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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO ’ Harlem Social Leaders Not Indicted in Cat Bandit Case . LEM WOMEN 111 CASE GJIE LOOT mm i TOOFFICEfIS ' NEW YORK, Dec 27 AU.. Defective Sergeant Samuel Battle testified Thursday ti. e M. Bertha Cotton, wife of Dr .5.- man T. Cotton, had vo!unta:.<v surrendered two pieces of jewii.;. to him on December 11. tr..- Grar.•• Jury faded to call the ;.'■:;. social leader before t to r.-.. • < story. The county panel re’uzmd indictments, however, agams’ men accused of being member. or a $1,000,000 "hotstuff" gar. - . The quintet must face tr. 1 in Court of General Se .-.or.- on charges of looting the heir several wealthy Park and r fth i ? venue families and sehmg 'i:e stolen articles of jewelry and clothing. Assistant District zMtorney Hartings stated Friday that al- j though Mrs. Cotton was not sum moned before the Gr ind Jury . ; e volunteered to testify < mr.’ : ;..n r . the two pieces of jewelr y v.u,. • she said she purchased from a man ( xow dead. , According to Sergeant Battle the social leader telephoned mm j on December 11. soon after the । capture of Robert Rusted. uiH-uaG | ‘ brains’’ of the "hotstuff" ring and I informed him that she would Irk" j to turn over the jewelry to him She came to the West 135th :’r-"’ 1 pol.ee station and surrendered I two pieces — a wrist w tch and ; bracelet, both studded with dm- ; monds and sapphires. The social leader is sum 1r e j told the detective that :h< pm | chased the jewelry .from the la’ Mark Spencer in October. Jame: I Rush, later identified trie piece as part of the loot taken m tie burglarly of his house. Sp.-nc' - whose real name was ( i.i.riiu • Henderson, died of lobar pneu mon a in Bellevue Hospital (* t 29 Attorney James C T! '.mv- ' stated his wife. Mrs Laura T. o mas was not interviewed |, q... officers in search of stolen grZ: purchase* by Harlemite. In the meanwhile. Robe'" IP (I ■ and the four men accua d <■’ c . posing the "cat burglar ' ring of i thieves who had Lu.‘g!ariz"d the homes of the rich, pleaded not guilty when arranged in tie Court of General Se ;wi b.for"! Judge Losalsky Monday ni irn.ng j Russell must stand trial on counts of robbery and Im.Hary The four men. who were indict ed on two counts each of robbery and burglarly in connection with the sale of the stolen goods were Garland Patton. 38 and MHt m Boyce, 34 who arc accused of actin.; as salesman for Rn.iEtdl t h c ‘brains" and "human fly" of the . gang, and two white men. Milton Turan. 41 and Herman Metz 54. ' Fort Lee. N J charged with be- ‘ ing "fences" for the stolen prop- ( crly. The indictments were return- j < i by the Grand Jury Thursday. Ro el wa capturi - * Dec. 11 by ’ D •"•..vrs Murphy ,nd Silk of the i I • Sixty ~/enih street police ( '•a*.on. after a fierce struggle a' p th?: private mse of George H Warr?’:. The round-up of the o'o'-t men and one Mwrc. Peltz. i'< n. who w > roi'-as'd after the Grand Jury fam-d to return an in • ■ tment mym. ‘ him. followed Rm sell': arre ’ Pr' ’-ntation of evidence in the < revealed th t two local detec t Wiliam B- yd< u and William Pobbinson. of the Thirty-.z cond square had been work ng in the Rui ell care f<.r eight, weeks puor to the art" t and had <m!" ted most of the evidence which wa. later ”"e< to ■ "cure h,s indictment They I h d refined to arrest him so that j I." might be caught red-handed at I o.'k. After Rue,ell's appren -I’n I n. the L.cd officers refused t> discuss their part in the cap tue and gave full credit to Mur phy anrl Silk who arrested tile man < n the house top. Trial dates will be set for the quintet later. Willie Ward I <Continued from Page One) by passing airplanes, his floating around on a log for several days • and finally his hitch-hiking to At lanta, a distance of more than GO ; । miles. Ward claims that his <■■- cape was an act of God. though tin Mississippi flood of 1927 giving him freedom, swept away his two-room hut, ,while his wife and three children were sleeping Ward knew Atlanta when the town was called Terminus That was back in 1836. He recalls vivid ly the year 1843 when the city ' fathers decreed that the name T< r- K minus was too small to describe, yzthe growing town and changed ^Marthasville. and four yea' !u. r D.-when a new administration < v £ in changed it again to the pre en: > name, Atlanta. & The little old man. who । i .k’ Jais present home in the rem- >' ^26 Old Wheat street, has been re weommended for a pension from fw jEMate of Georgia by former Gover- Sijhor L. G. Hardman, but action on matter has not been taken by itepreseril Gov. L. B. Russell. His solo "Support comes from a worn old ^letter given him in 1927 by the Wjocal NAAGP, which he shows to persons from whom he is seeking BU.LAWRENCE TO MCNfINH SERMON TODAY BIRMINGHAM. Aim- Dec. 2.— "C .mn.um’v A- : MbH" w... o? I farewell ‘of Rev E C Luwience. pa.-' . p C ! • sa’ifinal ci. .. . - .c,'.c. r . he r/fuhis fin;l icr-: ' • . v ti..- hn : t .■ ivmg for 'church Rail, gh North (' .. n Rr v Lawren ■ v. - ’ ha - | her> for the ) ‘ '> n year- ' m.r his text t: Luke 2 i i I. i'ATC I ’. <’ he L ' ' • active m intm ra< .ai v c.-. ’ '■ - I other < :c endeavor, is . ■ : of Talladega ■■ ar. i Th<olo:::c;d S y H I" " ‘ cd if. . •• x’ • ’ ■' rr.f '. •'■ : j several vrars ; ; ’ ' 1 ■ -.'<* • secretary' and in W ; Can p Com- | mum' •' Wm k ii' • i • ■■ ! family v ■ r< • a•. i- ■ m’ 1 i- j the eld< st’ da ... t ■:■ her I ■ •n. ,r ■■■ .: at tfi I: d ‘ .ai High School. ’ A .■ -o ( • ”■■ ■ Pi'-grem t" be.;. , pr-um’. I m th Ay to nighl b- memb: : . of the Sunday WON m BAD DOG BLAMED FDR NSW GLOOM BIRML'•'GH AM. Aia. Dec. 27— T:; gi.d;. sta!k< d into the home I Mr and Mr- Jame:- Kelley. 706 Short N'm’h Street. North, and made thing, gloomy for their Ghr.-tm:;- a-, their 1 tile four years old claughte: w m.dar.tlv killed just before ten o'clock Thus sday morning when a discharge from a i.otgun blew tr.c greater part of her head o, f. i Little l. ‘ n had gone next door or visit a plav.iate eight vea- old ■S'cila May Han", at 708 Short । N.nth Stree*. No-th when th? un- •' rtui.at ■ in< Met ■ occurred Stella ?' y wa bu.-y wa .l.mg the break f:..‘ dishes wl:.!'.' Lene romped ■ -.bout th" fining roon. In some (manner tha: is .'-till explainable only theoretically th?? young ter I became mixed up -. >‘h a shotg m । that had been loaded and placed in the room to shoot a dog that raid to have r..acie life miser bl" for the children in the neighbor hood. The discharge from the gun ap-, Iparently entered th<- rear of the | ihead near one ear tearing out; : practically the cut re back and I icame <.ut on the other side, ripping: ; practically half of the front of her {lice off. Officers' Fulgham and El- I lard made the investi’ation and i .County lave ligator G ; p M Evans ■ ruled the shooting a iidental. The ; body wa turned over 1 > Welch I Brothers Funeral Home where ar rangeme nt - for bu ml a:'- Lem", completed Funeral Scrv.c s for 11. lie Irene will be held al two < :!o k today from the home. Burial w.’l be at Grace Hill cemetery. In addition to her p .rents the i K i.ru of the tragedy is survived by a biby bro ther, James Junior. INVESTIGATE JM STORES ATTACK Baltimore. Mr . Dec 25 <By The Associated Negro Pre.? Gndcr the direction of Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, president of th- Hniver d’y of Maryland. H. C Bvrd as aslant, has begun an inv<vtigat on into an alleged riot of gentile stu eents of the institution against Jewish students. in which about forty Jewish stu dents are housed, was attacked with brickbats and other missiles following a dance on home-coming lay The incident received public i otices first through the university paper, the Diamondback. which ■poke out. editorially against the occurence and those involved in it. The Jewish students affected have -o far declined t • identify any body in the mob. TWO MEN' TO HANG BATON ROUGE. La. Dec 25- /ANPi- Warrants for the hanging of two men. John Henry Lee. of Catah 'di? parish, and James Ed wards’ of Jefferson Davis, on Jan :: i: . 29 for criminal attack have been signed by Governor Huey I’. Long. The governor directed the sherd: m the parishes to exctite the men between the hours of 12 noon and 3 P. M. charity "M ’m.m amb tion now." W.nd ' ' m ! <ate my seventeen living children. After that is done 11l be satisfied to die.” But a general healthy appearance would indicate to the average person s eye that the oh! ytitleman will be on this earth long after many persons several year his junior have gone to the great bevond Several Hundred Expected Here Today As Association of Colored Railway Trainmen Have Meeting At Casino BIRMINGHAM. Ala. D. 27 Sew H hundit'-i i.-.cmbc-r: <4 tm A- .' n o f C <d Railwav T : will I." I’d iy m , .s . ■ ;v p s< • • m of that group to lay at ti Little Masonic (- ... guc ' f Local Number f whicl. H H. Funderburg is p:t vnt H< ' the 1. t of outstanding 5 ; the transportation de : f railway men to be :■ ci. - v..'. be H O. Gaar of Eu - R ■ La national pri :dei;’ A 1 '■: Kansas City K ■, , i ■ <'retary; S. II Cimk Va., vice-president. J K < chairman of the tri: . d Silsbee Texas: W M M . •. g.'and treasurer. Kw-xvlle :■ n: < ssee: A. B Hartsell. K:. . Motorist Collides With Bicyclist AUGUSTA. Ga Dec 27 Pearce Dobbs. 820 Spruce : > ' . a un- fortunate enough 1 . < Jim" .' th the automobile of I’. M Bl m. ot 2024 Central avenue while minis a bicycle. Dobbs wa- brui. ed about the legs and the bicycle wa- de molished. /X crowd quickly gathered tamed until the arrival of an offi cer. Dobbs was carried to the hos pital in the ambulance of the O. B. Blount Funeral home, but returned to the scene of the accident almost as soon as the la warrived. After learning the details of the accident the officer booked no charge a gainst either of the parties, but ad vised that they get together and settle it between themselves. This apparently done, and Blum agreed to replace the bicycle and compen sate Dobbs for his injury. Deltas Plan Busy Conclave at Nashville Nashville. Twin. D - c. 25 '.I-'' she Associated Negro Pnssi Al , pi.a Beta Chapter and Phi S gma j Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta . Sorority, hostesses for the Nation al Biennial Convention of the Sor ority. are very much occupied with last minute details for the comfor of the numerous delegates v.ho are expected to arrive in Nashville on Dwen.ber 27. The Housing Com mittee requests that those who Rave not made reservatins. do so linniCGicitC‘l y to avoid unnccessaiy delay. All »; ate oe - al program Fia^ been planned for the entertainment of the i, i<- ’ ’’ business ■ sion? will be of vita! importance to ttye progress of the chapters. Among the mm’s scheduled are: An informal lea Omega Hir.e, -A public meeting in Fisk Memorial Ch; pel. a reception for Soro: in ;he Foyer ot Jubilee Hall, the Re cital in Fisk Mei ’. am: Chapel. ;■ masque ball by Alpna Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta formal. Seta ’’hi Beta formal. Alpha Kappa Ai j.ha bridge, Kappa Alpha Ps. for m;d. the Memorial Serv w. - . the Del ta dinner (closed*, ami the Omega forma 1. The public is inwed to attend iall of the open meetings and the 'recital Mrs. Florence Cole-Talb-rt iwill be the guest artist of th. :e -i cital Prominent Ensley Matron Killed By Husband in Early Morning Fuss As Thev Talk Things Over BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 27 - I Shot three or lour times by her enraged husband, William Johns. 2015 Twent.eth Street. Ensley, 'about three forty five Thursday morning. Mrs. Mary Johns, was in stantly killed at the home of Mr a n d Mis. Curtis Rollins. 703 Joseph Street. Mr. Johns, who was prominent socially, and an em ployee of the Ritz Hotel, escaped immediately after the shooting Accorrim". t’> Me Rollins, she and M.s. Johns. both bosbm friends, wen* to a committee meet ing of the popular Suivez Moi So cial Club, to discuss plans for the early Christmas m irning break!.lst dance to be held Christmas morn ing at the Elks Rest early Wednes day evening. They left the meet ing place about nine o'clock that evening and went to town to await their turn at an overcrowded and overrushed beauty parlor. Mr. Johns, who had been estranged from his wife for about a week, came by the meeting place for his wife and by the beautx parlor sev eral times. Due to the rush of business on account of the Christmas season, the women were not able to hive their beauty work completed until about three o'clock Thursday ’morning. At that time. Mr Jolins took the women to Mrs. Rollins home on Joseph Avenue m the car of a friend. Being very sleepy M. Rol’"-- :\vent in the house and vo ni m lied immediately leaving the i to talk in the car for sometime M. THE .ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA. '. He. Tenn: W M BuN r Mont gomery; C A A-kew Memphis : w grand trustee board .md R. L Edward. - . Ronoku. Va and num ber of others. A meeting for the f . Ration of plans will pre ede " e general mass meeting at ten t:..rty. The public is invited to att, :.’! the open ■ -sions. Some t.n blen - facing our I'oup will b? discussed while en ; asm for the coming 1932 i .eet ; at Shreveport, La . will be : ked up. a cb e with a banquet at three ■■ I: in tlif - hall 'if tl.e I ..'.tie Ma ' " Casino at Seventh Ave t '.■ :. I Fnmt'cnth Street Music !• : ti.' ' ‘.szmn will be furnished bv H< ’.I. i Funderburg. J: , and hi:, orclies’ra. ELK LEADER I g y JAMES E.‘ KELLEY BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 27— Next to Grand Exalted Ruler J. i I'mley Wilson Birmingham’s own ; "Smiling Jim" Kelley, is the most popular man in Elkdom. Re-elected this year for the fourth consecutive time as grand secretary of the I B. P. O. E. W. Mr. Kelley has proved that he is ' one o fthe outstanding Leaders in his fraternal order and that, al : though he is a comparatively young man that he posses the i mature qualities necessary for । h adership. That matter is attested | to locally by the members of Jones Valley l^odge No. 14 who reiuse to have any man other than Mr. Kelley as their exalted ruler de spite the heavy duties placed upon, him in taking care of the affairs of his national office. That same pleasant smile that is uniquely his own expresses a wish for a Merry Christmas and a Hap py New Year at the same time hiding his regret that he cannot b" with his buddies of Jones Val ! ley lodge during the Christmas holidays. Although he cannot! personally extend his greetings to | every Elk in the country. — \ COLUMBUS. Ga.. D-e 27— Under the direction of Mr. E. Edwin Farley, the First African Baptist church will present a spe cial Christmas pageant at Jhe church Sunday evening. Dee. 27 at 7 o'clock. This presentation promises to be one of much enjoyment and the public should not fail to avail them selves of the opportunity of wit nessing the same. Many hours ol earnest rehearsals have been spent ' in the preparation for the pageant ' and a large audience is expected to be preesnt to night. John:: often stayi i at th. - Rollins hot-. when out kite at night in town rather thin make the long trip to Ensley. At the time of the re -ent split up Mrs. Jolins wis staying with hi - " mother and fath e: at 2115 Twentieth Street. Ensley, The sound of shooting awoke the Rollinses about three forty-five and they didn't have time to look ou’ and see what had happened be- Jow Mrs. Jolins burst into the r< "in with her husband close be hind her. The woman stumb’i■! to the floor and. as she did. her Lus bi.i 'l tired several shots into Her prostrate form and fled from the housc. A search of the premises failed to reveal any traces .4 a pocketbook m which she had $2l - money given her to pu ■ .'. ise isome materials and supplies for the club dance. Officers Osborne and Riddlehoover made the in vestigation. Funeral arrangements for the popular young woman are Ic ; made at the Stallworth and John son funeral home where the b i was taken Mi ' Johns is survived by three sisters and two broth - s in addition to her parents D ■ . of the funeral are beim. h< d o pending the condition of iwr r er wh i ' 'turned to h r I, .c eral days ago from the T (' ! hospital where she has been ill The Johns had been ma.-ad about four years Mr. Joans ?- er lives at 300 Avenue C . T:t -■ ville. The nature of the f. ~1 , ns well as the cau'? f f '' break up of the Johns iim no* been learned SMES SCHOOL TO START SESSIONS OS MW • BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 27 — T: " Si n •! i • Ie Insurance I Sale - iar:-r..!> an i Methods, spon isorei by the A’l.m'a Life Insur 'anu- C> mpani .1 represent <- Hive-- .11 hl'i first session j Mumia;, night .January 4. 1932. 'prom:!.y at ■ ■ o'clock The si' - sio::- -.11 cm:' a - twice per week ’for a period et six weeks. There [will ! । no el . ,e made for the m |str.. .on give:. Those who meet ’the u'-ilifie::':or,s and who are m tere.'ed are asked to appear in person and m ike application at the District Office not later than Dec ember 31. 1931 The Office is lo cated on the sixth floor of the Col ored Masonic Building where the classes will be held in the .Agents' Hall The enrollment will be com js ed of those who register and who are accepted. In general, the applicant should be neat, intelligent-looking. not less than 20 years old. and able to show that he or she has compl 'tcd die training equivalent to that ot tin. - ninth giade of school Th:? ap plicant should also declare his willingness to do the work of the School, and should be able to pr? sent satisfactory references as to ins character and genera! ability. Aviator Dies 'Continued from Page Ona) Kansas City that night as his part ner. Dr. Turner, had to return to his job. Test Fog Density He then went up he said to test the density of the fog. Dr. Turner told officials at the airport later that the plane was not equipped with a compass. This led to the theory that Young Jones had lost his bearings in the heavy cloud of fog that hung oyer the city that day. The compass had been remuv-i cd to be repaired, it is said. Pugh said a few minutes before the crash, he heard the sound ot the engine die. then resume then' die again. The airport owner esti mated that Jones' plane was soar ing at a height of 1500 feet when it fell. A statement made by S. D. Flora, state meteorologist, the weather bureau has no method by which the height of a fog may be measur ed. If there is no visibility beyond 1.000 feet the weather bureau clas sifies the fog as "dense." Digits Argument (Continued r.’om Page 1) ’ Edna Thomas, where he lived (when Crozier claimed he had cheated him and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Davis of Second avemi?. out of some money in connection with the lottery. Davis said he was in the kitchen, eating supper, when Urozier came in and sWbd behind him. cursing him and saying that ; he would "kick h--l ou? of him." Davis said he arose and tried to get out of the back door, but found it locked. Crozier came toward him. menacingly, and Davis afraid of hm. pulled a ♦ranting knife from his pocket and sank it into Crozier’s chest, near the heart. The signed confession stated that Davis, after an earlier argument with Crozier, went up stairs where he remained about a quarter of an hour. On not hearing Crozier, and thinking he had gone. Davis came back down stairs to cat. When he found that C'ozier was still in the house, Davis put a knife with a 4 1-2 inch blade int/i hi? pocket. । Four witnesses, who were in the room, at the time of the stabbing, corroborated Davis’ statement the officers sad. Besides Mrs Edna Thorn; :, who rents the housi - , J.-,.- sle Woods. William Thomas and his small daugi:ter aw the slabbing Crozier was the father of eight (children. Police said he had a po- Hice record but did not whither he |?nd Davis had had any previous | argument.'. Two Deaths (Continued from Page 1) ing the flesh. Andrews could not Ibe interviewed early Saturday morning. Other witnesses are Lorene Reese of 219 Corley street, and I. J. Jones i of 321 Schofield street, who. accord ’ ing to police records .claim that An ( drews and his wife hsd not been [ getting along so happily. Andrews accompanied his wife to the hospital in the ambulance. She died enroute Upon arrival she was pronounced dead Shot Mysteriously i The second murder occurred at the corner of Coleman and Rock well streets when an unknown man 1 shot find fatally wounded bred Rcbv. 853 McDaniel street, as he ’ w;.s'walking along the street with : ~ii young women, one of whom was Miss Rebecca Miller. 165 Uni ■i ?v avenue. The other woman’s identity could not be learned by ,- lice. Eyewitnesses said that Roby was hot without provocation. He was i lead upon arrival at the hospital Back Pay Suit Is Filed bv Man in w Mississippi VICKSBURG. Miss D.c t ’ 'ANP)—Epsie Webb, railroad p - ' er, is suing for back pay from the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail road in federal court. Several hun I red dollars is involved in the spw fie case, but about 12 similar era’s have been filed It has been in dicated a number of others r.iay be brought, involving about $3OO 000, in the event the plaintiff gets a favorably decision Webis ask ng for salary as brakem n. La :.::ige man and flagman uh le the rail l oad contends lie is due : alary mi ll as porter. In a similar case. Charles Side board. sometime ego in the War: an county circuit court received a favorable verdict The case went to the state supreme court, and tiw amount of the verdict was out. Dr. Dußois (Continued from Page D pat ion. " After the early crusade for Neg ro education, following Emancipa tion tiie Christian Church "has ac epted tlie program of caste lor Negroes." Discrimination in .>ll forms is accepted by the Church, even t;> refusing to appoint Negro es as missionaries to Africa. Sum marizing his belief as to what may Le expected of the Church, D,‘. Du Bois writes: "Judging from the past. I see no reason to think that the attitii'’,. ol the Christian church toward prob lems of race and caste is going to be anything different from its al titude in the past. It is mauily a social organization, pathetically timid and human; it is going io stand on the side of wealth and power; it is going to espouse any cause which is sufficiently popular, which Is stifficiently popular with eagerness; it is. on the other hand, often going to Iran: ,- css its own fine ethical statements and be deaf to its own Christ .n unpopuiar and weak causes." Robberies — Harry Lebell of 1420 Hardee I street told police he was held up ■Friday night by two men on Har dee street and robbed of $95. E. J. Earnest. 1421 Stewart Ave., reported he was held up Friday night on Stewart Ave. and robbed of $9 and his watch. Burglar entered the filling sta tion of the Gull Refining company at Piedmont Ave. and Forrest Ave. Friday night, also the filling stat ion of the Wofford OH Company, boulevard and Forrest Ave. and itore the telephones from the wall. I Burglars entered the store of S iW. Day Clothing Company, 101 Whitehall St. some time Frida; night and took a dress. Patrolmen J. A. Alien and O lyson discovered a man emerging from the grocery store of Sam Nor/itch. 431 Edgewood Ave. Fri day night and shot at him. The man dropped a chunk of cheese, five dozen eggs and several other articles and made his escape. Mrs. F. A. Voorhees of the Im perial Hotel told the police a man snatched her pocketbook contain ing a small amount of cash and some valuable papers from her hand as she was talking along Currier St. Friday afternoon. Mrs. Maud Turner, 561 Fov ler street, N. W.. reported her purr containing $4.20 was snatched from her hand by a man as she was talking on Nassau St. Friday night. Convict Doorman of Murder in 2d Degree Wa Jiii.gGin. E) C Dec 25 । Fly The Associated Negro Press l Jose ph H Diggs, former doorman ::t the fashionable Wardman Park i Hotel, who shot anrl killed Cap'. William F. Norman a guest at the hotel last August, was found guilty of murder in the second degree j Friday night after a trial which :ha?l attracted con. id - 1 A- aftent । ion here because of the prominence | of the people who had interested themselve - in Diggs and sought t > aid his case. Diggs had shot Cap) Norman af i ter a series of disagreements which terminated in Capt. Norman's strik ing Diggs dur - ng nn argument over th? parking of the formers auto mobile D ggs secured a pistol and shot Cant. Norman as ho emerged from the hotel the next day. He was defended by E Russel! Kelly and Frank Kelley. Guests of the [hotel with whom Diggs was popu- 1 1 la laised a fund in his defense and ; a number of those Hv.ng in the (hostelry testified in Ins behdf at the t: ial. Among those were Willi am P McCracken. Jr., former ai stst .m Secretary of Commerc • Lepiesentatives Hull of 111 nois. and Mr Robert Owens. Th • pros”- cufSn sought to have a charge of first degree murder sustained. IBu'gs attorney declared themselves satisfied with the verdict which sai. d his Use nn R ■mncunced Hint t ley would neitlit r appeal nor ask i lor a new trial mHL BENEFIT AECENER GIIEII STATE 0K E H BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Dec. 27 I In a letter address: d to the Ala ibama pol.cyholdcis of the Natit” ■al Benefit Life Insurance Coinpan? I Honorable Ch irles C. Greer Sup (erintendent of Insurance for the (State of Alabama expresses conftd j ence in the integrity of the Ri Iceiver. Daniel C Roper and en I dorses his red mmendations to th I court. /Mr. Greer advises policy i holders to protect their interest by paying their premiums as usua land :’ates that f he were a policy ' holder he wotiM keep his policy in ' f 'fee. The text of Supermtend- nt Green's letter follows: "The National Benefit Life In (surance Company, with which yot ; have a policy, has been ylaced it the hands of a Federal Receive) Mr. Daniel C Roper. Transporta I tion Building. Washington. D. C (My ms 'ii. it.on is that Mr. Rupe j is a man of charaaljr and abiliti | Since taking charge of the com i pany's affairs, he has worked rapidly and constructively I have read a copy of hi ' report to Hit Supreme Court of the District o’ Columbia He has suggested seve ral methods for putting the Na tional Benefit Life in proper shape in order to fully protect your in lerest. I feel confident that tin court, as early as possible will ap -1 prove one of these plans, and the! in the course of a few months you: I interests as a policyholder will be ' fully protected. In my opinion, you will best pro tect your own interests by con tinning premium . payments or; your policy as usual It may tak< a number of months to get the com (pany's affairs placed on a satis- I factory basis. But I believe it will Ibe done. If I were a policyholdoi of this company, I would keep nil : polic.’ in force." Mr. Roper has rc.'eivcd a similai (letter from the Florida Conimis- I s.oner of h’siiram e, and at the Na- I tional Ci invent.on of Insuranc | Commissioners in 77ew' York Cit ;'his month a resolution was adopt led approving Mr. Roper's plans for I rem ganlzation of the company or । a mutual basis if the rto: kliolder I are unable to make up the impair ment. (MPtumii is mjSI/ED Bl ■ICTEffIS Teacher Asserts a s White Rises, So Must Negro ( Huntsville. Tex.. Dec. 25. ’B. (The Associated Negro Press) On I Monday evening the Negro citizen ■ of ’his little town were host to a (large audience of the best citizens ;of the white race in the auditorium .of the new high school for N: tr',- Ics which is serving its first ye The occasion was to witness a Jub - ■lee Minstrel given by the high ,:chool students under the dire;* : ion of O. E Smith. After the show Prof. S W. llous- I ton. principal a. l ed for cxpressii . .from a few of the white ■, present' Prof. C. N. Shaver, the city super .ntendent, urged the patrons t ) throw their , boulders to the whee' (and help Pro l ' Houston end M.s Ipicl'.cd co-worker.; put over the i gre at program which has been • ■ well planned. i Mack Ball, pres dent of the si ho )1 i board, added: “We ure behind eve '■ ( good movement your people sta '♦ and are willing to ceoper d ■ wi'.h you in carrying them to a finish " Another speaker from the wl: le :! - ou| wa I’rof Edward Farrm.; ti n from the Slate Teaches C ■!- lege. Prof. Farrington said. "TH s is a time when no one can b? left-out. As the white man ri; educationally and economically he is not left out and that he is given must sec to it that the black man a chance io develop to fT? fj’ie, •• Dr. Woods urged the Negro poplo to first get together then-selves and not fly off at a tangent v.ithoul knowing the facts. Orange Seed Lodges in Throat of Woman Miss Melina Chaffin. 865 1-2 Par son street, appeared at Grady hos pital Saturday night in a choking condition declaring that she had swallowed an orange seed. The seed, she told doctors, had lodged sidewavs in her throat and refused to go down. After being advised by doctors to eat a sweat : potato, she was permitted to re- I turn home. HOLD FOUR WHITES FOK COLORED MAN’S DEATH Union City. Tenn . Dec. 25—(By The Associated Negro Press* Robt Fields. Clint Burcliman. Clifford Posey and Dave Holliway, four । young white men, w ere arrested I Saturday by state officers, charged ' with the murder of Walton John son. who was shot and killed here | three weeks ago in an attempted holdup. The white men are being! held in jail without bail. J SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1931 Social Workers in Demand, Hill Says to Ky. Students LOUISVILLE. Ky. Dec 22 — I’alking before the student body of me Municipal college in this city. 1 Arnold Hdl of the National U«u ban League'- department of M duztrial riTit ons, called attention o a number of lessons that the ,b presslon has taught The speak , ’ pointed out several trends of general information value but ■niphasized the need ot specialized training wh eh ''fortifies it it does not absolutely protect one in such a crisis as this ’’ One of the developments of spe cial sigii ficanee to Negroes i , the need for trained soc al workers. On this point Mr. Hill said: ‘‘Ne gi i-.oc al workers are in demand, i’he .iemand has been increased by he unemployment emergency and a- a con.-equ* nee case worker are being used in large numbers. Where they were once employed note of them are now employed and in many agencies in which there were none, thev may now be found Though this 's a tem *or:uv demand, it is a safe pro phecy that large use will be made of Negro case workers in the fu ture Not all of those now serv tw are trained. In fact there weie not enough trained workers to meet the demand. Doubtless ad m ni ‘rati.'e positions could have been open to them, if they had hee*i qualified ’ ( Conti titling the speaker urgt^p those undecided as to their ca reer to examine the r own apti tudes and capacities, as well as the varied types of work covered bv the field of social work Mr. Hill addressed a group of -.r ial workers and laymen at the ■ 7. W. C. A. at 3:30 when he re- 1 v ewed conditions among Negroes, basit.g his conclusions on his re cent report prepared for the Na tional ('than League, 'Unemploy ment Status of Negroes.” tn 106 cities. Zeta Phi Betas to Meet in Indiana i The Twelfth Annual conclave of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority will be held in Indianapolis. Indiana. Doe. •’7-31 inclusive, with Mu chapter ’hostess. The seat of the hostess chapter is the University of Ind iana, located at Bloomington. The conclave opens formally Sunday tit three p. m. with chi.tn h m vices. Speakers on this progran?A will be Mrs Fannie R. Givens mW Louisville, grand basileus of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority: Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, and Bishop Walls of (he A M. E. Zion church, who wilt deliver the sermon. The theme of IL hop Walls sermon will b e - Fitier Womanhood. Monday night the sorority will sponsor a night of music. The pm (icipants on this program will come from the various chapters of :h ■ sorority, and will be persons well known in the musical world. 'l’he conclave will close Friday v. th the election of officers and a general board meeting. The founders, former grand offi ces, honorary members and all Z' ’as are cordially invited to at , te'd the conclave. Hold Meet Today for Battle Hill A pus’ community wide drive in th - interest of (he Negro ward at ' Bittie Hill sanatorium will be lamoiad nt two mass meetings Sunday, the first to be held at 11 a n in the Reed Street Baplisfi^ cl ui’-h ami the other al 3 p. m. >*fl^ ti ■ Warren Memorial church. Pr< minent speakers have been nr miised by the committee for b Hi meetings. The committee con - ' of Lev. S. R Wilson. J. O. Timm:;., and Dr. T. II Slater. I HiLDREN DIE IN FIRE HAZELHURST. M.ss., Dec. 25 - ANP) Three children were burn ed to death when a house occupied by George Robertson, living on the Monticello road, east of Hazelhurst Wis destroyed by fire. The young c. t wa.; 6 months “Id and the old est 4 years. Two other children escaped. None of the older folks were at home when the fire dcs *r< ved the house. ROSENWALD KIN RECEIVES HONOR NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec 25 — ’ANP) —Edgar B Stern receives The Times-Picayune loving cup fur distinguished service to the com munity in 1930. The honor is given to Mr. Stern because of his ser vices in the establishment of Dil lard university through a merger of Straight college. New Orleans university and the Flint-Goodrich^ ■ hospital, three units dedicated tdv I the education and care of Negroes?^ Mr Stern is president of the board jof trustees of Dillard and is also a son-in-law of Julius Rosenwald. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 27— Some unknown persons entered the home of Cara Lee Brown, rear illlO South Thirty Third Street, I sometime Wednesday night before l ten fifty and took fourteen dollars and fifty cents in money. The loss, : which was discovered when the woman returned home was report led to police. Entrance was gamed 'through a side window.