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EDITION
SATURDAY OCTOBER
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“Burly Black ^egro^ ^ Turns Out To Be \^hite Man
G.O.P.-NatM Chairman
Pins Hope Of Party In
Alabaman^s’ Elevation
Voters Asked To
Demand F air
Hours; Wages
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—Ne-
tpto voters in the northern and
western atiitea were warned to-
, day that a stiff fight must bo
made at once ac*^inBjt nfiy wAges
and hour# bill which di»crimina-
tea against Negro lal>or.
^ It is . reported here that the
wages and hours bill sponsored in
the Ia|t session by Senator Hugo
L. Black, whish wa£| fought tooth
and nail by practically every
word Negro. It iHll be remember
ed« also, that many tt>utbeni «m*
ployers were not satisfied e/en
with these geographical differ
entials, but tried to get the gov
ernment throoiirh the I^RA to fix
a definite standards of wage for
Negroes below the differential
standards for the Sotfth. Forjluc-
ample. in one industry where the
NRA had fixed a wage of |12 a
week, southern employeiti want.
other southerner, must be madej®^ *■
“more palati^le to the South" in
order to get it through the next
session of Congrew.
Southern congretpmen and se*
nators raved against the wages
and hoak’ bill for many reasfins,
^ut principally because it pro
pose to. give Negro laborers in
the South shorter hours &«>d
higher wag«B and in some insbui-
ees, m^e thenr equal to
■jforkm. -r" T.
If the bill is to be changed in
the next Congress to make IT
more acceptable to the Sooth.
NeiTo citizen(|nay be sure that
one of the first things to be done
wilt be to fix a special wage le
vel for Negroes. An attempt will
be made ot create separiPPe stan
dards for Negro. workers and
have the federal government
sanction this sulbsistence wage le
vel. Thi^ will mean J that fo:*
years to come, the standard Of
Negro wages will be fixed by
government decree.
It will fee recalled that ‘during
the period of the NBA, many
geographical Wage differentials
were made in the cobrts, und
while some of these legitimate,'
geographically, nJbst of- th^m
were discriminations against N‘-
gro workers^ without using the
'•*“*®'fT»e* in ttdr Itorte tanrw ’ aad-tP“'
nttn tliarh inala^inj^ tW any fk.
tempt(t'*^to fix m sub-standard o#
a week
a week
(Mrs^I. N. Henry
Returns With
Seminar Group
for Negroefv and $6.50
for Negro women.
Negro citisens muiA beffin
work on the wages and heum
bill at once, while their sanaton
and congr«Mia«i are at houi«.
Tfce NAAGP is urging membera
of itt braneheq and all otncr or
ganised groups to call personal.^
U|Km their senatort and eongrart
GEO. WASHINGTON STEP-
HENS, pr«wia«at merchaat of
tkia eily who ^ed at kit home
hare laat Saadaj uMnting after
aa U«eM^ anondis. The
faaa^al wmm IhpU >Tw—day after-
MM fr»aa tk« Now Botkot Ba^
tut eliarcK. "
wageLi and hours for Negro wor-
Jeers be resisted to the ut.*noBt it ^crimination ag^fast the race by
the next Congress.
“Negro Americans must be op
the alert," the NAAOP state
ment said. “In plain language,
this will mean not only geogra
phic differential bat primarily it
will mean the fixing, with fedt^
ral government L«nction, of Ipng
hours and tragically low wi^s
which now exist for Negrotm.
In other words, enactment of
such a bill ‘palatable to the
south’ will mean the fixing for
many years to come of an econo->
mic status for th*i Negro below
the subsistence level and, in
fact, practically a peon’s wage.
‘"'“Negro voters ahould make H
thefr business without fail to talk
personally with their CongresfL.
mtm and United States senators
CHARLOTTE DRUM GORP
SIGHTED FOR PART AT
NATIONAL CONFAB
• —
Colored Drnm and Bugfe Cor^J 'ttf'’the national contest at the eonven-
Colonel Charles Young Post
Of Charlotte, N. C. M^kes
iFfne Impression In American
Legion Parade
By Cleveland G- Allen
New York, K; Y—-.The Colored
■Drum and Bugle Corp of the Col
onel Charles Young Post 168 of
Charlotte, N. C., made' a fine im-
! pression in the great, AmjbriCan Le
gion iPa^de, held on Tuesday Sep-
mteber 21st, in which over 800,000
Legionaires marched, and which
/was the crowning lleature of the
nineteenth annual Am#rican Le
gion Convention. The drum corp
marched "with the North jCaro^na
delegation in the. fifth divrsioh,
made a smart appearance, and wias
cheered along the route of the par-
When the drum corp M by
Biaitop Dale, drum m8|3«, passed
the reviewing stand, lodated
flfty-ninth s-treet and fifth Avenue,
they received im excell«»t ovation
irom thd ddstinguished o^icials,
made up of GovemorSt-Senators,
Congressmen, and leading citSeens
from ervery section of the country.
The corp was the only color^
IDruin and Bugle eorp to appear in
tion in which the leading drum
and bugle corps of the country
participated. They received an ex
cellent rating for their >work. Dur
ing their stey in the aity they
made their headquarti^s at the
Marietta Hotel at 170 West laist
Street^ and were the recipient ot
many courtesies from fellow North
Carolinians residing here. Hie corp
also marched through ffarlem in *
special parade of the colored drum
and l:kugle corps in attendance at
the contention. The usiness mana
ger is Prof. W. G. Lino a teach
er in Jthe public schools of ehar-
lott;. ">
The Drum 'and Buglr Oorp of th
(Colonel Charles Young Post of-
^arlotte, was fc»t colored
drum and b^gle corp to be organis
ed in the .Ajnericaa L^ion. It is
th* state champion of Nbrth Car-
and winner of mai^ ^K>phia8. JCkfii&t by ^ghi
V* 4 *'*Hf O'
i olina.
In 1929 the drum and bugle corp
won the nationM»tro]^y tii Loais-i
ville, Ky. The jorp has a mamber-
ehip of 4il who arj active in the
civic life of th« community. The
coitp had tbe distinction of being
BO^EO GIVEN RIGHT TO AS-
STGIf PITPILS TO SaK>OL,
IN RCtnro Btn^OtJRT
Cincinnati, Sept.—(AMP) Hold
ing tiiat thu ease showed no dis-
the Lo!kUnd board of education,
Judge Alfred Mack in common
pleas court Thursday refused to
grant a writ of mandamus which
would have forced the board to
admit a tCegro girl to Lockland
high school instead of iWayne Ave-
neu eleniMltary school.
The suit was in l^half of Vera
Grace, ^ Daughter of Grace Grace,
liodcland. Judge Mack’s decision
disclosed that her brother already
is a student at the high school,
which is 'attended by' whites and
Negroes. The girl, a graduate of
the 8th grade of the Wayne Ave
nue s^ool, sought to attend the
high school, but was instructed
to take her ninth year at the
elementary school. Tlie mother,
charging race discrimination, sued
through Joseph.^H. Fulton, at
torney.
The L^land board, through
Charles H. Elston, pointed out that
LockUnd voters last year approv
ed bonds for a new high school
for both races in the Wayne Ave
nue district and that, pending^^its
building, the board had added a
ninth grade to the elementa.ry
school, ordt^ring the scbool’s gra
duates to attend this. Judge SCtck
held that boards of education have
the right to create school distrjcts
and to~assign students to them in
a manner which will best facili-
taae the worlr of education.
‘New York City, Sept.—(AJ(P)
•^Agonjr the passengers arrivini
last Friday on the He de Pisanca
were members of the European
(Seminar on IntemationiU Relat
ions, directed by Thrya J. Edwards
prominent social worker of Chic
ago. Among the returning tourist
were JArs. Ii^bel Ware, Chicago
school teacher; iMrs. Irma Neal
Henry,, social worker of Winston-
Salem, N. C., and Mrs. Anna S.
Johnson, Gary, fnd., teacher.
Among the places visited were
Geneva, Switaerland, Oetz-in-Tirol,
a quaint village in the Tyrolean
Alps,- Mcscow, Odessa, the Black
Sea Rivera Mid Lraingrad, where
f«»ed Poet't Alexander Piushkia
lived when stricken with his fatal
illness.
Miss Edwards remained in ^ris
to 1^ Cwgress' of
the International Cooperative Al-
liance and an International Con-
feremce Against Ant1*6emiti»m
and«Racial Discrimination, held
at th'e" close ^ Septeifl!)*.
plans to return October 16, to, at
tend the National Negro Copgresa
meetihg at (Philadelphia. Later
she will organize a Christowis
tourto Mexico, before gi^ttipg
plans under way for next sum
mer’s Eurote«n Seminar.
NIGHT CLASSES TO BEGIN AT
HILLSIDE PARK HIGH
tSCHOOL
Nigkt school classes will be con
ducted 4igain at Hillside Park High
School; th!s year. It if hoped that
all FoOpic whc^ ar^ interested in
leiami^ hoiw or‘wish to brush up
on Seifing, Knitting. »nd Looping
Cooki^if, Ifilrse Training and Man
ual Tiffining will take advantage
of ilw splendid opportunity, af-
forde»^ our dty.
iR^Hlar certified taadters who
teach these subjects during the
day wfll teach them at night also.
Sewing, Needlework of all kinds,
Mr*. W. V.-^dy and Mvim-i. E.
Colamaa; ioopiAg, Mrs. Annie Als-
Miss J. E. Avssrt,
Manual Training, Mr. Wiliiamr,
■Trsining- ISTiirsc Freeland
■Jfars»
Price.
TELLS OP TR*P
Mr*. Bortha Perry Rhode*
Secretary-Treasurer of the Phila
Tribuno, 526 &. 10tll '*tr«et,
Phila., Pa., and alto Woman'*
Editor of the papeir, who i* novr
All students interested in join
ing any of tiiese classes are re
quested to report to Hillside Park
iSchool Auditorium Tuesday night
October 6, and register at 7:30
o’clock. After Tuesday night all
classes will m^t each Monday and
Thursday nijr^ts from 7r30 until
9 o’clock, p. m.
This is a splendid opportunity
for girls working in Domestic
Service to improve their weaik
points in housework without any
charges. It is also a wonderfiul op
portunity for those who have weak
points in sewing problems to^ get
expert help without charges.
It is hoped that the classes will
be larger this year than ever be
fore in the history of the night
schools. .
writing a •o»4e» of ar|iclo* in heir
paper, tolling of h«r roeent tidl*
to England, France, Holland and
Belgium, ^r*. Rhodeo, a dangh-
ter of the late ChrU J. Perry, a
fonnder of tho Trtbnne# i* a
loader in *ocial and eivie Hie of
the Q«ak«|r City. On her a-
broad, which *ho had planned fbr
fivo year*, Mr*. Rhode* wm* a
doke ob*erver of the manner*
WINS AGAIN
NAME COLORED CATHOLIC AS
MESSENGER FOR KLANS-
MAN BLACX
ATTC«N£Y C. J. GATES, pro-
minont attorney of thU city
** »*■ profecMf
ting atorney i)> the ca«e of J. H.
SmitlpK white ■> Hayti merchant
ehi^god with assault and battery
with a deadly weapon* on John
Collie, local blind Negro, result
ed in th« BMvbant being giren a
fear months aentenca in Keco*d-
er* eonrt here thi* we^k. Civit
action ha* already heen> begun by
the proeeciitieii- —
WPA CLASSES REACH
MILLION ADULTS, RE-
DUqiB ILLITERACY
Say Black’s Semt m Svpreae
Bench is a Oeatii Blew t*
New Deal
Washington, D. C., S^.—(A-
NP Colored eidxens in the Capital
City this wee kpondered the possi
ble reaction oi Kitsaaiaa Hugo L.
Black of Ala£»ma, ncw^y appoint
ed associate Justice of the U. S.
■Suporeme Court, when he* leams
that a Catholic, and a colored *one
at that, has been selected to serve
as bis messenger. Mr. iBlack, it is
said, can veto the selection should
he so desire, in which ease it was
predicted that he Would scan ^e
list ot "active Klan mettbers,”
with an ey® singular to selection
Hof joixut worthy of KUn Editions.
' It wma explained here that a col
ored meaamgm ia assigt^ to each
juatice of the High Corrff.
wood &as been connected with the
Supreme Coutt Marshal’s office.
FIRST CIO CHARTER
ISSUED
and custom*' of the peofde, pay*
Ing *necial attention to their, ing year
food, clothing, speeai, and mode census there were 4,283,753 adult
'Washington, Sept.—^ANP)—In
accordance with plans or the Gov
ernment’s adult education progrm
as announced recently by Harry
I* Hopkins, Works Progress Ad
ministrator, adult illiteracy will be
reduced nearly one-fourth in Ame
rica within the next five years. In
;he near future the millionth adult
#ill be enrolled in Federal atd
classes and taught to read and
write.
-Carrying on the work started by
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad
ministration, the WPA has taught
reading, writing and^arithmetic to
700,000 persons in four years and
has agreed to cooperiate in teach
ing 300,000 more durii^ the com-
AccortMng to the 1930
Cincinnati, Sept.—(AJCP)—The
Committee for Industrial Organis
ation yesterday chartered its first
Negro union in the Hiio ValliSjr
by approving affiliation of em
ployes of the Joslin-Schmidt com
pany, Locidand. The new organiza
tion will be affiliated directly with
the C. I. O. there being no inter-
naiional union of fertilizing i^ant
employes. Paul W. Fuller, Region
al Director for the *C. I. 0-, said
130 of the firm’s 165 employes
were members of the new local. He
added that two white men are
memibers of the organaation,
which is known as the Lincoln
iLocal Industrial union.
Washington, SepC—^*(AiHP)—
Republican Party leadan, and tlM
county chaiimen or their ^pais
tanta from eiverj city in ^ tte
coimty having more than SOQ^OOO
popalation, last Tuesday heard tbc
rattyini' cry hn« of ReiAUieaa
National C^irman Joiw If.
Hamilton to make the 19>3B con
gressional campaign th« most in>
tensive in the party’s history.
' National Chairman , Hamiltoa
told the. party leaders of the nee-
eeaity foir organisation fr«aa A*
high commond clear 6gmm tm
oreclnct worker, declared the
oblican part/ would no longer b*
one with just a few of ila haad.
..Safeaiitted reparts indiea&d tli^t
> m the Bation’s varioaa enters ot
■ pepiiiet^efr tlK iL
Repubiicaa standpoint—waa fav-
orabla in some citiw while in «»th-
trs there remidns much work to
be doSe..
All present at the confab were
agreed that appointm.mt of Sena- ,
> tor Hugo L. Black to the U. S.
Supreme court was good “cam
paign thunder” for tte Republican,
party and some openly declared
thet Black aK>ointmBit wo«lii
sound tbe death knell for the D»-
mocratic party in IMO, the next
presidential year.
Among the G ^ P. cooa^ >a-
ders present at the big meetii^
were; Leo E. Andarson, chairman
Los Angeles Coumty Committee
and Fred W. Pape, chairman St.
Louis City C«itral Committee* tha
latter stressing the need for ex
tensive organisation work, because
“At present things don’t look any
too bright, for the Democratic
m£chin^ seems too well entrench-^
ed."
Geo. Stephen, St;
1 I
Passes After
rLrpng Illness
illiterates in the country..
of livmg.
Proves To Be .
hi te B li iine%s Man
Ch.cago, iSapt. (ANI*) — A j tried to get into her room
‘^urly Uack man”. who recently
attacked several white wgnieii in
a loop hotel haa, much to the em-
bamaasment of the (white press,
-been-io«M^to' b« a res|>ectai>l8 -eeeurred in the Washingtwi hotel
wMte business man by day and a
Thomas IMujOsU, 39, an engraver,
'v^as arrested Wednesday and con-
f«8Bed he assaulted Virj^nia Aus
tin, 25, artist and sculptor, in her
ro>m it the Washingtm hotel Au^
ttst 1£. iHe was jailed after Miss
ago Saturday night. He is also be
ing quizzed in connection with the
rape of Alda Deery, an actress at-
tadced Sept. 05, 19S8; All of these
where McCall had lived intermit
tently for five years. iNs^roes wer*
blamed in the Austin and Deery
cases.
i^forts are also b«^g maids to
link the w^ite'man with U other'
major sex attacks and rifsdrd*r» in
hotels and hospitals. In -practioaJ-
el^ers hwe have played up each a^-) said, he might easily be mistaken
sault an^ hundreda j^f__Negroes for a cotered man."
have been picked up *‘on s^^ That her kssaflant could not
as the whit^ press ought for th^]
arrest and conviction of the “black
morons” resiponsiible.
the gueet of the Mecklenburg De-^ Natalie Ortuso, 16 year old dancer, ly oil of them, polic h»ve sought
C«BtiBo«d on paga I described him as th* KO*i«r who Nagroes as the culprits. Dally pap-
iMifc "Austin^ who (Was first hit
with a- brt^ while aha' lay sleep
ing and tben assaulted after she
awakened, said she thought her
assailant was a colored tftw. The
CbidagO' Tribune pointed out that
‘^jOall is dark complexion^, dark
haired, has black and sharp
features. In the half light, poUce
kave been a Negro was revealed
after McCall w»i arrested. He re
peated his words to Miss Austin
during th« attack which were.
“You know me.- -You’ve aewt- »>■
in the hotel.” Hoiwever, the woman
“forgot” them when sh« start^
poMce searching for colored
prowler and rem^nbered this state
«aent only after iM£aIl teid it to
office's.
George Washington Stepheli,
Sr.,] age 82 died at his home here
Sunday morning 402 Posre St..
Sept. 26.
Mr. Stephen moved_to Durham
in his early manhood, and It-f
more than 4p yesirs hwl operated
a successful grocery sstore ^ the
we«tem part of the city on Petti
grew street. Due^_.^^iUn'2*8 he
waf Idrced to close the sjtore
the early part of the y»r, ar d
declined in health mtil his death
last week., ^
Mr. Steven during his earlier
y«ars fij^red in -~the beijrinztk^
of several Durham ' N^o busi
ness enterprises among whtdt
were the Mechanics and Famers
Bank, l,inceln Hospital. wa^
at one time a- dire^r ot both
these institutioBS. He was aho m
deMcon the 0ethel
tiak. chuxdi and wa& one of . Its
omm ^
ves hiati Mr. and Mtl Stepfcens
Gevoge Stephens, Jr., also sarvi*
celebrated their golden weddu«
anniversary January, I93&.
The funeral was h^ tnm th«
New '"Bethel church, T«fiwy
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. 31m
Rev. M. C. Ca^r. pastor «f tha
church vim in ^arx* tk* ce
remonies. He was aMWttwi 1^ tlM
Rev. T. C. Gx^an,. fMtoc xt
the West . XhirbaH
church. JnteiUflSi wm sfc ths
Hickilovm' in inat-''
era piart of city.
LOST BONB UEfilNMOl
vtfe Ifok
idmglkt«ft ItisMar RwUw
WAshin«tan, Sti«t.^ Ai!ip) J^
J|,.. Brook», Qadnnati ‘Ntigro, 4m
$2,600 richer today due te ' tt*
Presiifmit’s signing a bill if—Pf
, ed by litop.. Ketbert &
i CiBcinftati. M8l Bifooafc gpt >
'Tktend o «2,S00 for a whiia;
' ““*ima
ti^ree 4U*aM*-i
_ . . „ „ . . . .dwted to a fedeml
Survivmg Mr. Stephea. «e hi*! for a
Mary
jcaM hiJi
Looks «a4 Mar^Nrat- TIm 1^* dedwyl
^o tMdMr^ is the Ly,.n j ^jg^ow. MU «»
Pmik and Paarson '
aliwieBtary'
has doa* far (!■