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JAMES
JOHNSON
Chicago Policeman May Get Prison Term For Murder
— T ■- I- - .. ■ .. .. , , -■ ' —
Four Cops Beat Negro
To Deafh;^Citizens To
Pudh Prosecution
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C«r«U*A TI*m)
CHICAGO. J»|y 1,—N»ww>
. tUy * “ ^
wkita .VnipitSwiri wiTTi
•maakiac irUtory t o J * y
wkra t»ur il*xw*ll
•t>tC«n pollc* w*r« »uip*ii«l-
|»y PofTe* CMuiiMioaar
Jabm p. AIli«a tli«
I, f«ul baattttK' of J • k a
Rakiat*!*, *3 y«»r o 1 i
WA SiU K«*ro «B A#rll
2. flr0k axpocall by »k«
MiJwsit Dally Racord, Ra-
cOrcl, Rekiattoa’s daaljh aa-
^rr^ aa April 6th ia Brida
wall Ho«P>t*l #ftar pollea-
aiaa k«i attackad him ia
tha apartnaat af Mrt. Vial*
Mays, 1232 Wa«hk«l"a Ava.
wkara k* kail kaaa awrriad
aftar kaia« kaoakad dawa
•a tka aldawalfc by Ott^yr
Fuad Harwu BfiiKWitt" ’
Stetiaa. Ka«a that tima
Tk« R«c*rd k«a (Wrriad oa
a e«Muiai«at wupwga. i«E
tka iMpaiuiaa aeit, prewew-
lUa «f tka OSaam wba ara
alWfa^' kava lafliaitadi
' fka kMliaf wU«k taawiliMt
ia tka Ragra'a daAth. Tka
paifMT haa dkadoatadh m la*
Maalva tavaaifoatiwi iato^'
Ika aiiMi “iaJI fl«aa urtdhr
pabtkity ta 20tk W * # 4
Citiaaac *rffaaiaati*B fariaaJ
to ^roMcata^ tka ■avdarr'*'
CommiMiensr AUman anftounc
ad that tha four ofBcan—John
Bowtn, j!8 Brown, Barnard
White and ft«d Harman would
iS^i3"TraipiHll88 UHlU —tliay-
ware arralfnad b«£ora^ tha Civil
Service Comraliaion. Police
iMspeetar E. 3. Daly oi *e
Personnel Department stated to
the Reoerd. yealerday that in hte
opinion the faeta di4 »ot in
volve the sHspehsioB of another | are here
Maxwell StrM^~oAcar implicated
in the case—fniBk J. THptano.
Morticiaiis To
tet
Police heauquafiera stated ^that
InspectorDaly had been before
the Grand Jury all yeaterday
morning testifying in the cases
of the four men. —-
We will nol stop with the
suspension of these men, l4a-
poleon Cjlilett, of the SOtS
Ward Cftlxens Organiaa^km, de
clared ta the Record, bar Or-
g—ito|inn ^wfn latMisi^ Iti
effort to Save tksae nea ijrose-
euted and put in the pcniteaii-
ury where tlMy belong.
Ob« oi tS« Most active groups
thFeogiout long camp»i|T>^
to bring tl^ o4le«ri to jttitice the
InEernational CMior Oef#it|a
yefeterda;^ egflrswed Hf cojlir**
tvTattona lo ~ dtiMn wko M^d
proseeule the isMie:
"CwKrattntaa. Mtt W a r 4
"CatiaMtt^iiaii, 20f&
•tafiNefsal % MUiaa
Goodi^a,' *aeilag ILO Sacrolary.
Mr Waper Tolls IMCP
fMereice inm M M
Exaiiiple
COLUMBUS, O., July 2ad,;of carelesahes*
’hodyt"
(Spa |lal) Aaiariaft n»«»t i^t tka ^
world aa axaofpla agaiatt a
ttaf ic Mdo •( karbarlsM now
awaai^ag aarOas tjia world,
Soai^r |t«lMl-t F. Wa>aer da-
darad toafght la m apaack at
tha a#eaiag maatiag oi 4ko 2Stk
aaanal confaraaco of Iho N. A.
A. C. P. ia Skiloli Bajttist
ekank- I
Aa^rlea ^a Seat aaT tkl# ajc^
‘ ''■mplo^lftw-i'llow YorlT Soi»l®r
declarer ky atreagtkaaiag da
m«cra«i^'~' jiaatlta^Ma, priMaot*
lag dohocrar^ ia ik» aeonaraK
ordar, aad fchrtifyiag it aa « way
of life; apaaiffeally, witk refa^-
oaea to ti>« Negro, by paaaing a
federal aaii lyaokiag law, by
wipiag oiMT ' Iberiniaation ia
amptoyaiaat and bi labor lagiala
tloa, aad By providing - dacaat
low koHaiag.
After roviawialf briefly tka
aaw^iga for paaiaga of a
foi|**'el enti lyttcpiing bill aa{T
paying tribute : to tka wark rf
Ika NAACP, 8aaatOr Wagaar
laearedt
• “In the fiee of this tecor^,
ire cannel'^frd. we dare not
attempt t0 ^ve up tha fight as
woti. The iplrit of the ihol
.hai,n5t been'^uiweledf The
ttiCtes whicB iSbuld do tin moat
»ntfitlia 1b he'~nr"^y3t!on to do
tVe leasi ITead I reeull to mind
«• jiick«te*fcJkLl*Iia»or saidi
%e .hlew T«rcS lyftehtotf ^ ^
year «|^? Ne#d I trfi yet
lut ;^y, tw» MltMA ho-
ingi irars takeM
fiout* by • lynftkiag mb wtthla
• stime’i fJurow of • iWite «&pl-
here by some-
Need I recount how
nine moi^^ ago another h4-
RUhl waa shot to deat^i
with Hi# pistol tnluii from the
•flifar •nppoaed to giiArd b i •
life, whil* tit* no^ i^Bted'i
"To heQ with tlw-awT" ^ad t
remind you tiuit^Bet-a alngle
arrest, prosecutios ar convia-
tipn is reoorded fos any of the
eight ti^t yO»rB?
For mia^. I renew the pledge
I made on tie Senate floor last
February^ ... »
I believe in tkiR cause* I be
lieve it is righteoas, and X know
that eventually we will succeed.
The fight wIU^ go on, so far aa
i am'^eonaerneid and I know 1
speak fer the Qther» interested
until we vltima^y aftrry, okc
our pent, becAoge » rlghtMM
(tauM, whila H may b« iempor-
arily defeatad, wlU evantually
preyail. , ~ ^
***’ln"” diMUsi»?^^he han^caps
an3 efsonamie aaeurity Senator
Wagner died the p^keting of
a 'Washington, D. 0-i grc«ery
store becauae It did not employ'
KepoM ^fboagh it enjoyed f
large tr»de frond the colored
taeigfaboiiM)#)lk flUyilX )tzlib«la
te tre U. V. a«|(reme court
opinion wU^ iosfafaMd t h •
Tl|i« p>oneime«Meat ^ea the
Negra Ml nveniia o| di^aifiad
p>ot«st{ it ioM not In itaell
nuke avatlslSe tte }o|v denlad
adely beeauaa of the ooior ^f
tol, 1^ ttet it loob « lot PLBAIS Timi TOFAOKCiCHTifiKtioB auft at ftn;i^a.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2nd,
ANP) Hundreds of morticians
frem all sections of the country
this weelc attending
the 13th Annuai Convention of
Uie Indep'edent National Fun- j
eraJ l]|ire^'tor4' a^ociation,
June 26-30.
R. R. Reed of Chicago, found
er of the association and its
ex^^ulive ieoretary, )reports
the largest convention the
group has ever held. BroWems
of tha profession and buBt]|iess,
raethoda of aerviee to the imblic
questions aa to how to advance
and protect &is major indus-
stry to the r%ce were discussed
u# aelij^iona fbrm. Another
feature of the eonvention waa
orgnizlng the wives of Funeral
Directors ^to an auxiliary of
the Iiulepopdent National Fun-
ernl pir^ectors* assQc;a|;ioif. The
a«K»c|fttion ll liated fcy F^deill
authorities as the race’i larfMt
trg& organization.
.. William J. Morselt of Uhic-
HTo is prealdent. The AtlAntic
Coast Line States are backing
C. P. Hayes of Richmond for
pre.^dent, \«ftiile BaltinHore and
New York seek the 1939 con
vention.
!BERLIN, June 30, The pilot
was killed and an observer
jured today when a military
t^injng pUene crasihed ^h)'pt)gh
a fwetory roof n#»p Templeh^f
Airport,
WADE IN THE WATER
Tha opoalait of tjia Jane* A. Wkittod playground loeatad la
thia ojty attondbd by many dicBMevlaa aad aaaaarotu iLMiaMj
among whom wera Marvin, Jackioa, (loft) Floyd Paaea (Caator)
aad Edward Jackton (right). The you.nk*t*>** eaafeht by tka
CAROLINA TIMES photographer aaem to ba woadariag why
tkara haa to bo ao much apeach making juat beeauaa a wadi^f pWll
M being ope.ne^*., i
The librarians at the Dur
ham Cororea jCIbrary have an-
houned the formation of S
vacation reauiVig club which is
made up of childrei]| in the ele
mentary grades. While the club
has created a degree ot inteiest
among tha—ehi^ren, there la
still great room for new mem
bers.
A$ a special project for the
members of the vacation read
ing ciub a miniature house ha
has been set up in the ^library.
This house is to be covered with
bricks. When a member reads
and reports on a hook, a briitt
with his name on it is placed
on the house and this j will con
tinue until the' ^ouM la com
pletely hricked. Those readiAg
ten books will receive a certifi
cate.
Teacher Seeking Equal
Salary Fired By Md.
Board Of Education
SALTIIIOIRK, Md.. June 28.-
nttariei paid to Negro and white
teachers has resulted in the fir
ing of at least four teachers in
tw« counties and the intimidation
of many others, it was learned
here this week. '
Howard Pindell, who had been
teachinj^ five years in Asne A-
runder county, and who thus had
tanv^P And cpuld not be fired
without cause, was transferred
two years ago t((> Frfderick
county where 1m w«s offered a
bitter job'M-pirlncipal. However,
Me tenura earned in Anne Ariin-
, „ , _.-i dell onnty was not good to Pro-
^rk two years in Faderick
county before he earned bis ten
ure. His two year period was
eompleted this spring and he wai
fired.
Mr. Pindell was the first tea
cher in the Stwt^ of Maryland
who offered to cooperate in tha
latpil action, to force equalisation
- -of aafatriw; • E>wdeatly^th»-
APtheritiea feel that he |s # dUD^
^rous person to > have on tha
payroll, espeeially if . he has ten-
ore, because he maV consent to
ba, the plaintiff in a salary equa-
in Somerset
"3
co.unty, Namon'
of the school board. !t%aa ncce-
-who was not being eoa>^ -jHHOT foT-^« lawyers jaaa,^ vatj prominent ia . eiiie
sidered as a plaintiff in a suit, petition demanding access to tiu
but who was one of the leaders minutes. Superintendent Oram’s
among the teachers in .the com- hostility Insures a court f^t
munity in the agitation for equal' every step of ffie way in order
teachers’ sauries, waa dropped j fo win equalisation pf salaries
this spring by the school board. Jn prinee George’s county.
He had not been ‘teaching more 1 In two 9ther counties in Mary-
thaR two years^ and ao /could be land—Montgomery and Calvert,
dismissed without cause.
In Prince George’s county, the
superintendent of schools, Nic5
olas Orem, has declared open war
in the movement to^ equalize
teachers’ salaries and has stated
that he will fight it through the
courts and by Intimidating the
Negro" teachers in anyway^in hif
power. . .
Aw a ficiWstep in his campaign
of frightening colored teachers,
he has dismiss^ at lea^t three
probationery^ teachers to pr^enF
them from earning tenuro ' and
thus escaping dismissal except by
cause. Evidently the intention^ is
to keep replacing teachers with-
V-—T aiTu UmI
there wiH be a frwh crop always
on hand completely at the m^rcy
of the superintendent.
It, was^'^ Superintendent Orem
who firit objected to- NAACf
•ttotpasfi ettulning the
Former NAACP Secretary
Sucenmbs To Injuries
Sustained |ii Auto Wreck
ypXIE PLANTER’S PEONAGE
SENTENCE If 4UPHELD
--CMRKSDALEi^y-Miaay*
30, (ANP) Local officials of
the U. S. District Court la^
week were notified that the
conviction of J. Shelley Decker
Tallahatchie county planter, on
a charge of peonage had been
upheld by the U. S. Court ef
Appeals at New Orleans.
Decker, in his trial at Clarks
dale at the last term of Federal
Court waa convicted on a peon-
age charge brought by the
Government, was fined $1,000
lind sentenced to three years i
in Federal prison at Atlanta.
The government charged that
Decker held J. W. Wiggins and
Ethel Lee Davis, both colored,
in bondage on his plantation 10
miles from Charleston on ac-
n»mt of a debt allegedy awed
him by Negrdes.
The Davik woman teaufied
that eke was chained to her bed
in a Cfkbin on the Decker farm
in order to force her to worlc,
but that otherwise she had not
been mistreated. Wiggins s«t),d
he had alse been held in bond
age, bat Managed to make his
escape and reported . to Sheriff
Harry Pogan of Charleston.
The sheriff and G-men made
^he investigation wjhich result
ed ia Decker’s arrest.
WISCASSET, Me. — Sunday,
June 26.—l^te Negro race and
America as a whole lost one of
its greatest authors and peats
when the automobile of James
COLUMNS NEGROES
AROUSED IN fIGHT FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS
Weldon Jehnsen crashed into an
East bound Maine Central train
at a grade crossing in Wiscasset,
Maine. Thia fatal collision ended
one ef the ^ most brilliant and
most serviceabe careers that can
be pointed te in history.
Te learn of the death af James
Weldon Johnson is like hearing
of the passing of one’s intimate
friend for ib the course of his
67 years he touched the entire
citizenry of America with his
writings and through the many
varied activities in which he par
ticipated.
- Dr. Johnson was Professor of
eveative literature at Pisk Uni
versity and since 1930 had been
visiting professor of literature at
New York UniveraUy. At the
time his death he and his wife
were in residence at their sum
mer home at Dark .Harbor, Me.
James Weldon Jobnson was
kn^wn chiefly for his many lite-
!,rary contribntions and is where-
ever songs are sung, as t^ writ
er of “Lift Bverjs- Voice and
Sing,” the Negro N^ional An
them. However, in a^ition to
his many Contributions to Ameri
can Literature he led V life which
was, to say** the least, diversified.
He served as United States Con-
sul.i^ Viweau^la and in - Nicara-
hia from 19|P6 to 191S undergoing
many trying experiences. It was
during this period that he wrote
a great liumber of his poems.
COLUMBtr^» Ju:y ind^ (AN
P) Negro citfzens of this city
are very much aroused because
ef the current fight being wag
ed for Civil Rights. The loss ol
th^ Turner case a case on thea-
l|re ^iacriminjation against the
RSO theatre in which Dr. Al
berta iBiinper Turner was the
eompUinlng witn&s 1^ served
to awaken the people to the
seriousness of the present situa
tion.
Last Friday several young
the salaries were ..equalized by
agreemeiit out.^o| court, hut itot,
however, before actual iegal
papers were filed.
The unequal salary scale ia
Maryland, which annualTy de
prives Negro teachers of sosse
1486,0010, has been called wholly
uncoiutitutional by the h «' s t
legal experts in the state, a°d
this opinion has been forwarded
by them, to Governor Harry W.
Nice, ^his opipion of the beet
lawyers and jadges ia b I i
state led Ck)vertior Ni^e last
year to announce that be wopld
take I steps at 6nce to have, the
legislature repeal ti)e nneqoal
slTa¥y wale fcni
salary icale for all teaeheii.
Despite the victories in two
Maryland counties and the kpin-
ioh of state legal akperts, aftd
the opinion of Governor Nlee,
:||2AiE TUKN TO PAGB EIGHT
and social activities in f the
city, sought admittance |o one>
of the! downtown theatres. They
were refused and an argument
ensued. They then proceeded
to the police station for the pur
pose of having a warrant issued
for the arrest of the manager of
the thaatre.
The manager of the' theatre
also appeared at the station
where' he had warrants issued
fo^Jthe .arrest of two of .the
young men: Steve Calomel and
Harry Wottda. They were lodg
ed in jail on charges of disturb
ing the peace and assault and
battery. Such techniques only
^rve to infuriate the colored
people.
In connection. with this, it
will ^ remembered that the
local NAACP tried in vain t o
erect m change in policy of the
do.wntown theatres In a more
MaiHwywheB —t-fa-**"
organisation st&rted' the psre-
sent drive for civil rights. l%e
colored people of Columbus ar«
more than ever determined to
earry this ]ft|^t to a logical Msd
suet issful conclttsien. ^
He translated the libre't\o of the
Spaaish opera,. Goyeacaa, prHuc-
ed by the Metropolitan Opera
Company in 1315. For 14 jears
^ devoted iua services to tha
National Aitaociatiiin for the Ad
vancement of Colored People as
field secretary and executive ,
secretary.
Johnson achievd his finest af
fects, however, through his poe
try for e brought to the content
try for he brought to the content
intellectual substance and a
craftsmanship tesa spontaneous
than Dunbar’s” ^
»
GEORGE SCHUYLER’S
DAU^TER, SIX, WINS
MUSIC PRIZE
July
Duice
NEW Y(7RK CITY,
2, (ANP) Oltle Phillipa
Schuyler, 6 year old daughter
of George S. Schuyler^ widely
known author newfoian aad
Mrs. Schuyler, who pants amd
write under the pen name of
Heba Jannath, last week waa
awarded first prize in the
group of 6-to-9 year old child
ren in the City juhior musical
instrument contest.
Phillipa hat) eompoaed S0'
piano pieces, started takiiig
lessons when she was 5. Con
test finals were held on tka
Mall in C^tral Park under
auspices of the Park depart
ment. The child’s prize, a goH!
medal, was ward‘id for h r
piano renditKtns - of “Sonatina
in C” by ClementL
eiaiSDce Norris Is Placed Oil
Beath Row At Stale Prison
MOflTCOMERY. Ala.
2nd, ~^po«ial) — Cloroa ^
Norria, Mio .of tbo niao
framajd l^kgro boys ia the
S^ttaboro «aao waa |d«t^
Kpby Sim^" Pr^^a
doatb row today. Noaato
”‘witt“ ciffl alaao
togtbo^ eloctrift «kalr. Ho
a.nd MOtbor Nogro^ J^i ■>
Orr, waro hroagbt to tbo
doatb bowaa by Sba^riC J.
S. Saadlia of |l o r I h a
CouBty. Trb o Alabaiaa
Stato Soproaa Coart afiraa-
od tbo 4aa^ aaatoaeo
•gainst Norria oa Jaao IS,
^d aot Aagaat 19 for tbo
oxaoatioa. Orgiaal aoataaco
waa taipoaod laa| Jaly.
la aattiac oxociS^Im dato,
tbo jStato Coart rofaaod piaa
fo|^‘a BOW Irifil, boldiag,
tbat tba record d,iacloaaa aa
fovoraiUib onron aad tba
ia^aaaeiat of ^o ‘trial eoart
aaaat Narrta
waa tbo firat to bo triad ia
tbo 'Jaly. 1*37. tnala aa4
waa 4oavt«tid m Ao aaaao
ovidoaco •a~ tdbicb fowr of
Of tbo SooaUboro B a y a
wow fvAod. Two ml tbo
** '
Wr^be, dailsa
to
m 4 r
A
W
aad Tt
mm Ho
mmmT. FmiA
t mm^ a 11 ■
lUimm laali.
Robonoa, Roy Wright aa4
Ei|^m JI¥UiaM wore
fraad. Norria aa4 foar co-
dofaadaata filad aotico at
Docatar, Ala., of iatoatioa
to appool to Gavorao* Bil^
Gravoa far pardoaa. NorrtSc
Weaais^ HoyoaA
Pattartoo aal 0»a Powait
pabliabeii advor(^*«nt«ata ia
W‘l=ordaaica with' 3 stato law,
aayiag thay intaadad, to aak
"'IMmloas.
M
MRS. MOTON ROYALLY EN
TERTAINED ON FIRST
VISIT TO HARLEM
NEW YORK — (C) ^ Mr*.
Jennie B. Itoton, wiff of Dr. R.
R. Motoo and president et tha
National Association uf Colored
Women’s Clube, was royally aK.
tortained lasts mek-end oa ber
first official f viait to Harlam.
Cl05womaa tamed, out in fuU^
forca to greet tba national praai-
dant at a conferonca at tba YW
AC) bagtnning SMcrday moralag
at 10:&0. Two snrfons were Md
aad Mrs. Soton was, Uie
b|>caker at the siftii^PSm
lag, telling the story of clabwarii
ia-tb»-gouthy
lifa through l.utructioa fai.
niilg, planting, a^
making, and tha priMtltiMI «f
campaigSa “for atato Mqpf«a|||A
boittes for donStptiat |*yi
•bh.