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Arizona gleam VOLUh'_ 9 TEXAS STUDENTS HOLD INTERRACIAL PROGRAM AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 26. (ANP) —The Austin Students Inter-Ra cial Forum, comprising students of Samuel Houston and Tillotson Colleges and of the University of Texas, presented the Reverend Father J. M. Riach in a lecture on current conditions in Europe, in the Tillotson auditorium on Mon day afternoon. NEWSPAPERMEN SAVE NEGRO FROM EXECUTION RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 26 (ANP) Five white newspaper reporters, acting at the request of Gov. Clyde H. Hoey, as an un official court of last appeal, Thurs day saved Brady Lawrence, 22, from execution in the lethal gas chamber for the murder of a white man. • .; . For two hours the reporters studied records of the case, then voted unanimously to spare Law rence’s life. Sentence was immed iately commuted. . “Frankly,” the governor told the newsmen, “I have been study ing this case for several months and still haven’t been able to reach a definite conclusion. Here are the facts. Your decision will be final. What would you do if you were in my place?” o ILLINOIS CHIEF - JUSTICE ADDRESSES COLORED LAWYERS Takes Pride That Is Is No Kluxer CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (ANP) Jtidge Paul Farthing, the blind Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, was the guest of honor and the only speaker at a banquet given Wed nesday night by the Cook County Bar Association at the Wabash Y. M. C. A. here. In the presence of some 75 members of the Associa tion and a number of guests, Jus tice Farthing, renowned as one of the ablest lawyers in the country, delivered a brilliant address on “Citizenship.” In the course of his remarks he traced his ancestry from revolutionary days and point ed out that his forebears had fought in every war in which the United States has been engaged, Justice Farthing, said that des pite his lineage he had never be lieved that anybody had a monop oly on citizenship and that he was one who had never paid SIO.OO to wear a nightshirt and feel able to oppress other members of the body politic. Atty. Wm. K. Hooks is presi dent of the Cook County Bar As- Father Riach, widely travelled, arresting speaker, review impres sions from his recent our of Eu rope. He gave a stimulating ex position of the totalitarian politi cal 'philosophies as exemplified in Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and Fascist Italy, particularly with reference to freedom of worship. o Election of Officers Is In Order With the coming of December and the Holiday Season, also comes the busy season for many organizations. They will look back over the year’s work and make plans for a bigger and better pro gram for the new year. The first important step will be the election of offiers for the ensuing year. Watch the Gleam columns for the new officers of these organizations who work for the betterment of this community. o | NOTED MUSICIANS GIVE CHICAGO RECITAL 1 "" % CHICAGO, Nov. 26th (ANP)— Chicago’s music lovers treked to the Abraham Lincoln Centre last Sunday afternoon to attend a re cital, one of “The Artists’ Ser ies,” managed by John Green and featuring Eileen Jackson, pianist and Ramon Gabriel, violinist. Mrs. Clarence Cameron White, wife of the famed violinist, was the ac companist. Selections from Beet hoven, Liszt, Schubert, Dett, Pag anini, Bach and Clarence Cameron White were included in the artists’ offerings which won the plaudits of a large and responsive audienee. o o DINING CAR UNION HEAD ADDRESSES FLORIDA WORKERS JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 26 (ANP) President Spurgeon D. Earle of the Brotherhood of Din ing Car Employes Council No. 6 of Washington, D. C., conducted an enthusiastic meeting of his craft here last Friday night. The membership of Council No. 6 in cludes dining car cooks and wait ers of the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railroads, living in nine of the 11 Southern States. President Earle, reporting prog ress of the brotherhood, said, as far as he knew, when Grand Pres- ARIZONA'S PREMIER PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26,1937 THE NEWS AT A GLANCE! Condensed Summary for Busy Readers (By Albert G. Barnett for A.N.Y.) MONROVIA, Liberia, Nov. 26 Plans have been drawn for the erection of a club house and con struction of tennis courts and a swimming pool on a three-acre sit recently acquired by the Mon rovia Country Club, organized in January of last year. The club's membership is composed of the nation’s business and professional leaders and high ranking official" of the Government.* PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov. 26. Two of the world’s smallest armies, those of Haiti and Santo Domingto, are reported concentra ting on the West Indian Island, La Hispaniola, and a clash is be lieved iminent. The flare-up fal lowed the recent charge by Haiti that 3,000 of their countrymen had been massacred at Montecristo, jit m Dominican Republic. The United States has made representations looking to arbitration of the dif ficulty, caused, it is reported, by labor trouble. t . CHICAGO, Nov. 26 James A. Craig, resident of this city’s all- Negro settlement on the far south west side, this week was fined $l3O and costs by Judge James G. Gullett in County Court for viola tion of the medical practice act. Craig’s mistake: Diagnosing and prescribing for an Investigator of the State Department of Registra tion and Education. MEMPHIS, Nov. 26 Albert Clift was held to the Federal Grand Jury Monday under $5,00 bond, charges with conspiracy to violate the Federal Narcotics Law. Last Saturday, his brother, Os wald, was also held to the grand jury on charges of forging nar cotics prescriptions. Both men pleaded guilty. ident Rienzi B. Lemus concluded agreements with the General Managements on the Southern Railway it marked the only in stance in which a Negro ever made a contract to also cover white men in railroad service. The cooks operating on the Queen and Crescent Route of the Southern Railway are white, living in Cin-: cinnati, headquarters of the Din ing Car Workers Union of the A. j F. of L. now said to be aiming at a National organization of cooks and waiters on the railroads. “But the Cincinnati white men stick to our union,” Mr. Earle ob served. RACE WEEKLY Fisk University Gets Gift of Half Million NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 26 (ANP) —Paul D. Cravath, chair man of the truste board of Fisk University announced Wednesday that the school has been the re cipient of a gift of 5,000 shares of stock. The stock, presumably that of Sears Roebuck and Co., I was presented by the Julius Ros • enwald Fund, long a supporter of the institution. When the gift was made the value of the securities was $335,000. The recent rise in stock values however, has given it a net worth of $500,000. An Bishop Addresses Ministers 1 Meeting Dr. C. W. Brown, Bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church, addressed the inter-denominational ministerial alliance, at its regularly weekly meeting last Monday at the First Colored Baptist Church, sth St. ; and Jefferson. 9 very powerful message was heard by the min ’ isters. Rev. T. T. Love, gave the response for the alliance. The Bishop was introduced by Rev. Homes, Presiding Elder in his Church. The annual union Thanks giving service was held at the First Baptist Church at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Rev. L. Rucker, pastor of the C.M.E. Church, preached the sermon. A very profitable service was held. o Hurls Acid On Woman In Street •WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26. (ANP) Mary Wilson of the 2100 block of Eighth st., N. W., was treated at Emergency Hos pital (Wednesday) for acid bums. She told the doctors that while walking along the street near her home with a friend, a woman threw acid in her face. Physicians wer undecided as to the extent of her bums. Jefferes Payne, whose age was given,, as 39 years, living in the 1100 block of New Jersey avenue, N. W., is in a serious condition in Freedman’s Hospital, suffering with stab wounds in the chest. ; It is said the wounds were receiv ed during a row at his house. The | police are searching for a woman who is charged with the act. o Counsel J. Gray Lucas, Robert S. Abbott and Civil Service Commis sioner Wendell E. Green. 0 added advantage is that the gift will be matched by the Rockefel ler General Education Board in the school’s current campaign to raise $1,500,000, making a total of one million dollars from the two boards. The General Education Board has offered to match every dollar raised by the institution. Edwin R. Embree, president of the Rosenwald Fund when questioned set the figure of previous dona tions by the foundation to Fisk University of $245,350 given since 1928. Station CTCYP To Broadcast Again Station CTCYP is operated for the benefit of the young people of the community. It is to give them an opportunity to display their gifts and talents, for the amuse ment of all in amateur programs that are worth while. The first program was broad cast November 18, at the First Colored Baptist Church. Since then, several young people have given in numbers that they want to render on the next program. The next amateur hour program will be broadcast over station CTCYP Monday, 8 p.m., Decem ber 6, at the First Colored Baptist Church, sth St. and Jefferson. Any one desiring to appear on these broadcasts from time to time will see Mrs. Estella Hogan. o Okemah District An enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Davis, honoring Mrs. F. S. Allan of Compton, La. Those who en joyed the pleasant courtesy were: Mrs. Sallie Brewer, Mrs. Clayton Smith and Mrs. Rhena Oatis. Mrs. Allen left for Los Angeles, Calif., Saturday. While she was here, she was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith. Mrs. J. L. Pierce entertained her husband with a birthday party Thursday night. Rev. Chas. Favors, Rev. Chism, Mr. Hillory Moore, were pleasing visitors this week. - o The future belongs to him who knows how to wait. o He who pardons bad injures the good. r O No. 4