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vghtyuy ACCURATE LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE VoXtlllE NUMBER Lucky—They Pass The Luck Around Vplllksr* , - £ '; j.' >. •V- .. ' v ••"■• V. : «-•-: :: ffasfp* , #&'x>i iJs&3&£ >.^:v-7,./^ > v • ' \ v,> r ■ ■ /.'• <iov?''’ , ' A 0&- : ?' '•&- ■ *>\ • .>••; •>■ .;>•;?• -.^-. .' .■ f a ■ s*K^y v %*&■%.: ~ r '*p '*~.fi }, S ’ V ■ ,- Mmsm ss' I ■>/ c 6 && . ~* :< ' *• MJ®® ■■ PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—Lucky was Benjamin Mason (standing) of So. Philadelphia. He won SL r »O,- 000 in the Sweepstakes. And lucky will be his former neighbors, for Mr. Mason is going to invest a large sum of that prize in building 1 model apartments for his neighbors in the South Philadelphia slum Laud Sweeps Winner For Spending Flan PHILADELPHIA— (A N P)—Onp of the most praiseworthy philan thropies in the history of tire Negro race came to here this week when a Negro couple—for merly poor themselves ind on relief—who had won $150,000 in f Irish Hospital Sweepstake: last March, announced that they would use the money for construe ton of a low-rent housing proj ect in South Philadelphia lor 100 ]>oor colored families. The public-spilioed and Race loving couple Benjamin and Pearl Mason said they had de* cided to spend the bulk of their ■winnings on the housing project, “because we know what poverty is”. At the time they won the money Mason was unemployed and he lived with his wife and two children on a weekly relief check of sll 40. REPAY REI JET' BOARD Soon as their “Sweeps” money S.ap to hand, tlie Masons i*e- districts where he once lived. Attorney Raymond Pace Alexander, who is in charge of Mr. Mason’s finances, is pictured here with Mrs. pearl Mason and the lucky Sweepstakes winner, —-International News Photo, More than one-third of the sum ! they had received, amounting to $2,i33.90, then invested $3,000 more in a modest home in which J they now live. They spent $1,500 in furnishing the home and to make their happiness complete, bought a family car for S3OO. More than one-third of the sum they received went to the Govern ment for income tax. This amount ed to $57,000. All the rest is beine invested in the housing project, located in the block bounded by Lombard, Waverly, Opal and 20th sts. Mr. and Mrs. Mason retain ed Atty. Raymond Pace Alexander to attend to the maze of legal de tails incidental to the construc tion and under his direction MC.OOO was spent to buy the block of dilapidated tenements. Another $40,000 will be spent for construction which starts on De cember 20, according to t r Ma sons, and the project will oe named the FRANCES PLAZA APARTMENTS, for it was Uie Phoenix SUS Index I Mason’s daughter Frances who picked the winning ticket Frank V Nickels, prominent local archi tect, will have charge of the proj ect. Majority of all work on the bui'dings will be done by Ne groes, with H. H. Jefferson in charge of construction and George P Young in charge of painting and plumbing. APARTMENTS MODERN The apartments will be modern | in every particular, with refrig eration, air conditioning, a play ground, lawns and fountain; play rooms in the basement, a gymna -1 sium and bowling alley, a recep tion hall for social affairs and a | chapel for religious worship, be ; cause, as the Masons say, “God | was good to them”. Local citizens oi both races are warmly commending the modest couple for the spirit which prompt ed their great. philanthropy. It was pointed out that their chari table act far exceeded the public philanthropies of the Rockefellers, Carnegies, Guggenheim s and oth* I ers, because the Masons’ sacrifice ' is greater. They are giving their ; all, retaining only a modest home | and the same economic level of ! their flellow race members they a'm to help. Theirs is truly "bread i cast upon the waters”, their pliilc ' soplu stemmed in the thought: l “We know wliat poverty is.” PHOENIX," ARIZONA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1930 Cong. Mitchell Gets Tangled in Illinois WPA Politics Controversy Letter Is Exposed By Paper Majr be Called Before Illinois WPA Committee By ALBERT ANDERSON WASHINGTON (AN?) Stunned at the sensational expose of the Chicago Daily .News, in which the name of Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell figures prominently in a controversy over the po litical aspects of the WPA and the obtaining jobs through congressional assist ance, base Washington waits the second act in this re markable drama. Tn the last session of Congress, special emphasis was placed upon political influences in WPA and a specific clause inserted making the intercession of Congressmen or any other officials in the ap pointments to WPA a felony, punishaible by a fine or an im prisonment or both. SENT TO WHITE VOTER Addressed to a white, voter in the Ist ward of Chicago, Mr. Mitchell’s own district, the letter as published in the Chicago daily is as follows: “I am in receipt, of your let ter of Nov. 1 and in reply 1 write to say that 1 shall be very glad to take your case up with the WPA if you will get a letter from your ward com mitteeman, requesting me to handle this matter for you. “It is an unbroken rule of the Democratic organization in Chicago, that each person seeking help from his congress man must first get a latter from his ward committeeman requesting the congressman to take care of the matter, r must, therefore, insist that you get a letter from your com mitteeman first, and then t shall be very glad to do every thing in my power to help vo<> “With very best wishes. I am. Cordially and sincerely jours ARTHUR W. MITCHELT,” Written on official stationery, the letter is being offered as evi dence that politics is rife in the WPA setup hi Illinois, but the fact that the only Negro congress man now r in office is party to it has even the staidest residents registering amazement. MAY HAVE TO TESTIFY Conjecture is rife as to whether Mr. Mitchell will be called before the congressional committee in vestigating WPA activities in cer tain states including Illinois. An attempt to contact col. Har rington and Howard W. Hunter his assistant administrator of the WPA, on Saturday for an opin ion in the matter was futile, al though Alfred W. Smith, of the race relations division made sev (Continued on Back Page) As Honors Went To Paul Robeson —oos-xx: ii ■ - » ra I ; / ;;; ... jj» •;<>, >TV ; A> >, .>• '■. ' r-?' • lH v" Paul Robeson, world famous baritone, is shown as he was given a silver loving cup voted him by five thousand hoys of the Northeast High School, Philadelphia, ‘in recognition of the wholesome up lift he has given the people of this land by his mag nificent achievements in the realm of literature and Heads Tenn. Teachers fff& _ j 's. ■■■*■•£&? .■ s&££& - >; . ■'s> Miss Fannie Clay of Austin High School, Knoxville, was the first woman to ever be fleeted president »»f the East Tennessee Teachers' As sociation, which recently convened ..t ( music.” L to r at the high school’s assembly are Dr. Theodore S. Rowland, principal of the school; Paul Robeson, Charles A. Valin, director of assemblies at the school; and William Schabacker. president of the student council. (INS). j Greetings To All ♦ DR. I. W. GRAY The B. L. i . Botanic Laboratory and Manufactory Company at 101 l E. Adams Street extends greetings to its many friends and new custo mers- many thanks for your libera, support and many testimonies. We pledge to do our best. Dr. J. W. Gray, manager. V. c. YOUTH EXECUTED IN CHAMBER RAU'IGH, N C. fANPV-Ray- mond Williams. 23, was executed in ihe lethal death chamber at State prison last Friday after making a confession that saved his ownge 5 CENTS Pay No Moro PRICE FIVE CENTS Teachers Win Out In Pay Fight Knoxville Board Finally Agree# To Salary Plea By O. B. TAYLOR KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ANP) —The Knoxville City Teachers league, led by its president, Dewery Roberts, instructor of mathematics at the Beardsley Junior high school, has fought a hot per sistent battle with the mem bers of the school hoard dur ing tile last three years, for salary equalization where preparation and type of work done compared with that of teachers among the majority race. Negro teachers regardless of preparation or work done have received 10 per cent less than the white teachers. At the regular meeting of the senool board Tuesday night, Dew ey Roberts was again on hand with bis ajve-old fight and conten tion, pointing out the injustice heaped upon the Negro teachers on grounds of color and color alone. At last the board recants. The motion that placed the board on record for equal pay was made by the Rev. B. B. Lavander and was adopted unanimously. This acuon boosted the 1940 school budget bv $i4,700 » For the first time In the his tory of Knoxville, Negro teachers, where their preparation is equal to that, of the whites, will receive tbe identically same salary. The new wage scale Is effective as of December 1. 'rhis far-reaching decision of the school board may i ave repercussions in other cities of the State and perhaps the South as a whole. Knox county school board adopt ed equalization o£ salaries several years ago. No Arrests In Trunk Murder, D. C. Police Say Washington, I> C., authorities last night denied authenticity oi reports here that arrests had been made in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was shipped to Atlanta in a trunk this fall. In a teirgranv to the World, Bmiard W. Thompson, Chief of D« (ectives of the Washington municipal police said that no identity of the murdered woman had been established and no ar rests made in the. case. brother from the same fate. Raymond, bis brother Henry and their brother-in-law, Lee Simpson were convicted of slaying a Jewish eddler, Nathan Rcif ; one year ago.