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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05
Give The Committee A Chance
BY Josephus Simpson

There have been so many movement.
started IN the past that have Supposed
" had as their goal the uphtt and the
Detterment or the conditions surround
ing the Negroes of this city, that the
colored people here, naturally, look
askanee at any movement which may
DO started ostensibly in their favor. We
have looked forward with so mucn
optimism, for so many times, and with
such glorious anticipation to a harvest
OF the beneticlent fruits, the natural
results, and the happy climax of any
real sincere efforts put forth in any
movement of this kind, only to be dis
appointed, that We may, il we are not
careful, spurn valuable assistance in
our efforts to avoid being duped. A
child who has been burned is afraid
of fire, it is true, but that is no ex-
euse Tor his freezing in winter.
We admit that it is always wise
When anything Is proffered, to consi-
der the primary cause for, and the
after effects OF such gifts that have in
the past proved so distastefu to mem.
bers OF our group. The source of the
gift, its immediate or future benefits,
and its cost to the group must be con-
sidered. We make Il ese explanations,
not because our opinions in our own
ESTIMATION are anywise infalible, but
because we feel that it is the duty of
a newspaper to put its stamp of an.
proval on those things which it deems
beneficial, as well as to assail those
things which in its estimation might
prove disastrous. We are saving these
things In feeble attempt to make
clear the position, the attitude, and
we believe, honest intentions of the
Committee on Negro Housing condi-
tions recently appointed by the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce.
We shall first consider the source
from which this benevolent spirit en-
anates, the type of men behind the
movement. There are three different
types of men to be considered-The
wealthy, those who are striving to OBJ
tain wealth, and the poor. We will
first consider the wealthy. The man
who has wealth is in great measure
beyond the point and above the plane
upon which he might feel that he
could become contaminated by coming
in contact with those who are beneath
his station in life, or those who are
identified with an opposite group from
his own. He is like prince secure in
his station and can eat with the pea.
SAINT without fear of losing his stand
ing, he is independent of what may
be said by society gossipers, and is
forced to look to no man for his daily
bread. Most wealthy people feel to a
certain extent indebted to those who
have made their wealth possible.
Tho man who is striving to obtain
wealth Is jealous creature, in that
ne seeks to destroy every obstacle that {
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05

Rev. A. W. Brown will give his
lecture on Haiti Sunday night at
Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church,
at $500 p. m. admission free.
In reply to the many friends in
and out Of Richmond we are pleased
to announce that we will give our
lecture on the three phases Of Hal.
tian life with pictures on the screen
to cover the same. Come and 20 with
US from the presidents palace to
the jungle hut. See Haiti st ID
highest and its lowest. This lecture
il free to one and all. Come early
and secure your seat.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05
Try 1t Both Ways.

In Hastings Court few days ago high official of the court
stated that he in favor of epaneing aNegro jury
murder which Negro charged with the
another order carec ascertain what
pie consider just sentence of this kind We informed
that felt this good idea: And by ampifca-
ton would recommend the empaneng of aNegro jury
to sit in judgment in which white trial
for the murder of Negro Trying of each kind
only to arrive at solution of the question
the Negro considers justice These things will happen when men
begin to love their neghbos themselves and elephants begin
to rooSt in trees.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05
HITS AND BITS
Constitution, Article l Section 4, Part 2

Congress shall assemble at least in year,
mee,ng snail first Monday December,
lleys by appoint different day.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05
Trump Cards"

Cases like the John Funn CASE the which Negro
attorneys should display their knowledge intricate work
ngs of the law in which Negro for his
life Negro who is not able financially to employ COUNSEL one
who practically friendess We discussing his guilt or
innocence The fact that he guilty does ardge his right
competent counsel When attorneys demonstrate to the
the fact that they capable handling cases of this
kind when Negro needs attorney he will least consider
Negro lawyer before hiring white These are your TRUMP
cards. gentlemen Will you play them? Will heed laymans
sincere earnest plea?
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-04-05
Only The Beginning.

People everywhere complaining of hard times but they
nave not gotten hard et Prepare for the coming years. the
worst is yet to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04

zoos North Arsenal avenue, was ram
sacked and a coat, valued at s35,
and other clothing was stolen.
Merchant Policeman Mckinley
Armstrong, 1908 Kelly street, found
the side window of the George Will
liams drug store, Carson and Troy
avenues, broken at this morning.
Candy and tobacco were stolen.
Two bandits held up John F.
Nightingale in his drug store at 2501
Brookside avenue and got s25.
A Negro held up Joseph Mullane,
622 North Illinois street, Playground
street car C. +or, at the end Of
the line $3.50 in pennies
and $50 street car tokens.
Herber, S, 1854 Graceland
avenue, va bed of s6 by man
who engaged his taxi to drive to
Fifty-sixth and Illinois streets. The
bandit took the cab, but abandoned
it within a block of the holdup
scene.
Porter Lightfoot, 215 East Yer
mont street, another taxi driver, was
robbed at the same place an hour
later, the bandit getting sl1.95. The
bandit took Lightfoot's cab and it
has not been found.
John J. Donnelly, 343 Hanson ave-
nue., foiled a holdup by three men
when he yelled. The bandits fed
the scene, at Washington avenue
and Blake street.
Two bandits held up Harold
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
CLUB WILL REOPEN
HooSier Athletic Members
Try Reorganization.

Reorganization of the HooSier
Athletic Club, through opening of
the clubs headquarters, Meridian
and Pratt streets, three days q
week, is planned by club members.
The club went into receivership
a year ago.
During the last week q group,
known as the Hoosier Athletic AS
ISOLATION, has been formed by club
members in good standing, for the
purpose of opening the clubroomS.
A rental will be paid the receiver
for use of the club.
When the club has been placed
on a sound basis, the new organiZa-
ton will disband and turn over its
assets to the original organization.
H. j. Hampton is chairman of the
new association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
FLAMES BARE
LIQUOR PLANT
Cops Find Still Operating in
Burning House.

A liquor plant was revealed by
fire at the home of Frank Degos-
tine of $50 South Sherman drive
Friday night and police today are
seeking Degostine as the alleged
owner of two stills.
The fire, a small roof blaze,
caused firemen to find 100-gallon
still in operation in the attic of the
home. Police later found a fifty
gallon still dismantled in the base
ment. Twelve gallons Of moon
shine, seventy-two gallons of mash,
thirty-nine empty five-gallon jugs,
two whisky hydrometers, five gal
Ions of malt syrup, 800 pounds of
cracked corn and $500 pounds of
corn sugar were seized by police.
Mrs. DegoStine told police the
family moved into the house April
% and that her husband began OPP
Grafton of a still in June, accord
ing to officers.
Henry Gardner Of 1918 Sturm
avenue, was arrested on a blind
tiger charge Friday night. Police
say he had three gallons of whisky
in his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
BANDITS CRAB
STABLE LOOT
IN ROBBERIES
Thieves Operate in Stores
and Homes; Two Taxi
Drivers Held Up.

Bandits and burglars renewed
operations Friday night when six
holdups and a series of burglaries
were reported to police.
Herbert Johnson, II, Of 1902 Polk
street, was held on a charge Of
entering a house to commit a felony
after R. w. Montgomery, 701 East
Thirteenth street, reported he
caught the youth in his home.
Police said that Johnson admitted
entering two houses on Brookside
avenue and also admitted stealing
$3.50 from the home of Mrs. Joseph
Roarks, 1903 North Capitol avenue,
but said he returned the money.
The home of Mrs. Arthur Gilbert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
HUDSON, ESSEX
CREATIONS HOLD
SHOW INTEREST
Cars Are Built Along New
Lines With Great Eight
Setting Pace.

| PB Times SDeciGl
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-America's
big parade Of the year, the 1880 au-
tomobile show, opened here today
with exhibitions of interest for the
motoring public Of the nation.
Two of the outstanding automo-
biles on display are the Hudson and
Essex, which have been created
along entirely new lines this year.
The Hudson now is an eight-cylin-
DER job, known as the Great Eight"
and the Essex is shown with entirely
new lines and carrying most of the
mechanical improvements incorpo-
rated in the Hudson Great Eight.
The new Hudson creation is
straight eight with high compress
sion engine Of lower displacement,
but with more power than the SUI
J per six
Two Chassis Available
Two chassis are available in the
Hudson. One has the standard wheel
| base of 119 inches and the larger
size, 126 inches. While the two chas-
sis differ in length, to accommodate
standard or deluxe bodies, they are
identical as far as the design and
fundamental structure features are
concerned. Ten body types, avail
able in any color combination, COM
plete the Hudson line.
The power yield of the Hudson Is
eighty-horse power and tests have
shown an unusually low gasoline
| consumption The cylinders and
upper part of the crankcase form
single rigid casting with two sep
arate cylinder heads, each for four
cylinders.
The engine crankshaft has been
developed to overcome all traces of
vibration and revolveS in five main
bearings. Cooling is facilitated by
pump actuated circulation, with the
fan carried on an adjustable swing
ing motor bracket.
Dual Flow System
An improved dual flow splash
lubricating system is used in the
new car with plunger pump of the
airline type delivering the oil to
both ends Of the motor.
The four-wheel brake system is
of the latest weather. proof Bendix
type, with two articulated self
aligning shoes operated by a float
ing cam.
Body roofs, floors and running
boards of the cars are lower, per-
hitting the passenger to step into
the car instead of climbing into it..
A windshield toggle lever permits
opening of the windshield with one
hand.
Incorporated in the new Essex are
longer wheelbaSe, wider and roomier
all-steel bodies, variety of appoint
ments and six color combinations in
the eight body styles.
The manufacturers have rebuilt
the Essex motor and it is an en-
tirely new creation with many I'M
provements also found in the Hud-
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
Tries to End Life

DeSpondent because of lack of en-
ployment, Lloyd McCabe, 81, of 6307
Pleasant Run parkway. took poison
in a suicide attempt Friday night.
His condition at city hospital is not
| serious.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
Fifty Cities Are Bankrupt

BIZ United Press
WARSAW, Jan. fifty cities
chiefly in western Poland, have de-
clared themselves bankrupt. The
state bank may be called upon to
adept relief measures for the mu-
inequalities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
Children Like This
Safe Prescription
Coughs and Sore Throat Relieved
Almost Instantly.

Stop children'S coughs and sore
Threats before these ailments lead
to dangerous ills. Thoxine, doc
tors prescription, now assures re-
lief within IS minutes to children
as well as adults without the dan
ger in the use of patent medicines
containing harmful drugs.
Thoxine works on different
principle, goes direct to the source
of trouble and relieves the irrita-
ton which causes the coughing and
sore throat. Ideal for children be-
cause it is safe and does not have
the usual "nasty-medicine" taste.
No gargling. Just ask for Thoxine,
put up ready for use in Csc, 60c,
and $100 bottles. Money back if
not relieved. Sold by all druggists.
Advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
CLARE BRIGGS IS DEAD
Noted CartOOnist Succumbs Ia
Acute Attack of Pneumonia.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Clare
Briggs, 50. creator of the When a
Feller Needs a Friend" Amt 1t a
Grand and Glorious Feeling" and
other popular series of cartoons,
died Friday night.
Briggs has been Ill for a month
with pneumonia. Late Friday his
condition became acute, and he
died suddenly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
SAILORS GO ON STRIKE
Liner France Takes to Sea With
New Hands Filling Posts.

BIZ United Press
HAVRE, Jan. 4.-The liner France
is on her way to the United States
with crew of strikers aboard.
Sailing was delayed an hour because
of a dispute by the crew over extra
pay. Other hands were recruited
hastily and the ship sailed with the
strikers still on board.
The Frances captain was conf
dent the men would return to work
as soon as the liner reached the
high seas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04
Archbishop to Be Enthroned

BIZ JnitCd Press
PARIS, Jan. An brilliant
ceremony Francois Erdier, recently
created cardinal by Pope Plus XII
will be enthroned Monday as arch
bishop of Paris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-04

Gregory. 3o3 North East street. at
tendant at Supreme Oil station at
Troy avenue and Bluff road and
got S35.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09

Looking back at II, President Hoover must now
think that the craftsmanship Of the Belgian Relief
Committee was a pretty soft Job.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09
Fattest Pork Barrel in History

President Hoover promptly signed = rivers and har-
nors bill, which In his own words authorizes a larger
project than the Panama canal" It is said the meas
ure more than doubled the amount Of authorization
given In the last rivers and harbors bill signed on
Jan. q, 1926, by Pres. Coolidge. Since its inception in
the 10th congress. this measure has grown from its
infant proportions of s55.OOo.ooo to the stature of
$145, 000o. One hundred and seventy projects are
given government approval under it. AS for Texas,
the projects follow:
Port Arkansas. s395.o0o; Freeport harbor, modifica-
ton, channel from Galveston harhor TO Texas City,
$656.000: Cedar Bayou channel. $4,000; Houston ship
channel, S954,Oo0; channel from Arkansas Pass to Cor
pus Christi, s5l5.OOO; Brownsville -B razos island har-
Dor, s~2,158,Ooo.
According TO the president the inland waterway
system when completed will have $4,000 miles and
Will give waterway connections between al the great
cities stretching from New Orleans to Pittsburgh;
from New Orleans to Chicago; from New Orleans to
Kansas City and Omaha and st. Paul, and a definite
canalization of river systems which modern barge
trains can operate Systematically through the mid
west and to the Gulf Of Mexico and through the
Great Lakes TO the Atlantic.
1t viii take billions OF dollars to complete the con-
struction program. Wat is to become of the COM
mon carriers known as railways? Are these traffic
lanes to be put out Of business?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09
The Once Over
HAIL TO THE FooDLEs DRUG STORE

Copyright, 1880, by The Associated Newspspers)
A New York druggist is to open a drug store. which
viii be operated exclusively as q drug store. There
viii be no food sold. This should make him an easy
winner of the 1881 xerxes r. Doopleberry Prize for
the American showing the most originality.
This path-hlazer insists that no salad viii cross
the threshold Of his apothecary shop and that any
customers desiring sandwiches and coffee viii have to
bring their own.
1t is the most daring experiment the drug business
has seen in a decade and should settle the question
whether a drug store, which doesn't handle bologna,
tongue. liverwurst. hot soups and assorted pies. can
endure.
The help viii all be licensed druggists and not reg
istered pantry-men. Inability to make q chicken
salad will not be the mark Of a poor prescription
clerk. and the holder Of a diploma from a druggists
college will have a chance Of success in life even
though he has no idea how to make q salami sand
wich.
This pioneer in the drug business believes the pub
lie will appreciate a drug store where it can get pills.
ointments and plasters without waiting for the pro-
prietor TO fry an order OF ham and eggs or refill
the coffee urn.
There is a feeling, he thinks, that a druggist can't
have his mind on his prescription If he is preoccu-
pied with the problem Of putting out the best lunch
in town for 40 cents.
An apothecary should be untroubled by grocery
cares and never be put in a position where he re-
CARDS watering the soup Of greater Importance than
reading a prescription carefully.
Everyone will admit that life in the modern drug
store has been complex. You all know how often you
have gone in for a bottle Of epicac and some quinine
pills and come out with an order Of roast lamb with
green peas.
Or walked IN for a tuna -fish salad and a glass Of
milk and emerged with a bottle Of mango cure, q dozen
razor blades and a bar Of soap.
Good luck to the foodless drug shop 1t will SIM
plify matters and make existence less Of a cross
word puzzle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09
Governors and the Labor System
Act

Congress enacted the Hawes-Cooper bill which
would restrict movement Of p~rison-made goods in in
terstate commerce. It drew the fire Of the national
governors conference in session in Salt Lake City.
Many governors declared the congressional act would
play havoc with their prison labor system.
Gov. Franklin Z. Roosevelt Of New York advocated
a survey and conference later to devise means of an
interchange Of prison made goods among the states
for their public institutions. AL the governors de-
nounced the Hawes-Cooper act. Gov. Theodore A.
Christianson Of Minnesota attacked the measure as an
infringement on state rights by the federal govern
ment.
He said il would mean the destruction Of the great
prison binder Irvine factory at saltwater which has
paid for a new penitentiary and its enlargement and
has created a sinking fun Of S. 100000. All these gov
errors, republicans for the most part, branded the
congressional act as "usurpation Of state authority"
Candidates for high office in Texas who talk glibly
Of Texas prisons and prison reform, are reminded that
Minnesota set the pace at Saltwater. They are re-
minded that the convicts paid for q new penitentiary
and its enlargement. and created a sinking fund Of
S~5.000,000. Are the Minnesota lawmakers and prison
directors ADLER and more efficient citizens that the
Texans who have handled the prison problems of the
commonwealth in recent years?
There is a prison problem in Texas and the farmers
Of Texas should ask the candidates why cotton IN
competition with the landowners and land tenants
to make UP the prison deficit every two years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09

presSive innocence, IN such start
ling contrast 70 the garlshness OF
Judy's general appearance. 1t was
the face Of a child, thought the
woman Of the world-so truthful,
50 candid. 50 utterly lacking in
guile.
is Mr.. StornaWay painting you.
Miss Grant?"
~ am sitting as a model. That's
my trade. you knON vi. 1 have TO live
while I'm working at my dancing
II was through Mr. Storm Jay that
! met Mr.. { On"
Madame q TOros coulI make
nothing out OF II.
Are you expecting MI. Storna-
way2" she asked.
HE should be here directly. MY
appointment was for about a quar-
ter Of al hour az
Stornaway came in just then. and
Judy slipped into the models dress
ing room. MADAME de Toros in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-09
7M NAN STEM

week, Doyle announced that he was
going to kill Sherlock Holmes,
because he was tired Of being point
ed out as the originator of the de-
t~ective, when SO much Of his other
writings Is OF more literary value.
OF course. we appreciate his atti-
tude or the subject. Other stories
Of his are immortal, undying. He
has a style and a sure touch that
shows sheer genius. But his detec-
tive stories took the popular mind
BY storm, and Doyle and Holmes
became almost synonymous.
But isn't 1t rather a coincidence
that the writer's death followed so
closely his announcement that he
contemplated killing his most fam
Gus character? But a few days sep
arated the two events.
If we ever write stories. fiction
stories, we are going TO be very
careful and not murder any OF our
heroes by mistake. We are going TO
be very careful about this.
Villains, Of course, will be mur-
dered ~ruthlessly. The more the
merrier. Virtue triumphant and all
that. But no heroes,
Rain
There are two things that always
bring rain. The first thing Is,
mention IN the newspaper that it's
not going to rain any more. Sec
ond, have your car washed and
polished.
And will it rainP 1t will. 1t new
er fails.
II the farmers need rain, we ad-
wise them 10 follow this policy Well
be glad TO cooperate on our end, II
they operate on their automobiles.
The present rainy spell may last,
and it may not. Nobody knows,
not even the weather man, w. j.
Schnurbusch.
II was announced Tuesday that
the rain was local, and then tele-
phone calls informed us that is was
general. 1t was said to be very
slight, and someone driving In from
the backwoods lei Brownsville
said that 1t had rained two inches
near his place.
One cotton buyer said that the
rain would aid crops. another said
that it would damage them.
Take your pick.
The Movies
The current attraction at the
Capitol theater, Brownsville's only
talking picture theater, is Dan
gerous Nan McGrew.s We haven't
seed the show yet. SO don't know
what II l. like. With Helen Kane.
the boop-bcopa-doop female, and
Stuart Erwin, the sap, it should be
good.