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THRILLED BY LOUIS’ TROPHIES
.. . 1
Wnei* the Hawaiian Amateur
Boxing team, which came ail
the way from the land of grass
skirts to battle Chicago's Cath
olic Youth Organization squad
last Wednesday night, visited
the Hall of Sports of the Amer
ican Negro Exposition at the
Chicago Coliseum, they imme
diately rushed to the exhibit of
Joe Louis trophies which in
cluded two diamond studded
championship belts, the gold
«»(«: . u i itWisi utu him 4 » ia«:4 ny
Ring Magazine as the Fighter of
the Year, and the boxing gloves
he wore when lie knocked out
James J. Braddcek, Jack Shark
riv, Wax Schmeiing, Nutha •
and Harry Thomas. The Ha
waiian boxers, shown inspect
ing the display and with two
members actually trying on the
chairpicr-'s gloves, were accom
P ' : I by Bishop Sheik who
t;;..i an active interest in f:YO
I f'cuvuies. si wn to the right of
the squad. In the rear ia Ed
Smith, star Wisconsin U. high
hi rdier, who is one of the at
Le: • iants at the Hall of Sports,
and to the extreme left is Civil
Service Commissioner Wendell
E. Green, vh-r-ihainran of the
State Exposition commission.
At extreme right is Truman K.
Gibson, Jr., executive director
o. the Exposition.
'WHAT’S THE NEWS....
Honored — Bishop and Mrs.
L. H. King of Philadelphia by a
reception given as a result cl' his
. taming the elevation to the
episcopacy.
Succumbs — Geraldine Pittman,
13-year-old daughter of the Rev.
and Mrs. J. J. Pittman of Kansas
City, Mo., after having been ill
for three months.
Elected — .T. Saunders Redding
r f Chapel Hill, N. C., to make a
study of the Negro in American
life, for the University of North
Carolina.
Fatal — To Mrs. Maria Clark
oJ Kansas City, Mo., the tall she
sustained last week. She would
have been 100 years old had she
lived until Dec.
Awarded — Roscoe Rollins,
well known Harlemite, a verdict
of $3,600, as a result of injuries
Unit lie received from an -auto
accident.
Dies—Mrs. Willie Mae Dicker
son, prominent leader and club
woman of St. Louis, while visiting
at the home of a fi iend. 1
Hcnored — T. J. Elder, foun
der and principal of the Elder
high school of Sandersville, Ga.,
with the Fort Valley Award for
Distinguished Service in the Nt
gm Education.
Died — Charles Daniels, well
known in the social circles of the
South, of internal inuries sulf red
last week when he was struc : by
an auto.
Appointed — Miss Mary ?■.lor
ris, graduate of the Atlanta uni
versity, to the position of T; nant
Investigator at the College Hill
Homes by the Chattanooga i us
ing authority.
Joined — Marion Minta Allen,
junior high school instructor in
the Brooklyn schools, to Perkins
Thompson, an insurance executive,
in the bonds of matrimony.
Finished — William Andrew
Rhodes, composer and music crit
ic of Boston, Mass., his recent
composition entitled, ,;Glory
Bound Symphony.”
Will Cure—Jesse Pack, preach
er of Knoxville, Tenn., his hands
which were bitten by a copper
head snake, by employing faith
instead of medicine.
Stricken — John Carmical, 69
year old bondsman and veteran
member of the! Knights of Py
thias, with a heait attack at his
heme in St. Louis. His condi
tion is reported as being serious.
Dedicates — Congressman A.
W. Mitchell of Chicago, the open
ing of the James City county
training school in Williamsburg,
Va.
Wed — Miss Irene King, love
ly daughter of Mrs. Bessie King
of Topeka, to Mr. Thomas Gerald
Woods, also of Topeka.
Dies — Rev. Otzlee Miller,
prominent pastor of St. Louis, of
gunshot wounds inflicted by his
daughter, 19-year-old Lucille.
Succumbs—Mrs. Anna B. Bates,
70, and one of the oldest residents
of Nicodemus, Kans., after a brie!
illness.
Revealed — The secret marri
age of Miss Marguerite Allen
popular member of the youngei
social set of St. Louis, to Louis
McNair, also of that city.
Win — Graham Smith anc
Untold Hayes, both students of the,
A. and T. college, Greensboro, N.
C., tlio $1,000 aviation scholar
ships.
Married — Miss Gertee Mae
Rush, charming young socialite of
St. Louis, to Fred Snyder, busi
ness man of that city.
Wins—Walter Waring, profes
sor ;d Lincoln university, a car
in the contest sponsored by the
St. Barnabas Episcopal church in
Germantown, Pa.
Publishes — Miss Mattie Lena!
Arnold, an orphan high school
student of Memphis, Tenn., het
first booklet of original poems en
titled “My First Twenty-Four
Poems."
Feted — LeRoy battle, talent
ed young 18-year-old son of Mrs.
Murorie Battle of New York when
he won the scholarship to study
under Saul Goodman of the New
York Philharmonic orchestra.
Married — Miss Frances Eliza
beth Redd, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Ernest S. Redd of Columbia.
Mo., and also a well-known
movie star, to Mr. Gregorio Her
mandez of Lcs Angeles.
Rumored — That James Lewis,
energetic and colorful political
and civic lead r of New Orleans,
will retire' from business activi
bcs. ,
Accepts — Miss Bernice Bassett,
sett, popular daughter of Mrs.
Anna Bassett of Chetopa, Kas., the
position as l acher in the Jop
lin, Mo. school system.
Wed — Miss Carmelo Reid, pop
ular daughter of Mrs. Mae Ec
clesion ol New York, to Mr. Noel
Smart, only son of Mrs. Mabls
Soddart ol Jamaica, B. W. 1.
Anuasuted — Rev. John S. Wil
liams, experienced choral director
<..•!. omaha, to the pc ration as mu
sical director of Lincoln higa
school in Kanasas.
Accused — Clarence Allen,
popular daughter of Mrs.
Louis, of infidelity by his wife,
Mrs. Mabel Allen in leer sensa
jltonal suit for divorce.
i Announced — By President
Scruggs, that training in aviation
will be made available to students
in September.
Murdned — Dr. I. W. Brown,
one of the oldest and most pro
i minent physicians in Jackson
ville, Miss., when an assailant
stepped on the running-board of
his car and shot him.
Approached — Count Basie, by
several political parties with of
fers to campaign for several can
! ciidates, which he is now taking
under consideration.
Died — William Eacr Hawks,
Sr., 64-year-old veteran Singer
Mahutactui ing firm employee, at
his home in Elizabeth, N. J.
Bit s — A. C. Coleman, promi
nent gentleman fanner of''Law
rence, Kansas, at the University
of Kansas hospital after an ill
ness of four weeks. He was Cl
years old.
Praised — Sylvia Goring, bril
liant young music teacher of New
York, when she performed as
| accompanist with the William
Roach Concert Orchestra
Undergoes—James “Jew Bab
Floyd, veteran trainer for the
Monarchs baseball team, an oper
ation at the State hospital in Co
[ luxnbuS; Mo.
Chi. Defender
Entertains Press
At Quincy Club
Visiting newspaper men, in the
city to cover the National Demo
cratic convention, were enter
tained at the Quincy club Tues
day night by the Chicago Defen
der.
Honored guests were Judge
Joseph Rainey, Philadelphia;
Ralph Matthews of the Afro
American, and Mrs. Matthews;
Mrs. Bessye Bearden, Deputy Col
ic etor of Internal Revenue, New
York City; Ted Poston, Courier;
Alice Allen, Brmingham, Ala.;
D. W. D. Rector, Frederick S.
Weaver, Recorder of Deeds of
fice, Washington, D. C.; Atty.
Joseph Clayton;
Sergt. William F. Baxter, Mrs.
Regina Waters, Atty. Richard E.
Westbrooks, Miss Vernedetta Wil
liams, J. Robert Smith, Amster
dam News, New York City; Miss
Scotty Russell, John D. Bogle,
Afro-American, Philadelphia; S.
Edward Gilbert, Omaha Star,
Omaha, Neb.; Marion M. Baxter,
; Iricago Bee; Dave Kel'lum, Frank
Young, A1 Munroe and Enoe P.
Wat' is, of the Chicago Defender.
Popular Los
Angeles Matron
Files for Divorce
LOS ANGELES, July 18-A
divorce complaint was filed here
lest week by Mrs. Isabel “Nicky”
Taylor, beautiful wife of Sam
Taylor, well known Eastside
sportsman, confirming rumors
that tiie popular couple were es
tranged.
Mrs. Taylor’s complaint, filed
by tier attorney, Curtis C. Taylor,
set forth no specific allegations,
merely alleging that her sports
man husband had been cruel.
The couple is one of the most
widely known and highly publi
cized members of Los Angeles’
younger social set. Taylor owns
lace horses and puts them on the
tracks at Santa Anita and Holly
wood park. His wife is reputed
ly one of the best dressed women
cn the West Coast.
DROWNS IN LAKE
OFF 3f.TH STREET
Mired Williams, 3110 Rhodes
avenue, WPA laborer, was drown
ed while swimming in the lake
<fl 35th street, last Wednesday!
morning.
Filed — Mrs. Sarah L. Turner,
resident of Washington, D. C.,
suit for an absolute divorce from
John R. Turner, an employee in
the agricultural department,
charging cruehy.
Drowned — James Jackson,
15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
! Ai-thur Porter of Kansas City,
Mo., when he slipped and fell
while wading in the river.
Celebrates — The all-Negro
town of Mound Bayou, the 53rd
anniversary of its founding.
Condolences — Tendered by
President Roosevelt to Mrs. G.
David Houston on the death of
her husband, the late G. David
Houston, former high school prin
cipal in Washington. The Presi
dent and the late Mr. Houston
were at Harvard together.
Passes — Clarence E. Fountain,
graduate of Central high school
in Philadelphia, his examination
by the State Board of Under
takers.
C onfined — Bishop W. A. C.
Hughes, to the Johns Hopkins
hospital for observation after
iffering a general collapse.
The Negro And The Democratic Party; Mitchell
(Continued from page 1)
bleak shores of England, and
these black settlers from the great
sunny continent of Africa, joined
hands, battled and worked suc
cessfully for the establishment of
this government which we heie
wpresent today.
The Negro r; no imposter in
this country as some would seem
to think. May I remind you that
ne came here and took up his
abode in America in iesponse to
,i most urgent invitation extended
to him by the white settlers of
his country, an invitation which
he could not refuse to accept.
We take pride in the fact that
like you we grew up with the
country and have gone side by
side with you in making it what
it is today. After spending more
than 300 years on this continent
and, increasing our numbers from
twenty to 15,000,000 we are con
trained to call this our country.
Together, we cleared the forest;
we subdued every foe and force
which rose to obstruct our path
.^aarng to independence, freedom,
321 years after tne setting up pf
liberty and prosperity. Today,
the first Negro settlement in our
country, we look around us and
see that here has been founded
the greatest and most powerful
nation in the world. A nation
with the richest| resources in min
erals, materials and men. Rich
est in opportunity for growth, de
velopment, freedom, and for ser
vice to mankind. The Negro has
played his part on the battlefield
and in every bloody conflict in
which we have engaged from the
Battle of Bunker Hill to that on
Flanders Field where we, two
decades ago, along with you, met
.he enemy and defeated him in
this effort to destroy worldwide
democracy. We have built here
a country and a government
! which l ightly challenges the ad
miration of the world. This
achievement was made possible
only by cooperation between the
races in all constructive matters.
It will be maintained in the fu
ture, as it was achieved in the
pa; t only by the two races work
ing harmoniously together for
j the common good of the country
and nation.
The nation has passed through
many crises, but God has blessed
us and enabled us to continue our
march upward and onw?ard. It
i stems to me, today, we are face
to face with the greatest threat
our country has encountered, cer
tainly the greatest since the Civ
il War. At this crucial moment
the duty and responsibility of
protecting and maintaining this
government rests upon the shoul
ders of every true American re
gardless uf race, color or creed.
At the same time the program by
which we are to continue our
SUMMER PROF.
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BHHL - wsKm
DR. HAROLD LEE, dean and
professor in the School of lid
i ucatioi* at Wilberforce Univer
| sity, is teaching at Lincoln Uni
I versily of Missouri during the
! summer session.
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DENTISTS
DR. W. W. TARR
DR. E. L. MORAN
DR. G. F. MADGE
412 East 47th Street
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and services
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march is in our hands and must
be prepared and executed under
the leadership of the Democratic
Party which has held the reins of'
government during the past eight
years and which has demonstrat
ed its ability to bring order and
prosperity out of chaos and con
fusion, such as held the country
m its grip March 4, 1933. The
Democratic Party saved the coun
try in that crisis; it will save the
w^untiy in this crisis.
Mr. Chairman, it is my firm
opinion tnat it was through the
wise and courageous leadership
cf this Democratic administration
that the nation has been able to
emerge from our long period of
depression. The Ejemocraltic
Party because of its ac-hievments
j in saving our nation and bringing
| the real and practical benefits of
I government to the people of the
nation, the humble as well as the
powerful, all racial elements of
the nation must feel that we owe
?. debt of lasting gratitude to our
leaders and especially to cur
great President. It is for others
to speak more at length touching
tnese affairs. I think I should use
the brief time allotted me in speak
ing of what this Democratic ad
ministration has done for my
j _ji cup. Especially is this neces
ury on this occasion because of
false propaganda being spread by
paid leaders of my race who are
engaged in a country-wide effort
to deceive Negro voters and to
bring them again into the Re
publican fold.
It is a known fact that because
of the burden of slavery sustained
by the Negro that he has not been
able to share as fully and as
largely in the blessings of our
s'reat country as has shared the’
members of the majority grcup,
-amely—the white people. For
: a half century the Negro has been
ast and least of all groups to
come in for favorable consider
' - tion at the hands of the Nat
ional Government. Under this
present administration a new day
has dawned for the American
Negro, and under this administra
tion has come the first real rays
ol‘ hope for the Negro.
fhe Good Neighbor Movement
enunciated by this administration
is being put into practical opera
tion with the result that improve
ments of social conditions are
noticeable on every hand. Ra
cial injustices and antagonisms are
disappearings as never before,
and there is being ushered in an
era of good will between the races
in all parts of our country here
tofore unknown.. Only a few
days ago I sat in the House of
Representatives and heard a dis
tinguished member of Congress,
from the state of Alabama, call
to the ^attention of that body and
the world the fact that the first
six months of 1940 had passed
without being marred by a single
lynching in our country. He
closed his remarks by saying that
it was the earnest prayer of ev
i ery true American that the crime
| of lynching should be speedily
and everlastingly wiped out in
. cur country. Every member of
the House applauded his an
nouncement.
While this administration has
worked incessantly to advance th6
spirit of good will among the na
tions of the world and especially
j among the South American coun*
tries, it has done a remarkable
job in cultivating friendly relations
between the white and Negro races
in the United States. The Presi
15 dent has taken the initiative in
1 seeing to it that .the Negro, Am
erica’s most forgotten man, is in*
, eluded in our program.
! Whatever others may say a
bout this administration falling
down on its platform promises,
and it is my contention that there
has been no falling down on
promises, the Negro certainly can
not say this administration has
made him promises which it has
refused or failed to keep. This
nas been a standing and a true in
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dictment against the Republican
Party for the last forty years.
The Republicans have inserted in
their platform such words and
promises as they thought would
capture the Negro vote, and as soon
as they got into power, they con
veniently forgot these promises
until another platform making
day came around.
When this administration said
it would seek to help the forgot
ten man of America, it included
the Negro as well as the poor of
all other races. What are the
practical benefits coming from
this administration to the Negro?
Passing over much of the general
benefits coming to all the people
and shared by the Negro, I wish
to speak specifically of a few of
the most outstanding things done
by the Democratic Party during
this administration. These things
I shall mention are only the high
points and are known by all the
people of the country. I shall
not spend any time pointing out
the high positions held under this
administration by Negroes. 1
hail these appointments, which
are larger in number and higher
in degree than those enjoyed by
:he same race at anytime in its
listory with approval and joy.
hut. Mr. Chairman, I am far more
irterested in what this adminis
ation has done for common
members of the race. I know it
n far better to lift the race to a
higher level of living than a doz
en or two select members of the
4,0 a tew high offices. I
want to see my race Use as a
race and take its rightful place
in our great nation.
Mere than 300,000 Negroes have
been employed by W. P. A. and
through this employment it is
estimated that a million and a
half of my people have been
saved from starvation. From the
rnployment of W. P. A. alone, the
..tgro has received $15,000,000
ui monthly wages, and although
a const tute only ten per cent of
the total population of the coun
try, we constitute fourteen per
cent of the W. P. A. workers.
Of the nearly $35,000,000 spent
for the erection of school build
ings under this administration,
about $8,000,000 have gone to Ne
gro colleges. This does pot in
clude appropriations made for Ho
ward university amounting to
more than three and a half mil
lions. Hospital buildings and
furnishings for Negroes have
amounted to several million dol
lars. Recreation and health cen
ters such as we have never known
ave been built and provided for
my people. Seven thousand, two
hundred and forty-two new hos
pital beds have been made avail
able for Negro patients. At pres
ent there is one hospital bed a
vailable for one out of every 999
Negroes, while for the whites
diere is one hospital bed avail
able for one out of every 110
persons.
Through the N. Y. A. the Ne
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?ro youth stranded in the effort
to continue in school has been
provided for. Out of a total of
708,000 youths helped through N.
Y. A. there were 78,300 Negroes.
That is to say that although the
Negro constitutes only 9.7 per
cent of the total population he
received 11.1 per cent of the aid
-oven through the facilities of the
N. Y. A.
About 300.000 colored youth
have been enrolled ini the C. C. C.
Camps of the country. The Ne
jro boys have allotted about
$700,000 monthly to their parents
and needy ones at home. This
means that over a period of a
year these boys through the C.
Z. C., have contributed nearly
line million dollars to the up
keep and support of their depen-!
dants at home. While this is more!
than ^ny previous administration'
has done for the Negro, it is not
the largest benefit Negro boys
have derived from C. C. C.
Camps. Thousands of these boys'
have been taught to read and
-write. All of them have been
given an opportunity to further
their training, both in books and
in useful trades, and have greatly
improved their health and they
physical, as well as their moral
condition; thus, they are being
leveloned into useful and sub
stantial citizens.
The administration found the
Negro on the farm and in the
city so poorly housed that his
health and morals were being se
riously undermined and destroy
ed. A long step forward has
been taken by the government in
broviding decent housing for the
Negro, In almost every city
slum, clearance projects fostered
by the government are providing
decent quarters and wholesome
environments for the poor and
needy of the race. While in the
rural section conditions on the
farm are being rapidly improved.
Tens of thousands of city homes
have been saved to the race
through Government leans, and in
the rural sections hundreds of
thousands of Negro farmers are
^being aided in the purchase and
| in the operation of farms. These
things of which I speak are a
reality and are known by the peo
ple; they are not platform prom
ises made by a party seeking Ne
gro votes.
If time would permit I could
Doint out thousands of instances,
in which the condition of the Ne
gro has been made better by this
administration, but Mr. Chair
map, have I not already pointed
out such facts as would show be
yond all question that the Negro
of all groups have no quarrel
with the Democratic party and
its program?
You need not become alarmed
because of the paid Negro pro
pagandists who are now parrying
out part of the Republican pro
grant, spreading propaganda
throughout the country in art ef
fort to shake the confidence of
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kind in America - guided by
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hn ,y
HAS BEEN REWARDED
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most thriving community in
Antenca> husmubied ihoae. uho
directs this organization to
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ALD RMAN ASKS I
FAIR DEAL
FOR NEGROES
Warning that there are more
than 4,000,000 Negro voters who*
hold the balance of power in 80
congressional districts, Alderman
Earl B. Dickerson this week urg
ed the Democratic convention,
meeting here, to go on record for
the abolition of poll taxes in the
southern states, for adoption of
cloture by the United States se
nate in order to pass the anti
lynching bill, and for safeguards
against discrimination on account
of race, creed or color in the ad
ministration of relief, the nation
al defense program, and all tax
financed projects.
Dickerson, who made his ap
peal at a public session of the
convention’s Resolution Commit
tee, was acting as official repre
sentative of the National Colored
Democratic association which
closed its convention here last
Sunday.
“Since the founding of the
United States,” said the alderman,
“we Negro people have been the
burning issue upon which democ- ■
racy has shaped its course. Out
of our experience and as native
sons of America, we call upon
the nation and the Democratic
Party to swear anew loyalty and
devotion to the principles of hu
man equality and democratic gov
ei nment. We urge national unity
in a program to fortify our nation
al defense and to make democracy
woi k.”
the Negro voters in the program
and principles of the Democratic
party.
The Negro lived with the Re
publican party long enough to
know it. He has learned to dis
criminate between election prom
ises and actual promises. No
longer, thank God, can the Re
publican paity boast that it has
the Negro vote in its vest pocket.
I venture to say that eight out
if every ten Negroes who vote
in November will cast their votes
for the NEW DEAL PARTY,
whose banner we hope and pray
will be carried by that greatest of
all humanitarians, the greatest of
ill leaders of this day; that great
American, loved, trusted and hon
ored by the American people—
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
My final word to the Negroes
all over this country listening 'n,
is this:
Let us continue to give to oui
country the best we have
ever keeping in mind the words
of that great writer, who said
‘Give to the world the best you
have
And the best will come back tc
you’.”
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