The Chicago whip., October 10, 1931, Image 1

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Member* of the Negro Kmployees Improvement V- ■>ci
tirtn, the group which established a picket on the 47.h in
Power* restaurant in their tight to ecu re jobs a* counter men.
Cooks and cashiers in this and other reman-int* of the c m
munity claim this week (bat the Power- Kestauraut c
pany used a fake injunction to to r- .e th pi . : d i
hood-winked the police into enforcing the : ike rit.
via Sander* president ol the e
c-aelcn. Mid leader nl the picket
movement points o-t that although
Itta picket was removed through the
*u* o< fh.« wohna.wiil) me • iioro-.'C
.neimwatum c,l y.a ccu> served o'
the aanelahon revetted that li hid
not been signed bv * court cITtc'al
and did not bear the official stamp
or a docket number. In further
support of the charge that the
Powers restaurant reures-ntattves
resorted to a slick trick to remove
the nteket. Sanders points out teat
on the next dav Sept. ZO another
eopv of an injunction was served
which did bear the sitnat r" of a
court officer, official stamp, end a
docket number This second and
reil injunction vrs doled Sent in
a day after the fake writ had br»
served and enforced bv the police
Involving the arrest of one rf ih"
p.fkets.
Seek To ni. olve Writ
The officials of the Negro Km
pic,res Improvement A"' iatlon
retained Atty. Arthur V.7. Mitchell
to represent them in their light to
h/\e the Injunction dissolved At
torney Mitchell has made his ap
pearance in court, and will pr test
the Injunction before Judge Llnd
i3j of the Superior eeur:, who
granted the true injunction to Pow
ers. The injunction -.as granted hi
Judge Lindsay after hearing cnlj
‘Continued cn page Zi
Q.K s Change
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DR. F.. R. MOTON
Following the conference
between coaches and athletic
representatives this week, l)r.
K. Is. Moton, principal of Ttt
kegee, gave his consent to
bring the Tuskcgee-Wilhcr
force grid classic back here.
Receiver Says Only $1,200
Cash At Roosevelt Bank;
No Hope Of Dividends
■The 25.030 rr ir. .re depositors,
whese savings were t ed tip in the
closing of the Ro.csevelt-Banktrs
state bank, most ef "hem arc resi
dents of the south s.de have but
small hope of even a very small
return on the depcsit in th; form
of dividends, judging from the i: -
pert of the receivers which «...
made miblic last week. The tot .1 re
courses of the bank, according to
the report, tot il onlv *920,842.75
while the balan-e due to the c
tors and other creditors f the bank
are placed at *1,189,791.40 Of the
teta! ac-.tets of the bank, the ri iv
ers have b n able to real.; util"
*1.200 !n cash fcthe d . it nr
during the fe rler Irani1’'. tin e
the bank was clewed Whik only
djplh’v more than a thousand doi
l/.'i is available fur the drpo-.t •>.
ft' Is significant that the process of
he id. tin- tile bat.k the receiver1
hsve deducted *20 000 for rr • ivrr
fees. *1*000 for t,1 : ns fees, and
*22 287.25 for clerk and sleno ■ aph
er coippersation. Another Item of
expense which lift., not been full'
*■ o'-i-cd in the published renort
... one of $20.090 79 for “miscellan
eous expt—';?." Thus the total ex
penses.' Thus the tots! expyr.se
■or llouldstlng the bank amount tr
*86.328.03, in erder to retrive a total
of $1,200 for th? i'ev ogitors
•'aPcd '(> rr ml Stepl"
.At the fine when the bank '•
e.cfed by the state auditor ;n Au
gust 2. 1930. it. wa« found that tl
finances of the institutic. had bee:
hopelessly involved by the maneu
verings of the officers. Indictments
were returned and arc still pending
against Samuel Flowers, president
of the bank. Alexander Flowers
chaii man of the board of direectors
Frank Flowers, vice president, and
Louis Franks, cashier of the bank.
Trie feur bank officials were tried
c.i one in ment of accepting de
pt • v. hii ’ the bank was known to
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STEALS $3,000
FUND FOR NEGRO
FLOOD RELIEF
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Oct. 7—Mrs
Marah S. Dcuslng. white, former
posttnisLress *at Ravenwoodd, La.,
was arrested here Wednesday on a
warrant charging her with having
embezzled $3000 during her term of
office. Police has been searching for
her through Arkansas, Louisiana!
and Tenncss, discovering her work
ing as a cashier is her brother's
“driv-yourself automobile office."
Mrs. Deusing's brother, H. H
Spiller. acted as hei spokesman and
exrlaln 1 that she was the only ,
white person in or near Ravemvocd
during the 1927 flood and that she |
had user some of the money to feed
the hungry and distressed Negroes
there. The balance was supposed to
'-a- e ben burnt i: a fire whir' '7
stroved her home last year. Police
skeptical, said thev also wanted to
talk to her a^out her possible com
plicity in the operation cf auto
theft ring
Open 100 Graves Seeking Lost Corpse
1 KILLED; 4 HURT. AS
200 REDS BATTLE THE
POLICE IN CLEVELAND
CLKVKLAMI. Ohio. Ort. 7.—
Special—Three colored men and
a white police lieutenant were
seriously wounded here late
rut i night as • nolice squad
tattled with a crowd of colored
Communists e timated at 'too
was precipitated
when the pel* c slugged several
cf the crowd who were carrying
furnitu * | 2ok int a the home
cf an evicted t?rant.
I'.srlier -in the evening a
crowd hud gathered near the
•ene of the cvletiton. Commu
nist 1 tier*. addressed them.
»irgh«g them to replace the fur
niture in the home from which
it had bee a rtm»>ei).
r^'h- «* arriv'd iU" for
iiciurc nets *W*«W currie I hack In
in I he bouse When police ntmrh
memSm^r of the gathering a
general tight started.
Sever:*I blocks away the bodv
cf a i drsred man was fo?l id.
ml through the head. He I*
believed to have been etruek hy
a etrey huHet.
By GEORGE SYDNEY
\fter much flickering on the
| pari oi the directors of athlet
ics of Tuskcgee Institute and
Wilbcrtorce university, at the
; latter institution over the
week-end, a last-minute de
cision was reached at 4:17
Monday afternoon when two
p u h I i c-spiritcd Chicagoans,
lending their assistance to the
cause, mapped out ways and
means to stage the annual
‘'Tusk-T'orte" gridiron classic
here on October 24 as w as pre
arranged. The heralding of its
cancellation last Wednesday,
Sept. 40. doesn't hold good—
the football game positively
will In' held here, the scene of
battle being the Mills Stadium
at Lake street and Kilpatrick
avenue.
Through the efforts of Mr. Clif- j
ferd O Starks, owners of the Chi
cago American Giants garage and j
King Cole, of the Metropolitan Fun- I
oral systc- the site was secured for |
: aging of the game after plans to i
play a* Soldiers Field had fallen
hrough. Much credit is due these |
men for their initiative and In- |
tercst in -seeing what pcssible 1
terest in football, ana their timely j
action to bring the midwest classic j
to Chicago again.
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Sox Park IJeniea
What came as a distinct shock to
the athletic councils of both schools
and to the football-loving public
was the announcement eight days
ago that the Tuskegee-Wilber force
date was dropped from the Soldier
Field list in favor of Hastings col
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Gets Chance On ‘Big lime’
Substitutions in the cust of Lew Leslie's “Rhapsody in
Black" before it-fioes on the road have made a place for Grayce
MiMer. dainty CJiicago n.ulit >'luh entertainer, who is reported
to be on her way to join the show,
GIRL GETS $3,000
FOR INJURIES IN
TAXI CAB CRASH
Miss Martha Matthews. 3903
Michigan avenue, was awarded
judgment of $3,000 by Judge E. I
Frankhausen of the Superior court
last week in a suit for damages a
gainst the Year Motor Car corn
pan.' for injuries sustained in
accident while she was a passenger
in the cab on June 17th of 1933
While Miss Matthews and three
iriends were proceeding across South
Park way in the cab, it. was struck
by the speeding car of Mrs. B. S.
O'Connor, white, which was going
south on South Park way. The cab
was turned over by the impact, and
the passengers thrown to the
ground. Miss Matthews was serious
ly injured, and remained in the hos
pital tor several weeks. Miss Mat
thews was represented In the suit
by Atty. Biain O. Alston.
OR. A. E. BOYD
ENDS LIFE IN
BAIT. RiVER
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Oct. 1—fTM j
body of Dr. A. E. Boyd, one of the
leading physicians of this city was
found floating in a river about five
miles from this city Sunday morn
ing.
Dr. Boyd's hat «ral cost were
found in his automobile near by
with all the evidence pointing to,
suicide.
He had left home Saturday eve
nine and his wife becoming alarmed .
notified the authorities with the re
sult of the discovery of his body.
Dr.' Boyd was a man of fine per- .
sonality, a fine physician and en
joyed a large practice. *
‘PUT MAN ON SPOT’ IN
HARLEM DANCE HALL;
JEALOUSY IS CAUSE
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Steered
to a certain position on the
crowded floor of the Renaissance
Casino Sunday ' night, Wesley
Carter, 27, was shot three times
by an assailant who mad'* his
escape through a handy d^or.
Carter was shot in the left side,
stomach, and leg.
Police believe that Carter was
deliberately “put on the spot”
by friends of the gunman.
Trouble over the affections of a
woman is believed to be at the |
bottom of the sensational attack. 1
Carter, seriously wounded, refus
ed to say - ho had shot him.
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GREENSBORO. S. C.. Oct. 7.—
Enrage:; because one of his colored
tenants dared to talk back to him
Bcardus Hughes, 40-ycar-old white
man rushed home, secured his shot
gun ar.d calmly fired into a group
of colored persons, wounding si:-:
These wounded Dy Hugnes arc
Will Jones Jones. 65. and his chil
dren Odes, 10, Eldrcd. 15. Clara, 12.
Isable. 4. and the baby, Annie. All
of the Jones’ were seriously wound
ed.
One of the victims was a baoy. and
two others, young girls. The baby
14 months cld. will probably die. ,
Shortly after the attack Hughes
was arrested and jailed cn a charge
of assault with intent to kill. He
told officers that, he was getting a
drink from a spring on his own
farm and Odue threatened him.
tiling him not to drink out of the
spring.
; Returns Home \
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Dr. \V. If. Hunt, Spiugarn
medalist for 1930, who has
jeen abroad for several months
s returning this week, laden
id with educational honors
eccivcd in Denmark.
Following a frantic but futile search for the remains of
Henry Ganaway, her late husband, in which nearly a hundred
graves in the Burr Oak Cemetery wcr^uyened in vain, Mrs,
. Ada Ganaway of 4643 Indiana avenue mis filed suit for $100.
b ' -"h:1 Lj.. t . m
I i;iTun, tm'clcrttjkcr who had charge of the buria1.
M MS mu
WITH BILLIARD
CUEOVERGAME
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 7.— A
heated quarrel over a billiard game
ended in murder in a billiard par
lor here last week when an uni
dentified man beat to death George
Jones. 28 years old. with the heavy
rnd of a billiard cue. The two men
came into the hall and began a
game of billiard" for money. Ap-.
parently the both had been drink
ing. an.i became involved in a quar
rel over the game. Twice the pro
prietor was forced to quiet them
under threat of putting them cut
of the place. The unknown man
wen the last saint, and the quarrel
was resumed. Before any one could
stop him. the unknown man began
to beat Jones on the head with hir
cue.
In her declaration. Mrs. Gana
/way seeks damages for the reason
that she has suffered great mental
anguish and physical disabilities
because of loss of the body of her
dec-pared husband, Henry Ganaway,
who was supposed to have been
buried in Burr Oak Cemetery short.
11/ after his death in May 1929, and
] in addition has been deprived of
| (he sacred right of decorating her
! husband's grave. When pressed by
! the widow, the officials of the cem
etery. arP said to have dug up more
than seventy-five bodies in a fran
tic effort to locate Ganaway’s body.
Widow Demands Search
According to report. Mrs. Gan
gway let: the city for about six
months immediately after the al
leged burial. Upon her arrival back
into the city, she went to visit her
husband's grave. At the entranca
of the cemetery, Mrs. Ganaway met
a Mr. Folsum, white superintend
ent or the plot, who directed her
ta Grave 1. Lot I ID as that of her
husband. But upon arriving there,
Mrs. Ganawav is said io have dif
fered with Mr. Folsum. because she
said she remembered walking up a
slope nearly fifty feet at the time
■ Continued rn page 3)
BINES BANK DIVIDEND CHECKS
TURNED INTO NEW ACCDUNTS„WITH
THE BOUELASS NATIONAL8 ANK
rhi announcenymt ladt week that
[the Douglass National Bank was
i willing and prepared to accomodate
I the thousands o£ Binga Bank de
positors who had received their first
dividend from the B‘nga Bank by
I cashing their checks won a definite
and fine response from those who
had checks frcm the receiver of
1 Binga Bank. According to officials
oi the Douglass Bank many of the
depositors of the Binga Bank in face
of all the bank closings were at last
| willing to recognize the fact that
The Douglass National Bank had
withstood all the storms and was
1 still serving the community, and
! should have the wholehearted sup
port of the people of thP southside
Officials Pleased
The Douglass Bank officials were
gratified to see that the willingness
of the people to cooperate was still
strong in face of their losses. This
return of confidence is thought by
many to be the forerunner of great
er things for the colored people in
Chicago in that with this return of
confidence in themselves and their
institutions means that anything,
no matter how large, can be at
tempted in spite of the current de
pression. Once again, said one
Drominent business man. the far* is
borne home to us that if the people
of the southside nut their ten or
twenty million dollars which os
spread all over the city in the Doug
lass National Bank there would be
an institution which would then be
capable of Giving the district all the
aid it now neat's for its full and free
commercial development. Such as
sistance is not now forthcoming
trom any other source.
Offers Convenience And Service
The fact that the Douglass Bank
is located in the very heart of the
colored district means that there is
a natutral convenience which no
other bank offers. Combined with
this fact is the fact that it is offi
cered and owner by colored people
who know the needs of the commu
nity and by experience should know
the best manner In which to meet
these needs. The confidence ex
pressed by the former depositors
of the Binga Bank who started new
accounts at the Douglass expressed
both willingness and a desire to
reward service as well as merit while
taking advantage of the conven
ience.
The continued indifference which
many banks show colored depositors
when approached for assistance ap
, -ently for no other reason than
the matter of color may be another
reason for this swing to the Doug
lass National, said one keen observ
er on commercial affairs and is
perhaps just the beginning of a
new awakening among a people
who have been kicked about just
once too often.