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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
500 HONOR MORROW

American Colony in Mexico Git
Attends Service for Late Envoy
MEXICO CITY, october IL (Pl.-Fiy,
hundred members of the American
colony in Mexico City attended a me
mortal service for the late Dwight w
Morrow, former Ambassador to Mexico
at the Union Evangelical Church yes
terday.
Ambassador j. Reuben Clark, jr., de
livered eulogy of Mr.. Morrow
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March Composition by Colored Author
Played By United States Army Band

place in Washington, d. e. 1873,
when stannard judged competi-
ton of seven eolored band leaders.
Williams was one of the ranking
contestants.
The march was composed last
summer, while Williams lay i'll at
the home OF his relatives here. IT.
was PLAYED for the first time last
week by the Butte Mines band un-
der direction Of Sam H. Treloar.
The local conductor was so Impress
ed by its quality that he Induced
several distinguished Butte citizens
to Join him in requesting Captain
stannard to give it a place on the
program, a..
Williams has claimed Butte as hia
home throughout u years service IN
the 9Th ard 10th regular cavalry
which ended in 1925. He Is now an
emplovee Of the Desert sanitariun
near Tucson. Arlz. 1T is warmer
down there. and heat Is good WheT
YOU are growing old, but Butte Is
still my home" he explained today
Streaks OF grey mark Williams
temples. Il reckon I'll always be
musician" he said. emusic Is some
CONTINUED on Page p
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lEnternrise News Bureaul

AEHItID 4NS"o
LONDON.--A warning to the Eng
lish people that color prejudice Is
undermining the British Empire Is
issued by "The Joint Council to Pro
mote Understanding between White
and Colored People in Great Bril-
tain"
Gas the largest and most populous
Empire with over 300,00O,0Oo
colored fellow-subjects," says the cir,
cular of the association, I'VE should
clear our minds and ask ourselves
questions such as, why have the
French and certain other European
nations practically no color prelu-
dice?"
Uncivilized
"Color prejudice found in extreme
degree among Anglo-Saxons can,
not be regarded as the hallmark OF
civilization, for some of the mosi
highly civilized peoples do not pos
sess it. France is usually assumed
even by Anglo-Saxons. to be one o.
the most highly cultured nations. Ye
in France we had an object lessor
in her attitude to color in the ap
pointment Of NJ. Diagne to the pos
of Undersecretary of State
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SPEECH
AROUSES IRE
OF CITIZENS

MACON, Ga. - Citizens of both
races are angrily aroused at the
grotesque example of thinking"
which prompted Mayor G. Glen
Toole of Macon to insult the Negro
race by declaring that the Negro
race is the greatest curse in the
community today and the sooner they
leave, the better off we'll be-
The remarks Mayor Toole made
on the race situation We're in the
course of general discussion of
the present depression before tho
Macon Junior Chamber of Commerce
on Monday.
my comment is made" he said,
with all due respects to the Negro. J"
have no race prejudice. and | am
not mad with the Negro. They've
been raised among us. But that's
the truth. The sooner they leave,
the better off we'll be-
Reason For Insult
Observers were of the opinion that
clue to the Mayors motive exist
ed in his explanation that his COM
nent was made because the Negro,
who is. he said, able to live so
much more cheaply than the white
laborer, is affording to keep COM
/ petition for the white man.
mo self-respccting white man"
he said, can compete with them. A
Negro can live in most any sort oil
house, in most any alley in town
and can eat most anything placed
before him. A white laborer cannot
do that
Continued on Page 81
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DEAN GEO. COOKS
ESTATE VALUED
AT $ll7,OOO.N

Washington.-The will of the late
Dean George William Cook was add
mitted to probate by Justice Jesse
c. Adkins in Probate Court last
Wednesday and letters of admins
tration were issued to his widow,
Mrs. Coralie Franklin Cook, and the
Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany, executors of his estate.
According to the petition for pro-
bate of the will, Dean Cook left an
estate valued at more than $4,000
the bulk of which goes to his widow.
His estate consists of both real
and personal property. The real
property included 341 Bryant Street
northwest, assessed value, $13,438;
1920 Kendall Street, Ivy City, as
sessed value, 1916; 1920 w. Street
northwest, assessed value, $2,540;
1876 V Street northwest, assessed
value, $1,000; a house and lot in
Asbury Park, N. j., assessed value
$500, and two lots at Eagle Har.
Dor, Md, of unknown value; total
$30,558.
His personal property totalinf
$86,714.01 is as follows: checking
account, the Washington Loan ant
Trust Company, $2,140.74; Pruden
tial Bank, $700.61; bonds, estimated
value, $4,432.36; real estate notes
face value, 67,920.s6; unsecured
notes, face value, $7,471.69; jewel
ry, estimated value, $25; automobile
estimated value, 5000; checks pay
able to him, face value. $172.75.
His debts will not exceed $4,000
declared the executors of his estate
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Women Replace Men
In Penn-Harris Hotel

HARRISBURG, Pa.-The Penn
Harris Hotel. one of the largest in
the city, notified its walters that
they are to be replaced with white
Mattresses this week. T he cooks
have already been replaced by white
women.
The house was opened with Nor
ris Cowan as headwaiter, about IL
years ago. Two months ago b. F.
Haupt, white, of Akron, Ohio, took
charge and the dismissal of all help
and replacing them with whites was
his first move.
This hotel belongs to the United
Hotel Company, and Mr.. Cowan has
been with this chain for II years
lie resigned Immediately to take eff
feet at the close of the day.
This change was made much to
the dissatisfaction of the local pat
rons, and the chamber of commerce
What the result will be is yet UNI
known,
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Enterprise News Bureau)


BUTTE, Mont. An electrical
culver passed through the large an-
dienee assembled in the School OF
Mines gymnasium Saturday night
as the world famous u. S. army
band struck the first vibrant chords
of a number unlisted on the pro-
gram. II was the Butte City Mareh
In an obscure corner OF the nail
nnrecognized by those around him,
sat George Williams, colored COM
poser. With him were his brolher-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Logan of 112 South Idaho street
their kindly dark faces beamed with
10y over the success of the selec-
ton The march carried the audi
ence by storm.
The identity of the author was
pnzzle to the audience. This Is 9
good march, by George" was capt
!. w. STANDARDS only explanation
Few noticed the meeting Of the OLD
friends at the conclusion OF the con
cert. when Williams, his yolef
trembling with emotion, thanked tbs
band director for playing the com
position. -.
Their last meeting had taker
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POLICE CONFESS
TO TRAINING
COLORED MAN

EVANSVILLE, Ind.-Three white
police officers who framed" col
ored prisoner on a robbery charge
to cover up drunken orgy and their
own wanton brutality, were dismissed
from the police force here this week.
and will be prosecuted. The victim of
the plot was Granville McGill, 40
year-old mechanic, who was beaten
and shot by the three policemen on
the night of May 26 when the three
drunken officers came upon him
parked in his automobile with a
young white woman. The enraged
white policemen dragged McGill from
his car, beat the girl and sent her
home, and then brutally beat McGill.
When he attempted to defend him
self, one of the officers, Ernest Lynn
drew his revolver and shot him.
McGill was taken into custody and
charged with robbery with a gun,
the officers claiming that they came
upon him in the act of robbing a
woman, and had to shoot him to cap
ture him. Lynn, to, support this
charge, went to McGilPs home and
stole his revolver from bureau
drawer, which was offered in evil
dence of the robbery charge.
Judge Orders Investigation
McGill spent several weeks in the
Jail hospital before he came to trial
In court, when the case first came
to a hearing, McGilPs attorney tolt
Judge j. w. Spencer the true fact
in the case, and over the protest o.
the officers and the chief of police
the judge ordered an investigation
The girl who was with McGill at thu
time of the shooting had beer
warned by the police to leave tow
but was located in another city am
brought back to testify. She toll
the same story that McGill had told
| and the three officers were grilled
and finally confessed to shooting Nc
| Gill without cause.
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Peace Council Warns English Prejudice
Against Darker Peoples Is Undermining
Light Colored''

Speaking of color discrimination
in London the association reports
the great difficulty it has in getting
colored students into lodging-houses,
especially in The Bloomsbury district.
SIN Bedford Place" it says, out
of fifteen lodging houses visited;
fourteen refused to take eolored
students. The objection in each case
was the refusal of the white dodgers
to live in the same house with col
ored people. In Brunswick Square
the objection was put forward. Here
the idea was based on superiority
an intimation had been passed around
the Square requesting the keeping
out of colored people if the reputaa.
ton was to be maintained. One land.
lady said she might consider a light
colored ledger" (The neighborhoot
spoken Of is that around the British
Museum and the Y. M. C. A., which
is the principal student district O.
London)
East Indians
East Indians, says the circular, ar
equally Disseminated against. II
/ England. Hindus are called ing
Continued on Page p
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CENSUS REVEALS
RACE HAS SIX
MILLION VOTES

WASHINGTON, D. C.-There are
total of 6,531, 939 colored people
of voting age in the United States.
the Census Bureau announced last
Wednesday.
The total population over 81 years
of age is 72,oi3,624. OF this total
1913 per cent are native white per
sons, 17.3 per cent are foreign-born
whites, and Q per cent are colored.
By sections the largest percentage
of colored people of voting age are
in the South, which has 23.9 per
cent. The North has 3.5 per cent
and the West IL per cent.
By states the colored population
of voting age is as follows:
New England
Maine, 713; New Hampshire, sec
Vermont, 319; Massachusetts, 80,
1913; Rhode Island 1852; Connect
cut, 1892.
Middle Atlantic
New York, 27s,066; New Jersey
1886; Pennsylvania. 275355.
East North Central
Ohio, 9,291; Indiana, 73,642
Illinois, 266.69 Michigan, 114,346
Wisconsin. 1866.
West North Central
Minnesota, 6,S05; Iowa, 1880
Missouri, 150,457; North Dakota
PTS; South Dakota, 420; Nebraska
1921; Kansas, 42.964.
South Atlantic
Delaware. 1899; Maryland. 163,
464; District of Columbia, 1888
Virginia, 329.220; West Virginia
67,155; North Carolina, 4t8,975
South Carolina, 343,788; Georgia
528,087; Florida, 251,025.
East South Central
Kentucky, 140,503; Tennessee
271, 974; Alabama, 479,950; Missi
sippi, 509,628.
West South Central
Arkansas, 257, 100; Louisian'
415,047; Oklahoma, 4,162; Texa
469, 637.
Mountain
Montana. 961; Idaho. 518; Wyon
ing, 962; Colorado, 8,570; New Me-
leo. l.768; Arizona 7,407; Utal
806; Nevada, 439.
Pacific
Washington 8,061; Oregon, LII
California, 57,560.
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Prejudice Rampant
In Communist Ranks

NEW YORK.-The Communist
party is having hard time in
Washington, d. c., in recruiting Ne
groes to membership because of the
prejudice of white members of the
party, according to an article in the
Daily Worker. official organ of the
party, by Roy Peltz, ''but the re-
suits are far too meagre'
1.-THE failure to push the work can
be seen today in the fact that only
two Negro members remain in the
Communist party and another two
In the Young Communist League.
White chauvinism (prejudice) is
again showing its obnoxious head
TIC our great shame, even In the
Communist party and the Young
Communist League
| Peltz declares in his article thai
the few Negroes who attended
Communist outdoor camp were made
to feel like outsiders and that lead
ers of the party defended the pre-
JUDGE "for business reasons"
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MISSISSIPPIANS
FIGHT DISTRESS
AND DIRE NEED

JACKSON. Miss. Mississippi
with the majority OF its population
colored more than a Million. is
facing such grave crisis due to the
depression that an extraordinary ses-
sion of the Mississippi Legislature
has been called to deal with the
problem. Colored teachers are I'M
paid, eoored farmers far behind
with their taxes and thousands of
colored persons without work. as the
state Is on the brink of poverty and
bankruptcy.
Situation Is Tense
This Is no time for personal. par
tisan and political matters to be
presented the situation is desper-
ate" said Governor Bilbo in call
ing the session
"Unless something Is done at
once" the Governor said. over half
the homes in Mississippi will be
sold Tor taxes and there will be
bread line by the first of the year
in every town in Mississippi, with
no one To furnish the bread. Pow
erty and distress. high tax burdens
forcing bankruptcy, loss of home by
tax sales threaten every community
in Mississippi.
According to the 1890 census
there are 498.338 colored men IN
Mississippi and 51t.3s0 colored wo-
men. Thousands of these owned
property.
Actions to BE Considered
Measures for immediate consider
alton by the Assembly, as listed IN
the proclamation we're:
Legislative enactment Of proposi-
/ lions for cotton acreage reduction.
Providing funds for the State de-
fieit.
Revamping legislation authorizing
the sale of $5.000.000 Of bonds to
pay bank guaranty certificates.
Issuance Of bonds for road work
in every county 70 Mississippi TO
furnish labor for the unemployment
and to enable farmers to pay their
taxes 10 save their homes.
Providing relief for sale OF prop
erty under tax sales and mortgage
foreclosures.
Adopting policies and enacting
laws 10 reduce government expenses
j in State, counties and municipali-
! ties.
Providing other means and meas
g lures To reduce the tax burdens OF
! the people aud other helpful and re-
: medal legislation to be recon-.
mended from time to time.
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1000 Ku Klux Parade
In Columbus, Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio Inaugurating
a three-year program to induce the
State Legislature to forbid inter
racial marriages in Ohio, 1000 mem
hers of the XII Klux Khan paraded
the streets of downtown Columbus
and held a meeting at the South
High School. here, Sunday.
Another objective of the ku klux
organization here is to force segre-
CATION into the public school system.
Grand Dragon Here
]. A. Colescott. white, OF Terre
Haute. Ind. grand dragon OF the
organization in Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan. presided.
The parade and meeting created
eity-wide resentment that the per
mission of the authorities was given
the klansmen to stage n parade
| through the public streets.
They were outspoken in their in
tended policy to bring about Jim
crow schools. They stated that the
colored people ought to be satisfied
with separate schools.
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OFFICERS FIJI QUELL
RIOT AFTER
BITTER FIGHT

CHICAGO. Rioting broke out
on the South Side Tuesday night
when several hundred colored per-
sons clashed with police officers fol-
lowing a collision between two auto
mobiles, one driven by white man
and the other by colored man. The
disturbance was not quelled for haif
an hour during which one patrols
man was seriously injured by a
blow on the head and many OF the
crowd suffered bruises and cuts
Several arrests were made.
!. patrolman John Black, of the
Maxwell street station, was taken to
the County Hospital He suffered
a probable fractured skull.
- Call ReinfOrcements
The riot started after a truck
driven by Samuel Friedman (white)
crashed into a passenger automobile
containing Henry jenkins, 1904 5
TROOPS street, and William Gray
1919 Hasting street. the men quar-
relied and fell to blows.
"A riot call was sent in and
SQUAD car from the Maxwell stree
station responded. The arrival o
the police was a signal for members
Of crowd who had gathered u
Join the fray.
A second riot call was sent in ev
cry available policeman and detecr
tive of the Maxwell district, as wei
as squads from neighboring stations
responded. ,..7s
4 Arrest Tri
,l1 rood neT
Tod before the officers were apie
disperse the mob. One OF Tn
crowd, Henry Jenkins, climbed INT
patrol wagon and tried to driv
away with 1t. He was arrested a
were jenkins and Gray.
Gray took refuge in his apar'
.ment and was not captured unit
routed by tear gas bombs.
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Police Force Laborers
To Dixie Cotton Fields

HELENA. Ark.-Police officers
started roundup of all idlers in
the section and put them to work
In the cotton fields.
The laborers preferred picking
cotton to working on the rock pile.
Although many unemployed have
been put to work, a shortage Of
farm labor still exists. The price
paid for contemplating ranges from
IS to As cents hundred pounds,
which, for expert piekers. would al
ford a daily average of between ID
cents and 81.
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MACON MAYOR SAYS SOONER they
leave THE BETTER OFF We WILL BE-
Negro Gunner On
Winning Gun Crew

PHILADELPHIA. - Hobart A.
Hill, gunner on the L. s. s. Fair
fax and resident of this city was
a member of the winning gun crew
which competed for the cunning
supremacy of the United States
Navy. The competition was made
up of five bdttleships which took
part in the annual manenvers at
the Bermuda ISLANDS recently. Hill
was the only Negro gunner In the
competition, and his work was
largely responsible for the success
of the crew. He is member OF
the second division commanded by
1t. Com. J. l.. Woodruff.
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AID TO NEGRO
WORKERS IS THE
PLEA OF DAVIS

WASHINGTON.-(CNS) = That
the relief of Negro workers who are
unemployed because of present I'M
stable conditions in industry could
best be effectuated by the use OF
colored social workers and commu-
nifty leaders in the national and local
setup of relief organizations through.
out the country, was the opinion OF
President John w. Davis of West
Virginia State College, as expressed
in an interview here last Saturday
following his meeting with other
members of the Subcommittee on
Co-operation with National Groups
and Organizations of the President
ORGANIZATION on Unemployment Re
lief. President Davis was appointed
by President Herbert Hoover to rep
resent the interests of Negro work
ers on two important sub-commlt-
tees: The Sab Committee on Coop
Grafton with National Groups ano
Organizations, of which Eliot Wads
worth of Boston is chairman ant
with which he met last Friday, ane
the Subcommittee on the Admins
tration of Unemployment Relief, O.
which Fred c. Croxton is chairman
and which Is scheduled to meet IL
the Department of Commerce Build
ing here Saturday.
Makes Recommendations
Several recommendations wer
suggested by President Davis during
the course of his interview as deserv
inc the careful consideration of tn
several committees coordinating tn
relief work. These suggestions, h
stated, were formulated as resul
of communication with several hur
bred prominent Negro leaders /
various sections of the country wit
the view to getting group opinio
as to the especial needs of the Negr
in the present unemployment crisi
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Howard Theatre Re-opens
In Washington, d. C.

WASHINGTON.-D darkened
for many "a year, Howard Theatre,
Washington's gala playhouse for so
many years in the past, opened once
again to the blare of trumpets last
Saturday. Washingtonians who re-
membered the theatre in the old
DAYS flocked back. Duke Ellington,
former local boy and now the recog-
nized "King of Jazz" was the open
ing attraction to crowded house
All of the glamor and gaiety which
once symbolized this theatre seem
ed to be recaptured as the new
steel curtain rose again to the
snappy notes of Duke Ellington's
renowned Cotton Club orches
fra
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-10-08
Plan Negro Communities
In Western States

the organization of Negro workers
in California and other western
states into labor unions and for the
proper colonization of large num-
Der of Negroes who are expected to
go west from southern states, was
discussed by prominent Elks at a
meeting of the California club at
the home of Columbia Lodge Fri
day night.
A plan of organization. developed
by Judge w. C. Hueston, was con-
sidered with special reference to
development Of independent Negro
communities in the western states
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Detroit Man Opens
Aircraft Factory

DETROIT Anxious to promote
aviation, Timothy A. Glenn, of 2022
Catherine street, has opened the
first aircraft factory in this city.
The Glenn monoplane No. 4S5-M
which he built during his spare time
and several others since opening
the small factory in his garage, have
been approved by the government
and flown by a government repre-
sentative of aviation. They all made
successful flights. The concern Is
registered as the Glenn Aircraft
Corporation.
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RIOT FLARES on CHICAGO SOUTH SIDE
Calls Negro "Greatest Curse OF Southland
Finley's Economies
Claimed A Joke

WASHINGTON.-A ripple of ming
led amusement and disgust per
meated Elk circles here last week
when local paper in a special
newspaper interview quoted J. Fin
ley Wilson as indirectly claiming
credit for the recent economies
forced through the last Grand Lodge
session in Philadelphia. Wilson Is
quoted as assuring a newspaper cor
respondent that rigid economy would
be practiced by the order during
the coming year.
Delegates who attended the last
convention pointed out the TACT that
every effort was put forth by the
Grand Exalted Ruler and his fol
lowers to defeat salary reductions
and other expenditures.
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Dallas Negroes Given Park

DALLAS, Tex.-Wahoo Lake Park
has been designated by the park
board as a park and recreation cen
ter for Negroes of this city.
The park is located in the SOUTH
east section of the city and con-
tains 20 acres. In the midst OF the
parlL is a large lake surrounded by
beautiful grove making 1t an
ideal place for fishing, boating,
picnicking and other recreatlonal
ynt1aernantg
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Binga Paws IL PC.

CHICAGO, Il1.-The Blnga BdHK'
which Closed July 81, 1880, will pay
its first dividend to 1900 deposit
tors. They will receive checks by
mail for $13S,Oo0, or approximately
121b per cent of deposit liabilities
of $1,1OO,0O0. The checks are TO
be mailed by Edward H. Morris, re-
caiypr
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QUARREL FOLLOWING AUTO CRASH
CAUSE OF Battle With Police
Laundry 10 Years
Old Worth $50, 600

NEW YORK-The largest laundry
in the world owned and operated by
colored persons is the Belstrat
Laundry, 140th street. this city. Re-
Gently appraisers fixed the value
of the business at $150,000.
The firm. started ten years ago,
owns outright the three-story build
ing that 1t occupies and has the
most modern appliances for laund-
ering and dry cleaning. From 60
to rs persons, including IL route
salesman and an advertising man.
ager, are carried on the payroll.
Salaries have never been reduced
despite the depression. David r.
Doles is president of the company