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EMANCIPATION SPEAKER URGES .RACIAL UNITY
• Tells Race
To Acquire
Farm Land
Dr. Wilkes In
Brilliant
Address
ATLANTA, Ga.—(SNS)—
Belief that the day is com
ing when Negroes “will en
joy the full rights and privi
leges of citizenship, even in
the Souhtland” after they
emancipate themselves and
work together efficiently
against the bars of our so
called Democratic civiliza
tion, was expressed by the
Rev. W. R. Wilkes, pastor of
Al’en Temple A.M.E. church,
in his Emancipation Day ad
dress delivered at the annual
Atlanta NAACP exercises
Monday at Greater Wheat
Street Baptist church.
Rev. Mr. Wilkes took his sub
ject from the words of John, the
Apostle: “Behold, I have set before
thee an open door which no man
can shut,” his theme being “The
Challenge to a Minority Group.’’
The speaker said that entrance to
the open door of freedom for the
American Negro is contingent
upon “hard work, sacrifice, per
severance, ccur’ge.* effic’ency,
creative participation and diver
sification in the total work of the
world, intel’igent use of the ballot,
religious sanity rugged honesty,
annihilation of class strife and
adventurous faith in God.”
The Emancipation Day speaker
in brilliant terms pointed out that
“In spite of the phenomenal pro
gress made by the Negro in the
past 70 he is still an eco
nomic and political s’ave. He is
rega ded a’most universally as a
ward, a consumer rather than a
producer. For the most part, he
is still depsndent upon the ma
jority group for a job.” He call
ed for ingenuity on the part of
the grcup in becoming producers
in eve y field, thereby furbishing
jobs and capital within the group.
He especially u ged the group to
acquire farm land and begin to
produce the gocds that are needed
for everyday life. Pointing to
the Jews as a minority group
which has made itself felt as a
P"wer in the whole world, Rev.
Mr. Wlkes said the Negroes may
we’l use the s’me, essential tech
nique. He called for the build
ing of ore great Negro institution
of learning in the country which
he said the group could get out
of the position of being a pawn
and in which'the culture of the
race could be transmitted,
ATLANTANS WARNED
Dedicating Ir'mself to push a
program in the Atlanta NAACP
branch to bring about racial
solidarity and to put teeth into
the org'niza'ion, T. M. Alexan
der, local busin ss man, made his
first p blic anpearonce as presi
dent of the Gate City unit.
Alexander warned Atlantans to
unite in their efforts for j’sice,
stating that “Neg oes, whether
they a e signriiant or apparent
ly insignificant, rich or poor,
ebony or mulatto, “high class or
low class,’’ they all stand on the
same level of discrimination and
the masses are the problems cf the
in jus'ice. He said the problems of
classes and that some of the
things that colored Atlantans have
ibeen forced to swallow have given
them indigestion because “we
have no teeth in our organization."
The young NAACP branch head
said he remembered the year 1939
in A lanta for two significant
events: “The World Baptist Al
liance where all the people worked
together to make relations the best
in the city’s history and the recent
premiere when we went mad with
the wind and all that was ac-
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Wings Over Jordan Leader
Moves Into 21-Room House
CLEVELAND, Ohio—(A N P)—
Rev. Glenn T. Settle, director of
the famous “Wings Over Jordan”
rad'o program and his family have
just settled in their grand n-t
domicile on E st 46 h street here.
Rev. Settle purchased the 21-
room house recently and has just
finished remodeling it into three
modernistic apartments which will
be occupied by his family, a mar'
red daughter and a tenant.
Using Negro workman exclusive
ly, R”V. Settle superintended every
p v ase of the renovating bringing
into play ideas which he has gath
ered fiom every section of the
> country. Qne of the most colorful
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Janitor Confesses To ‘" Gangster” Slaying
Janitor Admits
‘Gang’ Slaying
NEW YORK —(ANP) —Bloodstains noticed on a sus
pect’s clothing by an alert detective while questioning him,
led to the solving this week of a murder which police had
termed a “gangster” slaying. Major Greenfield, 34 years
old apartment house superintendent, made a full confession
to police after being confronted with evidence found near
his basement apartment.
The slain man was Vincent
Cangro, white, 45, ex-convict and
policy runner whose record dated
back to 1917. Greenfield told po
lice that he killed the ex-convict
after they had quarrelled over a
colored girl who was in his apart
ment.
According to the confession, the
slayer told how he killed the white
man and then wheeled his body
through the streets in a baby car
riage, to the vacant lot where the
body was discovered by a passer
by.
The Bronx Cardens section of
New York was busy with last min
ute shoppers at the peak of the
Saturday night’s rush, as Green
field trundled his gruesome lead
past crowded stores, illuminated
Christmas trees and radios from
which came strains of Christmas
carols. Greenfield wheeled the
body more than five blocks, but
the body was so folded up and
covered with blankets that no
pedestrian could possibly teil what
the carriage contained.
On reaching the vacant lot,
Greenfield dumped the body and
then hid the carriage in another
lot nearby. Detectives recovered
the carriage later.
The janitor stated in his con
fession that a colored girl whom
he knew only as Annabelle, and
whose address he did not know,
visited him Saturday night. Can
gro, with whom he was well ac
quainted, dropped in on Green
field later in the evening. While
there, the white man got into an
argument with the girl over some
money and struck her in the face.
The janitor then hit the man over
the head with a claw hammer,
CAN’T FIND GIRL
To make sure of his death, he
then placed a sash cord around
his neck and drew it tight. Police
are seeking the girl but to date
have not located her,
The slain man’s body was found
thru the barking ot a small terrier
who was being exercised in tne
neighborhood. His master, investi
gating the commotion raised by
the terrier, found the body of the
man and called the police.
Because the man was a known
policy runner, police at first
thought a policy war had brought
on the slaying of the white man.
Settle Used
Race Workers
Exclusively
and attractive rooms is the
kitchen, modern throughout with
a dinette on one side. Rev. Set
tle insists that a bit of imagina
tion coupled with an aopreciation
for the artistic can add to the
living qualities of any home.
A unique touch will be a replica
of the log cabin in which Rev.
Settle was boro at Renville, N.C.
Youth Wins
Wide Fame
As Designer
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana—(SNS)
—Two months ago Harold Richie
of Terre Haute, Indiana, was em
ployed as a worker on a WPA Rec
reation Project. Today he has »•
five-year contract with a private
firm on the basis of the abilities
he displayed on his WPA job.
When the young man was certi
fied for a WPA job, Indiana WPA
officials assigned 'aim to the Rec
reation Project in Terre Haute.
They were not aware of his re
markable talent when he and oth
er workers on the project began
constructing papier mache figures
and other displays for a large pa
rade. The results of Mr. Richies
work were amazing. Aided by a
brilliant imagination, the deft
hands of the WPA worker created
papier-mache figures that thrilled
thousands of parade spectators.
People along the line of march
chuckled with glee when they saw
the weird hobgoblins that w’eaved
and bobbed on the parade trucks.
They applauded a lifelike elephanc
and other realistic animals that
passed before them.
Mr. Richie’s talent was much
in demand for other parades spon
sored by tne WPA Recreation Di
vision in Terre Haute. Then one
day a representative of the Inter
national Float Masters of South
Boston, Virginia, happened to viev:
one of the parades. He recognized
unusual talent immediately itnd
inquired as to the modeler respon
sible for the spectacular figures on
the parade floats.
The results* was L»at Harold
Richie, the young Negro WPA
worker, received a five-month con
tract with the South Boston firm.
From Terre Haute Mr. Richie
went to Shamokin, Pennsylvania,
where he helped to model figures
for a huge Diamond Jubilee parade
in that city. He built large pre
historic animals, an element, and
a gigantic gorilla which was pa
raded in a cage. So successful was
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During a trip to Greensboro two
weeks ago, Rev. Settle commis
sioned two engineers from the A.
and T. College there to reproduce
on a small scale, the log cabin
which is still standing and where
at his mother’s knee he received
the inspiration which has led him
to a successful life. The tiny
cab'n is to occupy a corner of the
living room.
MACON, Ga.—(SNS-
Mins. Jchnny Mae Jackson,
321 Charles street, suffered burns
about the face at noon Thursday
when she fell into an open fire at
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, JANUARY G, 1940
First Lady Remembers Ail Children
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WASHINGTON, D, C.—Mr*, Franklin D.
Rooseyelt, wife of the President of the U, S„ !
extends season’s greetings to little Negro children
after she lighted their Christinas tree in. ‘‘Govern- j
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Congress Asked To Hold
Up Dies Committee Funds
NEW YORK—(SNS) — Because
the House Committee investigating
un-American activities, under the
chairmanship of Representative
Martin Dies, of Texas ha s been
conducting hearings for “more than
a year, but has willfully failed to
investigate the Ku Kiux Kian. the
Black Legion, or the question of
lynching and mob violence by or
ganized groups,” the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Coloi*ed People has asked Congress
to consider this phase of the Com
mittee’s laxity before determining
whether to vote funds for its con
tinuance for another year.
The N.A.A.C.P.’s attitude toward
the Dies Committee Was expressed
in a letter sent, out today to
Speaker of the House, William B.
Bankhead, of Alabama, who ap
pointed the committee June 7, 1938.
Pointing out that the Association
has “carefully followed the pro
ceedings of the Committee since
its inception,” the letter accuses
the Committee of failing “either to
investigate or hold hearings on the
Black Legion, the Ku Klux Klan.
or mob violence by organized
groups,”
ment Alley,” one oP Washington D, C.’b soon to
be eliminated slums, where these children make
their homes, The first lady had a very busy day
Dec, 23rd attending- Christmas parties in and
Washington,
Group Failed
To Investigate
Lynching
THE “GO SIGNAL”
The letter said that failure on
the part of the committee to in
vestigate these un-American acti
vities has resulted in giving them
the “ ‘go’ signal,” and this, de
spite the fact that the N. A. A.
C. P. had written Dies at least five
times during the committee’s acti
vity, urging an investigation of
these un-American groups.
The Jetter gave the following
dates, as the periods when these
facts were brought to Dies’ atten
tion; June 8, 1938, the day after
the committee was appointed by
Speaker Bankhead; August 30, 1938
February 7, 1939, shortly after the
life of the Committee had been
extended a year, together with an
appropriation of $100,000; February
27, 1939; and July 17, 1939. In each
cf these instances, the letter said,
accompanying facts were presented
tp give tangible evidence of tiie
native American subversive activi
ties.
The letter to Bankhead concludes
with the statement asking that the
House consider these matters when
Dies asks for another appropriation
to extend the Committee’s work in
to 1940.
Pickens, Jr. Denies
Forgery Charges
NEW YORK—(A N P)—Wil
liam Pickeng, Jr. prominent young
lawyer, was arrested in his offices
last week on charges of second
degree forg-ery and larceny. When
arraign'd before Juige Donnsllen
in general sessions court he plead
ed not guilty.
According to the district attor
ney’s office, the young attorney
al'egedly gave an insurance com
pany general releases bearing
forged signatures of clients he
had reprecented in accident claims
in two instances. After receiving
the c’. ecks, they were cashed
bearing forged signatures of
‘ clients.- it was charged.
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NEW YORK (ANP)
Myles A. Paige, New York’s
first Negro magistrate, has
been e’evated to the court of
special sessions effective Jan
1 and is the first member of
his race to sit in any part of
special sessions in this city.
iiiinouncement of the ap
pointment was made by May
or La Guardia during an ad
dress of welcome Wednesday
at the Harlem YMCA where
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity
is holding its 28th annual
conclave attended by 15 dele
gates from 37 states.
Magistrate Paige succeeds Justice
A. V. B. Voorhees who retired when
his term ended at the close of the
year. The appointment is for the
regular term of 10 years and as a
justice Mr. Paige will receive an
increase in annual salary from
SIO,OOO to $12,000.
A star football player at How
ard university in 1920, the new
justice later worker as a Pullman
porter while studying law at Co
lumbia. He served as magistrate foi
more than three years, being ap
pointed to that position by Mayor
LaGuardia in September, 1936.
Justice Paige is 41, married, father
of two children, and was admitted
to the New York bar in 1925. He
was once a deputy attorney gen
eral in charge of the workmen’s
''ompensation division.
MRS. CARTER IN COURT
There is one other Negro con
nected with special sessions court
Mrs. Eunice H. Carter, who wa? ap
pointed by District Attorney Dewey
an assistant district attorney, is as
igned to prosecutor in special ses
sions.
Justice Paige was praised bt
'"hief Justice William R. Bayes o f
he special sessions court althougl
he stated he had no previous
knowledge of the mayor’s decision.
NOT SPECIAL PROBLEM
At the Omega meeting, M«yor
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ANPExpose Brings About
Better Conditions For
9th And 10th Cavalrymen
JUNCTION CITY, Kan.—(ANP)
—Negroes enlisted in the 9th and
10th cavalry stationed at Fort
Riley and Fort Leavenworth
worth in this state have had some
of their labor duties lightened and
rules establishing segregation abol
ished since the expose of condi
tions' made by Levi Pierce through
the Associated Negro press.
At Leavenworth the 10th caval
ry, which had been reduced to the
status of a labor battalion with its
soldiers serving as flunkies for
white enlisted men, now drills
three days weekly. Pierce, a Chica
goan who recently purchased his
discharge in disgust over the treat
ment of colored enlisted men, had
charged that many cavalrymen
who had spent years in ihe army
weyc little better traioed tfaan
Solons
Add Names
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To Roster
Negro Vote
Expected To
Be Factor •
NEW YORK—(S N S)—With
Co'- gressm-n f-om seven spates
a ding their names to the rcster
thi' week, the National Associa
tion for the Ad”arcement of Col
ore 1 People announced Monday
that a total of 158 members of
the House have indicated that
they will be cn the floor when the
Gavagan-Fish federal An'i-lyrch
ing bill comes up for a vote Jan
uary 8.
The total to date including the
names of Gavagan end F’sh, co
sp nsors cf the bill, includes 84
Repub icanI’, 1 ’, 73 Democrats, and 1
member cf the American
Party. The list of additional Con
gressmen is as follows:
ILLINOIS: Chauncey W. Reed;
MICHIGAN: Paul W. Shafer;
MINNESOTA: H. Carl Anderson;
NEW YORK: James A. O’Leary;
OHIO: Thomas A. Jenkins, Earl
R. Lewis; PENNSYLVANIA: J.
Harold Flannery; WISCONSIN,
John C. Schafer.
PASSAGE PREDICTED
The Association announcement
also included a statement pointing
to the fact that Washington po
litical commentators are in sub
stantial agreement with the N. A.
A. C. P. in predicting that the
bill will pass the House, but run
the gauntlet of another filibuster
in the Senate. However these com
mentators point out that the Na
tional Administration because of
the importance of the Negro vote
in 1940. will be pushed by scores
of national organizations to lend
its weight to passage of the bill.
Perhaps the best expression of the
commentator viewpoint is ex
pressed by G. Gould Lincoln, who
wrote the following in the Wash
ington Evening Star, December 23:
•“Even mere serious for the
Democratic leadership, however,
may be the anti-lyehing bill which
is due to come up in the House
January 8. It is expected to pass
that pody as it has in the past.
When it gets to the Senate the
tug of war wili come.
“Southern Democrats have fili
bustered similar measures to death
oi+ several occasions. The admin
istration leadership will be called
upon at the coming session by
important Negro organizations to
put all its strength back of the
measure and force it through.
Since the Negro vote in many of
the Northern and Western
states is material, and since the
New Deal administration has come
to rely upon that vote, the pres
sure will be very great.”
Pythons Open
Hotel In Arkansas
.HOT SPRIN OS— <ANP) —S. A.
T. Watkins, Chicago, supreme
chancellor of the Knights of Fy
thias, arrived here last week to
inspect and check up on facilities of
the Pythian hotel prior to the
rand opening January 1. A cor -
ference of the executive comm't
ee of his caunet met with the
hancellor in .he newly cleaned
and renovated hotel to consider
matters for the general welfare of
the order. Members of the commit
tee were: Oscar W. Adams, Ala
bama; T. G. Nutter, W. Virginia;
S. D. McGill. Florida; and A. 3.
Jackson, Texan.
green rookies.
The segregated seating arrange
ment in the new army theatre at
Leavenworth has been abolished.
Where previously 10th cavalrymen
were forced to use a special “re
served” section, they may now sit
anywhere just as white soldiers do
except in the officers’ section.
White privates are also barred from
the officers’ section. It is also un
derstood that promotions have
been stepped up.
At Fort Riley, segregation in the
post restaurant, supported by both
white and colored soldiers, has
been done away with after pierce
revealed that Negroes could use
only three tables “reserved’’ f*r
them. At present 9th cavalrymen
may sit anywhere in the post res*
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