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lOLOMN 17 No. 28
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY JUNE 1M7
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Negro Attorney Appointed By Court
Dr. Sebastin Killed In Auto Wreck
Brown Bomber Score^REENSBORO PHYSICIAN
knockout In 8th To
THE NEW HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION, JOE LOUIS
The iL'iiown Bomber, Joe Louis who defeated Jim
Braddock Tuesday night by a knockout in the eighth
lound of the scheduted-^ round battle to ascend a
a throne where only one member of tJ^s race has prev
iously held. -
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lawyei G. J. Gates Is First
Of Race To Be Given
Delense By Jiidee
Increase In Wages
Edgar G. Brown, pVesident of
the Unit«t=03V€MMmint Employes,
Inc., appeared before the Sub-
Committee of the Committee on
-Appropriations of the United
States Senate in behalf of the 1003
employes in the laundry and dry
surprise to learn that there ^vere|16 in Ft. Monroe, Va., 5 in Ft.
federal government employes re- Moultree, S. C., 37 in Ft. Myer,
rceiving as little as $1.00 a day.
He said, ."I am frank tb say that
I would not for a minute stand
for paying anyone |il50 ayear."
In the ooursfe of the discussion
cleaning plants of the War -De—Senator Russell of .Georgia men-
partment who are now rweiving tioned that-: he had offered an
from |il.00 a day to $tH)0.00 a year, amendment that would give a dif-
as regular .full time employes of
the U. S. government. '
In his open.ing statement before
the" committee, Mr. -jBi r>wn™said:
“May I express my profound per
sonal thanks an4 appreciation to
the Cha^'man, Senator Copeland,
Senator MeAd^so, Senator Thomtia,
Senator Reynolds, Senator Rus
sell and the other suhcatnmittee
members for this opportunity to
pre*ei)t to you the distressing con
dition of mo^'e than 1,000 men and
■women Jaundry employes rjeCeiv
ing $1 a di^ or less as regular
full-tinis employes of the United
States Government, up to |i00 a
year. This is the lowest ^paid
group of Federal employes, and
they are now working in the 34
laundries, and dry cleaning es-
tabliihments, 29 of them in con-
tinc.' al United Btates and locKt>
•Ml in every part of the coOntry, 2
111 4h« Philippines,*"i in Hawaii,
and the inaular possessions under
the War Department."
great
ferent al of not more than 15 per
cent for labor in..different parts
of the country, and mejitioned to
Senator McA«oo that in California
people* doing the same kind of
i^ork as those in Georgia receive
Va., and'4 in Ft. , Screven, Ga,,
who will benefit ^ this $60,000
increase, according to Mr. Brow^.
At this conclusion of his state
ment before - the subcommittee,
Mr. Brown mentioned that the
Committee was considering giving
a raise to the meehanics employ
ed in the War Department who
are receiving $1.14"an hour, while
the workers for - whom he was
pleading received less than $1.00
a day, to which Senator Copeland
replied, “You have madea gob5
125 per cent more than the Geor-jO.»tement Mr. Brown.”
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gia laborers, ,tq which the Sena
tor from Cafifornia replied, “That
shows Ve are a civilized commun
ity in„California.”
This $50,00 increase in wages
for the laundry workets recom
mended by Mr. Brown, United
Government "Employes head was
appioved by tb(p Senatft spb-com-
mittee on June 1C, 1987, and re
ported to the U. S. Senate for
passage. It' will give an addition
al $60 to $li20 a year increase to
ihese colored employes who are
employed by the War Departm^t
and reeeiving fl.OO a day up to
$600.00 a year.
Among the workers benefited in
continental United States are, 98
in Ft. Bsrihing, Ga., - in Ft.
Bragg, Hi C; 5 in, Ft. Brown, Tex.,
By J. H. MaUoy
In the trial of Willie Alexan
der arid Sam Burtbn, who were
charged with the second degree
murder of Dewey Oole on May
30th. Judge R. H. Parker, Judge
presiding over the tenth judicial
district, appointed Attorney C.
J. G»tes to represent'Willie Alex
ander, a co-defendant in the
case, who was charged with mur-
dejii „
Dewey Cole, an innocent by
stander was killed as a result of
a stray .as«|^.i#Btilt of an
argument* with" Saim'TBcrton
Aron Williams in which one Sam
Hunter interfered and tried -to
make peace.
The trial laster "^a day and o
hakf and- the'-^defendants wece
cnvicted for second degree mHP-
der with reccemendation for
GETS appointment
> JOE LOUIS WINS TITLE
Brown Boaber GeU Off CanvaJii
In 1st. K. O. Braddock In 8th.
>Last Tuesday night in Comis*
key Park, Joe Louis, the bombing
Brown Bomber of Tistiana, pick
ed himself out of the resin in the
first roonch of )iis fight for the
heavyweight championship of the
world and foaght the greatest bat
tle of his young career to go down
in history as the second man of
his race to win that coveted price
of fistiana, the world’s champion
ship.
One of Etraddock's choppy rijphts
caught Louis on the jow in the
very first rovtnd an^ sent the
Bv«wn fo tke ckHvas, iMt
he was up without a count, fight-
iBg harder than ever.
Tfia g ditttfgPt Louis from
the one who faced Max Schmeling
last 8{iramer. He was cool, calcu
lating and accurate under fire,
and a roaring demon of destruct-
ion^on the offense.
One mrftute and ten seconds af
ter hostilities ha^ begun for the
8th round, Braddock’s jaw got in
the way of that pile-driving right
of the Bomber's and the fight was
over.
iBesidea cheiving his greatest
aim, Louis also proved to Him self
and others that the Schmeling
disaster did not affect his fight
ing ability. He proved^ that he
could get off the canvas and still
win.
No doubt about ■ it, be
a great champion and a fighting
one, and from all indications he
will be champion fbr a long, h>ng
time.
FATALLY INJURED JIIEN
HIS CAR HITS TRUCK.
GreentboVo, June 26.^Dr. S., P.
Sebastian, prominent «nd well
know-n .,ji|^'sician of Greensboro
succumbed here this n^oming
about 4:30 from injuries sustajn-
W'‘ln an automobile wreck which
occured when his car collided with
that of a trucfk driven by James
Poteat, white man of 30 East
Fifth Street, urlington. »
Dr. Sebastian, according to po
lice reports was proceeding in his
car west from Washington Street
when it was struck by a Turner
Transfer Truck traveling: south on
Benbow Road. The truck, it was
r«portaA rMu- end of D*^
Sebastian’s car and knocked it 20
or more feet m a sidew^ise position
The automobile in which the phy-
'Bii'iuR—was—fkting—sti-urk a tele-
phone pole, Mtting-jt 8 feet from
the groiipid,. Dr. Sebastian was
rushed ta Richardson Memorial
hospital whtre it was found h*
was suffering from * fractured
left jow, a fractureaj skull, a bro
ken left arm and internal injuries.
He succumbed without, having
gained consciousness.
The officers stated the dnv«r
of the truck evidently did not pay
eny heed to the stop sign on Ben
bow Road before entering Wash
ington Street. ^ "
The driver of the'' truck war
pUftid under, a $14^0 bojid sA the
time of the wre.k, and it is
thought the bond will be increased
since the accident resulte\i in the
death of Dr. Sebastian,
Raleigh Is Host
To Baptist
Congress
moved into Braddock. They spjr-j RAI>EIGH, June 24.—THe rs-
red. Joe pecked Jim with light, ejection of the present slate of
lefts. Braddock crowded Joe to
the ropes and Louis clinched.
They broke and Joe missed a right
haymaker to the head. Thay ey-
ed,,£ach other in the center of the
ring and Joe backed away. Brad
dock landed a clean left to the
face. Braddock kept his left to
officers to serve anoth-^r year
was the outstanding feature of
Thursday’s program of the Nat’*
Negro Baptist Congress now ih
session at Raleigh. The annual
message ot peaaidcttt.
H Jernagin of Washington, D. C.
also f^tared th« program of yts-
Senator McAdaa added at this
point,. “I think that Taundry work
is a'lWully hard work for ;>v dollar
a da^.” *
In rcsp&n^ to a statetnent
made' -by ^Senator Duffy of Wis
consin at 'the Senate hej^rings on
the 'War Department ■ appropria
tion, that, in some places where
you have colored people in that
locality receiving np more than $1
a day in private Industry, Senatoi
McAdoo replied, “t do not care'
whether,they are white or black.
It makes il%“ difference to me. I
am just talking about thfs Gov
ernment, as a government, stand
ing for such a pittance to peopW
under conditions that I think are
unjustifiable. It does not takt
(Cof|tiB]Ufd on pa|[te
ATTORNEY C, J. GATES, pro
mercy by the jury^It is alleged t^is city who
that this is the first time a Na-'
gro lawyer has been appoin'ed by
the Superior Court, in a legal re
presentative capacity. Thw writer
hopes that this procedure ^will b«
followed by othor Superior Court
5udgies throughout the State and
wherever. NegrcT lawyers are wor
thy of such appointments. N«-
gro lawyers are just a#-: si^alite
of handling appointments Siicn ns
recieivers, re:frees etc., as w^ii^
lawyers are, and should be given
such opportunities*. May the ap
pointment of Attorney Gates be
' 'the first step toward this move.
Atflofhey Gates rMi^ed A-
was appointed this week to d6>-
fend a Negro murderer by Judge^
E. Hunt Parker. Attorney "Gates
is believed to be the first lawyer
of his race to b‘ apipointed
judge to represent a defendtCnt
in North Carolina.
ROUND ONE
Braddock led with a right and
wad^ into Jos, holding his head.
Joe feinted and fllektd a left to
Braddock’s head. They sparred
both waiting for an» opening.
They danced about the ring,
.^uis appeared to be measuring
l^is-'ihan. Araddock missed with
a right and left. He back«d off
Joe and took a left to the jaw
Bra.idVk feinted with his left
and backed about the ring^ Joe
swerved aqd bobbed sending a
left to Braddock’s jaw and rights
t6~*the body. Braddock went on
the ropes covering up from a.
l^rage of rights and lefts from
Louis, he missed and waited for
an opening. Joe swarmed into
him and had him groggy. Louis
wOTt down for no count from
shoH left into the stomach and
his eyes looked gtassy. It was
a clean blow;, The crowd rose oh
its -hind legs and cheer£d tn the
echo. Braddock’s round. '
in Joe’s face and landed a right t^rday
on top of Joe’s head. They_mix-
ed it in the center of the ring.
Joe landed rights to Braddock’s
head that had him groggy and
tiolding on as the bell ended the
round. Joe seemed to be warm
ing up. Louis’s round.
ROUND THREE
Joie led wit lefts to the face.
_ The otficers ar as follow^:
Headed by Dr. Jernagin, as
president, the other offitera -
lected to serve another y'ar
were: ; * ■
' The Rev. O. C. Maxwell, Ne>«
York City, vice president-at large
th^ Rev. H. T. Sims, Wichitu,
iK^nderson case whert two Ne
gro boys were charged with rape I
on t»ro white girls. The. bpys were
cnvicted and sentenced to liflRi
but'the Supreme Court of North
Caitolina revised the verdict, and
the boys eventually sentenced t»
six years in ' penitentiary and
round two
iBraddoek led wi^ a left to the
Louia countered with
the same- Braddock backed
away altd missed a right cross to
Joe’s head. Joe b^ked- away and
wa^ a^isst the ropes with Brad
dock leading witii Ifeft crosses to
the face. Joe ducked a left; and
Kans., recording secietary; il.' L
They eyed eac^ other and moved ^ gj^oyvn, of New York City»_assi^-
cautiously. Joe stu:k hih left in tent r^ording secretary i thi» KeV ”
Jim’s face andbwkedaway. Brad- jL. D. lunn, GVand Rapids, Mich.,
dock missed with a wild right an>V. corresponding secrgtary ; lAdii 'E’.
Joe backed away but wadded in [ Butler, IndianapolS, Ind., treaau-
with lefts and took a left to the rer; the Biev. .Wm.^fBoe, Eustis;
jaw in exchange. Braddock went Fla., statisticiaUr Luci« E. Camp-
in-center of ring and tried blows^bell, Memphis, Tennesafe,r wusie
to Joe’s body. Bracjdock took a director; the Rev. A. M. Town-
right on the head. Tl^jf sparred, send, Nashville, Tensr, director
Joe landed a sharp left to thflf^neral; E|. Isaa^ Nashville, asso.
head and bobbed and weaved un- ciate dir^t^r generah and tM
der Brfddock and ,crowded h'fhr Rev. M. A.^Talley of Indianapo-
near the center of the ring. Joe lis, Ind., deiCn.
ducked a right from Braddock be-i „ ......
fore it got started. Braddock led^ f'
with lus left ind they clinched, than,
and Joe landed two lefts but took
stiff right and ducked another. Sunday
aight.
B. degre^ from Shaw Univ-irsity pardoned aftter serving 2
in April J921, and his M»B from y®»w.
Boston University in 19^6. Attor-| Attorney Gates also represec-
n.ey Gates has been practicing, ^ P«^ed prosecution in the
for ten ' years, during which tim#; **ate against J. H. Whitfield,
he has htndled many important officer, who assaulted Vernon
cases. I'Farrington who was on a public
He was chief counsel in the’Service bus and saV down beside
th« officar. TIu offie t- was con
vtcted, fined and suspended
four or live days from duty.
It 0oes without being said that
Attorney Gates Is held in very
high esteem by the (Bar an^ tlie
Bcnch,
r..
Braddock landed a right upper-1
cut and took a left jab. Joe i
the head as the b^ll rang. Round |
even. -
ROUND FOUR
They danced aroitnd' the ring
aad Joe took a left to the face.
They sparred and exchanged
rights and Braddock landed a
left to the body. Joe tried from
Braddock’s Itead. and missed.
They sparred and Joe landed a
left and a'right and ducked t.vo
ffpm Jnm. Joe sprang from the
«« pa|*
J. L. DUNN VISITS JlgHH
J antes L: Duni) of 1018 Tiuuc*
ton Ave. returned trom N-'if
York City last week
visited hi^ son wlio wac injureJ
wMta working in a boiliel M
I^'ng Island.
Mr. Du^ is ex|ected to l«av«
for New York n»xt wp»ek tf
son’s ¥onfeiei»--i* nok
to be impwf*d.
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