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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
LABOR WRITER PLAYS DIS
ELIMINATION

New York, Oct.,-(CNA) In
an interview with a reporter for
the capitalist press, Michael Gold,
noted Jewish writer and author
of "Jews Without Money, bitter
ly attacked the institution of dis
elimination.
"Race discrimination, declared
Gold, "is based on economic ex-
ploitation." Going on he stated
with the utmost conviction:
"There is nothing in race. Watch
the spectacle in a big garment
strike Jewish boss working with
Irish cops and Italian gangsters
to beat up Jewish workers."
Speaking on the discrimination
against Negroes, Gold expressed
himself in no uncertain terms.
81 have no sympathy for the up
per class Jew who walls about dis
elimination at Harvard or at
high class hotels, because all Of
them unite in discrimination
against the Negro. I've been kick
ed out of several Jewish restaur-
ants because l was with Claude
Mckay, the colored poet. The
Jews have taken up the worst
prejrdices of the South. Many
who got the same sort Of treat
ment in Russia now hand it back
to. the Negro.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
St. Luke In Big CsnEaigr.

The Saint Luke great October
Drive for membership received
great impetus on the night of
October 10th at Hood Temple A.
M. E. Zion Church. The occasion
was a rally and program staged
by the Central Division of the
drive committee. The Church was
packed by over a thousand peo-
pie, eager to witness the program
and take part in putting over
this big annual drive for mem
bers.
Rev. G. w. Gaines, D, D., pas
tor of the Church delivered a
forceful, inspiring and practical
sermon on "The Feast of Bel
shazzar." The Elder held his sub,
iect we'll in hand as he clinched
point after point in his well-ar-
ranged argument. Mrs. Carrie Z.
Hawkins was mistress of cere-
monies and carried the meeting
nicely. The following were fore
most in promoting the meeting:
Committee-Mesdames Maggie
M. Smith, Lucille Reid, Martha
johnson, Antoinette T. Johnson
Emeline Johnson, Bessie Coleman,
Alice Wyche, Estelle B. Ander-
son, Leila w. Bankett, Mr.. w. 5.
Morgan and Mrs. Carrie c. Haw-
kins, chairman.
The Saint Lukes of Richmond
proved themselves to be a live
number when they succeeded IN
putting over such a great meeting
on a night when three other large
meetings were being held at the
same time, and is proof positive
that the R. w. G. Secretary-TreaS-
urer, Mrs. Maggie L. Walker has
builded the greatest working unit
ever seen in Richmond. Mrs. Wal
ker was present in her good
humor and gave added impetus to
the already campaign interest OF
the st. Luke workers as they press
forward to the 1000 goal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
Ohio Senator Challenged To Debate
Representative Of n. A. A. {. P.

other hand colored editors are en-
Enthusiastically supporting the N. A. A,
C. P. campaign, typical utterance
being one by George S. Schuyler IN
the Pittsburgh Courier who says III
part: Gail praise to the N. A. A. e..
p. for keeping up the fight on tie
senators who voted for Judge Par
ker's confirmation. Most Negroes
have probably forgotten all about
the memorable fight but the n. A. A.
C. P. boys are right on the trail OF
Senator McCulloch of Ohio, HastlngS
of Delaware and Metcalf. of Rhode
Island. The bruit goeth forth that the
Negro voters are aroused and the
senators marked for slaughter at the
polls are bleating mournfully for
Negro support. Let US hope the Neg
ro voters everywhere will defeat
every man who voted for Parker and
every candidate for Congress who
does not pledge himself to vote for
Federal anti-lvnching bill"
The campaign plans of the N. "A
A. C. P. on the Parker vote issue
were today announced as follows:
Ohio: Walter White will speak In
Cincinnati Oct. 27; Toleda Oct. %;
Cleveland Oct. 20 (date to be shift
ed if McCulloch accepts challenge for
Columbus debate;) Akron Oct. 30;
Columbus Nov. (if challenge for
Oct. 20 is not accepted by McCulloch.
Delaware: N. A. A. c. P. procured
former U. S. District Attorney James
c. Thomas of New York to address
the Civic Rights League in Whining
ton. Sunday. Oct. 10, at 8, in the
FIGHT against Senator Hastings. Dr..
Du Bots and Mr.. Bagnall, N. A. A. G..
P. Director of Branches have pre-
viouslv spoken.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

be received at the National Office of
the National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People rot
later than January l, 1881. The
medal is awarded annually to the one
judged to have rendered the great
est service to the cause of the Negro
race, through the work of the N. A.
A. c. P. in the year for which the a
ward is made. The one receiving the
medal must therefore be member of
the association. The one nominating
him need not be a member of the
association. Any member, of any race
may receive the award. Any person
of any race or group may make a
nomination.
The Nine. C. ]. Walker Manufac-
turing Company, of Indianapolis, is
the donor of the medal The award
is made by three officials of the as
scciation and two officers of the ocm-
panv, Nine. A'Lelia Walker and Mr..
F. B. Ransom. Those representing
the association are: James Weldon
johnson, Robert W. Bagnall, and Will
liam Pickens. Send nominations to
William Pickens, 50 Fifth Avenue,
New York, N. Y,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
Henry A. Boyd To Address
Mass MeetingHere Nov. 3

is under stood that Mrs. Floyd will
accompany the secretary to this city,
and that DR.. C. P. Madison, the Sec
rotary of the National Baptist Con-
vention of America, down at Norfolk,
DR.. o. ]. Allen of Norfolk, and many
of the leaders from this state will be
here to greet him. In all probability
i. is thought that he will speak to the
ministers on Monday morning in
their REGULAR conference. Confirma-
ton of the invitation and its accept
ance therefore, was received here by
Dr.. Jos. T. Hill, who began to press
this invitation during the Lott Carey
Convention at Baltimore, Md, in
Aug. and renewed it at the National
Baptist Convention in New York,
during the month of September. The
Rev. Mr.. Boyd had the matter under
advisement and reached decision
last week.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
Local n. A.A.C.P.
Organized Here
By Jod Simpson.


At meeting of the local branch
of the N. A. A. c. P, held in the
basement oft he Leigh Street Memo
rial church, on Friday night last, DIR.
R. M. Williams, aston CT Leigh street
Memorial church, was elected 1st
vice-resident and Mrs. Irma Harris
assistant secretary, other officers
elected on the previous night were
confirmed, viz: DR.. w. L. Ransomc,
president; Mr.. Wiley A. Hall, Sec
rotary; Mr.. E. C. Burke, treasurer,
and those elected on the eXecutice
committee.
The following names appear on the
roster of the organization: Mr.. Car
rol Anderson, Mr.. R. o. Bland, Mr.
Alvin j. Ruffn, DR.. M. B. Jones, Dr..
]. M. Tinsley, j. D. Frazier, DR.. L..
A Reid, Lee jackson, S. H. Walker,
W. A. Hall, Miss X. N. Cunningham,
S. E. Jones, Mrs. I. A. Harris, Mrs.
W. E Cooke, DR. C. C. Cooke, Chris
F Foster, DR.. E. S. Roane, DR.. J. M.
G. Ramsey, R. B. Sampson, E. G..
Burke, William Jordan, M. H. Nc
Dougal, M. H. Smith, Mrs. M. V.
Binga, Mrs. W. T. Johnson, S. NJ.
Bailey, Miss Mary E. Smith, Rev. W.
B. Ball, Mrs. Lille Baskerville, J. S.
Collins, ]. H. Braxton, Mrs. H. 1.
Talcott, DR.. o. B. H. Bowser, Mrs.
Alice S. Bowser, C. N. Jackson, w.
T. Kelly, Bernard L. Patterson, James
Poindexter, J. T. Moseley, W. E.
Brown, DR.. W. L. Ransome, Rev.
c. A. Cobbs, H. L. Fountain. jose
plus Simpson, Samuel C. Howell,
Rev. R. @. Wallace, C. A. Dyson, H.
L. Minor, B. T. Kenney, W. A. Jor-
dan, Mrs. Bessie T. Jordan, Rev. M.
c. Ruffn, F. B. Miller, r. E. Hite,
Mrs. A. B. Burke, and Mrs. E. G..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
GRAND CHANCELLOR OF PYTH-
LAS TO SPEAK HERE SUNDAY

At the meeting of the Past Chan
cellor Council No. l X of P. held at
Bayshore Hotel, Buckroe Beach, Va,
July 9th, 1880, the Past Chancellors
thought it advisable to hold a meet
ing IN Richmond, Va. This meeting
will be held Sunday. October 26th at
8 o'clock P. M. in Odd Fellws Hall,
700 block North Third street, Rich
mond, Va. We are urging every
member of the council to be present
at this meeting.
The order in Richmond seems to be
on the downward trend. The Broth
erhood needs encouragement, hence
it is our duty as Sir Knights to go
and help them if we can. The Grand
Chancellor Thomas H. Reid, will be
present and other grand lodge Of
icers.
Yours in F. G. B.,
]. H. STEART, Elk. Chancellor.
C. H. ROBINCON, Elk Recorder.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

ployd in grilling the prisoner, that
the said detectives worked in shifts,
(some grilling the prisoner while
the others rested,) that the prisoner.
was confined in the A. G. L. detec-
tive headquarters in the old Byrd
Street Station at Richmond, from
Sunday morning until Tuesday even
ing without rest, that the prisoner
went Immediately to sleep after sign
ing the confession and that the
prisoner was told that it would be
better for him to come clean ana
confess; or words to that effect. The
prisoner on the stand, stated that ne
was choked and tortued by the OIL:
GERS and that he was told that II
he did not confess that they would
kill him.
Attorney Shelton put up an able
defense. He did not succeed in hav-
inc the confession ruled out COM
pletely, but was successful in having
only those parts admitted which bore
direct'> on the case, he had not a
single witness for the defense, yet by
his passionate and dramatic appeal to
the jury of Virginia farmers ne saw
ed his client from death in the cleo,
trio chair-a Negro convicted OF
first degree murder in the killing OF
a white man in the state OF Vir-
GINA.
ginia. -, IT,,
any tense feeling to be noted. Ey-
cry courtesy of the court was tender.
ed the writer, he being seated about
four or five feet from the prisoner
and about six or eight feet from
the witness chair. The writer feels
that the prisoner received as fair a
trial as could be expected under the
prevailing conditions in the state ana
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

New York, Oct. ia formal
challenge was issued yesterday 10
Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch of Ohio
TO debate Walter White, Acting Sec
rotary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People in Columbus, on October 20,
on the subject: "Resolved, that Ros-
coe McCulloch's vote to coni'm
Judge Parker as an Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court over the pro
test of colored people is ample
ground for their opposition TO his
election to the United States Senate
from Ohio"
The challenge was issued by c. 4.
Dickinson, chairman of the Ohio Con-
ference of N. A. A. c. P. branches
and telegraphed to Senator McCul-
loch, with a request for prompt reply
by telegraph.
In his telegram making the chal-
lenge, Mr.. Dickinson said: 1.-THE \;
A. A. C. P. of Ohio claims you should
mot profit politically by the suffrage
of colored voters in that over their
prote } you voted to seat on the
Supreme Court bench man who is
opposed to their right to vote" And
the debate was offered Senator Nc
Culloch that he might "have an OPP
portunity to make your position clear
to the colored people"
Some white newspapers are studl-
ously avoiding the Negro issue i'll
Ohio. the New York Times, in a
lengthy summary TODAY conceding
the issue raised by McCulloch's pro
Parker vote. That the Negro vote is
a vital issue is attested by the monev
the Republicans are spending and
their desperate efforts to counteract
the N. A. A. C. P. campaign. On the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

New York, Oct. 1.-THE. methous
employed by Republican admlnlstra-
ton leaders in the unsuccessful cam
paign to place Judge John j. Parker
of North Carolina on the U. 5. Su-
prcme Court bench, were laid bare
Eoday. in an exchange of correspon-
dence with Senator Simeon D. Fess
of Ohio, published by the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People, 50 Fifth Avenue.
Senator Fess is an administration
leader. chairman of the National Re
publican Committee, sent into ONO
Il back up the candidacy of Senator
McCuiioch, who is opposed by the M
A. A. C. P. and the majority of color
cd voters on the ground that he voe-
ed for the confirmation of Judge Par
ker. Here is what passed between
Senator Tess and the N. A. A: Z. T.:
row publicly revealed for the hrs1
time:
On April 10, 1880, the N. A. A. e.
P. made public telegram to Senator
Fess, challenging his statement that
North Carolina Negroes were endors-
ing the Parker nomination, challeng-
inc his defense of Parker's fitness to
sit on the Supreme bench and asking
for a statement from Senator Fess
whether a "man who INDUCES in IN
temperate, thoughtless statements
advocating violation of Federal Cor
stitution in pandering to race JreJu-
dice for political gain is of the high
ethical and legal calibre who should
sit on Supreme Court"
Senator Tess had failed to reply to
the telegram before it was made pub
lie and published in the New York
Times, of Sunday, April 20. :
On April 81, Senator Fess wrote
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
DR. r, NOTION TO SPEAK Here next WEEK
in0 Co. Man Draws Life Imprisonment Pen For Staying Railroad Detective
PICK HARRIS GETS SIX MONTH

Albert (Pick) Harris, who a few
years ago, was known as the Black
Mayor Of Jackson Ward, was gwen
six months by Judge Groner in the
United States District Court, when
jury found him guilty on a charge of
unlawfully and feloniously selling
whiskey. A small quantity of whis-
key was found in Harris's home on
Corbin street July 23rd\ and the
house was padlocked. 1t is said that
Harris will begin serving his term Of
once and no appeal was noted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

and Florida have made strides N
in this direction and it is hoped that
Virginia ray line up definitely IN
the movement. Other colored speak
ers have been invited to discuss the
race question from an impartial and
scientific standpoint, but the Planet
has not been able to learn their lden-
titv up to the time of going to press.
II is understood that although these
meetings are primarily for the white
religious leaders to get together ana
decide as to how they will cooperate
in interracial work. arrangements
arebeing made for some colored at
tendance at one of the sessions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25

noted for it's rich religious traditions
and fair-mindedness.
Mr.. L. r. Reynolds, the efficient
secretary of the Interracial Commits
sion lire is in charge of the arrange
ments and great meeting is anti
cipated. DR.. Motion is recognized as
the greatest authority on interracial
relations and his words are accept
ed in official circles all over Ameri-
ca as the latest and best in advanced
thought along these lines. His adj
dress in Richmond will in large
measure guide the destinies of inter
racial efforts in Richmond and Vir-
ginia.
This meeting is an initial effort to
get the great denominations of the
State to cooperate for interracial
good will. North Carolina, Georgia
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
JACOB WARE DROPS DEAD.

Jacob Ware, as, of 207 E. Mar
shall street dropped dead in a club
over the DunLar restadra It. 6OJ ".
Second street Sunday night. Much
excitement was caused by his sudden
demise. Ware was well known around
Richmond, being connected with The
well-known Ware family, long ident!-
fed in the life of Fifth St. Baptist
church. This was the third sudden
death in Second Street club rooms in
recent weeks. Ware expired as the
result OF hemmorrhage.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
CLEVELAND N. A. A. C. p.
MoURNS DEATH OF w. r. GREEN

Cleveland, O., Oct. H. The
Cleveland branch of the National AS.
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Colored People has passed a reso!u-
ton cormending the work OF the
late William R. Green, former men,
her of the branch and a charter men,
Der Of it, and extending its sympathy
to his bereaved family.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-10-25
NOMINATIONS FOR NINE. c.
WALKER GOLD MEDAL

New York, Oct. denominations
for the Nine. C. j. Walker Gold
Medal, for 1880 achievements, should
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Italy Unable to Check
= Movement From Villages

Italy's efforts to check the flow of
population to the cities apparently
have not been successful. This is es-
pecially true in the Alpine districts.
The rapid depopulation there in re-
cent years has been causing anxiety
to the Italian government, which two
years ago authorized the expenditure
of 100000 upon the construction of
highways. the sanitation of mountain
areas and other improvements. AT
forestation laws, designed to create
new opportunities for woodmen in
the Alps areas, were also passed.
The attractions of the cities Of the
plains have continued, however. to
prove too strong for many of the old
mountaineering stock, and the fall in
the population of Alpine towns and
villages has not been appreciably
checked. Some villages have lost
from half to two-thirds of their popu-
lation in less than half century.
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igated from Cranston to Providence
and Pawtucket and return.

igated from Cranston to Providence
and Pawtucket and return.
SOLVER Evans, who invented the
high-pressure steam engine and tubu-
lar boiler. applied it to moving boats
as well as highway wagons and mills.
Steam dredges built by him, such as
the Oruktor Amphibolos. operated in
1904 through the water under their
own power. Robert r. Livingston,
afterward associated with Fulton.
built steamboat and ran it on the
Hudson. John Evans of Hoboken,
N. j., experimental with halfdozen
different steamboats, after 1901, and
eventually hit upon the idea of the
screw propeller in place Of the more
usual setting poles, paddles. oars, or
paddle wheels. Stevens himself, how
ever. soon discarded the screw pro.
peller in favor of paddle wheels, and
1t was not until years later-in 1880
that the screw propeller received fur
Their attention.
benjamin Franklin. who had fin
ger in nearly every pie that was cook
ing during his lifetime. was men,
Der of an association headed by James
Rumsey, native of Maryland, that
proposed to try Franklin's idea of pro-
polling a boat by sucking In water at
the bow and ejecting 1t at the stern.
A boat was built and run on this prin-
ciple by Rumsey In 1887. steam
pump being the means of ejecting the
water. Rumsey had in 1884 exhibited
steamboat before General Washing
ton at Bath, Va. In this earlier boat
the power had been steam applied by
cranks to a series of setting poles.
Fitch, who had applied for state mo-
nopolies over steamboats,, contested
Rumsey's invention, so Rumsey took
his ideas to London but died there in
1892, before they became practical"
In mentioning the men who contrib
uted to the success of the steamboat
there is one name which cannot justly
be omitted. Fitch, Fulton and the 9TH
ers had built steamboats, which would
operate on gently-fowing bodies of wa
ter in the East, but it remained for
another man to tame the swift waters
of the West. Fulton and Livingston
tried it and failed. But Henry A.
Shreve, whose name Is perpetuated in
the city of Shreveport, La. succeeded.
Shreve called his boat the Wash
ington and in it he made two round
trips between Louisville, Ky, and New
Orleans, making the return trip in the
then unbelievably fast time of % days
or less than fourth of the time it
took the bargemen and keeIboat pole
men to make the same distance. From
that time on steamboats, went every
where. no matter how swift the cur
rent they had to buck.
20 BY Western Newspaper Union)
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Wax-Work Show Mystery

Among the wax figures at Nine.
Tussaud's in London, there are many
of prominent politicians of today, and
in one of these an old-fashioned hat,
pin was discovered embedded up to
the head. II was removed, but next
day two others were discovered in
the same position. At one time, when
those who praoticed 'black magic
wished to destroy anyone, they made
a wax figure in his likeness and stuck
pins into it. This was supposed to
have the effect oflmaking the person
concerned fall ill, and unless some
thing happened to break the spell,
the illness would have fatal termi-
nation.
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W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. s2-1ssc
Patient Work on Quilt

Mrs. Arnold Stevens, an invalid, of
Brockton, Mass. has completed work
on a quilt made of 20,7S6 pieces, each
cut the size of a postage stamp.
There are scarcely two squares alike
in the entire coverlet, which was
made entirely by hand. Mrs. Arnold
used 100 spools of thread in the
quilt. She SET herself this task few
years ago, and has worked at it in
termittently. In addition to this and
to other sewing she has made in this
time 10 other quilts Of slightly larger
pieces. a ..-.,-----.. ,a..,-...-
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Static should be forecast along
with weather reports for the benefit
of radio fans. This was one of the
ideas being offered of the Interna-
tional Geodetic surveys section on
earth magnetism and electricity,
which will be held at Stockholm,
Sweden. The daily reports would in
clude those on possible magnetic dis
turbances, so that the listener would
know what sort of radio reception
to expect.
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Premium for French Babies

The French have a sliding scale of
beneticiaries for the parents of larger
and better families. The frst-born
draws a prize of 100 francs, the sec
ond 800, and from them on $40 a
head until the total reaches an even
dozen, at which time there is a gen.
eral payoff bonus and everybody
starts all over again. M. Desire
Ferry, the minister of public health,
has transmitted orders to that effect
to the projects.