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CALVIN JAMES,
GARY LAWYER,
GETS NEW POST
Named as Deputy
Prosecutor
GARY, Ind., April 28.—(ANP)
, —Fred Egan, prosecuting attor
ney of Lake county, has announc
ed the appointment of Calvin J.
James as deputy prosecuting at
torney in his office, thus mark
ing the first time in many years
that a colored lawyer has enjoy
ed such an honor.
Mr. James, who is a member
of the law firm of Murry, James
& Wilson, is a native of Louis
iana, being the son of the late
Rev. Carrol James of that state.
Ha has enjoyed a most success
ful practice of his profession for
many years, having been admit
ted to the Indiana Bar in 1917.
The duties of Mr. James will
not be confined to any particular
court in the county. It is the first
time in the history of the county
that a Negro lawyer has been
appointed with no limitation as
to his activities. He will serve as
prosecutor in the criminal divi
sion as well as the civil division
of all of the courts, and will
have the authority to sign affida
vits and informations just as Mr.
Egan himself, will have.
Mr. James is an active member
of the Gary Bar Association,
President of Gary Legal forum,
Lake City Lodge 182, I.B.P.E.E.
of W., Elks, St. Luke’s lodge
i in ber 43 F. and A. M. and Ma
gic Chv Consistory of the United
Supreme Council of Free and
Accepted Masons, Scottish Rites,
being a 32nd degree. He is mar
ried and living with his wife,
Emily E., and children, Calvin J.,
and Gladys James.
Pickets Upheld
in Newark, N. J.
NEWARK, N. J., April 28.—
(ANP)—An injunction asked by
five white Newark merchants
against members of the National
Negro congress who are picket
ing one of their stores, was de
nied Wednesday by Vice-Chan
cellor Bigelow.
The congress has posted pick
ets outside the store to protest
the firm’s refusal to hire a Ne
gro saleswoman. The injunction
plea was filed by this store and
adjoining businesses.
Bigelow, in denying the in
junction, pointed out that Ne
groes were 10 per cent of New
ark’s population, but were faced
with prejudice in employment,
adding, “They are offered jobs as
laborers and domestics, but have
very little chance to obtain a
better job.”
Life Uncertain,
Insurance Man
Says; Drops Dead
CLEVELAND, O., April 28—
(ANP)—Death claimed George
Sanders, special agent for the
Supreme Liberty' Life Insurance
company of Chicago, shortly af
er noon Wednesday while he was
in the midst of expounding the
necessity for insurance and the
uncertainty of life to a prospect,
Mrs. Babe Cyrus, 2240 East 46th
street.
According to J. F. Morning,
district manager of the company,
Mr. Sanders had been working as
a special agent out of the Cleve
land office for only a few days,
having been sent here by the
home office from Decatur, 111. He
was a native of Cincinnati, O.,
identification and other papers
found on his person indicating
that he had a mother in that city
at 1083 Mount street. The mo
ther was immediately notified of
the tragedy by Mr. Morning, who
assumed responsibility for the
body until relatives were contact
ed.
Employees of the local branch
observed that Mr. Sanders had a
forceful, agreeable personality and
appeared to have been in excel
lent health. The coroner’s report
Indicated that death was the re
sult of natural causes, hastened
by a heart attack.
The Chicago Bee has more nel
Paid Chicago circulation than
any other Negro newspaper.
DIRECTOR
ATTY. R. J. REYNOLDS,
Director of the national
“G uide Right Week” of the
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity,
April 24-30, during which
guidance clinics, forums, mass
meetings, and other projects
are being held. A graduate of
Washburn college, and now
only 32, Attorney Reynolds
lives in Topeka, Kans., where
he has headed the NAACP
branch for five years, and the
Lincoln-Douglas club for four
years. The Guide Right move
ment has been conducted an
nually by the Kappas since ’23,
and seeks to direct young peo
ple into the best fields of study
for their future vocations. The
drive is on in eighty college
communities this year.
— (Calvin Service).
WAR VET CALLS
BOSTON NEGRO
B E S T GUNNER
BOSTON, April 28— (ANP)—
Robert Raven, white, a former
Pittsburgh university student and
and a wounded veteran of the
Abraham Lincoln Battalion fight
ing for Loyalist Spain, last week
paid high tribute to Douglas
Roach, colored, former resident
of Boston and Provincetown, now
serving as machine-gunner for
the Spanish Loyalists.
“Roach was one of the best
machine gunners in the entire
Spanish war. Franco had nobody
like him and he was an army by
himself. ... He had an unbeat
able spirit. No matter how dark
things were, he was happy and
would make the rest of us hap
py.”
Twice wounded in action, Ra
ven was finally put out of the
fight by two grenades. His Bos
ton visit was in connection with
an extensive tour in which he is
enlisting aid in the form of mon
ey, moral support and supplies
for the hundreds of white and
colored soldiers still fighting in
the Abraham Lincoln Battalion.
A former pacifist, Raven explain
ed his decision to fight for Loy
alist Spain, thus:
“The fight to save Spain from
BETTER HEALTH
CONDITIONS AIM
OF AKASORORS
Importance of War
on Syphilis Told
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.,
April 28— (ANP) — Sixty-five
representatives from chapters in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia
and Alabama attended the South
eastern Regional Conference of
the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
held here last week. An interest
ing, purposeful meeting was held
—one of the highlights of which
was the guest address by Miss
Maude E. Brown of Louisville at
the public meeting held Friday
night.
Miss Brown flung the gauntlet
down to college and sorority
women, pointing out the sorts
of program which they should
interest themselves in. “As Al
pha Kappa Alpha Women
throughout the country,” she
said, “We must concern ourselves
with the following urgent racial
needs:
“1. Guidance in education.
Many occupations are open, but
our boys and girls are unprepar
ed. 2. Juvenile delinquency.
Crime rate among our group is
too high; a special drive must be
made on crime to c r u s h it. 3.
Better housing conditions. The
government housing projects are
not clearing the slums; the low
er-bracket families cannot afford
to pay the rents. Negroes must
pool their resources to create
employment to make earning op
portunities for the lower-brack
et breadwinners.
“4. Improved health conditions.
We must be more aggressive in
the war against syphilis and tu
berculosis which is the white
man’s disease. 5. The credit sys
tem. The credit system and in
stallment paying are pauperizing
the race. We must teach our peo
ple to live within their means. 6.
Negro youth must be taught to
be thrifty-minded; to buy and or
ganize so that the race will con
trol some service, trade or busi -
ness.”
In conclusion, S o r o r Brown
urged that Negro youth be taught
1he following: 1, to be more at
tentive; 2, to work to his em
ployer’s interest; 3, to cultivate
ambition; 4, to improve in punc
tuality and sense of responsibil
ity; 5, to have a case for tools
and equipment; 6, to cultivate
(Continued on page 15)
fascism is the fight to save all ra
cial and minority groups from
extinction at the hands of the fas
cist bandits. I never hurt any
body in my life, but when it
came to protecting the world
from the Hitler and Mussolini
policies of trampling on the rights,
liberties and lives of minority
groups, I could not stand aside.”
WELFARE OFFICIALS REPORT
ON WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
Representing the Council of
Social Agencies of Chicago and
the Community Chest, Edward L
Ryerson, Jr., and Alexander Rop
chan attended the recent White
House conference when Presi
dent Roosevelt welcomed 400
delegates from social welfare or
ganizations in 150 cities, discussed
with them “What is the Future of
Those on Relief?” “Cooperation
Between the Federal Government
and the States on the Problem of
Relief”, “The Value of Work Re
lief,” and similar questions af
fecting the great mass of Ameri
cans.
In their report on the confer
ence, submitted recently to the
local Council, delegates Ryerson
and Ropchan said, in part, “It is
significant that there was no real
difference of opinion expressed
on the value of work-relief. The
Social Security Act was unques
tioned as today’s answer to the
problem of our old, young and
blind. That some kind of part
nership should exist between fed
eral and state governments was
accepted as necessary, and a fed
eral department of public wel
fare was given as the common
hope. Without a dissenting voice,
the delegates ratified the conclu
sions of the National Citizens’
Committee, which, takes issue
with the President on the kind of
partnership that shall exist be
tween the federal government and
the states. Thus:
“A. The President believes in
a continuance of the present di
vision of responsibility: the stat
es to care for those who can’t
work and the federal government
to give work to as many as pos
sible of those who can. He be
lieves that the WPA saves men,
saves their skill and jobs, and is
an economic necessity. He feels
that the federal government is
committed to this policy.
“B. The National Citizens Com
mittee believes that the federal
government’s share in the part
nership should be to set relief
standards, supervise state pro
grams and make grants of money
to the states on a matching basis;
and that the several states should
administer these funds, decide
how much and what kind of work
relief they want; and—in gener
al—control their own programs
and destinies, subject to federal
standards and supervision.”
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BAHA’I HOUSE OF WORSHIP, Wilmette, III., where delegates
from the principle cities of the United States and Canada will con
vene in Chicago for the 30th annual Baha’i Convention, April 27 to
May 1, inclusive. Because of the expansion of the American Baha’i
Community, the total number of delegates has been increased from
95 to 171, who will elect the National Assembly of the Baha’is for
the year of 1938-’39.
COLLEGEWOMEN
HOLD CONFAB
IN PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 28— |
(ANP)—With hundi-eds of offi
cials, delegates and visitors pres
ent, Ihe National Association of
College Women held their 15th
annual convention here last week
end, the theme of the 3-day ses
sion being “Technique for Action
on Contemporary Problems.”
Friday’s opening meeting—both
executive and business sessions
—were held at Heinz House, the
University of Pittsburgh, with
Association President Helen B.
Crossley, Dover, Del., receiving
reports of officers and directors.
Submitted reports revealed the
association now has 30 active
chapters throughout the nation.
At the afternoon meeting, Dr.
S. Marie Kinner, Pittsburgh, dis
cussed, “The College Woman’s
Contribution to the Physical and
Mental Health of the Commun
ity,” and other speakers included
B. J. Hovde, director Pittsburgh
Department of Public Health, and
Dr. Ruth Howard, Washington,
D. C.
Atty. Robert L. Vann, publish
er and editor of the Pittsburgh
Courier, was the principal speak
er at the open meeting Friday
night,, held at the YMCA and
pres'ded over by Jean Hamilton
Walls. Other speakers were R.
Maurice Moss, Pittsburgh Urban
league, and President Grossley.
Saturday’s business sessions were
closed, devoted mainly to com
mittee reports and the luncheon
speaker was Miss Emily Ervice,
University of Pittsburgh; her
subject, “Education Shifts Its
Goals.”
Highlight of the college wom
en’s convention was the banquet
held Saturday night at Kauf
man’s, Alene B. Young, presiding,
and Speaker Bertha C. McNiel,
Washington, D. C., association
journalist, discussing, “New Pat
terns for Integration.” A memo
rial hour, Sunday afternoon, in
commemoration of the life and
work of Lucy Diggs Slowe, closed
the sessions, the principal eulo
gies being delivered by Univer
sity of Pittsburgh Dean, Thyra W.
Amos, and Association President
Grossley.
Mother of Woman
Educator Buried
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 28.
—(ANP)—Last rites were held
here Sunday at Union Baptist
church for Mrs. Caroline Willis
of this city, the mother of Dr.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown, fam
ed president-founder of Palmer
Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N.
C. Mrs. Willis died Friday in
Greensboro, N. C., near the school
of her famous daughter and the
body was shipped here for buri
al.
Rev. H. Davis officiated at the
funeral, assisted by several local
ministers. Interment was in Cam
bridge cemetery.
Puerto Rico
Strike Ties
Up Shipping
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April
28.— (ANP)—Clerks and steve
dores, demanding complete un
ionization of steamship company
office personnel, launched a strike
Monday that completely tied up
cargo movement.
Spokesmen for the steamship
lines said the strike violated an
agreement to arbitrate the issues
which caused the five-week
longshoremen’s strike of January
and February. Negotiations have
been in progress for two months.
The Clerks’ union, C.I.O. affil
iate, called the strike Monday
backed by the Stevedore’s union
which is seeking to make the
companies pay higher wages and
force other concessions. Clerks
insisted that all steamship com
pany shore employes not belong
ing to the Stevedore’s union
should be included in their union.
- I
Girl Gets Post
in Des Moines
Assessor’s Office
_
DES MOINES, la., April 28—
(ANP)—Miss Evelyn Brooks, 21,
a former member of the Wee
Sisters, well known midwestern
novelty singing trio of radio and
stage, has been appointed as a
secretary in the assessor’s office
of the city of Des Moines. Miss
Brooks is the only woman em
ployed in the office and has as
her aids ten deputies.
Little Miss Brooks, who has yet
to reach five feet in height, has
i placed behind her a successful
record. During her school days
she was one of the managing
editors of the Oracle, North High
school’s weekly newspaper, and
was the only Negro ever to hold
that position. During special
high school days in Des Moines,
Miss Brooks was selected by
North High school as a sole rep
resentative to the Register and
Tribune, Iowa’s largest newspa
per, to assist in the writing of
the editorial on the women’s page.
After being graduated from North
high, she was employed in the
law offices of Atty. J. Nelson
Thompson, from which business
she resigned to become the city
editor of the Iowa Bystander, the
oldest Negro publication west of
the Mississippi. At the time of
her appointment, she was employ
ed in the offices of Dr. J. A. Jef
ferson, one of Iowa’s leading
physicians.
Miss Brooks says she is well
pleased with her new position
and declares that all the employes
are very courteous. The position
to which she was appointed pays
a good salary and will last for
at least two years.
An extensive survey and in
spection of 1,700 Negro dwellings
in St. Mary, La., forms the basis
for a serious study of methods to
improve living conditions among
the colored people of that city.
Whites and blacks alike have be
come awakened to the need for
betterment.
FARM WORKERS
STUDY NEW
FARMJILL
Increased Farmer
Income Aim
LANGSTON, Okla., April 28.—
(ANP)—N e g r o Extension and
Home Agents in Oklahoma, in a
two-day conference which ended
Tuesday, heard provisions of the
Farm Bill and 1938 Conservation
program discussed by state and
national representatives of the
AAA and Extension Service.
Mrs. R. R. Moton, national
field officer of the Triple A, led
the discussion on proper utiliza
tion of acres diverted from cot
ton in order to produce more
varied and better balanced food
for the farm family table. E. A.
Miller, assistant to the director
of the Southern Division, Triple
A, Washington, D. C., stated that
the purpose of the Farm Bill is
to adjust supply and demand of
agricultural c o m m o d i ties, in
crease the farmers’ income and
preserve soil fertility.
W. A. Conner, assistant Exten
sion Director of Oklahoma, said
that “here in Oklahoma we do
not have a program for white
farmers or colored farmers, but
an agricultural program for the
state in which all farmers par
ticipate.” Other speakers includ
ed President J. W. Sanford, who
welcomed the visitors to the
university; C. F. Clark, agricul
tural economist, AAA, Wash
ington, D. C.; Miss N. M. Brum
bough, State Home Demonstra
tion agent; James P. Davis, head
field officer, AAA, Little Rock,
and Albon L. Holsey, field offi
cer, AAA, Tuskegee Institute.
J. E. Taylor, District Extension
agent, presided.
Leading Doctors
Attend Clinical
Lectures in Phila.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28—(A
NP)—Sixth Annual Clinical Lec
tures of Mercy Hospital were
held here this week. Monday
afternoon a number of leading
authorities in various fields of
medicine lectured before the
physicians, dentists, students and
graduate nurses of Philadelphia
and vicinity.
Among those heard during the
five days of lectures were Dr.
Philip Q. Roche, of the University
of Pennsylvania Graduate School
of Medicine; Dr. Alonzo D. Smith,
head of the division of Pediatrics
at Howard University School of
Medicine; Dr. Julian W. Ross, as
sociate professor at Howard; Dr.
Oscar V. Batson, professor of
anatomy, University of Pennsyl
vania; Dr. James R. Cameron, of
Temple university; Dr. William
Continued on page 13
INSTRUCTOR
m
ROBERT SPICELY, chef,
Philadelphia, who will be in
structor in the summer short
course for in-service chefs and
cooks, June 10-July 14 and
July 15-August 20, at Tuske
gee Institute.
AGED RANCHER
GETS FEDERAL
GRAZINi LEASE
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 28.
(ANP)—Rated by his neighbors
to be one of the best cowboys in
the State of Arizona, Ned Hill
yard, 100-year-old colored ranch
er at Pomerene, near Phoenix,
last Monday was offered on ap
plication a three-year lease of
grazing privileges on the public
domain, under provisions of Sec
tion 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act.
Secretary Harold L. I c k e s was
advised by Commissioner Fred
W. Johnson, General Land Office,
United States Department of the
Interior.
Favorable action on the cen
tenarian’s application was given
after investigation by the depart
ment, which produced the fol
lowing report:
“The applicant is colored, and
according to old-time residents,
is at least 100 years old. In spite
of his advanced years, he is con
sidered yet as one of the best
cowboys in the state. He was
alone at his ranch at date of my
examination, and was engaged in
breaking a bucking colt. He is
remarkably active and I can see
no reason for refusing him a
lease for a few years at least.”
In addition to grazing his 68
cattle, six horses and two mules
on the public range, Mr. Hill
yard advised the department he
expected to fence in the area if
given a long-term lease. Lease
No. 2,000 has been submitted by
the General Land Office to the
Arizona rancher for his accept
ance.
8.000 INSURANCE MEN ALL SET
FOR 20 MILLION DOLLAR DRIVE
DURHAM, N. C., April 28.—
George W. Cox, Committee
Chairman of the National
Negro Insurance Week, May 9
14, announced this week that 8,
000 agents of 35 member compa
nies of the National Negro Insur
ance Association are all set for
the intensive drive for new busi
ness during Ipsurance Week and
have pledged themselves to writ
ing $25,000 Industrial insurance
(weekly premiums), and 20 mil
lion dollars of ordinary insur
ance (endowment policies,
straight life policies, etc.).
Honor and performance cer
tificates will be given to all life
insurance salesmen who produce
a minimum of $5.00 industrial
insurance and similar certificates
will be given to ordinary sales
men who write a minimum of
$5,000 ordinary insurance during
the national campaign.
Officials of the association’s 35
member companies hope that
each of the 8,000 salesmen will
qualify for an honor certificate,
to be issued by the National As
sociation and which will be suit
able for framing in either office
or home. The goal set by officials
for Insurance Week: A combin
ed, industrial debit of $25,000 and
enough ordinary business to
have a face value of $20,000,000.
This is twice the quota of last
year’s drive. C. L. Townes, Rich
mond, Va., is secretary of the
Insurance Week committee, and
G. D. Rogers, Tampa, Fla., i?
president of the National Negrc
Insurance Association, whose 35
member companies employ 15,
000 colored men and women in
various capacities.
Referring to the scope and pro
gram of Insurance Week, Chair
man Cox of Durham, said on
Wednesday: “The objective ol
the National Negro Insurance
Week is primarily twa-fold: first,
to present the concept of life in
surance as the most effective
savings and investment program
for the average man, instead of
the old concept of death insur
ance. The public should know
that life insurance, as it is today,
is a financial plan for the living
and is the most efficient and con
structive thrift instrument in ex
istence today, geared and adjust
ed to meet all of the needs of
the individual in his journey
through life. It is organized fore
thought in the field of finance,
operating especially to the ad
vantage of the average man who,
SITUATION A
BIT TICKLISH,
OBSERVERS SAY
Great Britain and
France Upset
LONDON, April 28—(ANP) —
Great Britain and France, on the
verge of officially recognizing
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, will
be greatly embarassed on May 9
at the meeting of the League of
nations council if Haile Selassie,
who is still recognized as empe
ror in London, Paris and Wash
ington, carries out his announced
intention of attending sessions.
Under the terms of the league
covenant, the Ethiopian represen
tative may sit as a member of
the council while the council is
considering any matter directly
concerning Ethiopia, and pre
sumably as a temporary member
of the council he will have the
right to veto any decision by
voting against it. Thus he is in
position to throw a wrench into
British and French plans to have
the league recognize Mussolini’s
conquest.
Experts of the two European
countries are still trying to de
cide how to get around this tick
lish situation without appearing
too crass. One suggestion is that
a vote should be avoided and each
individual member of the council
should signify his intention to
recognize the Italian empire.
Another suggestion is that a
simple majority of the council
might pass a resolution recom
mending that all league members
assume freedom of action in re
gard to the recognition question.
But no matter what, happen., >** ' -
is predicted that Selassie’s pres
enee will not likp ticklish mat
ters.
Some experts have suggested
that Selassie be given a nice life
pension, either from the league,
Britain or Italy, with the under
standing that hie refrain from em
barrassing the league any further.
However, the proposition has not
yet been broached to the empe
ror.
House Favors
Venereal Disease
Control Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., April
28.—(ANP) — The La Follette
Bulwinkle bill for federal control
of veneral diseases was approv
ed Wednesday by the House In
terstate Commerce committee.
The legislation would authorize
a $15,000,000 appropriation for
the first year after the act be
comes effective, starting with
$3,000 the first year and increas
ing $2,000,000 annually.
The campaign would be con
ducted by the Public Health Ser
vice in co-operation with the
states. The appropriation would
be allotted to states primarily on
a population basis and in ac
cordance with rules and regula
tions the service drafted. The bill
has passed the senate.
Tripoli Plane
Crash Kills 3
TRIPOLI, Libya, April 28.—
(ANP)—Two Libyan women and
a child lost their lives last Sun
day night when a plane, carry
ing four Italians trying for a new
London-Capetown record, crash
ed into a military encampment
at Zuara, west coast of Tripoli.
The plane, short of fuel, at
tempted to land, but plunged in
to two native tents, in one of
which were the three victims.
Gianni Albertini, leader of the
flight, and his three companions
were injured.
in most instances, knows noth
ing at all about investment plans
and principles.
“Second, but of no less impor
tance, the committee seeks dur
ing this week to urge all Negroes
in America to become Negro life *
insurance-conscious by pointing
out to them the necessity of in
telligent co-operation with sol
vent and progressive Negro life
insurance companies in order
that the clientele themselves may
see and experience the full ad
vantage of the economic conse
quences of such a procedure.”