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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05
ARRAICN dana
AS COMMUNIST
Charge Of Moral Turpitude
Brought Against Long
fellow Descendant

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 5.
(UP).-Professor Henry Wads.
worth Longfellow Dana, 53-year-
old grandson of the famous poet,
arraigned on a morality charge
here today pleaded not guilty.
Dana through his counsel,
waived the reading Of the secret
indictment returned yesterday.
Superior Court Judge Nelson
P. Brown released the educator
recturer on a $4,000 bond pend
ing trial for which no date has
been set.
The charges concern alleged
communistic activities in connec-
ton witha 16-year old boy.
CAMBRIDGE Mass, April 5.
(UP)-HenIt q zh k0nH-l
fellow Danxfs = va
vocate of csme k}1 ~
son of the poe : ~ - Z e
arrested yesterday On an {hdict.
ment charging moral turpitude.
Dana was led from the historic
Longfellow home on Brattle
street by two police inspectors af-
ter the Middlesex county grand
| Jury acted on alleged revelations
of a l6-year-old Cambridge boy.
Protesting the arrest and deny
ing the charges, Dana was
brought to police headquarters
where he was photographed and
fingerprinted, and later was held
at East Cambridge Jail until he
provided $4,000 cash bail.
The sensational police action
against Dana came at time
when his name was being head
lined in connection with his pro-
communiSS1 & e az: ~
was charssl Int LINT &hAywss-
discharged by Columbia univer,
sity for preaching pacifism and
barred from England as a com,
munist, was conducting school
in communism in Boston. Regard.
ed as an American prototype OF
the English Communist, Evelyn
John Strachey, Dana in an inter.
view last week had defended
| Strachey's position in espousing
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05
~ HITLER KREIGHBAUM

BY HlLLfER kNEler1DAOm
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 5. (UPC
The nations suicide rate is going
down.
Statistics released through the
United Press today by the bureau
of vital statistics of the depart
ment of commerce showed that
the number of suicides in 1888,
the latest year available, was the
first to decline since the depres-
sion began in 1929. Not since
1928 has the suicide rate been
lower than the preceding year.
The suicide rate per 100, OOO
inhabitants for these years show
ed:
1929-14.0
1930-15.6
1931-16.S
1932-17.4
1933-15.9
Except for the District of Co
lumbia, which led all AZ states IN
the highest suicide rate, the rank
inc states for high suicides were
in the far west. The District Of
Columbia had BAL suicides per
hoo 600 population; Nevada 1873;
tcaI;fornia 2S.S; Colorado 24.8;
wyoming and Oregon, 24.2 each.
( Mississippi had the lowest sui
side rate in the nation with 90
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05
WEATHER

r.,,;uued cloudy with showers
tonight or Saturday
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Recently Released Census Figures
Show More Deaths Than Births

WASHINGTON (ANP)-Is the
colored American citizen dying
out? Figures released by the u.
s. census show that in many wide
ly-scattered cities, many more Ne
groes are dying each year than are
being born. The same is not true
of white citizens.
In 1880, in 81 selected registra
ton areas, the checkup reveal
that in "a cities more Negroes die,.
than were born. In 1881 the same
was true IL 70 cities. In the same
cities in 1880 there were only three
in which there was an excess of
white deaths over births and only
five in 1881.
The census bureau believes that
part of the responsibility for the
disparity between Negro deaths
and births is due to failure of col
ored families to register births. An
announcement concerning the Ne
gro death and birth rates states:
IF the people generally realized
the importance of birth registra-
tor, it would soor be an accom-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
CANDH URGES
INDIA TO AID
ETHIOPIA In WAR

CALCUTTA - While speaking
against Benito Mussolini because
of his outbursts against the dark
races, Mahatma NJ. K. Gandhi,
whose people call him savior, !"
last week, urged Indians to aid
Ethiopia in the impending strug-
gle.
Gandhi also appealed for funds
to finance an Indian Red Cross I'M
it in Ethiopia. His countrymen bit
terly resented Mussolini's state
ment that whites must be supreme
in Africa. They were aroused by
his charges that the yellows and
the blacks are uniting against the
white supremacy
Many Indians urged that If war
comes, India cannot remain aloof
from the Italo-E Ethiopian conflict.
Gandhi, the idol of many of midas
350.0O0,000 souls also a disciple
of peace and advocate of passive
resistance, maintained that his
country could not ignore. Musso-
lini's racial threat.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Believes 9r. F. D. Patterson, Tuskegee
Head, Will Add TO Schools Greatness
BY FeroI vInoent-smoot for AMP

BY Ferol Vincent smoot for AMP
NEW YoRK-The acts and OPP
inions Of DR.. F. D. Patterson, re-
Gently elected president Of Tuske-
gee Institute, win be front page
news in Negro newspapers for ma
ny years to come Even a hard
boiled world is willing to admit
that playing the role OF successor
to DR.. Booker T. Washington and
Robert r. Motion is a Herculean
undertaking. And early reports
concerning the plans of the new
President Of Tuskegee clearly in
dictate that he realizes that Tuske-
gee must continue to register pro-
grss in a rapidly changing world
Of economics and education.
DR.. Patterson is wearing the
mantle Of president with all of the
dignity and Assurance Of one who
is entirely familiar with the work
and who possesses many of the
special gifts necessary in the man
who is to direct the work Of this
colossal institution unique in its
field of service. In his early plans
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
PULLMAN PORTERS
GRANTED CHARTER

ATLANTIC CITY VIM. Green,
president of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, announced Saturday
that an international charter has
been granted to the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters. The move
eliminates a fight of more than
eight years on the part of the Pull
man porters' union for recognition.
The scope Of the charter is to be
determined in a conference which
will be called in the near future
by President Green with represen-
tatives of the Brotherhood.
In 1927 the porters' union began
its efforts to obtain an information
al charter. At Miami, Florida, in
1929, the executive council of the
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DR.. Patterson is displaying fore
sight, practically and daring.
The writer was afforded a SPLEEN
did opportunity to discuss On Pat
terson when Mr.. ALBION L. Holsey,
during brief visit to New York,
granted an interview. Mr.. Holsey
is Director of the Budget at Tus-
kegee Institute and he has had the
distinction of serving with the two
former distinguished presidents Of
Tuskegee. Mr. Holsey tells us:
CDR. Patterson begins his admin
istration at Tuskegee Institute with
resolute determination to find the
new pathways of service which are
necessary to reach those detectives
which present day conditions de-
mand.
"Of Tuskegee traditions, he says
that .Tuskegee Spirit conceived
by Booker T. washington and en-
riched by DR.. Motion, is a heritage
which win continue to permeate
the policies and plans of the fut-
ure.
Continued on Page Three
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
7 Burned to Death

ROME The seven Italians who
were burned to death when an air
plane fell near Cairo, Egypt, last
week, were honored here this week
as the first heroes of Italy's East
Africa program. Full state honors
were ordered for all seven of the
men and newspapers carried tri-
butes to them, pointing them out
as pioneers of Italy in Africa.
Considerable concern was report
ed over the crash because the air
plane was one of the type designed
for general East African service.
Observers attempting to gauge
Ethiopia's armament strength were
generally agreed that rifles appear
to be plentiful various estimates
ranging from 100000 to 1,O00,-
900. Some 200 cannon are also
credited to the East African state
although their usefulness is said to
be a matter of speculation since
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Presidents Order Still
Unheeded by War Dept.

NEW YORK-Although the War
Department at the direction of
President Roosevelt has called Me-
gro reserve medical officers and
chaplains for service with the CT
william Conservation Corps, it has
not called Negro reserve army Of
ficers. 1t is stated that the War
Department was adamant in its re-
fusal to call Negro officers because
It felt that their presence would
cause added resentment on the part
of the communities in which the
camps are located against the pre-
sence of Negro enrollees. The War
Department is said to be of the
opinion that white officers in the
colored camps help to quiet COM
munity sentiment against them.
The War Department is also said
to be of the opinion that since ev-
cry camp contains q number of
white technical employees who
would be under the jurisdiction of
colored officers, it would be con-
trary to army tradition to pllce
white men in this embarrassing
position. Other requests are being
made by the N.A.A.C.P. that the
matter of calling colored reserve
officers be given further consider
alton and that they be given ser
vice with the CCC.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Christian Church Determines
World Peace, Declares Bishop

BUDAPEST. Hungary CAMP ~
Speaking here this week at the eth
Worlds Christian Endeavor Con-
vention, Bishop L. W. Kyles Of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, U.S.A., on the subject Of
"christ's Kingdom" said:
Our faith Is confident that the
Kingdom Of this world shall be
come the Kingdom of our Lord
and His Christ. We feel however,
that this Kingdom IS not coming
as fast as it should. It is in daily
conflict with the kingdoms Of this
world.
Jesus dreamed of a new world,
q re-generated society Of brothers
and a universal kingdom. It de-
mands economic justice for the
working classes Of all races in all
countries. It insists on the aboli-
ton Of race and class prejudice in
America, In South Africa, and in
ali the world. It demands justice
on the part Of the stronger nations
to the weaker ones.
Tho laws of the Kingdom of
Christ as they affect human rela-
tions are Interchangeable in their OPP
Grafton and unalterable In their de-
crees. They may be violated, but
they cannot be changed. Those
who violate them must suffer the
consequences.
I'm the light Of this fact. what
answer viii the great white nations
of the earth make to this issue Of
national dominion under which
the rights Of persons and the per-
sonality Of the darker races shall
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
100000 MEN ARE
READY TO STOP
ANY INVASION

Adds ABABA- Rallying the
entire resources Of his country in
preparation for bitter battle ito
the death" in defense of the liberty
which it has enjoyed for centuries,
Halle Slaessie, emperor of Ethio-
pia has assembled seven ,lrmies,
numbering some 100000 men it
was learned here this week. De-
Tense measures, pressed rapidly
and secretly, have resulted in the
arming of about $4,000 OF them,
it was said, while the rest are re-
sponsible for their own equipment.
Meanwhile, declaring that the
danger of war is becoming more
and more serious" the emperor ex-
pressed faith in the great and
powerful Great Britain and France
and pledged his country's loyalty
to "all nations regardless of race
or religion who collaborate loyalty
WIN hlnlOpld.
Describing the attitude of Italy
as "devilish force" Selassie reit-
Grated his determination to defend
his country ito the last drop of
blood against aggression, at the
same time rejecting ''anything
which win hinder its independence,
lessen its sovereignty or affect the
prestige of its Emperor, its people
or its army"
Sunday it was reported that the
emperor had announced that Ethi-
opia was willing to cede part of
her territory to Italy in exchange
for an outlet to the sea and finan-
cial assistance.
Our government always wanted
to obtain loans for development of
the country and for speeding up
the work of civilization which has
been undertaken" said Selassie.
Declaring that he had no desire to
give offense to Italian prestige, he
insisted however, that the indepen-
dence of Ethiopia must not be
touched.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Figures On Louis
Levinsky Fight

CHICAGO (ANP)-The official
statistics on the Louis-Levinsky
fight at Comiskey Park last We'd
nesday evening were as follows:
Paid Attendance: 80, 1876.
Gross receipts: $4,000; net re-
ceipts, $156,s72.70.
Louis share: 80 per cent of SAT-
061.
Levinskys share: 20 per cent of
$S1, s74.54.
Park rental: 10 per cent, or $751;
600.
Park lighting; $4,000.
Ushers and other parry employ
ees: $4,000.
Manning park $4,000.
Fight headquarters: $4,000.
Purses, preliminary fighters and
other expenses: $4,000.
Profit to promoter: $4,000.
I'D FL ri
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Paul Calico, Sports Writer, Says He
Is All Through Picking On Joe Louis

CHICAGO-In an open declara-
ton that he believes Joe Louis,
conqueror Of Kingfish Levinsky,
to be the hardest and most accur-
ate puncher in years, Paul Calico.
white sports colmnnist, said Friday
that he's through picking against
the Blown Bomber, no matter who
his opponent is.
Under caption, From Fright"
Calico wrote:
Wee, timoIuns, covering beas-
tIel Oh, what a panic's in thy
breasted So wrote Robert Burns,
/ believe, in describing a mouse.
So, too, he might have writ the
other evening, when describing the
appearance and sensations of one
Harry Krakow, better known as
King Levinslxy The thing that is
puzzling US experts flight experts
license No. 35736-A) is what could
have set up dhis sudden panic in
Le-:nskyE breastie.
He seemed to be all right at
the weighing-in ceremony, albeit
a trifle sober and contemplative.
Nevertheless he still had sufficient
nerve to announce to one and sun
dry that he had named his puppy
dog Joe Louis. Maybe Joe Louis
reply, that that there dawg must
be full of dynamite. sank home.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
JOE LOUIS

JOE LOUIS extraordinarily
spectacular triumph over Kingfish
L.evinslxy in Chicago was smash
ing victory rightly chalked up to
the full credit Of the race.
we have right to describe this
second major prize ring success Of
our group as hsving been one Of
the most highly scientificable bril-
liant pueilistic performances Of all
times.
Plainly on the march to the COW
eted heavy freight championship Of
the world, Louis, with his binding
speed, terrific hitting power and
contempt for opponents, place him
clearly in the category Of an in
vincibIe fighter
However, 1t cannot be tr-uthfully
said that Louis. since his contacts
with supposed equals, has met an
opponent capable Of drawing out
from the Detroiter any measure
Of his seemingly inexhaustible
store Of fighting mettle.
The world knows now what COM
paratively easy mark sCarnera
turned out to be. L4evinslxy, Ito
borrow joe Williams discription)
proved to be merely worthless
"sacrificial herring before Louis
crashing sIedge hammer blows.
The Louis Camera bout was
merely in the category of an imi-
tation fight. The Levinslxy affair
was a farce IN which the latter
played his part excellently wen as
a scared coward
It all substantiates our conten-
ton that Louis, in whom all fair
minded Americans. colored or
white, have every reason to be
proud. has not yet met his match
in the ring.
We are looking to Louis COM
ing ten-round bout with Max Baer
rext month, with infinite confid-
ence that another victory viii be
added to his climbing record
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22

be supreme to the advantages of
the property Of these conquering
nations?
What answer win the Christian
nations give to our problems Of
race and war and social strife
Shall we scrap the Kellogg Peace
Pact, to which practically all the
civilized and Christian nations are
signatories, and allow Italy to raw
ish Abyssinia, a peace-loving peo-
pie? If this is done, two results
are inevitable: the first is that the
League of Nations, which repre-
sents the most advanced step of
the civilized nations OF the earth
in several hundred years, viii be
destroyed; and the second Is that
the progress of Christ's Kingdom
among the darker peoples win be
retarded.
"On the attitude of the Christ
ian Church and of the great white
Christian nations towards these
problems which 50 vitality affect
the darker races depends the peace
Of the world and the coming of the
Kingdom OF Christ. Present world
conditions and the ideals and OBJ
jectives of christ's Kingdom con-
stitute a challenge to the Church
and the Christian nations. Shall
we accep- the challenge and force
the issue ."
Delegates from countries all ov-
er the world attended the conven-
ton. Bishop Kyles was the only
Negro delegate from America, and
was officially CHOSEN as one Of the
speakers for this country.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
DIR. r. Weaver to Speak
At Negro Day Banquet

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Especially
DIR. Robert c. Weaver, advisor
on the Economic Status of the Ne
gro, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C., will be guest
speaker at the Negro Achievement
Day Banquet, San Diego EXPOSE
ton, Friday evening, August %,
at 8 o'clock.
This banquet will be held at one
of San Diego's leading downtown
hotels. Many prominent visitors
and guests are expected to be in
attendance,
DR.. Weaver is considered an out
standing authority in the field of
economics, especially that pertain
ing to Negroes. His appearance
in San Diego and the mammoth
banquet will be a very fitting be-
ginning to the Negro Achievement
Day Program, which takes place
on Saturday, August "a.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22

Certainly the King was a terror
stricken party, Wednesday even
ing, from the word go until he ca
pitulated in neutral corner.
The BaIlyhoo Gets EN-
81 suspect the King has too vi
vid an imagination and that the
stones Of Louis's ability to chill
with a couple OF punches were
preying Oh mis- mind. I have seen
many similar cases in the history
of the ring. There was, for in
stance, Ruby Goldstein and Jimmy
McLarin. Ruby could always hit
as hard as McLarin, but the tales
they told of McLarin's punch wor-
ried him into a state bordering on
hypnosis and practically the first
punch knocked him out.
Fighters are funny that way.
They go along for years, taking
the punch Of the hardest hitters
without a murmur. Then comes
some super-puncher, and they sue
cumb to the ballyhoo-the same
ballyhoo that is increasing ticket
sales and their purses. VIII they
be able to take the punch?
"Can he really hit so hard?
From the expression on the
Kings pan ! was prepared to write
his entire line Of THOUGHT:
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
NAACP WARNS OF
MORE LYNCHINCS

NEW YORK Warning that
there is grave danger that with
the impending adjournment of Con-
gress there will be an increase in
the number of lynchings or at
tempted lynchings," the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People this week sent
out instructions to all it's branches
to be on the alert. The associa-
TONS letter, signed by Mr.. Walter
White, secretary, cited the increase
of lynchings last year after Con-
gress adjourned without taking
action upon the Costigan-Wagner
federal anti-lynching bill.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
ETHIOPIA BUSHES DEFENSE PLANS
EDITORIAL
AGAINST LYNCHINC

New Bedford, Mass. Mercury
LYNCHING REiARs IT'S ugly
head again Ii tie United States.
On Monday two Negro farmers
were taken from a sheriff by a
Mississippi mob and hanged. It
IS said that the victims Of the
lynching were accused Of making
or attempting attacks on white
women. The news dispatches Of
fer no details Ii confederation Of
the guilt alleged against the men;
but the details Of their murder are
specific. So long as sectional SEN
timent Is able to prevent TsS enact
ment BY Congress Of legislation
imposing Federal penalties upon
local officials or communities that
give either active aid or the sane
ton Of passive resistance to mrr-
derous mobs. the crime Of lynch
ing win continue a reproach to the
nation and menace to the prin-
eiples Of law and order.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
SELASSIE JEWELS
PUT IN BR|TIAN'S
STRONG BOXES
BY William N. Jones

PARIS. France Ethiopia ex-
poets italy to strike her first blow
during the incoming week.
This was learned from the last
contingent Of Ethiopian students
at st. cyr, the great French mill
tary academy, who rushed home
this weekend to join the war ma
chine of their fatherland.
Or. Martin Arrives
simultaneously, last week, Abys-
sinian Minister to London DR.. Mar
tin arrived with Abyssinian jewels
and sacred treasures. which he de-
posted in England in anticipation
Of early hostilities.
While some of the vast treasures
Of the empire have been hidden in
mountain fortresses, a large bulk
Of them have been brought to Eng
land, not only to make it impos-
sible for them to fall into the hands
Of the Italians, but to place them
where they may be disable In the
event that Abyssinia may be hard
put for credit with which to buy
ammunition.
From authoritative sources, this
paper learned this week that these
treasures reach an enormous value.
Martial Spirit
At the same time high martial
spirit is being demonstrated in Adj
dis Ababa despite the efforts Of
the Emperor to place no excuse on
record for the known intentions Of
Mussolini to start his hostilities.
For instance, some three thou
sand troops from Wallamo, arriv-
ing under Dedjasmatch Moshesha
Wolde, governor of Kunta, made
such a demonstration that they
were ordered to march out of the
city to prevent possible complica-
tions during this diplomatic crisis.
All day last Sunday the Jeunesse
d'Etniopia, a mems patriotic or
ganization, conducted patriotic de-
monstrations at which there were
speeches and which the Empress
attended. This organization, which
is somewhat like the Catholic Or
der of Knights of Columbus, has
taken the task of propagandizing
the various provinces and raising
the patriotic fervor of the Ethio-
plan natives.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-08-22
Mitchell Urged To Vote
For Cuffey Coal Bill

NEW YORK-Congressman Ar
thur w. Mitchell was urged this
week to vote for the Guffey Coal
bill by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. The N.A.A.C.P. was advised
that the bill win benefit thousands
of Negro coal miners who are
members of the United Mine Wor-
kers Union, which draws nc color
line.
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plished fact in every state. There
is hardly a relation of life, social,
legal, or economic, in which the
evidence furnished by an accurate
registration of births will not prove
to be of the greatest value to the
individual and also to the public
at large. 1t is, therefore, not only
an act of civilization to register
&ohs, but also good business, for
9th certificate is frequently
ny practical ways.
IT. 10 # births for each
100 deal. Go 31e9 for colored ci-
tizens in H. @fof cities in 1881
was as follows:
Alabama: Montgomery, 80; Mo-
bile. 90; Bessemer, 90, Tuscaloosa,
"A.
Arkansas Hot Springs, 81; Lit
tie Rock, AZ.
Delaware: Wilmington, 0.
Florida: Jacksonville, 81; Pensa-
cola, 70; Tampa, 81; West Palm
Beach 90.
Georgia: Athens, SO; Atlanta, 81;
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