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NEWS COVERAGE
VOLUME NUMBER
1940 Census To Provide Measure Os Race Business
She Aided Sale Os NAACP Seals
Fredi Washington, widely known .
motion picture and stage star,!
again aided the NAACP in the dis- |
tribution of the million Christmas
seals sent out this year. Miss Wash - <
Negro Reelected To
Important AAA Post
MUSKOGEE, Okla., (ANP)—This !
state has taken the lead in recog- ;
nizing Negro leadership and a(v j
complishment through official par- j
t'cipation in the AAA piogram.
In this county Zack Robinson, j
A Negro farmer, has been tv, ice j
elected to membership on the j
Community AAA committee. Mr. i
Robinson serves with two white i
farmers and was recently re-elect- i
ed to this present post through the |
active support of white farmers ]
residing in the community The ;
duties of Community Committee
men and the County AAA Ad
ministration, preliminary hearings
of complaints and mir- -di ~
of admihisa;.;;, c a*sc«u*».
liiKuugnouc the state,, some 14 i
vther Neero farmers are now s-erv- 1
Prominent Daytona Beach
Funeral Director Passes
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —James
8. Clark, one of Florida's most
prominent Funeral Directors, was
claimed by death Saturday, Dec
16, funeral services having been
held at Stewart Memorial Method
ist Episcopal church Thursday, De
cember 21., Rev C R. A Banks
pastor, delivering the eulog.v. and
interment at Hawthorne, Fla., the
birthplace of the deceased.
Having been a citizen of Daytona
Beach for about forty years. Mr
Clark founded Clarks Funeral
Home in 1922 and has been very
active in church, civic and profes
sional enterprises' until illness pre
vented further participation. For
many years he was superintendent
of the Sunday School at Stewar.
Memorial M. E. church, later to be
come a trustee; he was an officer
of the independent National Fu
neral Directors Association and also
of the Florida State Association ol
Funeral Directory a few years ago.
The funeral ceremony was wit
nessed several hundred oiUsens
ingtcn, best known for her role of
Peola in “Imitation of Life”, is
shown here as she participated in
the campaign last year.
ing and have served as duly elect
ed Community Committeemen.
In Logan County, Arnie Hamlin
holds an a*roointive office under
the County AAA Administrator
as Compliance Supervisor. His
duties include inspection of farms
after crops are planted in order
to determine whether or not the
soil building arm soil conservation
practices have been followed. His
signature ci approval is necessary
before the application for Govern
ment payments to the inspected
farm is certified. Mr. Hamlin i
well known throughout the coun
try end rnio- r ' the confidence of
bum wiiitc idimers.
Hi s assignments Include inspec
tion of thfe farms of both races.
of Daytona Beach, associates and
friends, and many Funeral Direc
tors, professional and business men
from all over (he state.
Mr. Clark is survived by a
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Frederic W. Greer of Daytona
Beach; one sister, Mrs. Lillie
Green, also of Daytona; and a
number of otherr relatives and
j friends.
.
AFRICAN WORKERS LAUNCH
FUND ‘FOR DURATION OF
THE WAR”
JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa
(ANP)—At a meeting held here
Sunday the Rand Bantu Mine
Workers’ War Fund was launched,
the objective being to collect each
month from every native employe a
small contribution for the Allied
cause, for the duration of the war
Phoenix ISifl Index
News in Brief
Freeman Bassett, 1520 East
Washington street, died in the
Mesa Southside District Hospital
about 5:20 a. m. of injuries suf
fered three hours earlier when
the car in which he was riding
overturned 150 feet from Sand j
Tanks, near Apache Junction.
A coroner’s jury continued de
liberations until tomorrow.
Four other colored persons, all
cf whom remained in the South- :
side District Hospital last night,
were injured in the accident |
which claimed Bassett’s life.
They are Creola Bassett, SI,
his wife, who suffered head in
juries; Cecil Walker, 10, 102
South 15th street, a broken jaw;
J. D. Childs, 24, 192 South 15th
streets, cuts and bruises, and
1940 Cotton And Soil
Program is Explained
WASHINGTON, D, C— (A N p*
Efforts of the Agricultural Ad
justment administration to explain
rsmificcUcn of f'e t’s
conservation program and the
cotton situation to colored farmers
of the South, were detailed this
week by E. A. Miller, head of j
the Negro educational bureau,
Southern division, AAA. He said:
“In recent weeks we have con
ducted in the stares of the south
ern region, twenty sectional meet
ings, consisting of from one to
three, in each of the states. They
were attended by county agents,
home demonstration agents, voca- :
tional agricultural teachers and
key farmers.
3,000 IN ATTENDANCE
“At these twenty meetings there
were 78 counties represented with a
total attendance of 8,000. Practic
ally all of the extension agents
and vocational teachers in the
several states were in attendance.
At each meeting we spent a full
day, presenting the following
topics:
Savior To Savoy’s Managers
SRr
The golden trumpet of Erskine
Hawkins, Alabama State’s gift to
the "hot lick” world has been the
saving factor for New York’s Savoy
ballroom in the current battle with
the new invader of Harlem, the
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1939
James Smart, Phoenix, seriously
injured, who regained conscious
ness only yesterday afternoon.
They were riding in a car driv
en by Freddie James, 891 East
43rd place, Los Angeles, reported
Harold Dana, deputy sheriff, and
L. L. Stewart, highway patrol
man. Officers said a tire evident
ly blew out.
.* * *
JAMES HOWARD, 37-year-old
restaurant owner, is charged in
a complaint fiied in West Phoe
nix justice court yesterday with
assault with a deadly weapon on
Richard Thomas, 337 West Ton
to in his restaurant, the
Snap v)ut Case, 1001 Buckeye
Road.
, l The cotton situation.
2. Marketing quotas of cotton —
i How they are arrived at and
3 -how they cpe r ate.
• 3- How the 1940 agricultural
5 conservation program may
s be used for soil building,
c 4 How the 1940 agricultural
, conservation program may
be used to increase income
through food and feed.
5. The purposes and aceompiish
- mentis of the agricultural
3 conservation and price ad
-1 justment payments.
, 6. The agricultural conservation
- ! program and human conser
i ; vation.
7. The participation of Negro
farmers in the agricultural
: conservation program,
i In addition to Director Miller,
> other AAA officials who served as
s lecturers on the southern tour
? were Albon L. Holsey, James Perry
. Davis .Mrs. R. R. Moton and P.
1 K. Norris who is attached to the
r , Foreign Service, Department of
! Agriculture.
Golden GatX baUjoomJ Mr. Haw
kins has stanteU Eehearfals for the
musical revue, I‘rming vMan With
a Horn”, which/ is based on the life
of a famous iminuet player, Bis
Beiderbecke, whcf:2 died several
years ago.
50th Anniversary
% . , ■ > BE d
'&**■ I'* y^- >.:■ •
MR, AND MRS. TUGGLE, Sr..
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary last Wednesday with an
open house at their home on Par
sons street in Atlanta. Georgia.
Flowers carry-ng out Jhe gold
motif decorated the home. The guest
book was presided over by Mrs. I.
D. Edwards, Music was rendered by
Miss Nida B. Ramsey, Mrs. J. D
Edwards and Miss Mattie M. Tug
gle.
The marriage of Mr, and Mrs. J.
V. Tuggle, Sr., was solemnized in
Hooper Gets Alexander
Business Award Os *39
ATLANTA, Ga.— <SNS>—
Mr. N. A Hooper of Hooper’s
Crystal Market was selected to re
ceive the Alexander &• Company
Award This is the second annuo
award made by the local insurant
firm to that business or person
who represents the pioneering
spirit so much needed among Ne
groes, especially in the field of
business. Last year Jackson’s In
corporated received the Silvei
Plaque and has justified the
award.
Mr. Hooper began his business
-six years ago as a wholesale ano
retail fish and poultry market.
There is only one other Negro in
the South who is engaged in this
type of business on a large scale,
which is in Charleston, S C-
Mr. Hooper is the only Negrc
member of the Southern Fish As
sociation and meets with this or
ganization, composed of only five
of the biggest dealers in town, and
| aid in the regulation of prices of
| poultry and fish. He is also a
Industrial Bank
Ends Good Year
WASHINGTON (ANP)—Ending
one of their most prosperous years,
the Industrial Savings bank, thru
J. Doyle Mitchell, cashier reports
$78,514 paid out to members of the
1939 Chi'istmas Savings club to
depositors were enthusiastic over
over 2,780 depositors.
Averaging over S2B per check, the
the payments and to show their
appreciation some 60 per cent more
persons took out Christmas Savings
accounts in the 1940 club.
According to Mr. Mitchell, there
were 18 persons having SSOO checks
issued them for the Christmas sea
rch
> V -
I Atlanta on December 20, 1888, They
i are the parents of six living chil
j dren, including Mrs. Lillie Harris.
! of Chicago, 111.; Mr. Leonard Tuggle
|of Cleveland. Ohio; Mrs. Minnie
■ Brown, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs.
! Julia Parks, Mr, J, Y. Tuggle, Jr.,
and Miss Mattie M Tuggle, of At
| lama .*■
The honor guests were assisted
in entertaining by their children.
! Many friends and relatives called
i during the afternoon and evening.
, member of the Sou Poultry Asso
ciation. He has cunt up a reputable
business employes seven people and
j much of his wholesale business
•joes to a white and Jewish
i clientele.
His poultry products come from
! all parts of'Georgia and his fish is
shipped in carload lots or re
frigerated trucks from Virginia and
j Florida. This business is not spec
' tacular except in its volume, DUt,
j is highly regarded as one of the
j soundest and most efficiently op-
I crated in the field.
Detective William
Casey Dies At 63
ATLANTIC CITY, N. .I. (ANP)
—Funeral services for William
Casey, veteran city detective who
passed away Friday at. his home
following a lingering illness, were
AME church, with the pastor. Rev.
conducted Tuesday at St. James
M M. Ward, officiating.
Born in a little town in Mary
land in 1876, Mr. Casey came to
this city in 1909 and in 19H join
; od the police force as a patrolman
til 1920 he was promoted to the
rank ot detective, which position
: he held until his death. Called the
■ dean of the detective squad, Mr.
! Casey, during his career, solved
many crimes and was a beloved
; character respected by all races.
real drive received
NEW YORK—The Columbia,
South Carolina branch of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of colored People, with
9,5000 NAACP Christmas seals sold
and paid for, stood first in the !
Association’s list of branches wno ,
have made financial returns on j
rheir drives, according to E Frede- !
fig 2£;rr:v,, director gs the drive,
Facts Expected
To Be Significant
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(SNS)—
Is Negro business improving or is
it on the decline? How many
stores in the United States are
Negro-owned? How much money
passes over the counters to color
ed shopkeepers? How many per
sons are employed by Negro trades
men, and how much money do they
pain?
Answers to these and hundreds
of similar questions are expected
.o be made available a$ a result of
the 1940 Census of Business,
which will start on January 2.
TO PRECEDE POPULATION
COUNT
This Census which will precede
flie larger Population Census by
several wonths will cover retail
and wholesale trade service busi
nesses construction and the
operation of sales finance com
paines. Its reults will be particu
larly interesting when compared
with figures obtained in previous
Business Census enumerations,
taken in 1929 and 1935
In 1929 there were 25,701 re
tail stores perated by Negro pro
prietors in the United States. By
1935 the number had dropped to
23,490, large decreases being noted
in the Southern states and small
increases in the Northern ones.
The total volume of sales by Ne
gro-owned stores also dropped in
the same period, from $101,146,000
to $48,987,000; and the tota] pay
roll fell from $8,528,000 to $5,021,
OCO. Whether or nor these down-
Texan Named Head Os
Langston University
LANOSTON, Okla.,— (ANP)-
Announcement was made here last
week of the naming of Dr. G. I
Harrison, 39, dean of education at
Prairie View State College, prairb
View, Texas, as president of uang
ston University, a post left vacant
by the ousting of President J. W
Sanford several months ago.
Dr. Harrison, a graduate of How
ard University, holds a Doctorate
degree from Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio. He is director ot
teacher training at Prairie View as
well as dean of the department oi
Urges Full Cooperation
With Census Enumerations
! NEW YORK, N. Y.—(SNS)—Dr
3. B. Powell, first vice president
of the Victory Life Insurance Com
pany, one of H&riem’s foremost
business men, pointed out this week
that the cooperation of colored
tradesmen with the enumerators
vvlao will take the 1940 Census of
Business will begin January- 2. It
will cover retail trade, wholesale
trade, service businesses and laun
■Jires, theatres and other places of
amusement, hotels and tourist
camps, and construction activities
It will be the first complete survey
of its kind made since 1935.
“Negro business men all over the
country should give extra time and
attention to filling out the schedule
blanks for the 1940 census of Busi
ness,” Dr. Powell stated. “.When
completed, this census will furnish
the whole nation with a wealth ol
information about colored business
enterprises that could be obtained
in no other way. If the information
is incomplete or g'ves a false pic
ture in any way, Negro business is
certain to suffer.”
Dr. Powell pointed out that in
past censuses many small trades
men were reluctant to give correct
information about their enterpris
es, fearing that the facts would be
disclosed to creditors, income tax
collectors, or the like.
'“Congress providess,” he said,
“ihat all information given Cen
sus enumerators must be kept in
strictest confidence. Nothing
an individual business
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City, State National Ns
Scents
PAY NO MORE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ward trends have continued is one
of the questions for which the
Census Bureau will attempt to find
an answer.
The results of its survey of serv
ice establishments should also
piove of particular interest. A
great many Negro enterprises fall
into this category, which includes
cleaning, dyeing and pressing
shops; beauty parlors; laundrles c
shoe repair shops and shoe-shine
parlors; and many other establish
ments rendering personal service.
There were 22,172 such Negro
owned enterprises in 1935, when
the last enumeration of this type
vas taken. They did an annual
business of $27,281,000, and paid
13,975 employees a total of
$5,710,000 per year
TO COVER 1939 YEAR
The Business Census will cover
operations during the calendar
year of 1939 except for those firms
which close their books on Janu
aiy 31. In such cases the reports
will be taken on a fiscal year basis.
Information will cover the num
ber of stores operated by Negroes
•n each kind of business, their
sales, the number of active pro
prietors, number of employees
both fuil-timr and part-time and
payroll for each group, as wen as
stocks on hand.
Field work of the Business
Census will require the services
of approximately 12,000 enumera
tors.
education.
son received his elementary educa
tion in a one-teacher rural school
at Comanche, Okla. His appoint
ment to the presidency of Lang
ston ends a long series of futile at
tempts on the part of Governs
Phillips and the board of regents to
fill the vacancy at the schol. Thre*
Oklahomans refused the post, and
Albert W. Turner, appointed at tne
beginning of the school year, serv
ed one day before nanding in ht»
resignation.
I its ownership, volume of sales, or
number of employees—will be sl
owed to reach the general public or
even another government depart
ment. Whatever is finally revealed
about Negro business will be re
leased only In broad statistical form,
j Thus the people of the United
States will be provided with a most
helpful picture of Negro enterprise
as a whole, with no embarrassment
to any individual through disclosure
of his business secrets.
“I cannot too strongly urge com
plete cooperation of the Negro
public with those w r ho will be
charged with taking the 1940 Cen
| sus or Business.”
Census blanks will be distribut
ed by enumerators, and each busi
' ness man will be given ample time
to make his report. The field work
; will be completed within four or
five months, during which tabula
tion will be under way. The basic
facts secured will be published in
1940
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NOT AFFECTED BY
RECEIVERSHIP
DALLAS —(/u.xr) —Last week Mrs.
P. E. Davis, grand worthy counsel
or, Independent Order of Calan
the, reassured the Calanthes of the
Texas jurisdiction of the solvency
of the order and confirmed the re
port that the grand court is not
affected by the receivership of the
grand lodge.