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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX ¢« Baby Contest Nears End As Leaders Bunch Votes As Home Streteh Is In Sight. Who Will Win? BIRMINGHAM Ala.. Deer 30— Just a few more days and New . Years will be here Not only will a new year start January 1. but the Birmingham World's first baby contest will come to an end. The twenty-six babiles entered in the affair are working hard and a number ¢of the contest ants are so close together that the yltimate winner will be hard to predict at the present time accord ing to C. 1. Jones who is mianaging the contest. Valuable prizes totalling twenty five dollars will be available for the winners and all who qualify will be given awards. In addition, the pictures of the participants will appear in the gravure section of the World. Mr. Jones is spendit miuich time seeing that the contest .ants keep posted as to the details and progress of the contest and that the subscribers get their papers in time. The winner of the grand prize seill be selected from cmong the ‘following youngsters; Elmore Ciets, 1415 Appalachie street; Bobby Oize ° - 6 oY Girl Disappears ye @ ° . After Visiting J ile C Juvenile Court BIRMINGHAM Ala.. Dec. 30— Saturday afternoon, Viola Malone, eleven vears old. 1745 Whecler St was sent to the juvenile court by her mother to visit a brother who is confined there. She was last scen leaving the court about three o'- clock that afternoon but has failed 10 return home to date. The girl is said to be about threc feet tall, light complexion. brown eves, black hair and weighs about ninety pounds. She was bare head ed at the time and was wearing a white voile dress, long black coat. and black high top shoes at the time of her disappearance The Onily Rotogravure Section in the World 4 No Negro paper anywhere, anless 1t 13 I’ published by the Southern Newspaper Syndi . cate, gives its readers a rotogravure section. " Your World today stands alone in giving its public this exclusive feature. Once every week your World appears with a “brown sheet” filled with pictures of Negroes and their activities gathered from here and every part of the world. We do not publish pictures of Negroes to the exclusion of everything else, for the interest of the race is often focused upon happenings of other peoples read about in the daily press. In or der to show unusual events in graphie style, The World’s rotoeravure section often car ries photographs of these and other highly interesting and entertaining subjects. Wken you look at the pictures in The World’s rotegravure section, yeu see the photographer’s art reproduced on the highest nlane and in the most advanced manner vet deviced hv the most modern newspapers. The World’s retogravure section is one of the hie and exclusive features of napers that stand as leaders and ptoneers in Negro jour nabism, - o _ | Souiliern W Newspaper & - Svndicate 902 Eighth avenue north: Edward Hunter. 2422 18th street. north; Al lie W Gray. 510 Park Spuare, Pratt City: Occeletta Evons 136 Mamie avente Pratt City. Georgie M, Nel son. 208 Avenue D. west; Michael ! T R Rucker, Rt 1 Irondale; Zer line Studemire. 1521 17th street. N Ceorde Sanders 217 11th street, N Leray Browney. 2602 Avenue D, Willie James Brooks 9-B 37th street Fairfield: Maggiec Washington, 312 24th street, south: Earnie M. Thani ae 1712 Ninth alley, north, Chilos i Panson. 807 Third avenue. north: Jeidnes D Clooper. 838 1%th stroot nottl: Samuel Russell, 409 Delta strect: William Rane. 504 56in 5L Faivfickd Annie 1. Smith, 707 Biret Digee. soih: Lois= M 0 Davig Gl t Rialto strect: Mildred M. Rabinsen 824 14th street south: Jabia A Fletcher 1321 Fist Comt west L e Conper S0 480 ofpoet Wiy farn: Goorgie. M. Weeks 16109 Uit Caourt north Carrie Bell Jomn il 2196 Avenue B southc Prank: L Walters 929 170 “hoel norhs: B Ty AW G208 Avoile A= 4 Tinvie B Jefforsan 822 1650H ool south. = Attempt {o Throw . ¥ - . Gun in Weeds Fails BIRMINGHAM Ala.. Dee. 30— Arreosted late Christmas night by Officers McMath and Taylor. Sam Williams 2432 25th street dorth; pled gulty before Judge Martin, Menday morning and was given a Gres of fifty dollars and costs for carrying concealed weapons unlaw fully. According to the officers a party was in progress across the street. As {he pdlice edr drove: up, the man attempted to tess a weapon in the sewer. An investigation proved that the pistol had been fired once. BIBMINGHAM Ala., Dec 20— Christmas was over and Phil lip Cohen. owner of a neighbor hood grocery store at 630 14th street, north. was quite cheerful as he got things in readiness for a big Saturday business follow- Ymas Fatalities Mar ~ Holiday KILL MAN, WOMAN MEMBPHIS, Téan,; Dee. 30 ’ th rate caused by auto | dent WAE sont sHharing e 1930 record Christma { two people were killed b { were Charles Wil \ v wihio died Saturday n fisl it i Geneval hospital i . M. Wiliams = while ~stown. who was fatally a truck of a neighbol W hardson, 406, tenant far: Williams was at the wheel arny ng o car occupied by three com panions, Godfrey Sykes, rear 2006 Adams; David Jones 200 and Sun Dunlap; who were seriously inured The vietim's car collided witli an IHinois Central freight train at| Chelsea and the 1. C. Belt line | Funeral services for Mrs. Suville | Hughes who was killed several davs ! apo at the ecornec of leath andi Chelsea by an autemobile were held last Saturdav ‘ ing the holiday i He had just unlocked the door and dispatched a few minor| tasks when a man entered and| asked for a number of :n‘ticles:ul The tctal amount of the purchase | was sixty-five cents in payment for which the customer tender-’ ed a crisp five dollar bill, Mr. Cohen went to the safe. worked the combination. and tock out the money box to se * cure the necessary change. He | turned around only to find him | self gazing into the barrell of a | blue steel pistol. The stranger; | snatched the box and fled. | | Accordingto the grocer, $590| | was in the cash box at the time.| i Of that amount. ten dollars was! | in checks. i THE ATLANTA WORLD, ATLANTA, GA { - i B P i I'resent Needy With . I y ith 1 = 5 | ] Clothes, And Food | B, 5 y 5 & FIFTY VOICES SING| MEMPHIS, Tenn,, Dee. 30—| “1t was the day before Christmas” | that the Goodiellows Stnla (‘l:xusf c¢lub kept cheerfully busy for near-! Iv four hours distributing presents! to three thousand Nezro young-| ¢rs of Memphis at the ecity audi-| torium Never belove in 113 1Y yearsi Ol ex ence ha the benevolence! Gt organization reached soj any culored children. i Dristribute Clothes Ilundreds of the young ;uxpiuunl-t: for Christmas gifts arrived at the! wditarium by noon Thursday, but the club officials did not cpen the| lours before two o'clock. The ar-| rangement for handling the preat! nunber of children. many of whom| were accompaniced by their parents, was the same used for the white] voungsters, who received their gifts! earlier in the day between nine and twelve. All applicants for gifts had: to present cards with ftheir names, ages. street addresses, and parents’ names written on them. This prevented anyone from receiv- | ing presents twice. The children were grouped according to ages. ! and the gifts distributed according to their needs. The many appeals| that the Goodfellows club had re-| ceived for clothes urged it to con centrate on gifts of this nature.| Shoes. coats. jackets, and nearly everything in wearing apparel] were given the children. However, | the club did not stop at that point It also thought in terms of the| children’s pleasure, and distributed all kinds of toys and confectiona oS City Chorus Sings The merry occasion was made merrier by the singing of Xmas carols and jubilee numbers by the chorus under the direction of Miss Liucy: B Campbell. The ¢horas ¢ made up of fifty voices, sang at the| auditorium throughout the period| that the Goodfellows distributed giffs. Wyvyatt and Commitiee Deserve Praises i This vear’s success of the (hmd-‘ fellows Santa Claus club cannot bul be spoken of without a L'mmnund;\—l tory mention of J T. Wyatt. chair- | man of the all-Negro committee, and his co-workers. Although they labored against the indifference ot! many so-called representative citi-‘ zens who were in a position to help them and wouldn't, their efforts were rewarded to a greater extent than those of any other group of similar workers in previous years. Mr. Wyatt said that several teach ers and ministers let their petty foclings stifle their spirit of coope ration. and they would not attempt to push the movement by taking tickets for the Christmas Revue or cven mentioning the Goodfellows to their students or congregations. “gome of these very ministers came rushing to me Thursday morning, asking that some of the voor and needy members of their flocks be given tickets for gifts” Mr. Wyatt stated. Uy . y |Grim Reaper Dnds| 1 3 i ’\ Joe Clark’s Case | St i . 2 | ' APPEAL IS HALTED MEMPHIS. Tem:i, Dee. 30—| Death made the last decision inj the case of Joe Clark in whose de-| fense Clarence Friedman, white e torney, spent ten days in the coun-j ity jail and paid a fifty dollar fine | for contempt of court and ofter-. wards filed a bill exception for al supreme court hearing following | the overrulling of a motion for a’ ! new trial for his client by Judge Phil Wallace. Clark was found dead in his home on Woodward street | early Thursday morning. I)v.-cml_wrl 24 According to a physician who | examined him, he died of heart! trouble. ? Case Aftracted Attention The Clark case attracted national attention when a verbal clash be-| | tween the defense attorney. p:‘om:-l lne*m. in legal circles of Momphns.i } and the prosecuting attorney, Ma { rion Boyd. resuited in Friedman's { confinement in the county jail for | contempt of court. The sentence | i Judge Wallace placed upon him! ]'w' - effect shortly after a ju:',\'i i found Joe Clark guilty of carrving, { a pistol and assault with a pistol ! lTh»- defendant was sentenced »; l.‘mn_\ 11 months and 29 days in the| workhouse. Following the rclease; | of Mr. Friedman from jail. he con-| !xin'wd his defense of Clark by} making a motion for a new trial| i but Judge Wallace overruled thel lmum:n. Feeling that he had not! been wsiven a fair chaace to handie the ca=oe properly. the attorney stae | ed before the court: “After the f{ine! and the sentence was imposed by vour honor, with me feeling that 1 had been unjustly sentenced to! aricon. 1 awas onh the verte of al wvons breakdown. I wa nog aoe’ i “Never would T have overlooked| many important phases in my arvoment to the jury. In jail 1§ 1 ht of many things I had fui-] ol 1t do 1 don't think [ was in! the ---~per condition to handle ti.. + Case." i o D> Congregationall aStOI‘I - . l.ecaving Friday for | . Y N | ‘Raleigh, N. C. ‘ Preaching his farewell sermon on Sunday morning before a large (‘On-l gronation, Rev. E C. Lawrence' ended ten vears of work at t.heg First Congregational church prior| to, leaving for Raleigh, N. C. “’hCre‘g he has ;n'('(‘p“‘qi the pastorate Ofl the First Congregational church of | that citv. Rev. Lawrence is a grad-| uate of Talladesa coliege and the| Chicago Theological seminary, ‘ The prominent minister will de- | part from the Macic City Friduy; and Mrs. Lawrence und family hav«-i been feted considerably by friends| durine the past few weeks. Ms. | Lawrence and her two daughters | will remain here until the first of} February as the eldest child, Miss, Marion Lawrence will graduate | from the Industrial High school at the close of this term So far nn} one hios been secured to take charge of the vacancy left by Rev. Iaw-| rence’s resignation. Miss Lawrence! will attend one of the North Caro lina colleges. | e : 1 | Birmingham Grocers | 1 p | Buy C. M. A. Stock NEW YORK, Dec. 31.--The mem bers of the Colored Merchants As- | sociation of Birmingham, Ala. are! meeting regularly, boosting their | business. and giving hearty coope- | A Glance Backward at 1931 will show The Southern ._Newspaper Syndicate has ac complished what no other Negro newspaper organization ever dreamed of doing: A chain of Negro newspapers published three times every week; A rotegravure section published and distributed every week, the only “brown sheet” now in existence published by the race; A group of comics published every week and drawn bv Negro artists, using the best talent available; The publishing of news while it is news, made possible bv S. N. S. publications on a more than one-issue-a-week basis; Full time employment for 51 well trained young Negro men and women and part time work for 500 more in the circulation and other departments; Pardon us if we sound chesty. But we are proud of our a chievement and believe the accomolishments of the Southern Newspaper Syndicate are a monument to Negro business and publishing life and a credit to those who have made and read the various S. N. Si papers. Our 1932 achievements? That rests with our readers. If you get behind your newspaper and buy every issue published, Jan. 1, 1933, may find the S. N. S. marking an even greater epoch in Negro progress with employment for an increased number of our race. Are you with us? Southern Newspaper Syndlcate ration to the national organization dent of the National C. M. A Stores Inc., with offices at 145 W 4lst vitreet, who said the Rirmingham Brocers have also bounght stock In the national organization. Alston Lee, 2629 S. 18th street, Birming ham, is president. A. B Stevenson, secretary, and George Williams 1Is treasurer of the local organization . . Jewel Thieves Await - . | Trial in Jefferson i -y ! County Court Soon BIRMINGHAM Ala., Dec. 30— Plans of Mrs. A. S. Moreland, 606 Tappan street, prominent fl':m-rnul} and church worker, to give her con| and daughter a Merry Christmas| almost went awry when she dis-| covered that some one had entered her home sometime Mondav cve-| ning and took two diamond rmg‘i intended as Christmas presents. | Wednesday morning. Officers Wier | and Mitchell arrested Willie lHorace | Gray. 612 Berry street, and found | cne of the rings concealed in his| trousers. The other ring was dn;-\ covered Monday morning by the| same officers at a local pawn shop. | Willie Hale, Brown Hill, who was| arrested by the officers at the smm-} time was implicated in the aftair| cccording to Albon L. Holsey. presi- | by his companion. | Both men were transferred to| the county jail Monday morning | and are scheduled to appear bcfm'u! Judge H. B. Abernathy next week. | | n | [ ; | BIRMINGHAM Ala.. Dec. 30— “John Mc Kinnie Dead Notify Sister Mary Brown, Street address unknown.” So reads a telegram sent by the Waukegan police department Sat urday night to Chief MeDuff of the Birmingham police department and the officers are faced with the rath = diffieult task of finding a Mary Brewn Thirtvy three Mary Browns are listed in the city directory and the location of the survivor is still more perplexing when one consid ers that a number of Mary Browns might be married and therefore have a different name. Police officials would be pleased if anyone knowing a John Mec- Kinnie who has a sister by that name living here, would get in touch with them or communicate with The Birmingham World in or der that funeral arrangements may be completed. Buy From Advertisers WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1931 Fight Over Dollar Bill. " One Sent to Hospital BIRMINGHAM Ala,. Dee, 30— George Eaton, 4234 Alley A, who was taken to the Hillman hospital’ early Sunday morning in a serious condition after he had been slash ed in the abdomen by James Ellis outside a dance hall at Avenue A and 40th street, is reported to be in a fair condition by hospital at taches . The two men are said to have argued over a dollar bill. Ellis made good his escape. A holiday dance had been in progress and the affra occurred at 12:20 Sunday mm'nmr‘ . Finds Scarf at Store; . Hides It; Arrested BIRMINGHAM Ala. Dee. 30-- Arrested just as the Christmas shoppers ended their last mad rush Thursday afternoon, Henry Wil liams, 1414 Ninth avenue, north, Bessemer, appeared in court Mon day to answer to the complaint of M. Schifferman, manager of the he saw the defendan t neay store. According to Mr. Schifferman mnan, he saw the defendant near a glass case take a scarf and con ceal it under his jacket. Mr. Wil liums, who says that he has been a taxi driver for eleven years, stat ed that he went into the store to buy some underwear, Seceing the scarf on the floor, he picked it up and put it in his pocket.