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CHICAGO. Dec,. 18 - (ANDP)
Macon H Huggins, youthful law
yer Nere, has placed his services ot
the disposal of the various churit
able agencies operating in the col
nrAl.'d district, and agreed to serve
without fee wherever unemployed
persons need legal aid.
er Hughes says that he feels in
times like these that the profes
stonal men of the group should
awiake to the necessity of doing
their bit to alleviate su™ering and
to help the destitute.
SEEK CLEMENCT FOR
CONDEMNED KILLERS
CHICAGO Dec, 18 (ANP1 A
special meeting of the ctate board
of paroles and pardons was held at
Springfield Tuesday, December, 1D,
in which an effort was made to ob
tain executive clemency for John
Reed and Ben Norsinger, convict
ed of the murder of John Martin,
white butcher, and sentenced to be
electrocuted. They were to have
been executed December 10 and
unlece. clemency is granted, they
will go to the chair December 16
AND WHOEVER. 1S DECEIVED THEREBY||
15 NOT WISE ! $PEAK YOUR GPINIONS) |
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AFor The Assocaited Regro Press)
Bathing, Yesterday and 'Today
When. back in 1842 the first!
biath-tub was instalied in the home
uf 4 weallthy manufueturer in Cin
cinpati, the duaily press was {lood
cd with letters from irate physi
crans.
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shoele of lakeiag 1ot baths i
would be dungerons Lhe e was
(ritigizedd 1 s Lt ) obe
of OuUr sovere g oot wealth
the legislature. acling upon the tip
given by doclors wiio %ie piiblic
thought knew more about health !
than any layman, tried o stop this
“devilish idea’ by imposing 4 tax
of $30.00 on cach bathtub instalied
Boston, fullowing this lead
actually prolubited baths, except |
after proper medical advice the
city ordinance being drafted by
physicians.
In Philadelphia an ord nce
which would have made 1t iilepa!
to take baths exeept after Marcn
and before Novembor was defea?
ed by only two vates!
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Urban League Offers
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Another Feilowship
A fellowship of $1.200, offered by
the Women's Prison Association of
New York, will be awarded to a
Negro woman who is a college
graduate and who is desirous of
entering the field of social work.
Tuition for three quarters must be
paid from this amount April 9,
1932 is the last day fur [iling ap
plications. This is the last year in
which this fellowship will be of
fered
For further information and ap
iication blanks write the Ilegis
irar.
tisibility. Remember that when a
profession . taleew . jlself derioushy
lnukes certuim brgve pssertions and
finds late) it Nes wrong that
profession go lewil one peg: in
the estecin of the very follke it de
pends upon fur 4 livelihood.
Preventive ricdicine “opon pub
ity open'y areived at 4 nod
dozens ol Gther awinmgvilions grew
to: 1l presenl slase of thiblic die
ceptygnce in spite of sone medical
upposition
We of this much -bathied penera
tion feel like HitKeriny ot the
worthy praetiticners w'h o took
such a determined stand asainst
the lowly buathtub. Ag wo spe
things today theirs was the ignor
ance of not knowing
Dirt and health are opposed to
each other just as cleanline and
diseuase are bitter enernie:
By {.P.Reynolds
By Jack Ralbbi:
ByJJack} Rabbit
FOOTLIGHTS
|77 A S fuir as present natives an remember Atlanta g:ot
?AA its first taste of bigtime Negro vaudeville when
[fl v Bare and Davis, feminine singing duo, substituted
!’%’fi.jl for Danny Smadl and Co., in Fanchon and Marco's
:L';. < | "Five Races” idea at the Fox theatre last week.
i That Atllaita thoalr ‘oers are
Ein a receptive mood for Negro :1(:§~~"
peontrary Lo assertions made by lo
{eal managers was seen in the
inumber of encores that the two
'.‘:mu’_stu':-: receiyed A virtual de.
fmsy- of applause which halted only
tafter three encores and a curtain
‘spvm-h had been made should
have proven concliusively that it is
qu longer necessary for either R,
i]i. 0. or Fanchon and Marco to cut
Negro acts off their intact roules
gv.'hvn they reach Cincinnati
i The demonstration at the Fox
ttheatre over Barr a n d Davis
|should set lhe pace for other
( managers, south, who like their
| contemporaries above learn t h e
‘and Dixon line should learn the
money-making attraction of Ne
' gro acts and Negro musicians.
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1‘ ~— JOCAL theatre-lovers and
1 7 a‘\?‘ in view of the cauge
! w}‘ A ;Hm e not so fond of thea
( W /1) tres, should rally to the
! G B support of the Sunday
{ fi’t@ shiows being sponsored at
5‘ ‘#{ the Royal and Lincoln
| theatres, this Sunday, December
2 between the hours of 2 and 7.
I'The entire proceeds ate to be
jdonated to the unemployment re-
Lief committee of the Neighbor
thood Union headed by Mrs. John
Hope. I'he money is to be used to
ive needy children of the west
(side a Christmas tree party which
will be staped on University Cam
bus on the afternoon of Christmas
Throtich the co-operation of P
l. Taylor, veleran showman and
jmanager o fthe oRyal theatre, the
ibeautiful Auburn Avenue house
thas not only been donated but a
ifilm, *“The Southerner”; starring
Luwrence Tibbett was secured
{ without cost.
| Many Atlantans, who previously
jviewed this picture do not know
,that a Negro doubles for Tibbett
lin many scencs, where, the Metro
;;;u!it:m Opera singer is heard but
i not seen. The man, who has a voice
lt}w exact duplicate of Tibbetl’s
is Walter Richardson, international
‘1 baritone, whose role as ‘“Zeke" in
i the musical comedy “In Qle Vir
teinny’ (wo vears apo at the Pal
{ladium in London gave him the
ipl:nuii::: of Europe’s theatre loving
s public.
| Richardson, who has since re
{turned to the Urfed States and is
:nnw in Chicago, takes the role of
‘a miaister and T «ne sequence of
Ithe film, he and Tibbett join with
lthe Los Angeles Jubilee Singers
{to render several spirituals.
1 This picture titled ‘“The South
ierner.” when shown in the south,
f\\'zns flashed on screens of northern
| theatres under the caption of *“The
j Prodigal.”
' DPersons on the west side will
fird the Lincoln theatre showing
Mary Pickford in “Daddy Long
Lecos? simultaneous to the show
ing of the Tibbett picture at the
|Hoval. Admission to the Mitchell
!Street house has been set at five
tand ten cents while that to the
Royal is ten and twenty cents
Don't fail to attend at least one of
!H‘,c':-‘,c shows on Sunday, December
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| All Harlem is in an uproar, say
idivpz)tcl\os from New York's dusky
isector, because one Nina Mae
McKinney, late star of *“Hallelu
jah” has accepted the leading role
in the legit play, “Prancing Nig
fger? The N A A C P has sent
the voung actress a petition con
’!r:imn;: five thousand names, dope
:‘;1()1'3 say.
! Cab Calloway who gets his first
ivh;mc‘e at the fat "l ucky Strike
radio hour contract on December
j‘.!&), will scarcely make expenses
!out of the deal. Though a- fat sum
‘is ofiered for Cab's music after the
money has been divided between
l!hv National Broadcasting Co »
Other Man In, So
- 2Goe Off Job
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| CHICAGO, Dec, 18 — (ANP)
The decision of Dr. Herman N
Bundesen, friend of colored peo
iplv and well-known Democrat, to
i;!iw up the post of Coroner of
{ Cook County to which he had been
!t‘lm'tud for tliat of City Jlealth
| Commissioner to which he had
\h(-m appointed. reanlted disastrous
{1y for two of the Negro employes
iin his office. Benjamin Grant,
| deputy coroner and Clifford W.
Wheeler. court reporter were the
two who received 1‘1&.‘_blll(‘ slip,
i from the new Doemocratic coroner,
lW:i],\‘h
Dr. Pundesen had an unusual
large. proportion of colored em
nlovees as Coroner considering the
limited patronage i n the office
Among those stiil attached are;
George Proctor, deputy, Drs. Har
rv Harric and Julian Lewis, physi
cians, Viryil Gant. chemist and
Lawrence Young court reporter.
PAGE SEVEN
artists bureau, the Music Corpora
tion of America and Living Mills,
his manager, the Cab will hardly
be uble to eke out car fare to.the
studio
The Mills Brothers, new radio
quartet, who have been on big
time a scant six months Wwete
booked last week for the Roxy
theatre at a stated stipend of $3,-
GUU for the seven day's effort? :
Ethel Waters and Bill Robinson,
respectively world's greatest blues
Singer and world’'s greatest tap
dancer accompanied by either Cab
Callowny or Duke Ellington will
take an all-colored show to the
gigantic R K O Palace theatre
Times Square next week, says a
note from New York?
Negro danece bands in Chicago
are coming into their own? Last
week saw the placing of “Tiny‘
Parham, 400-pound leader and his
‘band I1n Al Quodbach's tamou
Cranda cafe on the south side ang
Cass Simpson’s opening with his
band at the beautiful Golden
Pheasant night club on the Gold
Coast of the Windy City. Parham
will broadeast from WBBM while
Simpson will be heard over WIBQ.
Buck and dBubbles, chewing-gum
comedians have been signed to ap
pear with Ring Crosby, radio
crooner in a personal appearance
at the Paramount theatre Friday.
And that's all until next time
when dear readers yo{ shall be
given a complete list of the gags
which the RKO censor office de
leted from ucts during the month
of November.
Dabney to Search
for Relatives
of Nicodemus
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec, 18 —
(ANP)—Wendell Phillips Dabney,
astute editor of the Union, of this
city, received an interesting assign
ment Tuesday, when Probate
Judge William H. Lueders, ap
pointed him executor of the estate
of the late Nicodemus Jackson
Jackson or rather his estate had
suddenly become a matter of some
importance.
Prior to his death a week before,
few people seemed to know much
about Nicodemus Jackson, around
50. He was just a man about town.
more or less a bum about the
streets so far as any information
which has vet arisen would reveal.
He dressed in tatters. he ate his
meals at the city charity £oup
house and generally was regarded
as a relie Then a week ago he
grew ill, was taken to the charity
section of the General Hogpital
and died. While at the hospital a
bankbook was found, which show
ed that Mr. Jackson hod $1400 gp
deposit. His status in life changed
at once. The daily newspapers
mentioned the fact and the next
day “rclatives” appeared in droves,
claiming to be “next of kin”
Nicodemus must have lived
many iives to have been related to
all the Jacksons and folk of other
monickers who appeared to lay
tender claim on him, and his The
Probate Court was swamped, so
the judge selected an undertaker
himself, had the body buried ang
sppointed Editor Dabney to ad
minister the estate. Mr. Dabnev's
friends say that he is fully capable
of assuming the role of Solomen
and deciding whose baby, Nico
demus was.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -(ANP)—
Following closely the announced
jretivement of Thomas E. Taylof as
{executive secretary of the 135th
|Street branch Y. M. C. A. comes
'the announcement of friends that
|Henry C. Parker, Jr. is being
thoomed as the man to fill the posi
tion. Mr. Parker's long assnciaufl
‘with t h e organization. havini
served twelve years under Mr.
(Taylor, fits him admirably for the
ipoct and his youthfulness is a
| great factor in his favor, Many
{people think that a younger man
|should be installed at the “Y" in
{charge of the work because of the
(heavy a n d advanced program
(necessary to make that organiza
[tion serve its utmost in a comm
;unity where it is needed.
Mr. Parker is a Columbia tnfe
versity muan and son of one of the
wealthiest Negro real estate dn&
ers in the city. But he chose
“Y" work in preference to fi
{ing in his father's footsteps and,
‘has been unusually suceesstul fn
[the administration ¢f the %
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