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The Washington times., 1932-09-12

HighliohtS of Attorney General
MitchePS report to President Hoo.
Uer on the bonus riots tollotD:
The number of bonus army
marchers in Washington at the
time of the adjournment of
Congress on July l6 has been
variously estimated at from
5000 to $4,000. Several thou.
sand left shortly after Congress
adjourned, but other groups
came in, and at the time Of
the riot the best estimates are
that there were from 5000 to
5000 bonus marchers in the
city.
A considerable number of the
marchers were not in military
service during the world war.
An approximation of the num-
Der is impossible.
Prior to the riot of July %,
BAL members of the bonus
army had been arrested at
various dates for a variety OF
offenses, including disorderly
conduct, parading without a
permit, assault with a danger
Gus weapon, destruction of pri-
vate property, trespass on pri-
vate property, and soliciting
aims. Seventeen were arrested
by the police on July %. and
four on July 20, making a total
Of 362. Unfortunately thu po-
lice did not finger-print AL Of
these persons for Identified
ton, but 81 of them, including
those arrested for disturbing
the peace near the White
House, were finger-printed. OF
these, 16, or approximately Gre
third, had no world war SER
vice record.
The Washington times., 1932-09-12
Only 1866 Registered

Prior to June IL, 1856 of the
marchers who we're arriving at
Washington registered on the
muster rolls of the Bonus Army,
giving their names, Army num-
bers, and other data respecting
their world war service. These
muster rolls came into the
hands of the police and ulti-
mately to the Veterans Bureau,
which commenced to check the
names to ascertain whether the
rnarchers were ex-Service men.
Learning what use was being
made of the muster rolls. after
June IL, the marchers discon-
tinued the practice of register.
ing. These first 1856 registered
arrivals had been checked by
the War Department and the
Veterans Bureau against their
records of world war service
men. with the result that of the
total of 1856. 877, or a little
more than one-fourth, could not
be identified in either depart
ment as having had world war
service. It is possible that some
some Of the 877 were ex-service
men and could not be identified
because of meager information,
but the bulk of them we're evi-
dently imposters. 1t has been
reported in the press that Di-
rector Hines of the Veterans
Bureau, has said that over 80
per cent of the Bonus Army
were ex-service men. General
Hines made no such statement.
Of the 81 arrested men
fingerprinted by the police
prior to the riot of July 28th
and checked in the fingerprint
division of this department, II,
or an even one-third, had been
convicted of various offenses,
including larceny. assault, sex
offenSes, forgery. robbery, mill
tary offenses and disorderly
conduct.
A more striking result is OBJ
tained from the check by the
criminal Identification bureau
Of this department of the
ftngerprints Of 4,723 Of the
bonus marchers who were ad-
mittedly veterans and applied
for and obtained loans from
the Veterans Bureau, after
Congress adjourned, for the
ostensible purpose of returning
to. their homes. Of these 4,723.
1,069 were found to have police
records.
Eight hundred and twenty
nine or nearly l in 5 of the
world war service men among
the bonus marchers who OBJ
tanned loans, had been con-
victed for various offenseS, in
cluding assault, larceny. bur-
glary. embezzlement. robbery,
felonious homicide, forgery and
counterfeiting. rape. sex Of
fenses and narcotic drug vio-
lations.
AS soon as the bonus march
was initiated, and as early as
May, 1882, the Communist
party undertook an organized
campaign to foment the move
The Washington times., 1932-09-12

ment, and induced radicals to
join the marchers to Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-09-12

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individual bel All silk ruff chos
silk travel wed and and silk combination teed They have
the Sleeves FULL hed tight the wrist button
trimmed The collars close ftngmuch white black shark
skin collars wide shoulder epau Sizes ID TO- 61a
to 26h, 80 to so.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10
Brisbane's Half Truths

Arthur Brisbane, wealthy, highly
paid columnist for the William Ran
dolph Hearst newspaper syndicate,
in his release for his To-day" column
for Wednesdays Hearst newspapers
comments on the Scottsboro case
which the United States supreme
court remanded for new trial.
As usual with Mir. Brisbane he dis
torts as well as conceals the truth in
his commentary. This is not unusual
for Mr.. Brisbane especially when the
subject concerns Negroes.
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Received Pay For
Hoover Support

Continued from page ona)
appropriations for news service In
dicates that there was a new deal
this campaign.
Four years ago one of the papers,
The Chicago Defender, got most of
the appropriations for itself.
How encompassing is this COP.
pay sheet can be seen from the fact
that out of list of 16 honorary
members of the planning Board"
seven of them drew funds for one
purpose or another including such
personages as Mamie Burroughs,
Congressman Oscar DePriest, Perry
Howard, and Halle Q. Brown.
Out of list of 10 ordinary men,
bers of the planning Board" which
is ostensibly the main COP. CON-
mittee, eight are on the pay sheet.
Largest expenditures of money
were made to Leroy Bundy, Cleve-
land, Ohio, 5000; C. A. Franklin,
tx. c. Mo- $3.50 for news service
Bishop w. j. Walls, of the Zion
Church, $167.40, for field expense;
William II. Davis, New York, $500,
for news service; Norman McGhee,
Cleveland, 5000; E. Washington
Rhoades, $3.50, news service. and
Finley Wilson, Elk leader, 1924,
for salary, etc.
Other totals listed include: Fran
els Rivers, s3,255.36; Roscoe Sim
mons, $1,529.40; Oscar DePriest,
$685. Benjamin ]. Davis,
$7S269; Hamilton Travis. s625; J.
Finley Wilson, $624.56; Mary
Church Terrell, $225.56; John Mar
guess. Philadelphia, 5000; Scurlock
Studio, $178.68.
The above tabulation by no means
gives the total amount received by
the Negro workers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10
Europe Fears Riot
If Boys Executed

Continued from page onn)
CARNATIONS being the Union DIES
Travailleurs Negres (Union of Me-
gro Workers., composed chiefly of
African and West Indian Negroes.
Among the delegates were Garan
Kouyate, Francois Touray, Emile
Dickite, of Africa; and Isidor AL
pha of Martinique. The Commun-
list mayor of Bagnolet, a suburb OF
Paris, was among the petitioners.
Kouyate, the leader of the Ne
| Court upholds the decision, the Ne
groes in a body, intend going to the
Chamber of Deputies and demand
of the Socialist government there
that it intercede with the American
government for the release of the
prisoners.
Embassy Guarded
During the reception of the dele
gates the embassy was closely guard
VI ny q 90 VI PoiitCbCh
and secret service operators. 1t is
| feared all over Europe that should
the Scottsboro boys be executed
there will be a general riot as in
the Sacco-Vanzetti case. At that
time Paris saw one of its worst riots
for a century. Hundreds of police
men were injured by the mob, and
certain business streets, as the
Boulevard des Sebastopol, looked as
IL a Kansas cyclone had passed
through them.
League of Rights
Other EXAMINATIONS beside the
Communists are also interested in
the case. among them, one which is
much older than the Soviets. name
ly. La Ligue des Droits de LHomme
CThe League of the Rights of Mani.
This society is interested in justice
for oppressed humanity everywhere.
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The Election


AnCther PRESIDENTIAL Eiectfon Is
history. 1t was in reality reyolu-
ton. A change was wrought by
ballots instead of bullets. A storm
had been brewing for two years in
these United States and it broke
loose in fury Tuesday. 1t swept
from office Mr.. Hoover and most of
his adherents. Mr.. Hoover failed,
not because he was weak but be-
cause the cards were already stacked
against him He failed for the same
reason that Wilson failed. Neither
could combat the forces at work in
the world or stave off the newt
able. So Mr.. Hoover was doomed
for defeat.
Negro citizens, as never since en-
franchised, cast their ballots for a
democrat as they did last Tuesday
for Franklin d. Roosevelt for presi-
dent. One thing is sure, the Negro
vote has been split as never before.
No longer can any political party
lay claim to this vote as its ex-
elusive possession. The traditional
argument for undying allegiance to
the Grand Old Party for bygone
benefactions has been shattered for
ever. The water has passed the mill
and has become spent force. The
Negro has become enfranchised from
American citizen. must form political
affiliations according to living is
sues, as ether free citizens do.
Negroes have nothing to fear from
Democratic control of this govern
ment.
In spite of all of the prejudices
Of America, in spite of all of the eff
forts of some to draw line of de-
marcation between black men and
white, the fact remains that the two
groups are so closely interviewer that
IL Is impossible for the whites of Am
erica to prosper without the colored
group getting its share. 1t is equally
true that hard times connot hit the
whites without our getting more
than our share. With these truths
in mind, we should be just as in
terested in the success of a Demo-
cratic administration as in a Re-
publican administration.
Let us forget for the moment
what the incoming Democratic ad-
ministration is going to do for us
as group and concentrate on what
it is going to do for America as a
whole. AS American citizens let US
aid in every way we can to make
Franklin ID. Roosevelt's democratic
administration success.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10
Armistice Day

We stand today at another milestone.
Our thoughts turn backward and we
see war-ridden world. As children
of hopeful race we ask, have we
shed tears in vain? Have our tears
for our fallen heroes of color been
vain tears, or do we share a kindly
grief, knowing that the cause for
which they died is the cause that
rights all wrong? Have we borne the
brunt of the battle as foretaste of
the gigantic struggle just ahead? An
armistice-a treaty-with whom =
and for whom?
For the brief period, millions Of
Negroes stand with bowed heads, un-
willing to abolish difficulties and
dangers by denying their existence,
and repeat, "The race problem is the
gravest of the worlds problem"
Armis;iee day, 1882, finds US
wanting no aggravation of or addi-
tion to the race difficulties that we
face at this moment. We will not
have it. Yes, we have hopes of a
peace in which all mankind must
share for all remaining time.
At this time, we make the capitol
of these United States our trystine
place, and instead of an armistice We
make a CHALLENGE: "In the nam.
of high heaven we wage warfare
carnal and internal as it may be
on all who regard US LESS THAN
MEN, taking from us that which i!
rightfully ours-the divine right t,
live at peace with all mankind"
Shall we rely upon such? Yes, 70.
We are facing the next great dram'
of mans destiny. In that drama TIL,
Negro will perhaps be compelled t.
play the stellar role. VIII he know
his lines? Can he play the part?
Armistice day, 1882, bids US Sc,
to it that we are strong to deal will
all the mighty forces around us.
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All Souls Church
Forced Open Again
CONTINUED from page one


More than one hundred fifty white
and colored members Of the church
who have stood by the rector and
Bishop Manning in the battle with
smiling faces as the lock gave way
under the force of the heavy imple-
ment in the clergyman's hands.
Manuel J. Roure. clerk of the
prejudice-ridden vestry, paced up
and down the sidewalk in front of
the church during the first half of
the service although he went into
the church to hear the Rev. Mr..
Dodd in his last half of his sermon.
Before he left the church it was
made known that on next Sunday
the clergyman and his followers
would find it much more difficult to
break into the edifice. according to
George Roure, son of the vestry-
man, Roure.
Aside from the change in pad
locks, there will be a heavy chain
across the entrance gates, the vestry-
mans son said.
When this was made known the
Rev. Mr.. Dodd replied that in that
case he would bring a locksmfth and
hacksaw along with him to church.
A week ago Sunday the services
were held after Bishop William 7.
Manning had broken the lock on
the door when lusty cheer went
up from the crowd with genuine ap-
probation.
The white vestrymen of the
church received another setback this
week when Robert w. b. Elliott,
chancellor of the diocese, declared
that Bishop Manning and the Rev.
Mr.. Dodd. were within their rights
in breaking the locks of the church,
at a meeting called Monday night
to consider what legal steps could
be taken against the rector.
In statement issued by Walter
White, secretary of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People, the action of the
vestrymen was branded as nothing
but jim crow, pure and simple, re-
gardless of excuses.
His statement says:
Contrary to the opinion expressed
by Manuel ]. Roure, clerk of the
vestry of All Souls Protestant Epis-
copal Church, the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People understands the situation at
All Souls Church clearly.
'No matter how many TECHNICAL
ties the vestrymen attempt to inject
into this case, and no matter how
many other minor issues are in
volved, the basic clash is over
whether All Souls Church shall be
open to the membership with full
privileges of Negroes as we'll as
whites, or whether 1t shall be a
church of white members with Ne
groes tolerated either as wards or
as guests.
This association has been deal
ing for too many years with vari-
Gus types of segregations not to rec
ognize 'jim-crow' issue, whether
it arises in Harlem or in the Mis-
sissippi delta"
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In places where colored people
once covered the neighborhoods like
droves of cattle, they are now literal
ly as scarce as canary birds and come
high in price. What a difference the
change has made in the application
and operation of the laws of hun
dTeds of southern towns and cities .?
We don't mind folks CONCLUDING
from the scarcity of Negro priaan-
ers that colored people are getting
better. Let it go at that. We arc
getting better and at the same time
getting fewer and dearer and wiser.
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'ScottsborO Boys
Win New Trial
CONTINUED from page onel

Continued from page one)
Down went the banners and the
protestants started to flee in two
groups. One attempted to crcumvent
the police to get on the capitol plaza.
Meanwhile the officers flayed the
group that put up a fight and after
they were dispersed ran after the
smaller group and dispersed them
also, after arresting IL men and four
women.
Policeman Badly Beaten
The furry on the capitol grounds
was over before it was learned that
the delegation had severely beaten a
policeman just outside the capitol
grounds. He was George Walker. a
member of the capitol police force.
They hammered him on the head
and kicked him, before thrusting
him aside in their march toward the
capitol. Walker was taken to hos
pital.
Under Mondays decision the bows
Will be retired in Alabama. At Fort
Payne in that state Judge A. F.
Hawkins, who presided at the orig
inal trial, said the case would be
brought up again at the March term
of the Jackson county circuit court.
He predicted a change of venue
would be sought.
Denied Counsel, in Effect
Justice Sutherland handed down
the decision. 1t was based on a con-
struction of the due process of law"
clause of the 14th amendment. The
majority of the court held that the
Negro boys, neither of whom is of
legal age, had in substance been
denied counsel, and that this con-
stituted an invasion of their consti-
tutional rights.
The minority, consisting of JUS
tees Butler and McReynolds, took a
contrary view, basing their position
on the decision of the Alabama SUI
preme court, and declaring the case
clearly demonstrated all the consti-
tutional rights of the defendants had
been protected.
No Time for Preparation
Emphasizing the youth and litter
| acy of the men, their lack of
friends and the excitement Of the
community, Justice Sutherland said
it was highly essential that the ac-
cused, who were to be considered
innocent until convicted, should have
the benefit of competent counsel
from the time of their arrest and ar
! raignment, through their trials.
The trial Judge had assigned the
whole bar to defend the men, he
added land no lawyer was definitely
assigned to represent them until the
morning of the trial. This did not
permit, he said, proper preparation
of the defense.
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From this revelation it would an
pear that other southern states will
soon report on this subject in tho
same vein. However good the rea.
son given for the falling off in col
ored prisoners, it occurs that some
other reasons might deserve atten-
ton. The first other reason for
fewer colored prisoners is that there
are fewer colored people to imprison
since the continued exodus of 1920.
Too, economic considerations have
forced the business and industrial in
terests of the southern states 10
bring pressuse to bear upon the va
rious local authorities to relent their
activities in the matter of imprison-
ing needed labor. Colored people
have heretofore been imprisoned in
some places for no other reason than
to get the country roads worked or
to cut weeds and clean canals and
branches in the white inhabited sec
tons, without cost other than the
food the prisoner consumed. The
vagrancy law was, it seems, especial
ly designed as trap to get desired
I Negro labor whenever the city or the
county needed labor.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10
Fewer Colored Prisoners

Some little while ago a report en-
mated from South Carolina to the
effect that the prisons of that state
contained more white people than
colored people. One of the reasons
offered was that the colored people
are getting better while the white
people are getting worse. Now, a
report comes from Georgia that in
that state are more white prisoners
than colored, and the same reason
Is given.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10

Mr.. Brisbane's subtle propaganda
would lead readers to believe that
Negroes are in deadly fear of the
Khan. Mr.. Brisbane knows better.
And the Khan knows better. Negroes
who went through hell in France are
not afraid Of dirty towards who pa
rade in night gowns. Negroes have
learned that white is an excellent
target.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10
Plan Restaurant Chain

ATLANTIC CITY, N. ]. = An
nouncement was made here this
week of the organization of the Peo-
pies Restaurant Association, with
Leslie Donaldson, president, and Ro-
bert A. Jones, general manager, who
will operate a chain of high class
restaurants throughout the state of
New Jersey.
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Answer To Last Weeks Problem
The Missing Words

The was
in o problem
points problem the
of the words to be
with four@leter
places BLANK appeared.
AND LIDS TOPS FAR STOP
missing pots, tops, stop, spot,
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FREE BEAUTY CALENDAR
Box SB2D. Clnclnnnti
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Mr.. Brisbane stated a dispatch
from Birmingham described a crowd
of 1000 Communist Negroes were
dispersed by the Ku Klux Khan. The
Associated Negro Press reports a
meeting of 200 persons, mostly
whites, was held in the Community
hall. And they were not dispersed by
the Klan.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1932-11-10

Mr.. Brisbane is particular to state
that the seven Negro boys were con-
victed by an Alabama jury for at
lacking white girls. What Mr.. Bris-
bane failed to state was that the
two white girls were admitted pros
titutes. He also failed to state that
despite threats to force them to lie
on the witness stand the girls test
flied that the Negro boys did not
modest them.
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HELP WANTED-Girls, Women
make extra money sewing at home.
Particulars for stamp. Sewing ways
that pay. Gibsons Agency, Box 1892.
Asheville. North Carolina.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-12
None Injured In
Two Accidents On
Valley Highways

Two automoo,fe accidents, neither
of which resulted in injury to any
of the principals. were reported to
the sheriffs office last night.
In one accident a rancher, whose
name was not given, drove over a
high ditch bank to the Dogwood
road north of FL Centro, into the
path of q Shell Oil company truck
driven by Wesley Ruenzahn.
Although his car was damaged, the
rancher was unhurt, and went on
his way.
Another accident. quarter Of a
mile south of the county farm on
Eighth street, was more serious. R.
Jones of Centre was driving north
on the wrong side of the road, ac-
cording to the report by Eddie Nett
and Elmer Waters, deputy sheriffs,
and collided with car driven by
Keith D. Stewart. also Of El Gen.
tro.
The left from, wheel of Jones
car struck the left running board
and wheel Of Stewards automobile,
turning the latter car over in the
ditch. Jones left front wheel was
knocked off by the force of the
impact. and the car went into the
ditch, but did not overturn. This
was about 10 O'Clock last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-12
REIGN OF TERROR
ENDS WITH MAN
LODGED IN JAIL

LOS ANGELES, July II. U.H -
After allegedly terrorizing motor
lists and shooting and seriously
wounding a workman who sought
to disarm him, Fountain Buel
Adams, 42, Glendale, was jailed to-
day on charges of suspicion OF
assault with a deadly weapon.
Adams, first identified only as
Fountain Buel, assertely shot Ira
Stratford, 25, in the leg when
Stratford wrested an automatic
pistol from his hand.
In a fit of temporary mental de-
rangement, authorities said, Adams,
with a red flag in one hand and a
pistol in the other, halted passing
motorists, but did not harm them.
After being disarmed, Adams
assertedly got shotgun from his
automobile and shot Stratford i'll
the leg.
Radio police subdued him after
a terrific fistic battle.
His step-daughter, Ruth Dunn,
18, told officers that earlier Adams
had forced his estranged wife, Mrs,
E. c. Adams, into an automobile,
threatening both with death. Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-12
Accused Broker
Held For Trial

LOS ANGELES, July IL. U.H-
Eugene F. Consigny, former execu-
tive of the Beverly Bond & Mort
gage company, today was held for
superior court trial by Municipal
Judge Twin Taplin, on charges of
grand theft. His bond was set at
$4,000.
Consigny refused to give any test
imony and waived preliminary
hearing. A complaint accuses him
of theft of approximately $4,000
from the concern, of which he was
president. 1t alleges sums of money
ranging from $500 to $4,000 were
transferred from the Beverly Bond
& Mortgage company to the Bever-
ly Finance company, Ltd, which
he directed and owned, between
February 1881 and January, 1882.