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NAACP Says 1931 Shows Many Gains in
flmc’s PINION
FROUSED DURNC
YEAR, JSSERTS
- ISSIChTION
NEW YORK, Jan, 6.—The Negros
I)lttle front in America was advan
o during 1931, and the yedb
Ssows many gains in his struggle
for full emancipation, according to
:xf-summary of its annual report is
sued today by the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
;T‘Elored People.
_More white Americans (nan
cyer before now realize t‘n}t_ the
Negro's cause is the sharpest'singie
tast of the future of consitutiona
~bvernment in the United States.
ecording to the N. A. A. C P.and
slored people are awake as never
mpfore to the need and the advan
- 1zes of acting togther for the com
mon good. ‘
iThe N. A A, C. P. annual repoti
_4mmary states that in a qumber,
§ tields the Negro has made strik
mg forward strides during the year
and lists them as follows: |
‘1. Politics: The political in
dependence preached for years by
the N. A. A. C. P. has taken real
form. The object lesson furnished
by the defeat of the Parker nomi
nation. has been carried into a num
ber of senatorial wlections, gnd
the defeat of Baird in New Jersey
has a significance that is not lost
on the nation. Negro voters are
rapidly learning to think for them
selves.
2. Economic Program: N. A A
@ P branches throughout the
United States have been asked tu
inform themselves about empluy
ment and relief conditions among
Negroes, and to move for both jobs
and relief where these are urgently
needed. ‘“But Where You Can
Work” campaign instituted on a
nafional scale with special refer
ence to chain stores.
1. Legal Defense: The Scotts
boro cases are the most dramatic
and widely known legal struggle
ap which the N A A C. P has
embarked during the year. Argu
ment on thern before the Aiabama
Supreme Court will be heard early
in the coming year. Meanwhile,
huindreds of appeals have come to
the Association during the year.
sCases undertaken by the N. A A
@ P mange from school segre.
gation fights to intervention to
s@ve colored men sentenced to
death on murder charges. Among
15;('_ outstanding cases during the
year are the following:
#8chool segregation cases in Hill-
Irn, N Y; Vallejo, Cal;; Mans-
O Gany, Ind
#Texas White Primary Case (the
second) carried to U S. Supremc
Court.
"Murder investigated in Windsor, |
Mo; where colored boys were
charged with a crime traced to
whites, and convictions appealed;
te State Supreme Court. :
~Thomas Nelson freed in Virginia, |
after his murder conviction had’
tiwice been set aside by Virginia
Supreme Court. ’
Execution of Dove Ballard stayed |
ig Mississippi by last minute u;).z
Miration for appeal f
Peonage of Frank Young in El- |
f"\;&'{idu Ark.. investizated and |
brounoht jce. |
th attention of Department of Just j
ite,
Ewilliam Harper freed in ‘-.'u‘gun:l}
qfter long imprisonment on per- }
jured testimony of white weman. |
"4 Discrimination: Demobilizat- !
ignn of Negro regiments was \';_e__:‘l
wously profested. the entire colored |
nress solidly backing up the NAA. |
@P. The NAACP. Board of Dir- |
ectors went on record against :sv;_u-f
g ate medical education and Iv‘.u:pi.i
tal training for colored doctors and i
ffimh;;. Discrimination sucrves:iull}:i
fought in unemployment relief n
Wew York and other cities, in De
#éit high school swimming courses, |
ete. |
#$3 Birth of a Nation film show
ing prevented o stopped in St |
,Ffful. Detrsit. Philadelphia, Mont
#lair, Roselle N. J:; Jersev City,
§maha. and the Stale of Kansas.
ED MHaiti: The Association has
¢ontinued its efforts for a free and
#pdependent Black Republic of
Eaiti. Memorandum in which 8
¢ther national organizations con
curred was submitted to President
i;ioover, asking for restoration of
Haitian sovereignty, and request
made of Senate Finance Committee
for investigation of Haitian loans
floated in this country.
. 1. Economy: The Association
has adopted a ten per cent cut in
salaries for all executive officers.
and five per cent for clerical
force, and by consolidating work
has dropped three members of the
?afiional office staff.
7 8. Finances: Despite the depres
n the Association's gross income
greater in 1931 than in 1930,
¢ figures being, for 1930. $59.747
and for 1931 (to Dec. 29) $7419290.
€dlored people, harder hit by un
gmployment than any other group
Emtjhe country have rallied to the
N.AACP. and white people have
"’ge and more recognized the nec
ty of the work it is doing.
. Field Work: Officers of the
4 »fiociatlon travelled 70,000 miles
: ing the year and addressed a to
: - of about 700 public meetings.
v&fe included university student
erings and classes, public for
w civic clubs, women'’s clubs, po-
JORDAR_STARTS, BIG
~ SALE SATURDAY _
This coming Saturday Jordan's
Shop of Qualily, located ut 227 Au
butn avenue. and o4 McDaniel
citeet S W aUill have a big store
wide Clearance Sale Evervihing in
ihe store will be on sule Nothing
will be held back Heve are some
of the values that will be obtain
able at Jonkme Saturday. - ‘
Alter handling wens suils for
twelve vears, Jurdan is discontiny
ing this lire at a tremendous sacri
fice on cach st FPhese suits have
Geen selling for 825 and 335 ewch
Aost of them nave two pdirs of
patits. Satinday you may pick vour
‘hotice for §89.55. These arce all woul
World Carriers Hold
Lively Meeting
The carriers of The Atlanta W 1
met in another interesting session
L he v A Al B0 |
eGeninge ‘1he fopic 1or 1he tvening
epsibiite to Carorors s diseniasod
with animation and enthusiasm
The boys brought out the foets that
come of the most mportart and
impressive points- in life were ob
tained by losalty to all duties
Mr J W. Stroud the now assis
tant circulation manager; made a
roucing speech that put the larpe
acsemblase on its mettle. Me Btroud
cmphasized the fact that punt tiality
io {heo father af surcess Mr A
Locket also spoke o lew words of
Cnicuuragement
Th o hhectinss a0e rapidly sraw
a0 nidre sl g0 Wil e i oal
wendance and eachi World Carrier
fecis it a pleasant and oagerdy an
ticipated duty tperttevid each nicet
i;'.:." v
Mr C Branner. president,
Mre Fiaaid o0t asst repoiier
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H. J. smith to Assume
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New Duties
H 1 Smith of Shrovepurt La,
arrived in the city this week, to as
sume his new dutios with the North
Carolina Mutuat lite Ins com
pany. Mr. Smith is an expericneed
insurance-man, having acted as as
genefit Life Insurance compary
sistant manager of the National
and manager of the O. K. Industrial
Life Insurance company, Shreve
port. He is a graduate of More=
house college and well and favor
ably known to Atlantans.
“UNCLE JOE" DEAD |
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GULPBORE. My Jan 6 (By
The ANP)--Joe Dickinson kunown
on the Missicippi coast 4 " Uncle
Joe.’ dand sa'd Lo be the olde=t man
in this section i dead at Gull
port at the ace o7 113 voars. A
native of Mobile, SUnele Joe!
served as bodypuard o his mase
tei durme the (vl way and in
this capuacity was in the Confede
bdale - gy duing e agge b
tween the states A qrecord in
an old family Bible shows that Joe
Was born oi Christmas day in the
year 1815
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Hold District Meet of
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Universal Life
MEMPHIS TFenn i e
Addresses by general officers of
the Universal life In-urance {om
pany marked the annual segency
meeting of ithe Memphis distvict
of this compapny. The meeing
which was held at the augitorium
of the Universal [Life Thursday.
December 31, was nist a one day
offgiy. De 1 FE Waiker: president
of the Universal Life. M. & Stuart
general manager. Dr R & HFields
medical direetor, and A, W. Willis,
vice president. gave addresses to
the distriet agents I D Whalum
ic the district manager of t..2 Mem
phis branch office.
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First Auto Death on
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~ New Year’s Day
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. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 6—
' The New Year was only 16 hours
' cld when the first traffie fatality
| svas registered. Andrew Gains. 52,
Clarksdale. Ark. found unconsci
| o115 dt the approach to Harahan
bridge around nine o'clock a. m.
| Frday died al General hospital
i the evening of the same day.
! Officers, investigating at thie hos
| pital. reported they learned that
. the man eillier fell from a4 truck
lor wa: hil by one s kil wds
‘ fractured The driver had not been
| apprehended =t the time of (hic
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I MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 8-—
i Three men alleked to be Ne
grof made an attack on Simon
Wener 24 vear-old fur dealer aof
Louisville Ky. with an axe. The
axe ottack was made when Wener
ran across the men ransacking the
i etnre of father located at 1086
Thoma trees Ope of e thicies
Robert Joves 27 of 981 Lavon, wds
caught as he tried to make his e:
cape by running upstairs. He wa:
{ overcome by the bov's father, Sam
;\M;u-; and hiz brother.
? a0 S L .
Hiticar g
oL e gatherings, church groups,
|b”mch meeting . chambers of com
imerce, etce
siits tailored in the lalest styles
and Cost . 522 ench ol whole -
sale. Only g few ot Hicse sULE are
left so be on hand eatly. Aiso men s
Gimble and Portis hats %395 1o
€550 value will be on sale for 81495
ta $2.95.
Far Wemen Jordan will @ offer
| heavy winter coats, 10,95 value for
$2499: hoavy wool ope and two
piece dressey. $5.00 value for $1.19;
wool jursey dresses, $1.956 value for
69 cents In additicn to these bar
gains you will also find bargains
in hoiery piincoats, hats and uin
dei wWeil
IF'or further information, see Jor
dans Ad in Fridays WORLD
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-~ Army Officer
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Continted from Page 1)
made, had contributed to this fea
i Fear Is Denied
L But Freneh's mother, Mre David
'French, who lives in Pasadena. and
his sister, both denied that such a
fear could have been responsible
I'Phey insisted that he had nevel
fgone to great pains to conceal his
iracial identity, that his complexion
and lair were unmistakable signs
lof his race and that. although he
{had many friends among white
ipeople, he never gave up his
ifriends in the colored race, He had
‘as many friends among his race
here as the average man in his cir
cumstances. His sister also referred
{to many of the outfits he had ser- “
{ved with il 1he arnny, especially |
{his service in the Phil]ip;.)mes.]
i\\’hx"n his regiment was stationed
inext to a colored regiment many
jof whose members knew the race
lof Lt. French and associated with
thim,
| When he left San Francisco, his
{dmnmuun was his mother’'s home
‘in Pasadena. She and his sister had
;rwvi\'c-d word from him that he
iwould arrive in time to have Sun
‘day morning breakfast with them.
! As soon as news of his unhappy
'end came to the distraught mother
‘and sister, a brother-in-law. George ‘
{Gray of Chicago, assuined «,'h:u‘gcl‘
tof the French household and pro- |
ivcvdo(i to arrange for the funeral. i
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FRENCH FAMILY IS ;
PROMINENT
CHICAGO. Jan 6 (ANP) ‘
Friends and relatives of the mu:l
It William J French In this citv
wore shocked when reports of hisl
tragic end in California reached |
thenr here Sunday. George Gray, u‘
brother-in-law of the dead officer, |
telephoned the latter's sister, Mr."..!
Bennet Gray. Sunday to inform her
of the fatal ending of Lt l“!‘tm‘h'S‘
spectacular career, ‘
L.t. French belonged to one OoOf |
the oldest and most distinguished -
colored families in this ecity. His!
father. David French, dead now for i
many years, was the oldest of six |
brothers, all of whom made a dezn |
impression on the life of the city |
One of It Freneh's uncles Ma:i
tin, was the first colored man to !
'saryve as a bank guard, he was
killed during a holdup of the bank.
Another uncle was the late John B.
I'rench, former official at Tus
kegee institute, caterer on Chi
cago's gold coast, and later a mem
ber of the Illinois state industrial
COIYNISsion,
The dead officer was born in thi:
city 49 years ago and educated in
the public and high schools here
He had been in the army for
twenty vyears. He married twice.
His first wife was a colored wom
an. When she died., French told
- members of his family that he was
going to cross the gap between the
races. He then married a southern
white beauty from Oglethorpe, Ga.,
who detested Negroes. She is now
dead.
Members © f his family here
scouted the idea that Lt French
had taken his life for fear his race
would be exposed. They said that
he made no attempt to conceal it
and that many of his white friends
and others knew what he was
Once, during the World war. he
was stlationed at Fort Snelling in
Minnesota. A white officer called
French * a Nigger.” French prompt
ly retaliated by chasing his “ex
poser’ into the Mississippi river
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To Fly Here
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thrilling of all |
Establish Flying In South Among
Negroes
When asked his opinion of the
Negro's part in aviation Mr. James
stated that 1t is his one creat desire
to aid in getting the Negro to be
come “air-minded,” especially thru
out the Soutn It is not solely
money that I am seekin. “he stated
further” rather, it's my sincere in
terest in aviation and its develop
ment among qualified nembers of
my riace’’
SEIZED FOR MURDER FOR
AGED MAN
STAMP Al Ian !'}»«\“:,' The
ANP)Y - Almer Blake 19 wa. ap.
rested here in onnection with the
shooting to death of Brad Pope
858, l4sl Friday nipht 1.0
Blake, the boy's father. went into
custody soon after the :hootng
iand told police that his cqy had
‘committed the crime.
THE ATLANTA WORILD, ATLANTA, GA.
Dean J. P. Brawley Challenges{
Young Negro In Emancipation
Address In Clark Chapel |
BY LUCUIS JONES
Ringing forth a string of facts pertinent to the Race question
that were so cold, statistical, and vivid that he caused his Listeners to
shudder in apprehension, Dean J. P. Brawley curricular excculive ot
Clark University, uncorked an address of epochal importance in his
Emancipation effort within the confines of (e Crogman Chapel here
last Mcnday. So thoroughly conclusive was the educator. argument
(for Dean Brawley's address really was an avpumentative cxposition)
that following the tumultuous applause that it provoked, Dr J. W, K
Bowen, one of the best thinkers and most capable public speakers of
the Race today, arose from his seat and emphasized in forceful terms
the hmportance of chewing and digesting the substance of the talk.
“I'm fed up on eloquence and
orations,”’” confessed Dr. Bowen,
] have long been tired of them.
Consequently, I was deeply moved
when Dean Brawley came forth
with facts. data, statisties and
timeworn ftruisms to appeal to in
tellect
Cold Facts
Dean Brawley, in his character
atically scientific manner of
nalysis, shifted from field, to trac
ing the development of the Negro.
When he wound up he nau given
birth #so strong convictions on the
Negro question in virtually all his
listeners. He made a thorough and
consummate survey of the status
of the Race economically, political
ly, socially, and educationally with
the ald of so many statistics and
data that his talk took on the as
pect of 4 lecture in higher mathe
niatics,
One of the speaker's firmest con
victions was that “freedom is not
something that one can award to
,z.nuther. but is a self-directing
torce, which must emanate from
ivxithin"’ He further expressed the
’vwwpuint that the Emancipation
Proclamation was simply a declara
tion of the legal provision of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of hap-
Ipiness, classified a s ‘'inalienable
rights’ in the U. S. Constitution
Four Phases
The economic phase of the ad
dress tended to show the futility
tof Negro business. The Dean struck
deeply at the roots of the evils that
tended to make Negro business un
! stable.
’ The political phase, like the eco
tnomic phase, was checkered with
{interesting statistics, statistics which
j tended to prove that if any solution
|to the Race question evolves, it
:n:ust not bn,inde'pendent of an in-
crease in political prestige.
| Discrimination of Funds
l The social phase and the edu?
' cational phase were beautifully
‘interlinked. The figures here were
probably more interesting, more
vivid, more convincing than all the
rest. Attention was called to the
discrimination in the amount of
funds appropriated for Negro edu
cation and that of the whites by
lt%xc State. Cold facts showed the
' great variance in per capita allott
‘mient for education between the
two races. However, Dean Brawley
jnever once implied that the State
owed it tuo the Negro to appropriate
ihim more money for education.
{But he did challenge the Negro
youth to the question of whether
~or not he was really proving him
self deserving of State help. He
climaxed his address with three
burning questions which have
grown out of the racial feeling on
the question of Negro education
today.
Asked Burning Questions
i The vital questions cited by Dean
Brawley were (1) Should faltering
denominational schools turn their
cause over to the State? (2) If not,
who will support these faltering in
stitutions, and from whence will
the funds for support come? and
;) Is the Negro youth being mis
educated.?
That those three questions are
about the most current and vital
. issues confronting the Negro in the
educational world today is a fact
uvbvious to the most casual thinker.
' So-called depression i1s upon us and
.more and more schools are failing.
Hence, the origin of the first two
questions. We have hundreds and
hundreds of graduates coming out
of the schools every year who do
nothing but crowd the teaching
profession, not even having their
hearts any closer to their task than
the attendant pay check. And from
there. one can easily imply the
derivaticn of the third question.
{ Offered Remedy
In the same consummate manner
i1 which Dean Brawley went about
raking the problems of the Negro
Lisunie their much-needed import
ance in the eyes of the coming Ne
gro leaders, he went about trying
to propose a solution for these
problems. One of the most
captivating statements in his many
theoretic steps in a possible remedy
was the utterance that the “Negro
needs to discard his innate ‘want-to
be-boss” philosophy for an effec
tive ‘start-at-the-bottom-ism.
Contrary to what one would ex
pect from the general trend of this
account, Dean Brawley did not as
sume a pessimistic attitude. Earls
in his address he lauded the Negr
“greats” of the prasent day in all
fields and expressed hope and {aiti
in the future. It was a masterfu
deliverance indeed, and a most con
summate one,
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1 MEMPHIS. Tenn., Jan 8
The homicide bureau records for
{1931, showing that ten less people
[ were killed last year than the pre
iviuu:: vear, was not nearly so much
%:1 cause for jubilation for Negroes
fof this cily as it was for their fel
'h)‘.\' citizens: of the opposite race.
The annualareport o t Captain
| Frank Glisson revealed that only
{vi;;ht_\»l'i‘-.v people were killed In
[1931 as compared with ninety-five
{in 1930, but the decreqse in the
{number of homicides was made on
imc part of the nordic populace.
{The homicide records of Negroes
ifor 1980 and 1931 =stand like
| Siamese twins, seventy four mur
!dvrs as compared with seventy four
murders for each of the respective
|years. These figures were turned
guwr to Commissioner Clift Davis
iby the homicide captain.
| Immorality, Liquor Cause Of Maj
, ority of Homicides
% Digging into the “official causes”
of last year's murders Captain
‘Frzmk Glisson stated in his report
‘Hmt immorality was the leading
Imotive for slaying in 1931. This
| has also been the main cause in re
{cent years, dating back to 1925
|The liquor motive went in for a
Ilittle spotlight last year with 18
!pouple killed as the result of the
lillegal beverage as compared with
lonly 16 in 1930. Other motives for
lmurdcrs were gambling, 15, rob
}bery 11: revenge 3; burglary 3,
{ jealousy 2 and insanity 2. The aver
age age of the slayer was 32.08 and
of the slain 32.41. Ages of the dec
leased ran from 17 to 63 and of the
islayers from 17 to 70 years.
" 56 Men, 18 Women of Race Slain
| Comparing the number of whites
‘killed with the number of Negroes,
%tho reports are an unfavorable re
{flection on Negro society of Mm_n
phis. There were 74 Negroes slain,
|56 men, and 18 wome:. Leven
| white men were killed by white
Imen, one white man was killed by
a colored man, 11 Negro men were
killed by white men, 36 Negro men
twcn- killed by Negro men, nine
tand two colored women killed by
Negro women killed by Negro men,
colored women. According to Cap
]tuin Glisson, only one murder re
{mains unsolved. The slaying of
{Henry J. Huggins by a Negro rob
'ber the early part of 1931 hoids
lthis lone record.
| Tt is reasonable to believe that
'muny more slaying of Negroes in
outlying sections and in many of
‘the crowded quarters of Memphis
escdped the attention of t h e
thomicide bureau. Thousands of
Negroes arc huddled together in
apartments that face alleys and un
charted streets, where crime of ev
ery conceivable nature is commit
ited. Although there are hundreds
of causes that breed crimes of mur
der in such places, accounts, if such
acts are committed, seldom reach
‘police headquarters.
(I
}. Olher high polnts of Captiin
Glisson report may be sumimed as
follows: weapons used by slayers,
pistols. 57; knives 15: shoteuns. 6:
ice picks. limber, axes and rifles
1. Arresis, 151 as total: acquittal 3:
pending cases 8; workhouse for 90
days one; sentenced for 5 vears:
one for one year 1; for three yeurs
three; for 10 years 11; for 21 vears
one. Two were sent to the Western
State hospital for the insane. 14
were exonerated by grand juries,
15 were dismissed by coroner's
juries and two slayers were killed
in pistol battles. June led all mon
ths in murder committed with 12,
and November had only four mur
ders for the least nuraber of any
month.
DROWNED ON WAY TO
FUNERAL
YAZOO CITY, Miss, Jan. 6—
y The ANP)—John Davis and
«eph Byrant, tenants on the
eden plantation near here, were
wned in Tokeba bayou while
tening across the stream in a
.+ bouat enroute to a funeral. The
t cortain‘ng six occupars
ized in mid-stream. four get-|
s to safety and two drowning.
COUNTY SCHOOL
TUTORG BACK
N JOB
Resume Work After A
Three-Month Recess
1700 CHILDREN
MEMPHIS Teun, Jan 88—
The county schools of Shelby
County resumed operation yester
day after a three months rvecess
during the fall season and the
month of December. The county
school system closed early in Oct
ober, 1931, to allow youngsters an
opportunity to help their parents
with crops.
Douglas School Remained Open
Preparations for the reopening
of the 72 county schools of Shelby
have been constantly going on
since early last fall To assure a
large attentlance at these county
schools, teachers have worked with
the parents of their pupils in heip
ing them to supply food and cloth
es, Miss Lawrence Patterson, one
of the county school supervisors.
with the assistance of her co-work
ers, has carried on a canning pro
gram for the purpose of stocking
up some of the schools with food
supplies. A plea for clothes for the
needy children has also been made
Miss Patterson said that a truck
load of clothes has been delivered
to children of the Douglas Schoot
the only county school that did not
close last fall.
| Children Help With Pennies
| County school children have also
[been made to feel the obligations
lof helping. Many of these pupils
'have been contributing pennies. In
|spite of determined efforts to over
come some of the situations of the
{county schools caused by the ue
pression, the enrollment will be
I much smaller than it was last year.
| There were about 1900 children in
ithe county schools last year as
‘compared with approximately 1700
this year. The training of these
youngsters will be entrusted to the
care of 300 teachers.
‘ Get Their Supplies
l Last Saturday most of the tea
;('hcrs were on hand at the Shelby
{Cuunty Court House to get their
“supplies from the County Board of
‘Educmtun. Miss Sue Powell, white
|is the County Superintendent.
; Summer Session
i In order that the schools may have
;thcir full term, the county school
jcarry on a summer session between
E.]uly and October. Operation is
tbrought to a close in October for
lcrop gathering.
DARAOW T0
- DEBATE HERE
~ JANUARY W
Noted Lawyer, Rabbi
Ettelson Will
Match Wits
CITY AUDITORIUM
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan B —
Clarence Darrow. far-famed cri
minal lawyer of Chicago., and the
attorney engaged by the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in the Scottsboro
Case, will come to Memphis on
Thursday, January 14 to engage
Rabbi Harry W. Etlelson of this
city in a debate cn the question,
“Is Religion Necessary.”
Mr. Darrow is well known to all
members of the race as a defender
of the rights of the Colored People
He iz a member of the National
Association for the Adavancement
of Colored People.
In a recent interview to a Wor i
Reporter of Birmingham., Mr. Dar
row said that in regard to the
Scottsboro Case that the defense
would be in readiness to apoea:
before the Supreme Court of Ala
bama this month where he and M~
Arthur Garfield Hayes. his col
league, would make a determined
effort to save the lives of the nine
colored boys condemned to die.
Rabb! Ettelson is the spiritua!
leader of one of largest Jewist
Temples in the South.
The debate will be held in the
North Hall of the Auditorium on
Thursday evening, Januarv 14. at
815 b m 'The entire gallery has
been reserved for colored patron-
Tickets are now on sale at ti
Memphis World Office a t 25%
Hernando strect and the Pantaze
Drug Store at Hernando and Beale
avenue. The price of admission will
be fifty coente
| RUNS UP THE COST OF
; LIVING
i STAMPS. Ark. Jan 6 —1{ v
{The ANP)—Frank Robinson is al
leged to have entered an “M” sys
item grocerv store Saturdav night
'with the thougzht of obtaining a
ter-cent cin of bakine powder
ic hean. He just took it. A elevk
'saw h'm and had him arrested. In
teourt before Mayor R. T. Boulware
iMonday. Robinson was fined $16.-
150,
Negro Rights
First Mutual Building, Loan Group
Pays Semi- Annual Dividends
of Seven Per Cent
First Mutual Building and Loan
Association, 28 Auhurn Ave,, N, E.
announces the declaration of its
able 156th semi-annual dividend
puyable December 81, 1931 at the
rute of 76 pey atinum on all capi-!
tal paid in.. It takes pleasure in
announcing that this makes a to
tal in cash dividends earned, de
clared, and paid by thsis Associa
tion over $80.000.
The Association has financed
241 homes in Fulton County. and
all borrowers pay their interest
cach month and in addition pay to
their Share Sinking Fund Account,
which cventually pays off the loan,
and the Membership of the Asso-
Cation takes a great deal of pride
i1 the fzet that the Association has
Lbeen uble oo coniinue steadly un
der all kinds of husiness condi
t ons. The Association has finanged
about one home a week and ex
peets to be able to do so through
1982 During the past year oul
roney has saved several owners
their homes when foreign money
Jenders were calling in their loans,
and loeal home owners had no
‘where else to turn.
| Investment in the Building and
CHOPS MR TI
& € . .
1¢t 1932 Homicide
(ase Gruesome
3 q |
MAN SURRENDERS
MEMPIIIS. Tenn. Jan o
The infant year of 1932 received
its first homicide blot in Memphis’
metropoliton area Saturday morn
ing Janupry 2 at ten thirty when
Theodore Riggins, alias “Black
Lighilning, 224 May, lived up 1o
his name and added streaks ol
death to Luther Edwards, 79
Olmphia street by chopping him
over the head and on the neck
with a sharp handaxe following a
whiskey and gambling fray at the
home of the siayer. He surrendered
to Captain Gijlson of the homicide
bureau a few minutes after the
killing.
Althouch there were no eyewil
nesses to give any substantial in
formation concerning the struggle
between the two men, the ficree
ness of it was evidenced by the
ghastly wounds of the victim. The
man was literally chopped ‘o
death with a hatchet. When police
officers and several ambulanc
arrived at the scene, Edwards., a
man of large stature was partially
propped up on his elbows L
head thrown back nearly decapit
ated by a deep gash in his neck. Ile |
died before anyone could arrive to
give hun assistance, |
The cause of the fatal fight be ;
fween Edwards and Riggins seenn |
to link them both with bootiegging |
and gambling. Alleged slatement:
have been made to the effect that
Edwards sold Riggins some bud
liquor and the latter wanled hic |
money back. Wlhen Edwards 1e |
fused to refund him, the two qub
san 1o batlle Captain Glisson lll!
the homicide bureau said that his |
investigation revealed that Hm-i
ging’ apartment at 234 May :;l:'(~ut|
on the second floor of the build
ing was being 1ise as d L;:unl»lmfl,‘
dive, and the couple started their |
row over a game of dice. Rigging ;:'J
said to have knocked @ Edward: !
down the flight of s'airs, and thes |
continiied his onslought with - o
hatchet. |
The deccased was removed [rom |
the scene of killing by a Hayes a:d |
Liangston ambulance. He is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Annie |
Edwards, two sisters, Mrs. Susic |
Edwards, and Mrs. Quincy Craw
ford, and one brother, A D [d
wards. Haves and Langston will |
have charge of the body.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1932
Loan Share is more and more
coming to be recognized as desir
able as our Members have found
itheir mongy safe, and that the
Shares do not fluxuae in value,
tund that they roceived the full
learnings on heir money, and that
(the investment is reasonable liquid.
The Deeember dividend will a
mount to more than $13,000.00 in
cash and goes to more than 1.400
Members throughout the communi
ty. The assets of his Association
are now over $400,00.00 and it
i+ the oldest and largest Building
& Loan Association in Atlanta.
George W, West is President.
and Horace Russell Secretary. The
other directors are as follows:
William Candler. Vive Pres,
Chas. M. Marshall, Vice Pres.
Joseph 8. Shaw. Treasurer
Dy Montague 1. Boyd
T - Chestain
Is. W. Gottenstrater
Stewart Harris
Emmit 1. Quinn
Jouseph H. Reed
t Josiah 1, Rose
L . M Zattan
Army-Navy Football
1 . .
Game in “Arizona”
i ;
at Bailey’s 81 Theatre
All the excitement attendant on
the Army-Navy football game is
vividly portrayed in the new Co
lhnmbia feature, “Arizona,” which
comes 1o the Bailey's 81" Theatre
foday
Cheering theousands, picturesque,
West Point cadets, midshipmen
from Annapolis, high staff officers
ol the army and navy are seen
breathlessly awaiting the outcome
of a single man's nerve and skill
Will he kick the gonl? A tense
moment--the impact of a foot a
gainst inflated pigskin then pan
demonium. There are no idle mom
ents in “Arizona.’
When John Wayne, as a mem
ber fo the Trojans. the Universily
of Southern California’'s football
team. used to scamper down the
field with the pigskin clutched
tightly under his arm, he little
Areamed that this experience would
prove of value to him in his later
carecr.
Today John, in the role of Bob
Denton, star fullback of the West
Point team in the stirring Colum
bia feature, “Arizona,” lives over
his deys as a college player. This
is Wayne's first picture for Colum
bia. It is showing today at Bailey’s
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“Different Role” for
Twelvetrees Now at
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Bailey’s Royal
Helen Twelvetrees' starrinng role
in ‘A Woman of Experience,” the
picture now playing at Bailey's
Roval Theatre, is quite different
from any of the other parts she
has porfrayed. In ‘“ler Man'' she
was a gangster's sweetheart; in the
fumous “Millie’, an innocent girl
whom misfortune made into a wom
an of the world. In her latest pic
ture Miss Twelvetrees is frankly a
woman with a past who finds her
sclf entangled in political intrigue
in Vienna.
Supporting her in the cast are
William Bakewell, Lew Cody, Zasu
Pitts H. B. Warner. C. Henry Gor
don. Franklin Pangborn, Nance O’
Npil. George Fawcett and Edward
tCarle. Harry Joe Brown directed.
BAILEY'S
Royal Theatre
Wednesday and Thursday
‘A Woman of Experience”
with Helen Twelvéirees
BAILEY'S 81
Wed.-Thurs. — Double
PProgram
'
Laura La Plante and John
Wayne in
“Arizona” also
Nancy Carroll in “Stolen
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