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Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Trade Anniversary
Stimulates Business

The members of the Booker T.
Washington Trade Association
swung into the final week Of their
third anniversary celebration,
with all indications pointing TO the
success of the drive launched last
week TO increase business more
than one hundred per cent.
The business men have literally
plastered the city with signs, tell
ing about the anniversary cele-
bration; and these signs have told
the buying public that Negro
merchants and business men IN
Detroit are awake and doing
things.
At the noon day luncheon We'd
nesday, sponsored by the associa-
ton every week at the st. Louis
Annex, many Of the members told
Of the achievements accomplished
during the first week of the>anni-
versary celebration.
There was John "0ld Gov"
Dounoveor, who stated that he
was abble TO supply 2 new places
with large orders because of the
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Program Sponsored
By Musicians Assn

The Detroit Musicians Associa-
ton is sponsoring a special pro-
gram Sunday, May z, at Scott
NJ. f. church, at 4 p. m. The pro-
gram will be in keeping with the
spirit of National Music Week.
The local organization is COM
posed of graduates, under gradu-
ates and persons interested in mu-
sic. Six of the members have re-
ceived degrees from the Detroit
Institute Of Music and the Detroit
Conservatory of Music.
The officers Of the Detroit Mu-
sicians Association are Mrs. j. G..
Macklin. president; Mrs. Maud V.
Williams, vice-presidcnt; Mrs. r.
Henderson, recording secretary;
ordine Toliver corresponding Sec
rotary: Mrs. Elizabeth Woodley,
treasurer.
The program for Sunday APP
pears on page a, in this issue, UNI
der music notes. The public is COR
daily invited TO attend.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06

anniversary celebration. o n c
place he had been after for some
months.
wilbur wOodson, executive
secsetasy 81 the St. Antoine Y.
NJ. c. A., declared that while his
institution had not received any
direct results from the cclebra-
ton, he could notice it in other
spots.
Mrs. Fannie b. Peck, president
of the Housewives League, who
only recently returned home from
Kansas City, declared that the
talk by Miss Jane Hunter in itself
was enough TO make the anniver-
sary a success.
Several others spoke on the
potentialities Of the association as
a medium of increasing Negro
business.
The anniversary celebration
will close Tuesday night with a
big affair at rs Central Com
munity Centre, 69s Brewster ST.,
at which time various merchants
will donate prizes
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
FIELD SECRE TAR
A IS W ERS CRITICISM
Charge Defendants
Asked Them To
Withdraw
Organization H a S
Fought Many Cases

Dean William Pickens, in an
address at the Y. M. C. A. last
Sunday night, contracted the
work, methods and aims of the
N. A. A. c. p. with those of the
/. l.. ID.
"The sole aim and purpose Of
the N. A. A. c. p" said Mr.. Pick
ems, is to protect the Negro;
while the Negro is merely incl
dental to the l.. D., whose pur-
pose is to establish a Communistic
form of Government"
In answer to the criticism that
has been launched against the N.
A. A. G. p. DOR having dropped
out of the famous Scottsboro case
Dean Pickens explained the action
Of the ASSOCIATION as follows:
Asked To Withdraw
while Clarence barrow, Ar
thur G. Hayes, also Ford, Beddow
and Ray, Alabama's foremost
criminal lawyers. were preparing
the case of the boys, the l, l.. d..
persuaded the defendants 70 ask
the N. A. A. G. p. and its bat
terry of lawyers TO withdraw from
the case. There was nothing for
the N. A. A. C. p. to do but quiet
ly withdraw, leaving the case in
the hands Of the organization and
lawyers the boys had chosen.
"Tatctling the l,r0tesiii,ls. ven,
closely, the N. A. A. G. p. again
entered the case, paying the law
yer, Atty. Pollack, a check for
CONTINUED on Page y
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
NOTED CHEMIST ON
l &C 7 U RE T0U R

Tuskegee, Ala, (CNS)-George
Washington Carver, information
ally known scientist and profess
sor of chemistry at Tuskegee In
stitute for the past 38 years, is
on a lecture tour in Georgia.
Mr.. Carver Is known as one of
the foremost scientists in the field
of agriculture, having discovered
2S5 different articles that can be
made from tho peanut and scores
of articles that can be made from
the sweet potato.
In 1924 the Spingarn medal for
the m ost outstanding achieve
ment was awarded Carver and he
has been made fellow Of the
Royal Society Of Great Britain.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
NOTED SOCIOLOCIST
DISCUSSES AFRICA
Program Is Sponsored b,
Urban League

Chicago "Changing Africa,
as seen by a sociologist, was des-
cribed Saturday evening, April
%. at the University of Chicago,
by DR.. Ellsworth Faris, professor
of Sociology. The speaker was in
troduced by Clarence Darrow, the
noted criminal lawyer.
The lecture was largely attend
cd. Several colored co-eds of the
university, Misses Mercedes and
LaVerne Officer, Pauline Red
mond, Victoria Mccall and Jose
phine Prescott, also five white girl
students, served a. ushers.
DR.. Faris has direct knowledge
of the tribes about which re lee
tured, for he srent sveral years as
a resident Of their villages, since
he first went TO Africa as a mis-
sionary in 1893.
The program was sponsored by
cago.
the Urban League, and as a spec
ial attraction for the lecture
Kwesi Kuntu and a group of ma
tives were presented in Ashanti
dances, after te talk.
A number of motive African
young men of exceptional bril-
liancy are at present enrolled a.
students at the University Of Chi
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06

cardboard figure Of one of the
Scottsboro Boys, the hands and
feet of each figure being bound
with chains. The figures appeared
3 be walking above the heads cl
tAo marchers. Upon long
streamer, reaching from the first
figure TO the ninth, was written
the words: "The Scottsboro Boys
Shall Not Diew
Other marchers carried ban
ners bearing various suggestive
inscriptions, some of which were
as follows: eve Want Freedom
For Tom Mooney; mo Shutting
of of Water or Gas; Stop Evic-
tions, Stop Wage Cuts; "Make
Roosevelt Keep His Promises"
"The Richest Country in Gold and
Poverty; Negroes and White,
Unite and Fight; Demand Ex-
pulsion of Hitler; Cash Relief,
Not Forced Labor. and Free
dom For the Scottsboro Boys.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Sorority Observes
National May Week
Tau Chapter of Deltas To
Present Program

The Tau Chapter Of the Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority will begin
the observance of their National
May Week, Sunday, May Z, at
$3.50 p. m. at the Lucy Thurman
branch Y. w. c. A.
1t will be a week of springtimc
dedicated to youth-to all young
women, Towering in life's spring
time. II is the hope of the Deltas
that in the observance of May
Week deed, a word, or thought
sponsored by the Sorority, in
their national program, may in
spire some young woman to envi-
sion and achieve life of greater
happiness and service to others.
The main address at the meet
ing Sunday will be delivered by
Miss Ruth Aston, president of
the Cincinnati chapter of Deltas.
Immediately following the pro-
gram, the Tau chapter will be
hostess at Tea to those present.
The program is as follows:
Invocation, Father John r.
Lewis; Lift Every Voice and Sing,
Audience; Opening Remarks, Mrs.
Margaret J. Piper, president Of
Tau; Tenor Solo, Mr.. Harry Rob-
inson; Reading, Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Morton; Outstanding Delta
Women" Mrs. Helen Toodle; In
strumental Solo, Miss Erma Nor
ris; Address, Miss Ruth Aston,
"The Best Investment Pays"
Double Quartette, Nacirema Club
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
" MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE STARTED
Scores of Workers To Assist

Attorney Percival r. Piper, one
of Detroit's outstanding young
lawyers, will head the annual
spring membership campaign Of
the st. Antoine branch Y. M. c..
A. The announcement was made
through the membership commit
tee. OF which DIR. j. j. McClen-
don is chairman, and is q source
of great encouragement a d
qualification to the members and
friends of tho 'Y".
The ST. a ntoi7lc Street AssoaiR'
ton, of which Mr.. C. G.. Woodson
is secretary, is confident that the
sustaining and regular members
and the general public will CO.
operate in sustaining the "Y's"
misunderstanding program.
The membership campaign is
the one activity that engages the
participation of large numbers of
men and women every spring;
and the success of these drives IN
past years has been due entirely
to the unselfsh work OF these
friends.
The date of the membership
drive this year is May ID to 26;
and every thinking person in De-
troit knows that the success of
the undertaking is imperative.
The youth OF to-day are the men
of tomorrow; and should those
institutions that help to guide
youth through their formative
period, cease to function, then,
the hope of the future is serious
ly jeopardized.
Cooperating with General
Chairman Piper will be many
other prominent leaders whose
names will be announced next
week. The Y. M. c. A. in all large
cities is an institution TO which
men who recognize the recrea-
tional and religious needs of boys,
gladly give of their time and eff
forts, to assure the "Y's" success.
The membership committee an
nounces that the membership
rates will be radically reduced,
and it viii be a great advantage
to enroll in the "Y" at the time Of
the campaign.
Men and women who desire 10
assist in the campaign, may call
the Y. NJ. C. A. and they will be
assigned to a team.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
LOCAL HUMAN FAMILY
REUNION TO Be HELD
Sponsored by Women
Of N. A. A. c. P

A unique gathering in the form
Of a Human Family reunion
will be held at the Lucy Thurman
branch Y. w. c. A., ST. Antoine
and Elizabeth Streets, on Satur-
day. May G, at 1880 O'Clock. The
affair will be held under the au-
spices OF the Women's Auxiliary
Of the local n. a. a. c. p. branch.
Members Of different races and
nationalitics will be present and
will take part in the program,
which viii feature choice selec-
tons of music. brief travel talks,
also descriptions Of family life in
Persia and other foreign lands, by
naties of those countries. In adj
dition, there will also be present
cd other special features that are
now, different, and important TO
all.
The reunion will be free, and
no collection taken. The public is
cordially invited.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
OPEN CAMPAIGN
HERE AGAINST
WHITE PLAGUE
DR.. Owens III e a d 8
Committee In
Campaign

The Negro Health Committee,
composed of laymen and phys
clans, united forces with the Ma
tional tuberculosis and Diagnos-
tic Week by launching their pro-
gram for a months campaign
against the White Plague.
The committee, of which DR.. S.
II. C. Owens is chairman, opened
their attack on tuberculosis with
a large public meeting at the Lucy
Thurman branch of the Y. w. c..
A. Sunday afternoon. DR.. Henry
Chadwick, tuberculosis control
Ter Of the Department of Health
and president of the Michigan
tuberculosis Association, was the
principal speaker.
DR.. Chadwick Speaker
DR.. Chadwick, in his address,
stated that tuberculosis is in the
chronic stage with the whites and
i'm that acute stage with the col
ored. Because of this, he said, the
whites are more immune than tho
members of the colored races.
DR.. Owens said that there will
be a survey made in the near fu-
tuure of from 5000 to 5000 per-
sons. In September, in conjunc-
ton with New York concern,
the local physicians, who have
been carrying on their campaign
for more than nine months, plan
to give x-rays at the price Of Coo
each, instead of the regular fee of
$40.
The Negro population in De-
troit, according to the census OF
1880, was $4,000, constituting
per cent of the total population
but the death, rate from tubereu
iysas iass yeai Was % per CENT
There were 312 deaths, but this
represented a drop from the high
point of 447 in 1929. Prior to
that year the rate had regularly
advanced.
In 1929 there were 1870 beds
available for Negroes at Herman
Kiefer Hospital. In 1891 and 1888
two new private hospitals were
opened by physicians, and two
others that have been used for
general hospitals were approved
by the Department Of Health for
tuberculosis cases. The four hos
pitfalls provide 20 additionals beds.
The members of the Negro
Health Committee have b n
speaking at many of the churches
during the week.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
HUNDREDS JOlN
IN LARGE MAY
DAY PARADES
Marchers In Parade
Carry Various
Banners

Two large May Day parades
were held in Detroit Monday af-
ternoon, May /, in which hun
dreds of men, women and child
rem of both races participated.
The parades were in charge Of
the United Front May Day COM
mittee. One group formed on the
West Side and the other on the
East Side, and both marched 10
Grand Circus Park for a joint
mass meeting which was held
there at $3.50 p. M.
Motor cycle escorts of police
were provided for the marchers,
The parade took place quietly
and without any lawless demon
STATIONS.
Near the head of the parade
marched nins stalwart men. each
bearing aloft a life-sized painted
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
RABBl PRAISES
GROUP CONFABS
2. Z X ! ,DeclSres u
Is Progressive

The holding of an inter-racia
meeting demonstrates that there
is a march of progress within the
race, Rabbi Leon Fran, associated
Rabbi Temple Bethel, told a large
group at the inter-racial meeting
at the st. Antoine Y. NJ. c. A.
Sunday afternoon.
He also declared that the meet
ing, which was under the auspices
of the Junior N. A. A. c. p. and
Carter G. Woodson Study club.
was a protest against racial dis
ordinations and a proclaiming of
the dignity Of the group.
Rabbi Fran, who has appeared
at the st. Antoine Y. NJ. c. A.
many times, declared that there
are many within a race who at
tempt to run away and shirk the
duty of helping to mold race
solidity; but, he said, there will be
no help from outsiders until they
can see that there is unification.
In extolling the merits of the
two organizations, the speaker
stated that the Negro should keep
awake racial dignity by making
study of traditions. The study
club, which is attempting to
stimulate more interest in Negro
Continued on Page y
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Bar Association
Backs Boston Jurist|
Appeal of Lowell Ruling To Be
Argued May %

preventative Howard Smith, of
Virginia. II am getting all the
facts in the Crawford case, and |
am going to study them. and If
the Judge is right, am going to
present evidence 10 the council of
the bar association.
The Boston Bar Association last
Saturday defended Federal Judge
Lowell whose official conduct is
under investigation in Congress,
and declared in a formal resolu-
ton, that "Hc should be free
from attack for performing his
judicial duty honestly and in ac-
cordance with his best judgement.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
NOTICE TO OUR
READERS

The Detroit Tribune is not
sponsoring or in any way con-
nected with the FOOD SHOW
which one Mr.. Douglass 10 pro-
noting; also he is not con-
nected with the Detroit Tri-
bune as an agent or represen-
tative in any capacity whatso-
ever.
All representatives of the
Detroit Tribune have proper
credentials or contracts. Ask
to see them. Recognize no
others.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
DIR. W. II. KING WILL SPEAK

DIR. w. Herbert King, professor
Of Religious Education at Howard
University, Was h ington, d. G.,
will address a meeting Of the To-
cal branch Of the N. A. A. c. p.
TO be held at Plymouth Congre-
gational church, Garfield and
Beaubien Streets, Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The organization is conducting
Its annual membership drive IN
Detroit and many memberships
are being received.
The public Is invited to hear DIR.
King Sunday evening. II Is adj
dress will prove inspiring.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
BARNETT VISITS
TRIBUNE OFFICE

Claud Barnette, of the Asso-
ciated Negro Press, Chicago, was
a visitor in Detroit Thursday, en-
route from Tuskegee institute.
He called at the Tribune Office
and congratulated the manage
ment on the splendid quality of
the publication.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Night Riders Indicted BY
Kentucky GRAND JURY

Smithland Ky. (CNS)--A Liv-
ingston County grand jury as in
dicted six white men who are &C
cused of banding and confeder-
ating together for the purpose of
alarming and intimidating other
persons"
From 75 to 100 masked Grid
ers" are alleged TO haye composed
the group and many -
munitios have been teri
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06
Tried And Cnvicted Il
Record Time In Texas

Tyler, Tex. (CNS) = Eugene
Sharp, who plead guilty, was ar
raigned, tried. convinced and SEN
fenced to twenty five years on a
'''..- 'er charge here--and tn G
procedure requqired only
half minutes.
Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-05-06

Boston-The U. S. Circuit
Court Of Appeals will sit in spe-
cial session on May %, to hear
the protest Of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts against the de-
cision Of Judge James A. Lowell,
in the case of George Crawford,
alleged slayer, whom the State of
Virginia is seeking TO extraditc.
Massachusetts, has protested
Judge Lowell's action, in granting
a writ of habeas corpus to Craw-
ford, on the ground that were he
convicted in Middleburg. Virginia,
where he is wanted for the alleg-
ed murder of two white women,
the U. S. Supreme Court would
rule a mistrial, because Negroes
are not permitted TO servo on
juries in Virginia.
The move for special sitting
of the Circuit Court was made by
J. Weston Allen chief Of counsel
for Crawford, with the approval
Of Stephen d. Bacigalupo, assis-
tant attorney general, who is in
charge Of the States extradition
proceedings.
Defended by Bar
William G. Thompson, widely
known criminal lawyer, at one
time chief counsel for defense
in the celebrated Sacco-Vanzetti
case. appeared at the Federal
Building here and asked and OBJ
tanned all records in the Craw-
ford case.
Judge Lowell has been out
rageously and wrongfully attack
cd in Congress" sad Thompson
referring TO the impeachment OF
the Massachusetts, jurist by Re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-01-13
Can Not Initiate Kiss

There is one noise the movie indus
try has not been able to fake. That
Is kissing.
In the sound libraries maintained
by the studios are thousands of feet
of film covering hundreds of such
varied notes as a train whistling, a
pig grunting. and the blue bird sing
ing his native song. But kisses,
strangely. are missing.
When kiss effects are required, the
principals must actually perform.
Sound engineers have learned from
experience that one mans OSCILLATION
is another mans comedy. Kissing In
serious dramas is mostly silent, any
way, If 1t is to be effective, and the
gentlest smack must be actually de-
livered under the microphone as well
as before the camera to he convincing.
They have tried to duplicate thar
noise in the sound Libraries, but 1t just
cannot be done.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-01-13
High Flood Cause of Recent
Traffic Suspension.

Washington. Too much water,
where engineers had feared there
might sometime be too little, made
necessary the closing of the Panama
canal to traffic for the better part OF
a day a few weeks ago. The reason
for the suspension was an unusually
high flood in the Chagres river which
discharges into the canal, makes pos
Sible Gatun lake through which ships
pass, and is the chief source of water
for operating the locks. A special dam
to cost S15.500,000, is under cOnstruc-
ton now, designed to prevent an over
abundance of water in the canal in
the future, and to hold an additional
supply in reserve for the dry season.
The chief damage wrought by the
flood. probably not over $4,000. was
TO the uncompleted dam.
~ Ships a Day for 1s Years.
ION December 1, 1882, exactly 6,6S2
days had passed since the canal was
opened to the commerce OF the world;
and on only little handful of these
days had there been no procession of
ships passing from Atlantic TO Pacific
or from Pacific to Atlantic. The few
and brief occasions when traffic was
suspended were for the most part dur
ing the early days of the canals serv-
ice, when landslides had to be cleared
from one or another of the deep cuts.
up to July l last, when the canal
had been open just 45 days short of
Is years, an average of just under II
ships had passed through the water
way every day-almost half ship an
hour if one takes his statistical aver
ages that seriously" says a bulletin
from the National Geographic society.
1.-THE Panama canal is gateway of
the seas. Merchants send their prod
ucts through it, as medieval traders
sent their caravans through guarded
gates of fortified cities. One can see
the traffic coming through the Panama
gate and tell much of the countries
from which the goods come.
"From Argentina's plains come,
meat, bone fertilizer, and tankers with
blood; from Brazil, coffee; from Mex
leo, crude-oil; from the West Indies,
sugar; from the Far-East. bamboo,
tea, peanuts, fireworks, gallstOnes,
hemp, coconut oil, and rice; from Aus
tralia, cold storage products. beef,
casein. cheese, mutton, pork, tallow;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-01-13
No Mystery in Plane Accidents

inconspicuous reference to the arrival
of government inspector on the scene
of an accident to determine the cause
is the only public reference made to
these men. The nature of his work,
his detailed findings, and his recon-
mendations never get into the press.
With no other aid than their tech
nical knowledge. acquaintance with
the personnel of the industry, and
ability to root out facts, the govern
ment inspectors must reconstruct ac-
cidents and establish causes. Their
findings then remain locked in the files
of the department.
These files serve definite purpose,
however. They are in constant use as
a guide to manufacturers and in the
creation and amendment of regulations
for commercial aviation. Yet to make
them public would mean having the
members of the departments staff in
court most of the time.
In virtually every accident part Of
the testimony is obtained in conf
dence, because that is the only method
by which complete and accurate infor-
nation may be obtained
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-01-13

like the story of the great preach
er who, when he was congratulated on
his sermon by a company of rather
foolish people, answered them with
the words: "Yes, the devil told me
had preached well. as was coming
down the pulpit steps,"
No one ever thinks of the most com
Polling speaker who ever lived, the
founder of Christianity, in terms of
his eloquence. He would certainly not
be considered what is called a good
preacher. He had no rhetoric or jar
gon, and made no use of those tricks
of the trade beloved of rhetoricians.
He spoke in the mother tongue and
things happened. just because he was
what he was. and because of his pas
sionate sincerity. 1t was no system
that came forth from the lips of Jesus
Christ, but soul that revealed itself,
the soul of man who was willing to
die for his convictions and his fell
lows
There will always be a crowd to lis
ten to a sincere man. and there will
always be crowd TO listen to an elo-
Quent man, but ii is the former, and