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1939 Saw The
Widest Support
For Lynch Bill
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Anti Ji'JichiDg jt.;
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the A- n.iiiiioti
cthor groui>3, j'
ffcvoriiiit
hundrvtis oI oiganiiatimif
ocr the country ' li.v ■ loumi \,;i
laiil fur i>i i - .ii L - ■
ed drivi- iK kn.a , A\ . 1^, ...■i,..
i^lflslatioii lliai ii.i- i. >unlr.v li;.
M-en »» Hit) lu-
port said.
The Assotialion ii.'-t- 'four
iynching-s for all nioii, iii-
clUditiff one whiio jM'r^oii. j
Florida was th^ idc «f two of '
thMe Jynchiiig. A:'Kun:-as .'intl
Missl^si^liu f’4.f irt'iliti'il with ino
TlicsL- iv'iui riprcseilt
one lefs than tliv mimbir iui-
r.ounci-d at ;hc end of lyjfi.
Becausc no di-fii .> tiuo as to
thfc identity of manner in which
he came to his (h-.>lih was found
following, an investigation, tlio
name of Kuh^ri E,'gles.toii »\*
dropped from the iist of I'Jo'J
iynchings^ the ropor^t said.
Eggleston wa.- a white soutlurii
CIO orp:^^iizcr wl:tk disappeared.
ArtoTtthir isr repprt"-4h»
NAACl* changiJd its legal proff-
cure in education 'case involving'
equalization of tcaciiers’ mlaries
«tid opt'ning uj> ^i^utJiCru and
border state universitie. to Negro
ea “from t1fc“l)rlnging^ of mnmrin
mus cases iir stnrtr conrtSu. to in-
Etitttting proceedinii.-; and actions
for damagp.s iji the fedur;;!
Courts.” Thi.-i chanire did, ninth .
to hasten the' pro^resf of lieds- j
ions In these ca.se.'^ to th
States Supreme ( ourt.
f^ro teachfiii, it was aid, receiv-
J'ed more than incrt-M-
I fd 6a^Miri?i as ii icsi'Jt of injunc-
p n proceedings instituted UV
li... A: ^ociation.'
Mob Violenc* lncr««ifd '
; : i.purt puiiUvd to a decid-
‘ ‘ J jn- **!'**!: e 111 ihe activities of
inobs ilg;*)llr»i N.'groei
ill ,11 iiicreaHf in the nuiiibei
' -il ■- ascs coming before the
InAA; 1' involving “the question
i .I conf' ioii fxtorted by force
l^iid viob nci.' will'll wire UJ^ed to
j.iiivi't Ai'gioi's charged with
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■Jlic fiirht to gutn -the ballot
],(.i'i\.,l new impetus, the report
' loiiowcd a Uniltul Stale.s
]±i:ilJi-;iie t'oiirt decision handed
|U'.U1 .«il\
.J, in 'which icyersed
I’nitrd .States Ciro«it tk>urt
Appeals .in declaring uncon-
iui,;iinal till Oklaho)na law
V ii ..u^rht to bar Negroes
, . 1 jji.-ierina- to vote by an
I'dHeiico to the Grand-
i.itiiv; clause outlawed by the
ly ti nnirt w
I oincident with (he growing
r^jJiTIng spirit of Xcgrocs in the
SuiiUi beliind the vole campaign
Wfl- tiic revival of tlie Ku Klux
K:an which unsuccessfully sought
lo keep Negroes from regixtering
in Hiirida and South Carolina,
by iiitiinidatioii and arrests of
liatWiig iiMiividu^'t on framed
up charges of crime.
Financial aid to the Associa-
tion’.s work from members all
over the ctHinlry, aiooording to
the document, amounted to
Jj;40,3.’>1.44, reprciiening |aii in
crease of more than $10,000 over
i;»38 contributions. Following
the cancellation • of “dead”
branches in tins' organization by
thtt JioiUit ,ei directors, the or-
^iviizaLion listed 324 acttre
baiiches on its rolls for 1939.
Although the circulation of
tlie CliliJiS magazine kept up
it.s average monthly net paid
CTTctriatimi of copies, the
report f^aid the ma>/azine’s circula
tion had 'shrunk as far as new-
btand sales were concerned. AfT
iiicrcate in meniber.ship of $2.50
or nioWi which includes a copy
l.'iiited jjl the mpl^aKine, kept the total
! circulalioh of the magazine from
Chi Chnrch
In the Slate of^ MarylM.ul. Me-]};i)inic under $lO,OOOt
ATA Invites
Delegations
/
'' ’ MOINTGOMEKY, Ala. —' In
vitations have been extended this
\^eek by the officers of the
Americaa Teachers Assocation
‘to presidents and summer school
directors of 51 ijmtituiions to
ifeA-d -summer school delegaftes
•J.O the meeting of the .•\merican
'^fcachers A.s.sociation to- be held
%t Pine . liluff, Liitlt llojjk. Hoi,
j^priji^.s /during the week of July
^{22-26. „
(
Recounting the experience of ,
he Alabama- .State Teasers!
ollcrre which hsJs sent from 25 j
^o 40 delegateia to the aT^eyngs I , ...
Jof the American Teacfiers As- the_ delega-^
^ocialion held iti siich district
^places as Washington, Louisville, j
l^ULLETIN, official organ of the
iv -iociation in the recently- dis
tributed June issue suggests a
lirojjrani of approach ’ which will
enable summer schools to send
.some of their respective students
personnel to the meeting and
which will also make possible
the achievement of a five per
cent nv.'mbership response fn}m
the 20,000 summer school teach-
trs who are to be expected in
the.se .schools this summer.
Kxtonsive preparations are be
ing ,'made by the .scTiool Authori
ties in the state of Ar^>isas to
who will
come from the pi^teen states
to share the di.iussions of the
convention theme. “Improving
luiimrsary
By RooMvalt L. RoWrlton
CHICAGO, (AJfP) — T h 0
Olivet Baptist Church of Chicago
\^hose membership hat increascit
from thre« to nearly 16,000 in
'JO be|[,iln the celebration^
of iu uuth snniversary Sunday
morningr when Dean Charlea W.
Gilkey of the University of Chi
cago spoke to mdte than 3,000
worshippers in the 4uditori“m
of the great gray stone edific#
that adnrns the corner of 31st
street and South Parkway.
After paying tribute to the pas
tor, Dr. L. K. Williams, and lii*
congregation for the mighty
contribution that has been inndu
to the community, state Und im*
tion, Dr. Gilkey reminded them
that “These are dark JUys and
dark nights, not only in Kurope
end AstJi but h*re In Amprlcu,
vrith all the neon liirhts and all
tho glare of tbt>. bright ways.
The. entire world seems to be
facing n spiritual bljktik o“t and
the oulN^ard black out certainly
should make us feel more keenly
the inward black out.
Olivet is known c# the largrat
protest^t eiiupph in the worli,
vas organized April 6, 1860,
v.'ith thre^ members, Mrs. Sallie
Jackson, John Larmon, and Sam
uel McCoy, under the name of
Aeiiid Baptist church, Qn April
(i, 1853, with thu aasisUnce of
the late Mr.s. Annie Simpson th#
church (Mt. Zion) wa» organix-
ti3 the Zear Baptist church. It
wtij not until 10, 185G,
that the now great church callod
their first pastor, Rev. H. H.
Hawkins, who resigned in the
fall of 1^57. He was shortly
succeeded by Rev. B. B. Tans-
bury. In 18C0, another fi^'(;)tiKt
church (Mr. Zion) was organiz
ed with Rev. j. E. Boulden as
pastor and on Decemiber 22,
-18C1, a union of the two church
ps wns peiifected aad 4he people
mut^'dly agreed to call themselv
es the Olivet Baptist church. |
Olivet is not only a church in
every name of the
contends that uplifting and serv
ing the''community, is the essen
tial, reasonable counterpart of
divine service. It m^^intains a
free (?tnployment bureau, a
health clinic, a welfare depart
ment, a branch of the Chicago
Public library, an industrial cen
ter and' a day nursery for the
benefit of working mothers.
Dr. J. H. Br£(iiham, ihe assist
ant paster, is head of the Trans
portation commission of the na
tional Baptist convention.
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DARK HUMOR
• Y KAY WILLI «
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EleoM Itdte
PrMnt .
NIAjSHVILLE, (ANP) — At
the ^nnual meeting recently
held in Nashyille, the member*
of the Volunteer State Medical
eociety elected Dr. J. W, Jonea
as preiideirt Dr. Jonet' is a
grddu4te of Meharry Medcial
collece. dais ot 1»47. He in
terned at' George W. Hubbard
hoepital and during the next two
jreara studied pediatrics at Harv-
purd Medical school on a fellow
ship granted by the General
Education Board. R«turning to
Meharry he is now head of the
department of pediatrics since
19ei.
Dr. Jones is president of the
R. F. Boyd Medical society, a
memher of the John A. Andrew
Medical akaociation, the l^tional
Mediial association. Phi Beta
Sigrm,a. fraternity. ^
Get Air
School
TUSKlEXi^. (ANP)
order to encotuag* tboM eon*
munitiea which andaavor MMk
year to bring large delegitftoeii
to conventiona of the NailooA
Negro Buaineas le^ue the Ro|>«r^
R. Moton Memorial cup will b*
awarded .
This cup,which is gift of Dr.
P. D. P^^^teraon, will be first
awarded this year during the an
nual convention which meets io
Detroit, Auguait 28-SO.
Full considei^ion will be
given for delegations which
travel long distvncei and an;
city which win* the cup for threa
con«ecu>tive years may retain it.
Already many citizens arc
H« i« also the treasurn of the eteaa a,Mtf.l fhhteGy -aay M MT-
Meharry Alumni association, a
post which he has held for sever-
conducting intenrive local
piigns to insure large attend-
•»»** interest is lively in
polio club and the Men’s lea- competition for the trophy
Previous to hi* election as'
president of the medical society.
Dr. Jones was chairm^ of the
frogram committee.
soMErraM£8 it is bbttbr
to forgei the part for the
of the future. ,
kottn’ doki;, awrifkt, but ah ja*t’ tria^ oat mah n«rw 'lectric rasor On him.
Republicans Adopt
Negro Plank
BY A. E. WHITE
PHILADiELPIlIA, (ANP)
word," blit it I Republican party spoke out
to curb this evil should be enact
ed."
WISE SAYINGS
WE’RE HOPIHNG that the
coming generation can pull a
through.
DON’T BE ASHAMED of your
job or the size of your business;
be proud and earnest and the
people will respect you.
dhifrtitlofe, TalWha.Hsee, Philadel-1" "S'' ,
^phTa, Atlanta and Atlantic City ^^^e-Education of Negro Through ! Springs.
^isince 1931, the- editor of .'RIE
The Coordinated Utiliziftion of
All Our Resources.” The sess
ions of the National Congress of
Oolored Parents and Teachers
on July 22-24 and the first three
day. of the America Teachers
Association on July 2'3-2i5 will be
held at the Arkansas A and M
College at Pine Bluff while the
final sessions on July 26 will be I ’Jj
held St Little Rock and Hot
Credit is due to the courpjge-
determinedly Wednesday and ous and persistent group of
without biting its tongue, said members who were ©n' the pro
of tKe Negro question and pro- gram committee of the Republi-
blem in this country: .^|can policy forming group who
We pledge that our American
' insisted that the platform com
mittee adopted some outspoken
plan in the platform which would
guarfUntee the Negro the con
sideration due him.
Under this rogram, the evils
citizens of Negro descent shrill
be given st square deal in the
economic and political life of
this nation. Discrimination in the
civil service, the army, navy and
all other branches of the govern- ' of the photograph in civil ser-
ment must ce^ase. To enjoy the vice and the evasive manner in
full benefits of LIFE, liberty and 1 which Negroes are treated once
the pursuit of happiness univer- [ they alre sent out on civil service
sal suffrage must be made ef-|jobs will be eliminated; the fail-
fective for the Negro citizen. J ure of the war department to
Mob violence shocks the consci-[ observe the mandates of con*
ence of the nation and legislation [ gress ^such as has been done in
OCCO-NEE-CHEE
Self flisin^ Flour
Takes the Guess out of Baking and Saves you Money
WANtEO
I Save Time M Moiiey |
By Relaxing In The |
BUS
the avvAlion bills passed in con
gress and ignored by the brass
hats of the war department) will
cease; the navy department will
liiaftre on its'tiaivts the task of en
listing Negroes in all branches
of that service and the marine
corps will be forced to break
down its long standing bar t'o
Negroes. Lily^ white southern Re
publicans will l^slve to accept Ne
groes in the party and the much
debated and kicked around anti
lynch bill will receive the con
sideration which is due.
Already the plftaik has receiv
ed the commendation and ap
proval of the maJporrfy of the
Negro delegates who see in it
pledge which the party will keep.
Other s^ient points in the
plan had to do with the relief
administration, which has done
so much discrimination against;
Negroes and hds kept them in a
Continued on Page Seven
Answers to "/T'S TIME YOU KNEW’ by Lawmic*
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he was an outstanding success on the suge. H* was then offered
ft movie contract without having to make a tew.
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^fore It a hatched because a considerable quantity of moistuiv
IS lost by evaporation.
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iQSurM a steady supply of fine watch-making tools and dies by
training and developing their own skilled craftsmen. A croap
of young men are carefully sekcted and instructed in thu
precision work.
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buried' treasure, wm recovered froar Gardiner's Island, which
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TOTAL PAYMENTS TO
POLICYHOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES
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W. X. COOK, MANAGER