't vellow) and disciplines the student body as well. A school without football, would be like a Cabaret in Harlem that prohibited the sale of alcoholie drinks; not many customers. Name the school and cight fellows out of ten can name the head coach. Name the President of the Intitu tion and nine out of ten will ask what office is he running for. Are there College Presidents or, are there? Most of the Fans are of the opinion that the Insi.iutions are ‘runned’' by lhe Coachos. THE “FLYING ACES” As the Cagers are preparing 1o get under the way; the ‘'flyino Aces begin flying. This group of young men which is an independ ent aggregation, are desirous of meeting all comers on the court and issue a challenge to all of tho Teams of the Magic City fer dates. Those of you who are decirous of meeting the Aces can communi cate with FEvans Johnson, 2213- Parkway, Westfield, Ala. 1 Grand Jury Frees | 1 4 McCoy Slayer SAYS HE SHOT HANKINS IN SELF DEFENSE MEMPHIS Tenn. Dec 16 All is well that ends well. Anda all ended well with Fest McCoy, £84¢ Minnie street, who became a slayer, nospital patient. a prisoner, in one week. and Friday morning nbout eleven o'clock walked away from a Grand Jury room at the criminal court after twelve tales meon failed to find sufficient ground for indictment. MceCoy's temporary troubles be gan last Sunday night, December 3. when he shot and kilied Joe Han kins at 186 Marble streei. Accord ing to the meager information that Captain Glisson was able to glean from the testimony of a woman roomer at the residence, Hankins attemped to obtain a pistol from MicCoy by force shortly after the slayer arrived at his home around five o'clock. The two men began tussling and Hankins slashed Mec- Coy with a knife. McCoy came back with a fatal resentment. He :not Hankins in the region of .he heart, killing him almost instantly. Aflter he received treatments for his injuries at the General hospital McCoy was placed under arrest Monday afternoon. The following Friday he pleaded self defense be ‘ore a Shelby County grand jury. and gained his freedom. : “FLAME” IS NEW NEGRO PLAY TO BE PRODUCED New York, Dec.. 16—(ANP)— ‘Flame” a new play with an all Negro cast is to be brought out soon by Rob. Sparks who was man ager for the Philadelphia Theatre Assoriation, t h e organization which brought out ‘“Lysistrata.’” Rose McLendon-is said to be slated ‘or the principal role. Gilmore hampering with the motor with evident attention and malice aforethought to steal the vehicle 1jarten testified against the defend int Friday afternoon following Gilmore's arrest the previous morn ing. Judge Fitchugh passed Ll case to the state. ] : S | BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec. 16— The last meeting of the Lirming ham District Branch of the Na tional Negro Business League for the year will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Bradford Func ral home on 7th avenue, according to E. A. Bradford, nresident of the group who requests that all busi ness, professional, men, and grocel be present, An interesting discussion ha been planned and details for the election of officers vhich 13 o be held the first meeting of the New Year will be considered. The or ganization has accomplished much this year, the outstanding achieve ment being the establishment of Colored Merchant Associalion stores in the Birmingham district. Fort, Beddow and . Ray to Assist Darrow, Hayes NEW YORK, Dec. 16 -Returned from a conference in Birmingham with Roderick EBecddow, of Fort, Beddow and Ray. leading attorneys retained to defend the 8 condemn cd boys in the Scottsboro case Walter White, Secretary of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, report: the following developments: 1. The Bills of Exceptions filed by the N A A € P have boen certified to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. 2. The Bills of Exceptions pre sented by George W. Chamlee. ot torney for the I. L. D. were not ap proved. Mr. Chamlee demanded and received opportunity to arguo for the certification of his bills but his argument was not successful The Judge ruled against them on two grounds: because they were defective and because Mr. Cham lee was not an attorney of record in the case. 3 Argument before the Ala bama Supreme Court will be had on January 18 1932 and prior fo that time there will be a confer ence in Birmingam, participated in by the attorneys reiained by the N A A €~P, NC'srs Roderick Beddow, Clarence Darrow, and Arthur Garfield HHays. Mr. White will go to Birmingham to be pre sent at the conference. No steps will ‘be omitted to pro cure the very best possible de fense o fthe boys, said Mr. White. who urged that the public send contributions prompily toward the expenses o fthe approaching legal battle. - . 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Final return limit January 6, 1932, between points in the Southeast. . Ask Ticket Azent for fares, selling dates and limits to other destirations. . J. P. BILLUPS. . General Passenger Agent, Adanta, Ga. Travel by Train for Safety, Comfort and Convenience Cab Calloway Goes i | on Lucky Strike | ¢ ‘ Hour Dec. 29 i LRI ! On Tuesday everiing, Docember 29th, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club orchestra will make their ini tial bow upon the Lucky Strike radio hour. His Highness of Ho- De-Ho will be picked up by re mote control from the floor of the Cotton Club in Harlem between 10 and 11 p. m. Calloway's will be the first col ored orchestra to be featured on an important commercial broad cast. His music on this oeccasion will be sent out over the entire N. B. C network, a distinction in kecping with his popularity a5 a radhg entertainer. The inimitable Cab is playving on the stages of various Loew thentres in the vicinity of New York doubling from his regular engago ment at the Cotton club. This wil! continue until January 8, when he and his band leave upon an ex tended tour of the Paramount theatre circuit, which will take him as far west as Kansas City. N . : Community House to Sponsor Show MEMPHIS Tenn., Déo. 16 Through the assistance of the Negro porters and other employees of the Goldsmith store, a benefit show will be given at the Hamilton Auditorium of Booker T. Washing ton school for the purpose of rais ing funds to help the sick and the needy children of the colored com munity House. A definite date for the show has not been set, but Mrs. Jennie P. Moore, executive secre tary of the Community House, said che thought it would be ready for presentation by the first part of next week. The urgent need of kid dies at the house for shoes. and medical c¢2re has been brought to the attention of several white re presentatives of the Goldsmith store, and they arc willing to let their coolred employees assist in relief work. Mrs. Corine Warbler is chairman of the committee spon soring the: show, and Mrs. Edward € Kirk is the assistant chairman, L] Driver Hears But Fails To Act O alls 1o Act Un Command To Halt BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 16— P hear you!” That's what Tom Murphy. 1421 l/\‘.’t"n\l(‘ 1. is said to have told Of | ordered him to stop Suncay as he ' noticed him driving along 11th {uv(-nn(n south, in a very uncertain | manner, | Apparently Murphy did not heag E”“' officer as he kept cn going i The man was captured after a briot : chase, Officer Cason stated that ’ the man was staggering drunk while Murphy, bronght before ll Judge Martin, admitted that he had | been drinking. He weas ordered not { to drive his car for six months i siven fifteen days in jail and a fine { of fifty dollars and court .costs { L.oud bangs disturbed the pence | ful slumbers of J. Wilkinson, 811 , 11th avenuc, north, just before one 1 0clock Monday morning, 5 N m.p Pure, Fine, Famous Herbe For Sick MEN and Sick WOMEN BV B IR IER A oo L tie Sen i I O Wendertal Resuitsl Call or Write Todayt THE ORIENTAL HERB CO. B et B ARt WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931 BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dece, 162 The Colored EX Service Men's club met at the Elks Rest Sunday afternoon at four oclock with a vory large number in attendance, About tifty new members { od | the group and all expres sed il cnthusiasm for the meeting and the good work that is being done for the various disabled men in the district. It is expeeted that a very promi- § nent white vigitor will be present g at the next Sunday meeting and a § definite announcement will appear 3 in the Birminghamn World's Friday § edition. g . Prominent Young . = . , . Birmian Buried On Sund: n sunaay BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dee. 16— Funeral services for Thomas Per due were held Sunday afternoon at his home at 8th avenue at two thirty with the Rev. H. €. Tennell pastor of St. John A. M. E. church, officiating Murs. Lillian Stone Moore and Mrs. Serctha .l:\rk.wn; sang solos. The serviceos were largely atlen ded by friends from both races in cluding Mr. Johnson of the Coca Cola company and raembers n"’!c family of the late T. O. Smith, 68th prominent and weathy Dirmingham family groups Mr. Perdue is survived by a wife, lerk at the Banner Printing com pany, two children, Dorothy and Tom. Jr.,. a mother, Mrs. Smith, & dster, Blanche Perdue, two broth ers. Robert and Irank, and other relatives. Burial was at Lincoln cemetery, Bessemer, with Daven port and FHarris in charge \ No More: Distresstfrom BLADDER PVEAKNESS r yon're wnlncky m'.“ to bhave . hls, troul leo allm ’m 1y Planten's 3 0 er Bluck Capsulen. During mﬂym of use, theusumds E“dlfﬂ:;i “'ﬁ'ﬁ: resolta, Don't t tressing mmation weaken {ou. Ne more palufrdi urination, oot eut the afiment that’s st the bottom of your eomditiom. RB!4 your relf of bothersowe night rtsing. 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