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PORTLAND. OREGON. NOVEMBER 23. 194S
VOLUME 2
New Judge
United Nations
Charter Outlaws
Racial Covenants
Hon. P ercy B. Jackson elected
M unicipal Ju d g e in C leveland.
Ohio in last T uesday's elections.
Vice P resid en t of the N ational
B ar A ssociation and ch airm an of
th e program com m ittee for th a t
o rganization w hich holds its a n ­
n ual m eeting in C leveland. No­
vem ber 29-30 and D ecem ber 1,
his election w ill be th e occasion
of ju bilation am ong the legal fr a ­
tern ity .— (ANP)
Howard U. Siudes
Warned On
Urbanization
TORONTO — (ANP) — R acial
p ro p erty covenants w ere o u tlaw ­
ed in th is province recently on
th e basis of th e U nited N ations
c h a rte r by Ju stice K eiller Mack-
ay of th e O ntario S uprem e court.
T he case grew out of a real
estate tran sactio n by th e W ork­
ers E ducational association, w hich
p lanned to build a m odel home
on O ’C onnor D rive here to be
raffled off to p rovide funds for
th e organization. The pro p erty
w as found to be covered by an
a n ti-jew ish restric tiv e covenant
w hich stip u lated th a t th e land
“w as not to be sold to Je w s or
persons of objectionable n a tio n ­
a lity .”
C ourt action w as bro u g h t about
by th e C anadian Je w ish congress,
rep resen ted by A tty. J. M. B e rn ­
stein, w hich objected to th e r a ­
cial into leran ce th a t th e an ti-
Som itic clause created.
To covenant “lends poignancy
to th e m a tte r w hen one consid­
ers th a t an ti-S em itism has been
a w eapo in th e lan d s of o u r r e ­
cently d efeated enem ies, an d th e
scourge of th e w orld,” said Ju s-
tiv e M ackay. H e added th a t a n ­
ti-S em itism had been rep u d iated
by th e la te P resid en t Roosevelt,
Gen. C harles de G aulle, th e W orld
T rad e U nion congress and th e
P an A m erican conference.
He also pointed o u t th a t if a
sale of a piece of lad could be
p rohibited to Jew s, it could eq u a l­
ly be p ro h ib ited to P ro testan ts,
C atholics or any o th e r d en o m in a­
tion.
“In my opinion,” he said, “n o th ­
ing could be m ore calculated to
create o r d eepen divisions b e­
tw een ex istin g religious and e th ­
nic groups in th e province or in
th is country, th a n th e sanction
of a m ethod of lan d tra n sfe r
w hich w ould p erm it th e seg reg a­
tion and co nfinem ent of p artic u la r
groups to p a rtic u la r business or
resid en tial areas.” It ap p ears to
be a m oral d u ty a t least to lend
aid to all forces of cohesion an d
Sim ilarly to rep el all ten d en c ies
w hich w ould im peril n atio n al u n ­
ity .”
Dr. S tep h en S. Wise, presid en t
of th e A m erican Jew ish congress,
ch aracterized th e ru lin g as a
"decision w hich p uts th e phrase
‘re stric te d ’ outsid e th e pale of
leg ality .”
He hailed V an ad a’s observance
of th e U nited N ations ch arter,
w hich pledges m em ber n atio n s to
prom ote univ ersal respect for and
observance of “h um an rig h ts and
fu n d am en tal freedom s for all
w ith o u t d istinction as to race, sey,
language o r religion.”
Dr. W ise said it is th e first oc­
casion, to his know ledge, in w hich
a decision has been based on the
observance of th e U nited N ations
c h arter, th e n com m ented t h a t
“th is p re c ed en t-sh atterin g decis­
ion m ight w ell be an exam ple for
courts of ju stice in o ur ow n coun­
try .”
W A SHINGTON — (ANP) —
W arning his listeners again st the
p erils of urbanization, Dr. S am ­
u el C. K incheloe of C hicago u n i­
v ersity told th e opening session
of H ow ard u n iv ersity ’s 20th con­
ocation of the school of religious
th a t serious problem s arose w hen
45 per cent of A m erica’3 p o p u la­
tion lived on 1.2 per cen t of its
land.
Dr. K incheloe said th e cards
w ere “stacked against th e ag ri­
c u ltu ra l com m unities.
H e as­
serted th a t u rb a n areas got an
in creasing sh are of th e b e tte r
th in g s in life, leaving ru ra l com ­
m u n ities w ith a dw indlin g r e ­
m ainder.
T he c o u n try ’s education al sys­
tem , he claim ed, distin ctly favors
city schools as reg ard s bo th m a­
te rial eq u ip m en t and q u a lity of
in stru ctio n .
A lexander J. A llen, executive
se cretary of th e B altim ore U rban
league, told th e session th a t em ­
p loym ent and housing w ere the
tw o factors of im portance to th e
colored u rb a n population.
He
said racial tension w ould be
g reatly relieved if th e colored
w ork m an had steady em ploy­
m ent and a sense of security. He
also em phasized th a t th e hous­
ing situation am ong colored peo­
ple is one dem anding relief.
Dr. W illiam S tu a rt Nelson,
dean of th e school of religion,
w elcom ed th e delegates. Rev. R.
M. W illiam s, pastor of A sbury
A. M. E. church, presided. Dr.
H ow ard S tone A nderson of th e
F irst C ongregational ch u rch led
th e devotional exercises.
O th er sp eakers scheduled for
th e convocation sessions include
th e Rev. E dgar A. Love, obard
of m issions and church e x te n ­
sion of th e M ethodist ch u rch ; Dr.
Jo h n H aynes Holmes, pasto r of j
C om m unity church, N ew Y o rk ;!
th e Rev. P hilip M. W ildenhouse,
division of church extension, Con- j
g regational ch u rch ; Dr. H a r r y
I CHICAGO— (A N P)—A plea for
R ichardson, T uskegee in stitu te;
racial and religious to lerance in
Prof. F ran k D ersey and Dr. Mor- hum an relatio n s w as m ade h ere
decai W. Johnson of H ow ard u n i­ T h u rsd ay n ig h t b y Mrs. E leanor
v ersity. T he m eetings w ere held Roosevelt, w idow of th e late P re s­
from T uesday th rough T h u rsd ay ident F ra n k lin D elano Roosevelt,
a t H ow ard.
d u rin g a V ictory bond d riv e h ere
at th e S tev en s hotel by th e South
C en tral association.
“W e are n ev er going to re tu rn
to th e w orld as it w as before
th e w ar, said Mrs. Roosevelt.
“T h a t w orld w as finished th e day
w e d ropped th e atom bomb. Now
CH ICA G O — (A N P)— M em bers it is o ur first obligation to live
of th e P u llm an P o rte rs B enefit w ith th e re s t of th e w orld and
association w ill hold th e ir annual we have a n o th e r chance to fulfill
m eetin g a t th e W abash YMCA o u r obligation a t hom e by g ra n t­
h e re T uesday th ro u g h F rid ay , ing equal o p p o rtu n ities for every
Nov. 22-23. D elegates rep resen t- citien. T h ere m ust be no second
ing th e organization w hich is an class citizen
in surance body giving protection A dvocate* U nity
to its 8,000 m em bers engaged in j R acial an d religious differences
w h a t is reg ard ed as one of th e j can ^ fo rg otten only b y unity .
h azardous organiations, w ill e x ­ -he stressed in pointing out th a t
am ine th e fu tu re of its m em b er­ th is is “a n ew w orld in w hich we
sh ip in th e light of th e proposed can d estroy ourselves and civil-
sale of th e P u llm an com pany.
iation.” To preserv e th a t civiliz­
A t the session last y e a r it w as ation we m ust “change it, and
decided th a t if th e com pany w as learn to resp ect each o th er as
sold to an organization w hich did hum an beings, regardless of race
n o t continue th e favorable agree-1 or religion,
m ent u n d er w hich th e p resen t op-
j 0hn R agland ex ecu tiv e d i­
e ratio n is carried on, th e B enefit recto r of th e association, reported
association w ould reo rg an ie as a th a t $5,000,000 in victo ry bonds
co m m ercial insurance o rg a n iz a - w as sold d u rin g th e b an q u et
tion. Its assets p er cap ita are w hich w as planned to accom mo-
said to exceed those of m ost in ­ d a te 1,000 local leaders instead
of th e 1.200 w ho atten d ed . The
su rance com panies
O fficers of the association are South C e n tral association is an
E. M. G raham , grand chairm an ; organization com posed of w hite
C larence H yte, grand secretary , i and N egro businessm en on the
an d P. A. Sam ple, com ptroller.
south side.
Tolerance Wanted
Ey Mrs. Roosevelt
Pullman Porters
Association Meets
J
PRICE 10c
N UM BER I t
Mrs. Roosevelt Gets First New Carver Xmas Seals Dunbar Seeks
All-American
Compositions by Institute Drives
Negro Composers On Delinquency
The first sheet of the new G eorge W a sh ia g tjn C arver C hristm as seals to r the benefit of the
C arv er foundation at T uskegee in stitu te, Ala., is presented to Mrs. E leanor Roosevelt, officially
opening the sales cam paign for 194S.
M em bers of th e com m ittee, w hich is com posed of graduates and form er students of T uskegee
in stitu te, are (left to right), Mrs. P. L. B ailey. Ju lian B. Thomas, chairm an; Mrs. C harles A nderson.
Mrs. Selm a Young and Mr. P. R. R icketts.— (ANP)
PA RIS— (A NP)— I w ent to hear
R udolph D unbar’s “F estivals de
M usique Sym phonique A m eri-
canine" at the G rande Salle Pley-
el. It w as w onderful to see this
black m an conducting th is huge
sym phony. T ruly great! He also
conducted a second perform ance
in th e P alais De C haillot and will
conduct tw o m ore i n th e T heatre
Des C ham ps Elysees, th e last of
these being played on Dec. 4.
D unbar told me th a t he w ould
like to know of all th e really
g reat w ork done by an y of the
N egro com posers in A m erica for
he w ould like to do a sym phony
based solely upon th e ir works.
He invites the com posers to w rite
him.
T here is a F rench N egro girl
here w ho has just won first prize
a t th e conservatory. She is a
superb pianist and R udolph is
planning to present h e r in one
of his program s.
Red Cross Staff Missouri Tennants Win Victory;
In India Expands Delmo Homes to be Sold to Them Oklahoma Leader
Taken by Death
W A SHINGTON — (ANP) — To
CHA RLESTON , Mo.—(A NP)— live in th e hom es at a sm all
OKLAHOM A CITY— (A N P)—
serve G Is w ho are sw eating out T en an ts in th is area w ill be able rental, selling th e ir labor to near-
th e w aitin g period in In d ia b e ­ to p u rch ase th e homes w hich by p lan ters at a daily w age in- Dr. A. B axter W hitby, prom inent
fore all th e arm ed forces in th a t th e y have been occupying here, stead of living in inferior houses dentist, pioneer educator and M a­
a re a can re tu rn to th e States, six a t W y att and several neighbor­ provided on th e plantation and son, died early S unday m orning
m ore N egro A m ercian Red Cross ing com m unities. The F arm Se­ o p eratin g on a sharecropper basis. a fter an illness of five years. D u r­
ing th is period he m ade his hom e
sta ff assistan ts have a rriv e d in c u rity a d m in istratio n at W ash-
W hen congress sharply re s tric t­ w ith his son and dau g h ter, Mr.
C alcu tta for assignm ent to club ington th is w e e k notified the
w ork. T hey are:
group of St. Louisians w ho have ed th e operation and funds of and Mrs. Leo W. W hitby, O kla­
M axine A nderson, 116 N in th been a tte m p tin g to buy the Del­ the arm S ecurity adm inistration, hom a City.
Dr. W hitby cam e to O klahom a
St., W est Des Moines, w ho is a mo L abor hom es as the colonies passing a law th a t it m ight not
g ra d u a te of Roosevelt H igh school, a re know n, th a t th eir bid has engage in cooperative enterprises from Illinois in 1899, an d w as
Des M oines, and atten d ed L in ­ been accepted. The price w ill be and ordering th a t projects of this one of th e first m em bers of the
coln u niversity, Jefferso n City, $285,000 w ith a dow n paym ent of type th ro u g h o u t the country be faculty of L angston university,
Mo.; an d Los A ngeles C ity col­ $73,000 and th e rem ainder to be sold, the action th reaten ed to being a g rad u ate of Fisk u n iv e r­
lege. She w as em ployed by th e paid over a period of eight years. force the te n a n ts back on the sity and also com pleted a course
plantations.
in d en tistry a t Illinois M edical
F irst S tre e t clinic in Los A ngeles
T he Delm o L abor homes were
college. Follow ing a d istin g u ish ­
before h e r overseas ap p o in tm en t b u ilt by FSA shortly after the
A group of St. Louis people
w ith th e Red Cross.
acu te lab o r problem s developed cam e to th e ir aid and m ade a bid ed career at L agstoi he began the
R ena T. C arr, 619 W. 29th St., in this area some six or eight for th e p ro p ertie s intending to practice of d en tistry in O klahom a
Indianapolis, g rad u ate of C ris- y ears ago. T h ere w ere several resell them to th e tenants. T h eir C ity in 1908 a n d continued up
pus A ttu ck s H igh school th ere, colonies consisting of from 40 to bid w as tu rn e d dow n so a d d i­ until his illness to b u ild one of
an d T alladega college, w ho w as 50 hom es, w ith com m unity facili­ tional funds w ere sought. The th e larg est dental practicee in th e
em ployed at th e L uras-H arold ties, w a te r and land for com m un­ episcopal diocese of M issouri gave southw est and becam e th e ow ner
N aval O rdnance p la n t in In d ian - ity gardening. Some of th e col­ $1,008; M arshall F ield III gave of valuabse re a l estate in the
apolis before joining th e Red onies housed w l.ie te n an ts and $1 Xjsoo au4 .Allred. Baker Lewi* Sooner capital.
F o r stY P iii y e a rs W . W hitby
’Cross.
o thers colored. Fam ilies 'c o u ld of N ew Y ork gave $5,000.
was the g ran d m aster of St. Jo h n
A rria Je a n Richm ond, 115 W ar­
T h ere a re 549 hom es w hich w ill G rand lodge, A. F. & A. M., and
n e r court, Peoria, 111., w as p ro ­
be sold to th e occupants a t an d u ring th e period of its greatest
gram d irecto r of th e USO C lub
av erag e price of $800 w ith a grow th. He also w as elevated
No. 3 th e re before Red Cross as­
dow n p aym ent of $100, th e re ­ nationally to th e position of presi­
signed h e r oversea, an d is a g ra d ­
m ain d er to be paid at th e ra te d ent of th e G rand M asters' coun­
u ate of P eoria C e n tral H igh
of $7.50 per m onth. A bout 510 cil in Boston. He received his 33d
school an d Illinois S tate N orm al
ten an ts have e ith er paid th eir degree in W ashington, D. C.
u n iversity, N orm al, 111., B.Ed.,
F u n eral service w ere held F ri­
dow n p aym ent or have th e m oney
1936.
BIRM INGHAM — (A N P) — in h an d to do so. The Rev. day Nov. 16 at A very C hapel A.
R ena M. Ross, 840 C herokee,
P ittsb u rg h , g rad u ate of D u n b ar T h ree officers of th e M iles C h ap ­ C harles C. W ilson of G race E pis­ M. E. church w ith th e Rev. S. E.
high school, L exington, Ky., and el CME ch u rch have obtained copal church w as one of the lead ­ K olen, pastor, delivering the
eulogy. Telegram s, floral offer­
Chicago Business college, a tte n d ­ a tem p o ra ry inju n ction re s tra in ­ ers in th e effort.
ings and condolences w ere receiv­
ed K en tu ck y S tate college, before ing th e officers of th e B irm in g ­
ed by the fam ily from m any sec­
h er w ork w ith th e Jefferso n A ve­ ham CME conference, in session
tions of the nation. The rem ains
nue USO at N ew port News, Va., Nov. 6-11 a t th e St. Jam es CME
w ere interred at Trice H ill cem e­
and now th e A m erican Red Cross. church, F ay ette, Ala., from m ov­
tery.
M ildred V. Sm ith, 173-17 108th ing Miles college from its p res­
In addition to his wife, Mrs.
Ave., Jam aica, N. Y., w as an e m ­ e n t site.
E liabcth Beatrice W hitby, w ho
The action w as filed by A tty.
ploye of th e d ep a rtm e n t in J e r ­
died in 936, the rem aining m em ­
sey C ity, before signing up w ith H orace C. A lford on b e h a lf of
COLUMBIA, S. C.—(A NP)— bers of th e im m ediate fam ily are:
Red Cross for oversea duty. She E. W. W indham , in d ividually
is a g rad u a te of E v an d er Childs and as p resid en t of th e board S heriff P rice Fallow of A iken I Mrs. L enora H. B row n, sister
high school, Bronx, and a tten d ed \ of stew ars; B. B. Spain, individ- county claim ed last week th a t Wewoka, Okla.; Jo sep h W hitby,
C e n tral Business school and th e \ u ally and as p resid en t of th e th e Singleton lynching was not brother, V ictorville, C al.; f o u r
i
u* _ v » _
i
i__ . sons, A. B ax ter Jr., N ew ark, N.
YWCA D ram atic school in New board of tru ste e s and R. L. Jones, a lynching
but m erely a shoot- J ;
w o k la h o , ; a CUy; M al-
inividually and as su p erin ten d e n t
Y ork City.
ing by peace officers in order to colm g N ew Y ork c it y ; Francis
of
th
e
S
unday
School
—
Miles
Q uerida B. W alker, 115 A rlin g ­
cap tu re bootleggers.
I C., San Francisco.
ton St., M edford, Mass., a g ra d ­ C hapel CME church.
The nam e of Rev. Jen k in s, p a st­
u ate of M edford high school w ho
He ad m itted th a t a Negro “n am ­
atte n d e d W ilberforce u n iv ersity or of M iles C hapel, w as also list­
ed Singleton had been shot to
and M edford B usiness school, ed w ith th e respondents.
Bishop P o rter, reached by te le ­ death som etim e ago in a bootleg
w orked a t th e navy y ard , C h arles­
phone a t F ayette, declined to is­ raid m ade by E llenton police a ft­
ton, Mass.
sue a sta te m e n t fo r publication. e r chasing a tru ck full of supplies
NEW YORK— (A N P)—Miss E l­
C ircu it Ju d g e V erdo W. E l­ fo r a still.”
len Irc n t Diggs has ju s t had the
m ore of F ay ette county, sittin g in
degree of doctor of philosophy
eq u ity issued th e in ju n ctio n w hich
An investigation of Singleton’s and le tte rs (doctora en la facult-
w as served by th e sh eriff d u rin g a death has been urged by n u m e r­ ed de filosofia y le tra s de la Un-.
session of th e conference, W ed­ ous letters and telegram s to Gov. iversidad de la H abana) bestow ­
Ransom e J. W illiam s for various ed upon h er by the U niversity
nesday, Nov. 7.
W hen th e question of d evelop­ parts of the cou n try but an e f­ of H avana, Cuba. She is th e first
ing Miles into a m illion or tw o fective probe has been ham pered A m erican
colored w om an to
JA C K SO N — (A N P)— Mrs. V e­
m illion dollar p la n t cam e up, a by insufficient evidence. The achieve th is distinction and very
lin a Johnson, wife of th e Rev.
dead
m
an’s
relative,
reportedly
his
considerable contigent sum of
few A m erican w hites have ob­
L. N. Johnson, presiding eld er of
m oney w as understood to be dau g h ter, w rote a le tte r in w hich tained it.
th e Jack so n d istrict of th e M eth­
av ailable from th e G eneral Edu- she charged th a t her fath er w as
Dr. Diggs w as born in M on­
odist ch u rch and m o th er of Capt.
cation board. A scientific sur- shot to death by police officers m outh, 111., and received her early
A llen L. Johnson, arm y chaplain,
vey of the possibilities of th e col- to a friend in Savannah, w hich
education th e re including one
w ho w as tw ice w ounded in ac­
lege in its p resen t location w as w as tu rn ed over to Jam es M. H ln-
y ear of M onm outh college and
tio n in th e E uropean and Pacific m ade.
ton, state NAACP president, w ho
holds degrees of A.B. in sociology
th e a tre s of w ar, died at h er hom e
O ne section of th e com plaint is re Po rted to have tu rn ed th e th ere including one y ear at M on­
last w eek, rep o rted ly th e re su lt
alleges
th a t Bishop P o rter called !cUcr over to G ov W,1I,ams for m outh college and holds degrees
of a stro k e she suffered follow ­
of A.B. in sociology from th e U ni­
ing a v isit and q u estioning by lo­ sev eral rep resen tativ es of th e five ' nv estiS‘'tio n ’
cal police on th e w h ereab o u ts of a n n u a l conferences into a con- j Insufficient detailed inform a- versity of M innesota and A M. in
su ltativ e m eeting to discuss the tjon on th e death of Singleton sociology from A tlan ta university.
h e r son.
A ccording to reports, Mrs. need and d esirab ility of re-locat-1 m akes it difficult to counter S h er­ She has served as secretary to the
Johnson, unab le to learn from ' n 8 th e college and nam ed a sub- iff F allow ’s version of the slay ­ p resident of Spelm an college and
th e police th e reason for th e ir com m ittee to nine w ith pow er to ing, a local citizen rem arked. for seven years as assistant to
None of his relativ es have come Dr. W. E. E. DuBois in th e d e ­
w an tin g to know C apt. Jo h n so n ’s Jact on *he question,
w h ereab o u ts and a fte r rep eated J T he com plaint says th a t th e fo rw ard to push th e charges, he p artm en t of sociology of A tlan ta
effo rts b y telephone and tele- p ro p erty of M iles is valu ed in added. Gov. W illiam s acknow l- university. A t present she is r e ­
g rap h by his fa th e r failed to im - j excess of $250,000 and is deb t edged receiving telegram s and search assistant to Dr. DuBois irt
m ed iately reveal w h ere Jo h n so n j free, and th a t to sh ift its loca- j letters, m ostly from C alifornia th e d e p artm en t of special research
w as, suffered a p araly tic stroke, tion to a n o th er com m unity could (a n d New York, asking an in- of the NAACP.
A teleg ram to police h ead q u ar- cause “financial loss in th e de- i vestigatlon of a lynching of a
W hile a t the U niversity of H a­
te rs rep o rted ly had sta te d th a t a preciation of th e ir p ro p e rty ” N egro nam ed S ingleton down in vana, Dr. Diggs w as a J u n i o r
Roosevelt fellow of th e In stitu te
C apt. Johnson w as ab sen t w ith- w hich was acq u ired w ith th e as- A iken county.
out leave from his statio n at F o rt surance th a t th e college w ould
“I don’t know of any lynching ot In tern atio n al E ducation. H er
Jackson. S. C„ b u t th is m essage rem ain w here it is. It fu rth e r dowf) th ere •• he £aid ..r v e gcen I U ssertation is a study of th e life
and w orks of F ern an d o O
rtiz,
la te r w as found to concern an- av ers th a t th e cam pus consists of
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o th e r soldier statio n ed at F o rt about 30 acres of land and th a t
1 1’ ,r s 1 ’jn ^ ’ an n i on*' in ( uba s m an of letters and one of
Jackson of th e sam e nam e as for ap p ro x im ately 40 y ears th e th e state has said an y th in g to th e leading L atin A m erican an-
C apt. Johnson.
, college has been in th is spot.
I m e about it.”
i throp.ologists.
Sue io Restrain
Removal 01
Miles College
Lynch Victim
Killed in Raid
Girl Wins Doctor's
Degree at Havana
Service Mother
Dies Following
Police Visit
LOS ANGELES— (A N P )— J u ­
venile delinquency is due to re ­
ceive an o th er low w hen th e All
A m erican In d u strial institute, re ­
cently incorporated u n d er the
law s of the state of C alifornia,
gets underw ay. T his organiza­
tio n ’s plan, according to m any
au th o rities on youth problem s, is
practical and w orkable.
T his idea is th e brainchild of
the Rev. I. W alter H olt, w ho has
concluded th a t it is high tim e
religious leaders did som ething
tangible in th e w ay of com bat­
ting ju v en ile delinquency in our
city an d state.
The organiza­
tion proposes, therefore, th e p u r­
chasing of a 640 acre farm lo cat­
ed in R iverside county w hich w ill
care for 300 or m ore u n d e rp riv il­
eged children. On such a p ro ­
ject th e y o u th w ill have th e a d ­
van tag e of clean, outdoor w ork,
as w ell as pro p er vocational and
religious training, to assure them
of health in body a n d m ind. T hey
w ill at the sam e tim e, becom e
self-sustaining and w ill prove a s­
sets ra th e j th an liabilities, w hen
th ey go to tak e th e ir places in
the com m unity.
Says Rev. H olt, “we m ust place
the blam e w here it belongs.” He
is of the opinion th a t th e prob-
>em of child delinquency should
be handled th ro u g h th e hom e and
the chuurch, ra th e r th an having
them brought into th e city courts.
T his has becom e necessary b e­
cause p aren ts and teac h ers have
been lax in th e ir responsibility,
and Rev. H olt m ost keenly feels
the need of helping underprivil-
edged N egro boys and girls.
T he site w hich th e organiza­
tion proposes to purchase will
cost $20,000. T his am ount is to
be raised th ro u g h public d o n a­
tions and subscriptions; and th e
m aintenance w ill be handled
th ro u g h organization an d in d i­
v idual m em berships, and special
donors.
Indiana Medics Meet
Randolph to Participate
In Job and Peace Meet
HAMMOND, Ind.— (A N P)—Dr.
V ereen M arion M arshall of G ary
w as elected p resid en t of the
N orthern Indiana M edical, D en­
ta l and P h arm aceu tical associa­
tion a t its N ovem ber m eeting here
T uesday evening. O th er officers
elected w ere C harles S. Boyd,
M. D., E ast Chicago, vice presi­
d en t; M. H. Lovell, M. D., G ary,
se c retary ; G. H. Ross, D.D.S.,
G ary, tre a su re r, and Dr. H. H.
C lay, the re tirin g president, d ele­
gate to the N ational M edical con­
vention.
T his association is m ade up of
the physicians, d e n t i s t s und
p h arm acists o f G ary, M ichigan
C ity, H am m ond, and E ast C hi­
cago. A t this m eeting th e m edi­
cal m en w ere th e guests of Dr.
D ennia A. B ethea of H am m ond,
and w ere en tertain ed a t the
sw anky H ubbard cafe on Field
street. Dr. G. D uncan H inkson,
su p erin ten d e n t of the P atien ts
hospital, G ary, read a technical
p ap er on osteom ylitis.
T he organization donated $200
to th e M eharry M edical college
building fund. A num ber of the
men had already contributed in ­
dividually sum s ranging from
$50 to $500.
Survey Shows
Atlanta in Lead
A TLA NTA — (A N P)— Dr. J o s ­
eph Pierce, research director for
th e c u rre n t study of N egro B usi­
ness education, addressing the
tla n ta B usiness association last
w eek, revealed th a t G eorgia’s
G ate C ity leads the nation in the
n u m b er of N egro businesses.
O f the 3,866 businesses studied
in 12 pivotal cities scattered
tth ro u g h o u t th e nation, Dr. Pierce
declared th a t A tlan ta N egroes
o p erate 843 businesses, th e h ig h ­
est n u m b er of any city studied,
w ith W ashington, D. C., follow ­
ing w ith 694 businesses.
T he m ost fre q u e n t businesses
am ong N egroes a re re stau ran ts
and b eau ty shops. Dr. P ierce said.
T he purpose u n d erly in g the
business study, th e research d i­
recto r stated , is to "determ ine
w hat the statu s of N egro business
an d business education is and to
m ak e av ailab le such in fo rm atio n
as a basis of action for b u ild in g
fu tu re program s an d businesses.”
Brilliant
A tty. Sadi* T. M. A le x a n d e r of
P hiljdelphia. w ho U se c re ta ry of
th e N ational B ar association
w hich is holding its a n n u a l m e e t­
ing in C leveland, Ohio, N ov. 29-
Dec. 1, is one of th e o u tsta n d in g
law yers of th e co u n try . S h e e x ­
pects th is session of th e N atio n al
Bar association to be its best.
— (A N P)
Equalization
Oi School
Facilities Urged
A TLA NTA — (A N P) — T he
S o uthern R egional C ouncil in its
m eeting last w eek called a tte n ­
tion to prevailing in eq u alities e x ­
isting th ro u g h o u t th e so u th e rn re ­
gion in provisions m ade for N egro
and w h ite children.
T he council called a tte n tio n to
th e o p p o rtu n ity p re se n te d in
m any so u th ern co m m u n ities for
post-w ar im provem ent of public
schools, to rem ove ex istin g d if­
ferentials. T he g ro u p urged th a t
all plans fo r th e dev elo p m en t of
educational facilities in com m un­
ities th ro u g h o u t th e so u th ern re ­
gion include funds fo r N egro
schools pro p o rtio n ate to th e g la r­
ing n eed ;. ’T h e body also urged
of fed eral le g ia la tic n d e ­
signed to equalize ed u catio n al op­
p o rtu n ity th ro u g h o u t th e nation,
noting th a t safeguards should be
established to g u aran tee the bene­
fit of any a n d all such program s
equully, for persons w ith o u t r e ­
gard to race, color or creed.
T he council agreed fu rth e r th a t
su rp lu s w a r p ro p e rty be d is tri­
b u ted in such m an n er as to in­
crease facilities for th e technical
education of N egroes.
Journalist Still
Active On 80th
Rirthday
C IN C IN N A TI— (A N P) — W en­
dell P h illip s D abr.ey, p u b lish e r
of th e U nion, a w eek ly n ew sp a­
per, cele b rated his 80th b irth d a y
here S unday.
Beside w ritin g , ed itin g and
m anaging his n e w sp ap er alone,
the ta ll .ro b u st jo u rn a list finds
tim e to p lay th e g u ita r, p ian o and
banjo, for w hich he w as fam ous
in his youth. H e is th e a u th o r
of “C in cin n ati’s C olored C itiz­
ens,” a historical w ork an d ow ns
a p riv a te lib ra ry of 10,000 vol­
umes.
E ditor D abney’s v e rs a tility in ­
cludes politics as w ell as w rit­
ing, m usic an d business. H e r e ­
signed th e position of head pay ­
m aster for th e city in 1923 u n d er
the R epublican
a d m in istra tio n
a fte r “p aying out a b o u t $80,-
000,000.” In m usic, he organized
his ow n o rch estra an d co nducted
a m usic studio in B oston fo r sev ­
eral years. He n am es th e tw o
Stallo girls, both of w hom la te r
m arried E uropean princes, am ong
his m usic stu d en ts.
T e gained his b u sin ess e x p e r­
ience early in life w hen he cam e
h ere to m an ag e his g ra n d fa th ­
e r’s hotel, th e firs t estab lish ed
in A m erica for N egroes, th e four-
story D um as H ouse, opened in
1840 by S an d y S h u m ate, b u tle r
to Jeffe rso n D avis, p re sid e n t of
the C onfederacy. H e opened C in­
c in n a ti’s firs t colored g y m nasium
in th e D um as, he rev ealed , w here
Jo e G anz, K id A she, B ob A rm ­
stro n g and o th e r ch am pion boxers
train ed .
P ic tu re s of his frien d s, both
w h ite an d colored, h ang on the
w alls of his office h ere and in­
clu d e som e of th e n atio n 's leading
citizens.
D abney w as b o m in
R ichm ond, Va., a tte n d e d high
school th e re and w ent to O berlin
college for a year, th e n re tu rn e d
to R ichm ond to teach for eight
years.