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the facts Of the case. In this case.
in q measure. we are cropping in
the dark. Witnesses on the one
side testify to one state Of facts.
and on the other to different
state Of facts However, it Is not
disputed that this was just row
among Negroes around a dice Ia
Bile. and that it resulted Ia the kill
ing Of one Of tAe participants
An appeal for mercy. so often
presented ID the criminal courts.
should have 20 great weight with
the Judge Mercy 4 Z nobls ssnfi-
ment Of human nature, but justice
on the bench Is better than mercy.
but after all, a judge is just a
man imbued with the same tender
sentiments of humanity as other
men, and so far as I am concerned
I just cannot get away from emo
tions Of human sympathy to save
my life.
I'm this case I shall temper JUS
tice with mercy, and now SEN
tence the prisoner, Willie Smith.
who has plead guilty of the crime
Of granddaughter in the first de-
gree, to a term of seven years in
the state penitentiary at McAlester
and he is hereby committed to tn }
custody of the sheriff of Oklaho-
ma County, to be by him delivered
TO the warden of the state peni-
tentiary.o
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bout Communism? Very few. And
yet the great mass Of intelligent
Negroes oppose Communism OPP
pose something about which they
are ignorant.
The same thing is true Of Social
ism. The fact is that we don't
know as much about the Republi-
can party as we ought to. In the
last presidential campaign, hun
dreds of thousands of Negroes
went over to the Democratic par
ty Why? Because they had stu
died its principles and preferred
them? No, no. no! Because they
were mad at Hoover.
TO COME BACK to the original
thought, the Negro car not hope
to 90 it alone in securing recog-
milton Of his complete citizenship
rights. He must join with the OPP
pressed Of all races; with those
who champion the cause of OPP
pressed nainorities. And he must
do this. even when his individual
group rights are not actually at
stake.
The color line must fade If hui
man rights are to have their full
and rightful play.
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DURING TKIE THREAT Of 3
Federal 1nti-Lynching Bin. mohs
were nor very active.
Congress adjourned without pass
ing the costlgan- Wagner Bin. It
refused to grant protection to ci-
lizens from bowling mobs.
TIE lynchers Of Texas celebrate
ed this refusal By Kidding fhe boz
dy e a Negro win bullets hecsuae
ne vas associafinge with q white
woman street waIket. The great
Anglo saxon race has been Sindl-
Gated
All kinds Of laws were passed
BY he 7srd Congress but the pleas
Of twelve million colored Ameri-
cans went unheedsd. Even those
who ara aworn to protect and up
hold the Constitution consider the
life OF NEGRO not worth protect
ing.
Congress and the Roosevelt Adj
ministration placed their approval
on mob murders. That conclusion
is iuescapebIe from the facts a
the case
Since County. State and Federal
Governments refuse to protect the
lives Of coiored people there is on
" one alternative left they must
protect themselves as best they
can from mobs. And no one can
blame Thorn Il they lxin Z few
members Of the mob. And that
is what win eventually happen, Il
OTIS and bloodshed.
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Black and White

THE STRENUOUS FIGHT put
up by the international Labor De-
Tense to save the scottsboro boys
from the electric chair raises the
serious question Of how far the Me-
gro may reasonably expect to 60
alone IL securing full citizenship
rights.
The classic example Of the need
for white friends and their moral
and financial support Is the MA.
A.C.P. That the N.A-A.C.P. could
have done what It has since its or
ganization without the help Of VII
lard, the spingarns. Miss Owing
ton, and other liberal whites is We
~ doubtful
PERMANENT PROGRESS, il
seems, lies along the path Of full
cooperation with those persons in
every group who have q comnaun-
ity Of interests Alliance with
world movements which have for
their aim the uplift of oppressed
peoples everywhere is a paramount
necessity.
This cooperation should be, ma
turalIy, intelligent; that is, we
should understand the principles
Of the organization with which it
IS proposed to work To cooperate
without knowing why is almost as
bad as refusing to cooperate with
out knowing why.
TAKE COMMUNISM. for In
stance. outside Of those Negroes
in America who have openly es-
poused the Communist cause, how
many Negroes know anything a.
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Al PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ID CaIifornIa announces is yaca-
ton BIBLE school IN this fash
ion:
For everyone 4-14 years Of age
WHITE ONLY. No boy or girl
can afford to miss It
The purpose Of such schools IS
to help boys and girls to become
Christians and to build strong boz
dies and characters.
Is It not 3 mockery for a so
called Christian church to desire
to assist only those who are white ?
This same church helps to send
missionaries to dark Africa and the
heather Chinese to teach them Of
the great love Of Jesus Christ.
It would be better to spend that
money to teach the members Of
the Presbyterian Church in Cali
fornia what real Christianity Is.
Colored people already know that
when the white church invites "all
people" it means all white people
but no Negroes. It is, therefore,
unnecessary for any white church
parading under the banner OF Je-
sus Christ TO say the invitation
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DEMOCRAT DATA
TO SHOW JOBS
GIVEN NEGROES

WASHINGTON The policies
and achievements Of the Democra-
tic administration as they peculiar
ly relate to colored people win be
told to the electorate between the
present time and November 8.
when 80 Senators, 435 members of
the House, and 35 governors are
to be elected.
Data on this phase of the New
Deal has been assembled and win
be disseminated among coIored vo-
ters to offset the counter attack of
Republican campaigners, who viii
STREET the failure Of the T3rd Con-
gress to enact anti-lynching legis-
lation and to abolish discrimina-
ton against colored persons in the
House restaurant
The New Dealers will point to
the number of jobs given colored
persons, ranging from messengers
to the recorder of deeds of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the only APP
pointment so far made of color
ed person, which required Senator
ial confirmation.
To offset Democratic upholding
of discrimination in the House
restaurant, the New Dealers will
rely upon the vanished color line"
at the White House under Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt.
They will remind the voters that
President Roosevelt entertained
Stenio Vincent, of Haiti, and then
posed with him for photographs
and sound motion pictures. Anoth-
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Firm Hands in Cotton Belt
Change Color; No Singing

ATLANTA. Ca. Charging that
the N-A.A.c.P. finds itself in a
time Of crisis without a program.
without effective organization and
without executive officers who
have either the ability or DISPOSE
ton to guide It a TIE right direc-
ton. Dr.. W. E. B. Dubois, in a
lstfer to the board Of directors Of
the association. insists upon his
resignation being eceepted as Of
July /.
IN concluding his letter. dated
June 2s. DR.. Dubois, after giving
reasons FOR his resignation. says:
= am. therefore. insisting upon
my resignation. and on July 1st,
whether the Beard Of Directors
acts OF does not act. automat.-
casly cease to have any connec-
ton Whatsoever Ia any shape or
form with the National Association
for the Advancement Of colored
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Oklahoma Judge Refuses To
Railroad Negro Into Prison


OKLAHOMA CITY-In an I'M
usual statement delivered from the
district court last week, Judge G.
Weaver. Of the 18th judicial dis
trict, sentenced Willie Smith. who
was charged with the murder Of
while KiIgore April IL. to seven
years IN the penitentiary.
Smith. pennilesa youth, shot
KiIgore. h : 1T Of anger during
the course Of crap game. Judge
Weaver, in his sentence called at
tsnlion to the fact that he had de-
lased ne trial appointins one o.
the best criminal LAWYERS at the
bar to defend Smith.
sI1l see the county bankrupt be-
fore IN see a Negro railroaded in
to the penitentiary," said Judge
Weaver.
After reviewing the case and be-
fore sentencing Smith, Judge Wea-
yer said;
when this Negro came before
me he had no money, no witnesses,
no lawyer. He had the smell of
the county jail upon him, a deputy
of the sheriff brought him into
court. He VS. friendless. except
for jail frienus, and powerless, ex-
cept for such power as the laws Of
the great commonwealth of Okla
homa gave him as a protection and
a shield.
1T Is not necessary to 60 into
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Alabama Pythians
Report $4,000

BIRMINGHAM Property and
cash valued at 1852, 900 is possess
ed by Alabama Pythians according
to the report of Oscar w. Adams,
grand chancellor, in his annual
message before the AZ annual ses-
sion of the organization, which be-
gan on Tuesd day.
1t was further disclosed that the
liabilities of the lodge amount to
less than $500. Mr.. Adams also
stated that he lad paid to widows,
orphans, and beaeficiaries $4,000
and that since tie last grand lodge
$4,900.ss had betin paid in taxes on
properties Owned by the organiza-
ton.
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Pickens Says Brain
Causes Completes

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. While
awarding the Spingarn medal to
DR.. w. T. B. Williams, last week,
Dean William Pickens, of the N.
A. A. C. P. blamed the presence
or absence of brains for completes.
He stated that the white man
who does not have a superiority
complex is a logical thinker, be-
cause he has brains. The black
man, according to the dean, who
has an inferiority complex doesn't
have brains enough to think logi-
cally.
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pieces in this country.
Turner set up his miniature ra-
dio on a common straight pin in
1924, while a student at Armstrong
High School in Washington, D. C.
In the succeeding years, the tiny
mechanism was shown at all the
leading radio expositions here and
abroad.
Last year, it a,oazed thousands
Of spectators at the Chicago World
Fair. And this year it is being
exhibited there again by Robert
L. Ripley who fascinates the news
paper readers Of the world with
his daily "Believe-It-or-Not" car
ICONS.
Each year, Turner, who enjoys
sportsmanlilxe competition in the
business Of building unique radio
apparatus has challenged radio
experts to beat his record. Here
tofore. there has been no response.
But a recent announcement in the
Boston daily papers relative to the
small set being at the fair preci-
plated real contest.
Francis Whittemore. white, of
Weston, Mass, friend of Turn
er's and co-worker at the watch
factory, decided that he could bet
ter the record because Turner's set
was by no means the smallest pos
sible radio.
Loses to Whlttemore
Consequently, he set himself at
once to constructing receiver OF
timer dimensions in order to at
tract the championship his way.
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Battering Barriers Of Prejudice
Stirring Chapters From the 25-Year History
OF the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People

race prejudice. Nationwide de-
nunciation by press, individuals
and organizations followed the As
sociation's expose, and War De
partrAent officials condemned the
order.
It's protest to the War Depart
ment in September 1918, brought
prompt reputation of a ruling that
Negroes in the Students Army
Training Corps should be residen-
TALLY segregated and trained in
distinctly Negro colleges.
Two months later it succeeded in
having Col. Charles Young recall
ed from premature retirement, in
spite OF marked opposition, and
assigned to active service at Camp
Grant, Illinois.
Although Surgeon General Cor
gas strongly opposed their claims,
several colored nurses who had
been banned by the Red Cross and
the Army, were assigned to a few
army camps after the Association
had waged a fight in their inter-
est. They were, however, uniform
ly rejected for overseas service
because of lack of segregated
quarters for them, which the War
Department deemed necessary in
accordance with its traditional jim
crow policy.
Colored physicians and dentists
found it equally difficult to get as
signed to service as professional
workers. Despite frantic public APP
peals for medical and dental men,
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People 8"
The reasons advanced BY the
eminent soclologist for his insist
ence that his resignation. as Of Ju-
" 1st. be understood whether the
Board q Directors acts or does not
act ale
1.-The N.A.A.C.P. Is today with
out q program, without effective
Organization and without executive
officers who have either the ability
or disposition to guide the Nation
Al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People IN the
right direction.
2,That Dubois, in his official ca
pacity as editor Of the "crieis, " has
"since the beginning Of the Great
Depression. tried to work inside
the organization for its realign-
ment and establishments to new
duties" That his program for &c
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California CCC Camp
Jim Crows Negro Men


BIG BEAR CAMP, Calf AS
the first step in an alleged jim
crow policy in all government
camps, the commanding officer Of
the CCC camps at Big Bear this
week, is reported as having separ-
ated the nine Negro members Of
the unit from their fellow workers
in the mess hall.
The report states that on We'd
nesday, as the hundreds of work.
ers marched into the mess hall,
the Negro boys were separated
from the others and herded to a
table for colored only"
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Muster Out GAR.

CHICAGO - (ANP) John
Brown Post of the Grand Army of
the Republic, Department of Him
OILS, was mustered out here Sum
day at the Progressive Baptist
Church, because of the advancing
years of its seven members.
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Blind Man Out for
California Assembly

LOS ANGELES, CLAMP
Among those who have filed NOM
mating petitions for the office of
assemblyman from the sixty-sec-
ond district, here, is Fred c. Viii
liams, Democrat, VINO, though to-
tally blind, is prominent in civic
affairs.
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Six Charged With
Conspiracy to Appeal

CHICAGO Appeals are being
perfected for the five colored and
one white persons charged with
conspiracy after leading a demon
stration for relief to the Fulton
county courthouse. Prohibitive
bond has been set for the sextet,
sentenced to five years in prison
and fined $3.50.
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Walker Heiress Seeks
Divorce From Hubby

INDIANAPOLIS A temporary
injunction restraining her husband
from approaching her in any way
or molesting her was granted to
Mrs. Mae Walker Perry, heiress to
the Walker fortune, and president
of the Mime. c. ]. Walker Mfg. Co.
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Seek Medal for Boy

NORFOLK, Citizens of Nor
folk are seeking recognition by the
Carnegie Hero Medal Foundation
for John Hobbs, local youth, who
has saved three persons from
drowning within the past year.
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Refuses Tennis Clubs
Use OF City Courts

LOS ANGELES-Re of the
Park Board to grant the Ross Sny-
der Tennis Club use of adequate
tennis courts has caused the post
ponement Of the annual Western
Federation of Lawn Tennis tourna-
ment which had been scheduled
for July 81 and %. The tourna-
ment win be held September l, 2,
and 8 according to Ellis Salisbury,
president of the local club.
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Trio of Law Suits
Face j. c. Cafe

CHICAGO - A total of three
suits are being filed against the
Harrison Log Cabin Restaurant, a
white establishment reported to
be owned by southern people, by
N.A.A.C.P. attorneys for violation
of the state civil rights bill when
colored people were refused SER
vice.
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Negro Radio Expert Loses
And Regains Worlds Title

BOSTON, Mass.-For the last
ten years, credit for building the
smallest radio in the world has
gone to Rufus P. Turner, promin-
ent radio expert, who in spite Of
American color feeling, is now
holding the responsible post of ra-
dio technician at the plant of the
Waltham Watch Company, oldest
and largest manufacturers of time
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The Washington times., 1934-08-09

from II e I Betsy Caswell
mothers table that most of
the memories" are really ro-
mantle day-dreams-you will
find the cooking out Of cans
call forth all sorts of yowls
and howls, and critical COM
ments, so hard for bride to
bear at best-and certainly i'm
possible to stand after a hot
day over the oven.
CamOuflage
But, if you are clever, and
use a little ingenuity and cam
outage, you can dress up your
ready made foods so that "HE"
will not realize how much is
the cannery and how much is
you!
Just a little twist, little un-
expected seasoning, and a care
full selection of what prepared
foods you buy, will make all
the difference in the world,
and produce good digestion,
peace and appreciation!
For instance. Suppose che"
wants baked beans like moth
er's."
Mother, of course, had a big,
roomy kitchen, a coal fire that
was kept going most of the
time, anyhow, as it was less ex-
pensive to keep than to restart,
big oven, great deal of time.
and nothing else expected of
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
Too Much Makeup

Dear Miss Fairfax:
MY father died two years ago,
and my mother has a govern
ment position, but she has
changed so much that my sis
ter and I don't like it a bit.
Before father died, she never
used to use any makeup, or have
her eyebrows pulled out. We
don't like the ladies in her Of
flee at all. They play cards
till way late and have their din
ners at tea-rooms a long way
from the city, and we done
think they have a nice effect
on our mother.
Two or three times, gentle
men have come to see her, and
we are so afraid she might take
it in her head to get married
again and give us a stepfather.
You bet if she did that, we'd
both leave home. We are 16
and II years old. Our mother is
SO. Don't you think she's too
old for these things?
WORRIED BROTHER AND
SISTER.
Don't be too severe in your
judgment of mother who prob
ably finds it easier to keep up
her spirits and work in a govern
ment office every day. if she
doesn't look different from the
other women clerks. And you
have to be nearer to 38 than
you are at present to realize
that 38 isn't go.
Evidently your mother is pro-
viding a comfortable home for
you two, and if she finds this
daily grind is made easier by
borrowing a little youth, do, my
dear youngsters, learn to be a
little tolerant. There is no
positive evidence of the much
dreaded stepfather. Don't bor-
row trouble in advance is my
advice to you.
Dental Bill Cramps Cupid
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I had to cut out taking my
girl out and showering candy on
The Washington times., 1934-08-09
MODERN AS TASTY AS MOTHERS OLDFASOD COOKN
LISTEN, WORLD! = Elsie Robinson

cepted the story and passed
it on. And was as indignant
about it as the club-women
were. Took sides with them.
Said quite awful things about
the famous woman who was
supposed to have been so
cruel. =.
And now it seems that there
wasn't word of truth to the
story! The poor little WON.
an" had concocted it out of
whole cloth just to gain SYM
pathy and attention for her
self. And hung it on the we'll
known woman merely because
that made it more exciting
So, of course, my correspond
ent feels Perfectly Dreadful.
Why, oh why, did she listen
to that awful lie? Why did
she say and do such inexcus-
able thingS-judging a woman
she never met-a woman
who'd never harmed her? Why
didn't she at least try to find
out If it all were true-give
the other woman a chance to
defend herself?
Why - why " why? You've
asked that question and so have
l. You and I have listened to
just such tales and handed
them on-cruelly hurting many
an innocent soul. Why do de-
cent, honest people do things
like that? There's the answer
in my correspondents own
letter.
We Do 1t Because It's Exciting
We're bored with our dull
lives. We wish something would
happen. something that would
stir life up and make us feel
important. Something does.
Along comes a story that's like
seeing a show. like being in a
show ourselves.
A story that gives us chance
at the spotlight. We don't stop
to ask whether it's true. We
don't stop to consider that a
real human being is involved
in this Story-Someone with a
heart that can ache, eyes that
can weep as do ours. We only
know that here's a chance to
make our own lives seem more
colorful and powerful. And
so-we pass the story on.
Cruel, isn't it?
Copyright, 1894, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

of course, for she's we'll
known person. So, naturally,
she was interested when one
of her friends came to her
with the amazing tale.
Quite a horrid tale. About
a cruel and crooked thing the
famous woman was supposed
to have done. One of those
dreadful things that a decent
person would never dream of
doing. It didn't seem possible
that any woman who cared a
whoop about her reputation
would do thing like that.
And yet how could she doubt
it? The friend who told her
was an important person too,
in her own Way-a prominent
club woman. That's how she'd
happen to hear the story in the
first place. The poor little
woman who was the victim of
the dreadful affair had come to
her seeking help.
Such an appealing little
thing-not used to the ways of
the world and utterly crushed
by the awful thing that had
happened to her.
OF course, the club woman
and her friends were simply
furious and decided to cham
pion her at once. In no time at
all they had started things. And
were enlisting other sympathiz-
ers. Naturally, my correspondent
felt the cause must be a worthy
one
Did she try to find out for her
self whether the tale was true
or not? No-she hates to admit
it-but she really didn't. AS I
said before, the position of the
woman who told her seemed
sufficient guarantee.
Besides-you know how it is
with stories like that. They're
so exciting-so different from
the rest of ones humdrutn
days-that perhaps one wants
to believe they're true. It's like
seeing a dramatic show. like
being part of the show ones
self
So my troubled friend &C.
The Washington times., 1934-08-09

known, and of moderate price.
I have watched it erase shallow
wrinkles in a weeks time.
Like all wrinkle oils, it does its
work if applied after the nightly
cream cleansing and left on until
morning. This particular oil con-
tains concentrated Vitamin D
and is doubly efficient if you use
with it the tissue cream of the
same series.
Rub it into the skin gently but
thoroughly wherever lines or
wrinkles have appeared. Always
stroke upwapd and outward.
BY early fall you should have
repaired the damages done by