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Evening star., 1935-05-14
LEHMAN BANS NUDISM
New York Governor Signs Bill

Outlawing Practice.
ALBANY, N. Y, May IA @.-
Legislation barring the practice OF
nudism In New York State was on
New York's statute books last night.
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman signed the
Mccall measure making it q misde-
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Dixie Fete Is
IInntefTfaefaa+f
By S. g. WALLACE

Augusta, Ca, May 30-(AN
P)-The Augusta Bi-centennial
has come and gone, and Colored
people are wondering what has
come over Augusta-whether we
have seen the, birth of a new
spirit, or just the ghost of that
which we have hoped for, but are
not to realize for a long time to
come. At any rate, the people in
charge of the Bi-centennial ar
engagements are to be roundly COM
mended. The Colored committee
was called into being at the ninth
hour, yet it functioned grand
ly. Jim-crow had only a small TART
in the arrangements. In the pa
rades, there was no effort to ar
range the Colored floats at the
tail-end of the parade, and they
appeared sandwiched in from the
head to the rear of the line. In
the pageant, the organizations
according to the date of
their organization, white and
Colored alike. While there seemed
to be some light effort to jim
crow in the seating arrangement,
this was not rigidly enforced, and
Colored people sat where they de-
sired. s'
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY

Saint Marks eighteenth ami
versary ended Friday night with
much success. The captains work
ed zealously and reported as re-
quested by their pastor, Rev. F. c.
Van Buren,:
Monday night; Mrs. Alma Chan
der, $15.08; Mrs. Myrtle Brown,
$13.45. Tuesday night: Mrs. lola
billiard, 5000; Mrs. Henrietta
Goodman, $3.50. Wednesday
night, Mrs. Anna Vincent, S14.14;
Mrs. Christina Jacobs, $17.72.
Friday night: Mrs. Mary Posey,
8.75; Mrs. Mary Hutchinson $18. 80
The week of May 20, Monday night
Mrs. Mary Bell, $23.10; Mrs. Laura
Passmore, SILT; Tuesday night,
Mrs. Ruth Doneghy, $500. We'd
nesday night, Mrs. Beulah Walton,
1920; Mrs. Vera Johnson, 1910.
Thursday night: Mrs. Bobbie Hin
ton, $21 90; Mrs. Edward Fritz,
$500. Friday night: musical
and literary program. The total
raised in the two weeks was $244.80
Mrs. E. L. Jacob won first prize.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
News of East Chicago, Ind.
By r. 7. AVINGTON
1907 Carey st.

asible by Mr.. Ell Ray johnson, VICE
president of the B. Y. p. u. I his
part ofthe program was very in
spirational to both the Juniors and
Seniors.
The Zion Baptist Oh rich will
hold its regular business meeting,
Friday night, May 31st, 7:30 p. IN.
The B. B. o. E. Girls Club had
four graduates in the class of '35.
Misses Ethelda Love, Anna Mae
Samuels, Mamie Adams and Lily
Mae Harris. These girls received
flowers on commencement night.
An invitational party was gwen
by Mr.. and Mrs. John Daniels at
their home on Broadway, Friday
May "a, in honor of Otis Turner
and Quentin Smith. The young
ladies and their escorts had a love
ly time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Doneghy
were host and hostess to the Idle
Hour Club at their home Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Arlington,
entertained the JdESas Twenty So
cial club at their home Saturday
night.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
New Deal Discus sed At Howard University

Washington, May 29-(ANP-
At the concluding session of the
three-day conference held under
the auspices of the Joint Commit
tee on National Recovery, and the
Social Science Division of Howard
university last Monday evening,
an almost unanimous voice of pro-
test was raised against the treat
ment accorded Negroes under the
New Deal, by variety of speak
ers, representing all phases of in
telligent Negro thought.
Under the impartial gavel of
DR.. Mordecai Johnson, president
of the university, who presided,
opinions ranged from the mild dis
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Insanity Plea
Fails; Youth
Sent TOPen

Birmingham, Ala, May %
(ANP) An Indication that in
sanity pleas in the south are for
whites only was seen in the denial
of the plea to Willie Jones, &C
cused and convicted Of robbing a
girl of rs cents and stabbing her.
He was sentenced to 10 years
Imprisonment. His lawyers con-
tended before Judge j. @. Smith
that he was insane.
The judge called in DR.. James
A. Collins, county Jail physician.
Collins examined Willie in his cell
and pronounced him sane. Willie's
lawyer, however, produced Pro
bate court papers showing that he
had been sent to the asylum in
1881 on DR.. Collins testimony that
he was insane.
Judge. Smith scarcely knew
what to do, but ended the case by
sending the prisoner to the state
penitentiary.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Kappas Hold
Educational
Meet in East

Atlantic CITY. N. j.. MAY 30
(ANP)--A capacity audience r.
warded the efforts of l,ta chapter
of Phi Delta Kappa sorority
when they held the first of a Sc
ries of educational conf rences
here last week at the Y. M. c. ~.
Miss Effie Brown, vice pres dent
of the chapter, directed the meet
ing and introduced Miss Mary
K. Laws, popular teacher from
the Atlantic City high school.
Miss Laws spoke sympathetical-
ly on the problems that confront
modern high school youths and
their parents. She sp, Ike particu-
arly of the need for intelligent
guidance if boys and girls a~e to
lerive the maximum benefit from
ur effort to educate them. Miss
avs stressed the fact th0t we
must look beyond mark on r.
ort cards to the p7vch gical
adjustment Of the child and his
uture spiritual as we'll "a mate-
"ial success. The m citing was Ia
.er broken up into sectional
groups where a more intimate
study of different age groups was
attempted.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
First Negro ''Samese Twins" Shown At Medical Conf
rUSKEGEE INSTITUTE HOLDS 54th COMMENCEMENT
New Yorker
Named Aid to
q. Relief Head

New York, May 30 (ANP)--
Announcement was made this
week of the appointment of Dean
S. Yarbrough, Of the personnel
department of the Emergency
Relief bureau of the City of New
York to the post of assistant to
Oswald w. Knauth, executive di-
rector of the Emergency bureau.
Mr.. Knauth, in speech before
the Brooklyn Urban League, an
nounced Mr.. Yarborough's APP
pointmcnt, and said there would
be no prejudice nor discrimination
in the administration of the
Emergency Relief bureau on the
basis of race or color.
Dean Yarbrough is a product
Of the Urban league, having been
appointed a fellow of the leagu
at the University Of Pittsburgh in
1925, after his graduation from
Springfield college in Springfield,
Mass. He received the degree Of
matser of arts at the University
of Pittsburgh in 1926. and was
awarded the degree of doctor of
philosophy by the same institution
in 1884, while research assistant
in the national office of the Ur-
ban league. Mr.. Yarbrough was
industrial. secretary of the Brock
Ign Urban league for two and
one-half years. and executive of
the Warren, Ohio, Urban league
for four years.
The Emergency Relief bureau
of the City of New York is the
la~~rst crgan zation f,r the al
ministration and distribution of
relief in America, or in the world.
and the appointment of Dean
Yarbrough is unquestionably a
tribute to his ability which has
been demonstrated in the person
mel department of the bureau,
where he has been for the past
six months; and to the desire CT
the executive director, Mr.. Knauth
to eliminate discrimination on ac-
count of race. Mr.. Yarbrough is
married and has two children.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
High School Student Slain

sb>ts and knew of no reason fer
the shooting. He said he had paid
Watt 25 cents for taking him
home, and that on the way he had
taken two others, ole of whom
was Watts brother, Charl-s, u
their homes.
"When we turned into Shaw
boulevard, off of Wand -ventor,'
Calcatcrra said, 81 saw a new
black sedan parked on Shaw fac
ing east. The other car turned
around and continued to follow
lim. That's all l know about it. .
Watt, wounded, drove his car
INTO an all night filing station
and collapsed after asking an at
tendant to call an ambulance. In
the operating room he reganed
consciousness long enough to tell
police that there were two white
men in the car which had followed
him and to say that he had taken
Galcaterra home before The shoot
,ng.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Gov. Pearson
Welcomes Quiz
in Virgin Isles

st. Croix, Virgin Islands, May
27 (ANP)-Gov. Paul Pearson,
commenting upon the postpone
ment of the investigation of the
administration of affairs in the
Virgin Islands, said Monday:
"While | am disappointed that
a thorough investigation into the
administration of the Virgin
Islands is not to be completed i'm
mediately, yet | welcome the
statement of Senator Reynolds
that, with an extension of time,
the committee will be able to
make a complete investigation.
81 trust the inquiry will be ex-
tended to include those factors of
tradition, history and social con-
ditions which adhere in the stu
alton. Such an investigation would
have enormous constructive value.
1t would be particularly valuable
that Congress have a statement
of the problems and conditions of
the Virgin Islands, as well as that
they have a report on the facts
of the present administration.
81 sincerely hope that when the
full committee comes to us in the
fall they will carry through the
complete study of what the ad-
ministration has done, and a con-
structive study of what conditions
here require congressional ac-
ton. With such a complete re-
port, by the senator's, the entire
Congress can plan wisely to CO.
operate with the department of
the Interior Tor a longtime pro-
gram for the deserving people of
the Virgin Islands" p.
Senator Reynolds, who was to
conduct the investigation ordered
by the U. S. Senate, sailed for his
home May 20, after a pleasant
stay in the Islands, but without
accomplishing anything.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Healthy Infants, Boys,
Joined Together At
The Chest
By R. C. FISHER

st. Louis, Mo-, May 29-(AN
)-Siamese twins of an unusu-
al type, first on record to be born
Of Negro parents, were displayed
at the Missouri Pam Medical as
ISOLATION which closed its 25th
annual session here last Thurs
day.
The twins were delivered by a
Caesarian operation April 13, at
Sedalia, No., hospital. DR.. R. A.
Maddox, physician, who brought
the twins to the convention, said
they weighed II pounds and 8
ourfces and were Joined at the
chest; both were males, full
formed and faced each other. DR.
Maddox read an excellent scien-
tific paper pertaining to the rare
discovery. He explained that such
types of Siamese twins are styled
Thorocopagus, due to the peculiar
union. They have fully developed
heads, upper and lower extremi-
ties and their hips are separate
and normal.
The Missouri Medical as
ISOLATION has no record of this
type of twins in our race. They
never live over a few hours, DR..
Maddox related. ..
More than 100 delegates from
Kansas City and out-state, includ-
ing st. Louis, were in attendance.
DIR w. B. Christian of St. Louis,
secretary of the association, 1926
35, and DR.. |. w. Brown, St.
Louis, treasurer, 1926-35, received
awards for distinguished service
during the year =. !
DIR. ]. Owen Bloche, resident
pathologist of City Hospital No.
2, was awarded a certificate for
most. valuable contribution to the
1885 program. - :
Officers elected were: Presi-
dent, E. 7. Taylor, St. Louis;
president-elect, Chas. R. Humbert,
Kansas City; vice president, E.
l.. Harper, ST. Louis; secretary,
WR- Gbristtjisn ST. hGs1iS; asSiss,;
ant !, secretary, W. H. Madison,
Marshall; teasurer, l.. w. Brown,
st. Louis; censor, Earl Williams,
Lovejoy, Ill.
The 1886 convention will be
held in Kansas City, Mo.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

East Chicago, Ind, May 30
Rev. j. M. Register, pastor of The
First Baptist church returned TO
his post Sunday, May 26, and was
greeted by large congregation.
Rev. Register just closed a great
evangelistic campaign in MN
phis, Tenn. He also attended III
Southern Baptist convention while
in that icty. Accompanied by Mr..
Charlie Scott, he visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Of
Stanton Tenn. Their trip includ-
ed tour through Mississippi.
The Willing Workers cub met
Tuesday evening at the church,
1901 McCook ave-, Solomon White
head, pres.
The Faithful Few club met Fri
day evening at the home of Mrs,
Candis Robertson, 4018 Drummond
St, Mrs. Mary Newman, pres.
First Baptist church choir wi
rehearse Friday evening, 6 p. m.
at the church, Mrs. B. Whit head
pres.
TIE Red Star Circle and Bereaa
Band will meet Monday evening
GOO p. NJ, at the church, 1901
ave-, Mr.. B. B. Royston, pres.
Rev. C. G. Holston, 1920 Calu-
met ave, Chicago, visited First
Baptist church, Sunday.
The Four Wonde + Quartette,
Warren Landurum, James Wright
Charles Protho, and Willie L. Per-
ny, manager will be heard ever
radio station WAAF, Hammond,
Ind.
Mrs. Bette Whitehead, '31
Vernon, spent the weekend visit
ing her sister-in-law in Chic ago.
Rev. S. Ruffins, pastor Of Taber-
nacle Baptist church is in chang
of a "Soul Saving Campaign" at
the First Baptist church. The
me, ing started Monday right.
The Zion Baptist church en-
ioyed its usual Fourth Sunday
program. The morning services
were conducted by acting pastor,
George G. Garrett. The Zion B. Y.
?. u, enjoyed a delightful session
onthe third Sunday in May. The
entire Union was ruled over by a
staff of juniors. The officers were
Bonnie Saunders, pres, Nat an
iel Nicholas, vice-pres,, and Edith
London, sec. This new part of the
Unions PROGRAM was made pos
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

st. Louis, No.. May 29-(AN
P)-Assassins bore down ON PaHi
Watt, 25 year old Vashon nigh
school student with automatic
pistols, shooting him to death on
Shaw avenue, Just west of Kings
highway, here last Friday morn
ing. Police are Investigating.
Watt, who lived at 3012 Rutger
street, had driven but few blocke
from the home Of Joseph Calcat-
ezra, Italian, 5306 Shaw avenue
owner of a tavern at 300 Rutger
street, whom Watt had taken
home in his car.
A new black Oldsmobile sedan.
occupied by two white men, pulled
along side of Watts car and six
shots were fired into the car from
automatic pistols. One of Them hit
Watt in the abdomen and he died
an hour later at City hospital No
2.
Calcaterra, questioned by Che
police, said he had not head tn
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

PHILADELPHIA Pa. May 30-(A
NP)-A ringing challenge di-
rected at the public was hurled
from the studio of DR.. M. Frank
lin Hoster, well known musician
here this week, when he declared
that $50 much free music has
been donated FIR teas. concerts
and programs of various types,
that individuals and committees
who arrange these programs seen
to resent the thought that some
of US will not work unless some
consideration is shown FIR the
service rendered.
"The best available tale9t amono
musicians will be invited to per-
form at some affair which lasts
over a period of several hous,'
DR.. Hoster continued. can offer
J. g is expected, whittier you CIV.
it or not.
"The public is generous and
tolerant. They give the offerin'
because they are usually interest
ed in the cause it will benent
When they want to hear a pro
gram thev go. If Cab Galloway
or Duke Ellington or Noble Sissl,
is appearing, the public pays for
ticket and goes to hear them.
The reason they don't buy ticket
to hear our serious artists is be-
cause they have heard Mary Smith
or John Jones free many time
before. If Cab Galloway and the
rest played for half dozen teas
and charity affairs this month,
who would pay to go to the thea
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

He strongly appealed to the MEM
bers of the graduating class 70
seek the fullness of life in con-
tinued study.
Warren Logan, retired treas
urer of Tuskegee Institute, the
only member of the present fac
llty who witnessed the first com
menccment exercises, presented
Mrs. Virginia Driver, Tuske9eo
Institute, Ala; Mrs Josephine Ty-
son, Opelika, Ala; Miss Ellen
Mccullough, Tuskegee, Ala, and
H. H. Twheatt, Moultrie, Ga, The
four surviving members of the
class of 1885, who celeberatcd
their 50th anniversary reunion
Thursday. Mrs. Mary Gum, Tus-
llegee, Ala, who joined the class
on the day Tuskegee Institute
was opened, July a, 1881, but did
rot remain to complete the course,
was also presented to the audi
ance.
Class Makes Donation
At the conclusion of the con-
ferring of degrees, Dr.. w. T. b,
Williams, dean of the college, pc
sented Robert R. Motion, Jr., pres
ident of the class of 1885, who
in turn presented to President
Motion a cash donation of fifty
dollars from the class which was
designated as fund for prizes
for the best all-around senior in
each succeeding graduating class.
Nathaniel O. Galloway, Phi. B.,
head of the department of chem
istry, Tuskegee Institute and a
member of the class of 1925, de-
livered the alumni address. In a
survey of his class, he made the
significant Statement that 35 per
cent CT the members of the class
were following the trades that
they had taken at Tuskegee; 30
pek cent were in the teaching pro-
feskon, very large per cent had
continued their academic train
ing, Laftar- leaving Tuxkegea and
that a considerable plumber were
engaged in work in Alabama. At
the conclusion of his address he
presented, on behalf of his class,
b substantial donation to DIR. Mo-
ton, to be used in furthering the
work of Tuskegee
| DR.. Motion, after expressing his
Ncep love for Tuskegee Institute,
ITS higl ideals, its students, its
faculty and its friends, assured
all that although he was giving
up active duties, Tuskegee would
continue to have not only his in
terest, but his presence as well as
his loyal and faithful support.
He then said that althounh the
Inauguration of DIR. Patterson
would not take the place until the
coming October, he felt hat Tus-
kcgee's new president should be
presented at this time.
In acknc wledging DIR. M 1ton's
tribute, DR.. Patterson said: at
shall then be a great privilege
and a pleasure to cooperate with
you, DIR. Motion, and friev d5, that
we may maintain the high ideal
on which this institution was
founded that it may always in
terpret its extreme worth in terms
of usefulness to the youth of our
country and particularly Of cur
race"
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Nurses Hold
Graduation

{ Boston. Mass. Nay 80 GAN
LIBERALIZATION exercises of the
Red Cross Hygienic and First Aid
classes sponsored by the Boston
tuberculosis association were
held here at the Everett school
on last Friday, with Mrs. Fred
erick T. Lord presiding and the
Rev. Richard Owens of the Peo-
nle's Baptist church dsliysSiRg
Mrs .Berni6e Billings, R. N,
executive secretary Of the asso-
citation, sketched an outline of its
program. for health and DIR.
James j. keenan,, director of the
Boston Sclg5ol Hygiene depart
ment, was the principal speaker.
In his talk, he touched on the pro-
gram being followed in his de-
partment. Mrs. Jessie Higgs, r.
N, awarded the home hygiene
certificates.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

join revolution" Whereupon,
Ford retorted: 1.-THE revolution is
coming, in spite of the +. d. Roos-
evelts and the Kelly Millers."
Others who presided at The con-
ference included: DIR. Charles
Wesley, Howard professor; Miss
Mamie Burroughs, head of the
National Training School FOR Wo-
men and Girls; DR.. A. Howard
Long, Assistant Superintendent Of
Schools; Miss Elizabeth Eastman,
National Women's Trade Union
LEAGUE and Professor Alain Locke
professor of Philosophy, Howard
university.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
DR.. r! R. Motion, Retiring
Prexy, Gives Grads Their
Diplomas

Tuskegee Institlte,--M ay so
Shortly after ddkbreak Thurs
day, the largest .&owd that has
gathered at thd~Al tute since the
50th anniversary, started pouring
into the campus to 4ttend the 54th
commencement exercises of Tus
kegee Institute AMI the last at
which the degrees hnd diplomas
would be awarded by Dir. Robert
R. Motion, retiring president. The
influx of visitors, Graduates and
friends of the school began arriv-
ing as carly as Sunday for the
baccalaureate addrels which wa
delivered by DR.. Lajens H. Thorn
as, III, professor G religious I'd
ucation at Emory University, At
lanta, Ga, and by Thursday, the
campus had taken On a real fes-
tive appearance.
The program, divided into two
parts, began in Logan hall al
10 O'Clock Thursday morning
The following stud Ents sp k9;
Eustace R. Campfieldl "The Shoe
maker in the Community" Ardell
Lewis, "Home Crafts IN the Com
munity;" Green Palmer, eth.
Dairy in the Community" Cleo
Belle Sharpe, "The Dressmaker
IN the Community" Letitia C.
Woods, Trends in NJ gro Educs-
ton in Alabama" John C. Greene,
Jr., "Electronic Tubes in Sound
Projections" Grace NJ. Higgs,
"The Nurses Place in the Com
munity;" Nathaniel j. Cox, "The
Nature and Scope of the Work of
the Teacher CT Vocational Agri-
cultre," and Bobbie NJ. Nicolas
key, "The Negro and Home Eco
nomics in the New Day."
Motion Leads Procession
In the academic procession for
the afternoon exercises which be-
gan at 2 o'clock were President
Robert r. Motion, the Rev. Rich
ard H. Bowling, speaker of the
day; DIR. f. d. Patterson, presI-
dent-elect; DR.. Nathaniel 0. Cal
loway, alumni speaker, represent
ing the class of 1925, celebrating
it's tenth anniversary reunion
four members of the class of
1885, who returned for their 50th
anniversary reunion; members Of
the faculty, visiting alumni and
friends.
Bachelor of science degrees
were awarded by DIR. Motion to 20
candidates representing The school
Of education, home economics, ag-
riculture, mechanic arts and bust
ness. College trade certificates
were awarded to three cand dates
diplomas in nurse training TO six
high school diplomas to AZ and
trade certificates to LII.
The Rev. Richard II. Bowling,
pastor of the First BaptisC church
Norfolk, Va, in a Stirring sd
dress, appealed to tile m mb2rs
Of the class for a h4,gh idealism
He urged them to think Of their
education not as a thing finished,
but as a tool for work to be &C
complished. He uSced them to
make a study of thd achiev6me t.
of members of theirI race; to seei
opportunities of social and com
munity and to seeli high sta d
ards of womanhood and manhood.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31

sent to the genera program Of
revolt expressed bN The venerable
retired dean Millers of the school,
to the bitterly compromising
arrangement Of the1 capitalist sys-
tenn in general, and1ehe American
government in particular, as wa
voiced by James ". Ford, Com
munist organizer and yice-presi-
Dental candidate during the last
campaign.
Although the fact that Howard
university supplied forum for
the free expression Of radical
opinion is said to ,lave aroused the
ire of certain of the conservative
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
MEN, WOMEN, GYPPED
LOOKING FOR WORK

Charleston. S. c., May BOA
NP)-Forty-six men and women,
recruited from the potato fields
in Hastings, Fla. on the pretext
work in Charleston county, this
state, were left stranded here
without jobs by the white men
who drove them up in trucks. The
white truckmen made each man
and woman pay $1.50 in advance
for transportation and promised
the jobs upon the payment of so
cents after arriving here. But af-
ter unloading their passengers,
the truckmen disappeared.
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31
Convict Clever Woman Thief

New York, My 29-(ANP)-
Louise Dunbar, 33, the only wo-
man the police departments re
Gently issued WANTED List" in
cluded, was sentenced to ten years
imprisonment in Bronx county
last weeK for grand larceny.
Police accused the woman Of
stealing clothing and jewelry
worth 100000 from Bronx, Long
Island and Whstchester homes.
They termed her one Of the clever
est woman thieves.
She made a practice of accept
ing employment as a domestic in
wealthy homes. After a few days
work police charged, she would
loot her employers home and dis
appear,
Metropolitan news., 1935-05-31


alumni of the school, this confer
ence was far cry from the time,
more than a dozen years ago,
when, under the ADMINISTRATION of
president, DR.. ]. Stanley Durkee,
the university was threatened
with less than its annual appro-
priation, due to the discovery of a
radical phamplet in the school
library.
Prof. Miller, who for years has
held the balance between the rad
ical and conservative elements
within the group stated from the
floor Of the conference, at would
be suicide for the Colored race TO