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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21
CO|Orcd Girl Beaten In Monroe Park
Roughly Handled By
Park Policeman

Miss Gay Twitty, 14-year-old high
school girl, was severely beaten and
probably seriously injured by A. L..
Moore, park policeman, stationed at
Monroe Park in the west end section
OF Richmond, Thursday, June 10Th.
Why a man should beat up a girl in
this manner is beyond comprehension
of civilized people. The facts in the
case seem tn indicate that this
policeman allowed his color preJu-
dice to change him into brute of the
forest.
1t seems that Miss Twitty and two
girl companions were on their way
home from Armstrong High School
about 1890 o'clock and while passing
thru Monroe Park singing they We're
interfered with by gang OF white
boys. When told to mind their own
business, one of the boys called these
girls the usual 3D. niggers" and
incidentally mentioned that he would
cut off head or two.
1t was at this moment that the big
brave policeman rushed up and in
stead OF protecting the girls as COM
mon sense would have dictated, he
slapped Miss Twitty in the face. Sno
struck back and he promptly knocked
her down and checked her and put
his foot upon her neck. He then drag
ged her on the ground about thirty
feet to the park house where he call
ed the patrol wagon and sent her 10
Second Police Station. From the
station house she was removed to the
Detention Home, where her family
received her in custody.
Her brother-in-law, Mr.. Rufus
Moss, hearing of the incident, went
to the park to investigate and was
promptly placed under arrest. 1t is
said that all attempts made by him to
swear out warrant for the officer
for his brutal action were futile. Mr..
Moss is a respected business man and
conducts restaurant on South Lom-
hardy Street. His wife, Mrs. Sarah
Moss is sister to the Twitty girl and
they are raising her. The girls arm
is badly twisted, from the long drag
cling and she is otherwise injured.
Several citizens have become a
reused over the incident and plans
are being perfected to prosecute this
fragrant violation of authority on the
part of this minion of the law.
Attorney Alfred H. Cohen has been
retained by the family. Friday morn
ing in police court Mr.. Moss was
fined SIS. The girls case is called for
Saturday morning.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21
SUMMER SESSION AT HOWARD

Washington, D. c., June 13-The
summer session at Howard University
began Monday and will continue thru
August 10, during which time the same
quality of work is required, and equal
credits are given toward degrees as in
other quarters of the University year
All of the facilities of the University
for study, health, and recreation are
placed at the disposal of summer stu
dents.
One hundred and three courses are
offered in the following departments:
art, botany, chemistry, commerce and
finance, economics. education, English
German, history, mathematics, music
physical education, physics, political
science, psychology, Roance languages
and sociology.
Professor George NJ. Lightfoot is
director and associated with him is
corps of teachers drawn from the re-
gular university faculty.
Students may register for credits w
TO and including June "a.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21
GREAT ARCHITECTURAL SCHOOL AT
HOWARD

Washington. D. c., June ID, The
annual exhibition Of the Department Of
Architecture in the APPLIED Science
building at Howard University,open to
the public frof A. M. to 4:30 P. NJ.
during the Summer Session, contains
some of Thea most ambitious projects
ever undertaken by Negro students in
architecture, consisting of graduate
theses, illuminated model houses, and
stained glass windows.
Prbably the most impressive effect
Of the entire exhibition is the artistic
use of colors in the renderings.
A feature of the exhibition is two
theses, one a Residential Suburban
Community Development presented in
seven drawings by Floyd A. Mayfield
and the other Suburban Apartment
House Development presented in four
drawings by John A. WEIGH, both men,
bers of this years graduating class
There are also illuminated models of
Duplex houses with landscaping and
gardening accessories. AS a whole the
exhibition includes york in architectural
fundamentals from the elementary up
through the more complex compost
tions.
The community project is developed
on the basis of general financial ana
lysis involving approximate cost and
investment return. In each of these pro-
jects, consideration is given to the
needs for future expansion. The plan
involves seventy-five small houses al
cost purchaseable to the average in
come, the whole arranged into a com
plete group with community shops
civic control, and recreational facilities
Three cross-sections show the appear
ance of the project from different
points of view.
| The other six drawings are detailed
development of the features f the gen
eral scheme of the project seen from
both the exterior and the interior.
The Suburban Apartment House De
velopement represests general solu
ton of the modern housing problem
and includes as its important features
due consideration for both the socia
and economic needs of its location il
I the community. Care is given to those
details of architecture usually consider
ed as of minor importace.
The selection and arrangement O.
furnishings of tyvical rooms has beer
given detaili consideration, togethe1
with recreational requirements ant
landscaping. The entire group is pre-
scented with due regard for its econo
mic practicability in every way.
1t is stated by Prof. Hilyard R. Rob
inson, head of thedepartment, that TIN
field of architecture offers immens
possibilities for Negroes who map com
bine the requisite training with indus
try and inclination to keep intelligent
ly busy. All of the graduates of tn
SHOOT o ARCHITECTURE at Howard Uni
versity are employed except those o
this years class.
The course normally covers fou
years of study and requires of its stu
dents approach in subject matter in
volving fine arts, applied science an
J economics. D.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21
Effort Made To InfEGt Capital Punishment
Upon Labor Organizers In Dixie
NEGRO WORKERS DEFY BRIT
ISL BAN

New York, June (CNA)-"In
spite of the ban placed on the holding
of the international Trade Union
Conference of Negro Workers in Lon
don, England, July /, our conference
will be held on the date scheduled,
states j. w. Ford, chairman of the
provisional international trade union
committee of Negro workers, yes
terday.
"Plans and preparations are going
ahead for the election of delegates III
various parts of the world. The Ne
gro workers are determined to hoi4
their conference on July 1st.
"The prohibiting of our conference
is part of the whole policy Of the
so called "labor" government headed
by Ramsay Mcdonald, the socialist
premier of England. 1t is ruthlessiy
exploiting and expressing the colonial
people in the British Empire, for the
benefit of British capitalists. At this
very moment the British troops I'M
der the direction of the British La
bor" Government are shooting down
Indian workers and peasants by the
hundreds in an attempt to crush the
rising movement of these toilers
against British imperialism.
43 Murdered in Africa
we already know of the great re
pressions carried on against the Al
rican natives in the British colonies
The numbering of 43 native women In
West Africa recently by the British
troops is fresh in the minds of the
toiling workers of Africa.
1--WE are already informed that del
egates are coming from the All-Afri,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21

the southern bosses and their ku
Klux instruments of terror of work
ing class at last aroused against the
lynching terror of the southern white
rule class against militant Negro and
white workers.
In New York City huge mass
meeting was held at Fifth Ave. and
10th St., last Saturday afternoon,
and a resolution unanimously adopted
denouncing the southern lynching ter
ror and demanding the unconditional
release of Brady, Dalton, Burlak,
Story, Powers and Carr. On the pre-
vious night Conference Against
lynching, called by the local district
of the Communist Party, was held at
Harlem Casino, 10th Street and
Lenox Avenue, with delegates from
large number of Negro and white
organizations participating. The
Conference went on record endorsing
the struggle against lynching launch
ed by the Communist Party, and
passed resolution calling upon all
workers organizations to rally to the
fight against lynching and for the
release of all class war prisoners. in
Guiding the Atlanta Six and the lead
ers of the March 6 Demonstrations
Against Unemployment who were ar
rested in New York and other cities
and railroaded to prison without even
the usual sham of capitalist justice
In Philadelphia, a large number OF
white and Negro organizations re-
sponded to the call. of the American
Negro Labor Congress for a Confer
ence Against Lynching. The con-
ference was held last Friday night
Jure 13, at 80 N. 10th ST., and laid
the basis for an aggressive campaign
against lynching and other forms OF
white ruling class terrorism useo
against the frightfully oppressed
southern Negro masses. A resolution
was adopted endorsing the campaign
began by the American Negro Labor
Congress against lynching and de-
handing the unconditional relase OF
the Congress- Field Organizer, Gilmel
Brady, together with the five othel
prisoners. The resolution also calico
upon all working-class organizations
to wire their demands for the release
of the six prisoners to Fulton County
Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia, ant
requested workers and their organlla
tions to mail greetings to the pris
oners at Fulton Tower Prison, At
lanta, Ga.
Bosses Papers Show Fear
Already the demonstrations of Ne
gro and white workers against the
death threats of the Atlanta bosse!
are having their effect. Afraid o.
the rising anger of the worker;
throughout the country, the Macol
Telegraph warns the textile baron:
that the pressing of the "insurrec
ton" charges will mean a leap for
ward in the organization of the Ne
gro and white workers of the South
The Telegraph maintains that tn
crudeness and the violently terrorlstic
methods will be too much for the
southern workers and calls for mor'
fineness and skilful frame-up meth
DDS in fighting the Communist Part!
and other class-struggle organiza
tions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21
ALFRED E. COHEN

munist party candidate for Congress.
Levine was called as were the
others, by the defense in an effort to
test the courts ruling. He declared
he did not believe in God cor any
gods"
s.I agree with Thomas Paine" he
declared. "My religion is to do good"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-06-21

In the meantime, mass meetings OF
Negro and white workers being held
throughout the country under the
auspices of the American Negro La
br Congress, the international La
B. Defense, and the Trade Union
kSx League, are giving warning to
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
BIGGER FARMS DUE TO
 IMPROVED MACHINERY

Possibly no other single factor in agriculture has figured in the devel- onment of big farms as strongly as the increased use of improved farm equipment. says. Nj. B. Tyler Co., 344 Columbus Avenue Springfield, Mass, local dealer for "Caterpi lar" Tract ors Combines, and road machinery.
 Farmers find chat their tractors. combines. and other time-saving im- dement's lie idle for much of the wear on small farms They rent or buy more land with the increased profits from their original farms, and discover that the more work they have for their equipment. the greater their yield in profits This fact is sig nifcant at the present time when farmers everywhere are turning their attention to the dealers displays dur ing National Farm Equipment Week" Ask your Caterpillar" deal CT. NJ. B. Tyler. he knowsl
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
DEAN BROWN TO DELIVER
 LINCOLN ADDRESS HERE

Dr. Charles Reyno'd Brown, Dean
 eitus O. the Yale Divinity School will deliver his famous address on Abraham Lincoln in Putnam on the evening of February goth. This ad- dress which bears the title. "The Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Cen tury" has been given in many parts 0 the world and nearly five hundred times. Few men are more in demand as a platform and pulpit speaker than Dr. Brown He will come here for this lecture under the joint auspices Of the Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chap ter of the D. 4. R.. the Putnam Ro- ary Club, the Putnam Parent Teach er association, and the Women's Un- ion of the Con0regational church
 The public is cordially invited to this lecture which will be held at 7.45 P. NJ. in the auditorium of the Con gregational church. There will be no
 for admission, nor will any offering be taken.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
NATIONAL RHEA
 BEGINS OPERATING
Court Allows Receiver to Man ufacture Rayon Yarn Until
 March 18th
Hearing February 2l on Application
 10 Sell

Raw material purchased by the re- ceiver of the National Rhea Company arrived in Putnam. Saturday, and this week the plant on Canal street resumed the manufacture of rayon yarn under a court decree.
 The order of the Windham county superior court is the same as the or der issued by the Rhode Is'and court. it allows the receiver to operate the 1lant and to purchase 10000 pounds of raw material March 18th is fixed as the limitation of such manufac- ture It is anticipated that before that date the plant will be sold.
 In regard to the sale, which was attempted on four different occasions without bidder coming forward. a petition is now before the superior court to sell the assets of the com panv Go the highest bidder on q day to be fixed by the court, if the appli- cation to sell is granted. There vii be a hearing on the application at the superior court room in Willimantic, February 21st, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
 Heretofore the receiver has been restricted in the sale of the assets of the company to an up price of Sl47,- 800 and no person has been willing to pay that price. The fifth attempt tc sell will be made without any mini mum price fixed, if the plan now sup. ported by the receiver finds favor with the court.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
PROTECT THE EAGLES
Connecticut Congressman Backs Bill
 to Protect Birds

Congressman James P. Glynn has received from John ?. Holman of Fairfield. president of the Audubon Society of Connecticut. and numer- ous individuals throughout the state letters urging his support of the pend ing Andresen bill for the protection of the bald or American eagle.
 Under the provisions Of the bill, it would be unlawful to kill any eagle of the species unless it would be caught in the act of doing harm to wild or tame lambs or to foxes on fox farms.
 Congressman Glynn expresses him self as being in favor of the bill but would demand it so as to make it law ful to kill an American eagle guilty of committing any serious damage, since bald eagles have been known to attack any small animal or even child ren. not confning their destructive activities to lambs and foxes.
 The bill is now in the hands of the committee on agriculture, to which It has been referred. The congressman will submit the communications he has received regarding the bill to the committee.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
THREE FOR PROHIBITION
Connecticut Has Given Three of 1860
 Lives Lost

Connecticut has lost three of the l.360 lives which have been saefi- feed on the altar of prohibition en- forcement according to information presented ta the Senate by Senator Willard F. Tydings of Maryland
 Senator Tydings obtained the con- sent of the senate to have these sta tisties printed in the Congressional Record in order that the law enforce ment commission might give them att tention "so that life may still have some value in the United States of America
 Tine prohibition killings in Connec- ticut as listed in the Record, were
 Simone Rianna. no details, record. ed in Congressional Record.
 John NJ. Bonin, detective sergeant, killed by persons unknown, alleged liouor violators, June 12, 1922.
 Karl Gustafson, chief boatswain mate United States Coast Guard, killed by persons unknown, alleged rum runners, April 2, 1925.
 Prohibition enforcement has claim ed four lives in Massachusetts. three in Vermont. two in Rhode Island, one in Maine. and none in New Hamp. shire. which with Connecticuts three deaths make toll for New England of thirteen lives, the reports reveal.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
Three Lads Robbed
 By Boy Fourteen
-iisle Fellows Had Dollar to Buy A Sled.-Were Waiting for Store ,o
 opcn.-Thief Caught

A fourteen-year old boy was ar raigned at a juvenile session of the city court, Tuesday afternoon. eharg- ed with robbing litt.e fellow eight or nine years old of dollar he had brought from home to purchase a led. The young defendant was given 2 talking to and placed on probation. Because of the ages of the lads names are withheld
 According to the story of the affair the little boy wished to buy a sled. te went to the store in the business section and was told that if he de- posted a dollar and his father or mother would pay the balance of the purchase price later the sled would De turned over to him.
 This was late Monday afternoon and the boy, accompanied by two companions, went to his home on Nooostcek avenue to ask his mother for the dollar She agreed to the transaction and let the little fellow take dollar he had saved in bank.
 Find Store Closed
 In joyful anticipation the young trio returned to the store only to find that it was closed for the day. The boys thought that the store would open again in the evening. They waited outside and it was then that the older boy put in ar appearance.
 The older boy questioned the younger boys and they told him they intended to purchase the sled. They were asked how much money they had and replied that they had dollar.
 It was then that the older boy led the younger boys away from the busi ness section and took the dollar from the boy that had 1t. The crying youngsters aroused the sympathy of gentleman near the Putnam Inn. As he listened to the tale the boy that stole the money was seen and was soon apprehended. A kindhearted policeman took the lads home in an automobile and they were warmly re- ceived by a mother who was worrying over their long absence.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
MAIL BOX SUPPORTS
Unsightly Standards Will Have to Go on Order of Postoffiee Department

The removal of unsightly and un- attractive mailbox supports along the highways of Connecticut will re- suit from an amendment tO the posta laws approved by Postmaster General Brown it is believed by the post of fee department.
 The amendment provides that sup ports on which rural mail boxes rest may not be in the form of eiiigies or in forms intended to represent figur- es or mechanical objects. either gro tesaue or otherwise.
 The amendment provides that such mailbox supports shall be Of neat design and may be of wood, metal, CT concrete of suitable length and dimensions. They shall be painted white. and may be either round or square, plain or ornamental.
 The post office department took this action in an effort to aid in rid ding highways and byways of un- slightly objects, and in a general order will advise Connecticut post masters along with postmasters of the entire nation that supports conform ing to the new specifications must be erected by rural postal route patrons if they expect to receive mail service
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
MOVIESe:}&:a :}:a and IAEkIES0Vs;

his heart after which the three men whom you most easily suspect as be- ing implicated in the crime are also made off with. which lets them out.
 Who did do the killing is of course finally revealed but the film has been SO effectively put together and it's
 equeuces built up that when the Announcement comes in the final rec 8. it is quite logically carried out and the audience does not feel that something has been put over on it.
 Nick Crinde and David Burton, CO., directors of the preuuction, gathered together an exceptionally capable east headed by Basil Rathbone, Leila Hy- ans. Roland Young. Alec B. Francis, George Marion and Zelda Sears Rathbone in the role of the detective, Phil0 Vance. proves conelusively that he is not restricted to the type Of role he portrayed in "The Last O. Mrs. Cbeyney." Miss Hyams and Ro- land Young. who have had experience in previous "spookies." Miss Hyams in "The Thirteenth Chair" and Young in "Unho.y Night" live up to their past regulations and the remainder of the cast are uniform in their capa- ble performances.
 The picture is photographieally ef- fective and is by far the best of the lot of movie thrillers which have em- anated from Hollywood to the im- mense satisfaction of those whose pleasure is having chills run up the
 pima column.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
LOCAL APPOINTEES TO
 MASONIC GRAND LODGE

Grand Master Ebert L. Darby of Danielson made the following ap- pointments at the closing session of the Masonic Grand Lodge at Hart ford, Thursday:
 Grand marshal, Ernest P. Prann. Deep River; grand senior steward, Arthur F. Lewis. Naugatuck; grand junior steward. Reuben H. King, Dan bury; grand chaplain, Rev. Leonard B. Richards, Pomfret; grand organist, Robert II. Prutting, Hartford; grand tyler, George A. Loomis, Hartford.
 Other appointments included Rev. James F. English, Putnam, associate grand chaplain for the ninth district, and the following district deputies Seventh. Robert C. Bailey. Haddam !; Eighth. Morris B. Payne. New Lon don; Ninth. Frederick Ash, Wood stock.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
CAPABLE CAST AND
 GOOD STORY MARK
 NEW MUSICAL FILM

4 talking. singing. dancing musical comedy sensation produced on a law ish scale with an all-star cast will be shown at the Bradley Theatre on Sat urday only. It is Broadway Scan dals." a Columbia production with Sally O'Neil, Jack Egan, Carmel Myers and Doris Dawson. Infectious song hits. comedy, gorgeous costumes and wonderful dancing make this pie ture joy to the ear and the eye. The love romance behind this carnival of dance and song will grip you with it's beauty and tenderness.
 The cast is excellent. Jack Egan, who plays the title role is youthful, handsome and engaging. Egan, who served his apprenticeship in the thea trical game by playing eight years in vaudeville. makes q typical Broadway song and dance man. He is a great hoofer. Sally O'Nei, who recently danced her way into great popularity in Warner Brothers success "On With the Show" plays the role of a little chlorine with plenty of pep.
Putnam patriot., 1930-02-13
INCREASE FEDERAL AID
Connecticut Roads Will Gain Total
 of S795.199

Action of the House in providing for an increase of S50,000. GOO in the annual federal-aid appropriations, with every assurance that the Senate win also approve this amount, means that Connecticut will benefit Go the extent of S31S.OS9 a year Co be used on federal-aid highway projects m the state. a statement by the Ameri- can Automobile Association reveals.
 The fedora aid apportionment t1 Connecticut for the fiscal year ending June 20. 1880, is s477110. The 'n- crease in the new appropriation bill would raise the apportionment 70 Connecticut for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1881, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, to S795,- 199.
 The increased federal-aid appropri- ation is expected to speed up the con struction of interstate highways to the extent of around 6.000 miles an- nually. As federal-aid is operative on fifty-fifty basis. favorable Congress sional action on the increase means that the states must match it with an additional S5O.000. 900. which means 0O.000. 900 for road-build- ing beyond the amount already pledg- ed.