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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
Pedestrians Urged
To O b S erv
Traffic r u | e S

The statement has often been
made THAT more should be said
to the drivers regarding the safe
operation of a safe motor vericle.
But did you ever stop to think of
the results, were the drivers to
drive their cars in the same reck-
less manner that pedestrians walk
the streets?
Yet the drivers and pedestrians
cannot be taken as two different
classes, for we believe that seven
ty-five percent of the people know
how to drive a car. If this is true,
then why does the man who will
not drive his car in a reckless
manner for fear of injuring him
self or through fear of the conse-
quences if apprehended. park his
car, and then walk the streets in a
manner that would lead everyone
to believe that he is a fatalist?
Let's look at this thing sensibly.
You wouldn't drive your car
through a red light, would you?
Then why walk through one? You
don't expect to see a driver park
on the cross-walk while waiting
for the light to change. Why stand
in the street. when he has the
green light and the right-of-way =?
II every pedestrian obeyed the
laws in the same manner that they
do when they are driving this
alone would solve about 40 per
cent of our accident problems
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
NORTH DETROIT

Inc community extends sympathv
10 Dr. W, A. Blackwell, pastor of
LomaX A. M. e. Zion Church,
whose wife is i'll at Receiving Hos
pital' where she has been confin-
ed since Jan. IS.
Sunday morning, the guest
speaker was Rev. Smith, who was
introduced by Rev. Blackwell. Rev.
smith also preached Sunday even
ing. AT 3 p. IN. the pastor filled a
previous engagement at st. Paul
A. M. e. Zion Church, of which
Rev. p. r. Flack is pastor. The
sermon was a masterpiece and
stressed many miracles wrought
by Christ. A large number of mem
bers and officers of Lomax attend
ed, together with the Junior and
Senior Choirs which rendered
choice anthems.
Sunday, Jan. 26, will be red-let-
ter day at Lomax. The usher board
union will be in charge at 3 D.
m. The hostesses of the church are
sparing no pains to make the oc-
casion one long to be remembered.
The various captains are asked to
raise one dollar for each ten men,
bers in each club. Many pastors OF
other churches will appear on pro-
gram All churches are invited to
be represented. w. NJ. Singleton is
president of Lomax's usher board.
Rev. Tarpley, pastor of Green
Grove Baptist Church, on Orleans
street, preached two fine sermons
last Sunday The church is pro-
crossing splendidly, under Rev.
Continued ON Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
(By Carter G. WOOdson)

One Negro, unwilling to forego
the gewgaws and toys with which
he has been accustomed to play
charges me with setting for the
Negro a standard of living diff
ferent from that of the white man.
The matter of race in the criticism
does not hold, for the Jews, the
Greeks, Italians immigrating into
this country to drive the Negro out
Of many spheres accomplish this
task by refusing to allow their
families to live according to extrav-
agant American standards am
merely suggesting to the Negro
what | would suggest to any one
thus circumstanced. Stay within
your income and live, for if you
try to spend beyond it you die
Every man, then, regardless of race
has his choice.
Certainly, we all agree, the Ne
gro family should have a large in
come, but it will not come as a
gift. Income must be earned. No
one will do this for the man in
need. Wealthy people may give
money to establish schools, build
churches, and open mission stations
for the heather in distant lands,
but they are not going to help the
poor to become rich. If the poor
man cannot contrive some way to
do this with what he has at hand
he is hopelessly doomed to remain
on the lower economic level. The
only way out is thrugh sacrifice.
Urgent human needs have never
been met in any other way. One
who is unwilling to pay the cost
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
WANTED, A MOTHER

(By Mabelle l.. Davis, LIDO
EDITORS NOTE: Our readers
viii dubtless be glad to per-
use the following article from
the pen OF Mrs. Mabelle l..
Davis, rs a previous cOntribu-
ton by her on this theme at
tracted such favorable COM
ment- Through her "human
family program, scrap books,
and other activities, Mrs. Da-
Wis Is doing a fine work in
seeking to promote universal
good will and brotherhood, by
the substitution of love for
prejudice and hate. She is not
n member of any religious
group, but her work Is charac-
tcrlzed by the spiri of unset
fish love for humanity.
For centuries master minds have
tried to find a workable plan to
create world peace. In the nine
teenth century the great Persian,
Baha'u'llah ian Arabic word
meaning the Glory of God) pro-
claimed the dynamic principles
whereby world peace could be at
tanned in the twentieth century.
In 1919 baby was born into the
great Human Family of legal en-
titles, a man-made creature con-
ceived by the brains Of human be-
ings as the only power to prevent
war. The name given to it was
THE League Of Nations In the
years since its birth it has proved
its usefulness time and time again
and more than justified its exis-
tence, but now, whenever the war
clouds gather and hover over the
world, attention is most forcibly
drawn toward the League of Ma
tons. Is it strong enough to en-
dure the storm?
Take, for example the case of a
country which becomes too thick
ly populated. What Is the mother
country to do about 1t? Her chill
dren must be fed. Up to the present
time war of conquest has usual
ly been the answer. If a father or
mother steals for starving chill
dren, although it is against the law
of courts, human and humane
hearts are touched and sometimes
punishment is not melted out to the
parents.
Is not the remedy to prevent the
crime by not permitting condi-
tons to arise to cause children to
starve? 1t does not help matters to
let them continue to starve while
the parents are being punished for
violating the law.
The League of Nations is pro-
vided with means to conduct con-
situations to solve such problems,
the money spent on war could buy
new homes and food for immi-
grants to other countries, and
even to reclaim deserts, and the
welfare of humanity demands the
use Of common sense and love.
What prevents? The greed and
selfishness of human hearts, pre-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
NAACP ELECTS
I E N N E W
DIRECTORS

New York-Ten new directors
were elected to the board of the
National Association for the Adj
yancement OF Colored People at
the annual business meeting here
January 6. The new members were
nominated from various sections Of
the country and their presence on
the board is expected to give new
life to the associations work in
their areas. The new members are.
r.. d. Evans, an attorney of
Waco, Texas; Roscoe Duniee, Okla
homa City, Okla, editor of the
Black Dispatch; A. T. Walden,
an attorney of Atlanta, Ga: Miss
l.. Pearl Mitchell, a school teacher
Of Cleveland, o.; Sidney r. Red
mond, an attorney of st. Louis, Mo.
the Rev. Joseph w. Nicholson. of
Chicago, ILL.,; the Rev. William n.
DeBerry, well-known pastor and
community worker of Springfield
Mass; Mrs. Grace Baxter Fender
son, school teacher of Newark. n.
D.; Colonel Arthur w. Little, of
the famous 369th Infantry, New
York National Guard: and l.. II.
Lightner, Denver, Colo. an execu-
tive of the American Woodmen.
]. e. Spingarn of New York was
reelected president. Miss Mary
White Ovington. treasurer, and DR..
Louis T. Wright, chairman of the
board. The vice presidents include:
Miss Mamie II. Burroughs, Wash
ington, ID. c.. Hon. Arthur apper,
Topeka, Kans.; Bishop John A.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25

less than this. Such families to be
sure are not in the congested dis
tricts of our large cities to which
Negroes have been attracted by the
red lights rather than by industri-
al opportunity, only to be cornered
by gouging real estate sharks and
Fleeing merchants. These unwise
Negroes have their reward. No
thought is herein given to such for
Inmates because they are not liv-
ing They are merely undergoing
determination. Their only hope is
to flee from the wrath of their OPP
pressors in due time to return to
their beginnings and build there
upon. Such handicapped persons
have no chance before the agencies
organized to swallow them before
they appeared upon that sinking
ground in urban areas.
Every thinking man must insist
that the Negro learn to live with
in his income in order to increase
that income unselfshly to amelio-
rate the condition of his fellow
men. The Negroes in a community
generally lose when one of their
group is given a position paying
six or seven thousand dollars a
year. Not knowing how to invest a
salary far beyond his usual income,
he leaves the Negro grocer or tail
or for the more expensive dealers
elsewhere in the city, and he pene-
trate Immediately a new residen-
Continued on Page -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25

Gus conflicting temperaments in
the routine of daily life. In most
families there is one whose pre-
sence is often forgotten when mat
ters are running smoothly, who
appreciates the efforts of each
member, and who by love and
sympathy smooths out the vexa-
Continued on Page y
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
YPSiLANTI: MICH.

Sunday service at Browns Chap
ell was we'll attended. Pastor Will
liams was at his best and preach
ed Two ,ety splendid Sermons II
was Pastors Day at Second
Baptist Church. Pastor Robertson
brought both morning and even
ing message. Junior choir furnish
ed music for both service. The
Second Baptist reelected all past
Officers Oh the different auXiliaries
with few exceptions in last
weeks business meeting. The S. ).
started the new year with increas-
ed interest and attendance. The
officers: Superintendent, l.. G.
Perry; Assistant superintendent,
Serlna easier, Secretary, Catherine
Atkins Financial Secretary. Anna
simpson; Treasurer, T. Etchison;
Organist, Bessie Jones; Catechism,
4. f.. Mcintyre; Teachers: Mes
DANES Wilson, easier, Jones, NC
Intyre, Simpson, Messrs, Williams
Washington, Anderson.
DR.. and Mrs. Perry in company
with Miss Henrietta Bryant and Mr..
Brannam motored to Inkster Fri
day evening to attend a banquet
at Smith chapel A. M. +. Church.
A record attendance and a most
enjoyable evening was reported.
The Social Ten Club met at the
home of Mrs. Alfred Anderson Jan.
9. A lovely evening was enjoyed by
all present. The club was enter
tanned by the lovely hostess and
her guests, Messrs. Hickman, Nor
ton and Sherman.
George Thompson Jr., celebrated
his 9th birthday Tuesday, Jan. Z,
at the home of his parents, 1O3
Michigan avenue. After games
were played, refreshments were
served. Those present were Donna
Perry, Mildred Johnson, Audrey
Nicely. James and Clarence Rich
ardson, Norman Walker, Morris
and Eugene Brooks and Donald
Ransom.
Fire of undetermined origin in
the basement of Mrs. Lee Davis
home. 4OS First avenue, monday
morning, Jan. IS, destroyed several
articles of clothing4 Mrs. Davis
was awakened about 6 a. m. by the
barking of her dog. The Ypsilantl
Fire Department succeeded In
checking the blaze before any adj
ditional damage was done. The X.
w. G.. Club met last week at the
home Of Mrs. G. Roberts. The Of
ficers for the year: President, l..
ID. Tanner Vice President, Mrs.
NJ. Carr; Christmas Treasurer,
Mrs. G. Benon, Sinking Fund
Treasurer, Mrs. NJ, Wilson; Fin
ancial Secretary, Mrs. f. Robertson.
Mrs. Eliza Wilson of East st.
Louis, H., is house guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Luevenie Robertson.
Remember the Religious Birth
day Rally. Jan. %, Second Baptist
Church. under auspices of Mission
airy society. Mrs. Alice Goodman
and Mr.. Charles Henderson are
still on the sick list, though both
are feeling some better at this
writing. Miss Bette Warren sus-
tanned two broken ribs while
coasting last Thursday.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25

JUDGES of many kinds, traditions
of endless variety, and the for
getting of the fact that all human
ity belongs to one great family, the
HUMAN FAMILY.
If the League can truthfully be
called the Family of Nations"
family life should be studied to
md the force which unites vari-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
&c O.P,
set STATE
CONVENTION


me opportunity to present
hevances held against the pre-
Mt Republican regime, came at
meeting of the Control Board of
State Federation of Young Re-
can Clubs, held at Lansing,
friday, Jan. IL.
4 The chief purpose of the meet
ing was to elect u committeeman
ma committeewoman as dele
~ es to the Republican National
~ wention.
There has been much unrest and
dissatisfaction among the Detroit
Negro clubs affiliated with the
Negro clubs affiliated with the
state organization, and it was
deemed necessary that a commit
tee be appointed to present these
grievances TO the State Board of
Control.
Ronald Marshall, chairman of
the AppomattoX Young Republi-
can Club, was spokesman for the
group. He was supported by MEM
bers from the First, Thirteenth,
and Fifteenth Congressional Dis
tricts, represented by Onslow Par
ish, Kermit Meade, Miss Louise
Ray, and Homer Bonner together
with Clifton Russian, their organi-
ger.
Ronald Marshall reminded those
present, of the following facts:
Tactics employed by the Gov
ernor and other state Republican
office-holders in the dispensing OF
patronage, are not inducive to the
best interests of the Party. De-
spite the fact that more than 80
percent of the Negroes vote the Re-
Iqblican ticket the Negro has re-
ceived less than one-half of one
per cent of the patronage dispensed
by the Party, although the just
percentage, according to the Ne
a gro's voting strength, is more than
4 five per cent. Not a major appoint
ment has been made to any Negro"
Mr.. Marshall further stated that
the young Negro is a Republican
because of the principles upon
which the Party was founded-the
principles of fair play. He said the
present Administration Body has
not lived up to these principles;
that they are not Republicans, but
a group of narrow-minded, pre-
! JUDGED, self-satisfying individuals,
carrying the label of the Republi-
can Party; and that we, as young
Negro Republicans, could not and
would not tolerate these unfair
tactics.
I'VE are not obligated to the
Party, any more than the Party is
obligated to u.s. Mr.. Marshall stat
ed: IF we work for the success of
the Party, we should in return re-
ceive a just share of the benefits
cnming to the Party. With the COM
|!Se nation& and state elections,
the Republican Party will need the
Negro, as it has never needed him
before; but if present conditions
continue to exist, many Negroes,
who formerly voted the Republican
ticket, will be found on the other
!sde."
"The battle-cry of the Young
Republicans is like that of their
orefathers-'Taxatio without re-
presentation, is unjust; continu-
ed Marshall. "The practices or
those in power today, may be as
a milestone about their necks to-
morrow We have had enough of
the musical promises going round
and round but which do not come
out anywhere, so far as the Negro
is concerned"
Mr.. Marshall's comments were
we'll received, but we must all
await tangible results. The orga-
. nization meets on the second and
Afourth Sundays of each month at
S:3O p. m. at 323 Erskine street.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-25
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.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21

tutiOnal, only the states nave the pow
er to limit production and impose
penalties. In order to guard against
the growing of large crops of tobacco
in non-cooperating states, the Federal
government would pass law barring
from interstate commerce all tobacco
grown in excess of the quota of nom
cooperating state. This would mean
that if North Carolina and Georgia
should not join in the tobacco limita-
ton pact, the farmers who grew more
than the quota fixed by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture could not market
the excess For this excess could not
re sold to any tobacco company which
exports any of it's products beyond the
State And since virtually all of the
tobacco companies do a worldwide
business, they could not afford to pur-
chase from any farmer more than the
quo allowed him by the government
Accordingly, it would be much bet
ter for North Carolina to join in the
pact with the cooperating states and
strictly limit tobacco production than
to stay outside it and let the farmers
grow thousands of pounds of tobacco
which they could not sell, it is main
tanned 1t is further believed by many
that the new Congressional substitute
for the AAA will not be very effective
in North Carolina as far as reducing
tobacco acreage is concerned, and
that the only way to avert big to-
bacco crop this year and still lower
prices, is for North Carolina to join
the other tobacco growing states in
enacting state legislation with teeth
in it to control tobacco production,
provided a majority of the other
states agree to this plan. And that, of
course, would mean a special session
of the legislature.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21
Spruill And Cocker Get
New Posts At University
Faculty Changes Announce at University; Dr. H. "
Wilson to Relinquish AID ministratve Duties: New
SetUp Is Involved; c oker to Zoology Dept

Society of biologists and as president
of the North Carolina Academy of
! Science.
Or, Wilson at his own request has
rellnquished his administrative duties
out Will continue his teaching.
Dean Spruill, who has been a mem
per OF the teaching staff of the school
OF Commerce since 1922, was gradu-
ated mere wit han A. B. degree in
1871. He was an outstanding campus
leader during his undergraduate DAYS.
lie was Rhodes scholar at Oxford
University 1902 where he receiv-
ed a 3. Lift degree. Dr. Spruill was
on leave of absence to study at Har-
ward 1928-29 and 1929-3O and in 1880
was Harvard instructor and tutor.
Dr. Cocker received his B. S. degree
here in 1896 and his NJ. S. in 1927. He
was principal fthe Goldsboro schools
TOR three years, did further gradu-
ate work at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, taking his Phi. D. there in 1906.
Many honors have come to DR..
Cocker during 39-year professional
career characterized by significant
research as we'll as teaching. He was
recently elected vice-president of the
chronological Society of America and
since 1927 he has been director of the
Allegheny Summer School of Natural
Science. A recent honor is his ap-
pointment as Adviser for North Caro-
lima of the University of Virginia
Mountain Lake Biological Station.
He has served as chairman of the
Committee of Agriculture of the Ma
tional Research Council, as president
of the North Carolina chapter of
Sigma XII, honorary scientific society,"
and as a member of the Council of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science.
DR.. Cocker was connected for seve-
raj years with the u. S. Biological
Survey He was Biologist of the N
c. Geological Survey and Custodian
in the U. S. Fisheries Biological Sta
ton at Beaufort, 1902-O6, and Scienti-
fic Assistant of the u. S. Bureau of
Fisheries in 1905 From 191O-15 he
was director of the U. S. Fisheries
Biological Station at Fairport, Iowa
and from 1852 chief of the Division
of Scientific Inquiry In 1922 he was
director of the Fisheries Station at
Woods Hole Mass.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21

192S-170O Chinese Communists
taken by Government troops executed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21

hence is non-committal as to whether
or not he would call a special session.
1t is pointed out however, that the
South Carolina and Virginia legisla-
lures are now in session and hence in
q position to pass any legislation
which might be deemed necessary
The Kentucky. and Tennessee legisla-
lures are also due to meet soon. If
at this conference next week the gov
errors of Tennessee, Kentucky and
Maryland should agree to call special
legislative sessions to pass special le-
citation to control tobacco production
and the governors of Virginia and
South Carolina should agree to ask
their legislatures to do the same
thing, North Carolina and Georgia
would be the only states not included
in the pact of tobacco growing states
to limit production. 1t is not expected
that Governor Talmadge, of Georgia,
will join in and cooperate with the
other states.
Biggest Tobacco Grower.
But North Carolina grows more to-
bacco than any of.these states, with
the result that many here think it
would be suicidal if it did not join In
For. according to the plan proposed,
each state which agrees to the pact
will pass a law limiting production
in much the same manner that the
old AAA limited production, with
benefit payments for those farmers
who stay within their quotas and
penalties for those which exceed them
For under the recent Supreme Court
decision, holding the AAA unconsti-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21
Extra Session of Legislature
Soon Appears Probable

(Contirued from rage One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21

Then, there was the implication in
some sources that the skirts of J. p.
Morgan & Co., and members of the
Wilson administration were cleared"
when the testimony of the Morgan
partners had been concluded before
the munitions committee. On the con-
trary, the apologists await with fear
the scorching report Senators Nye
and Clark are brewing on the evil
dence they heard.
Last, but not least there is Senator
Norris He is the friend Of the ad-
ministration who is supposed to lead
the progressives into camp-especial-
ly the large number of farm progress
sives.
And latter he made his speech the
other day in the Senate calling for
unanimous decision of the y. S. SUI
preme Court to declare laws null and
void, one or two writer's fastened to
make clear that the administration
did not intend to folio wthrough on
this.
But Senator Morris was speaking In
regard to farmers and their views.
And farmers in a large section OF
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21

chapel Hill. Feb. disappointment
~ ~arvdc, Perry Spruill, Jr, as
,a,, ne the wly-organlzed General
,.u,oa and of DR.. Robert Erwin
,oi'o1 10 succeed DR.. Henry Van Pet
wilson as head of the Department
zoology in the University of North
C.rolina at Chapel Hill was announc-
cd here today.
noan Spruin has been since last fall
.,,'..;,.mon of the new Faculty Advis-
committee. a new set-up under
tioh each freshman is given more
,r.onal attention than heretofore
,nrouoh regular conference periods
a.irh a group of alert professors.
l., chairman of the General College
J., i 10 head up the undergraduate
,'rooram for the first two years, a
rooram that was evaluated and put
XIX oneration last fall after two years
- .tudy bv the faculty. This plan is
!. General Introductory two-year course
,,ith more emphasis than heretofore
- .uch subjects as economics, his
,orv Government, and sociology. This
I..d. 10 greater specialization in the
last two years.
One of the nations most distin-
.,uished scientists and a foremost au-
,boritv on the subject of embryology
and regeneration Of sponges, DR.. Will
son has been a member of the Uni
,nrsitv faculty for 35 years. He has
served as president of the American
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21
Norris, Clark And
Nye Much Feared

CONTINUED flom Page One.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-02-21
GAINESVILLE BANK
REPORTED ROBBED
w. E. Wilson, S. A. L. Off
Ger, Says Robbery Melted
$1,000 This Week

w. E. Wilson, Seaboard Air Line
Railway detective, stated today that
early in the week he had talked with
special detectives and a Federal agent
who were in the city checking up on
bold daylight robbery of a bank in
GAINESVILLE, Va, of $1,000 during the
early part of the week.
1t was understood from Mr. Wilson
that the robbers were driving a green
sedan at the time, and the first mum
erals on their North Carolina state
tags were "236", and checking at the
local license office, that tag was sold
through it.
Officers here have been on the
lookout for robbers all during the
week, as have others throughout this
section