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National ISegro tns. Meet In Cleveland
ED ALSTON GETS NEtrmL
Mn. William Nickerson,
The attractive Californians
Jr-. f w«re the center of mtrch atten-
BOMBER
SETTLES SCORE
Error Found In
Charge Agamst
IN ONE ROUND Murderer
YANKEE StADIUM, ff E W
. YORK, Jim*
^(SnM^pl)—It ^wa» m Hffmrmt
L*«ia wke tmm»4 Mai
ScliaMllac, M-^aiipiaai a ■ d
CUrte^n ak^Bamcwr for t Ih •
baayr^Utkt to-
Mi«kt f*«H L*«ia wIm wrat
t* ^fawt baf«r« tk« richt
Ihm4 •■•laockt af ScliM«liat
tw* raam.^t**
More than 80,000 fans,
many' of whom had travelled
from «« far away at £urop« to
witness Uiis irreatest of all the
fistic sneotaelea v«re dkimb-
founde.d at^the quick work of
the champion. Hany of them
could not believe it was over.
Many of them, latecomers, nev
er g^t to their seats before
they were met by the crowd
leaving the stadium.
If JOE IX>UIS has proved a
great fighter in the past he
proved a greiAer fighter to
night, if|, not the greatest figh
ter to wear tlM heavy-
w«jight emwn. Sehn^ing tiever
had a chance, and his dumb-
^tounded .Ipok as he went down
for the first count of four
plainly showed that he was of the
.opinion that be was not in the
ring with the same* man he ^fac
ed t^ years age. ''
Soliinteling was the fifst to
enter the ring, and his appear-
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VcTcational Meet
Held In Gate
City June 14
GRESKSBOS0, N. C. — The two'^'iien wacM absent f|pri the
Negro vocational teachers of first seminar. 11i« fpllowing per-
agricultare »f North Carolina sens were present for the first
held tb«ir annual conference at ' session, W. N. Elam, Federal
Chowan B e a c fi in Hertiord | Agent for Agricultural Sduca*
County June 14-18. The first‘tion, H. L. THgg, State High
meeting was hel] in the audito- School Inspector, R. E. Jones,
I (
LOUIS
JOE
RALEICrl, June 22nd, Tk«
•4at« ■uprame dowri. (ranted a
■•w trMi today to ED ALSTON, , , ■ . ^ . •
„ . „ . . ^ , 1 roiult of tko lajiinos, b«t her
Dttrham JN«jro conTicted last f ■ a ■ ■ .
hor Ifraaddaugtor. Sko 4i«i la-
tar at D«iko_ keegMlf I frooi «tko
Mrs. '
Fokruary of murderinf
Janie WilkoraOn, 103 yesjr old
Ai^tlont of Pfedi^^nt aVenuo:
Tko court fowivcl orror
grand4laUi\tor Mo was ala*l
GETS. NEW TRIAL
l^saten ovor tko jkoad wjtk a
pieco of stovowood wkBo sko
w«.s lying aaloop across a kod in
. ... anotkor rooar fiaally roiovoroj.
cnarf* nado to tko jury ky ,
I j «.»■ I* « n + - -2*®_jsZ8 aftor tko altacka
Jndiro W. H. S. Burfwyn. t ^ ^ ji
^ Ai^TON was arrostod and
Tko ofpinioa^ wkiiOi was finally confossod to tko aiardof *
%«lritten ky Judfo A. A. F^ Sea- of tko oldorly wOaiaa aa4 aa *
wollji stated tkat Judge Bur- ' ilttack on k«r
gwyn kad «karg«d tko jtiry tkat Rokbory was gtvoa as tko mo-
tko dofoadaDt kad to pH>v4 to tivo. ' i-
J':
l^ao (jury beyOivd a reasonable |
Wk'en tko case 'finally csmo -
to trial Alston ropudiatod kis
confession on tko staad, statiag
49ubt tkat ko was drunk at tka
time ke committad ko murder
wkick was con^ary to tko law
ia tkis stato. The N o r t k
Carolina statute read tkat tka
dofondant (must prove '^k^.t he
was fdrunk to {tka satisfaction
of -tka jury.
Alston was under santeneo of
doatk, and tko n«i*r trial (granted
Uai V^'now, f^ktlilig ckantia
kis lifo,\^ if M is able to
provo tkat ko^'^va* too drunk at of Durkam to raprosont
tko tiaio ko ^''^fVBsa^ittO’i^ - tka defoliant wko apj^oalod
tkat ko was afraid not to siga
tko confession for foar of kaia|i
beaten by tko poli i. Ho ta^i-
fioi tkat ko was 4^ai^ aost
of tko day aad kfid no foasamk-
ran«o of wkat ko kad d e ■ •
during tka tiaso. r '
Tko court appoi^tod C. W.
Hall m>J i1 rnaad Moyor botk
tko
crimo to knew wkaii ka was do- cat)e wifk 3[3 oxcaAionte kapng|
I iisilod. '' 'hope of ais t(f.tamay|
ma wMi.' • .. fo*' a new trial was kaaod oa tko
'■ Mrs. WrUcerson fourjl
#itk kor kead crusked in last
Docemkor 24 at tko home of
fact koifeaa'r ikat ^ho iudglai
orrod in kis ckargo to tko jury.
ED. ALSTON /
£onVi. toid larft FaHrnary ’
inurdoring Mr^. Jai^ia
son, 103 year old Pietdmont
avanuo woman, wko was grant
ed a now tifisi' by tko N o r t k
Carolina supreme court Wednes
day.' '* ~i
WHITE GEORGIA DAILY
BUYS SUBSCRIPTION
TO CALVIN SERVICE
CITIZENS OFFER FINGER
PRINTS TO AID POLICE HUNT
giam with Ale« Blaine presiding.' State 4-H'Cljjb Leader, and Roy
I
=pssff»st wss ef H. S4ate Supermar «l
»ev«ral brieriSlks by visitors an41 Vocational Agricultural Educa:|
the iQain address was delivered ^ tion,
by President F. D. lifluford of A
and T. College. President com
GREENSBORO, N. C., Juno
23, (ANP) In an xfiFort to
coep)orato ^itk^ ^cal aw-
tkoNoa, akout 75 colored
residents kara last Monday
offarosl to kavo tkoir fingor
l^ints checked wilk tkoso of
an asaailapnt wko Sal;^-d;ay
aigkt struck Mrs. Alex Wall
er, wkite over tko kead witk
• «»«*•*• ,
Mr*. Waller, it was reported,
was stijuck by a unidentified
Negror-^ th - dining room of her
home aa she went there to inves-
MICP Ms£ Coiopmise
Mrmeiit |g II.C. Krancli Case
S. €. Andextson, teacher of
mended the men on Tr.
wWch they are doing throughout
the state^ ana advised the tea-^ *"***®** ^ W**®” Train-
NEW YORK, The proposed
compromise between the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People and
the District of Columbia brancn
of th* NAACP, Inc.,, drawn up
in May was revised so drasll
cally by the board of directors
•of the association at its meet
ing June 13 that th# siiit o>f the
national body to prevent the
use of its name by cerfiRn in
divlduals in the DisD^T' lof
Columbia will probebly be st|l
down for a finished legal fight
f^ere, The intrud
er 'left ^|yag9^>rints on china
ware She^ - Calvin ' HoUis said,
A posse, using bloodhounds,
trailed the man but failed t o |
find him. The sheriff' s a id*
he may accept the offer of the *
in the courts next fall.
Tbs’ acrefament reoa^gnizetd
the validity of the election of
Janyaryf:!^! 193>7, which wa^
the chief bcpe of contenti>n.
In its revision, the national
board of directors refined to
farmers te grow more and bet
ter livestock.
Roy k, TTnomas, State Super
visor of Vocational Agriculture,
made^ a report o» the achieve-
mei^ of the teachers of agricul-.
^re. oyer the past year. He stat-
f(| tbat IIM acres ef land have
l^eti terraced by the department,
|198 'acral of land planted in
(oil' building crops, 198 poultry
i|ouses constructed, S56 persons
^tending district meetings and
^nquets, 16 new departments of
I tgricuHure addes and 4249. stu
dents reached. He su^rested jn
closing remarks that special
TWO PERS(M4S INJURED IN
wreck i^EAR REIDSVILLE
iat ScifioU . A. *Blcoma -•dd*esa|^^j
was made by Prof. H. C. Pree-‘
land, Pricipal of tha SchOi^l. Hv
L. Trigg, State High School In-
sp.ector of Negro schools spoke
en the general policies which
should be set up and followed by
school principals and vqpational
teachers. W. N. Elam, Federal
Agent in his address to the tea
chers called their attention' to
bertain rural problems >• which
should be ef major -importance to
teacKers of agriculture. The
health problem, and the' h}using
problem were discussed by the
Agent. In his ^sing remarks,
he stated' that the Negro teachers
in the south were leadi^ the
76 colored cjtisens if the assail-1 concede tfe* legality of t ,Ii; e,
■January, 15, 193i7, election, and
ijB pl*ee^ dll' StStowiitg-jeotialijFiF^SaTriii^ lave a bot^
[»ints—Better Classroem Teach*’*^ler prepared program when all
Better Supervised Practice
I frogr%m. And letter Text Books.
Supervisor o^ Agricultural
rucation^ Negro AchooU S.
Simnwiitif >eporte4 that only
factors Have teen considered.
Tlii* improvement ii based on a
itody of vacational agriculture
wrfrk tbrougOut the U. S. by H.
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— January 14 be recognized.
REIDS,yiLLE, Juno 23rj^
(Special) An^ong those who
«fsro viOims of wecjk end
aecidon,ts in ’ tko viciaity of
Raidsvillo ware A a r o a
The revised agreement also
stipulatd * that no monies or
assets raised by th;e regular'
D. C. branch of the NAACP be.
the newly incorporated branch.
It was the position of the
national board of directors that
the failure of the District
of Columbia branch to abide by
its order to hold another elec-
of the protested
one of January 15 1937 •conEti(;^
t»d an act of insubordination.
T^is act was further aggravated
by the fact fhat three oificers
of-^the D. C. branch, John 0.
-vibs>- -Jones oHly Bruc^, pr^ident; A.'S. mnfceU,-
mafned at the hospital over- secretary and Jphn T. Rhines,
night as his v/ounds were nol treasurer, secretly Jinc(>r:;{or(ited
very serious. He had tendons'the branch without the know
^t in the right hand and cuts I ledge of the national officers or
on the bskck ,o/ the hands and 'of the executive com'mittee of
wrists., .* lUie-branch fn order to escape
GEN. JAN SMUTS DEMANDS
FAIR TREATMENT OF
AFRICAfi r^ATIVES i
.JSEW YORK, (jC) G. R. Bo»%
well, general manager of ^ the
Auguiilta Ij^e^ald, daily news
paper of Augusta,^ Ga. with 2i,
iXH) eirculatioB, atifA the paper’s
check last Week ' for ^25 for
subscription to Calvin’s News
paper Service news releases
i for ona year, on behalf o f
Walter S»-Harris, editor of the
colored news department of the
Herald. The Service was
I ecommended to Mr. Harris by
Dr. Channing H. Tobias, New
York Y executive, who is a na
tive of Augusta. Ofn receipt
-if the check, Floyd J. Calvin,
editor, announced that this ^is
the second daily newspaper to
take the service by the year and
pay cash, the first being the
Atlanta Daily World, only
Negro daily fn~ the country.
and Miss E. Nickerson, '^chatm-
ing wife and daughter of William
Nickerson, Jr., president of the
thriving Golden State Mutual
Life Insurance C^, of Los Ange
les, California, who accortipanied
Mr. Nickerson to th« Naticnitl
Insurance Association annual
nfeeting held last week in Cleve
land, Ohio. *
tion fr^RV the innuranee esecta-
tivea.and social circles in' the
various cities where they visited
in the East. Steps were mad* at
Kansas City, St. Lojuis, Chicago,
New York, Washinirtun, Diniham
and Tuskegee Institute. Son Mel
vin accompanied the party, -liia
chief objective bcine the A>o
Louis-Max ScHmeling bout.
States
;
Represented At
Gathering
CLEVELANl), June 22.— (By |nesiay evening. J. F. Morning,
M. C. Clarke for ANP)—At its j Cleveland manager of the Sb-
18th annual meeting-here We^d- {Breme Liberty Life, waa master
nesday through Friday, the Nat- j of cermoniea. The principal ad-
ional N^o Insura^S^ssociation j dress was delivered by Robert
elected Louis C. BloMt .presi- L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh
dent. Other officers elected^’Vere Courier, on “The Pr-jgijesa of Ne-
Dr. P. P. Creuzot, 1st vife pre- * gro'injsiness Finai^e^ Negro
sident; C. R. Alexander, 2nd ! Capital.” Mr. VaAn waa introduc-
vice presideat; Dr. Julian Kelso, ed by Harry H. Pace, presidenr
vice preseident; Dr. Julian Kelso, 'of the Supreme Liberty Life of
4th vice j^esident; C. L. Townes, ^ Chicago. Uthers on the program
secretar^^; A. M. Carter, awistant ' fi-eU W. Kaaiaey, welfare
secretary; H. L. Street, treasur-' director of Cieveiand; L. B.
er; Howard W. Russell, 4t'haplain; * Biakemore, deputy superintea>.
Asa T. Spaulding, act/ary; Ma- ' dent of insurance of Ohio ; the
«il« Hicker*on» -eteteitician; J. ■ Rev. Oiiver B. Quick, paator of
i>eonard Lewis, general counsel; ' t'ory M. E. cnurch; Harry Davis,
and M. S. Stuart, historian. I M. C. Clarke, presid«!nt of Dun-
Mtend^nce this year at the bar Mutual of C^ivehind, and W.
^vention of the association, • O. Walker, edito#' Cleveland
the only national organization ' Call and Post. The resp»ae oo
of Negro insurance men, set a ; ^half of the association
CAPE TOWN, S.,, Africa, June
22—(ANP)—Last week, while
addressing a crowded ifieeting at
Wynberg Town H»lli' General
Smuts, the Deputy Prime Mini
ster made an appeal for justice
and fair treatment for colored
people declaring they were a
minority in this country and
should got be discriminated
against-,—or— jaaated—m—if*.-*- thej^ ed Kere last Wedncaday when awi.
Brown, 21. .and Lorenzo Jones,
22,vQf Ruffin who were injured! tion in place
in an automobiTe accident. They
were admitted to Memorial
Hospital, where lEtrown received
treatment for a broken rigbt
leg and collarbone and two
-broken ..— —, " (
were^ nsonkeys or baboons.
The GeneraUtold his big audi
ence of whites that he was ask
ing them to do things that -were
by no means easy. He aaid they
were solving the racial question
be^eea the. Engliah and Afri=
kariers, but they should not ■tc'p^
there—tfiey should- take> in the
other races as well. The General
said:
*‘We hear people talking about
segregating colored people, driv
ing them apart ai)d herding them
together as if they had not hu
man rights—as if they were ba-.
boons and monkeys.
“Respect th e other man’s
rights, although he is not of the
same color as yoprself. Do not
try to krall (corrall) him as if he
were an animal. °If you do tha*
you will pay a heavy price.
ETHIOS^ANi RU^S AMOK iN
ROME, SLASHES FOUR
WITH SWORD
ROME, ftaly, June ISrd, (A
NP) Four persons, an army
officer a butcher’s boy and two
Faaeist BtiHtiamen, were wound
new record. Approximately 200
delegates, from Ig states and the
District of Columbia were in at
tendance, representing 35 com
panies.
A production slightly in excess
made by Thomas -J. -WiMser, v.
president of the Pilgrim * Health
and Life Inauraitce ea.
The business ' sessions were
held in the au^it^rium of the
Phillis Wheatley association. A-
of |14,i000,000 was reported for mong those who deliwred lad-
the week from-May 9-14 by the dresses Were George W. Cox,
Committee on National Ntgrc^' chairman of the “National Negro
Insurance Week, and special
certificates were awarded by the
association to the'agencies and
agents produciijg^ j|pecified a-
mounts of insurance-
; One of the convention higlt.^
lights was the annual me.^sage
of the retiring president, G. D.
Rodgers. In his address he out
lined and recommended a con
structive program of operation
for the association.
Tlha public'" meeting was held
at Antioch BapUst church Wed-
Insurance Week” committee, A.
T. S{>aulding, A. Maceo Walker,
Attorney B. V. Lawson- Jr, L.
C. blount. Miss Estter O. Tibbs,
and Miss Bernice Sanders.
. Tht Supreme Liberty Life In
surance company of Chicago and
the Dunbar Mutual In^tfrswe*^
society iM Cleveland were hosts
, to the conveneti'in”.
Of the new officers electcd, L. '
C. Blount is vice president-sec-
retary of the Great Lakes Mutu-
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obeying the mslruction of the
national hnarJ of directors. were
" ITie revised agreement ” was
transmitted by Charles H. Hous
ton, of the nationaT legal staff,
to the attorneys for the D. C.
branch ’and ito. Justice Jennings
Bailey, expressing to tbe latter
the reviM'd agraement and
Ethiopian ran amok with, a
sword, slashing furiously at all
who come within striking dis
tance.
The incident occurred befor.^
tha manumant- ^mmemoratrng
the Italian soldiers' who were I
slaiightered by Ethiopian at
Dogali in 1887. A giled lion
of Judab taken in Addis Ababa
during the recent Ethiopian
campaign, is at the base of the
monument. The Ethiopian was
observed praying akud before
the lion of Judah when an army
captai n stepped up. Th^ kneel
ing man suddenly sprang to' his
feet, pulled forth i^e scrimitar
and woulde^ the captain' sever-
ly.
A butcher’s delivery bo, near
by, hurled his bicycle at t h e
Ethiopian, was in turn slashed
by the man. Two Fascist
also eats—bafr
in the melee one of them
fired four shots which felled
the sword wielder. N
Beauiorl Coiifllyiaiitier
lliiiaitlis Small Faftii
WAile Ploughing
r
WASHINGTON, N. €., Ji^ne
23, (Special) WbUe ploughing on
the farm of Dallas Joran, in
,E«aufort county about three
weeks ago, his adopted son tur
ed up three dull colored bars of
metal which turned, put to worth
thousands.
The bars were said to be gold
after an inspection by a jewe
ler and an assayer to whom the
bars were sent said' that they
were of very high gold content
After selling a small amount to
a local Jeveler, Jpr^an, 4i^t the;,
remainder %o WaViinifo^j D.
C. where it waS found to be
worth between $1^00 an'd |1,
«o6.
Justice iBailey said the
would be calandared for
October term of Court.
The spof wttere ^ gold was
found ia neAr tbe old mill ' site
at Jordan's Creek, near Winstead
ville. One story about the
case ' gold ia tiiat it is pirate treasure
the left by Edward Teaeh, (Black
I beard) whQ roamed ths w*t«»
ANOTHER “GHOSr' — NUDE
MAN ROAMS OVER OLO
MERIDIAN HILL
WASHlKiG
NP —Residei.
ridian Hill '
stood old
telephoned ;
man in th
through tlM
of pants, &•
although a
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X, June 22—(A
ur round ing Me-
^ where once
lid Seminary.
'%t a colored
|r«s roaming
^ % member*
• shoes I
, ' »rch waa
^GE •)
®f the Pamli
ted the crwi
navigable.
When Jordi
ftirtia seveiW 'f
the ground wa-
es where som«M
Mr been dig^n»
However, he
importance t
frequea
r*