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Volume 5, number 35
2,000 REGISTER FOR VOTE ON KEY RECALL
SENTIMENT HEHE
IS FWDfUBIt
TO MAYOR
More than 2 000 Negroes had reg
istered to vote in the recall election
of Mayor James L. Key today at
noon and a long stream of voters
continued to pour in Atlanta's city
hall in a lust minute effort to quali
^fy That most °f the Race vot' rs
l^of Atlanta were backing Mayor
Key in his fight to retain his office
was disclosed Monday following a
survey made by World reporters of
registering voters
On,. <itiz'n was emphatic in his
conviction that every Negro that
has a right to the ballot should by
all means vote for the support of
Atlanta's present mayor today. Two
reasons were cited why this should
b,. done. First because Mayor Key's
active fight to get better school
buildings to house the city's colored
youth and to demonstrate to other
politicians and office seekers the
actual voting strength of the Gate
City’s Negro population.
"No better chance has ever been
given colored voters to show their
political power than the present ef
fort to remove Mayor Key," one
voter, a prominent educator, told
World reporters. “If all who can
qualify to vote do go and go to the
polls and vote together other public
office seekers will have more r--
spect for the race wh. v the time
cornea to distribute job* ’
“There are more than 6,000 Ne
groes in this city eligible <o vote. I
but election da} results show that;
scarcely less than 1000 take ad van- |
tage of the oppirtunity. Again we |
as a race should show appreciation j
to the mayor for his fight in putting ;
across the bond bill giving Atlanta
Negroes new school buildings and ;
making improvements on those al- ;
ready built."
Voters’ Instructions
in Recall Election
If you were not registered
before Oct. 15, register imme
diately at the city hall and re
tain your receipt. It permits
you to vote.
2. Vote ‘Against’ the recall
of Mayor Key and not ‘For’.
Read ballot carqfully biefore
marking.
3- All women over the age
of 21 are not required to be
tax-payers. But be sure and
register. Registration will
continue at the city hall Tues
day until 5 o’clock.
4- Polling places will be op
en from 7 o’clock a. m. Tues
day until 7 o’clock p. m.
5. Call Walnut 1459 or 1460
for additional information
about the election.
Key Supported by
Rev. Henderson
Speaking before a capacity au
dience Sunday night, Rev. J. Ray-,
mond Henderson, the militant and
progress : ve young pastor of Great
er Wheat Street Baptist church,
urged the voters of his race and
congregation to support Mayor
James L. Key in the recall clec-
(Continued on Page 4)
The
Weather
FAIR, COLDER Monday night|
Tuesday fair, warmer. Lowest
temperature past 24 hours 28,
highest 36, mean 32,
C. F. Von Herrmann,
Meteorologist Weather Bureau
C member
ern
News >aper
|yn< icate
Ga. May Ask Death for White. Negro Reds Here
| To Get Honor
/
Roland Hayes, the celebrated
tenor, who is to receive Fisk uni
versity’s first and only honorary
degree in April.
HAYES GETS
IST FISK
HONOR
School Breaks Rule
to Give Tenor an
Honorary Degree
SET FOR APRIL
NASH VIL: .E, Tenn. Mar. rl. -
For the first time in Fisk’s his
tory the Uni verrjty will confer
an honorary degree ,>n a famous
son when, during the Music Fes
tival in April, Roland Hayes will
become Doctor of Music. Though
degrees are usually conferred at
Commencement, it seemed espe
v ally fitting to President Thomas
E. Jones and the Board of Trus
tees that honor should be don- a
great mu iefan at the annual fes
tival that holds within its th^ee
days all Of Fl-'Jk’-s n»i ;ic made
famous round the world.
Guest Conductor
Another big feature of the fes
tival this year will be the choir
concert wfth T. Tortius Noble, or
ganist and choir master of the St.
Thomas Episcopal Church in New
York City, one of the most famou
composers of church music in
America, conducting Dr. Noble
has been in the public eye recent
ly because of a great celebration
of his work in New York, when
an honorary doctorate was con
ferred upon h m by the Arch
b shop of Canterbury and a win
dow in St. Thomas was dedicated
to him. He is an Englishman by
birth and education. Ray Franc's
Brown, dirctor of the Fisk choir
interested Dr. Noble in the Fisk
choir. After listening to it over
the radio, singing his own “Fierce
was the Wild Billow.' he was
convinced that he was wrong when
ho said that students could not
s ng his music, and wrote that he
a choir. The piogram will con
tain some of the mo t difficult
would be honored to conduct such
things in the Fisk repertory and
will close with four of Dr. No
ble's own compositions
Contest of Church Choirs
The fourth annual Festival of
Music and Fine Arts will bring to
gether more celebrities to the
Fisk campus than all of the other'
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ATLANWaWORLD
3 KILLED BY ATLANTA AUTOISTS
MANY GLUES
INVOLVE
NEGROES
Radio Message Sent
in Philiy to Pick
Up 3 And Baby
ESTATE VISITED
(S. N. S. Press Service)
NEW YORK. Mar. 14.—Clues in
. Involving Negroes in the now fam
! ous and baffling Lindbergh kidnap
' ing case have so far been found to
be groundless.
And yet these same clues have
brought into suspicion nearly a
dozen Negroes of Pennsylvania,
New York and Missouri.
Probably the most well founded
of Jhe developments, involving
members of the race, is the yarn
centering around a Philadelphia
trio, said to have been with a blond
child wearing a brown zipper suit
The Philadelphia episode was fol
lowed immediately by a radio mes
sage through the police radio sta
tion—WPDß-which was also sent
over the teletype to all police dis
tricts of Philadelphia, and the
states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, j
and New York. The message is re-1
produced below:
"Be on the lookout for and cause 1
the arrest of three colored men. all 1
very dark, about thirty years old
each. These men had with them ai
blond child wearing a brown zip-'
per suit. The three colored men!
were occupants of a Chevrolet two-;
door sedan which was in a very
dilapidated condition. The car was
parked at Sixteenth and Walnut
streets about noon. If located hold
for investigation. Inquire at all ga
rages. Any information obtained
should be immediately turned over
to Detective Headquarters at City |
Hall."
Police and detectives in and a
round Philadelphia are not in pur
suit of clues that might establish'
the identity of the unknown Negro
(Continued on Page Four)
08. WILKINSON
PASSES M
ORANGEBURG, S. C. Mar It
—After suffering more than a
week with a severe attack of dou
ble pneumonia. Dr. Robert Shaw
Wilkinson. 67 , president of the
State Agricultural and Mechani
cal College, died Sunday.
Dr. Wilkinson, one of the
south's most prominent educators,
was a native of Charleston and
was one of the few mn of his
race to graduate from the United
States Military academy. He re
ceived his master^ degree from
Oberlin and held a doctor of phil
osophy degree from Columbia uni
versity.
Previous to coming to State
College he was an instructor of
languages in the Kentucky State
College
entered as second-class matter a the post office at Atlanta. Ga., under the act of March 3, 1879
ATLANTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1932
CORPSE RISES SO OEACON WINS IN
MOURNERS SEW SLANDER CASE
GOLDSBORO, N. C. Mar. 14 —
<ANP)—There was a mid scram
ble and all of the doors of the local
Baptist church were used here on
Thursday afternoon by more than
a hundred mourners who had gath
ered to pay their last respects to
Mrs. Mary Johnson, when th<‘
corpse suddenly rose from the cas
ket and assumed, a sitting position.
The woman had died from rheu
matism and the malady had drawn
the body in such a manner that the
Trips were set at an angle of about
45 degrees. The undertaker had
straightened the body and had
strapped it in the right position.
During th,, funeral services one of
the straps broke and the body sat
up. After the undertaker had re
strapped the body the funeral was
continued but only the closest re
latives returned to remjdn until
the finish.
Drink Crazed Driver
Crashed by Trolley
Driving under the influence of
liquor nearly proved fatal to Em
erson Jackson Sunday night when
h's automobile crashed head-on
into the north bound Boulevard-1
Forest trolley on the Boulevard.
Jackson, gave his address as'
129 R. Hilliard Street- He was!
driving south on the Boulevard at
the time of the accident. His carl
was completedly demolished, but!
he escaped without a scratch.
INDICT HOWARD JANITOR IN ■
PAYROLL CASE
Washington, Mar. 14.—iANP>
Eugene Gough, janitor at Howard,
university who was required to ap-1
pear before a grand jury re.entlyl
in connection with signing his son's !
name to the payroll, was indicted
by the grand jury Thursday, h was
charged that the elder G 'Ugh. I
while his son was away at school, I
signed the payroll for his son and j
drew $75 in his name. When the;
matter was first called to his at
tendon, the father said Utat ho dii i
the work lor his son at night.
HOLD TWO FOR MURDER
Texarkana, Ark.. Mar. 14.—(ANP>
-After a hearing in the Municipal
Court here Wednesday, William
Green and William Rader were
held without bond to the Grandi
Jury in connection with th,, kil-j
ling of Robert Wallace whose body!
was found near his home January
25th.
Another DePriest
West Pointer Fails-
WASHINGTON. Mar 14—'ANP>
—Word was received here this!
week that another candidate of I
Congressman Oscar DePrist for ad-j
mission to the United States Mili-:
tary academy at West Point had
failed in the mental test. The can-'
didate is Francis Dangeleas
Since the election of Mr. De-!
Priest, a score of boys have offer
ed thimsMvcs as sacrifices before,
th- fires of prejudice at West Point;
and Annapolis One by one they!
have been turned back because ol;
alleged ment il or physical defects I
WASHINGTON Mar 13 — <CNS» I
Th- 200th anniversary of the j
birth if Crisptis Attacks was o le- ;
brat, d here with hi Cnborato ser
vice at the Cosmopolitan Baptist
Church last wc k M lav and I
c'vic associations partcipated in
the ceremony 1
CHICAGO, 111. Mar. 14—tANPi
According to reports from a re
liable source, the Associated Negro
Pres s has learned that E.H. Hilson.
Muskogee Baptist preacher and
pastor of Antioch church in that
city, lost his suit against. James
Young deacon of Antioch and a
prominent Negro citizen there.
Young's counsel. C. E. Corbett,
proved that Young had not sland
ered Hilson, and that even if Young
did say what Hilson alleges, Young
would have been justified in say
ing so. The case was witnessed by
the largest crowd ever to turn ou.
for a church affair. Much of the
testimony was of rather salacious
nature. Many self-respecting peo
ple left the courtroom. Young
claimed Hilson had broken up his
nome and Hilson sued him for $5.-
000.
Civic Club Stil
In Charity Role
MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 15—
The 14th Civic Ward club is doing
an outstanding work in caring for
the unfortunate, bring them cheer
and comfort under the leadership
of Mrs H. S. Johnson, president,
who was hostess for the organiza
tion last Wednesday night, March
16 at her residence.
After business transactions a very
uplifting program was presented by
the members
7. Many ovens have a tendency
to burn a t the bottom. Cut a piece
of screen wire the size of the oven
and slip it in place. There will bo
no further trouble of this kind.
8. To cool jellies, blancmanges
etc., take a handful of soda and
salt and put in a bowl of water in
wh'ch the mold is placed and in
a short time they will be set Try
it.
Knoxville Lassies
I
Defeat Kentucky
Team, 21-9
NOXVILLE. Tenn . March 11—
Fast and furious, is a fitting de
scription of t h e encounter in
which t h e Knoxville women's
basketball team defeated a team !
of women from Kentucky State
College 21 to 9
The lassies from the blue grass
wer,, bewildered by the pivoting
and fast play in general of Arn
etta Black and Maiian Tribble,
crack Knoxville forwards.
Kentucky seemed to have a
good team, but the minute they
seemed to get a play under way it
was smeared by the stellar play
ing of Sadie CoTroft at guard.
Anne Merrit, diminutive Ken
tucky State guard, thrill, d the
spectators with her sensational |
burts of speed. The shooting of
Miss Finch. Kentucky guard
proved to be the whole show for
the Kentuckians offensively cor- ;
s'dering the fact that she mad, ■''
of her teams nine points.
The success of the Knoxvilb
team was probably due to their
fine team work Arnetta Black
was the high point miss of the ev
ening. but it was the feeding of ‘
the ball by her team mates and (
the fine tipping of Katherine |
Jefferson, Knoxville center, that j
made this possible Knoxville has
two Kentuckians on her team
Arnetta Black and Marion Trib
ble. the latter presented the most
poslished performance of a n y
player on either quintet Her piv
oting speed and generals were
factors i n Knoxville's dazzling
style of play
MUSOUS PIIOIE AUTOIST
TBIBUTE It ARRESTED
08. BOW 01 GDPS
Nine Speakers Offer Three Victims Die
Tribute to Late from Accidents on
Grand Master Same Night
MANY TURN OUT REFUSEfFrST AID
The memory of a vividly dyna
mic spirit which passed but a f..\v
. days ago was fittingly observed
Sunday afternoon at Bethe] A. M
. E. church where memorial services
i were held for Dr. H. R Butler. Sr.,
1 Grand Master, Ancient, Free, and
I Accepted Masons, Jurisdiction ot
i Ge orgia.
Representatives from local, state,
national, and international Mason
io affiliations, and of the Order of
Eastern Star participated on this
program. The Masonic lodges
marched in a body from their re-1
i spective chambers to the church.:
The program opened with the con- I
gregation singing. "How Firm A
Foundation.” Invocation followed)
by Rev. W. F. James. Dean S. H:
Giles of Turner Theological semi-!
nary, read and emphasized three
Psalms, 23. 90. and 133. the favorites'
of the deceased honored. A s >lo was
offered by Miss Hallie Q Franklin. 1
Nine speakers offered an impres-|
sive variety of tributes to the life)
of Dr. Butler, each being allowed'
five minutes. Dr. Thomas H. Slater;
discussed "Dr. Butler As A School;
Mate,” in which discourse he out-;
lined the foremost virtues of the
honored as b^ing honesty, truthful
ness, and honor. Dr. J. W. Madison
spoke on. "Dr. Butler As A Physi-'
cian;” Atty A. T. Holmes, "Dr. j
Butler A s A Citizen." A group of!
piano selections from Graham Jack-;
s >n intervened with an ardent bit
of interpretation by the artist of
the doctor's appreciation for the;
numbers. They were: "Lead Kindly)
Light,” "Sweet Hour of Prayer.”
and "Throw Out the Life-line."
"Dr. Butler As A Friend,” was of
fered by C. A. Faison; Bishop J. ;
S Flipper, in his usual serious, yet
cheerful manner, stressed, "Dr. But-!
let’s Life As A Christian.”
Mrs. C. M. Pitts, representing the!
Eastern Star Orders, discussed "Dr.;
(Continued on Page Four)
Faulkner Prays For
Lindbergh Baby’s
Return
United prayer for the safe re
turn of Charles AugM-'tus Lm r
bergh, Jr., kidnapped son of the
famous aviat<(r, was offered at
Sunday morning services of tie.-
First Congregational Church by
the Rev. W. J. Faulkner, pastor.
Declaring that the kidnaping . f
th,- famous youngster would focus
the world's attention on present d -
plorable conditions, the Rev. M
Faulkner r/ a s confidnt that the
resulting ( clean-Up would mak
the world a better place to live in
Three men are dead as the result
of auto accidents late Saturday
night, and only one of the operators
of the death cars is known to po- ;
lice, the others being hit and run ;
drivers.
The dead:
C S. Johnson 29. 348 Carlo street.
Essi,. Kills, 159 Newport street.
Henry Herndon 143 Howell street.
Tn ihe case of Johnson, who was
killed outside of Fulton county, lit
tl" coutd bo learned by police save,
that h,. was struck on Peachtree)
road while riding a motorcycle. |
Johnson is employed as a delivery;
boy for the Marshall and Bell phar-|
macy. Although Johnson was injur-j
ed directly in front of Blackman’s,
sanitarium, a sanitarium for white,)
it was reported that he was not!
given aid until he could be brought*
back to Atlanta and Grady.
Th,, death of Kills remained a
mystery to police who investigated.
(Continued on Page Four)
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Marin Foster tnd daughter
Miss Mary L Foster spent the
week-end in Mami
Mr. Martin Graham, one of th...
World's bes* newsboys in Jackson
ville, left the city Friday for St.
Petersburg
Mt and Mrs. 1 4 W. Johnson
and Mr Coleman were in the city
a .■ w hours Thursday afternoon
on route Nashville.
N. G. N. Boys
The boys who wish to join the
N G. X Boys ar.- hereby asked
to leave their names and ad
dresses at the Hollywood Music
Store. Meetings are held every
day Officers are as follows-
Messrs Hf-nderSon Harrs, presi
dent: Walter Shipp, vice president:
Curtfs Rivers. secretairy; Roy
Strickland. recording s cretarv: '
Samuel Glover, chaplain: Cornel- 1
ins Payne. tljeasureit: fhar'l s
Abram, sponsor; Bob Bruton, busi-'
ness manager. |
Members are as follows: Mes
srs Claborn Thurman Sydney
were pres'-nted to the lovely cou
ple The evening was ph asantly
spent playing cards, dancing, im
bibing some of the many things
that the charming hostess had pre
pared Some of the nee things
served were ice cream, cake, mints
and punch.
Among the many friends pres
ent W'^rc M'sses Fdmona Geter,
Mesdames Naomi Aslw. Nathan
Lautrence. Mr. and Run.'rt
Brown, M A. Allen. A W Riley,
E L Bowen. J A. Dawkins.
Henry Baxter. Kirk E Jones. Ru- 1
fus Brown James Hayes, A. D
Perk ns. J. C. Perkins, Messrs. Ed-
(Continued on Page 3)
LIA"T"I A I
mA Wk I lllakl AH I
FIVE WHITS
ONE NEGRI)
II CORI
Case Created Large
Interest Through
Entire Nation
MAY ASK~ DEATH
After having been postponed
from the latter part of last week
definitely to Wednesday, the trial
of the alleged Communists who
were arrested in a raid leveled at
th A Rucker building located at
Piedmont and Auburn avenues,
early in 1930, is scheduled to ap
pear before Judg 0 Edgar E. Pom
eroy.
The case will be recalled to the
minds of many Atlantans and cre
ated nation wide interest. It came
as the result of the arrest of six
persons, one of w/iom was colored,
who were said to be distributing in
citing papers among members of
both races that would possibly stir
up friction. Other written matter
was discovered that would tend to
impress one that the distributors
A-er e Communists and Reds.
Indictments were hastily return
ed it wa reported, against the six
persons on two charges each The
first charge accused them of dis-
tributing inciting papers that would
stir up friction and the second, was
that they were fostering attempt*
to insurrection. Those named In
the bdl s were: Gilmer Brady. Anp
Burlack, Mary Dalton. Jo? Cart,
and M. H. Powers, all white, and
Henry Story, a Negro. The namqs
of Carr and Powers were added tb
those to go on trial Thursday. The
assistant solicitor, John Hudsoneac
solicitor general's offi e, had jnis
cording to Secretary Tones of the
placed the bills charg.ng Powers
(Continued on Page Four)
Federal Employees
Hear Nat’l Leader
MEMPHIS. Tenn., March 15—
Fed.-ral Employee- Local Union
No 359 of the National Federation
of federal employees, held a call
meeting recently at the Communi
ty Center, 545 Beale avenue, to hear
one of its national representatives.
Earl R. Hoage. in a timely addrestt
A splendid audience of government
employees were present to witness
the occasion.
Mr Hoage covered many phases
of federal employees’ work in his
message, which was (infbrmaUv"
and interesting. He spoke of tHe
grave situation which now Con
fronts every federal employee and
urged all eligibh'S line up with the
regulars and help put the fight over,
third Tuesday night
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DEACON JONES
Ry I. P. ReynUdt
The Pastor told DIACON
JONES to stop saying he waa go
ing to knock the HFLL out ot
BROTHER BELL DEACON
JONES replied to the
was all he could say as
thnt was in BROTHER WWJ
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