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BY CLIFFORD C. M ITC H E LL
1933 —
ANC " H E
NEGRO
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"TOE MENDING ,
r Extols
i i Internat
T ’ nalism
1 • FORCED TO REDUCE STAFF
Where there Is need there la oppor
tunity and where there ia opportunity
there is work. Thua th Negro finite
himself facing a New Year plentifully
filled with opportunity If he will but
make uae of it.
Says Racial And National
IYNCHINGS SHOW EBB IN
NEW STATISTIC REPORT
E
HEART
Differences Should Cause Unity
11 L Y N C H I N C 8 F OR 1932
D E C L IN E OF 3 FROM
1031
MRS. WRIGHT RETURNS
WITH ENGDAHE ASHES
A T T A C K T A K E S LIFE
EX- P R E S IO E N T
N.AAC.P. MAKES
£
OF
W I L L S P E A K A T M ASS M E M O R
IA L S T H R O U G H O U T C O U N T R Y
Politically. Just now, the Negro’s
sphere of Influence Is grossly exag
gerated. The democrats, throughout
the country, won by auch a »weeping
majority that It is safe to assume
that they will not voluntarily dispense
much patronage among a minority
group— until another election la close
at hand.
The republicans will be so busy
gathering together the parts of their
machine that It will take some time
before they will be in a position to
even make gesture* of a promising
nature.
Northampton. Maas., Jan. 5— Calvin
N E W YORK. Jan 3,— A record of Coolldge, 30th president of the United
N EW YORK, Jan. 5— First class
IN TE R N A TIO N A L C O N TA C T NEED
11 reported lynching» for the year I’ ' » 1*», died suddenly today at hla passengers, wrapped In costly furs and
This very divergency of political af
1932 represents a decline of three h<,,n® In NorthSE«ftoB,
E O F OR F U L L D E V E L O P M E N T
adorned with glittering Jewels froze
He succumbed, according to physl In their tracks, and auave uniformed i
fairs creates an opportunity for unsel
from the 14 reported lu 1931. scordimi
OF N A T IO N S
fish. astute, wise and uncompromis
to statistica published by the Nat
port officials halted their duties In ,
ing Negro leaders to organize the Ne
Iona) Association for the Advance
amazement aa four hundred Negro
gro electorate and so concentrate. In
ment of Colored People, 49 Fifth Ave.
and white men and women wildly j
T h t editor had the privilege of hear
crease and conserve the strength of
Only one state. Florida, had two
cheered a smiling Negro women as j
mg the addreaa of the noted Or. Inaio
the Negro minority until such a time
lyncblngs during the year The other
■he stepped down second class gang
Nilobe, doctor of law. philosopher and
as their force can be effectually de
stales, which each had oue lynching
plank of the luxurious S.S. Bremen.
m t m b t r of tha Imperial houaa of peera
monstrated in behalf of good govern-
are: Arkansas. Georgia. Kansas. Ken
N EW YORK. Jan 6— The altitude
12 noon, Wednesday 14. Pier 4. Brook
of Japan, who spoht al a dinner given
tucky, l-oulslana. Ohio. South Caroli
of the while South toward» the right»
lyn. Port of New York.
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In his honor by lha Chamber of Com-
na. Texas and Virginia.
equal consideration of the Negro
of brown men In India and brown men
The cheering men and women recog
mere# and tha Japanaaa Society on
Two of the victims of lynching mobs
In the United Statea la rerealed by a
nixed the smiling woman as Mrs. Ada
W«dn*tday night at the Benson hotel
Wright. American working class am - 1
| In a field of business and finance
were white, the remainder Negroes
tetter from Florida published lu the
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H l i words of wisdom wtro profound. .
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hassadress, mother of two of the
NE\4 YORK, Jan B Reductions of the Negro has unlimited opportunity
N Y Evening Poet slid relayed by
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Among the offenses charged to the
refreshing, Illuminating and so advan
Scottshoro boys. emmUsary to the the N a“ oual o filc ® »t a il and a third to prove the business genius of the
mob victims were quarrel with employ
the N A A C P
The letter »ays;
cod that we herewith publish the full
hundred* of millions of European wor- d*-“ **® cut this year In the salaries race There are many business organ-
er who formed the lynching mob;
•'A southern voter w »» praising Gan
teat of his address for the benefit of
kers. and guest of honor of the World uf
remaining, » e r e announced iiation* that are In an excellent po-
murder; stealing ten dollar hill and
dhi. boasting of the victory which the
thos# who did not have the privilege
Congress of the International Red Aid. todaY
,he N» “ ° “ l Association for sition to help the Negro tf the Ne-
wounding deputy sheriff; quarrel over
little brown man’ had evidently won
of hearing this noted gentleman.
She was returning to America after ,h® Advancement of Colored People groes themselves will patronize their
pay resulting in shooting; dynamiting
with his equality fast. The question
having completed a tour of 1* Euro- following report to the Board of Di efforts It Is a reflection on the entire
was asked. 'If an American Negro — — — ——— —— — — — — — — ■lore: Insulting white women.
pean countries in behalf of her sons rectors o f a special budget committee race w#*n an organization as the Na-
Should refuse to eat until every V*gro
' « ' * » • " * • »1*«“ ' now adays of th e. In all cases the mob either hanged
und the other Scottshoro boy* held to deal " lt h the Associations sharp tlonal Colored Merchants Stores. Inc.,
In the South had been granted the
and the Occident, we usually or «hot Its victim, the body being sub-
right to vote, what would you advise think of the demarcation lines drawn »equently burned In the case of Henry
in the death house. Kilby Prison. *7 reduced income owing to the in- is unable to farther extend their act-
Aiabama
dustrial world crisis.
' Ivitlea because of lack of support ft " a
us to do?’
roughly In the neighborhood
of the SO woods, lynched at Jasper. Fla
•"l,e i him s ta rv e " was the emplin degrees East longitude
But no single | |n making public the figure*. W aller
The members of the reception com-
Thr*** member* of the National the Negroes themselves.
tie and prompt reply
l,n* ’
»innous. can form a white. Secretary of the National As
mittee of four Hundred delegates of ataff are dropped. They, are Robert i
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many tens of thousands, were well
Bagnall, Director of Branches, and
Other organizations including the
‘‘Gandhi ha* thousand* of followers Boundary
If the East and the Weal sedation for the Advancement of Col-
acquainted with the details of Mrs. l * ° clerks. In announcing the retire- Victory L ife Insurance Company and
who cannot even write their own " r• u> ** divided this can be doue on „red People said
Wright s tour They knew the hlstor
ments. the Board says: "in the cases the Douglass National Bank, of Chica-
names and do not care to learn. Iy
* Broad belt where the typical
"Reporting lynching» are three l<*a
whereas the majority of our American featurea of the two civilisations meet this year Ilian In 1931. Bui aatlafaction
ic importance of the trip she had un-
of non® ot O'0» * recommended to be go offer excellent opportunities for
C A L V IN COOLIDGE
Such “ a "•’
belt
comprise an
.in »1 tills slight progress must be tern ■
dertaken.
dropped ia there the slightest impli men o f vision, capital and ability.
N egro-» have made every effort to and nnx •',urn
1I » will
‘in rompriae
Eight months ago. with the Scott»- cation of unsatisfactory service.
It With many hundreds of thousands of
educate themselves for good cltlaen “ r,‘11 lw l* " n ,h® thirtieth and fiftieth pered by the knowledge that quasi clans, to a heart attack that had de
undpr a death sentence, she l" simply pressure of present condi- dollars in assets tied np in these two
•hip, often working In heartbreaking d®*r'‘ " e »» t longitudes Recent authro- legal lynching», shootings by members »eloped while he was at his Main at. boro boy*
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circumstances to Improve themselves
researches seem to poiut Pf posses, hasty court trials with re- law office, and he died alone in his ¡had ascended this same gangplank “ oh* * « can first spare. W e may be companies surely the race has a suf-
aml th-lr children
,hal civilization began In this bolt * uU* virtually dictated by mob*, as lu bedroom.
I* ;th J. Louis Engdahl. then G eneral'forced to go still farther in this dlrec- Oclent amount of pride, energy and
" I ^ t * not get hysterical over the which comprises Mesopotamia within Scottshoro Alabama, are little If any
Mrs Coolldge returning from a shop-' Secretary of the International Labor tion. although of course, we hope noL- dormant capital that can be massed
•mile brown men' of India getting hi* which lie the Ruphratlc region. Sums- Letter than open and unashamed mob ping tonr discovered the body at 1:15 Defense. Together, thsse two. turned ' A sixteen per cent salary cut of all thus providing opportunities of em-
rlght*. while the Tittle brown man’ r,a- Accad. Babelnn and Chaldea As murder. The lynching eplrlt remains P M.
1 to the crowded pier and said with full-time staff members remaining, ployment for thousands of our boys
oil our own doorstep Is stUI shut out " » “ •>»* »re separated right and left the focal problem of law enforcement
Ex president Coolldge was born on quiet conviction “ The Scottshoro Boys together with a further reduction in and girls.
of many privileges "
beyond this belt differentiation In ev- |n A m erica"
July 4. 187*. at Plymouth. Vermont. Shall Not D ie!”
P «rt time of the Association's Dlrec !
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Ths letter I* signed by Helen Clal- rTy respect * r°w s more mtrked. As (
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Received preliminary education In tin
Today Mrs. Wright was returning, tor of Publicity ''and additional sal-
Taken as a whole I fail to see where
early as the 4th Century. H C.. and P I O N E E R F A R M E R O F
graded school at Plymouth
and at Her tour with Endahl which reached »r y cut. reduces the Associations sal- the Negro religious and educational
born*, of West I’ slm Besch
likely still earlier, the differences he ,
L A N G S T O N S U C C U M B S Black River academy at Ludlow and hundreds of thousands of working V t budget tor the year 1933 by about leaders are improving conditions of
tween th* East and West threatened
the race. The small leader is so petty
I LANGSTON Okla Dec 18__Arm»- o St l Jobnaburg academy; was gradual- men and women In almost every carl- 13 P*r cent-
P R O S E C U TO R 'S S T A T E M E N T P U T
the unity of mankind and Alexander »
,|r(')>ui' g,
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oW‘ ploneer rd a* Amherat college In 1895 In se tal and targe city of Europe, has in-
"T h e recommended salaries repre- »nd self-centered, seemingly, that all
IN T O G EO R GIA C O U R T R ECORO
expedition to India was a hold attempt okuhom ,
rlylr" ,Bader outstanding n,or y,*ar won * old me<lal ,n national ternationallied the Scottshoro issue, i»®nt the limit which the resources of *“ » time is taken up in providing his
to
counteract
this tendency His was f , rn)Pr and owner of exclusive land C0ml>®l|“ 0" for *«?»• essay on caujcs Frgom Just another instance of op the Association
w ill permit so far as cwn sustenance, while the larger lea
I.. m
H R iaru i tkl*
ft
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Hsrndon Ball Rsducsd to
not a marauding conquest but wherev
Interests In Oklahoma.
died at hi* of ,h* R «* "'u “ onary war; studied taw 1 pression against the Negro people In can be ascertained at the present d®rs ar® busily engaged in developing
$2,500 as Nsgro Atlornsys
er he advanced he hullt cities and
time," say» the Board's report.
an<f defending factional fights. Her#
Crots-ssamln* Officials
home In Oklahoma City. Dea'h ws* In offices of Hammond and Field at 1 (Continued on page four - Col. one)
spread Greek culture which no doubt
In announcing the action of the “ 1®n, I* a field with many opportunit-
I Northampton, Mass., and began prac
due to paralysis.
was of the highest order al that lime
Board of Directors. W alter White, the ies for
Negro to combine forces
A T L A N T A . Oa , Jan 2— Admission
• Mr. Breaux was the son-in-law of tice there; entered politic» aa member ! S E N A T O R W A G N E R A S S U R E S
He advised his generals and encourag
Association's Secretary said-
,and do something constructive, up-
of
Northampton
common
council.
1900
that "N egroes hav# been aystemactl-
Inman E Page, a noted educator, and
W A L T E R W H I T E A C T I O N ON
ed his soldiers to lake oriental wives
“ Colored people of the United Statea W tinf. for .the race.
and 1901; City clerk of Northampton
cally excluded from the grand and pe
M IS S IS S IP P I
L E V E E PROBE
so that racial dlference* and discord a former president of Lincoln unlver- :1904; married Grace A. Goodhue of
will have brought home to them the
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tit Juries for years." ws* wrung on
rlty.
W ASH IN G TO N . D. C.. Dec 2 8 -
may vanish. Ills grand cultural mis
Yes. there's opportunity everywhere
Burlington. VL, Oct. 4. 1905; member
gravity of the situation confronting
the witness aland from Rev John
He Is survived hy his widow. Mrs.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New
sion naturally proved abortive w.th
the N.A A C.P. when they realize that and il wU* *>® Interesting to record,
Hudson, assistant solicitor and prose
Zells N. Page Breaux Instructor of Massachusett. state senate. 1912-15.
his death, hut hi* Idea was fitfully re
one of the staff members who has during the coming year, and give pub-
cutor In the Angelo Herndon case. In
music .n the Oklahoma City schools; flT T .
*h' * * " * * • l° ,9M and Washington last night, assured Wal
vived from linn- to time
1915; Lt. Governor of Massachusetts
served them
faithfully for twelve l*f Ry ,0- “ *e progressive and frult-
a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus , Thn(| , h< b|Bndl
of
r ,
„ on® son. Inman A Breaux, director of
ter While. Secretary of the National!
! years and has helped to build up the
efforts made by Negroes in their
terms. 1919 and 1920; elected vice
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, „ ory athletic* In tho Agricultural and In
Annotation for the Advancement
° organization has had to be dropped r®*P«*'“ ve fields of endeavor. And to
.president of the United Stales In No-
« * ! „ Herndon
T h . writ raised this
bu(
dustrial Instltuts.
Colored People, who had come from
I vember. 1920; became president o( the
owing to the financial crisis.
¡ad au®h. this writer offers a sincere
question of exclusion of Negroes from
whlrh
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New York to confer with him, that the
"The work of the N.A.A.C.P. has ,cot>peratlon
th»* jury and nuked 4 U m U »*l on thU
.
N. A. A. C. R. A I D S F I O H T A G A I N S T
3‘
U.
S.
Senate
w
ill
act
promptly
on
the
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ninn n ropn. nan only one end. the be-
the death of Warren O. Harding; elect
trebled. Its income has shrunk espec
B U R N S E X T R A D I T I O N T O OA.
resolution calling for a Senate probe
* roun<1
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ginning, the other end being cut off.
ed president of the United States in
ially that part of it derived from G E T S I N D I C T M E N T O F W H I T E
This important victory won by he nf pet„ , n||
flU m „ nt.
TR EN TO N. N. J. Jan 4— Produc
jof Mississippi levee slavery or he. Sen
November. 1924; While on vacation on |
branches. Compared with other nation
International l-abor Defense In the R||( „ „ # , t
oontlnulty ing John L. Splvak. author of "Geor
ator Wagner, would know the reason
C O P FOR S H O O T I N G B O Y
Augsust 2. 1927, Issued famous state
al organizations, even large industrial
heart of the chsln gang stale of Geo-
p. rh
, gla Nigger", to testify agulnst Geor-
why. Said Mr. White.
ment. " I do not choose to run for pres
concerns, the N.A.A.C.P. has done sur
r.ta can become su ex.rem ely Impor- „ „ „
()Wn
a<)
„ takw Eta's chain gang and prison camp ay.- J
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Z n Z Z n l
"Senator Wagner told me he will
prisingly well to go on as it has.
taut factor In smashing the J m t row up
bro|ten ,hr. . d Hnd c, 1B„ d„
a‘ “ >*’ l'®a“ » * b* fo™ ° ° w n o r dency March 4 1929 ami resumed give the Committee on Commerce to
SA V AN N AH . Ga.. Dec 28— Colored
“ But the tact that its largest bran
Ism In th . South This question s In wh„ „ m#an. . nd
dolnlt
ug A. Harry Moore, and with Ita Sscro-L
|d#nw,
Northampton Ma„
which his resolution has been referred.
people of Savannah are arouaod over
ches are in industrial cities and that
separably bound In tha defense of the flp#t |n, whgt wp mt>#n by (hp
tary. W aller White. In attendance, (he
Just two days to report It out favor-
the act of a white police officer who
there unemployment particularly a-
Herndon case.
and ^ BS,
National Association for the Advance-
M ILLER A T R A C E Y H A V E
ably ,f ,hey delay
Senator mong colored people is at its worst, Is charged with having shot a colored
The I.L.D won another Important
A ,MBnd#r PopB wa„ a phllolophar nient of Colored People played Ita part
boy In the back and killed him on
22 F U N E R A L S L A S T Y E A R W a * n®r declares he will raise the en
has terrifically hit the Association's
partial victory In this case through aa WH„ aa # poB, and ahowa blmaB,( In the victorious fight to prsvent ex
t i r e Issue In a speech on the floor of
Nor. 24.
They are supporting the
mass pressure by forcing reduction of i() (|J the f0n0w(n(| tr|p|Bt.
tradition to Georgia of Robert Elliott
(Continued on page four. - Col. five) local branch of the National Assoc ia-
Following is a list o f colored funer- the 8t,nate
down
‘ hall * for ” Herndon
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* from 225.000
““
Burn», author of " I Am a Fugitive
tlon for the Advancement of Colored
als handled during the past year by 1 “ I hare al* ° ,Parned whlle ,n Wa!,h‘
to 22,500. The courtroom was Jammed
Ask where’s the North? At York, From the Chain Gang".
People. J. M. Walker. President, which
¡the Miller A Tracey Mortuary and at in* to" that ,hp u’ vee contractors have N £ w F U N E R A L p A R L oR
‘tits on Ihe Tweed;
with workers when the trial was to
I In addition, tho N.A.A.C.P. prepared
which Mrs Beatrice Reed, lady attend ,‘ " ,ued a ,tr lftly <™ “ d- " “ a' document
E M P L O Y S C O L O R E D W O M A N has been s“ ccessfu' •“ having the of
corns up. and thousunda of leaflela had
In Scotland, at the Orcades; and a list of the extradition case* fought
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attempting to refute the charges made I
ant . was
duty
Benninghoff A Gaddie. funeralists. ficer bound over to the Superior Court
been dlatrlhuted. Trial haa been post
“ '®r®
In various parts of the country hy the
February
17.
Laura
Jones;
March
1,
by
*be
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and
,baI
,b
,y
ar0
announce
the employment of Miss on a charge of murder and indicted
poned unlit the flrat week In January,
At Greenland, Zemlita, or tho Lord National Office and the branche» and
Edward Washington; March 7, Mattie I circulating It among senators. Persons Barbara Hubbard as Lady Attendant In that charge by the Grand Jury.
over the strenuous protest of John
knows where."
these were placed In the hands of Ari
The boy’s mother is In poor cIreiIn
Ooren; March 31. Cora Bunch; April |who hare 8een “ say 11 la a weak a,‘ on their staff.
H (leer and Benjamin J. I'nvls. Ne
thur nut-field Hays, who In his power
tempt.
stances. Mr. W alker reports, and the
The snme question can he asked of
5. Richard William s; April 7. Genevl- j
They
also
announce
the
opening
of
gro I.L.D lawyers. The ball will he
fui address ns attorney for Burns,
lothor points of the compass with aim
ere. Mullen; April 9, Alma Louise | Mr. White also announced that the ar assembly room in their building at N.A.A.C.P. has spen t considerable
posted immediately and
Herndon
made use of the material the N.A.A.
liar answer*. The meridian that divid
Bushnell; June 29. Rosa Ann Dun; Ju N.A.A.C.P. had prepared a digest of Sixth A Market streets for the free money in prosecuting the case.
freed pending the trial, the I.L.D. an.
C.P. had prepared.
"The people of the community have
es Ihe globe Into East and West Is the
ly 1. James D. Emery; July 28. Katie all avatlnhte editorials in the colored use of any club or organisation among
nouncod.
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I The hat -prepared by the Association
M. Johnson; July 29, Frank Rollins; weekly press of the nation and was the colored people which desires to responded nicely to our call for a
line which passes through the place .
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. "howed that It had been successful In
Aug. 2, Jennie Wilson; August 18, Ed placing this digest In the hands of hold meetings on the West side. The fund," reports Mr. Walker.
where the observor stands and thro
missed on the technical ground that
preventing no less than 14 extradition
(he two poles. Hence there are aa ma
gar Moore; September 10. Joseph S. every member of the Senate.
room is well heated, lighted and equip
the "Jury question cannot be raised
cases to southern slates and that In
ny meridians as there are ohaervors
Patterson; Sept. 16, James R. Char
ped for such meetings and may be
liy habeas corpus hill must bn raised
six of these cases the extradition had
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PATTER SO N ENTERS COLLEGE
leston; Sept. 23.
Warren R. Peek;
obtained day or night. The firm Invites
by motion to quash.”
been refused hy slate governors at Ihe
D IES A T T U S K E O E E
to tho other. Tho Arabs were called hy
Sept. 30. Alice Raglan; Oct. 23, Floy-l
Its liberal use.
The Judge hearing the arguments
Association’s Instance, hacked hy the
W ASH IN G TO N , Jan. 5— News has
Ihe Hebrews Ihe children of the East,
Ivan Patterson left Thurs., for Ash
Cochran; Nor. 19, Ida Schwelach,
pleaded sick, and on that ground held
’ ynchtng figures of the states seeking Dec. 22. Mary Ann Bettis The name *’ ®en M celvsd of the death at the Tus- kegee Institute his brother's loyal aud
land to enter the Normal school there.
and hy the Babylonlana. the dwellers
hearing In chambers so that worker»
to remove the prisoner.
of one of the decedents, we failed to !ke* <'e Normal and Industrial Institute,'devoted assistant, being general auper- Patterson made an enviable record aa
In the W eal; and they answered to
could not hear the exposure of Jlm-
obtaln. Finley Is said to have had ,of Mr* s,,aan Washington, widow of intendent of Industries. Mr. Washing- star basket ball player on the Jeffer
either of these names As there Is no
Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull hat gone
the late John H. Washington, who w as'ton died several years ago leaving a son high schol team. In Ashland, he
ahsoluts
meridian.
East
and
Weal
are
( Please Turn To Page Three)
to California for the winter.
(Continued on page three)
¡from almost the foundation of the Tua-'w ife and seven children.
will live at the home of coach Hobson.
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