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The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
Judge Van lille
Seeks Reelection
By C. c. Dennis

Judge Donald Van Ziie has been
on the bench OF the Recorders
Court since his appointment there
TO on Oct. 1924, to succeed tho late.
Judge John Faust lie WAS re-elect-
ed 20 this position in 1925. and
again In the spring 81 1922.
Judge Van zile was brought up
and educated in the City OF Detroit,
graduating from the Detroit Gen.
trial High School In 1904 and the
University Of Michigan in 1908. He
completed his law course at the
Detroit College OF law over which
his father for many years presided
as dean OF the faculty.
During his twenty-five years as q
member of tho Bar OF Michigan h'
served six years as assistant prose
cutting attorney. and was for sever
LA years engaged In private prac
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16

Ice until his appointment to the
bench.
Judge Van Zile Was married In
1912 and has two sons, one OF
whom Is a student at the University
Of Michigan.
Judge Van zile has inherited
some OF the judicial ability OK his
father the late Hon. Philip 7. Van
lille. who was a member OF tie
/ bench OF the Wayne County CIR
cult Court at the time OF his death
in 1917.
Judge Van zile is a candidate 70
succeed himself in the election or
April l, 1895. He filed petitions
for denomination containing 40.S0'
names, and an additional 3O,OO'
signatures TO petitions are on ILL
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16

Safety QUESTIONABLE For
Detroit Drivers

Here are the questions the Police
Department requests Detroit mo-
florists 20 answer. TO enable the po-
lice To reduce the annual accident
toll. which in 1884 cost 331.
FIJI out the questionable, which
you need not sign, and mail II to
Safety Officers. First Precinct. De-
troit Police Department.
QUESTIONS
l. How old are your. years.
T. Are you male?. FemaleY.
). How many years have you been
driving a carr. ... years.
4. What Kind Of car have you been
driving the most? Put a cross
tx) in front OF only one kind.
} Passenger automobile
} Light truck
, Heavy truck
} Taxicab
} Bus
5. Does this car have brakes on
only two wheels!. .. or four
wheeis7.
g. When you are going 20 miles an
hour on dry level road. what
is the shortest distance in which
you can bring this ear to full
STOP. f'........ rect.
T. When you are going 40 miles an
hour on dry level road. what
is the shortest distance in which
you canbring this car 10 full
stop? ................ feet.
g. Put a circle around the right an
swer TO each question below:
ta) You are driving and are
turning a corner on Go signal.
A person is walking across the
street you are turning into.
Who has the right of way? I
DO. Pedestrian does.
(b) You are driving on a street |
where there are no traffic Of
ficers or signals. A person Is
walking across the street at q
corner in front OF you. Who has
the right of way? DO. Ped
estrian does.
tc) You are driving. A person
is walking across the street In
the middle OF the block. Who
has the right of way? DO.
Pedestrian does.
td) You are driving and are /
coming to a street crossing. A
driver on the cross street
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16

In his office.
He led both bar primaries
this year and also led the Detroit
Bar primary 6 years ago showing
that the lawyers OF Detroit believe
him to be we'll qualified for the
bench and they ought to know.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
NOTICE.!

Brotherhood and Slsterhood Of
Unity Peace Temple No. I, presents
an Evening In Paris, Monday even
ing, March %, nj The II. Of 4. Hall,
iOG Adams f., at s O'clock. Come
and see the Famous Stars from
Hollywood. Admission CSC.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
BUZZIHG BEE SOCIAL CLUB

The club met with Mrs. Eugit
West. the president. 55S Medbury
avenue. Feb. rs and March S. I'm
portant business was transacted
and officers elected.
The club also met Tuesday.
March ~. from Z to p. M.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
Puts His Approval
on Dean Houston
and the NAACP
Admits Boston Alibi Was Not True And
Says He was In Virginia
At Time OF Crime

ed by the newspapermen which
would be reproduced in an article
In The Crisis. its official orgn. for
April. The Crisis will also carry an
analysis OF the case.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
SPECIAL NOTICE

We do not incorporate in club
news and other social items. cards
of thanks as cards OF thanks are
forms OF advertisement which
must be paid for.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16

Richmond. va.-George Crawford,
for the second time in two weeks.
told the press here last week at the
Virginia penitentiary that he was
satisfied with the outcome of his
case, that he approved what had
been done by Dean Charles H.
Houston VI the Howard law school.
his attorney. and had no complaint
against the NATIONAL Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Crawford was convicted of muir
dering Mrs. Agnes Boaing Illsiey.
wealthy sportswoma'. si Leesbnrg.
Va. in December 1882 and later
pleaded guilty TO the charge Of
numbering Mrs iiisiey maid. Mrs.
Buckner He received two SEN
fences OF life imprisonment. Since
that time the y. A. A. G.. r. and
Dean Houston have been criticized
by Communists and others and ac-
cused OF failing 10 do everything
possible for Crawford The chief
critic has Teen Miss Martha Gruen-
ing. who wlote an article for The
Nation in July. 1884 and another on
the same subject for the New Mass
es. Communist weekly. in January
1885.
Committee Visits Crawford
In order that Crawford might
have free hand in airing his
grievances 10 the world. and that
steps might be taken by. persons
interested in reopening the case II |
justice had miscarried. Dean Hous-
ton arranged for a committee OF
white and colored newspapermen
TO visit Crawford In the penitenti-
AIRY here last week and question ,
him freely. The committee includ-
Il Roy Flanagan OF the Rich
nond News Leader; Ralph Mat
hews OF the Baltimore Afro
Haywood Bell of the
Associated Press; Louis r.. Lautier,
the Norfolk Journal
and Guide, the Pittsburgh Courier,
the Chicago Defender and the "A
sociated Negro Press. Ailen y.
Tunfs. VI the Richmond Times Dis
patch and NJ A. Norrell, OF the |
Planet and the Associat-
'd Negro Press
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-03-16
Losing Love-?

You can't fool the man you want
Stesked, faded. off-oolot sir does
make Q differcneel Don't rsksunhsppi-
ness "a Sis bottle OF 6odeffoys
Lsneuse French Hair Colorno will bring
back tia, charming YET black Iuster 10
your hair in Just a few minutes u your
dealer hasn't Godofroys. send direct 10
coDEfRoY MFG. co.
3So6 Olive S. 81. Louis, No.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Colored Man Second
Worlds Fastest Typist

CHICAGO (ANP)-cor Pet
ers, Washington, D. c.. stepped out
to win second honors in the world
championship tipping contest held
here at the Sherman hotel. First
honors went to Albert Tangora,
white, of New York.
Peters as dark horse. Al
though Ne cs.ss to Chicago several
days prioa 70 the contest and went
into training with many Others
from scores Of CITES throughout
the country, little mention was 81
ven him in the advance publicity.
He was not given even an outside
chance.
But when the masters Of the
typewriter got down to business,
Peters pulled off his coat, rolled
up his sleeves and went to work.
Tangora, world champion in %,
"a, % and %, won the title by
tipping at q speed Of 1913 words a
minute for a solid hour. Peters
mark was 125 words a minute.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
~ elizabeth Lawson
FOR Northwest Enterprise


my boy would have been in
school today. but not having the
clothes even to 60 in. he went off
to hunt work, and he was sentenc-
ed to die ia the electric chair
This statement from Mrs. Mamie
Wiliams Of Chattanooga sums up
tie entire story 81 Eugene VIII
liams. youngest Of the nine SCOTS
boro boys.
The sentence against Eugene
was the first to be reversed. He
was only 10 at the time of the tri-
al. and the law Of Alabama pro-
vides that persons under 16 must
be tried in the juvenile court.
But that law went unnoticed n
the frenzy Of Alabama's greatest
lynch-hoIiday. Only after the In
ternational Labor Defense had
fought, inside the courtroom and
out, against this illegal conviction.
did the Alabama Supreme Court,
IN 1882, reverse the sentence Of
death and remand Eugene Willi-
ans for a juvenile court hearing.
Family Poverty Stricken
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In addition. several union workers
were on hand who gave concrete
personal experiences Of their fight
to become affiliated with local I'M
ions.
The A. F. Of L. was warned that
unless ik opened up membership to
Negroes without restriction, it
would find this class Of workers
going into other labor bodies. The
N.A.A-c.P. spokesman urged the
committee to come to grips with
the constitutional exclusion of Ne
groes by unions. and with the Gus
tomAry and traditional exclusion
even where the constitution does
not bar Negro workers. Mr.. Ran
dolph urged the committee to hold
hearings in large centers over the
country where Negro labor is CON
centrated. in order to get a COM
plete picture.
The appearance Of the N.A.A.C.
P. before the committee was a fol-
low-up Of its piclxeting Of the A. f.
Of 1. convention in San Francisco
last October.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Father Divine : y, To Gain
POIitica,~ :. OtroI In Harlem

NEW YORK II Father Divine's
influence over his subjects has in
duced him to seek political power.
To thousands of white and black
followers heis Coo spiritually, and
now he seeks to become God poll
tically, The result was the dis
patching of some two hundred
followers to the Municipal Build
ing to register to vote in the COM
ing elections here. The subjects
came into the bureau murmuring
peace, peace" as they went about
their registrations.
Many of them wore buttons with
"God" on them. some had Father
Divine is God inscribed on but
tons, stitched or berets and sweat
ers, etc.
In a statement the cult leader
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
1000 RECRUITS
a. ~
READY TO SAIL
FOR ETHIOPIA

NEW YORK Especially - One
thousand colored recruits with
money to pay. their own passage
to Ethiopia are ready to sail for
Africa to take an active part in
tn imminent ItaIian-Ethiopian
conflict it was disclosed this week
by Arthur Daniels. general organ
issr Of the Negro World Alliance
The colored recruits have already
obtained their passports and visas
and are only waiting the word to
start before they ship out on cat
tie boats.
More than 5000 colored youths
in New York. Chicago, Philadel-
phia and other cities throughout
the East have signed with the or
ganization and have their passage
money ready, awaiting only their
passports and visas before they
too, will be ready to sail When
they have received these, they will
be able to embark at short notice.
Two large mass meetings held
in the Chicago area Sunday SEEM
ed to indicate that large numbers
of colored Americans eagerly seek
an opportunity to do their bit to
help Ethiopia in her conflict with
Italy Many persons on relief
rolls expressed the wish that Uncle
Sam might negotiate for tract Of
land in the Ethiopian kingdom to
which American Negroes might
emigrate and start life anew
At a meeting into which $500
persons attempted to crowd, held
in the Roseland ballroom, 47th'
and South Parkway, speakers re-
presenting the Negro World ALI
ance, led by Robert L. Ephraim,
vigorously bewailed the refusal Of
the United States government to
take heed of Ethiopia's plight, and
CONTINUED on page three)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Williams, Youngest scottsboro Boy,
Has Spent I Years Of Youth in Jail

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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Irish Priest Says Liberian Natives
Do Not Respect Negro Missionaries

NEW YORK DO our preachers
make poor missionaries in Africa /?
The Rev. Lawrence Nevins thinks
50, and he has just completed ten
years as a Roman Catholic mis-
slonary priest in Liberia, the Ann
erican-inspired republic on the
West Coast Of Africa. He is u
the United States on short visit
prior to his going to County Mayo,
Ireland. his homeland
Although Liberia was settled By
about 5000 American ex-slaves,
all Of whom were Christians, there
are still only 10000 Christians in
the 100000 population, Father
Neyins related to reporters who
saw HIN over the weekend
Thinks Natives Like Him Better
Preachers are not effective be-
cause the natives do not respect
the black missionaries he thought.
1t ya,ss his opinion that the natives
havt svester respect for the whites
and folSwI them as teachers bet
ter.
Father Nevins is one Of eleven
Irish priests who are stationed ov-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Help Ethiopia

n VIEW Of recent happenings
the time is now ripe for Afro AM
orleans to use al the force at their
command to assist II curblng the
attempted ravishment Of Abyssinia
r Ethiopia Is conquered. there
win be destroyed the only nucleus
for the possible upbuiIding Of ma
tion which win restore Africa to
the oppressed descendants Of Afri-
can slaves
Americans must take the lead
ership now to help save Ethiopia,
and therefore become very active
IN building up that country with
view to the redemption Of Afri-
ca. II It is right for irish Ameri-
cans to 90 to the assistance Of Ire
land, for Jewish Americans to go
to the resistance Of Jews the world
over. then It is right and necessary
for us to stand behind Africa.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18

THE UNITED PRESS carried q
story last week Of twenty month
old New Orleans colored child thst
fen head first to the pavement from
the second story Of hospital the
previous Sunday
The child didn't even whimper.
the dispatch said, and apparently
the only injury it suffered was a
head confusion
Now the inference ia the story is
that the child wasn't hurt because
colored people have hard heads.
SO the story omits the important
fact that the chiId's fan was ttok-
en- BY an awning and its body
struck the ground before its head.
Reporters who write silly stories
like this should be dropped out Of
windows on their heads. It could
Mt possibly make them any goof-
Ter. and actually It might shock
them into sanity
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
SLIPS
UP ON ANOTHER
EP|THET STORY

WASHINGTON = Despite his
promise In March to refrain from
the use Of eplthets obnoxious to
any race, Senator Huey P. Long,
so-caIled dictator Of Louisiana, and
presidential aspirant, slipped up
for the third time this year. Sat
urday. in a speech on the Senate
floor.
His latest transgression came
when the LouiMana Kingfish was
defending the prison parole system
in a controversy with Senator As
hurst Of Nevada.
In louisiana, said Senator
Long, I'VE have no such thing as
gang warfare There was not a
bank robber in New Orleans or in
the state whom we did not cap
ture, and none of them have been
pardoned and none Of them have
been paroled.
but most of the people in the
penitentiary are very much like
the ten n whom they captured
in Richmond parish. think it was.
ia Louisiana. who killed one So
yearling and barbecued the year
ling, and the ten n were sent
to the penitentiary. for one 81
yearling."
Senator Long first pulled down
criticism upon his head for such
statements when, during the
course of a radio broadcast over
the NBC network, he used an in
sulting epithet At that time he
excused it, saying that when GER
tain persons called each other NJ
he got the habit. The solon prom
Used to be more tactful in the flu
ture.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18

LOUIS IN CHICAGO
FOR LEVINSKY TILT

CHIcAG,a Craving action, Joe
Louis, the nrowp bomber from
Detroit. arrived Tuesday ready to
settle down to training for his 10
round bout with King Levinsky at
the White sox BAH park the night
of August 7.
Louis had been vacationing since
his sensational Knockout victory
over Primo Camera last month.
but has become tired Of inactivity.
and is ready to go to work.
4 have been having my fun for
the last three weeks, but now I am
ready to settle down to business, /"
Louis said. Since the Camera
bout haven't been doing much
Now 1 want to work. III have to
If I want to get into shape for Le-
whisky. / am craving action and
as soon as my training camp is all
set I'll be punching away again. !"
Soon after his arrival Louis lim-
bered up in a gymnasium.
Promoter Joe Farley revealed
that Louis win receive 80 per cent
of the net receipts for trading
punches with the Kingfish, while
Levinsky win receive 20 per cent.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Union Labor Jim Crow Is
Scored By N.A.A. c. P.

WASHINGTON A parade Of
witnesses familiar with Negro Ia
Dor problems appeared before a
special committee Of the American
Federation Of Labor here Friday,
which was holding hearings on dis
examination against Negro workers
b. A. F. Of L. unions.
Restrictions against Negro wor-
kefs were scored b. Charles Hous-
ton. representing khe E..A.A.c.P.
Reginald a. JolElson. Of the Ma
tional Urban League: John P. Da-
Wis, Of the Joint Committee on Ma
ti0nal Recoveey A. Philip Ran
delphi. Of tie Brotherhood Of Sleep
ing Car Porters, and others.
The committee, appointed to in
vestigate jim crow conditions last
October at the annual convention
Of the American e Iteration Of La
Dor in San Francisco after a speech
there by Mr. Randolph. heard wit
nesses who told Of the barring Of
Negro skilled workers BY many
national and international unions.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18

the West Coast of Africa, where
the civilizing of the natives has
made then, dependent on American
and European markets for their
livelihood from the export Of rub
Der, coffee, palm oil, cocoa, and
Unlike America, Father Nevins
pointed out, there is no govern
ment relief in Liberia. no home re-
lief for the destitute unemployed
and certainly no work relief. There
is a great deal of under-nourish-
ment, and when the rice crop fails,
IN addition to the rotten world &C.
onomic condition. the people can
do nothing else but starve. AS a
result Of prevailing conditions,
there is a tremendously high death
rate among the children.
Only Boys Taught
In the schools maintained by the
Catholic priest (their official til le
is African Missions of Cork, on i
boys are taught.
THE time is not ripe to educate
and emancipate the women" the
priest holds, because the women
are chattels among the natives
OUTSIDE the civilized centers, ma
tive men may still have more than
one wife, but if a wife deserts one
husband for another, Husband No,
2 is compelled to reimburse Hus-
band No. / for everything he has
spent on the deserter. Usually the
payment is made in cloth grain
or animals.
This is the nearest the Liberian
natives come to exacting damages
for a correspondent. They do moi
seem to be bothered about suing
for breach of promise, and thank
the Heavens. there is no alimony
according to Father Nevins.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
EDITORIAL


THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOW
ED he history q the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement q
colored People for the past guar
Eet century must have been pro-
f0undly impressed b the vitality
& tie program and future plans Of
the 6rea cation evolved al the st.
Louis meeting
Nor could one read the annual
report without realizing the tre-
mendous amount Of WORK the as
ISOLATION has dong and the iznpor-
Eanl results accomplished with the
funds 1T its disposal It IS clearly
evident that Waiter White and his
able corps Of executives grasp full
" the changes n the present fer
ment Of racial relations and are
adjusting their machinery to cope
with them.
THE n. a. A. c. P. came into
existence as militant organiza-
lion Of colored and white citizens
who were willing to fight for the
equality Of citizenship for colored
people on every foot Of American
soil. It has never swerved from
this objective There were times
when changing events made some
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
VIRGIN ISLANDS
ARE OPPOSED TO
NEGRO governor

WAsEINGTONA-A eolored gov
ernor for the Virgin Islands in the
eventuality that the Senate Com
mittee investigating the adminis-
tration of Governor Paul M. Pear
son, white. present incumbent, dis
penses with his services, is out, as
far as the coIored witnesses brot
here from the Islands are concern
ed.
Sounded out on their attitude to-
ward the appointment Of a colored
executive as a solution of island
friction, all the witnesses were
thumbs down
Names Suggested
The names ~ a number Of pre-
minent leaders were mentioned. In
Guiding
DR.. Emmett J. Scott, secretary
Of Howard University and assist
ant to the Secretary Of War dur
ing the World War; DR.. James A.
Weldon johnson. writer and auth
or and one-time American consul
at Venezuela and Nicaragua;
Walter White. secretary Of the
NAACP; DR. Mordecai johnson,
president Of Howard University;
DR.. Charles s. Johnson. Of Fisk
University. who headed the Ann
erican Commission to Liberia few
years ago, and several others.
Don't Know Men
While admitting that these were
probably all very fine men, the ma
tiyes declared that they were not
well enough known to any Of them
personally for them to take the re-
fContinued on Page Twol
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Texas KIP. Heads
Son Killed in Crash

DALLAS (ANP)--A. J. Kinch-
ion, 80 years old, son Of L. B. Kin
chion ST., state grand chancellor
of the Texas knight of Pythias,
was instantly killed on the night
of July IA when the car he was
driving on a highway near Dallas,
crashed into a truck and was de-
molished
He was the private secretary and
confidential aide of his.father. His
sister, Miss Edna Kinchion, is dem
of women at Langston university.
at Langston, Oklahoma, and ma
tional journalist of Delta Sigma
Theta sorority
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
Mrs. Bethune Has Way
of Meeting Jim Crowism

ST. LOUIS, Mo. CAMP Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, while here
to receive the Spingarn Medal at
the recent NAACP conference, told
of an experience in defeating a
jim crow order at a white church
in Atlanta
Returning to the church on the
day following a religious confer
ence, during which communion was
administered to both races, Mrs.
Bethdne's attention was called, by
a white usher, to a section of ire
served seats. where only members
of her race were sitting.
IT don't care for reserved seats, !"
she replied, and kept the seat she
had originally selected.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-07-18
JESSE OWENS Is
HONORARY PAGE


COLUMBUS, Ohio (ANP)-Jes-
Sc Owens, Ohio State University
record breaxing track star, has
been appointed an honorary page
during the summer months by the
Ohio House of Representatives
Owens will receive three dollars a
day until the special taxation ses-
sion in the fan. He will be paid
seven days week and viii be de-
tailed to assist visitors at the State
House in inspecting the Legislative
Chambers.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted by the House of Represen-
tatives making Owens an honor
airy page The author Of the reso-
luton, Representative P. Grant,
stated Owens employment would
bring distinction to the House of
Representatives.