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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 115
BENEFIT LOSES ONLY 34,106,130 INSURANCE
Young Aviator Dies Instantly in Plane Crash
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Victim Son of Well
Known Physician
in Kansas City
FALLS 1,500 FEET
TOPEKA Kans.. Dec 27 - Thom
as Perry Jones, son of Dr and Mrs.
Thomas A Jones of Kansas City,
Mo., a young aviator, was instantly
killed Monday, when the two-pas
senger Velie mono-coupe plane, in
which he Was flying, became lost]
in a fog and crashed to the earth
two miles north of North Topeka
Young Jones, it is said, had been ‘
warned by Paul Pugh, local airport
owner, of the impending dangers
lurking in the heavy bank of fog. >
but the dead flyer had chosen t > ,
ignore Pugh's advice.
N Circle Twice
According to E. T Backus in
whose held the plane crashed, the
flyer circled twice around his place
befor^-maJringUie fatal landing.
Backus saia when Ito feached the
scene of the wreck. Jones’ body
was dangling from the wing of the
ship ns if he had attempted to leap
out and was caught. One foot, was
torn completely off and blood was
pouring from his mouth. He was
dead.
Dr. Jones told newspaper repre
sentatives that his son. accompani
ed by Dr. P C. Turner, had left
Sunday for Topeka.
Pugh said the pair had landed
their plane on his field about 3:30
Sunday afternoon. They left the
field and returned about four hours
later.
Seeing them taxi the ship out of
the hangar. Pugh said he questioned
them about making the trip back to
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Ethiopians Give n
New Educational
System by Man
WASHINGTON, D C Dec. 25
iANP) Howard university add;
another graduate to the field of
foreign service in Cyril Price, of
k If the class of 27. who is engaged
" in the field of education in Af'
sinia
Mr. Price left America last .lune
for his post in Abyssinia where lie
Is in charge of the educational
program of the province of Deric
Daona. Since he lias been there h
has formed a Board of Education,
and organized a Parent-Teachers
Association, both of which are
working systematically to make t 1"
program lie has initiated success
ful.
Mr. Price received his mn'der'::
degree in English at Howard in
1930, and has (inly to complete h> ,
thesis before receiving the Ph. D.
from the University of New York.
WORK HEGINS ON NEW
BORDENTOWN DORMITORY
BORDENTOWN, N J Dec 25
(ANPt Work wns begun Wednes
day on the new boys’ dormitory for
the Bordentown Manual Training
School. It is estimated that the
new building will he ready for oc
cupaney early next fall $16(1(10'1
was appropriated for the building
by the 1931 Legislature The new
dormitory will house 100 boys in
creasing the school’s capacity 'or
boys to 300.
The
Weather
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INCREASING CLOUDINESS
Sunday; moderate north winds. Not
much change in temperature.
C. F. von HERRMAN
Meteorologist, Weather Bureau
Spends 100th Birthday
Asking Job, Reminiscing
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WiI.I.IE WARD
Oli. DUBOIS HITS
CHURCH ATTITUDF
ON COLOR LINES
Behind in Bettering
Racial Relations
Says Scholar
NEW YORK D<m- 22 Writing
ui the ( hristian Century, for Dec. 9
Dr. W. E. B Du Bois, member of
the Board of Directors of the N.A.
|A C P and editor of the Crisis, ex
, presses his opinion that the Church
I which inis lagged in facing the col
or Imo will avoid such problems as
possible.
Calling Ilie problem of the color
line “not only the most pressing
social question of the modern
I world: it is an ethical question
that confront:, every religion and
every conscience. "Dr. Du Bi i
reviews the history of the Church
m this field.
The Christian Church "sponsored
and defend" slavery in America
writes Dr Du Bois who says: "The
.only Christian body that gave the
I abolitionists aid and countenance
। was the Quakers, who. toward the
the eend of the 18th Century, and
| in tile beginning of the 19th, gradu
|a!lv look . stand against slavery
land began to agitate for emmci-
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Policeman Slays Man He Claims
Tries to Attack Him With a Knife
Upon answering a radio ( li to
rear 979 Myrtle street Offum W.
1.. Owen and W. D Nash wot" in
formed by Henry Robinson, rear
979 Myrtle street, that two men End
brandished pistols about In homo;
and upon his threatening them 1
they had fled. One of the men.
Robert Lee, rear 935 Myrtle street
had returned 30 minutes later and
bad thrown rocks into his home
Officers soon arrested Robert
Lee and found him in a very
drunken condition. Upon search
ing him they found a bilire and a
long knife. He was (barged with
drunkeness and disorderly condm t
and immediately placed under ar
rest. As Officer Owen went to the
home of Max E. Land. 975 Myrtle
ATLANWW/ORLD
"Entered second-class matter at the post office at Atlanta, Ga. under the act of March 8, 1879"
BY CLIFF MAC KAY
Atlanta's one-hundred year "Id
youngster, Willie Ward vouthliil
in both mind and phva |U". ■■
terday celebrated his century m । >.
birthday, by tramping i’l .ii htm
•Jreci in search of a .job
Tne little old man who .o’
his many years, holds linn ell a
’ erect as a man sixty y< ar: yoim m.
land whose hair, though slight I '.’
greyed, is still long, when quest •
ioned by the writer, .‘aid m, ~t
hi* : birthdays no longer hold a thrill
for him.
“They have been coming too quii l ;
and often If God is good to me
though I hope Io see twenty live
more .vet." he said.
I W n d': life reads like a chapter
out of a highly-colored novel. Burn
on the present site of Ilie (moi ।
State capital on Dcccnibei : 6 i : 3
the man I hofigh he Im m. I ■ I r.i .
sed the two stat'A of Georgi,! ami
Mississippi has lead a full hl"
When but nine years of a a h"
was sold to “Old Man William.,."
whom he says at that time wa
known as the worst slaver in
Georgia. He owned a plantation
known as "Bad Man's Farm.”
where more than 3,000 slaves work
ed. Numerous stpries of brutality,
boatings and killings often leaked
out but nothing was ever done a
bout them. Ward said after tluee
beatings he ran away from the
place and tramped back to Atlan
ta only to find that his parents,
who were free Negroes, had been
returned to the father land by King
Edward Hl of the Golden Age of
Africa.
Ward then tells of his recapture
an‘d how he was sent to the famous
John Wright Walker farm near
Azoo Valley, Miss., where he spent
the larger part of his life in vir
tual peonage. Though ho hud es
caped several times, he was always
brought back and then at hi Hie
civil war. he began woikim; on the
lifly-fifty cropping contract
Despite numerous good crops a
is typical of most peonage farm
I " seemed to get deepci and deep
er in debt with, the owners of th"
< . late. It finally becanu ncc
ary for his family to work from
early morning to sundown in order
to keep body and soul together.
Many probably recall sensational
.'furies appearing regarding Ward's
escape from the farm, his hmm:
marooned two week's in the top of
a tree, living on food brought him
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George Harrison to
Give Recital Today
George Harrison, noted reader,
will appear in a recital of Dunbar
poetry in Sale hall of Morehouse
university Sunday afternoon at
4:30 P. M. The noted speaker will
be assisted by the Morehouse col
lege Glee Club. Orchestra and
Quartet. The affair is being spon
sored by the senior class of the lo
capschool. A silver offering which
is to be taken at the conclusion of
t'ne recital will be donated to the
Morehouse Endowment campaien.
drect. to phone for the patrol, he
■ Inimed that he heard a scuffle,
then three shots from a pistol. Rim
rung back to the car he found Lee
dead from gunshot wounds
In his report to headquarters. Of
ficers W. D. Nash, the slaver <4
Lee. claimed that Robert Lee had
■dvn him constant trouble and
finally asked him if he might be
allowed to tie his shoe string. The
officer claimed that he granted the
request and as the Negro did so he
came up with a long knife, slash
ing his coat. The officer then fired
upon Lee killing him instant Iv
According to the Grady hospital.
Lee was brought into the clinic
wounded several times, one shot
taking effect in the abdomen, a
ATLANTA, GA.. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1931
With World
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JBMMk wBI
I’cv. S. Ralph Wilson
Rev. Wilson Will
Be Classified
Ad Manager
The World annoiiiK'C’ the re
i tention of the Rev. S Ralph Wil
: son, pastor of (lie Pilgrim Baptist
church, as manager of the new
1 classified advertisement depart
ment which is being started.
For 14 years Rev. Wilson has
had newspaper experieimo in both
advertising ami editorial depart-
I u.ciif after studying courses in
; journalism at the University of
: Chicago
Employment has been with the
Kan:.,i Cily ('all. Chicago Whip,
and AU'iiia Independent, where hi?
was coimccled as managing editor
until comiii'?, to The WORLD
Rev Wilson is connected with
various civic, religious bodies and
'■ducalmil,ll movements in the city
' as well as being identified with the
Businei- league. F and A M and
the Royal Arch Chapter No 40.
■Si Andrews Commandry No. 27.
Springfield. Mo.
DIGITS ARGUMENT
FfflL TB MSN
Charlesfon. W V. . Dec 25 )By
The Associated Negro Pressi-Roy
Davi . 24. confessed to stabbing to
death Britton Crozer. 40. a brick
layer m Third avenue Thursday
night, when police arrested him a
■snort time later.
Chief of Police John Britton
i (white) who obtained tiie confess
! i >n. said Davis stated he killed
Crozier in an argument about
I clearing house lottery tickets.
Davis in his first ’Statement said
ho and ('rozier got info lb',' arge.
I ment at the boarding house of
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second in the che t. a third in the
hip and others about the body
Aeco'dmg to Officer Nash. Lee
kept trying Io g- t out of the police
c.ir. IP bod- was turned over to
Hie Hanley company, after doctors
at the hospital pronounced him
dead.
Very soon a woman. Mary Kemp.
97!) Myrtle Ore.' was brought in
to tim police station drunk and dis
orderl.w According to t aptain Hol
combe of the mJ t on ul the wo
man seemed dnm) Livless. and
very pale in color n ;'"' i 'rs at the
hospital claimed : i< i'm woman
was found nude ' 1 ked in a bath
room. Doctors .1 the ho-pital ad
ministered s( m" ii a .tidotes with
little success
TWO VIOLENT
DEATHS RHE I
RECORDED
Alleged Suicide and
Murder Occur on
Christmas Day
MAN, WOMAN DIE
Two violents deaths were chalk
ed up for the Merry Christmas day.
when a woman and a man were
killed almost within 45 minutes of
each other. Both deaths occurred
in different sections of the city
In the first case the victim Mis
Mamie Andrews. 225 Corley avenue,
committed suicide according to her I
husband. Robert. Andrews, who
was the only pers-m in their home!
at the time. The husband told offi-|
fleers Manor and Nix that the worn-,
an had wounded herself in the neck |
with a shotgun. He was taken into!
custody and booked under suspic-l
ion.
The ambulance driver for the
Hanley /Co.. Pete Turner, who has
been retained as a witness by po
li'-e, claimed that when he arrived
the woman was lying on the floor;
of the front room with the shof-|
gun nearby. Turner declined to!
give any other statement save that ।
Andrews was from his home towns
Norwood. Ga., and had always’
been of good character. He claimed I
that he saw no burns from the dis
charge of the gun but that tiie en
tire volley of shots had been poui 1
ed into the wound, showing that
it. must have been fired at close ।
range.
Blame Andrews
ft is believed that officers will'
attempt to fasten (lie killing upon I
Andrews, supporting the theory
that a long shotgun was a rather
cumber-some weapon to fire upon
one's self especially without burn-
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Cyclist Runs Into
Drunken Man and
Cyclist Is Hurt
Hitting an unknown man. whom
he says appeared to be intoxicated,
while astride a bicycle proved un
fortunate to Ernest Sims, 643 Mag
nolia Street, a delivery boy for a
local drugstore, who was found at
Grady hospital to be suffering
from a fractured collar bone
Sims claims that ho whistled
when he saw the man in the path
of his vehicle but the drunk ap
parently didn't hear him. When he
struck the man, Sims said, he was
hurled more then fifteen feet into
the air landing on his side against
the curbstone.
The man. he said, in his haste to
get away from the scene of the ac
cident. dropped a large bottle of
liquid which smelled lil ’ alcohol
After being treated at the hos
pital. he was permitted to return
home
Jazzin' The
News
FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
Millions lost by Benefit:
save lots of pay in year
Legislation DePriest seeks.
three bills Congress will hear.
Negro pilot dies in plane;
dense fog the cause of crash
S. C. gridders lose to Clark;
their dean slate hopes are smash
ed.
Harlem leaders won't be tried;
they offered loot to law
Hundredth birthday Lantan sees:
of fifteen kids he's pa:
Cops still shooting Negroes here;
“resisting law" gets one
Resolve to buy World each time;
give us your subscription.
Scottsboro Evidence
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These two p : ctures will lie used a evidence by General W.
( hamlec. International Labor Ji"!U ■ attornc.’. of Chattanooga,
when h ;i appeals before the .Alabama 'uprenu (Hurt on January IK
again I th" death sentence of tl" i rJit Siott boro boys framed on a
charge of raping- two white wonu n I Fir top picture shows the trial
town o| Scottsboro. Ala. ' >mi p r 'ila l >"n dur ug normal times
The lower picture shows part of the mob of lb.ooo that flocked into
town to create a lynch atmo plif;c and intimidate the jury- The mob
broke into cheer ami a band hit ■ a march when the death verdict
was announced.
NAOASKSHCOVFBNOT T 0 FIRE
NEGRO FIRST IN TCONOB PfiOGH
NEW YORK. Dec. 22, An orders
to heads of government depart
merits warning them that no race
discrimination is to be shown in
carrying out economy policies, is
asked in a letter to President Hoov
er made public today by the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
The association cites the recent
attempt to transfer to Porto Rico
an employee in the Custom House
at New Orleans, whose seniority
entitled him to remain in the
country .
The letter sent to President
Hoover by the N. A. A, C. P. sign
ed by Walter White. Secretary, is
as follows:
“May we be permitted to place be
fore you for consideration the re
quest that in carrying out proposed
economies in the administration of
National Government that depart
ment heads be warned by you as
nation based upon color or race.
We recognize, of course, that theo
retically such discrimination is
supposed never to exist. But in the
dismissal or demotion of govern
mental employees it is, unfortu
nately. not always true that the
standards of impartially applied
rules and regulations are rigidly
adhered to.
“Of all the racial groups in the
United States the Negro is suffer-
Hot Party Hatches Petrified Eggs
ANOIHI R BIG TALE FROM MISSISSIPPI
GOLLA GOOLA, Mi . D" . Two | "!ni "<l egg., which Sam
Jones found 20 yin.- ago near Welt Lake and I- pl in his home at
Chitlin Switch hatched ('ln: ttu i n ght in the tn if. tid a bot party at
ti'e Jones residence
One of the pi irt. wa. a stone l> Ib d w' Kidpeeker and the other
was a granite । nlored Plymouth Rock rnosler with nruble legs,
Mr. Jones plans to ,e!l tic roo er to a Lo ti re taurant where it
is underst,ood it will Im pi tea!!/ the Mime a those ordinarily served
while the woodpi < in r will I aim'd to ' oil u »h ; n> rocks on the
Jones land -o that dynam':. may he n.-o'.d t'“ oh 4 ructions blown
away and tiie ground m d for fanning.
ing most severely during this period
of depression and unemployment.
It is still unfortunately true in
many instances that the Negro is
usually the last to be hired and
the first to be fired We sincerely
trust that yen as President, will take
all steps within your power to pre
vent the imposition of still further
hardships upon N *gro federal em
ployees.
Placed Hand on (Jiri;
Charged With Attack
Shelby. N C Dec. 25 <Bv The
Associated Negro Pres) -Emory
Maddox. 19 '/ears old, and employ
ed on a farm near here was ar
rested and placed in jail on a charge
of attempted assault. Friday morn
ing. Officers declare that while out
rabbit hunting he came upon a 16
year old girl washing clothes near
a spring. The boy is said by the
officers to have approached the
girl, laid his hand on her arm and
asked her if she would not go to
Arkansas with him. Tiie girl
frightened ran m the house The
bos is said to have assured her
parents that he meant no harm
but wa/ placed under arrest and a
charge laid against him.
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WOO TO
0 E SAVED
ONW
Total Force Reduced
181 Since Sept.,
Says Roper
WILL MUTUALIZE
Washington D C Dec 27 —A
loss of insurance in fo£ce of
$4.196.130 from Sept 21 to Nov. 16
nas been sustained bj the National
I Benef ‘ Insurance company, ac
corciu.' to a statement made by the
! receiver. Daniel C Roper, at a
i meeting of the National Convention
iof Insurance receivers in New
York last week. The insurance in
force today is $54 827.308 as against
$58,933,438 in September.
Meanwhile, the number of work
ers m the home office in Washing
ton has been reduced trom 171 to
I 92 and in the field from 653 to 556,
a total reduction between Sept
ember and November of 181. The
annual savings in salaries on thi".
basis is approximately $l5OOOO.
Endorse Mutualization
The convention went on record
in a resolution as unanimously en
dorsing the mu‘" Tzat:on of the
company as the n ' r I nd
safe method o f sotvt :;t "il
ies.
The Joss of only $4,106,130 m n
surance in force is regarded as a
I sign of public confidence that the
situation will be satisfactorily
straightened.
Continued Operation
In the resolution by the National
Convention of Insurance Commis
sioners it was also recommended
that in the event that Receiver Rop
er was not able to put thru the
plan of mutualization, that Mr.
Roper, continue the operation of
the company under the authority
and direction of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, with
necessary ancllliary receiverships.
In his address before the conven
tion. Mr. Roper stated that -he fell
that the colored people deserve and
are entitled to have an insurance
company as sound and a; safe for
them as any white company in
America is. for its piJicyii'ilder .
How to Conserve Interest
"The question in my mind," iie
said, is how can the in'"r",i; of
the policyholders of this company
be best conserved” it is impossible
to pursue two roads simultaneous
Jy, one looking to rehabilitation
and one looking to liquid ition. As
is seen from the decree of the court
I am required to pursue lust uw
road looking to rehabilitation, ami
this I believe can be made possible
with the co-operation of the Com
missioners here present.
“If it can, and the company is
brought out of the e tribulations
sound in its fundamentals and
wisely safeguarded m its fututo
administration, we will render to i
large segment of our populating,
and hence to the country, a dis
tinct public service."
NEW FLOODS THREATEN
SOUTHERN STATES
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 25. <By The
Associated Negro PreSk) —Six
bridges and several stretches of re
cently constructed roads in Web
ster county have been washed a
way by flood waters spreading
over northern Mississippi and por
tions of Arkansas and Louisiana.
Several towns and villages have al
so been threatened by the rise ot
the water and preparations have
been made to care for refugees.
iCons rable damage has been done
,to unharvested crops
DEACON JON’Ti
By I. P. Reynoaia
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Deacon Jones pink<M up a BRICK.
BAT and steeled the 8.., V/pO
SO EVER WILL, LET IHM C6MK ~
FIVE CENTS
