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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1939
HOLD CLOSED
CONFAB WITH
HEAD OF CRA
Urban League Reveals
Race Discrimination
By Agency
) CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 17— I
Silence greeted newsmen
peeking report on 4he eloßed i
conference Wednesday be- 1
tween a committee represent-;
lng the Chicago Urban
League and Leo M. Lyons, admin
istrator for the Chicago Relief Ad
ministration. It is believed the con- !
ference, held in Mr. Lyon's office.
Concerned the present relief situa
tion especially as it affect* mem
..fcers of the Race.
A. L. Foster, executive secretary
'<«f the league and a member of the
’committee, did say, however, that
| there would be another conference
probably Friday.
League official* for some time
have been making a study of relief
agencies in Chicago and their treat
ment of members of the Race. j
Much of the time of the league
board of directors meeting recently
was devoted to a discussion of al
leged discrimination against Race
Clients. Miss Pauline Redmond,
case work consultant, sharply criti
cized the Central Intake office of
the Chicago Relief Administration
—because ol its treatment of Race re
liefers.
According to a memorandum
* iubmitted by Miss Redmond to the
•'board, the delay in handling cases
by this office is causing unnecessary
cuffering. Citing 24 cases which
the Urban League handled during
September which involved emer
gency situation, the memorandum
Stated.
Forced To Wait
"E.ght families had waited on an
•verage of 19 days after completing
their applications before we called
Central Intake regarding the re
ceipt of their first relief check. |
Fifteen others waited an average of i
17, days before receiving an investi-1
visit required for the issuing I
®Of the first relief check.
"When we realize," Miss Red- j
mond continued, "that most of these
families were former WPA workers
who were not permitted to make ap
plication until their resources were
exhausted and that the appoint
ment* given for the return o i af
fidavits are usually a week from
the date they are issued, it is easily
aeen that these people are in real
Heed." r
Race Discrimination
The report shows that Central In
take always made whatever ad
justments possible when advised of
Mhe urgent need, but suggested that
the office should be better organized
to take care of emergency situa
tions.
Miss Redmond's report also
Charges that there is evidence to
prove that Race discrimination has
been practiced by some social wel
fare workers and that some Race
members have been actually mis
treated.
_ JThe Urban. League is investigat
ing these charges and it is assumed
that it was this investigation which
took their committee to Mr. Lyons'.
Office.
I Other members of the league's
were Atty. Earl B. Dick- !
Atty. Elbridge Bancroft >
Pierce. Mrs. C. Rufus Rorem. Miss
Pauline Redmond and Mr. Foster. j
SPEAKS AT DILLARD
NEW ORLEANS. La., Nov. 17—
Lyle Saxon, noted author and state
director of the Louisiana writers' l
project, was the featured speaker in 1
Dillard university's celebration of
National Book Week, November
12-18.
Popa Dee (Harry Johnson) part
manager of sensational Harold
Smith isn't the sort to let any city
wise promoter place the wrong
K .. ktwraL
Mayor-elect Edward J. Jeffries Jr.,
is seen giving his approval of the
unusual miniature house float
which is the work of C. L. Bryant,
Losing Candidate
Has Double Worry
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 17-
Attorney Charles V. Carr, Demo
cratic candidate for councilman in
the seventeenth ward, had troubles
galore m addition to being a loser
at the polls Tuesday.
Wednesday morning he had to ap
pear before Municipal Judge Lil
lian Westropp on a charge of creat
ing a disturbance, it is said.
In court, Mr. Carr who beat
Councilman Leroy N. Bundy in the
October primaries but was badly
‘ beaten in the general election by
Editor William C. Walker, related
j that have approached a group of
i women standing around a fire at
I the voting booth Tuesday, and no*
jticing -one of them wore no badge,
asked her in a friendly fashion:
j“Are you my political friend or
political foe?”
I The woman not only intimated it
I was none of his business but threat
ened quite a noisy disturbance. Mr
I Carr said. However, there was a
I policeman waiting for him when
he returned to the booth later. He
pleaded not guilty, however, and the
case wm continued to November 28
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Hilarity was the keynote of the lovely darce given by the Lincoln
Nurses, Tuesday at Harlem’s Renaissan Casino. A few of the happy
guests are pictured above. They are, left to right: Ruth Taylor,
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE -“* A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
number of percents in front of
hi* eyes, so Detroit's most popu
lar sportsman and claimant of the
title of the world's greatest ticket
JEFFRIES SEES ‘HOUSE BRYANT BUILT’
-5919 Beechwood, designer and
builder. Mr. Bryant is relating
many interesting facts about the
float which aided Mayor Jeffries
Byars Heads Drive For
Bethune-Cookman College
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17—I
j Th steering committee of the drtve !
for funds for Bethune-Cookman col- i
lege in Daytdna Beach, Fla., has,
selected Rufus Byars, prominent
theatre manager as cha : rman of the
Washington group. The goal is
SIO,OOO. "Mr. Byars was the unani
mous choice of the committee and
we are happy to know that he has
accepted the chairmanship," says
Mrs. Bethune.
Community Chest Drive
In Houston Under Way
HOUSTON, Texas. Nov. 17—The ;
annuaTcommunity chest drive un
der the direction of H. P. Carter,
got under way oh November 6 with
a tremendous amount of enthu
siasm on the part of the workers. <
The Race division is striving for !
15,00* contributors and $5,000; citt-'
zens have become so conscious of
the aims and the advantages of
the community planned and fi
nanced social agencies. H. P Carter
stated, that it requires only little I
urging on the part of worker* to I
secure contributions.
The campaign closes on Novem
ber 14, and according to the results
obtained thus far, the division will!
go over the top.
Beatrice Wells. Carrie Marshall, Aljurit* Bowney Smith, Edna
Johnson, Gladys Weeks and Florence Legon.—Photo by Morgan
Smith.
‘MR. DEE GOES TO TOWN’
seller, went to town Monday aft
ernoon to straighten out prires
between him and Jim Hart, Fair
view arena promoter, before Com-
to such an overwhelming victory,
while Mr. Chavis, district man-
U.S. Race Press
Symposium Topic
' NEW YORK, Nov. 17—A lecture
!on the Race press in America—the
seventh in a symposium entitled
"The Negro in the Modern World"
—will be given Friday, Nov. 17 by
George B. Murphy Jr., director of
publicity for the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People.
The lecture will be held in the
New York Workers school, 35 East
Twelfth street, at 8 p.m,
Mr. Murphy was for many years
a member -of the staff of the Balti
more Afro-American.
In his talk. Mr Murphy will dis
' cuss the reasons for the existence j
of a Race press; the forces and the j
; people behind it; and its economic •
Ho wiH tell of the spd-)
j cial role of the Race press as an
: agency for social reform and the
I extension of democracy, and as a
force in politics.
HEAR PUERTO RICAN
RICHMOND. Va. Nov. 17-Rev,
J. L. Santiago Cabaera, Puerto
'Rican minister, and social worker,
[was the speaker at Virginia Union
Monday, November 8 He gave a
general discussion of conditions ex
isting among the people of Puerto
ißica.
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f ; Oh
missioned John Hettche. Photo 1
shows Popa Dee reaching In his
big beaver hat to determine
which of the city's standout wel-
terweights will Harold Smith
fight in the state eliminati.m
contest. Pnna Dee is the gentle
man in the stripe suit. Jim
HARLEM DOPE
DEN RAIDED
NEW YORK, Nov. 17— The arrest
of three people, a girl and two
men and the alleged finding of
several quantities of heroin in an
apartment housing them caused po
lice to claim they had raided a dope
den in Harlem that might be the
source of much narcotic traffic. The
place visited was at 1801 Seventh
avenue, said to be occupied by
Travis Roberts, 25. With Roberts at
the time of the visit was Miss
Dorothy Jones, 29. of 400 West 148th
street who it is believed was a
guest in the house.
Detectives Martin, Wallace and
Maurer of Sixth division who made
the arrest, had been taken to the
number by William Radcliffe. 79
West 124th street, whom they had
i picked up at 124th street and Lenox
Claim Sale In Progress
According to the detectives they
[ were cruising along when they saw j
a man. said to be Roberts, attempt- |
I ing to hand something over to an- t
j other man. They stopped Radcliffe j
and questioned him and after l
' searching him claim to have found (
Ia potion of heroin on his person.
Radcliffe then took the detectives \
I to the Seventh avenue apartment '
I where Miss Jones and Roberts were j
and here it is claimed they found
: 80 decks of heroin and a gun. All
i parties disclaim ownership of the
gun and knowledge of the narcotics
alleged to have been found in the
place. They were taken to the police
station and booked for hearing on
charges of possession and sale of
narcotics.
According to the police. Roberts
grabbed for the gun while they
were in the a'partment and attempt
ed to shoot his way out. He was
over-powered, however, and the j
gun taken away from him. Roberts j
will be charged with possession and j
sale of narcotics; attempted felon-1
ious assault on a police officer and
possession of a gun. All three were
j to be tried early this week.
Magazine Editor
On Census Staff
NEW YORK. N Y.. Nov 17—The
appointment of Edward H. Lawson,
i Jr., managing editor of Opportuni
ty magazine, as consultant on pub
lic relations in the Bureau of the
Census was announced this week by
the National Urban League.
Mr. Lawson will be stationed in
New York and will continue his
work with Opportunity, spending
only as much time in Washington
as required to carry out a program
designed to inform members of the
Race all over the United States o?|
the nation-wide census to be taken j
next year, and to impress upon j
them the importance of full and I
honest cooperation with census
enumerators.
Aleorn Instructor
Dies On Campus
ALCORN Miss Nov. 17—Mir.
; Maunsel W. Craig, an instructor at
1 Alcorn A and M college for 34
| years, died at his home on the c- m- J
, pus. Sunday. Nov. 5. During his!
! long tenure at the state college.'
Reverend Craig served in the ca
pacites of instructor of English and
j literature,' shoe repairing, college
'minister and baseball coach
A memorial service was held for
1 the deceased in Oakland Memorial -
chapel. Tuesday after which the
body was carried to Greenville.
Mis.* , for interment.
St. Luke Increases
Membership By 642
RICHMOND. Va.. Nov. 17—The
Independent Order of St. Luke held
a meeting Friday evening for the i
purpose of hearing reports in the
mammoth chain drive wfiich is
now underway. These reports show
that the order has gained 642 mem
bers. A large number of grand
officer* were present for the occa-
PROPRIETOR ASSISTS CLUB
DETROIT. Mich , Nov, 17- Mr
Ophelia Rcntie, proprietor of th >
Rentie's Esquire Shoppe St An
toine street, helped to make the ,
Swankies Social and Charity club '
annual blue hour parly held at the
Plantation Gardens recently a great
| success. 1
r 1
L*l
Edward Dean recent nominee for
constable In the third ward thanks
his many friends and supporters
for the large number of votes that
he received on Nov. 7. Mr. Dean
says that he u ill continue to serve
the community In all ways possi
ble.
Return Alleged
Slayer To Georgia
! DETROIT, Nov. 17— Renirned lo
! Atlanta, Ga , to face a murder j
1 charge, Rufus Woolfork, 19, can j
look back over the past 10 days and
emit a sigh of regret and seriously '
consider putting some tape over his
mouth.
It was Woolfork's mouth that
caused his return to Atlanta. Had
he not talked to a cellmate while
incarcerated in the jail at Melvin*
dale. Detroit suburb, he probably
would be faced with no more
serious charge than unlawfully
driving away a car.
j But Woolfork told the cellmate
j that he had killled a man in Atlanta
last month, and right then he was
wearing some of the apparel of the
; slain man.
Woolfork had been arrested in
Troy, Ohio, following an accident;
when he struck a state police car. I
nirnnr r*qW £or
rll woman |
"to by Langford James.
Hart is at Popa Dee's right. Photo
2 shows Popa Dee presenting his
side of the story to John Hettche.
j who sits quietly smoking a cigar.
Shooting Results
In Woman’s Death
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov 17
Mrs. Fannie Phicfcr. 31. of 3641
State street, died early Monday ;
at Michael Rec«e hospital of a bul-|
let wound in the Jaw inflicted by J
i-her husband. Leroy, on Oct. 23. j
Mr. Phiefer. according to police,
was shot during a jealous argument
which broke nut between the couple
while visiting friends at 3829
Wabash avenue.
Wishing to shield her husband.
Mr*. Phicfcr failed to report the (
incident to police and attempted to •
heal her injury by home treatment.
Hospital authorities were not noti
fied until Monday, by which time ■
complications had set in.
Phiefer was ordered held to the
grand jury on a murder charge fol- j
lowing The inquest Tuesday at j
Michael Reese hospital, in charge
of Deputy Coroner George Proctor.
Thanks!
Jersey Barrister
Visits New York
NEW YORK. Nov. 17—Atty and j
Mrs. Janies Lightfoot m. led the ■
city this week and spent several
dav* with his «istrr. Mrs. Bertie |
i Robinson 137 West 145th street }
Wh.le here they shopped in the
! the Empire State building. Golden
C.a’e ballroom and several other in- ,
i ,C Mr. laghtfoot is one of New Jer-
I sey's most prominent lawyers, hav- v
mg been the first Race assistant .
district attorney in Atlantic City,
of which he is now residing He is 1
1 considered by many to oe the out
standing Jersey political fighter for
I the advancement of the Race in
II politic* and has done much to aid
’ up-and-coming young people.
FRACTURED SKI'LL
DETROIT. Mich.. Nov. 17—John
I W. Johnson, who was iound uncon
; scious on the street Friday, Oct.
' 27. and rushed to Receiving hospital
j was still in nispital last week.
He is now conscious and very much
I improved. Mr. Johnson is an em
ploye of the Michigan Foundry At
; the hospital it was found that he had ■
Ia fractured skull.
“That one’s all right, but I want something with a little more fullness!”
PAGE ELEVEN
Woman Shot
In Holdup;
5 Jailed
NEW YORK. Nov. 17—A hunch
that may not pan out resulted in
the arrest of five men early Sunday
mornfiig after a woman had been
shot in her meat market at 2216
Eighth avenue during an attempted
holdup. The men arrested later
during a quarrel at 133rd street and
Lenox avenue are Joseph King. 54
Wes! 188th street; John Stroud. 125
' West I33rd street and anotner
whose name was not given.
, Patrolman Upshaw of 135th *treet
l station says he found the men argu
' ing at 133rd street and one bleeding
j from knife wounds. So he picked
them up for investigation in con
nection with the shooting of Mrs.
: Sally Flacker, 2730 Wallace street,
I meat market proprietor. However,
; preliminary hearing brought out no
! facts to prove that they had con
nection with the holdup.
According to the policeman when
he asked what was wrong as the
men argued on the corner. King
replied. Stroud thinks he is a wise
' guy." According to the record* one
us the men was armed while the
; other had on h.m a knife that is
believed was used to slash one of
I the gang.
The men did not get anything
when they held up the store. They
walked in just before midnight as
i the owner was cutting meats, and
announced a stickup. Then when
Mrs. Flacker started toward them
a shot was fired striking her in the
■ left side. She was taken to Suvden
-1 ham hospital where she 16 reported
in a serious condition.
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