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other day?" eyes" well, let's
make him take 1t back" One Anna
teur Statesman-"But can we do
that? We would be going back on
our own word, wouldn't we?" Entire
chorus-"Ha, ha, ha. say, with 1882
coming on us we can do anything,
can't we? Come on, let's have one
more and We will go in and vote it"
Continued tomorrow
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goers and non-church goers, as wen.
Mrs. Bennett has just returned to
Washington from visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Lord in New York and there per.
suaded him to take part in the program
in which Homer Rodeheaver, interna-
tionally known song leader, is to be the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

co-star. Mr.. Rodeheaver has appeared
In washington frequently.
The benefit concert is under the au-
spices Of the Women's Guild and tickets
are now available at the mission. Many
washington pastors are among Seth
Parker's most loyal fans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

other idea to
put the big boss
Herbie on the
spot" o t h e r
S t a t e S m en-
Great; what Is
tt?" Senator
Lookaheadtotl1e-
n e x t election
you remember
those three men
we O.K.'d for
his Power Com
m fSSi0n the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
The Cambria Majestic
1924 Euclid St. NV.
Two Rooms
and Bath
Reasonable Rentals
PECIAL NOTICES.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
TIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
nolders Of the Home Building Association
for the election OF OMcsrs ana directors ons al9
Soms hsfoTs tbs the, mssting VII Be 5 ens as the
UARY IS, 1881, at 8 o'clock PM.
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Books JAM sPfa f % s9HSSEPnn Secretary
held at the. ofices Of the company. wilkins
an on iueSoAs' ' q. G. True RUE Secretary
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
self. MARTHA Z. ALLEN. 1906 Monroe
HERoLD. FLORIST. FORMALLY OF CEN
ter Market, now located at Greenhouse, 512
9Th St Sc. with a full line of cut flowers,
potted plants and floral designs. Lin 1887.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of GUIDE Bros. Co. will be held at
NV NV l on thursday. January IS, at pm,
for the election of officers for the ensuing
year and Tor The TRANSACTION 9 OF ~, such 9nsl-
- r -. WILLIAM F. GUIDE. President.
LONG-DISTANCE MOVING WE HAVE
been beer keeping faith with the public since
Call National 1920. DAVIDSON TRANSFER
The AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST
Company of the District of Columbia,
trustee under a deed of trust. dated Febru
airy is, 1906, made by the Metropolitan Club
of the City of Washington, District of Co
lumbia, pursuant to the pro, sions thereof,
as stated in said instrument iii connection
with the sinking fund, has drawn for re-
demption at the office OF the trustee on
February Is, 1891. bonds numbered 2S5' 3.
said deed of trust. The bonds enumerated
herein are called for the purpose of the
sinking fund. and the interest on said bonds
will cease on the 18th day of February,
AMERIcAN SECURITY TRUST CO.,
HOWARD. MORAN,
Vice President.
Attest:
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400 Railroad Men Regain Work,

SAN FRANCISCO, January II C4).-
w. K. Etter, general manager Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
mas announced about 400 men have been
put back to work since January /
Etter said 178 miles of new rails would
he laid
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Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS; Calif.-This Is
one-act play; place, U. s. Senate
Flask Room. Senator Lookaheadto-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., I got ans,
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Government Survey Reveals Tremendous
Buying Power Of Colored People

the population in Baltimore, Md,
and do IL per cent of the buying,
creating S18,000,000 worth of trade
for merchants of the city.
In Houston, Texas, Negroes are
"a per cent of the population and
do 10 per cent of the buying. They
spend yearly $5,646,000.
The Negro population of Jackson
vile, Fla, is As per cent of the
whole, and its s6,546,000 is 38 per
cent of the whole.
Thirty-six per cent of the popula-
ton, Negroes, of Mobile, Ala, dc
33 per cent of the buying. Their ex-
penditures are $4,273, 900.
The races population in New Or
leans, La, is 81 per cent and does
I'll per cent of the business, esti-
mated at S12,134,000.
Consumers Divided Into Groups
With only as per cent of the
population, Negroes are reported to
do as per cent of the buying at Sa-
vannah, Ga.
At Norfolk, Va, the black 81 per
cent of the population does 23 per
cent of the store spending, totaling
Sf4, 100000.
Continued on Page p
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Depression DuIls Night Life In Paris
Few Colored Entertainers Are Working

Augusta Savage, whose sculptures
were accepted for the autumn salon
last year and who hopes to have two
of her pieces accepted for the spring
salon, the artistic event Of the year;
Mrs. Roberta Dodds CrawforS and
Nadine Waters, music students, and
William Lawrence, who gave sue
cessful concert last year and is con-
tinuing his vocal studies.
In business there are in addition
to Bricktop and Frisco, Mrs. Hilton,
who has an up-to-date lunchroom and
restaurant in Montparnasse, and w.
Morgan, who has two fine restau-
rants in two of the leading quarters
of Paris. and w. Miller, the tailor on
Rue Audran.
Like Colored Films
With the exception of Josephine
Baker, whose popularity declined for
a time, but who is stronger now than
ever, few colored Americans are
seen on the stage. Perhaps the rea-
son is that some Of the leading musi-
halls, like the old Moulin Rouge,
have been turned into cinemas.
On the other hand, motion pictures
with AframericGn actors go well.
Continued on Page y
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WASHINGTON, d. C.-Opinion
has been so divided as to the value
of the Negro consumers buying
power that the United States De-
partment of Commerce made a sur
vey to ascertain the facts.
A solid foundation has been es-
tablished for the creation of an ade-
quate picture of the Negro business
element of the country, and for pro-
viding and tabulating statistics deal
ing with the group. as q market for
the absorption of commodities.
az Per Cent of Atlanta's Population
From a selected group of cities
the following information has been
obtained:
Negroes constitute AZ per cent of
the population in Atlanta, Ga, and
are reported to do p per cent of
the buying in the stores, amounting
annually to S7,S46,000, with an addi-
tional $5,075, 900 for rural purchases
in the city
The Negro element of Birming-
ham, Ala, is SO per cent in popula-
ton and is credited with IL per cent
Of the purchases, amounting to over
S16,000,000.
Negroes make up Is per cent of
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Howard Trustees
Retain johnson
As President

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
many protests for and against him,
the board of trustees, meeting at
Howard University last Tuesday, re-
tanned DR.. Mordecai Johnson as
president of the university.
The board went into session early
that morning and adjourned at 1870
that night. Fifteen members were
present. At the conclusion of the
meeting Gen. John Fl. Sherburne, of
Boston, Mass, president of the
board, issued a statement on behalf
of the trustees in which it was de-
clared:
"The president of Howard Uni
versity, in the five years he has filled
the position, has shown a vision and
quality of leadership which can
not be excelled.
"The trustees believe they have
found in him man capable of
bringing Howard University to its
goal; an institution of learning sec
ond to none, dedicated to the mental
and spiritual advancement of Negro
Americans.
DR.. Johnson made the following
statement:
81 wish publicly to express my
thanks to all the members of the
Howard community, to the writer's
of the public press, and to the citi-
zens of Washington and of the ma
ton, for their recent expressions of
confidence in the present admins
tration of Howard University. These
evidences of active good will toward
the work which we are trying to do
in developing Howard University
for superior service to the people,
have been and will continue to be a
source of inspiration and strength"
The board of trustees appointed a
committee to investigate the source
of and the contribution factors
which caused the recent newspaper
publicity concerning conditions at
Howard University. This committee
is expected to make a thorough in
vestigation of rumors and facts as
they affect Howard University and
report at an early date.
The committee to investigate is as
follows DR.. Jacob Billikopf, execu-
tive director of the Federation of
Jewish Charities in Philadelphia, i'm
partial chairman in the Mems Cloth
ing Industry. N. Y, and son-in-law
of the late Louis Marshall of New
York; DR.. U. G. B. Pierce, pastor Of
All Souls Unitarian Church, Wash
ington, ID. c.; and Atty. George w.
Crawford of New Haven, Conn.
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N.A.A.C.P. PLANS
GROUP OF CIVIL
RIGHTS BILLS

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. = s TIA t e
rights bills to meet the problems of
racial discrimination in public insti-
tutions in New England States were
among measures suggested at con-
ference of delegates from local
branches of this section held here
last Friday and Saturday.
The meeting was one of series
of regional conferences which can
be reached by branches in a given
section of the country. and the main
speakers were Robert w. Bagnall, di-
rector of branches, and George p
Gordon.
Outline Program
Friday evening the conference dis
cussed segregation and discrimina-
ton in educational institutions, dis
elimination in movies, employment,
bus travel and restaurants and it
was at this time that programs to
introduce state rights bills in each
state was taken up.
The meeting on Saturday was de-
voted to dscussian on the junior
work in the N. A. A. C. P, the
work of branch officers, the woman's
auxiliary in the N. A. A. C. P, in
New England, and spreading the as
ISOLATION in New England and also
the branch's support of the national
work.
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FORMED
TO CAPTURE
COLORED VOTES

WASHINGTON, ID. C.--Return of
Perry w. Howard, Republican ma
tional committeeman for Mississippi.
and Benjamin Jefferson Davis, for
mer Republican national committee
man for Georgia, to good standing
with the Hoover administration is in
dicated by recent conferences here.
Mr.. Davis was here from Monday
to Friday of last week. He conferred
with Robert II. Lucas, executive d.
rector of the Republican national
committee, and Walter f. Brown,
postmaster general. who had general
supervision of the Hoover campaign
among colored voters in the 1928
election. Mr.. Howard also has been
in frequent conferences with the Re-
publican party managers.
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PRESIDENTS AGENTS HOLD CONFAB
WITH negro POLITICAL LEADERS
Negro Town In Mexico
Struggles For Freedom

NEW YORK. - The Mexican
Negro town of Valerie Truiano is
engaged in a bitter struggle for
freedom against the land owners
who once completely controlled it,
according to Carleton Beals, writ
ing in the May number of the
Crisis magazine.
The village obtained its free
dom in 1926, and since then has
been fighting for its existence.
The owners of the neighboring
hacienda have continually tried to
restore the village to its ancient
servitude, opposing the federal
school. and boycotting the villag-
ers who have only meager lands
from which to earn living.
Mr.. Beals tells of the gayety
and beauty of this little-known
Mexican town, where he was en-
tertained, dancing to the strains
of native music until early morn
ing.
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HOOUer Angling For Negro Vote
Ben Davis Says
Georgia Farmers
Are Hard Up

ATLANTA, Ga.-"When Mr.. Ben
Jamin Hubert, president of GEORGIA
State college, speaking at Columbia
university, makes a statement that it
is extremely tragic to see strong men
begging for nickels on the streets
of New York, when down in Georgia
and South Carolina there is food
wasted. he knows his statement is
not true"
Thus speaks Benjamin Davis. edi-
tor of the Atlanta Independent.
Mr.. Davis continues:
HE knows, if he knows anything
at all about the conditions he is dis
cusslng. that strong men of Georgia
are walking the streets of our cities
begging for nickels and work; and
it is beneath the dignity of the high
position he holds to misrepresent the
facts to the public to gain the plau-
dts of the rabble.
"Mr. Hubert may be happy on his
farm, but he misrepresents the thou
sands of farmers in the South who
have neither money nor credit to
run their farms. And he knows tina.
there are thousands of farmers idle
in Georgia and South Carolina be-
cause the landlords are not able to
give their farmers supplies to make a
crop.
"He knows, or he ought to know
that for miles in the country, farm
houses have rotted down for the
want of tenants, and white landlords
do not get enough money from their
lands to pay the taxes.
IF President Hubert is not ad-
vised of the poverty stricken con-
dition of the farmers in Georgia, it
is his own fault, and if he would
stay on his job he would have time
to learn the truth and tell it to the
nation"
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WOMAN FINDS
AFRICA SAFER
THAN TEXAS

POSITION, Massive feel per
fectly safe wherever we 90 in Yves,
Africa with the black man, no matter
how far away from other white PEG.
ple-it is only when we get close to
the white mans civilization that we
have occasion to fear" declares r.
Louise Rounds, white. Texas girl
now in Boston after making record
trip OF % days from Lolita Bav
Angola, West Africa, to New York
Miss Rounds has been out two
and one-half years. EIGHT months of
which were spent in Portugal learn
ing the official language of the area
where she works. From Portugal.
Miss Rounds went to Sachikela, and
there learned the native tongue
Umbundu.
Most of Miss Rounds travelling
in Sachikela is done by tepoia Cham
mock).
"The carriers spell each other
making the change from one set of
boys to another, or from the posi-
ton to another, without stopping,
They hardly ever drop you. They
sing cheerily as they travel. the lead
or caroling out warnings to the man
behind of rocks, trees. or other pit
falls. You may hear him sing There
are turtles in the road This means
there are many small stones. AT
rivers they sometimes ask folks to
get out and cross by crude BRIDGES,
or be carried over on the shoulders
of the men,"
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Cclored Son Fights
For White Dads Body

CINCINNATI, o. - Henry w.
Noel, Jr., and his mother are fight
ing white uncle of Kentucky for
the possession of the body and es-
tate of their father and husband.
Noel senior, who was white, was
not actually married to Mrs. Noel.
They had, however, love union, out
of which came two sons.
Sometime ago when the dead man
refused to support his wife and fam
lily, they called him into court and
compelled him to do so.
When he died recently, his body
was claimed both by his colored fam
lily and his white brother in Ken
lucky.
The matter was taken to the court
where the presiding judge issued a
temporary restraining order until a
full investigation can be made.
The dead mans estate amounts to
about $4,000.
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Elk LEADERS QUARREL; FORM FACTIONS
SPLIT OF Elk LEADERS ENDANGER
FUTURE CONTROL IN negro Order
Brides Pumps Too
Small; Marries In Ford

HOMETOWN, s. ca strange
wedding was solemnized here last
week when a bride refused to step
out of the auto in which she drove
to town with her prospective
groom because her shoes hurt her
feet.
The young woman explained to
the magistrate that her wedding
pumps were too small and she had
therefore removed both her shoes
and her stockings. Kneeling on the
back seat of the Anticipated Ford
car she struck her hand out the
back and the groom who was
standing on the ground placed the
RING on her finger.
The town boasts of two stores
and a postoffice and the main
street is a dirt road. The happy
couple returned to their home
somewhere many miles from the
railroad.
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PARASITIC effects of the world
wide depression are seen in the grad
ual exodus of American entertainers
from this city who have dwindled
from the hundreds who were seen
here five years ago to approximate
ly not more than forty today.
The principal cause is that the
bottom has dropped out of the night
life of Montmartre, so to speak. Last
year at the height of the season three
Of the oldest and best patronized
night clubs closed their doors, with
consequent dismissal of their colored
musicians. Montmartre as center
of night life today is almost passe.
The night crowd is now to be
found in Montparnasse, where drinks
are to be had for less than one-fifth
and where life is considerably gayer.
A few Montmartre cabarets, like
that of Bricktop's, continue to thrive,
but on the whole, the colored per-
formers barely are struggling along
and most of them are in debt.
Student Group Small
The number Of eolored students is
also small. among them being CLAIR
ence Cameron White, who is hard at
work on his opera, "Dessalines".
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One VOTE DOOMS
new YORK CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL

NEW YORk.--By a final vote OF
rs to rs the civil rights bill intro
duced by Assemblyman J. e. Ste
phens prohibiting public utility COM
panies from discriminating against
Negroes in hiring their personnel,
was lost in the State Legislature here
last week.
A last minute rally of Republicans
after being chided by Democrats for
not exhibiting their much Wanted
loyalty for the Negro, failed to put
the measure over.
When the Republicans saw their
mistake and the political effect it
might have back home. they sought
to have Assemblyman Stephens ask
for another slow roll call, but he re-
fused, taking into consideration that
with adjournment near there would
be little chance of getting the bill
through the Senate.
There were 66 Democrats present
on the first roll call and the entire
&c voted for the measure. There
were 63 Republicans present with
eight only voting for the measure.
In his fight for the measure the
Assemblyman was ably assisted by
Assemblyman Shedrick from the
18th Assembly District; David Paris
from the 2lst Assembly District; Mr..
Danny Cooley from Brooklyn and
Mr.. James Burke from Jamaica,
Long Island, who represents a con-
siderable population of home owners
in South Jamaica. Support was also
given by the N. A. A. C. p, the
National Urban League, the Cham
Der of Commerce, George w. Harris,
editor of the Harlem News; the
Harlem Housewives League and the
pastors of all the churches.
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WILSON, HUSTON
FALL OUT WITH
PERRY HOWARD

WASHIN TON, D. C.-"The
Three Musketeers" of the Improved
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks of the World, Grand Exalted
Ruler ]. Finley Wilson. Commission
er of Education William C. Hueston
and Grand Legal Advisor Perry w.
Howard, have fallen out and unless
the break is patched up between
now and the next grand lodge ses-
sion in Philadelphia in August their
control of the order is endangered.
The break among them resulted
from the Howard University contro-
versy. Perry Howard accuses Hues-
ton of having spent considerable
time with him last Friday afternoon
and then rushing to the newspapers
with statement in support of DR..
Mordecai w. Johnson, whose remov-
al as president of Howard University
was being sought
In the same article in which Hues-
ton defended DR.. Johnson, Bishop
E. D. w. Jones of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Zion Church at
tackled Representative Will R.
Wood, Republican, of Indiana, chair
man of the House appropriations
committee, for threatening to with
hold federal appropriations from the
university until the president is
changed.
Wilson Backs Hueston
Howard came to the defense of
Mr.. Wood. He questioned the rioht
of Hueston to speak for the Elks
and went further and declared that
1t was the first time within his
knowledge that. government Off
eiai had condoffed 'a.eofnmunistic- ut
terances. Mr.. Wilson was quoted
from Plainfield, N. j., Monday, as
having said that Hueston had au-
thority to speak for the Eiks on all
matters affecting education, and the
CONTINUED on Page 81
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New York Solons
Leave Harlem
District AS Is

NEW YORK.-Despite a protest
ing editorial in the New York Age,
of which Harlem Alderman Fred r.
Moore, a Republican leader, is pub
Usher, the Republican state leader
shin realigned the Congressional dis
tricts so as to deprive Tammany Hall
of six Congressman from Manhattan,
but left the bulk Of the NEGRO voters
in Harlem and on Washington
Heights yet in the "Tammany" 21st
Congressional District.
The 2lst is the district from
which three colored Republicans in
succession have sought seat in Con-
gress, only to be slaughtered, it has
been charged, because the white Re-
publicans - mostly on Washington
Heights-always have voted for the
white Democrat.
This is reapportionment year for
members of Congress. Redistricting
is state function. New York gains
two Congressman in the shuttle.
That the Republican legislature
would act to keep Tammany from
gaining the two new Congressman
was to be expected, but until a few
days before adjournment none sus-
pected that a gerrymander also to
take six present Congressman from
Tammany was contemplated.
The Republican leaders, however,
were so determined upon such a
course until the gerrymander was
effected by joint resolution of both
houses of the legislature, thus OBJ
waiting need of the Democratic gov
errors signature on a gerrymander
enactment and, in all probability,
also sidestepping stiff fight to pass
such measure over his veto.
1t was when the Republican legis-
lature's intent became known that
Leader Moore's paper editorialized
on the "need" to make effective the
big Negro vote in the 21st by ger
rymander to make it safely Repub-
lican.
But Mr.. Moore's advice went I'M
needed; while the two Republican
districts in Manhattan the 18th
tsilk stoeking), represented by Con-
presswo an Ruth Pratt, and the
goth, hailwick of the stormy petrol
Fiorella La Guarda-were solicited
the 2Ist was allowed to remain vir.
tually "as is" Though there is some
gossip about further "messin' round
in the goth to be rid of the trouble
some" La Guardia.
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Harlem Policy Queen
Flees New York City

NEW YORK-Declaring that her
head is not worth a nickel here"
Nine. Stephanie St. Clair. who had
been hiding in terror in fear of be-
ing put ION the spot, is said to have
fled the city for parts unknown. Po-
lice authorities have been seeking
the numbers" queen to question her
on policy transactions since the kill
ing of Paul Quarles.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-04-23
Republicans Kill Bill
Against Discrimination

NEW YORK. - Republican votes
in the New York State legislature
killed the bill introduced by Assem-
blyman j. Il. Stephens, which would
have prohibited race discrimination
in the employment of help by public
utility corporations in this state.
Mr.. Stephens informs the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People that on vote on
the measure on April 8, 66 Demo-
Gratis voted for the measure, none
voted against it, while four Demo-
Gratis were absent. On the Republi-
can side, there were 55 votes against
it to 8 for.
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PREFER NATIONAL GOODS

NEW YORK.-Accordin to the
answers to a QUESTIONABLE sent out
by the National Negro Business
League. 70 per cent of the Negro
housewives prefer nationally adver-
tised merchandise. Sixteen per cent
prefer local brands and five said that
they found no difference.