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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
ORGANIZE TO SMASH GASToNIA
VERDICT

RALEIGH, N. c. (CNA) Didn't you
speak on the same platform with a Ne
gro y, the prosecuting attorney asked
defense witness at the trail of seven
textile organizers. When the reply
was made in the affirmative, the judge
ordered the jury to consider this fact
in questioning the validity of the wit
ness testimony. Over a year ago the
organizers had defended themselves a
gainst mob of policeled gansters. In
the conflict the gang leader, cheif OF
police Alderholt, was killed. The trail
was held in an atmosphere of intense
racial and anti-working class hostility.
AS a result the seven defendants were
sentenced to terms ranging from five
to twenty years.
The attorney for the International
Labor defense filed more than 100 OBJ
iections to the manner in which the
trail was conducted, but these object
ions were overruled by the state Su-
preme Court. While the case is being
carried to the U. S. Supreme Court, the
Internationa Labor Defense is organ
izing Negro and white workers to smash
this vicious sentence.
The Negro referred to in the question
is Otto Hall, organizer of the American
Negro Labor Congress-. At the time
of the police attack, a group Of white
textile workers risked heir-lives to
save him from lynching mob. They
furnished him with fare to escape North
where he is now organizing to save
the Gastonia defendants from a living
death.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
National Forces Move Eastward

Chiago, where he will join the Chiago
delegation, heading up in ChiaGo from
the middle west. DR.. Edward II. Branch
the Executive Secretary of the Trans
portation Committee and Treasurer OF
the Convention, will be in charge of the
Chiago delegation. They will travel
to New York over the New York Cen
trail Lines using the Twentieth Century
Limited route. Dr.. G. c. Coleman o
oakland, Drs. D. c. Knox, of Los An
geles, A. Lively of Los Angeles, J. p
Ramsey of Los. Angeles, DR.. Mack Allen
of Arizona and others from southern
California, will come in to Kansas City
over the Sante Fe and Southern Pacific
and in all probability will journey eth
err to ST. Louis or Chiago where they
will take the Broadway Limited route
to Pennsylvania, and on to New YORK
I ct. Louis they will be Joined by ID
]. H. Brewer and others, as DR.. Brewer
is one of the transportation Committee
from down in the Southwest Arkansas,
oklahoma and Texas they come In
ssxsL eqL 'suoIs!AIp puSi5 eeIuf
group will be in charge of Drs. S. r.
Prince and ]. H. VIM Of Fort Worth,
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Indians Struggle
Against British

PESHAWAR- NDIA-(CNA) Severe FL
ghting is now progress between the In
dian masses who are struggling for
independence, and the troops of Great
Britain.
Battles on the plains outside Of this
city were fought Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. British troops with all the
tools of modern warfare, artillery, ma
chine guns, tansDs' hnd poison COS
could not prevent one detachment Of
the Awridi from advancing to within
a mile of the city. They did succeed,
however, in holding the city itself from
the revolutionary peasants.
The TRIBE armies are now established
north and southeast, within few miles
of here and hold the country between,
except for the fortress and city itself.
Constant diminishing on land and air
raids by the British are taking place.
The rebel armies have their headquar-
tiers in caves, in which the region
abounds.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Pickens Secures
Passage To Cuba

New York, Aug. 22.-The effective
ness of the N. A. A. c. P.'s protest last
spring in the matter of difficulty ex-
perienced by Langston Hughes, famous
Negro poet and novelist, in securing
passage to Cuba on the Ward Line was
demonstrated this week when William
Pickens, Field Secretary of the N. A.
A. C. P, obtained, without difficulty,
passage to Havana. Mr.. Pickens is
sailing August 23rd on the Ward Lines
new ship, the Moro Castle which is
maing its maiden voyage on the ZSrd'
Mr.. Pickens is also returning on a
Ward Line steamer, probably the Nor
TO Castle, leaving Havana September
10th.
It will be remembered that the Ward
Lineerefused to accommodate Langston
puehes on the ground that the Cuban
Government did notwant American Ne
proes to enter Cuba. The N. A. A. =.
p. made virorous protests to officials OF
the Line and to the Cuban Government
with thercsult that all question on TINS
noint was cleared up. Mr.. Pickens re-
ports that in securing his accommoda-
Il, ms he wrote the Ward Line office on
the cial stationary of the NJ A. A.
P, and went in person to their OF
fee to secure his tickets.
81 didn't even take the pains TO
mass for white" reports Mr.. Pickens.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30

President Hoover
DenOunceS Lynching

New York, August 21.-"Every de-
cent citizen must condemn the lynch
ing eevil as an undermining of the
very essence of both justice and de-
mocracy" declares President Hoover in
letter received from the White
House today by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The Presidents statement is con-
tanned in letter, signed by Walter H.
Newton, Secretary to the President, and
is written in response to a request
made by Walter White, Acting Secre-
tary of the Advancement Association,
on August 18th for a pronouncement
from the White House regarding the
recent recrudescence of lynching.
In his letter to President Hoover,
Mr.. White declared that the total of
fourteen lynchings during the first
eight months of the year is two more
than occurred during all of 1929. This
increase, and especially the complete
breaking down of machinery for the
prevention of such mob outbursts, pre-
sentS, we are certin you will agree,
one of the emost serious aspects of dis
regard of law now manifest in the
United States. 1t is danger not only
to victims of these mobs but to the
Government as whole and to the safe
ty and welfare of men and women of
all races. This wilful disregard and
fouting Of law by .lynching mobs con-
stitutes,. in our opinion, more serious
menaceto American inst---tionS than
all the propaganda of Communists now
being inquired into by Congressional
investigating ommittee."
Since the Associations letter to the
President another lynching has taken
place at Tarboro, N. c., on August 10th.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
ELIZABETH N. A. A. C. P. OPENS
SWIMMING POOL.

New York, Aug. 22.-Through the
vigorous action Of the Elizabeth, New
ersey branch of the N. A. A. c. p a
new municipal swimming pool at Re-
creation Pier has been opened to all
7ersons regardless of race. The new
DOL is tho only one of it's kind in Eliz-
beth. When four small colored hoy'
APPLIED for aims sioa, which is free
during the morning, they were told
that they had appeared on the wrong
day. Quest ons as to which day would
right brought only evasions on the
part of the officials. The parents Of
the children brought the matter to
he attention of the Elizabeth br'nch.
which formally took it up with Mayor
John F. Kenah of Elizabeth. The del
egation which called upon Mayor Kenah
also included representatives from
'olges of Elks and Masons, an Ameri-
can Legion Post, and several other Me-
gro bodies. AS result of this action
and statement by the branch that ii
necessary it would institute legal &C.
ton to force the opening of the ppool,
action was taken to insure the adm's-,
sion of Negroes to the pool along with
citizens of other races at all times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Thousands Expected To
Attend Annual Meet Here
Leaders Predict Greatest
Session In Its History

very encouraging reports are
coming in to the Reindeer at their
headquarters, SOL Buchanan Street
concerning their Eighth Annual
Convention which meets in this
city September IA to II, 1880 in
elusive.
Headquarters have received lit
erature from Garden City Lodge,
Atlantic City N. j.. announcing
four day excursion to Richmond
during the convention which will
not only bring Reindeer but host
Of others who welcome the oppor-
tunity to come to Richmond.
Headquarters have also been in
formed that the Liberty Lodge of
Newark, N. j., will attend in boz
dy bringing with them their Rein
deer band. Those who were in New
ark last year and were fortunate
enough to hear this wonderful
band look forward with much de-
light To hear il again.
The chapters composed of the
feraale divisicn of the order are
making extensive preparations TO
attend in large numbers from all
over The country which will add
much TO the convention during
their stay.
The convention committee is
busy night and day completing
their arrangements and fell that
every one will leave Richmond with
q desire to return again soon. The
committee is leaving no stone un-
turned in looing after the physical
and social welfare of the visitors
and are desironus of assistance
from their friends in matter Of
donations and housing etc. Many
of which have responded wonderful
ly. Any further information may be
had by addressing a postal to Writ
r. Jones, secretary, 801 Buchanan
St or calling Ran. 1861; and q
representative will gladly call.
Judging by the enthusiastic re-
ports received at headquarters
from all ever the country this will
be the largest and best convention
ever held by the Grand Lodge with
a probable attendance of between
eight to ten thousand visitors
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Tobacco Farmers In
Georgia Ruined

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 26. = Hopes
placed by farmers in this years good
tobacco crop to help them ward off
starvation were blasted during the first
few days of selling last week at the
markets in the Georgia bright-leaf to-
bacco belt.
IN spite of bright talk in the press
preceding the opening of the market
the agents for the manufacturers and
exporters of tobacco succeeded in forcing
the price lower than they had ever been
since the war. At rs out of SO ware
houses tobacco was selling during the
course of last week at 10 cents pound,
far below what is cost the farmer to
produce it. During the course of the
tobacco auctions ridiculously low price
The low price spells complete ruin for
many of the small farmers. Uuable to
meet their BITS md ray off the LAM
rds, the te a farre will be COM
pl tie smashed. In franti:~ effort
to allay the storm of protest leading
politicians have wired Washington TO
send investigators into the field, al
.b%ugh It is we'll known that they work
hand in hand with the same interests
that pushed the prices down. In fur
Their prediction comics the politicians
have also tried to get the farm board to
at least promise some aid. Thus far,
the farm board has found an excuse
for staying out of the muddle, remem-
bering the moss they got into with the
wheat farmers.
To save the large planters and force
the tenants to bear thee brunt of the
crisis a conference of representatives
of the Southern tobacco growing states
has been called to meet in Atlanta on
August II or IL. In the meantime there
is no help forthcoming for the small
farmers and tenant farmers who have
nothing left to do but join the already
swelled job lines in the cities.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
TRAFFIC BLOCKED: HUNDREDS
DRAWN TO SCENE AT SECOND AND
LEIGH
(Staff Correspondent

When George Bolden, age 20, saw his
runaway sister Ada Bolden IA, leave
the Hippodrome Theater where he had
station himself witt the expectations
that she would be in there, tried to
induce her to return home, she broke
away and ran back into the theater he
went in after her and she ran out a
gain. The chase drew hundreds to the
scene, and traffic at Second and Leigh
was blocked for few minutes.
The young girl secured knife from
Somewhere and as her brother cornered
her at the corner of Third and Leigh,
she stabbed him in the arm. leg and
hand. The crowd thinking that the
young man was attacking the girl, grab
bed him and allowed her to escape.
She ran into a house on the N. W.
corner of Third and Jackson, frighten-
ing the lone occupant an elderly woman
suffering with heart trouble so, that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Indiana Lynchers
Discriminate

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. August (CNA)
The School Board of this city has let it
be known that School No. II, at Capt.
toll Ave. and 18th Street, will not be
used for Negro students this year.
1t had been stated that due to the very
terrible conditions of Negro schools,
due to overcrowding, ect., this school
would be turned over to them in order
to relieve these conditions. This or
der, however, will be rescinded at the
next meeting of the board.
This is interpreted by the Negro
masses of the district as another of
the long list of prosecutions visited up
on the Negroes of Indiana by the ruling
class of this state who only few days
ago played the leading role in the lyn-
ching of two Negro workers and who
IRE making every effort to impose the
conditions of Dixie upon the oppressed
Negro toilers.
The iim-crow school facilities for
Negroes in this city are rotten indeed.
In many of the portable schools can be
found wide openings in the walls and
ceilings which cannot be closed be-
coming a dreadful menace to the health
of Negro children. On rainy days tubs
are placed on the floors in various
sections of the building in order to
,atch the water as it drips through the
roof. In the winter months teachers
haykN been knowy ito instruct their
classes in their over-coats and over
shoes due to the improper heating
facilitiesl
1t has been limited quite openly that
the pay of the Negro teachers in most
of these jim-crow institutions is far
beneath that of the white teachers and
the facilities for Negro children sup
niles books ect are very inadequate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Me Not. Penman Lovingood, 11s Edge
Nrox.- vorl, H;tu

Me Not. Penman Lovingood, 11s Edge
combe Ave-, New York City.
Glass II. Dance Groups, LIST Prize,
$3.50, Scherzo. Winner-William L.
Dawson, 4O2s Parkway, Chicago, Ill.
End pize, 500, Negro Folk Suite. Ma
jor N. Clark Smith, 5000 S. Parkway.
Chicago, Ill.
Glass III. Spirituals, LIST prize, $50,
Wade in the Water. Winner. Druciila
Tendy Altwell, GIL Tormillo St.. FL
Paso, Texas. End prize, $500, Negro
Folk Song Prelude. Major N. Clark
Smith. 5000 S. Parkway, Chicago, III.
Class w. Choral Work, prize $3.50,
African Chief. Winner, ]. Harold
Brown, 22s W. 2sth St., Indianapolis
Ind
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
American Who At
tackled Negro In
Russia Jailed
APOLOGIES TO THE UNION
COMMITTEE

MOSCOW, USSR, August CNA) Le-
muel Lewis, an American worker who
attacked a Negro worker working in
the same factory with him, in mess
hall, has been placed in Jail to await a
trail The Russian workers became
so provoked over this act of chauvin-
ism that they vigorously protested at
mass meetings held in many of the
large industrial centers. Lewis who
has had time to think over the crime
he committed, has realized that he is
not in America where the bosses en-
courage such antagonisms among Ne
gro and white workers. but. is, in the
Soviet Union where such acts are Bit
terly condemned. Lewis has admit
ted that he now understands the crude
mistake that he made and blameS him
self for being under the influence OF
National Chauvinism". This chau-
vinism which has originated in Amer
lea and is apart of the system the bos-
ses use to keep the workers divided,
is the most vicious weapon that renders
organization difficult among the Negro
az 2 white workers.. An energetic
enlightening campaign is being waged
in the Soviet Union and among those
workers who are affiliated to the more
militant organizations in other Sun
tries to eradicate all roots Of chauvin-
ism in order that the workers may pro-
coed unhampered in their fight for
better conditions.
The communists in the Soviet Union
are the vanguard of the working class
and load in this fight to purge the
ranks of the working class of all rem
nants of chauvinism and for freedom
for all oppressed national minOrities
and the Negro workers. Such acts as
committed by Lewis are not permitted
in the Soviet Union and the workers
do not wait to receive directives from
the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union to wage a battle against such
an evil, but of their own initiative
start a vigorous campaign to prove to
the Negro workers their solidarity in
the class struggle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
THROUGH TOWN GAMBLERS CLEAN
OUT SECOND STREET

Reports from the underworld hint that
two gamblers of foreign extraction have
been playing "Hail Columbia" with our
Richmond stud fans. It is averrsd
that these birds carried system that
just wouldn't don't ard our boys are
nursing bruised pocket books as result
of trying to beat these gentlemen gam
blers Large galleries watched night
after night as Richmond tried to re-
gain the losses of the nigt before and
each night um-teen dollors left the
security of Second Street sports to
never return. Reliable reports aver
that nearly one thousand dollars were
lost within ten days.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30

Kansas City, Mo- (SpeciaD- Moth
ing has been undone to guarantee a
large attendance at the National Bap-
fist Convention of America in its Fiji
tieth Jubilee Celebration to be held in
New York September 10-15, Says the
Rev. John Wesley Nurse, President Of
that body. DR.. Nurse was speaking to
the representative of the Baptist forces
this section, but released statemel
for publication.
He says that from the correspondence
now on his deck, messengers from the
extreme West, as far as the Pacific
Coast, and from the Northwest will
pass through Kancas City and Chiago
en- route to New York; from the North
west DR.. ]. w. Anderson, the Reginal
Secretary, will start with his forces
st Portland, Oregon and will pick up
sll the way through until he reaches
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
|. 0. Of King David To-
Meet At GOrdonsyille

The Imperial Order of King
David will meet in it's Twenty
Second Annual Session at Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church, Gordons-
vile, Va, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, September !, 2. 3,
1890. The delegation from Rich.
mond and vicinity will leave from
Main Street Station, Monday aft
ernccn, Sept. 1, 1880, at 9:G5
o'elock. The Uniform Rank and
Williams Lodge Ell1s' Band will
leave by bus Tuesday morning,
returning Tuesday night.
(Mrs.) A. G.. TAYLOR.
G. w. Ruler.
(Miss) MARY M. SCOTT,
G. W. Scribe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30
Mitchell Children Injured

The two youngest children OF
Editor R. C. Mitchell, Editor OF
the Richmond Planet, Edith Eliza
beth, age 2, and Reginald Davis
Mitchell, age a, fell three stories
Thursday afternoon while playing
in a window at the back of the
house, 10 S. Harvie st. A grape
arbor directly under the window
broke the fall of the two young
STEERS preventing perhaps fatal in
juries on the bricks below. They
were rushed to the st. Phillips
Hospital where the condition of
the girl was reported as fair, the
boy suffered internal injuries.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30

Baptist From Every Section of the
United States Ready to Invade Nations
Metropolis on September 10th.
Sectional and State Groups Already
Organized, Routes Selected and Spec
ial Trains Arranged
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-30

if not criminal, negligence. The N. A.
A. C. P. has MADE formal request of
Acknowledgement Ogden to take action
which he is authorized to take under
the Indiana law against lynching, to-
wards the impeachment and removal
from Office OF Sheriff Campbell.
''The facts are clear as to the crime
charged against the two boys who were
lynched. There is no question that they
that they killed Claude Deeter. The
circumstances, however, are not as
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10

/ rent series. The present base price
of S495 brings back the six cylin-
der Chevrolet to within five dol
lars of the lowest price at which
even the four cylinder Chevrolet
was ever Sold
Over a Million Skies
This is made possible because
1929 was Chevrolet's greatest
year, with an output of 1,35O.OOO
skies. Economies of precision man
ufacturing, plus savings effected
by quantity purchase of raw ma
tczials, brought about lowered pro
duction costs, which, consistent
with the Chevrolet policy, are now
being passed on to the consuming
public.
The new range is from 1866 for
the light delivery chassis to S675
for the sedan as against 1929 pric-
es of $500 for the light delivery
chassis to $725 for the convertible
landau. All prices are f. o. b. fac
tory, at Flint. Michigan. A table
of new and old prices follows:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
HEAVY POULTRY
LOSSES Due TO B.
W. D. In CHICKS

According to the observation of
County Agent Ferguson, poultry
growers of this county lose sever
al thousand dollars every year by
the disease known as bacillary
white diarrhea. This disease caus-
es the greatest losses among the
poultry flocks soon after Matching
time. In fact, in a flock where this
disease is present, it is not uncom-
mon to have as high as a ninety
per cent loss the first ten DAYS
after Matching. Those birds that
have the disease and survive to
maturity are known as carriers"
Chicks Matched from carriers" will
have the disease, and consequently
there will be heavy losses.
Experiments have proven that
hens afflicted with the B. w. d.
disease will produce less than one
third as many eggs as those hens
free from the disease. Therefore,
it is not only of value for the poul-
try grower who sells Matching eggs
and baby chicks to have flocks free
from B. w. D. but those growers
who depend on egg production for
a profit will be greatly benefited
by having flocks free from this
disease that greatly reduces pro-
duction.
The first essential in building a
flock free from this disease is to
clean out all reactors in your pres
emit flock and when purchasing
either Matching eggs, breeding
stock or baby chicks purchase only
from poultry growers who have
had their flocks blood tested and
which are. free from the disease.
Growers who have birds of good
quality and breeding, should ar
range to have their flocks blood
tested some time during this whit
er so that they may put only dis
ease-free birds in their breeding
pens.
Taking blood samples is a very
simple matter, one which anv
grower can do. These samples are
then sent TO the laboratory at the
State College where the tests are
made for B. w. D. for a very
small charge.
Farmers who are interested in
having their flocks tested for Bac-
Hilary White Diarrhea should COM
municate with County Agent Fer
guson who will secure the neces-
sray bottles for taking blood sam
piles and send out full directions
for taking samples.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
IN CHEVROLET HISTORY

improvements which contribute
to comfort, performance, endur-
ance and safety
An improved six-cylinder valve
in-head motor, with its capacity
increased to so horsepower; four
Delco-Lovejoy hydraulic shock
disorders; fully enclosed in
ternal-expanding weather-proof
brakes; a new dash gasoline