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DE LAWD'S ESTATE,
TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, NO WILL

CHICAGO Richard B. Harri-
son, De Lawd in the play, "The
Green Pastures" left an estate es-
timated at $4,000, it was revealed
when Probate Judge John F. o.
Cornell granted letters of admin
istration to Laurence Harrison, his
son.
The 7O-year-old actor died inte-
stat in New York on March IA.
JSdgs o'connell approved the
claim of his widow against his es-
tate for s2,O56, representing the
cost of funeral services in New
York and Chicago.
Heirs are the widow, Mrs. Ger
trude Harrison; the son, and one
daughter, Marian.
The estate consists of $500 in
cash and about $1,000 in real es-
tate, which includes the Harrison
home.
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Chicago Financier Tells Inside
Story Of Binga Bank Crash

big banks with the consequent fai-
lure Of the smaller hanks.
Writes Mr.. Carroll:
"The opening gun fired in the
battle which wrecked 200 Chicago
banks and banlxrupted the city
was the closing Of the Binga State
Bank in July, 1880, the first the
Clearing House banks to close in
twenty years.
Jesse Binga was a colored man
He was man Of rather pleas
ing personality. and somewhat a.
hove the average of his race in
culture. His bank was a good
bank, and was admitted to mem
bership in the Clearing House As
soclation without much question,
remaining in tic Association until
the day of its closing.
'The circumstances of the Bin
ga bank closing are revealing.
Howard O. Simms, a former ma
tional bank examiner and pro-
tege Of Charles G. Dawes, was at
that time chief examiner Of the
Clearing House Association. He
went over to see the State Audi
tor, oscar Nelson, and told Nelson
that Binga would need couple of
hundred thousand dollars to see
him through his difficulties. Mel
ION replied that unless simms got
it for Binga, he, Nelson, would
close Binga up.
"Simms hurried down to the
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RELATES
TRICKS USED FOR
EXPLOITING RACES

NEW YORK The usr1- class
es in different countries use either
religion, color, sex. class lines, or
nationality, or combinations Of
these, to divide and exploit the
rest of the people, declared ]. A.
Rogers, traveller and historian, in
speaking on WHATS Behind the
Race Problem" herr, Sunday.
I'm the West Indies" he relat-
ed. ''if a man has money, educa-
ton, and ability, the question Of
his color is forgotten; he is accept
ed and becomes a part Of that
same upper class which is keeping
other people down at the bottom"
Transcend Barriers
Despite the color barriers, many
have assembled and progressed ov-
er them, the speaker said, as he
recalled that a slave from the SUI
dan rose to high power in the Mo-
hammedan Empire of Turkey, and
was second only to the Sultan in
power. Morocco and Portugal were
ruled by black men in 100, he al
SO said.
Mr.. Rogers, in referring to
France, said that there was no
color and race problem there. Ma
ny dark-skinned citizens hold high
offices in the army and navy, and
the cabinet, he asserted. Foreign
writers, he said. find it more diff
cult to get jobs there than do the
others.
In order to divide oppressed
groups into factions, the dominant
classes brand the darker races as
being inferior, he said.
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.FERA TURN down
COLORED COLONY;
FOR WHITES ONLY.

WASHINGTON There will be
no colony established IN Alaska
for the two thousand colored per-
sons whe sent their signatures on
petition of this request to the
President of the United States by
DR.. Joe e. Thomas of Cleveland,
Ohio, it was announced by the ru-
raj rehabilitation office, this week.
DR.. Thomas, who presented the
petition to Marvin H. Mcintyre,
secretary to President Roosevelt,
about a month ago, told the Am
erican Negro Press that the Al
aslkan Colonization Association, of
which he is the president, was
aiming to have one million persons
to colonize in Alaska on the Kenai
Peninsula in the Kuskowin and
the Yukon Valley districts.
Climate Never Severe
These sections had temperate
climates, according to a report is
sued by the Department of the In
terror for prospective settlers. The
climate is never severe, the report
state, and the land is the best ag-
ricultural land in Alaska.
In the meantime the FERA.
through its rural rehabilitation di-
vision, has announced a plan for
rehabilitating 200 families from
northern Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconsin in the Matanuska Val
ley of Alaska.
Officials of the department said
that white persons would be sell
ected from relief rolls of those
three states by state authorities,
and it was not known here wheth-
er colored persons would be in
Guided in the selection.
These three states were chosen,
the official stated, because the ge-
ographical and climatic conditions
of them were similar to the valley
in Alaska, and therefore the per-
sons would suffer no hardship
from environmental changes.
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SCORES
IN LONDON-MADE
FILM OF AFRICA

LONDON. Eng. Paul Robson,
noted singer and actor, added new
laurels to his crown by his por-
trayal in an English-made film,
Sanders of the Rivers" which
had its premiere here Tuesday.
Robson made an impressive
figure of Bosambo, leader of a
loyal African tribe, and his deep,
rich voice never was more effec-
tive rban in these native melodies.
The production was chiefly remar-
kable for tre African songs and
ceremonials that were introduced
based on Photographic recordings
actually made in the jungle.
Nina Mae Mckinney also APP
peared in the film, but London
critics claim she appeared too So
phisticated for a native African
lass.
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U. S. Supreme Court Agrees
70 Hear Jess Hollins Case

WASHINGTON, D. The Jess
Hollins case. known as the Scots
boro case Of Oklahoma, win be
heard by the United States sup
RENE court on April 20, the court
indicated here Monday.
In the tremendous excitement
over the victorious scottsboro case
reversal and the significant opin-
ion on the Texas white primary,
the courts announcement that it
had granted a writ of certiorari
in the Jess Hollins case attracted
no attention. But those familiar
with the Hollins case have point
ed out its similarity to the Scots
boro cases and have expressed the
belief that it is an important at
tack on the court system IF the
south as it operates against Ne
groes.
Convicted in 1881
Hollins was convicted December
2s, 1881, at a farce trial. in the
basement Of the jail in sapulpa,
Oklahoma. He was charged with
criminal assault upon q white girl.
At his trial, which was held at
idght, he had no lawyer and no
one to advise him Of his rights.
livery man in the courtroom was
against him and he was warned
that if he did not plead guilty he
would be turned over to lynch
ing mob. He pleaded guilty, was
sentenced to death, and was rush.
ed by automobile to the state PEN
itentiary the same night.
Three days before the scheduled
execution, NAACP officers ir ok
lahoma telegraphed the national
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Three CoIored Men Get
Guggenheim FelIowships

NEW YORK Fellowships
worth $1,000 year were award
ed to three Negroes, along with
A other Americans by the Gug-
genheim Foundation on Monday.
Langston Hughes, novelist and
short story writer, now living in
CARMEL, California, and William
Grant Still, composer and musici-
an of Philadelphia, were the Me-
groes to receive the award. Still is
making a study of primitive music
and Hughes is writing a new nov
ell.
Also included in the list of a.
wards was DIR. Abram L. Harris,
associate professor of Economics,
at Howard University.
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Migration Urged To
End Race Rioting

NEW Wholesale exodus
of Harlem's needy citizens to their
old homes in the South, with the
government paying the train fare,
was recommended Monday by Ed
ward c. RybiclSi, supervising med
iator of the state labor depart
ment.
The labor chief claimed that
such an exodus is the only solu-
ton to the problem posed by last
weeks race riot.
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'Shufflin' joe Is Two-Handed
Fighter, Says Sports Writer

troit, who originally came from
way down yonder in Alabama,
hasn't been bowling over the Sch
melings and Harnesses and Garner
as.
So far, he has been like BAN
player hitting 1886 or better in
Class B league, and what he win
do against major league pitching
is merely something for specula-
ton.
But Shufflin' Joe knocked out
Lee Ramage twice and Lee is a
pretty good boxer who went the
limit with Art Lasky and was ar
cund to hear the final bell in three.
meetings with Steve Hamas.
Win the exception of James j.
Braddock, the Jersey longshore-
man who has been staging come
back, the dusky Detroiter is the.
only one of the heavyweight crowd
who has gained much ground since.
early last autumn.
Camera, LasiSy, SchmeIing, Inn
pelletier, and Hamas are standing
nov where they were standing
then. But shufflin' Joe has been
coming along with a double shut
file.
They say it doesn't male much
difference which hand he hits with.
His right is bad news until his left
comes along and seems even worse
to the shocked absorber.
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office and machinery was started
In motion which secured d stay Of
execution for Hollins and quickly
got a reversal Of his conviction by
the state supreme court. The Ok
lahoma supreme court, in revers-
ing the conviction, rebuked the
lower court in scorching language
and declared that Hollins had been
denied all his constitutional rights
in a ruthless manner.
Branches of the N.AA.C.P. in
Oklahoma, assisted by the nation
al office, raised the funds for the
new trial and the appeal to the Ok
lahoma supreme court following
the second conviction.
Girl Familiar with Negroes
It was at the second trial that
the Hollins case was shown to be
very similar to the Scottsboro
case. White Oklahoma lawyers
engaged by the state N.A.A.C.P
brought out in direct testimony
that the girl who claims to have
been assaulted by Hollins YVES on
familiar terms with Negroes, had
gone to their homes and dance
halls for amusement, had made q
practice of drinking with them
and enjoyed a reputation as a
good time girl in the neighbor-
hood.
The girls testimony was that
she had been criminally attacked
against her will three times in the
space of three hours in a field
alongside a public road, with the
house Of white farmer within
sight and within sound of her
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NEW oRK-John T. Herman
local white sports commentator,
last week summed up the prize
fighting situation with the decla-
ration that Joe Louis is the only
heavyweight who has gained any
ground in a year.
Speaking of Joe's ability to de-
liver with both hands, the writer
sees in the youthful Detroiter a
dangerous invader into present
heavyweight ranks, and adds ev-
erything up to equal the follow
ing:
Max, of the big, bad Baers, is
romping around, waiting for one
of the fellows to rise above the
group as a championship conten-
der.
But all this time there is Joe
Louis, the young heavyweight,
stepping along fast over a flock of
PROSTATE bodies.
He came over the fence from
the amateur ranks only last July
and has been going through the
field like the boil weevil through
a cotton crop. All he leaves is de-
struction in his wake.
He has had fourteen or fifteen
fights since turning pro last July
and in about 2 dozen of these tilts
his opponents went to sleep with
out bothering to turn off the light.
OF course, Shufflin' Joe from De-
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SERVANT CLASS
. MOST NUMEROUS
On RELIEF ROLL


WASHINGTON About $50, 900
or 40 per cent, of the s56. 900 Ne
gro workers on public emergency
relief rolls in cities and towns Of
the United States in May, 193S,
came to relief from domestic and
personal service occupations, it
was announced Wednesday by Cor
rington gill, assistant administra-
tor, Federal Emergency Relief Adj
ministration.
Half In Domestlcs
Almost half Of this group were
formerly employed as household
servants. They numbered 1856, 900
and amounted to more than one
fifth Of the total Negro workers
on relief. The other 200,4 work
ers In the service group were ex-
perienced as cooks. walters, laun-
dry workers. hotel employees, por-
ters, cleaners, etc.
Women represented more than
four-fifths Of these workers from
service occupations. Some 317.70O.
nearly three-quarters Of all Negro
women workers on relief. came
from such occupations, and 1s1, :
900, or more than two-fifths, had
formerly been servants in homes.
About 1880 men, or one-sixth of
the male Negro workers on relief.
came from the service occupations,
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RACE COLONY
MOVE HALTED
N los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES Especial Not
even in the open spaces of Los An
geles county may California Ne
groes find relief from the oppress-
ing barrier Of race prejudice.
This fact was clearly establish
ed Monday when white residents
of the studebaker diatricts, in the
Southwest section Of the county.
near Clearwater prevented the es-
adjustment Of I subsistence home
colony for colored people in the
district.
The project had been proposed
BY the government which took an
option on the land several months
ago. The location was to be in the
Hynes- Clearwater section. between
Imperial highway and Rosecrans
Avenue.
Let Option Expire
Opposition to the project by the
whites ia the district was prompt
" organized after the government
took an option on the land. Lead
by the Southeast Chamber Of Conn
merce. whites in the district ex-
pressed resentment to the plan for
locating the colony near Clearwa-
ter where the schools are used ex-
clusively for children Of the eau
casion race. with only a slight per
centage of Mexieans.
When the option on the proper
ty expired, the government an
nounced that, because Of the OPP
position, ~ stens would be taken
: Z - o4stsz4 81 2. -
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Mitchell Has No West
Point Appointments
Until the Year 1886

WASHINGTON II No appoint
ments to Annapolis or to West
Point will be made from the first
Congressional district of Illinois
until 1896, Arthur w. Mitchell,
Representative from that district,
stated Friday.
There is no vacancy at either
school at this time to which an
appointment may be made from
the Illinois district, the Congress-
man explained.
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CoIored Births Decrease
In California

SACRAMENTO Births among
colored people in California drop
ped from 1175 in 1880 to 1853 in
1885, according to an analysis an
nounced by the state department
of public health. Those among
whites and Mexicans increased.
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their names when the jury list is
made up. If that does not work,
the District Attorney who tries
the case can throw them out by
the simple process of challenging
them without cause.
If that is done and another
guilty verdict is reached, the hand
Of the Supreme Court win be tied
Alabama will have its holiday
at the legal execution.
It would be better to change the
place Of trial to Birmingham or to
Montgomery where the victims
would at least have a fighting
chance. The change Of venue
should be allowed because it is inn
possible for the boys to get a fair
trial at scottshoro or at Decatur.
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Fred Douglass Named
For Hall OF Fame

NEW YORK - The name Of
Frederick Douglas, slave born or
ator and abolitionist has been sug-
gested among seventy-six others
for the eighth quinquennial cleo
ton to the Hall Of Fame of New
York university.
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Bonnie Molten Dead

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ANSl II
Bonnie Moten, nationally known
dance orchestra leader. died Tues
day morning at wheatley-Provi-
dence hospital following an opera
ton for the removal of his tonsils.
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A Years For Swiping
Scent Cake of Soap

ATLANTA-vernon Revelle, So,
who pleaded guilty to stealing a
five-cent cake of soap, scrub
bling brush, and a can of sardines,
was sentenced to serve a sentence
of four to six years in the state
penitentiary, Friday.
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Garvey Sails

KINGSTON, Jamaica Marcus
Carney, who was deported from
America to Jamaica for using the
mails to defraud, sailed for Eng
land Saturday to publish q maya
zine and run for Parliament
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Brakeman Given Medal
For Saving Won.an's Life

WASHINGTON willie Hill,
brakeman on the Louisiana and
Arkansas railroad, has been given
bronze medal by President Roo
sevelt for saving white woman
from being killed by a train near
Shreveport.
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EDITORIALS


"H##H."H"# p" $500 49,"
THE UNITED STATES SUP
RHME COURT delivered the Dred
scott decision q the Twentieth
Century on Monday Of last week.
When Justice Roberts ccmplet-
ed ths reaokSe q the opinion sns-
IaInlne Ehe Methods used b4 the
Democratic PATTY Of Texas to pre-
vent e0lorad citizens from parti-
elnofing IN the Democratic Prim-
ary elections. The Fifteenth Am
sndncnt had been killed as effec-
tivesy IS though i had been re-
pealad b vote a Congress
THE SUPREME COURT forgot
its recent liberalism. The Justices
went back to the days Of Chief
Justice fancy and the Infamous
Drsa Scott Decision went back to
1887 when the worlds highest tfi-
hanal ruled that Negroes were not
citizens and had 40 rights which
white men were bound to respect.
IN 1882 the Supreme Court de-
clared invalid 3 Texas statute pre-
venting colored citizens from vot-
ing IN the Democratic primaries.
Three weeks later the Texas De-
moeratic Convention adopted q re-
solution which restricted its meIn-
berahip 70 whites.
This was clearly . new method
to bring about the identical result,
that IL. prevent colored citizens
from voting in the only primary
that amounts 30 anything in Tex
the Democratic Primary
It is common knowledge that
the nominees ia q Democratic pri-
mary are, to ali intents and pur-
poses. elected. The general cleo
ton Is mere form.
THE SUPREME COURT reach
ed It's conclusion on the theory
that . political party Is . yolun-
tafy association q Individuals and
As such has The right to restrict
its membership Theoretically that
Is true. However. it Is contrary
t. TIE aclOal operation Of primary
elections.
IS every state that We know Of
the primary election machinery Is
ia the hands Of state officials. It
is controlled b. the state As FL
fectively as the general election.
Some might say let Negroes
form their own party. Assume
that they did what effect would
small minority party have when
opposed BY strong party tpaehin-
es2 They would be as effectively
disfranchised as though they did
not have the ballot. And it can all
be done legally and in accordance
with the decision promulgated by
the Supreme Court
WE WtlNDER where Justice
CORDOBA, B=andeis and Stone were
when the decision was reached ?
what happened to the theory Of
against public policy upon which
recent decisions have been based.
rs it not against public policy, ev-
en- assuming that It is not contra
~ to the Fifteenth Amendment,
to permit dominant group to eff
fectively disfranchise a minority
group?
It Is common knowledge that
colored citizens are denied the
right Of franchise in the South,
either by law or by intimidation.
Friends Of justice had hoped that
the Supreme Court would use ev-
ery opportunity to change this
condition. II seems, however, that
the nations highest tribunal was
blinded ~ the letter OF the law
and was unable to say that the
highest public good would have
been served by denying any party
the right to exclude members be-
cause Of their racial identity
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Boston Man Gets Job
After Store Boycott

BOSTON (ANP)-As a result
Of the boycott Of the Kress five
ten store by the Christian Civic
Alliance, Henry Harris was en-
ployed as a stock-clerx, last week.
Evening star., 1935-03-01
Harris Plans 7en-an Pitching Staff Pilots Job Up Ruth Says Adams
Griffith, Besieged by Scribes,
Finally Surrenders in Bunker,
Admits Slabbing Will Be Fine

so Comdr. Griffith could attend the
local Lions Club luncheon. But ii
proved the old gentleman's undoing
He won 1925 in the weekly raffle
which is post-nourishment feature
of these get-togethers, and the shock
Of winning something weakened him
so that he was easy prey for the mas
ter-minding of the scribeS.
WhitehiII Shrapnel Hurts.
THE initial gun of the afternoon
fracas was burst of "watcha
going t'do about Whitehill''
shrapnel, and the conclusion left the
Georgia avenue stadium proprietor on
the verge of collapse. And when the
ukulele corps Of the space-flllers troops
broke into the sour strains of Sweet
Adeline," the venerable boss of the
Mats sank to the tee holding his ears.
A young recruit named Lanahan
who had shown great stamina under
the whitening fire from the press
trenches, rushed to the aid of his chief
Before he could reach his ailing leader
another discordant bar-"Your fair
face beams above that great
mans PROSTATE form. His face con-
torted with agony, he looked up at
the young rookie who arrived pant
ingly beside him.
Dick" he rasped out between
clenched teeth. this is the end-I can
stand no more. Tie your handkerchief
to the shaft of that braSsie and signal
surrender, I will tell ALL will tell
them the news they've fought so
viciously for. I will tell them-that
Washington will have good pitching
staff"
Evening star., 1935-03-01
Campbelps Test at Hand as Wind and Tide
Iron Ruts From Daytona's Ribbon of Sand

found several small things wrong with
the car then. The next day the
beach started going from bad to worse,
was wracked with gullies and did not
begin to improve until the wind
shifted to the northeast and the waves
started running high two days ago.
I don't think it's possible to make
even test rum" he said, "but I shall
be watching closely. I'm sure I can
make test run by Saturday, and I'd
like to 60 for the record Sunday"
The natives of Daytona and racing
of1cials, who have been here three
weeks with Campbell, were jubilant
over the sudden change in the racing
strand, now a white ribbon getting
smoother and smoother with each tide.
showing no trace of the red coquina
sand that mottled the course. The
weather forecast indicated northeast
winds until Sunday night.
IT Sir Malcolm will only wait url-
til Monday" they said. hell have as
fine and smooth beach as we've ever
had. He'll do 300 then, certainly"