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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY
1883 LYNCHING RECORD

The Tuskegee Institute sends us
is annual compilation of the years
ynchings. Twenty in 1885.
This is neither very high nor very
low. There is no definite trend in
this type of crime, which, more
than banditry, hoodlumism or kid
napings, pitilessly mirrors a flaw
in our civilization. There were Is
lynchings in 1884; 20 in 1888; eight
in 1882.
Nothing we can say in denuncia-
tion of these murders will add to
what already has been said, many
times over. There is one aspect Of
this years record, however, which
deserves emphasizing. All but one
of the 20 lynchings occurred in the
south or Southwest, where the eX-
cuse sometimes is made that such
urinary executions" serve to
protect womanhood.
Only six of the 20 lynchings of
935 involved victims accused Of
sex offense or attempt. In the
emaining cases the charge ranged
rom murder, on the one hand, to
alteration" with another man, on
he other. One victim was put to
leath, in this land of the free be-
,ause he was Communist
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
DIT :
AN IDEAL ENDEAVOR

Press dispatches from New York City inform that
a city-wde campaign inaugurated there Sunday,
through the cooperation of various churches by the OBJ
servance of Beautiful Word Sunday
The movement was launched in attempt to inn
press the public with the value of culture and refinement
as of creating better opportunities The idea orr
ginated with of the local New York schools for the
development of African music and creative art
The discussions in connection with the city-wide
Beautiful Word Sunday" programs included such topics
as "Profanity-Its Crime Record" "Tombstones That
Unkind Gossip Built" How Words Influence Us Men
tally" Uplifting Conversations" "Some Valuable Sub
stitutions" and "Truth In Advertising And Business
Dealings"
These are indeed interesting topics which worthy
of the consideration folk of all stations in life Of
all of may not be adept at speaking beautiful words
all not poets cergymen other artists with the
gift of sivery speech but all refrain from the
of profane language from unkind gossip and char
/acter assassination.
The fact that "Ind words turn away wrath, but
grevous words stir up anger is as true to-day as when
this Scrptura passage written centuries ago. Even
dog appreciates kind words and responds to them.
After all however, if the Beautiful Word" cam
paign accompishes nothing than to stimulate great
err spirit of truth in advertising and honesty in business
dealings" the endeavor will be rightly worth while
It is to be sincerely hoped that the movement grow
nd succeed only in New York City, but in other cities
roughout the country.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
MRS. R OBBIE
H A M lit ON
ON TRIAL
CONTINUED From page ~

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browning Of Miller, were bound
over for trial, following a prelimi-
nary trial in Judge Scallon's
Court last November. She stood
mute on arraignment and her at
orney entered a plea Of not guilty.
hrs. Hamilton has been incarcer-
ted in the local jail.
At the trial Wednesday, the chief
witnesses were the physician, who
Examined Miller's corpse after it
vas taken from the river; and
diller's brother, who also testified.
Spencer Washington, a son OF
Mrs. Hamilton by a previous mar
'iage, is expected to take the stand
Thursday. During the preliminary
rearing, young Washington testi-
led that he had signed Miller's in
,urance papers, at the insistence OF
lis mother. He also took the ply
steal examination for Miller, as the
afflicted boy, 1t Is believed, could
lot have passed the test success
ully.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
Italian Soldiers B e g i n
To d e ert In
African Campaign

New York. Cablegram just re-
;eived from Ethiopia announce that
emperor Selassie and his warriors
are jubilant over the success they
are having in forcing the Italians
back on the Northern and South
ern war fronts. Rains have also
ct in, making it difficult for the
Enemy tanks and heavy artillery
o operate.
While Emperor Selassie, in the
presence Of a number of his Coptic
priests and warriors, was observ-
ng religious rites in connection
with their Christmas, Jan. 18th,
even Italian deserters were
brought into his tent. They were
jagged and covered with mud. The
leserters told the Emperor and
his twelve-year-old son that they
lad left the armies of IL Duce, be-
cause they had been forced to
light against their will and were
ired of the hardships. They were
given Ethiopian uniforms and food
md promised that their parents in
tally, would be notified Of their
safety.
It also reported that thou
sands of Italian conscripts have
deserted to countries adjoining
tally, where they have been intern
d. Other Italian soldiers are said
to be in revolt against being sent
to the war front inAfrica.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
MICH. OLDEST
PENSIONER
DIES
Mrs. Sonia Hamel
116 Years Old
Laid To r e S t

Funeral rites were held Thurs
day at 1 p. m. for the late Mrs.
Sonia Hamel, Of 957 Eliot street,
his city, in the chapel Of the fun
eral establishment of Fred Ander-
on, on Willis street. Rev. George
w. Baber, pastor Of Ebenezer A.
VI. e. Church, officiated. Inter
nent was at Wendt Lincoln Mem
)rial Cemetery.
Mrs. Hamel, who was probably
me Of the oldest members of the
ace in the United States, died at
Ter late residence last Saturday
afternoon, following a heart at
tack. The aged woman gained
widespread publicity a few weeks
go, when she applied for an old
.ge pension from the state OF
Michigan.
According to her adopted daugh-
err, Miss Collie Glenn, Mrs. hame1
lad been sold into slavery three
ines, at one time having been sold
on the auction-block for sixty
'ollars.
Mrs. Hamel and her adopted
laughter came to Detroit in 1922
rom Georgia. The aged woman
lad spent all her life in Georgia
except twenty years. She never
knew her parents and did not know
whether she had any brothers OIL
whether she had any brothers OF
listers.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
Aged Seek to Proue
Claims for Pensions

Montgomery, Ala, -(ANP) AL
,hough old Bibles, plantation
books" giving an account of slave
.rades, and other ancient records
nave been brought up to prove the
antiquity Of many Negro pension
petitioners, il seems unlikely that
many will share its benefits be-
cause State Commissioner A. II.
Collins stated that only between
5000 and 10000 of both races
would be able to qualify in 1886,
despite more than $4,000 applica-
tons already received from per-
sons over 65 years of age.
Collins, head of the state public
welfare department, based his es-
innate largely on trends in other
states with similar statutes. Ac-
cording to the census, there are
approximately 10000 people in
Alabama 65 or over. Pensions can
go only to those in desperate cir
cumstances whose income is less
than 1850 a year, in which class all
of the elderly Negroes would fall.
The local bureau Of welfare has
received plantation books" from
Negroes, in one Of which was a
list Of "free-born" children. A
check revealed that a few are now
,mployed on Montgomery WPA
projects despite their age. One
applicant offered a wooden-backed
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
Domestic Students

LEFT-These two girls, who are
students Mt the WPA Domestic
Training school in Detroit, are
shown DOMINIC their uniforms
which they make and wear In their
training classes. When their two
months course Is completed, they
hope to secure good Jobs as do.
mestics In the homes Of Detroit
families. The school Is located Mt
307 Horton avenue, and Is I'm
charge Of Mrs. Elizabeth Evans.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11

at 1874 f.. Lafayette Street
On New Years Eve, Mr.. Wilson
decided not to take-in any of the
wild parties and celebrations that
greet the arrival of another an
mum.
1T is unsafe to venture out in
the streets through the crowds Of
inebriated merry-makers," quoted
that gentleman as he DOTTED his
clothing and climbed between the
sheets to enjoy the arrival Of 1886
in the safest and sanest manner
possible.
But alas a notion had to be
shattered; and fate took as it's
victim this same Mr., Wilson-so
,areful so sane, and so altogether
safe.
While thousands trooped through
the streets afoot or careened
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
Training For
Domestic Jobs

AbOve-These are two 70 the
girls mt the local WPA Domestic
Training School mt 3O7 Horton
avenue, and their directress, Mrs.
Elizabeth Evans. The girls are
learning the technique Of proper
ing table and serving tea In the
correct manner. They receive six
dollars a month while in training.
and Mrs. Evans believes she can
place all in good positions with
Detroit families mt the close Of
their twO-mOnths training period.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11

through them in dashing autos and
meter-ticking taxis, chasing the
old year and welcoming the new
with Carefree abandon, none suf-
fered for its arrival from acc/
dental means but Mr.. Wilson. 4
A bullet tagged by fate as ,,
hurled it's challenge to the New
Year, cut through the wall of Mr..
Wilson's home, just below his
window, and found a resting place
in the thigh of the gentleman who
unsafely had sought safety in bed.
Mr.. Wilson was brought to Re-
ceiving hospital in a police car
where his wounded leg was treat
ed. Internes smiled covertly as
they contemplated Mr.. Wilson's
rueful demeanor, as he narrated
his tale of the accident.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
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 Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
SAFE AND SANE NEW YEAR
BUNK" SAYS OBSERVER
Photo by Theus

To prove that another of the things that general
y believed by most people is false this story o.
James Wilson, 81 year old believer in safety who resides
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
EDITORIALS.

Dean ID. A. Lane, Private Col
lege"; ID. p. Lincoln, History
Prominent Negroes; j. F.. Mat e
Gus, Romance Languages, "Short
Stories" opera, "Ouanga", Ian
guage Aptitude Test; L. L. Nc
Kenzie, History and Political
Science, Negro in Reconstruc-
ton in Louisiana; T. e. Posey
Economics, "'Negro in West Vir-
ginia."
IT. Council
PROBLEMS OF JEWS
Mr.. w. b. Ziff, well known a
mong Negroes as a national adyer-
Using representative of newspa-
)ers, writes an interesting article
in the New York Herald-Tribune
Palestine" Mr.. Tiff, presi-
lent of the Zionist Revisionist Or
ganization of America, rose to at
fiuence on opportunities furnished
by Negroes which might have
been retained in their own group.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11

MuUJ
quarterback pm IL h
Tbs also hal in[ewI
Kansas Voca sche|
Topeka was pla sclJ
acted in sedali whAl
sters all had h ele 81 B,
or as footballsa f,rid
the second quai aociI
player dived to h inc
er. AS the ten ~
sumo action, t,eelId
his athlete 81 tbnv
tionless and ste -
go over and init lto1
trouble. ID
oh man. / baIug
he reclining x R(
mo you ain ~.
cial and pointe tRIL
skin above Will ny
posing counter II
Reluctantly, Is III
was convinced u To-,
his possession wasl
helmet of a Seter
1t is a matter tboC
ecoverer of th, h The
be expelled 70, f,er9ls
lacking teammaDe .
outlaws that 70 VI
Then there is.y I
Georgia Tech max
championship teaound-
which took on Lumbe
university downie, y
the weak rivals roXi1
212 to 0.
Cumberland plfcaug
devil. Tech back, for
downs every timsey {
ball, while those heor
men put a Cumbet p'
of commission eaame
to lug the oval. ByN "
ter all the substitu 4
players had beenh
Cumberland had tonEI
the list. I'M
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11

is no way Of refuting it," Maxi
mum benefits Of successful appli-
cants will be $50 monthly.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11

landcarved Bible to prove his age
If ia, and it was accepted be-
cause welfare officials said "there
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-11
TIL
WORLD(
s P O D
BY WILL
(FOR

If Arthur p. ID
down in Norfolk,
has some football
avoid this unless
frustrated. I've cd
fair assortment th
along side practicd
since there's the ca
back at Western
Kansas City who's
with the Langston
ally strong that y
took place in 1927 or
For three quarters
field Langston had sI
Western. The Kansas
do nothing but take i
glad to be still able
But midway of this final
Western quarterback in
pass and started rs y
ward without a Langsto
snorting distance. Ha
touchdown, curiosity
and he stole a glance b
see If he was in dang
tackled. His foot twist
mud and he stepped O
foot hurting himself int
and incidentally tossi
show.
Looking hastily aro1
he could arise and q
back got up and graht
skin" to dash madly ID
zone. He paused NV
none.plaudits of theIcr .
yere none. He turns
saw a Langston prob
as if he had recoveN
ball. MN
Apprehensive, tn M
versity field gene a IN
his left arm. Thu 'TboS
he had carried 70 a
was his own hoy tossel
foot when he "!
You've proEy heard
high school 'n with
Iutely greegSam who, a.
of over u =. his cba ne
t thlng sa y Opener 'u war;.
t tne %p an end W with il
d%9T' on third ana sS 9 on :. 5
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
TODAY,S YESTERDAYS

Jan. %, 1561-Francis Bacon was
born He's more famous for some
thing he didn't do, than for any of the
great things he did. He didn't write
Shakespeare's plays, as many have
claimed, but he did write immortal
books which were as epochal in
science aVd learning as Shakespere's
plays in the theatre. Prof. Wolf found
it significant that the title page Of
Bacons Nevum Organum bore a pic
ture of a ship in full sail passing
through the Pillars of Hercules i.
in search of new worlds; for it was
Bacon's ambition to be the Columbus
of the intellectual world"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Joshua w. Alexander Of Gallatin,
Mo-, lawyer. onetime U. S. secretary
of commerce, born in Cincinnati, 81
years ago.
David Wark Griffith. pioneer movie
dircctor-produccr, born at LAGRANGE.
KY, So years ago.
Frederick NJ. Vinson Of Ashland,
Ky, congressman. born at Louisa,
Ky, 46 years ago.
Ychudi Mcnuhin Of California. VIC
linist, born III New York City, -
years ago.
Charles f. Ourslcr of New York.
editor, playwright and author, born in
Baltimore. Is years ago.
Clement L. Shaver of Fairmont, w.
Va, farmcrla lawyer. onctimc chair
man of tho Democratic National Com
mittec, born near there, SO years ago.
Edward :. Hardness of New York.
philanthropist born in Cleveland, 60
years ago.
Haig PatiSian of San Francisco.
noted sculptor, born in Armenia, 60
years 80.
Charles Morgan. English novelist
and dramatic critic. born 40 years ago.
His cxccllcncy Ondre l.. dc Labou-
laye. Frances Ambassador 10 the u,
s., born GO years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
FIRST WORLD WAR DAY-BY-DAY

20 Years Ago Today-The Grand
Duke Nicholas, demonstrating again
his genius as a commander, success
fully carried through the first phase
of an offensive against the Turks in
the Caucasus. He hammered them
out Of fortified positions i'll the Aras
Valley and drove them back on their
greatest fortress, ErZcrum.
THE whole country of the Cauca-
sus is one of extraordinary difficulties
for military operations" it was writ
ten by military correspondent at the
time Switzerland and its mountains
could be dropped into that region
stretching down from the plains OF
Russia into Asia Minor and Persia
without producing any remarkable
variation III it's rugged outline. Ever
since Ivan took Astrakhan, and Peter
took AZof the heart of Russia had
been set on acquiring this mighty bar
rier stretching between two great in
land seas and closing the Russia the
gates leading south. To obtain pos
session even Of the north ranges,
Russia as General Kuropatkin pointed
out ten years before this war, had
fought two wars with Turkey. only to
find at least that the south was guard
ed against her not only by the Turks
but by the Germans"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
STATE CAN'T GET
ELECTRIC LOANS
Bagley Says Maybe Wash
ington Will Loosen Up
Soon on Applications
Daily Dispatch HuIcHu,
Ia The SIR Walter HO(c..


Ny ~. " nASEG1tN b1IG
Raleigh. Jan. 22.--North Carolina SO
far has not been able to get single
rural identification loan approved by
the Rural Electrification Administra-
ton in Washington, despite the fact
that some applications have been on
file there for almost a year, while
there arc 20 applications pending
there now. Chairman Dudley Baglcy,
of the North Carolina Rural Electro
fiction Authority, said today. How
ever, he is hopeful that eventually the
Washington officials will get enough
of the red tape untangled SO that
North Carolina can get some of the
500, 100000 set aside by Congress to
be loaned to the states to assist in
the building of rural identification
lines.
II am still hopeful that eventually
some Of these applications for loans
will &c approved and that some Of
these rural identification projects
can be started in North Carolina"
Bagley said. II was in Washington
few days ago and found that several
applications have been passed and ap-
proved by all but tho legal division Of
the Rural Elcctrification Administra-
ton, and we are hoping that even
tually this division will pass on them
Until I was there last week, the head
of this division did not know that a
single application was pending from
North Carolina. When he looked, he
found 20 applications in the files. We
may get action on one or two of these
in the next few weeks-or months.
We are still hopeful, at any rate
A total of approximately $1,000, 900
in loans is requested in the 20 appli-
cations now pending before the REA,
Baglcy said. The approval of these
applications would put hundreds Of
people to work and provide electric
service to thousands Of rural homes.
Many of these proposed lines are SO
situated that it is not feasible for the
utilities companies in the State to
build them. Bagley pointed out. He
further pointed out that virtually the
only rural electric lines built or be-
ing built in the state SO far are the
ones being put UP by existing utility
companies and at their. own expense.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22

alton was not i:.cluded.
The new farm bill amends the soil
conservation act Of April 27, 1885, and
adds to its anti-erosion policies:
Preservation and improvement Of
soil fertility.
Promotion of the economic use of
land.
Diminution of exploitation and un-
profitable use of national soil re-
sources.
Provision for the maintenance Of u
continuous and staple supply OF agr-
cultural Commodities, adequate to
meet domestic and foreign consumer
requirements at prices fair to both
producers and consumers.
The secretary of agriculture is au-
thorized to make payments or grant
other aid to agricultural producers, ~
based upon:
1. Their acreage of soil improving
or erosion preventing crops.
2. Their acreage of crop land
3. Changes in the use Of their land
4. A percentage of their normal
production of any one or more agri-
cultural commodities. designated by
the secretary Of agriculture for per-
centage of the normal production of
such commodities required for do
nestle consumption.
A definite bar was inserted in the
bill against contracts binding upon
producers or to acquire land for
rights or interests therein"
The life of the proposed act would
end ON December 81 1887
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
State Officials Believe
Shipping Should Quit Job
Continued rom rage One-D

Continued rom rage OneD
nolds that G. LeRoy Shipping, Of
Greensboro Democratic national COM
mittceman from North Carolina,
should resign aS long as he is oppoS-
cd to the denomination Of President
Roosevelt and cannot support his ad-
ministration. A news story from
Washington Tuesday quoted almost
all Of the States congressman rs be-
ing of the opinion that Shipping
should resign as national committee
men il he can no longer support Pre-
sidcnt Roosevelt aud work for his re
nomination. Senator Bailey declined
to comment, as did Senator Reynolds.
Shipping was State manager Of
Bailey's campaign against Senator f..
M. Simmons in 1880. II has been hint
ed for several months that Shipping
is planning to run for the Senate a.
gainst Senator Reynolds in 1888 on
an anti-Roosevelt and anti-New Deal
platform and that this is one reason
for his present unconcealed and bit
ter criticism of the President and his
administration.
The comment from the congression-
al delegation In washington was ell
cited by a story about Shipping in a
Greensboro paper Sunday which paint
ed Shipping as the real Democrat and
President Roosevelt as a "mugwump."
1t is being pointed out here today
that National Committeeman Shup-
ing is now doing what Senator Sim
mons was accused of doing in 1928
and for which he and Bailey started
out to punish" Senator Simmons III
1930-for not teing regular and for
refusing to support the Democratic
leadership. 1t was because Senator
Simmons refused to support Al Smith
for president in 1928 and thus ceased
to be. regular that Shipping and
Bailey decided he should be defeated
in 193o-and they defeated him. Yet
now it is pointed out, Shipping has
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-22
HENDERSON, IN Co. DAILY DISPATCH WEDNESDAY

turned against President Roosevelt |
and is openly opposed to his renonl-
ination by the Democratic party, thus
definitely siding with the Liberty
Leaguers and the Republicans IN OPP
position to the present Democratic
administration in Washington.
Thus in openly criticizing the Pre-
sident and referring to his admins
tration in allegedly sulphurous terms,
Shipping is now being just as lire
gular" as Senator Simmons ever was
many here contend. They further
point out that Senator Simmons was
completely indicated later on, in that
the Democrats in North Carolina
overwhelmingly refused to swallow or
stomach AL Smith in the 1923 election
when they elected a Democratic State
administration by the usual majority
but gave a majority in the national
election to Herbert Hoover, the Re
publican candidate for president. AS
a result, most Of the party leaders
here are convinced that it is time for
Shipping to step down and out as ma
tional committeeman and make way
for the election of a regular Demo-
crat who believes in Roosevelt and
who will work for him.
1t is being further pointed out here
that Shipping was elected as national
committeeman largely because Cover
nor J. c. 3. Ehringhaus and his
friends in the State Democratic Com
mittec decided not to make any fight
on Shipping, who had conducted an
intense campaign for the post. 1t was
agreed by those who knew the facts
at the time Shipping was elected ma
tional committeeman to succeed for
mer Governor o. Max Gardner. that
il Governor Ehringhaus had wanted
the post he could have had it, also
that if he had wanted to see Shup-
ing defeated he would have been. But,
preferring harmony to right and
never inclined to push himself for
ward, Governor Ehringhaus passed
the word out that he did not wish tho
post as national committeeman. 1t is
also understood that he even went SO
far as to ask his supporters to vote
for Shipping and let it appear that the
! Bailey-Shuping forces had won a
great victory.