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AVERS POLICE
ALLOWED GANG
TO RUIN HOME
Indifference Os Officials
Seen As Sanctioning Os
‘Lily-White’ Zoning
BALTIMORE, June 9—A
$5,000 damage suit was filed
here against the mayor and
the city council Thursday by
the Rev. and Mrs. Charles
Randall for loss sustained from
-April -48—49~<htrmg which ' trrrr
white hoodlums smashed windows
«nd wrecked furnishings ir. their
home at 1819 Baker street.
This vandalism was seen as an
attempt to frighten the Randalls
cut of what has been designated as
a "lily-white” neighborhood.
The plaintiffs, through their at
torney. W. C. Hughes Jr., of the
local branch of the National Asso- :
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People, charged that city,
officials, and police in particular,
ceglected to afford protection in
a crisis which they knew to be
brewing several days in advance.
The bill cites that despite the '
fact bands of whites gathered be
fore the Randall home on April 12
and for several hours flung missiles
through doors and windows, no •
police appeared on the scene.
Notwithstanding this occurrence,
police failed to appear on the fol
lowing three days during which the
rowdies grew bolder and actually
invaded the premises, throwmg:
furniture out of windows and using
axes to smash the interior.
1.W.0. Tours For
Racial Goodwill i
NEW YORK. June 2—With the
purpose of promoting the organiza
tion and the inter-racial fraternal
principles of the International
Workers Order. Louise Thompson;
prominent Harlem figure and a
leader in the I W.-O, left New
York City this week for a national
tour which lasts 'three months and
takes her across the country to the
Pacific Northwest.
At her office, 80 Fifth avenue
Miss Thompson said that she ‘sees
in this tour, as in all my activities ;
for the I. W. O. an opportunity to ,
further the ideals of brotherhood
between the Races in America, j
which is absolutely essential if j
there is to be security for both.”
As national recording secretary
and a member of the general exe
cutive board of the I. W. 0., Miss ;
Thompson shares in the leadership
of the society's 160,000 members. As
National Director of the English
speaking lodges she is in direct
leadership of 20,000 members.
Miss Thompson's first stop on the
tour will be Denver. From there
she will hop to San Francisco
■where she will fill engagements
from June 4 to 8 ar.d July 5 to 23,
and in Los Angeles from June 10
to July 2. Later she will journey ;
north along the coast. Throughout 1
her tour she will meet with local;
leaders of the I. W. O to discuss
their activities and problems
Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
of dlgesUon by having persona swal
low an electrode at the end of a long
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It's a long list of parties . . . that ■
clamor for your reading diversion !
this week. And such important j
parties . . . w’ith many sorors and ;
frats taking the lead. . . . There'
were so many places so frolic . . . |
it's hard to cover them all . . . bat
for a few. of the delightful, here j
goes: J
The wedding bell* that rang out
for Mrs. Annie Hutchinson ar.d Al
fred Lee Boiymar. were the in
centive for many friends to attend
their "at home” gathering on Sun
afternoon. . . . Such lovely lawn,
porch and spaciousness . . . but
all were crowded with their guests.
Just a few of the many we noted:
Dr. a-d Mrs. Sclpio Murphy, Dr.
S. H. C. Owen. Dr. and Mrs. Ira
Whitby. Dr. and Mrs. Grecnidge.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole, Dr. and
Mrs E. A. Williams, Dr. J. W.
Collir.s. Mrs. Louise Henderson, Mr.
and Mrs. James Harkless, Mr. and
Mrs. R L. Stafford. Mrs. E. Glass.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris, Miss
Ursula Bracy of St. Louis. Mrs. C,
Page. S. H. Griggs of Hamtramck,
Mr. and Mrs. John Dun. Miss Con
stance Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Russell. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Guy Allen.
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Givens. Mr. and
Mrs. E. Phillips. Elwood Garvin:
Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. G. Moses
of New Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Sumners, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Officer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Allen,
Mr. ar.d Mrs. John Scott. Mr. and
Mrs. Ardine Mathis, Miss J. Taylor.
Miss Hanr.a Jacobs. Mrs. Luella
Williams. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poll
ard of Ecorse, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey
L of River .Rouge. Mr..and Mrs. James
Farmer. Miss C. Lindsey. Miss Myr-
Grathy. Miss Myrtice Johnson. Mrs.
A L. Stevens, all three of Toledo,
I Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. and Mrs.
LAUNCH N.A.A.C.P. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
meeting of all raptains and work
ers in the lobby of the St. Antoine
I.M C..A. The association's mem
bership goal is 5.000 adult mem
berships and 1.000 youth. Mrs.
Daisy E. Lampkin. field secretary
The Detroit branch of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People officially
launched its 1939 membership on
Thursday, June 1. with a large
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Mrs. Sadie Strong, Mrs F. E. Pierce,
Mrs. M. Poole. Mrs Stanley Good
! en, Mrs. O. Mullen, Wade Clark,
! Mr. and Mrs. Whitworth, and others.
The Inter Se Contractors were
I bridging with a host of friends over
j to the Wayne Political club on the
west side. Twenty-eight players
i were present with prizes being won
i by Mrs. Gratha Woods, Mrs. Paul
( ine Jackson. Mrs. Frances Bonner,
and consolation to Mrs. G. K. Dan
| iel. The game ended with the serv
! ing of luncheon in the dining hall.
, The members to be thanked are
i Mrs. Mary Nelson, president; Mrs.
1 Casper Peek, vice president; Mrs.
Thomasene Hansbury, recording
1 secretary; Mrs. L. H. Roberts, treas
; urer; Mrs. Eula Bonner. Mrs. Lib-
Moody, Mrs. Mabel Williamson, Mrs.
Fannie Davidson, Mrs. C. R. Stev-
Seen around the tables were Mrs.
• Ernestine Harris. Mrs. Evelyn B.
. Pye, Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Daniel.
Mrs. Frances Bonner. Mr. and Mrs.
j Gratha Woods, Mrs. Aurelia Grimes,
Mrs. Bertha Bra turn, Mrs. Lucy
i Goode, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr.
1 and Mrs. William Harris, Mattie
Durrant. Nina Stafford, C. A. Stev
■ enson, Mrs. Edr.a Simpson, Mrs.
1 Kittie White, Mrs. C. J. Martin,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Herring, L. H.
; Roberts. Mrs E. Ernest, E. W. Will
iams, Mrs Zella Ogletree, James L.
Bonner, John Anderson, and Cas
| per Peek.
; Edward B. Sharpie, father of the
i dapper Ralph, who resides in New
1 York, motored to Toledo to visit
with Miss Carolyn Snowden, well
I known theatrical star, who is man
* aging her own show in the Ohio
of the National'Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, is
in Detroit and will conduct the
drive. Mrs. llavannah Butler and
Theodore Jones are co-chairmen
of the campaign.
SPANKY
urer; Virginia Flenr.oy, Blanche
Evans, June Watt. Juanita Chap
man, Helen Slater, Margarita Scott. !
The party success dikes in The t
careful planning of the chairman. I
Mrs. Helen Slater, Mrs. Julia Poin- :
dexter, and their supporting com- I
mittee. ... It was marvelous. J
Miss Gwendoly Reeves is in De
troit from Newport News, Va., and 1
is planning to attend Wayne uni
versity in the fall. Detroit has made |
a big hit with her. To meet the
younger set, Miss Dorothy LaStaff j
gave her a party last week. Pres- |
ent were James Edgar, Halaire I
Mendoza, Eddie Harris, Robert [
Hudson. Henry Green, Cornelius
Dickson, Charles Dickson, Eddie
Marshall, Doris Cathcart, Dorothy ,
Hayes. Helen Jackson, Vivian Mor- j
gan, Merill LaStaffe, Mildred Hud
son, Robert Williams and Albertine |
Repular.
Green Davis and several of his
sisters, Mrs. Ray Carter, Mrs. |
Charles Davis, Miss Florence Davis, 1
Mrs. LaDrain Powell, motored to
Atlanta, Ga„ to the Forrester B
Washingtons' home. Mrs. Washing- ;
ton was the former Safronia Davis. ;
. . . Her daughter, Leawana. was j
among the June graduates in At
lanta, and such a grand occasion I
necessitated the relatives motoring
southward. Mrs. Earsey Foley, an- j
other sister who lives in Columbus, j
also motored to the niece's gradu- j
Sunday afternoon at the hour of i
four . . . the younger set was pre
sented at the ivories. . . . Mrs.
Marguerite Lipscomb and her pupils ‘
town. Mr. Sharpe recently recup
erated from a serious illness, but
is definitely on the mend and look
ing robust^
SOPHISTICATES SCORE
The weather, entirely too warm
for dress-up affairs, the Sophisti
cates decided to give a sport dance
over to the Twelve Horseman club
on Friday night. . . . And the
guests did look so refreshingly
smart. . . . There were plenty of
white frocks . . . colorful prints
. . . linens . . . the meo in white
. . . and
As Bob Cruzets orchestra swung
out we could get a glimpse of Mr.
and Mrs. A1 Harris, Miss Jennie
Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Mcßryde,
Mrs. Sue Black, Miss Dorothy Dun
can. Elwood Robinson, Miss Evelyn
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ken
dall. Lucille Smith, Dr. and Mrs.
Booth. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vin
cent, Mr. and Mrs. Ossie Carter,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Poyntz, Miss
Lessie B. Thomas, Mrs. Virgil Knox,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moody, Mrs. Lola
Ferris. Mrs. Lucy Goode. Miss A. D.
Kimball, Mrs. Hattie Wheeler;
Miss Lola Adams. Mr. and Mrs.
Harold West. Fred Lightfoot, Miss
Kate Mills, Miss Dell Mills, *Miss
Joan Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Henry, Joseph Taylor. Miss Ann
Phillips, Jimmy Childs, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Hammond, Mr. and
Mrs. Woodson. Mrs. Robert Cruzet,
Mrs. Milton McNeal, Mr. and Mrs.
Moses Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Gran
ville Nixon, William A. Johnson,
Miss Edith Knall, Miss Gertrude
Barry. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, Mr.
and Mrs Dorsey Simmons, Willis
Warren, Fred Gaines. Mr. and Mrs.
Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Johnson. Mrs. L. M. Warren, Mrs.
Elizabeth Austin, Mrs. Susie Mills.
Julia Johnson, Mrs. Florence
Brown. Mrs. Marie Duckworth, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Benton, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Henry. The members
you know are Marian McClain,
president; Fern Johnson, secretary;
Elizabeth Crosby, corresponding
secretary; Julia Poindexter, treas
Athletic Club In
Meeting June 25
| NEW YORK, June 9—The mem-1
j bers of the Mercury Athletic club
' are busy with plans for the annual
track and field athletic meet to be
! held June 25 at McCombs Dam
park, opposite the Yankee Stadium.
Fourteen events, seven for men and
! seven for women, are to be the sea
! tures with trophies being presented
I for the most outstanding perform-
The meet, being invitational, has
attracted many outstanding ath
i ietes in previous meets. Last year,
| John Borican, James Herbert and
| Herbert Thompson were among
j the competitor*. This year many
j more are expected. The feature
event will be a special girl* 440-
yard medley relay, which will
bring together the outstanding girl
j foursomes of the East, including
the crack team from the Dixwell
Community house of New Haven.
I Conn, and the Mercury team, which
created anew world* record for
the event last year.
played softly sweet melodies, bring
| ing back the works of great artists
I in music. . . . Most inspiring was
| the recital, and well attended.
Nathaniel Lipscombe also sang on
the program in between the play-
I ings. The pupils in recital were
I Cteudia House. Ann Poole, Jean
; Carmichael, Roberta Washington,
| Loretta Young, Thelma Hawkins,
I Frances Barrington, Eddie Coulter,
! Parker Worham, Gwendolyn Poole,
: Mary James, Audrey Burke, Edith
i Coulter, Loretta Roberts, Milicent
! Lewis. Flora Hawkins, Robbie Hall,
Thelma Barrington, Dorothy Craw
! ford, Lavina Bright, Gwendolyn
' Poole, Dorothy Massey, Dorothy
j Wright.
j Another party attracting the
j younger set who like to jitterbug,
and have fun went over to the
I surprise birthday party for Clarence
1 Camp on Saturday night. When he
: arrived home and greeted the sur
prise yell he chanced to greet Laur
] etta Edison, Hortense Baden. Hor
ace Kendricks, Charles Hill Jr.,
I Doris Dungill. Calvin Porter 111,
i James Balasco, Joe Brown, Kath
! erine Dillard, Rudy Rutherford.
| Clara Roman, Anar.tasia Skinner,
j Mattie Camp, Lorsella Camp, Mil-
I dred Day of Salina, Mich., Wilbert
S Hughew, Earl Van Roper, John
I Vann Jr., William Burrell, Harold
I Sturkey, Bessie Johnson. Jacqueline
Bailey, Conchinal Alexander, Mer
lander Shannon, Walter Parks,
| Mary Williams. Lela Holliday, Viv
ian Albert, Clifton Few, Kenneth
Dungill, Bill Lawson Jr., Estis
i Foster. Hazel Sturkey. Geraldine
BUILDERS OF HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION
Blanche K. Bruce, served in the United States Sen
ate from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was
perhaps the most astute political leader the Negro race
has had. Bruce was born a slave in Farmville, Virginia,
March 1, 1841. While still a young man he went to
Missouri; there he made rapid progress in work and
education. In 1868 he went to Mississippi, which, even
more than today was in constant danger of floods.
Bruce immediately became interested in the problems
of the section, especially those affecting levees.
In 1870 he became Sergeant-at-Arms in the State
Senate. Within the next two years he was successively,
assessor, sheriff and tax collector of Bolivar County,
also served as County Superintendent of Schools and
on the Board of Levee Commissioners.
From 1872 to 1875, a campaign was carried on by a
weekly newspaper, urging the election of a Negro
Senator and suggesting Blanche K. Bruce. He was
elecml and took office March 4, 1875. On the commit
tee of "The Improvement of the Mississippi River and
Its Tributaries" there was no one to surpass him in
expert knowledge. Occasionally he presided over the
Betas&.
" M A r i N <1 Ms W FRIENDS AND KEEPING THE OID"
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SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1939
F.D.R. Out,
Harlem May
Back Dewey
Cleague. DeLewis White. Katherine J
Weiss.
MU* Grace Parker and Percy B
Simms of Detroit were the week i
:nd guests of Mr. and Mrs. George •
E. Simms of Champlain avenue in 1
Chicago. Mr. Simms' parents.
Mrs. W. C. Willis of 289 Trow-J
oridge. Thursday was hostess to
the Omegas Wives auxiliary for
several rounds of prizes. Prizes
were awarded. Luncheon served to
Ethel Crawford. Priscilla Gtey.
Carrie B Hall. Agnes Lewis, Bur- 1
iiece Hoagiand. Hazel Campbell, ]
Eler.ore Griffin. Nye Herron. Julia ‘
•effries. Connie Smith, and Helen 1
•Vilson.
Over to Tabernacle Baptist church
in Beechwood and Milford where
Reverend Pittman is pastor, the
Tabernacle chorus will render a
musical program in honor of their
.i££2nd_ anniversary.. June JJL PiglL.
George Alex Cullett. tenor soloists
| and director of Pilgrim Baptist
, senior choir in Chicago, will be
luest soloist. Other features will
highlight Prof. N. H. Holloway's
"Pro Musica Dramatique," U. S.
' Brown, organist of St. Stephens,
and Mrs. Margret Jones of Second
Baptist. Aubrey Vance McCutcheon
! is director. '
i Socialites went ''Trucking on
j Down" Adams. Saturday to the
Pythian Temple, as the charming
wives of the members of the Alpha
; fraternity gave a barn dance that
J will be ever memorable. Jitterbug
| ging was in session, to the Leroy
orCHfeStra." • wrth~rrery--
body in the fraternal circle pres
ent, the atmosphere was most con
! genial. Mrs. Harold Johnson is pres-
NEW YORK. June 9— A survey
made by the Chicago Defender over
the past month indicates Harlem
will go for President Roosevelt
j solidly if he seeks a third term.
[ However, should Roosevelt put up
; another candidate then Harlem will
oack Tom Dewey, Republican for
the presidency in the event he runs.
The bulk of the vetes in Harlem
today are Democratic and Fusion
with others* favoring the Republi
can party. The district will back
La Guardia for anything but his
voters back him wjrh the under
standing that they are voting the
Fusion ticket and not as Republi-
Like Roosevelt
Harlem on the other hand like*
Roosevelt and stands solidly behind
Gov. Lehman. The big chance
Roosevelt has for forcing another
candidate down the throat* of Har
lemites is to get La Guardia to
back his man also. In that event
Dewey would not be as strongly
supported.
Danger where Harlem is con
cerned is the chance that Roosevelt
might hare a man im lha running
other than himself unfavorable to
La Guardia. In that case Dewey
would get all Harlem votes. Even
the Governor could not save the
man ai.d still Lehman irvery popu
lar in Harlem.
The fight for the presidency I*
already taking hold on Harlemites
as they work for their own office of
leadership and other minor posts.
And while talking they mention
only Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey.
Alliance Fights
For Fired Writers
NEW YORK. June 9—The Work
ers Alliance of New York initiated
a campaign this week for the rein
statement of Charles Alexander,,
newspaperman who was dismissed
from the Federal Writers Project
three weeks ago for union activity
by Paul Edwards, administrator of
the Federal Arts Projects in New
York. The campaign will also in
clude a struggle for the re-hiring
of Alfred Russell, and Emmett Go
wan. both white, fired by Edwards
for similar reasons.
ident of the auxiliary; Mrs. Julian
P. Rodgers, secretary.
Glimpsed at the party were Dr.
ant Mrs. H. Sparks, Miss Beatrice
Williams. Dr. ans Mrs. E. A. Will
iams. Larry Bleach. Charles Dick
son. Dr. and Mrs. Goggins. Dr. and
Mrs. Robert Greenidge, Dr. and
Mrs. Walter Mack, Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Raiford, Dr. and Mrs. Har
mon, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith,
Attorney and Mrs. Lloyd Loomis,
Attorney and Mrs. Fred Jones, Miss
Naola Nuttall. Halaria Mendoza,
Milton Carmichael, Teddy Fields,
Mr. and Mrs. Brummel Penick, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Mann, Dr. and
Mrs. Morton, Dr. and Mrs. Howard
McNeal. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Talia
ferro, Roscoe Wroten, Miss Harriet
Shelby. Miss Helen Bryant. Edward
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jackson,
Dr. and Mrs. Henderson;
Mrs. Catherine Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ivy,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis,' Dr.
and Mrs. Graham, Dr. and Mrs. G.
Edwards. Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Brooks, Miss Sadie Routt, Dr. Rob
ert Bennett. Dr. and Mrs. Ira Whit
by, Teddy Blackman, Mrs. Gaynell
Moses, Miss Amy.re Porche. Flash
Harris, Mrs. Myrtle Gaskill, Dr. |
ar.d Mrs. Givens, Dr. and Mrs.
Scipio Murphy, Mrs. Locille Brown,
Charles Green. Miss Katie Sims.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Burris, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Coker, Dr. and
Mrs. Paul Alexander, Dr. and Mrs.
Milton, Dr. Alf Thomas Jr., Dr.
and Mrs. Theo White, Miss Harriet
Shelby. Attorney and Mrs. William
Coldcn. Andrew Tondee, Mr. and
Mrs. Radford Morris, and many
Paradise Valley Moonlight
PUT-IN-BAY STEAMER
Thurs. July 6 Adm. 75c
Pfeiffer Presents
BLANCHE K. BRUCE
1841-1898
First Negro Senator To Serve A Full
Term In The U. S. Senate
Senate. His course in the Senate was one of enlight
ened liberalism. On May 19, 1881 —a few weeks after
the close of his term as Senator, President Garfield
appointed him first Negro Register of the Treasury.
President Harrison appointed him Recorder of Deeds
for the District of Columbia. President McKinley
again appointed him Register of the Treasury, but he
died 3V6 months later. Bruce left behind a rich heritage
of statesmanship, of which his race may ever be proud.
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