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" Harlem Social Leaders Not Indicted in Cat Bandit Case
. LEARN WOMEN IN
GASE GAVE LODT
-~ VOLUNTARILY
TOOFFIGERS
. NFW YORK, Dec, 27 —Altler
Peiective Sergeant Samuel J
Battle testified Thursday that Mrg
Bertha Cotton, wife of Dr. Nor-,
man T. Cotton, had voluntarily
surrendered two pieces of jewelry
to him on Decemker 11, the Grand
Jury failed to call the prominent
social leader before it to hcar her
story. The county panel returned
indictments, however, agaiust five |
men accused of being membérs of |
a $1.000000 “hotstuff’ gang |
The quintet must face trizl in the |
Courtt of General Scssions on
charges of looting the homes of
several wealthy Park and Fiftn |
sivenue families and seliing the!
stolen articles of jewelry and |
clothing. Assistant District Attorney
Hustings stated Friday that :,1-:
though Mrs. Cotton was not sum- ¢
moned before the Grand Jury. sue
volunteered to testify concerning |
the two pieces of jewelry whicii|
she said she purchased irorn a man |
row dead. i
According to Sergeant Battle |
the social leader telephoncd him |
on December 11, soon after the |
capture of Robert Russell alleged
“brains’ of the “hotstuff’ ring and
informed him that she would like!
to turn over the jewelry to him |
She came to the West 135th street |
police station and surrendered tho |
two pieces — a wrist watch and |
bracelet, both studded with dia-!
monds and sapphires. i
The social leader is saild to have |
told the detective that the pur-}
chased the jewelry from the lat -
Mark Spencer in October. James |
1. Bush, later identified the picces |
as part of the loot taken in the |
burglarly of his house. Spencer !
whose real name was Corneliu |
Henderson, died of lobar pneu- |
monia in Bellevue Hospital Oct 26 |
Attorney James €. Thomas |
stated his wife, Mrs. Laura Tho- |
mas. was not interviewed by the
officers in search of stolen giods!
purchase@ by Harlemites. @
In the meanwhile, Robert Ruzselt '
and the four men accusad of com- |
posing the ‘cat burglar’ ring n!"i
thieves who had burgiarized the |
Liomes of the rich, pleaded nui!
guilly when arranged in the |
Court of General Sessidng bafore
Judge Kosalsky Monday morning. |
Russell must stand tria! on four
counts of robbery and burglary.
The four men, who were inrdici
ed on two counts each of robbery
and burglarly in connection with
the sale of the stolen goods were |
Garland Patton, 38 and Milton |
Boyce, 24 who are accused of :v:h:x.;i
a8 salesman for Russell. 't h o
‘brains” and “human fly> of the
gang, and two white men, Milton |
Turan, 41, and Herman Metz, 4, |
Fort Lee, N. J., charged with be- |
ing ‘“fences’ for the stolen prop- |
erty. The indictments were return- |
c¢d by the Grand Jury Thursday. |
Russel was capture® Dec. 11 byé
Detectives Murphy and Silk of the |
East Sixty-s¥renth street police |
gtation, after a fierce .s'tru;:glv-l
atop the private Bouse of G('ul‘f:u‘
. Warren The round-up of the
other men and one Morris I’eltz,!
Queens, who was releascd after the
Grand Jury failed to return an m-E
dictment aoainst him o followed
Russell’'s arrest
Presentation of ewldence in the
case revealed that two local detec
tives Willam Boyden and William
Robbinson, of the Thirty-second
square had been working in the
Russell case for eight weeks prior
to the arrest and had collected most
of the evidence which was i;n“rl
1sed to secure his indictment 'I"m';v{
bkad refused to arrest him so that |
he might be caught red-handed at a
his work. After Russell’s appren- |
hension, the local officers refused
to discuss their part in the cap
ture and gave full credit to Mu:’-i
phy and Silk who arrested the man |
on the house top. Trial dates will |
be set for the quintet later. ‘
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/yo e 7
Willie Ward
; (Continueq from rdage One) |
by passing airplanes, hls floati:
around on a log for several days|
i« ‘and finally his hitch-hiking to At 1
lanta, a distance of more than 60
,Iflmilcs‘ Ward claims that his es
ieape was an act of God. though the
_Mississippi flood of 1927 giving himn
, 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
! {athers decreed that the name Ter-
A minus was too small to describe
Mowmg town and changed it to
b L asville, and four yecars late:
men a new administration come
#in changed it ugain to the present
..name, Atlanta.
2%he little old man, who rike
~_his present home in the rcur of
2§28 Old Wheat street, has been 1o
##eommended for a pension from i
“@istate of Georgia by former Gover
@mer L. G. Hardman, but action on
_gethe matter has not been {aken by
; jesent Gov. L. B. Russell. His sole
»:;;.‘f’ upport comes from 2 worn old
@etier given him in 1927 by the
" Hacal NAACP, which he chows to
~ persons from whom he is seeking
R, LAWRENGE T0
PREAGH FINAL
CERMON TODAY
BIRMINGHAM, Ata. Dec ci(—~
the tnpic f 1 farewell s )
i I K : rv.A":‘vl.' r i 1 i
t First igregational b }
when he preaches his finul
n at eleven lockk this 1
I t; Jeaving for h 1
! #h. North [ I
R Lawrer has
oG the ba ten vea
active in interracia
other -cis endeavors | !
of Talladega college ar
el y Ch o
$rsivis i = 1 { (iesry i
sCCTCLld " 13 4 iaa vy . 4 . !
the elgest adug HIITISIY 1181
cnior vear at the b t-ial High
A special t PEogram: i |
beir presented at thirty to
night by members of the Sunday ‘
School l
RIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 27—
Tragedy stalked into the hom("
f Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley, 706 |
Short Ninth Street, North, and
made things gioomy for their
Christmas as their little four years
old daughter wiis instantly killed
just before ten o‘clock Thursday
morning when a cischarge from a
hotgun blew tne greater part r;.‘}
her head oif. !
. Little Irene had gone next door |
- visit o playmate. eight year old
Stella ‘May Harris at 708 Short
| Ninth Street, North. when the un
| fortunate incideni occurred. Stella
| Muy was busy washing the in‘(:;.k—l
Hast - dishes while Irene romped
tabout the dning room In Somt“
\manner that is still cxplainable
only . thearetically, the young ’fTi‘
hacame mixed up ith a shetgun |
that had been loaded and placed
in the room to shoot a dog that is
rald to have made life miserabla
| for the children in the nreighbor
| hood
! The discharge from the gun ap
parently entered the rear of the!
ihead near one ear teacing out
practically the ‘entire back and
lcame out on the other side, ripping
practically half of the front of her
{fuce off, Officers Fulgham and El
lard made the investieation and
County Investipator Gip M. Evans
ruled the shooting accidental, The
L body was turned ov to Welch
Brothers. Funeral Home where ar
!I':n;;.’,:.‘w.n\ for burial are. being
;ll:r);npivh;']
. Funeral Services for liitle Irene
will be held at two o'elock today
from the home. Burial will be at
‘Grace Hill cemetery. In addition
to her parents, the vietim of the
tragedy is survived by a baby bro
ther, James Junior.
Paltimore. Mr., Doc 23 (By ‘The
Associated Negro Press) Under
Lhe direction of Dr. Raymond A
Pearson, president of the Univer
ity of Maryland. H C. Byrd. as
dstant. has begun an investigation
nto an alleged riot of gentile stu
cents of the institution against
fewish students.
n which about forty Jewish stu
ients are housed, was attacked
with brickbats and other missiles
following a dance on home-coming
lay. The incident received public
cotices first through the university
paper, the Diamondback, which
.poke out editorially against the
becurence and those involved in it
The Jewish students affected have
50 far declined to identify any
body in the mob.
TWO MEN TO HANG
BATON ROUGE. lLa Dec. 25
{ANP)-—-Warrants for the hanging
of two men. John Henry lLee, of
Catahoula parish, and James Ed
wards( of Jefferson Davis, on Jan
uary 29 for eriminal attack have
been signed by Governor Huey P.
Long The governor directed the
sherifis of the parishes to excute
the men between the hours of 12
noon and 3 P. M.
it
“Mv mzin ambition now.” Ward
said, s to locpte Iy beventeen
living children. After that is done
11l be satistied to die” But a
general healthy appearance would
indicate {0 the average person’s eye
that the old ventieman 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
RIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Dec. 27—
Several hundred members of the
Assocation o f Colored Railway
Trainmen will be here today in a
special pep sesson of that group
to day at the Little Masonic
Casino as guests of Local Number
Four of which H. H. Funderburg
is: president.
Heacding the lJist of outstanding
leaders of the transportation de
partment of railway men to be
prasent will be H. ©. Gaar of Ba
tonn Rouge: La.. national president:
I A Drown, Kansas City, Konsa
rand . sccrelgaeyt. B W Clarck
Roancke, Va., vice-president; J. K
Srice, Chairman of the ftrustec
ovard. Silsbee, Texas: W. M. Mil
i grand treasurer. Knoxville
fennessee: A, B Harteell Knox
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Motorist Collides
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ith Bieyclist
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Dec 27 —Pearce
Dobbs, 820 Spruce streel, was un
fortunate enough to collide with
the automobile of P. M Blum, of
2024 Central avenue. while riding
a bicycle. Dobbs was bruised about
the legs and the bicycle was de
molished. A crowd quickly gathered
tained until the arrival of an ofti
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 agreced
to replace the bicycle and compen
sate Dobbs for his injury
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Deltas Plan Busy
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Nashville
Nashville Tenn. Dec 25-(1¢
fhe Associated Negro Press) -Al
pt.a Beta Chapter and Phi Sigma
Chapter of the Delta Sigma 'I‘l'l(-tzlzi
Sorority, hostesses for the Nation
1l Biennial Cornvention of the Sor-1
ority, are very much occupied with
last minute details for the comfor!
»f the numerous delegates who are
cxpected to arrive in Nashville on
December 27 . The Housing Com
mittee requests that those who
Lave not made reservatins, do sn
immediately to avoid unnecessary
delay.
An claborate social program has
been planncd for the entertainment
of the guest 1 business sessions
will be of vital importance to the
progress of the chapters.
Among the events scheduled are:
An informal tea. Omega House, A
public meeting in Pisk Memorial
Ch:pel. a reception for Sorors in
‘he Foyer of Jubilee Hall the Be
cital in Fisk Memorial Chapel, 2
masque ball by Alpha Phi Alpha,
Delta Sigma Theta formal, Seta
Phi Deta formal, Alpha Kappa Ai
pha bridee, Kappa Alpha Psi for
mal the Meniorial Serv ce, the Del
ta dinner (closed), and the Omega
formal.
| The public is invited 1o atiend
\all of the open mectings and the
trecital. Mrs. Florence Cole-Talbert
bwill be the guest artist of this re-
L cital
Prominent Ensley Matron Killed By
Husband in Early Morning Fuss
As They Talk Things Over
. RIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec 21—
l Shot three or iour times by her
‘enraged husband, William Johns,
2015 Twentieth Street, Ensley.
rabout threec forty five Thursday
morning. Mrs. Mary Johns, was in
'stantly killed at the home of Mr
'a h.d Mis Curtis Rollins, H3
Josoph Street. Mr. Johns, who was
prominent socially, and an cm
ployee of thc Ritz Hotel, escnped
immediately after the shooting.
Accordine to Mres. Rollins, she
and o s Johns, both Dbosom
friends, went to a committee meet
ing of the popular Suivez Moi So
cial Club. to discuss plans for the
carly Christmas morning breakfast
dance to be held Christmas morn
ing at the Elks Rest early Wednes
day evening. They leit 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. M:.
Johns, who had been estranged
from his wife for about a week,
came by the meeting vlace for his
wife and by the beauty parlor sev
eral times.
Due to the rush of business on
account of the Christmas season.
‘the women were not able to have
their beauty work completed until
about three o'clock Thursday
!mcrninfl, At that time Mr. Johns
{took the women to Mrs. Rollins
ihome on Joseph Avenue in the car
iof a friend.
i Being very sleepy. Mrs Rollins
lwent in the house and went 1 hed
{immediately leaving the couple to
italk in the car for sometime Mrs
THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA.
tville. Tenn: W. M. Bulger. Mont
gomery; C. A. Askew. Memphis
sec.” grand truste¢ board and R. L
Edwards. Ronoka, Va. and num
ber of others.
¢ A meeting for the formulation of
‘plans will precede the genera
mass meeting at ten thirty. The
public is invited to attend the open
sessions. Some problems facing our
group will be discussed while en
thusiasm for the coming 1932 meet
ing at Shreveport, La, will be
worked up.
a close with a banquet at threc
viclock in the hall of the Liltle
Masonic Casino at Seventh Ave
e nd Fourlcenth Street. Music
for the ceccassion will be furnished
by Howard Funderburg, Jr. and
his orchestra.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec, 27—
Next to Grand Exalted Ruler J.
i Finley Wilson Birmingham's own
| “Smiling Jim" Kelley, is the most
| ropular man in Elkdom. {
i Re-clected this - year for the|
fourth consecutive time as grandl
soeretary of the I B. P. O. E. w.'
Mr. Kelley has proved that he is
cne o fthe outstanding Leaders in‘
his fraternal order and that, al-!
' though he is a comparatively
young man that he posses thel
mature qualities necessary f o r
| lcadership. That matter is attested
| to locally by the members of Jones
iValley Lodge No. 14 who resuse to
{ have any man other than Mr.,
| Kelley as their exaited ruler de-‘
’spite the heavy duties placed upor:
{ him in taking care of the affairs
[ of his national office.
I That same pleasant smile that is
luniquely his own expresses a wish
for a Merry Christmas and a Hap
1py New Year at the same time
| hiding his regret that he cannot‘
‘bf: with his buddies of Jones Val-|
ley lodge during the Christmas|
;hn‘.idays‘ Although he cannot
| personally extend his greetings to
ic-‘.'cry Elkk in the country, .
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[ COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 27—
‘ Under the direction of Mr. E.
Edwin Farley, the First African
Baptist church will present a spe
cial Christmas pageant at the
church Sunday evening, Dec. 27 at
‘7 o’clock. :
| This presentation promises to be
| one of much enjoyment and the
| public should not fail to avail them
lsclves of the opportunity of wit
| nessing the same. Many hours ot
Ecm‘nost rehearsals have been spent
lin the preparation for the pageant
iand a large audience is ecxpected
10 be preesnt to night.
Johns often stayca at the Rolins
horme when out late at night in
town rathec than make the longz
trip to Ensley. At the time of the
recent split up Mris. Johns was
staying with her mother and fath
er at 2115 Twentioth Street, Ensley.
The sound of shooting awoke the
Rollinses about three forty-five
and thev didn’t have time to look
out and sce what had happened be
fore Mrs Johns burst into the
room with her husband close be
hind her. The woman stumbled to
the floor and. as she did. her hus
bard fired several shots into her
prostrate form and fled from the
house. A search of the premises
failed 1o reveal any traces of a
pocketbook in which she had 821.-
71. money given her to purchase
some materials and supplies for
the club dance. Officers Osborne
and Riddlchoover made the in
vestigation.
Funeral arrangements for the
popular yvoung woman are being
made at the Stallworth and John
son funeral home where the bodv
was taken Mre. Johns is survived
by threa sisters and two brothers
in addition to her parents. Dectails
of the funeral are being held up
pending the condition of her moih:
er why returned to her home sev
eral days ago from the T C [
hospital where she has been il
The Johns had been married
about four years. Mr. Johns moth
er lives at 300 Avenue C.. Titius
ville. The nature of the fatal fuss
as well as the cause of the roren
break up of the Johns home has
not been learned. |
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' RIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec 27—
1 The School o ife Insurance
|Salesmanship and Methods, spon
lsored by the Atlanta Life Insur
lance Company cal represent:-
L tives i1} ‘hold iis first session
é.‘.lr nday night January 4, 1932
lpromptly at seven o'clock. The ses
sions will continue twice per week
for a period of six weeks. There
will be no cl ¢ made for the in
}f?:. on giten. Those who meet
| the qualifications and who are in
terested are asked to appear in
person and mike application at the
'District Office not later than Dee
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 Agent's'
Hall. The enrollment will be com
posed 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 completed
the training equivalent to that of
the ninth grade of school. The ap
plicant snhould also declare his
willingness to do the work of the
School, and sheuld be able to pre
sent satisfactory references as to
his character and gencral ability.
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Aviator Dies
’antinued from Page One)
Kansas City that night as his part
rer. 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 laterf
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 over the cily Hmt%
day. The compass had been remov
c¢d to be repaired. it is said |
|
Pugh said a few minutes before
the crash, he heard the sound of
the engine die. then resume then
die apgain 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,
statc meteorologist, the weather
burcau has no method by which
the height of a fog may be measur
ed. If there is no visibility bevond
1.000 feet the weather bureau clas
sifies the fog as ‘dense.”
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’ Digits Argument
| (Continued r:om Page 1)
'Edna Thomas, where he lived
lwh(-n Crozier claimed he had
'cheated him and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Mary Davis of Second avenug,
out of some money in connection
with the lottery. Davis said he was
in the kitchen, eating supper. when
Crozier came in and st@od behind
‘him. cursing him and saying that
the would “kick h--1 ou? of him.”
! Davis said he arose and tried to
|get out of the bac¢k door, but
found it locked. Crozier came
toward him. menacingly, and Davis
afraid of him, pulled a %unting
1knife from his pocket and sank it
lintn Crozier's chest, near the heart.
The signed confession stated that
Davis, after an ecarlier argument
with Crozier. went up stairs where
he remained about a quarter of an
I}mm‘. On not hearing Crozier, and
thinking he had gone, Davis came
back down stairs to ecat. When he
found that Crozier was still in the
house, Davis put a knife with a
1 1-2 inch blade into his pocket
{ Four witnesses, who werc in the
i:‘fmm_ at the time of the stabbing.
‘Cnrr()boraf('d Davis® statement the
jofficers said. Besides Mrs. Edna
Thomas, who rents the house, Jes
!-‘*lv Woaods., William Thomas and his
{small daughter saw the stabbing
! Crozier was the father of eight
| children. Police caid he had a po
ilice record but did not whether he
!:lnd Davis had had any previous
{arguments
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| Two Deaths
! (Continued from Page 1)
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ling the flesh. Andrews could not
;be interviewed early Saturday
! morning.
Other witnesses are Lorene Recse
' 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 hzd 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.
l Shot Mysteriously
| The second murder occurred at
- the corner of Coleman and Rock
well streets when an unkrnown man
' shot and fatally wounded Fred
' Reby. 853 MeDaniel street, as he
' was walking along the streel with
two young women, one of whom
was Miss Rebecca Miller. 165 Uni
versity avenue. The other woman's
identity could not be learned by
police.
Fvewitnesses said that Roby was
ot without provocation. He was
dead upon arrival at the hospital
.
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tBack Pay Suit Is
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. VICKSBURG, Miss. Dec. 25
tANP)—Epsie Webb, railroad port
er, is suing for back pay from the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley ratil
road in federal court. Several hund
red dollars is involved in the spe.-
fic case, but about 12 similar cases
‘have been filed. It has been in
dicated a number of others raay be
'breught, involving about $300.000,
in the cvent the plaintiff gets a
favorably decision. Webis asking
for salary as brakeman, baggage
man and flagman whie the rail
road contends he is due salary oil
ly as porter.
- In a similar case. Charles Side
board. sometime ago in the Warren
county cireuit court. received a
favorable verdict. The case went to
the state supreme court, and the
amount of the verdict was out
: .
- Dr.DuBois
Continted from Page D
pation.”
After the early crusade for Neg
ro education, following Emancipa
tion the Christian Church "has ac
cepted the program of caste for
Negroes ' Discrimination in all
forms is accepted by the Church
even to refusing to eppoint Negro
¢s as missionaries to Africa. Sum
marizing his belief as to what may
be expected of the Church, Di. Du
Bols writes:
“Judging from the past. I see no
reason to think that the attitudc ot
the Christian church toward prob
lems of race and caste is going to
be anything different from its at
titude in the past. It is mainly a
social organization, pathetically
timid and human; it is going to
stand on the side of wealth and
power; it is going to espouse any
cause which is sufficiently popular
which is sufficiently popular
with eagerness; it is, on the other
hand, often going to transsgiress its
own fine ethical statements and be
deaf to its own Christ in unpopglar
and weak causes.”
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| Robberies
i e
t Harry Lebell of 1420 Hardee
| street told police he was held up
‘Friday night by two men on Hur
|dee street and robbed of $95.
; E. J. Earnest, 1421 Stewart Ave.,
lrcpurled he was held up Friday
jnight on Stewart Ave. and robbed
lof $9 and his watch.
; Burglar entered the filling sta
tion of the Gultf Refining company
lat Piedmont Ave. and Forrest Ave.
iFriday night, also the filling stat
ion of the Wofford Oil Company,
‘buulcvard and Forrest Ave. and
itore the telephones from the wall.
| Burglars entered the store of S.
{W. Day Clothing Company, 101
| Whitehall St. some time Frida;
night and took a dress.
Patrolmen d A Allen and ©O
Tyson discovered a man cmerging
|fx'om the grocery stofe of Samn
Norviteh, 431 Edgewoocd 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 afiernoon.
| Mrs Maud Turner 561 Fowler
|strect, N. W.. reported her purse
containing $4.20 was snatched from
her hand by a man as she was
talking on Nassau St. Friday night.
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\Convict Doorman
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| Wasnington. D. € Dac 95 Py
{The Associated Negro Press)- -Jose
!ph H. Diggs, former doorman ot
’151(' fashionable Wardman Park
{Hotel. who shot and killed Cap:.
|William F. Norman a guest at the
'hotv! last August. was found guilty
!nf murder in the sccond decrec
’I-‘ririu}' night after a trial which
thad attracted consido: Bla atteni
{i«m here because of the prominence
’uf the people who had interestod
‘themselves in Diges and sougnt to
luid his case.
| ‘Diggs had shot Capt. Norman af
‘ter a series of disagreements which
terminated in Capt. Norman's strik
’ing Diggs during «n arcument over
!thn parking of the formers auto
mobile. D ggs secured a pistol and
]shui Cant. Norman as he emerged
from the hotel the next day. He
was defended by E Ruseoll Kelly
and Frank Kelley. Guests of the
,ho!(»l with whom Diges was popu
}1‘]3 raised a fund in his defense and
'a number of those living in the
!hns?olr,\' testified in his behalf at
the trial. Among those were Willi
lam P. McCracken, Jr. former an
‘si';!m' Secretary - of Commotres
Representatives Hull of Illinois, and |
Mrs. Robert Owens. The prose
c:.z?fvm sought to have g charge of
fnjst degree murder sustained.
!Dw_';sf attorney declared themselves
'satxs:hed with the verdict which
saved his life and anncunced that |
they would neither appeal nor ask |
for a new trial,
| BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec, 27—
| In a letter addressed to the Ala
' bama pol.cyholders of the Natiom
'al Benefit Life Insurance Company
| Honorable Charles €. Greer, Sup
Lerintendent of Insurance for the
| State of Alabama expresses confid
ience in the integrity of the Re
lceiver, Daniel C. Roper and en
tdorses his recommendations to th
{ court {"\'.{' Gree: vdvises ])4"14‘1
tholders to proteet theiy intorest
| by paving their premiums as usua
tand =tates that if he were a policy
'holder he would keep his poliey in
{force. The text of Superintendent
Green's letter follows:
‘““The National Benefit Life In
| surance Company, with which yor
‘have a policy, has been ylaced it
lthe hands of a Federal Receivel
Mr. Daniel C. Roper, Transporta
|tion Building, Washington, D. C
My information is that Mr. Rope
lis a man of charactor and ability
Since taking charge of the com
|pany’'s afiairs he has workead
| rapidly and constructively. I havt
%I'l‘:(l a4 copy of his report to the
|Supreme Court of the District of
| Columbia, He has suggested seve
ral methods for putting the Na
!‘u::h::‘. Benefit Life in proper shape
‘m order to fully protect your in
terest. I feel confident that the
lcuur‘\, as early as possible will ap
ipru\'c one of these plans, and thot
tin the course of a few months yvou:
‘ihtcrcsls as a policyholder will be
'fuliy protected.
| In my opinion. you will best pro
{tect your cwn interests by con
ttinu:ng premium |, payments o
| your policy as usu:l. It may take
{a number of months to get the com
| pany's aifeirs placed on a satis
|f:‘|ctux‘y basis. But I believe it will
ibe done. If I were a policyholde:
‘uf this company, 1 would keep my
policy in force.”
; Mr. Roper has received a simiial
letter from the Florida Commis
i.\'.mxm‘ of Insurance, and at the Na
{tional Cenvention of Insurance
i Commissioners 1n Tew York Cit
lfhis manth a resolution was adop!
jed approving Mr. Roper's pians for
|reorganization of the company or
;n mutual basis if the stockholder:
jare unable to make up the impair
| ment.
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| Must Negro
i Huntsvilles. Tex. Dec. 20 (1}
The Associated Negro Press)—On
Monday evening the Negro citizen
of this little tewn were host to a
large audience of the best citizens
of the white race in the auditorinm
of the new high school for Negro
es which is serving its first ye.r,
The occasion was to witness a Jubi
lece Minstrel given by the highn
school students under the direc!
jon of O T Smith
After thie chow Prof. 5. W. Hous
ton, principal asled for expression
frora a few of the wifites present:®
Prof. €. M. Shaver the cily supet
intendent. urged the patrons 1o
throw their choulders to the whee!
and help Prof. Ilouston and hi:
{picked co-workers put over the
great program which has been o
well nlanned
Mack Ball, presiéent of the school
board. added: “We ;ire behind every
good movement yvour people sta-t
and are willing to ceooperate with
you in carrying them to a finish”
Another speaker from the while
group was Prof BEdward Farrine:
ton from tho State Teachers Col
lege Prof. Farrington said. "This
is a time when no one c¢an bo
left-out. As the white man risas
educationally and etonomically he
is not lefi out and that he is giver
mitst sse fo it that tho blaci: !;!i.!l{
& chance io develop to He fulles' ”
Dr. Woods urged the Negro poplo
to first get together themselves ard
not fiy off at a tanwent withon
knowing the facts |
; o :
Orange Seed Lodges |
in Throat of Woman
Miss Melma Chaffin, 865 1-2 Per
son street, uppeared at Cirady hos
pital Saturday nignht in a choking
condition declaring that she had
svallowed an crange sced. ]
The seed, she told doctors. had
lodged sidewavs in her throat and
refused to go down. After being
advised by doctors to eat a sweot
potato. she wuas permitted to re- |
turn home. ,
HHOLD FOUR WHITES FOk ‘
COLORED MAN'S DE.\THI
Union City, Tenn.. Dec. 25--(By
The Associated Negro Press)-—Robt l
Fields, Clint Burciunan, Clifford
Posey and Dave Hollivay, four |
voung white men, were arrested |
Saturday by state officers, chargnd !
with the murder of Walton John- |
son. who was shot and killed heve |
three weeks 2go in an attempted
holdup. The white men are bhu]q)
held in jail without bail.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1931
Social Workers in
. '
Demand, Hill Says
~
to Ky. Students
LOUISVILLE. Ky, Dee. 22—
Falking before the student body of
‘he Municipal college in this city,
T Arnold Hill of the National Uy
ban League's department of IQ
dustrial relations, called attentior
o a number of lessons that the
depression has taught. The speak
er pointed out several trends of
seneral information value. but
}wm;oh:ni;zwl the need of specialized
traming which “fortifies if it does
not absolutely protect one in such |
a crisis as this”
One of the developments of spe
cial sign'ficance to Negroes is the
need for trained social workers.
On this point Mr. Hill said: *“Ne
gro-coc’al workers are in demand.
I'he demand has been increased by
the unemployment emergency and
as a consequence case worker are
being used in large numbers.
Where they were ohce employed
nore of them are now employed
and in many agencies in which
there were none, thev may now
be found. Though this s a tem
worary 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 servs
ine are trained. In fact there were 1
not cnough trained workers to
meot the demand. Doubtless ad
m nistrative positions could have ¢
heen open to them, if they had i
been qualified”
Continuing. the speaker urgt’
those undecided as to their ca=
!x‘m-r to examine the'r own apti
tudes and capacities, as well as
the varied types of work covered
l‘.a_\' the field of social work J
| "Mr. Hill addressed a group of
] «cinl workers and laymen at the
'Y W ¢ A at 3:30 when he To
|v ewed conditions among Negroes, 4
busing his conclusions on his re- 5
{ cent report prepared for the Na
tional Urban League, ‘Unemploy
ment Status of Negroes'' in 106
‘ cities. |
Zeta Phi B t
Zeta Phi Detas to
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" Meet in Indiana
| The Twelfth Annual conclave of
lthe Zeta PPhi Beta sorority will be
iheld in Indinnapolis, Indiana, Dee.
“l:’.'.-.",l inclusive, with NMNua chapter
{hostess. The seat of the hostess
| chapter is the University of Ind
’i:m:\, located at Bloomington.
The conclave opens formally
{ Sunday at three p. m. with church
ervices. Speakers on this prm:x'ant‘
will be Mrs. Fannie R. Givens ot
Lonisville, grand basileus of the
{ Zeta Phi Beta sorority: Mrs. Sallie
W. Stewart, and Pshop Walls of
ihe A. M. E. Zion church, who will
deliver thé sermon. The theme of
Bichop Walls sermon will b e
“Finer Womanhood.
Monday night the sorority will
sponsor a night of music. The
participants on this program will
come from the various chapters of
th» sorority, and will be persons
woll known in the musical world.
The conclave will close Friday
w'th the election of officers and a
seneral board meeting.
The founders, former grand offi
cers, honorary members and all
Zotas are cordially invited to at
terd the conclave.
Hold Meet Tod
0 eet Today
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for Battle Hill
A post community wide drive in
the interest of the Negro ward at
Battle Hill sanatorium will be
lnunched at two mass meetings
Sunday. the first to be held at 11
2. m. in the Reed Street Baphx‘b
church and the other at 3 p. m. d
{the Warren Memorial church.
Preminent speakers - have been
momised by the committee for
L th meetings. The committee con
istn of Rev. & R Wilson, 4 O
Thomas and Dr, T H. 8Slater.
{HILDREN DIE IN FIRE
HAZELHURST. Miss, Dec 25 -
ANDP)-—Three children were burn
‘d to death when a house occupied
by George Robertson, living on the
Monticello road, east of Hazelhurst
was destroyed by fire. The young
<2t was 6 months 2'd and the old
ost 4 years. Two other children
cscaped. None of the older folks
were at home when the fire des
troved the house.
l ROSENWALD KIN RECEIVES
HONOR
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 25.-—
(ANP)-—-Edgar B. Stern receives
The Times-Ficayune loving cup for
distinguished service to the com
| munity in 1950. The honor is given
{to Mr. Stern because of his ser
‘\iu-.«: in the establishment of Dil
llard university through a merger
‘or Straight college, New Orleans
university and the Flint-Goodrich
hospital, three units dedicated t*
[the education and care of Negroes.?”
Mr. Stern is president of the board
jof trustees of Dillard and is also
j;z son-in-law of Julius Rosenwald.
i BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 27—
Some unknown persons entered
the home of Cara Lee Brown. rear
11110 South Thirty Third Street,
'sometime Wednesday night before
‘ten fifty and took fourteen dollars
‘znd fifty cents in money. The loss, .
'which was discovered when the .
woman returned: home was report
'M to police. Entrance was gained
| through a side window. v
