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Poor Visibility Is
Given as Cause
Eight Negroes were injured in
the -third - .VI/* crash within a
yeaivwheji a southbound Engle
wood,express train crashed into
a woeden collection car at Fifty
first street station Saturday
nighk,-Sixteen others were injur
ed, among them Clarence Met
calf, motorman on the express,
and-the watchman on the pay
car, whose injuries are said to
be s^’lous.
Colored Injured.
Andrew Sims, 6212 Rhodes,
19, messenger boy; sprained an
kle.
Warren Turner, 5925 Wabash
avenue, 38, cook; abrasions of
both legs.
Bessie Robinson, 5341 Calume:
avenue, 30, single, maid; interna:
injuries.
Damice Johnson, 5917 Lafay
e.te, 32, single, maid; both legs
injured;..lacerations of face.
William Molton, 5701 Calumet
27, pbfter; bruises, lacerations
left knee.
Clarence Caldw'ell, 5831 Calu
met aiVe., 41, cook; both legs in
jured.
Lawrence Jackson, 410 E. 50tl:
PI., 28, laborer; bruises of chesi
and back.
Catherine Wearry, 5343 Calu
met, 20, internal injuries.
Metofman Jumps From Cab.
Met call received a fracture:
left shoulder and his left foo'
was lacerated in a leap from tht
motorman’s cab when he saw th,
impending crash.
Ram—-which hindered visibil
ity ancT.made the rails slippery—
was blamed by him for the col
lision' The all-steel Englewoo:
express train plowed into the
wooden collection car, which was
standing still at the 51st stree
‘ L” station. Five were injure:
in the pay car.
Metcalf, in explaining the
accident, said:
“My» train was going south
and 3^,as~ not scheduled to stc£
between Indiana avenue and Fif
ty-eight” st.
Z XHdn’t See Pay Car.
. “I-did not see the pay car ha:
at 'the station pn
£ h,«v train war otiiy
Hyn; teet iu.-ni
1 i: L !ie\ e,
H|Hif.tt in the
instant I sa\ car,
jammed bn the bra .es. r.s sso;
as I JJid so, 1 fe.L the v, he is loci
and «*»kid on ;hs i m-covercc
j ailsjPl* 1
stop^A time to avoid a c: .di.
“ Almost at the s a in e nine
tarnSl’bh the brakes, f openet
tie Spor of my compartment
and pimped as soon as the trair
' am^ ^ven with the station—
jasi «*-second or two before tht
colliilfclT."
11$ injured were rushed tc
t7oo#iawjiv_iand Chicago hospila
where they received trea linen
for their injuries. None were se
r..ously injured, police reported.
Harlem Romeo
in Hot Watei
(Continued from Page 1)
involved were named.
- Officers Discharged.
When the case came up ir
Municipal Court this week Judgt
Caplan discharged the officers
saying he was “sorry” he had
issued the warrants for their ar
rests.
Stewart, who was on his way
to New York to face his alleged
formey'wife. had failed to get a
divorce before marrying Miss
Lazarus on April 10, evidence
presented to Judge Caplan re
vealed.
“When the warrants were is
sued,” Judge Caplan apologized,
‘the. court did not know that
those named were police offi
cers.”
Well-Known in Harlem.
Stewart is well-known about
Harlem as a playboy, and has
often been seen at night clubs in
the company of white women.
He drove a flashy car, and there
was much speculation over
where he got his money. He has
since said that his grandfather
cied in Arizona a few years ago
and left him about $35,000, of
which $20,000 was invested in a
skating ririk.
C Hicago Bee
w* - Qreaxest NEGRO Newspaper
VoL 29. No. 18. Sunday, May 1, 1938
' ational Independent Weekly Published
Every Week by th?
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f.^icago Offices 3655 So. Stele St
Phone: Yards 1640
Price 6c Per Copy Everywhere
(£.00 Per Year in the United State*
$2.60 in Foreign Countries
Advertising R'-.tes Upon Reqnest
Entered as Second Class Matter Auaru-t
U. 182$. at *ha Post Office at Ca»»v.
TQDA Y’S ||
rr* s: ::
I |j
(Continued' frcin T.’ge I)
I who operate them but to make
money.
Can Jews "crpcct Ne* oes‘ to
;o’-’2 them ng d ,t they corn
fine' and ecwfcdera o to pat into
operation . restrict'd covenants |
: .fireclcbng ayv'n,t them the op-1
• tunity cf even . arc!losing pro-.
i orty In more wkclesonTg com- j
uhitiee? The Jews themselves j
j ve long since been anti-Negro,
s forcing 1 e N gro to begin
: inking in terms c£ ami-Jew.
* During the racert primary a
i lady opera Lag a Gents’ Kaber
| dashery Store on 47th street toot:
| It upon herself to inject anti
: Negro feeling into 1he legislative
' fight in the 5th cusLict. She told
a crowd of her own racial group
: ■ t a meeting held on Drcxel blvd.
ard that Col. Win. J. Warfield
I' . as disseminating anti-Jewish
! propaganda. This statement was
I ns cruel and malicious as it was
t ontemptible and false.
It was done with the sinister
purpose of affecting his defeat of
the nomination to the legislature.
There were no colored people
; present at this meeting, but there
happened to be an American
white man there who did not a
gree with such underhand meth
ods.
People making their living in
a community and who deliberate
ly go out to poison the well of
fellowship between races for po
| iitical advantage or commercial
i advancement cannot be heard to
j complain when their own feet be
i come entangled in their own
! barbed wire.
, j $ * * *
It is not quite clear how self
’■especting Negroes can ally them
selves with a racial group who
are only interested in exploiting.
.; No one wants to put legitimate
business concerns out of the black
• belt, yet no one wishes to com
pel any of those who desire to
| go to remain. There is, however,
; a very definite determination to
.refuse continued ..a[ yurt ' j those
i • eeking to sum ive T y fi i ’'suing a
course destructive to community
1 progress. Those who take the
: grain should be willing to culti
1 \ ate the soil.
Numerous examples can be
' . ited that Jewish business men
i have long since been out of har
' rttony with community improve
I meat, in what, is known as the
. 1 lackbelt. The real estate opera
1 tors have not he Hated, for the
• sake of making money, to rent to
a respectable family a flat on the
second floor while cn ike Poor
above, cr wsxfcuih,*mfioy have
' rented to ojV A r _>r enable
ui^sses. !* ^tY *" • b~ just a
.; HAr of room v v. Hfi zoor with
out any .consicieradcn for -improv
ing the moral4 atmosphere of the
I community.
Now, if tit3 right to live, the
ifi-fi ' to nvc: :ve Tie character
•' at lc • " ’riion:- of the
j c immunity, the right to raise boys
1 ■' ■1'd' "
* ir. . a . ■ oor^,’. jOU —
- gilort—if km i-i * la J to urvive
j a the to- •- • J ‘ :-rugg’.e for ex
• i «.:'.ence is to bo ' regarded ao anti
. j ernet.c, men ih.xe who take that
■j Tiitude must make the best of it,
• | Hr the fight vHi be conxnued.
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(EDITOR’S NfiTE: Thcr.' appe'rs
i j each wc.k it.zis cbia’.'.n > - I ai.;
f ctiss’.ons ct cozuinu hi / p .kictis auk
»i' existing (cHtcc in <ti#e r ab •• ■k-’.v
. c.I Metrcpo ilan : i: :■. ;. Iw CillCACi-)
SEE is not r:sponsible lor opinions
offered in this column.)
Scottish Rite
'• Masons to Meet
in Philadelphia
a.
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! PHILADELPHIA, April 28—
! 'he 571h annual session of the
United Supreme Council. Ancient
. nd Accepted Scottish Rite Ma
,-ons (Prince Hall Aff.liation) will
| meet in their Cathedral in this
! city May 9 and 10. Thirty third
1 degree Masons from most of the
i northern states will be in attend
ance. . Problems concerning the
Scottish Rite bodies will be dis
ussed and legislation for the va
| rious bodies will be considered.
This meeting is the 10th anniver
sary of the dedication of their
(cathedral.
On the evening of May 9, a
smoker will be given and the
? members of the class elevated to
? he thirty-third degree at the time
I >f the dedication of the cathedral
I will be guests of honor. This
lass is known as the “David
.eaz’y Class,” being named after
j !he first Negro Scottish Rite Ma
j on in America This being the
j triennial session, the election of
fficers for a three-year period
.dll be held this session.
in iULJL ijrrocerieis, liestaurants
•j
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T down a' 50'h street and
In’ a a we. ua Saturday night by
; aa run driver, Mrs. Hal
ve G aespte, 4246 Vincennes ave
k in a serious condition this
■ at : at county hospital. Search
tor the driver of a black Ford se
dan, whom witnesses claimed
struck Ihe woman and sped on
without stopping, has so far prov- ,
ed iutde.
Mrs. Gillespie was attempting
a:- v o:s Indiana avenue around;
;1:3j o'clock when the car. north-1
cu id in Indiana avenue, and j
j travelling at a terrific rate of
speed, police were told, struck
her. Taken to Provident hospital
where she was given first aid
treatment and later removed to
county hospital, she had sustained'
a possible skull fracture and J
| compound fractures of the left j
l lower leg.
Essay Contest
During Air Mail
Week Underway,
Judges have been selected for
i the Essay and Poster contests
! conducted as part of the Nation
! al Air Mail Week program con
‘ ducted from May 15 to 21, Post
1 master Ernest J. Kruetgen an
j nounced this week. The subject ’
: of the essays is “Wings Across
| America.” Material should deal
! with ideas, purposes and advan
tages of air transportation as it j
1 affects modern communication. I
Essays must not exceed 250 J
-.voids, and will be judged on!
1 originality of ideas, continuity!
; and construction, spelling, punc- ;
iuation and neatness. Each essay I
must be certified by the schoolj
principal as to the eligibility of j
the contestant, with the identi-1
ocation and location of the!
school and must show contes-!
tint’s home address. The con-'
test is confined to students in!
high school, or schools having
: high school curricula,
i Entries must be postmarked
r " . later than midnight, May 1,
and: eased to State Chairman,
i Il.-iilon-alt Air Mail Week Essay
v '. I si;- j in ci re of your local
1 -1 ■ 1
S- te and national prizes will j
i be a .Yarded the y.’inners, in ad-:
v to which die five highest
Chicago contestants from each
a .a.. . ..:t w.'l be invited to*.partic- j
i ipnle in a spelling bee on radio i
■ . . n V/BBM-, Monday, May 16.!
(Special prizes will be given'for!
. tie spelling bee winners,
j Bull details on the contests)
] .vvy be obtained at local postal
: stations.
.. w si ©h Houston
i H lot Martyrs !
breed from Jail:
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(Continued from page i>
men and piedge them support!
nil everyone was out from be
hind the bars. This week that
pledge was redeemed.
The N. A. A. C. P. thus ends
its long continued and steady
campaign for the pardon or pa
role of the men whom all color
ed people regard as martyrs, but
whom the law branded as rioters.
The association never ceased
activity with each new president
and Secretary of War. Phillips
would have been paroled years
ago except that he escaped and
was a free, but hunted, man for I
five years. He finally gave him
self up and returned to prison
■o he could win a parole and en
joy his freedom in peace. His
escape counted against his record
and therefore he was the last to
be released.
Resent Colored Soldiers
The Houston riot resulted in
1917 when the 24th Infantry were
transferred from California to
Houston during the World War.
The Texas and particularly the
Houston police force resented the
presence of Negro soldiers. In
sults and persecution were heap
ed upon the men whenever they
came to town from camp and the
police force disregarded the mili
tary police and arrested and beat
! up soldiers on the slightest pro
Provident Hospital’s Progress in
1S33 Told; Public Cordially Invited
to Visit oh National Hospital Day
Ill anticipation of Hospital
Day activities on May 12, it was
felt that the general public
should have a statistical record
of the performance of the insti
tution during 1937. With the
konwledge of what it has accom
plished, it will be much easier
vo interpret facilities in terms of
performance:
3,558 patients were hospital
ized, for a total of 41,145 pa
lirnt days; 91,651 clinic visits
were made by 13,576 individ
ual patients; 9,914 individuals
were given emergency treat
ment.
The total of individuals served
amounts to 27,048. Chicago's Ne
gto population is estimated to be
approx! mat ely 255,000. This
means that more than one-tenth
of Chicago’s Negro population
was served through this institu
tion during 1937.
Seventy-five volunteer physi
cians and seven volunteer den
tists manage twenty-six differ
ent clinics every week during
th year. On many days, the pa
tient load exceeds 400, and on
one day, a high of 600 patient
visi.s we.e made. A total of 785
expectant mothers were given
prenatal care during last year.
The Department of Social Ser
vice registered 5,337 patients.
More than 40 patients with
cancer were treated with either
radium, or deep x-ray therapy,
or both, during the year. The
purchase of radium for treat
ment was made possible through
a gift of $6,600 by friends of the
late Helep Castle Mead. The
50,000th patient since the re-or
ganization of the hospital was
admitted in February, 1938.
It will prove unusually inter
esting to see the hospital in ac
tion. Therefore, you cannot af
ford to miss visiting Provident
hospital on National Hospital
Day, Thursday. May 12.
vocation, finally, ih~ anger of
the army men reached the boil
ing point and some of them went
into Houston under arms and a
miniature pitched battle ensued.
In 1917, immediately following
the Houston Riot, the N. A. A. C.
P. sent an investigator to the
scene who reported to the Board
of Directors and whose findings
were published in the Crisis for
November, 1917. The N. A. A.
C. P. also employed a local white
attorney to defend the men. On
•December 11, 1917, thirteen mern
bc/is of the 2eth Infantry1 were
£Ur.;mariIy executed. Later six
teen others were condemned to
die. Thereupon, the association
gathered 12,000 signatures to a
petition which was presented to
President Wit son cn Fe bruary 19,
1918, protesting against further
executions without review by the
President.
Following the presentation of
this petit on, on September 3,
President Wilson, after review,
commuted ten death sentences,
and affirmed six, the six men be
ing subsequently executed. In
1921, me association gathered
00.000 signatures to a petition
which was presented to President
Harding, asking lor a pardon for
the colored soldiers still in pris
on. As a consequence, several
life sen-cnees were reduced to
terms of fifteen years, making five
of the men eligible for release.
Now, twenty-one years after the
Riot, the last soldier has been
released.
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Dean J. W. Lewis
Speaks on Negro
in Business
tCen'inued from page 1)
1 discouraging they evidenced ap
i preciable improvement in the
j business growth of the race.
Chicago Negroes Lead.
The speaker stated that in
' :he volume of business conduct
j cd, in a number of establish
; ments owned and in progressive
j ness and willingness to venture,
; the Chicago Negro led all the
| test of the nation by a wide
i margin, New York City not ex
cepted.
Throughout his address he cit
ed instance after instance of the
forging ahead of colored men
and women in many lines of en
deavor. He decried self-limita
tion as the chief f actor jn_ the
slow growth of Negroes' in the
business world. He urged pa
tronage of Negro establishments
by Negroes as a means of devel
oping racial solidarity, strength
and self-respect.
“So long as we are by law and
unfair practice segregated and
discriminated against,” said Mr.
Lewis, “let us turn that unfair
ness to our own advantage. Let
us cease letting people who re
fuse to permit us to be their
neighbors come into our com
munities and wax fat at the ex
pense of our own merchants,”
he urged.
Dean Lewis is an exponent of
all that he advocates. He is ac
tively interested in business ven
tures in the Capital City, and is
a lawyer as well as a teacher. A
product of Columbia’s graduate
School of Business Administra
tion, he has served for 12 years
as the dynamic head of the com
merce department at Howard,
has found time to serve in near
ly every official capacity in the I
Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and
has travelled extensively, study
ing, encouraging and preaching
“Bigger and Better Business” for
and by Negroes.
Statistics Show Increase.
Howard D. Gould was also a
speaker. Statistics which he pre
sented showed ti^it Chicago Ne
groes have incr»ed the Jiumber
of establishments they own and
operate from 800 in 1931,to more
than 2000 in 1938. He declared
that ma}\y of thj?m Are on*i firm
financial footing, are employing
modern methods and are conser
vatively growing and expanding.
Music was furnished by the
Federal Glee club and Miss Mar
garet Bond, noted pianist.
George H. Lawrence, president
, tiie National Phi Beta Sigma,
spoke briefly. Dr. L. N. Ervin,
president of Upsilon chapter,
•‘resented Dean Lewis and Atty.
George Blakey presided. Rev. A.
Alfred Watts was host.
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i
BOYS RELEASED
E SHOOTING
(Continued from page 1)
asked permission to go to the
lavatory. When they were un
usually long in returning, he
went to find out what was wrong.
As he stepped through the
door Alexander is alleged to have
seized and choked him. The
other boy, the guard stated,
picked up a heavy bucket,
struck him over the head with
it, thereby fracturing his skull.
The guard received other injuries
of a serious nature when it was
alleged that the boys knocked
him down, then kicked him in
the face and ribs.
Given Until May 25 to Talk.
After the attack on the guard,
it was reported, Alexander pro
ceeded through unprotected hall
ways and out through the office
of the building which was un
guarded. The attack on the guard
was not discovered until he had
escaped from the grounds.
Judge Posanski, whose action
is being severely criticized, in
I releasing the boys, instructed
| their parents to make some plans
for sending them to another en
vironment. The boys were given
until May 25 to talk about the
guns, what had been done with
them and from whom they had
been obtained.
The boys will be sent to St.
Charles School for Boys if the
court’s instructions are not ad
hered to, he declared.
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Pyramid Building and Loan Assn.
Commemorates 19th Year in the
Business Field; Work Cited
The officers and directors of
the Pyramid Building and Loan
Association held theix* annual
dinner at Morris’ Pei-fect Eat
Shop, 4919 Washington Park
Court, with George T. Kersey as
guest speaker.
The dinner was m commemo
ration of the nineteenth year of
successful operation of the asso- |
ciation which enjoys the signal
distinction of being the oldest
colored institution of its kind in
Chicago. It is also the only fi
nancial institution in our district
to survive the recent depression.
This association has done
much in serving the members of
our race in home financing and
Hold Funeral of
C. W. Williams
(Continued from page 1)
patrons.
Reputedly Wealthy.
A graduate of Hampton Insti
tute, reputedly wealthy, Mr.
Williams owned a beautiful,
well-appointed home on Calu
met avenue, and was active in
the civic and business life of the
southside district. He owed his
success to the fact that the high
quality of his sandwiches never
varied, whether the patron
bought one or a dozen.
Although in the past few years
ill health had made it impossible
for him to give his business as
much time as formerly, he con
tinued in charge of it until his
death.
the encouragement of the small
investor. The Building and Loan
Plan provides a definite purpose
savings plans as low as twenty
five cents per week per share,
which matures at the end of
six and one-half years at one
hundred dollars.
Since its organization more
than $100,000.00 has been paid
to small investors through the
saving plan; over 200 homes and
50 commercial buildings have
been saved by the mortgage
plan in this district.
The entire business structure
of the Pyramid Building and
Loan Association has been mod
ernized by re-organization in
order to best serve the needs of
this community. The mortgage
system is the direct reduction
plan, and savings are based up
on the optional share plan. The
institution »■ under the direct
supervision of the auditor of
public accounts of the State of
Illinois. Officers and directors
are:
Sandy W. Trice, president; Dr.
A. N. Gordon, Sr., vice-presi
dent; M. T. Bailey, vice-presi
dent; S. R. Cheevers, secretary;
Edgar Hawley, assistant secreta
ry; R. A. Crolley, treasurer; I.
C. Mollison, attorney;
William J. Morsell, Ambrose
Rounds, Powell Wilkinson, Hen
ry A. Scott, Rev. Joseph M. Ev
ans, Phillip Boutillier, A. L.
Steele, and A. M. Johnson, di
rectors. ‘
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