EBITION
ChiT Cot
VOlfUMN 20 N«. 12
BURHAM. N. C. SATURDAY MASCH 19^ it38
PRICE FIVE CEWTS
HOWARD PREXY AHACKED BY ALUMNI
Million Dollar Race Memorial Planned For ashington
■ ■ ■ ■■_ - - —
Dr. Mordecai W, Johnson
Claimed Unfit To Head
Howard University
Completely taldne Unlvertity, , , ...
Offkiak by .urprUe the |
heralded special issue of the Ho«
ward Alumni Jourpftl. "The Case
^ Aflrainst President Mozdeoai W.
^Joihnson, Facte, figures and E«-
liibita” mades Its ^ appearance at
the Cliarter Day iMltfrei* ITdw^
ard UhiTeraity last Wednesday
when -Secretary of the interior
Ickes was the principal Speaker,
DURHAM ACADEMY OP MEDl-
^CINE HOLDS REGULAR
MONTHLY MEET
the words and music Qf Htoward’s
Alma mater. l%e cover of
fazine carried ui almost life sisbd'
porti-ait of Dr. Johnson. Univer- * _ ^ ,
«ty police cha««! the dtetrifeutors^^. Durham Academy of Me-
fKm-the-eamow after 3110 jnaea, ^annual montly
.in.. ^ »a.V-V«ne Wirrl,
^ The Alumni group claim that^l'l
the Charter Day Dinned was taJc-* ] members present.
the AJumni for the first I ^h* «•=»-
The roagrazine, a «md SDOScored hr a meino-
pag« and cover publication, oar-1 ^ Pre.Went to offiiot vmviini* departed memfcers,
ried- more than eleven pages of j.. ^ Charles Shepard and Dr. Wm.
"confidential'* Interior ^ J
ment investigation reports. .how-IJJ‘« Genen^I Al^ni Association , . ^
b« that IS200&.OT of mtsallocat-t^f h^ requeilM
»d funds were ordered «turaed .jty ^ ed ,th?.r^j^ supefmtendent of
Howard : lineoln.lifSSpKa! and as a practic
ing, phjcpician by Dr. A. S. Hunr
ATTORNEY
t# the ]rovemment by j v . . . . i.
and that recommendations were ^ «»ree loc*l chrt>e; r.
stantiaf sum to the plaintiff's
the action. '
C. J. GATES, prominent attor- The suit which was instituted
Bsy 6t thi» city who «Yatii was against the taxi CO. by C. J. Gates,
luccesiful in the winning of »c- prominent- luid well known attor-
veral letal battle* of i;a{iortant nex.xtl I^ham, 4^ ^behalf ef
A tribute-was T®id to the fine 7 during th« 1>il term of plaintiffs, was one of the largest
work which. Dr. Shepard render- { Durham County ■ Supei^or ever *brought .against a transpor-
Cotirt tki* weak. Attoraej G«te«~ Nation company in this county.
Blue Bird Taxi
L« ser in Large
Dannage Suit
The damage suit cases won by Att’y Gates; the se-
brought against Jthe piue.. Bird cond being an acticui brought
Taxi Company by Alfred kcKin- i against Robert L. Shepard, trad-
ney aiid others for in^ries they ing as the Shepard Funeral Home
sustained when jtheir car collided'hy Walter McMillan,
with one of the taxj company, j The plaintiff in this action sued
was satisfactorily settled here i tlje defendant foe what he term-
Week with the ^defendant ^ ed was the wrongful burial of
company ^^eeing to pay a sub* j his mother whom he claimed ac
made 1,y the inve-.«^to« ^ Cat ^ ^ tlo^a^t^hJHTS:: ^er. ITie tribute paid Dr. Strud-
matter.'^oisinlged hla own alumni
President Johnson,
er, and the SuperiiTtenBen* of ■
£hiilding> and Grounds be remov*
ed from, oflFice.
ee»teine-
purported facts aibout' an ultima
tum allegedly seat Dean Slowe on
her death ihed hy Pregident John
son; strong unfavorable analyses
of character by several outstand
ing citizens; registration figures
for the past sixteen years, pur-
peiFtTing to diow that 'How«rd’s
_jjercent»ge ■of increase has lag-
g^ fiif behind other schools, and
a full page cut of headlines un*
favorable to Dr. Johnson which
have appeared in weekly and daily
papers.
Policc Drive Alumni From
Chmpat
The distribution of the maga
zine caused a restrained sensation
at the banquet. They were hand
ed to guests on their arrival in
made by Dr. S. L. War-
committtee and with the aid of a' *^®"'
“terrorized faculty," had a per-‘ The oat of town members of
sonal bantioet on. Charter DiV- *cademy present were Dr. M
H««
^ ^ of Franklinton. D»w B.
At the last meeting " *e
Board of THtstees the General J Oxford.
Alumni Association asked for and
CLUB WOMEN PLAN BIG RE
GIONAL MEETING IN DES
MOINES
was granted a hearing on charites
against President Johnson pre
ferred at that time. Tha^liearing
is scheduled to begin within thi eo
^elBl. — *4*
Dr. W. A. Wethers of Passaic,
N. J. is President of the General
Alumni Association, Nathan A.
Dobbins and Eugene Davidson,
both of Washington, D. C., are! , T.“ “V",™" ”, i
„ .. _ «!. . sociation,,July 24 to 27 inclusive
Executive Committee Chairman ' -
and General Alumni Seci^tary
reeeired hU legal training at the
law fchool of Boiton University.
Attprney Gates was an ‘object of
cordini' to contract made with
the Shepard .Funeral Home should
have been buried at the Bee ;h-
wood Cemetery instead of the
County Home.
•^iir:“McMiflian had^ sned Mr.
flbepard for the-sum of $7,00«.
Tile jury after aibout two hours
delibeiatiori‘bro.ught. in verdict
which said that, the defendant did
D. C.
The
much praiM frftm many saurces ^ot break his contract with thi
for , the manner in whiclTlw con- plaistiff luid' should not .recover
N A HOLDS MONTHLY CMe, and for haying ■ Mr.‘ McMillan was, represented by
been, successful in forcing the J- 6r0yei; Lee^ ■wrhite..attorney of
meeting compKny to pay for damage! | this city.
which the injured persons sus-1 The th.irt cnMl^ which A«ttorney
twined jit Afe iwweli^ » , jctates won» foc.-hig idient invo^itl
ig hn the car
burhwm __ Cogjinittee on
Negro Alfalifc held Its regular
weekly meeting at the office of
the chairman, C- C. Spaulding
TJhnrsday morning and the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted.
1. That an appeal be made to
the proper authorities to provide
rest room facilities for Negfrofes
within the Municipal Armory in
accordance with the Public Bui'd-
'>■!’5 MOINES, la., March 16
(ANP)—TTie club women of thi.**' ing. requirements;
city will ibe hostesses to the 1938
nial session of Central As-
2. That the IBtoard of Educa
tion be requested to pe*mit the
Riding •
car at the time
of the collision, which occured in
Greens'boro. were Mrs. Queen
Thomas, Misses Mattie Herrii^,
Norf^^NorwiOod, Mr. Lewis Jackson
an action brought against Johaie
Malone an others by E. D. Dodd.
Mr. Dodd sued the djsfen^ants
ing about a compromise for ninch
-thicjf interest of property left
and Haywood Jones in addition , him by the late Nathan Malore
which had been deeded to 'Hr.'
SHOWERED WITH A HALF MILLION
respectively.
Every Negro Man aad Woman
Must Re^tter^ And V»t«
Fi r e
Holds Its 18th
Annual Meet
Mrs. Sarah E. Jett, state presi
dent, and Mrs. S. Joe Brown, ge
neral chairman of arrangements,
and their committees, are plann
ing for the convention. They
expect a large attendance from
every state. This is our first
— meeting- in ^owa. Myrtle Poster
Cook. Kansas City, Mo., president
of Central Association, said.
“The five reginol associations
were set up for two purposes:
First, to interpret and strengthen
our great National s Association,
the first and the gfieatest nation
al organization of colored women
in the world. We shall have ‘Na
tional Hour’ for reports and dis
cussion of the prpceedings of’ the
to Mr. McKinney. Both Mr. Mc
Kinney and Mim Herring, as a' Malone my his brothers, Albert
result of the wreck, spent more Malone and Leroy Malone, i
than six months in the hotfpital. f ‘ Attorney Gates fti this partlcq-
All of the injured persons were lar case was successful in bring-
from Durham ^nd were on tl\eir fflg ouT a compromise" for much
way to attend a funeral In Char-'less than the amount desired in
the original actiaa 'by the plain-
GEa W. COXrrVWe PM«id«>t
and Agencv Dire^ ICor of tke Aorth
Carolina Mutual Life Inaui^nee
CoBisaaxJiriML, W9« t.h.9were4 with
iialf' Bifillleiir dollars wei-^ of
new iniurance^policiea U«t week
a» a hJcea.*f th» ■■tee» i« wkick l
he is held by the district maaa-
gcrc and agents of tit* iftmtpmny.
The {irogranif was ’^'rected by J1
W. Harrfi, Cfcief Clerk tlie A-
g«nc3r'department of the coaip*
anyl
group an audience to consider j lotte at the lime the collision
the Negroi school needs incjndiifg j took place.
the establishment of a band unit I The March term -ef civil court sented Mr. Dodd in this particu
Contitaed on page .eight I was also the scene of three other lar action.
tiff. Atomey V. S. (BSryant repre-
LLG.E. To.
1
In Nation’s Capital
Advancement Of Negro
9th and 10th. Prominent visitors
to the, city for the meeteag in-
eluded Mrs. E. M. Riddick of
Green^oro and I. J9. Smith, New
Bern, N. C.‘ Im T. Bryant, Nash
ville, t^nn.t J. H. Ridley, New
port NeWs and W. T. Mason, Nor
folk, Va.
„Th^ Sieeretary’B report as of
Pec^mb«E»A&i, 1S^37 indicated a
surplus to policyholdere^ of $251,-
-‘998.08, y»eS^» ^leratioiM
showed increase in premium writ
ing and investment income.
Th'e low lofls ratio maintained
by the company (i20.84 per cent
of premium writings) was espec
ially cohimettdalble aid was 'At
tested by very flattering reinsur
ance facilities offered by some of
America’* lai^er underwriting
groupa.
It waa pointed out that in the
history »f iiie con^ny f4i5iSj,83tl.-
61 ha« Iheeo paid in claihis and
paSS eteekheldere
in eaah dividends. Premiums ag
l^egatiiur ^1,O09,S8O.TO have
been written by the company.
Prospects for the company sre
exceptionally good
Cohimhia, with flon-reiiident bro-'pr»Wems of our ow^n area bette-
kerage privileges in^Md. y; and to study plans for promot-
The Board of Director* adopt ad | efficient club work, this conr
a resolution showing sorrow at ^
the passinsr of Diractor 3. L. Jor.
dan of Richmond. Va. and electsi
Mr. J. T. Carter, J^l^sident of
the Southern Aid Society of Va.,
ton, D. C. to be dedicated to race
employment, protection and ad
vancement in the United States
to fill his unexpired term. Mr. J.
H. Ridley, Chairman s# the f^oard
of the Crown Saving B«nk'Ijew-
port News, Va., wag elected Vice
President of the company.,
llhe officers of the * fipmpft'iy
are: W. J.’Pearson, President;
C. C. Spaulding, J. C. Scarbo-
’fwig'h, W j. Kennedy, Jr., R. L.
McDougald and J. H. Ridley,
Vice-ipresidents; E. R. Merrick.
Treasurer; /R. N. Harris, Secre-
taiTf; M. A:. Goin^ A."^ Moore
ffliea'rin and J. J. I^en'derson^ As-
sistanl SeeretariesfkF. D. Miller.
Cashier.
vention needs all its state presi- Government,
dents, state leaders.^nd strong
dub women, as well ,as it own "This great Race ecQfice is to
officers and committee memb« r‘». he b. living and dynamic spear-
Central AisBOciatipn women have .^ead of labor dedic^ted^ to the
great problems along §ocial, wel-, Present generation of 12,(M)'0,0(M)
fare and’econoinic lines, unem-1 American citizens of color in this
MEMPHIS THEATRE MAY SUE
STEPHIN FETCHIT
Soo Lim Messenger Geis
rriSYesfs fw Theft
St. PAUL, Minn., March 16—
(ANP)— Fifteen years imprison
ment in a federal penitentiary,
was'the sentence meted out Tues
day to John Neal, 49, Soo Line
railway messenger, when With
drew his plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty to five counts of
theft from a national bank.
Neal stole more, than $118,00
in seven ^years while working as
WASHlNiGTON, D. C. — This “The government is centralized
1 week the United Government Em-1 today in Washington,” declared
-•O**—— * • 1©‘37 Biennial convention in Fort niovees’ organization, beaded byiPrown in his .statement released
B'ankers* Fire Insurance CftnKjprogram win ettry the- Worth. We invite national- offi- coas^^ newspapers on Sftturdgy., attdltin^^ f
pany of Durlittln, held its 18th company into neiglxborin^ states, mem'bera of the'x>ther re- coast clfnpaign to erect a “The Ne^o laiborerj the Heip^o - X_ llig *
annual meeting of Directors and It now operates in North Garo-|K»‘>nals to me_et^ta^ 10'. G, E. Tower on Tfietfarmer. a Neero home builder Purdy Jr. for ANP)—Because 1 . ......
stockholders in Durham on March,lina, Vii»inia and the District of. "Second, W un3Sstand Nation’s Capitol Hill in Washincr-
from the First National Baak and
Trust Co. of Minneapolis, and *>'
tht trial started. attempted to
have them quashed on the ground
that 1-Qr counts made him ap
pear a habitual ^criminal.
When Neal.-4isappeared in Jan
uary. the shortage was discover
ed. He gave himself up and
sumed all blame for the embeule-
ment, telling J'ederal Judge Gun-
Nordbje. ,h£.,.'believed ..the retaw ..
welfai^ attd «?itl*enship rights for , will come after them. It must he
ourselvfes’and our neighbors. We j »n everlasting-monument to;, Ne-
are working on our local situa- progress and security.” said
tions. We are trying to solve our 1 Brown,' the president of the
many social problems in our own
hoj^e to^s. These problems will
be the central theme of discus-
UniteJ “Government Employees,
farmer, the Negro home builder
and the Negro cttisen will Se lt,st Stepin FetchH. who with Ei^ninc
economically and politically if he Hawkins were stars of the Harlem
does not organize, pool his mon- Parade revue, failed to fill
eys and give to a Negrft "hrain-!* return engagement on Feb. 6,
trust, the sinews of war, and ^ti- I ® after pla^ng there a^
Um modern stream line techni-1 management of the -Orpe*
ques in launching a ceaseless bat-^ theatre indicated last week
tie for * against not Mie, but • may sue the Consolidated
every blessed piece, of degislatio.i Radio Artl^ts^ ; “ “
now and^ hereafter—before C»n- white, of the .
gress. It is a Neyr Deal thatls de- Orpheum circuit, jio^Jtjctssi^ |
cted by the«federal grand jury i he waa “too lavish” with bis
on 10 CQunta of embezslement ( Continoed cm pag« etght
D01N6S 0F USHERS
By RlJTH BUCHANAN
- HIGft POtNT
The High Point Usher’s Upion
met at tiie Bxoo-ka Memariali
ployment and education, -ydatJ^r-couatry. and thek '^J'®fri,rriHer-:.ana-“w^ as.' Negroes , W comedian In Detroit fchurch here Sunday J. W. D«,ak.
1.# • __1 I- A _. * 11 n/\rvt A a 4-li T a . „ . . ^ _ - 1 j m *• - • ^ • I • .
should stand
cent fOT it,
ance. This waa after the contract
“First on the slate of niitional been signed
learislation might well be the i
drie hundred per liave ^.ha3.-'St2p’Syof Green«bors Treaaurex of' t^
1 pr.omjpe to return .fof the, appear- ■ North . Carolina. Inter-Dehomina-
I tional ‘Usher’s Association presi-;.
for the retura ^ ding. The meeting was attended
aim
- - , engagemei^(jjr He was ,to return
vvhn hSs secured fromt Congre!%,.VagM hoiir’ Wll ^ b^^^^here with Culltns, teut while tbe,enCe of ushers from all over the
hy a lai^ and enthusiastic audi-
and tHis administration a- half Congress. Up on Capitol Hi!l,’^
sions, and we will be helped by ' million dollars in increased wage* said Brown. “The proper *waei
experts, specialized and trained the low-paid government wnpr+andTToiir’ bill, when passed wou.J
leaders in these several fields. "
Central Aissociation includes W.
Va., Ohio, Mich., Ind.. Wis., la.,
Minn., Mo., Kans., and Nebraska.
ES^AZER tmCES miiCINA-
tion of DISQRIMINIATION
AGAINST negroes '
ATLANfTA, Marc^ ifi—(ANP-
The Btoa’.d.—The white race hag «*verytHiE •
directed its officers to consider [to gain by ^eliminating’ disc^lir'
the feasibility of an expiuisldn i nation against Negroes ki e
4;3au^ Eleazer^
white, educational director of he
'"•’•'i in the past two yeajs. “The^^e every full time unorga^iaed
times demand thar this U. G. E. | Negro worker at least forty cent*
Rape tower be erected on Capitol '|in, hour and reasonable hgurs of
Hill in Wa^ingtont” continued j lahor—and ‘annual wage suffici-
Bi'-'wn, “the cause of Race ad- ent to give all Negroes a chance
■VaftCBmeSt ■■WiS— rfb-^th'+’terv yetismd-
, . now', from this day on and h'^nee * aupporting again. 4* would be a
Commission on Interracial ^hole nation
ration, at a meeting the At- Capjtol and ih the C^hRre^, year in the long run. Wo^ that it
lanta Optimist club, also white jn ^nd year out. Let floo3 lights were in the power or^the Negro with letters aftd telegrams. A *U.
here Tuesday. jj,t n^ht illumine the E. Race tp hold up' the Consrresa 8 [G- E- Race Tower on" Capitol Hill'
“!0he fwe profclem in the Race 'IVwer” as ttey shme upon I weeks more to successfully pass f could see such a campaign wia
Tnuth,’* he^ aald, “is primarily a Uj,e Capitol, Washington's monu- isoch- legislation‘^y bdmbarding j this year, 1998; or ld39 or if
I white ma».’3 pr^lem i jaent and the Supreihe Court. Ithe Congressmen »nd Senator#. needs be, 1940.
^(ftter was
making several long city, and other interested
distance calls and sendipg tele- gpnj, in addition to the
gframs che comedian disappeared ^^g}Jgpg were mauiy
visiting ushers fjHn other cities^
per^ ^
local
Cullins said. '
The Orpheum plans to stie on
the groun,d that ORA agreed to
deliver Stepin Fetehit fojr the.j»-
cond as(pearance and laued to [
so. Ifee . agency ^as offered TRe"
edrvices of Step_ for an appeaff-
asee on Ajiril 10 andl 11 but
pal address.
I’ll Berooks- Memorial Chai’ch
ia pastwei ^ Rev. Sharpe who is
^dbing splendid work in revising
the membership and rmising
mqn,ey for the erecton of a Btfw
■building. The sponsored
by the ushers on last Saaday w-u
for the benefit^ of the baOiak
futfid.
' DURHAM
The Durham Usher’s Usion
will hold it» regular monthly
iMetiBg at Whits Buek
including llirs, L. A. Foster, Mrs.
Ida C. Wr^ht, C, R. Craig. W.
N. EUis and others,from Greena- next Monady ev^aiat
.kanU-.-ji.-.;ihaEr«s,-.. ;4tuhB ,
Na^, W. R. Hawkins, and ethers j ' _
,rf Winston ^Uei». L. E ' . NOTICE AH usher
president of tlie association was to ’ifttlf mhb^
present and deKver.d the prinH-, *9 tfeis office not te
- I 'niesday, noon of e*^
News arriving after
the Orpheum is undecided whe*;-
her or not to take a ffmhle a^ain
on the eomeBlKBTk it was r«Y*a*ed.
will be pultlished the**'