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Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
SELASSIE FINANCIAL
s-.'
ADVISER DIES

Washingtor1-Ever Colson, fl
fIancial adviser to Emperor Halle
Selassie during the Ethiopian war.
died Tuesday night at the George
washington hospital. victim of
heart trouble from which he had
suffered for many years. Mr.. Col
son stood Loyalty beside the Emperor
before and during the war Of 1886,
and left sick bed in Germany to
help the Emperor and the cause of
Ethiopia at Geneva last September.
MIR. Colson was called to Adds Aba
ba by the Ethiopian Emperor in 1880
when he was assistant to the Ameri-
can financial adviser in Haiti. Early
in 1881 he began to stabilize Ethio-
plan currency. AS result of his
studies he taxed certain articles, such
as cotton goods, perfumes and wines.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
SEEK PENSION FOR FORMER
SLAVE OF ANDREW JOHNSON

Knoxville, Tenn.-Recently William
Andrew Johnson, 79-year-old former
slave of President Andrew Johnson,
went to Washington on invitation
and visited President Roosevelt at
the White House.
When johnson returned from
Washington last Thursday, carrying
a $50 cane given him by President
Roosevelt, he said he talked with the
Chief Executive about a pension.
.9Thc President told me he would
see about it," William said. He
told me it would take a special act
of Congress to get it."
A movement has been started TO
obtain small pension for Johnson.
Harry v. Stoen, white konxville
salesman says he has written Sena-
tors Kenneth Mcclellan, of Tennes-
see. and Pat Harrison, of Mississippi,
suggesting legislation for pension.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
KING JAILS
SONS; STOLE HIS CROWN


Accra, Gold Coast Colony, Africa.
Two sons of Sir Ofori Alta, Afri-
can chieftain who has the dubious
distinction of being the first African
ruler to be knighted for services tc
British imperialism, were sentenced
to prison this week for stealing their
fathers gold crown.
Alta is the ruler of the state OF
Akin Abuakwa. The crown, valued
at $1,15O was stolen from the treas
ure house at Kibi, capital of the pup
pet state, sixty miles north of Accra.
The state has an area of some
1000 square miles, with populace
of about 250,000.
One of the young men was sem
fenced to one year Imprisonment and
the other to nine months at hard
labor. The king refused to inter-
cede for them.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
American Youth
AIISoulhern Conferanc

Two splendid gatherings of Amer
ican youth took place last month.
On February 1914, 586 Negro youth
met at Richmond, Va, for the first
Ali-Soithern conference This meet
ing was sponsored by the Youth
Section of the National Negro Cofi-
gress under the chairmanship CT
edward E. Strong, who was a dele
gate to the World Youth Congress
at Geneva, Switzerland last August.
Such prominent persons as DR.. Nor
decaj johnson, E. Franklyn Frazier,
Max Yergan and Miss Lob Tsei adj
dressed the assembly. There was
demonstrated a distinct need for or
ganization and leadership in the
South and a further awareness of
possibilities in the North among Ne
gro youth.
The other meeting was held from
February 1922 in Washington, D. c.
Two thousand, six hundred youths
from California to Maine, came as
delegates from their youth groups
to present petitions to President
Roosevelt for the passage of the
American Youth Act. One million
signatures were on these petitions.
The interesting phase of this meet
ing in our prejudiced national capi-
tol was the complete freedom of the
raceS-a factor which dominates all
CT the meetings of the Youth Con-
gress. President Roosevelt and G.
Aubrey Williams, director of N.Y.A.,
commented on this racial equality
stand. 1t was particularly encourag-
ing to listen to white boys and girls
I from Baltimore, Washington, ano
Richmond seeking out friendship with
Negro youth hoping to break dowr
| the prejudice between the two
peoples in their own communities.
! day.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
PROBES TERROR REfaN
OF N. g. FLOGGING CULT

!. Charlotte, N, c.-sheriff. j.. A..
Ross, wh5 arrested d write preacher
and his cousin this week for fiog-
ging two white men, has begun an
Investigation of the terror that has
staikcd tsiis rural area fer TIVE years
Ross said he expected at least one
more arrest and that things are
liable to pop most any time"
LEGAL authorities have been search
ing for months for clues to a tefr6r-
istic band of reformation-bent, self
styled Christians. They have held
prayer services over the quivering
victims of their tashings. -,
Those arrested this week. Wers ttie
Rev. Vance Simmons, Baptist minis
ter, and B. C. Simmons, his cousin.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
DR.. No-Young Park
Public Forum Speaker

DR.. No Yong Park, American-edu-
Gated Chinese, authority on Oriental
affairs, will discuss "The Triangle in
the Far East" at four Minneapolis
Public Forum meetings next week.
He will appear at Lake Harriet
school, Monday; at Lincoln Junior
high, Tuesday; and Sanford junior
high, Wednesday; and at Perm school,
Thursday.
Dr. Park was born and raised in
Manchuria, but has travelled and
studies much in China, Japan,
Europe, and America. He is grad
uate Of the University of Minnesota
and holds MA. and Ph.D. degrees
from Harvard.
While in college, DR.. Park cap
tured number of prizes. He was
cne of the winners of the Interna-
tional Essay contest open to all for
eign students in American colleges,
the Harris Political science prize CIV
en- to students of the landing univer-
sites in the Middle West, and the
Pillsbury Oratorical contest at the
University of Minnesota, winning In
competition with American students
in their own language.
At Harvard he studied history and
political science, majoring in inter-
national relations. He wrote his
decorate dissertation on China and
the League of Nations"
DR.. Park has written, among other
works, Making New China" and
"An Oriental View of American
Civilization" His latest book, to be
published shortly, is entitled Re
treat of the West" explaining the
Western retreat from Eastern Asia.
For more than 10 years, DR.. Park
has been lecturing at various col
leges and universities and before
various civic organizations over the
United States. His message has
been heralded by leading newspapers
as "The most important that has
ever come from the Orient"
In addition to appearing at regu-
! lal neighborhood forums, DR.. Park
will conduct a public institute or
Oriental Philosophy and Culture
at the Adult Education center, 24s
Ninth avenue north. He will ad'
dress sessions of the institute at
| p. m. each Tuesday and Thursday
for three weeks, starting next Tues
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
COURT HITS PEONAGE
ON DOLLAR LINE BOAT


Newark, N. J.-"Peonage" was
how Federal Judge William Clark
characterized the shipping articles
under which the Dollar Steamship
Line employed Chinese seamen in
hearing the complaint of Mai Tam,
third cook on the President Taft that
he had been held illegally aboard the
ship at Jersey City for three months
as result of the West Coast strike.
Judge Clark ordered Tam sent to
Ellis Island for deportation, on his
own request. Tam was represented
by Abraham Levine, Jersey City, and
David M. Zap, New York.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
Says Seaat,r Borah's Proposal
En,sculate The 14th Amendment

Charles H. Houston, special coun-
sci of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
this week issued a statement that
Negroes must fight to the end the
resolution introduced into the SEN
ate, February 25, proposing the re-
peal of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Mr.. Houston stated that on first
glance Senator Borah's resolution
seemed fair enough. He retained
what is now the first section of the
Fourteenth Amendment which pro-
vides for citizenship in state and
nation, and the due process and equal
protection clauses. But as his reso-
luton is reported in the press he
eliminated all the clauses which put
teeth and protection into the amend
ment.
The amendment in its present form
provides in section two that when
the right to vote is denied except for
participation in rebellion or other
crime the representation of the Of
Tending state in Congress may be
reduced in the proportion which the
J number of citizens who are denied.
the vote bears to the total number
of citizens entitled to vote. This
provision is not now honored and
enforced, but it is only question OF
a short time before the Negro in the
northern and border states will be
strong enough politically to demand
its enforcement if the South will not
listen to reason and extend the fran
chise to Negroes on the same basis
as to other citizens.
Senator Borah has also eliminated
section four of the present Four
teenth Amendment which prohibits
the United States Or any State from
assuming or paying any debt or
claim for the emancipation OF any
slave or loss incurred in aid of the
rebellion. If this provision were
eliminated all the Southern States
would at once pass laws recognizing
debts of the Confederacy, and South
ern Negroes would be taxed to help
pay the cost of the Rebellion which
attempted to perpetuate the slavery
of their forefathers.
Finally Senator Borah has elimi-
mated the last section of the present
! Fourteenth Amendment which gives
Congress the power to enforce the
| provisions of the Amendment by ap-
propriate legislation.
The N. A. A. c. P. is preparing
to follow actively all developments
| on the Borah resolution and to op-
pose it vigorously.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
ON GRAND JURY

For the first time in at least 20
years, Negro was sworn in as a
grand Juror in General Sessions on
Monday. He is Robert P. Braddicks
of 222 West 138th street, vice presi-
dent of the Dunbar National Bank,
1924 Eighth avenue.
He was sworn in by Judge Saul
S. Streit as a member of the addi-
tienal Grand Jury for the March
term.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
0 TesySiss s} 4:
American Legion

Since the venture of the ladies OF
the auxiliary referred to lin. last
weeks article, we have been check;
ing up, comparing their group with
that of the stronger sex.
Results were such that we started
checking back; into the influence OF
auE women on OUR history. e
Should One spend a bit Of time
comparing the real contributions OF
our women with the oft repeated
tales by those who go in endless
circles trying te prove the obvious
about DUR group; We will find that
while Cfispds Attdcks was dying on
Boston Common: no, doubt urged by
the surge, of emotion that character
ICES all mob activity, somewhere in
the same bracket of time Sojurner
Truth was singing bright ditties, and
was otherwise giving something to
the cultural development of the young
nation. New don't get me wrong,
/ Have the utmost respect for Elack
Samson and Brandywine and ali the
rest; tho all tales of war become
boresome after forty years Of repeu-
ton:
Why not let some reveler in the
heroics Of the. past, show the con-
tlibution Of our women toward the
abolition of slavery. 1t would no
doubt be an interesting story and a
long one. Also it would give the
young patriots something less hack
neyed and at times far fetched to
tell of, in other words, a new set
Of thunder without any mold.
As far as we have been able to
ascertain; about eighty per cent CT
the elinching arguments against
slavery had their inception in the
treatment of women. Thinking back
over the tradition that was handed
down by word Of mouth in the old
country during my boyhdod, usually
in the weave of the tale was the
diplomacy of Aunt Chloe:
Many a lashi1g was saved through
her eleverness; and it was always
she who told the Master and Mis-
tress where to head in" and made
them like it:
1t was her ingenuity that made
tasty dishes from the waste on the
plantation, and gave America some
OF her greatest original dishes, as
well as the first real lessons In
domestic economy.
It was she and she alone that
established a livable routine that
made for survival of the race dur
ing those dark days.
in fact her technique became such
In this particular field, that she was
always taken to the big house, to
apply her art to the white babes.
dare say were the truth known,
many a boy donned the blue uni
form at the behest of the draft
board in the kithen, and applying
my meager information to present
day conditions, am tempted to say
that the situation hasn't changed
much, especially when we compare
the success of the Legion auxiliary
with the efforts of their "betters." )"
-Peery.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
Communion Gay
Bethesda Church
March 9TH 1897
BY A. r. Boyd

Since fhtifsday, ,hprii 6; A. D. 80,
in the upper room in Jerusalem I'M
til this day, the words of Jesus lives
in every regenerated heart for the
words, saith re, TO His disciples
they are spirit, and they are Lille,
for it is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing.
Supper being ehded He laid aside
His garments: and took towel, and
girded himself. after that He
poureth water into basin, and be-
gan to wash the disciples feet, and
wipe them with the towel where
with He was gifaed:
Then cometh He to Simon Peter;
and Peter saith unto Him, Lord,
doesn't Thou wash my feet?" Jesus
answered and said unto him. What I
do thou knowest-hot now; but thou
shalt know hereafter:
Peter saith unto Him. Thou shalt
never wash my feet. jesus answered
him. If I was thee not, thou hast
NO part with me. Simon Peter saith
unto Him, Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands, and my head.
Jesus saith unto him. He that is
washed needeth not save to wash
F., his feet, but is clean every whit;
and you are clean-btt not all.
| For he know who should betray
him; therefore, said He, you are not
all clean.
After announcing explicitly that
one of the twelve was unclean, and
| would betray him to his enemies,
Jesus indicated Judas as the traitor
by dipping a piece of unleavened
bread of the Passover into the sauce
made of fruits and vinegar and CIV
ing it to Judas. what thou doest,
do quickly, said He to Judas. Then
! the traitor went out straightway
and it was night" Probably, there
| 10 liO OIliCI SIdISilleIiI III lllC Slltli
Bible more suggestive than the four
words with which the Apostle OF
love has closed His account of this
fatal departure. Behind this exit
there was in the life of Judas, a
history of low and sordid ideals Of
which this exit was the fruitage
Beyond this departure lay three
| things: a deed of darkness, mo.
ment of dissolution and remorse, and
a destiny unspeakable. So Judas
Iscariot, the arch-traitor of history
went out into the night.
So, after he had washed their feet
and had taken His garments, ano
was sat again, He said unto them
Know we what I have done to you
Ye call me Master and Lord; anc
ye say well; for SO 1 am. If then
your Lord and Master, have washed
your feet, We also ought to wash
one another's feet. For / have giver
you an example, that ye should dc
as I have done to you. Verify, veri
| ly, say unto you, The servant il
not greater than his Lord; neither
he that is sent greater than he thai
sent him. If We know these thing:
happy are We if ye do them.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06

Mr.. Noah Battle, 622 Sixth ave-
nue. north, died Wednesday night at
Parkview hospital. AS we go to
press funeral arrangements have not
been made.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC FORUMS
On the Southside Next Week

Monday, March 8
(Turn to Page Two)
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
Earl Shamwell
The Tenth Man

'The Tenth Man." will be the SUBJ
ject of an address by Earl Sham
well, at Phyllis Wheatley house, 300
Aldrich avenue north, Sunday, March
Z, at 4 p. m. The Minneapolis Pub
lie Forum is cooperating in arrang-
ing for the meeting.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-06
THE AMERICAN NEGRO
Discussed by Rev. L. w. Harris

Discussed by Rev. Il. w. Harris
Rev. L. w. Harris, pastor of Pill
grim Baptist church of st. Paul; een-
Quoted a class Thursday, March a, at
7:30 p. M in which the American
Negro was discussed The class is
one Of series sponsored by Hayden
Heights Baptist church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Washington Area Leads Nation in Increase of Construction
"Conditioninq"
Explained

Fans, odor absorbers, humidi-
fiers, underwear, hats, fabrics and
many other articles being offered
as "air conditioner" or "air condi-
toned" are bogus, and the Federal
Trade Commission and the Ma
tional Better Business Bureau have
united against the misuse Of the
terms by manufacturers and ad-
vertiSerS, it was announced here
today by william B. Henderson,
executive vice president of the Air
Conditioning Manufacturers ASso-
citation.
Latest action is a stipulation
with a Chicago company that it
will discontinue unfair" advertis-
ing practices in offering an cleo
trical fan device with a so-called
purifying" attachment as an "air
conditioner.
Air conditioning is officially de.
fined by the Department of Com
merce and the National Better
Business Bureau as including, for
summer, cooling, acknowledging
and circulating the air, heating
humidifying and circulating it in
the winter, and cleansing the air
in the operation Of the system
throughout the year. Any equip
ment performing fewer than these
functions is not true air condition.
ing, according to the authorities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Regional Meet
On Moy14

Advance enrolment for the COM
ing Central Atlantic regional con-
vention of the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards, to be
held in New York city, May IA
and is, already is the heaviest for
any regional convention yet to be
held.
The meeting, at the Biltmore
Hotel, will be the first of its kind
for the Central Atlantic region,
which includes the District of Co
lumbia, New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia. Twelve
similar meetings have already been
held in other sections of the
country.
The regional conferences are
concerned with economic changes
affecting the real-estate picture
and real estate methods as they
are being adapted to changed con-
ditions.
Paul E. Stark, of Madison, Wis,
president of the National ASsocia-
ton of Real Estate Boards, will
address the convention on the i'm
portant social responsibilities in
volved in the everyday task Of the
business of real estate, will out
line some Of the principal present
detectives of real estate boards for
insuring a sound situation for real
estate advance, and will hold a
luncheon conference with presi-
dents and secretaries of real estate
boards in the region.
Joseph w. Catharine, Brooklyn.
N. Y, vice president of the associ-
alton for the central Atlantic re-
gion, heads the convention COM
mittee, which includes Morton j.
LuchS, of Shannon & Luchs.
Subjects to be discussed include
good and bad designing for the
small home, future industrial build
ings, the necessity of a sound fl
nancial structure for real estate,
sales methods for 1887.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Virginia Lots
At Auction

Persons desiring a good site for
q home at a reasonable price will
be wise to attend an auction of
building lots to be held in Vienna,
Va, next Saturday afternoon by
N. C. Hines and Sons.
The land to be sold, for whatever
price can be obtained, includes 40
lots 80 by $50 feet; 10 one-acre
tracts and two sites of two and
three-quarter acres.
Located at high elevation, the
land is in a wooded, rolling coun'
try, convenient to two car lines
bus lines and several good high
ways. 1t can be purchased for &c
per cent cash, with the balance
payable in two years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Billions Cost
Of Decay

About IS per cent Of American
property is needlessly wasting
away, and the process is costing
owners two billion dollars year.
So says Henry A. Gardner,
director Of the scientific section
of the National Paint, Varnish and
Lacquer Association, in pointing
out that the only difference be-
tween fire and decay is in the
rapidity of destruction.
He said: Fire costs each one
of us $4.76 a year-decay and rust
cost us more than three times this
amount. Loss through fire or
other cause is accidental and &C.
casional-and is not prevented by
insurance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
SIums Cleared
In New York

Public Works Administrator Har.
old L. Ickes today requested bids
for two additional buildings for the
$12,634,000 Williamsburg houses,
huge Slum clearance and low-rent
housing projects which PWA is
building in New York city.
The two new buildings will add
ISL units to the project, increas-
ing the total number Of living
units, available to families of low
income, to 1922. Because of neces.
Sary title delay in acquiring the
site, the housing division awarded
q contract on only 18 of the build
ings last August. Now that the last
parcels have been cleared, work on
the additional two buildings will
proceed as soon as contract is
awarded.
There are to be 20 buildings in
the completed project, which will
be the largest public housing prof.
ect ever undertaken in the United
States,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Cooper Arts Museum
Will Expand Program

NEW YORK. April 24.-Mark.
ing the fortieth anniversary of its
founding by three granddaughter
of Peter Cooper, the Museum for
the Arts Of Decoration Of Cooper
Union announces plans to expand
it's program of public service and
education, which has already
reached more than 100000
students, architects, craftsmen, de-
Signers, manufacturers and work
ers IN other fields Of the indus.
| trial arts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
COMPARE OUR SPECIFICATIONS

DOUBLE INSULATED con-
struction on side walls of en-
tire house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-24
Predict Trend
Will Remain
Upward
See Private Building
As Salient Factor
In UpsWing

A promising summer of resi-
dental building activity IS indi
Gated for the Washington resi-
dental area by the upward climb
in contracts awarded here during
the opening quarter of this year
when residential building multi
piled itself more than twice
according to figures released by
F. w. Dodge Corporation.
More than $15,875,000 was the
total of residential building for
the current opening quarter
whereas during the first three
months of 1885 the total was only
$7,646,600.
Bigger Boost Here
The percentage of gain in this
class of building in this section
bettered somewhat the percentage
of advance throughout the entire
81 States east of the Rockies,
where residential building was
only about twice as large in the
current quarter as in the first
three months of 1886.
Significant advances in private
construction are seen in a 81 per
cent gain during the first quarter
of this year, as compared with the
first quarter of last year. The sum
was $16,249,200 for this type Of
construction during the opening
quarter of 1887. compared with
$10,786,100 during the similar
period of last year.
March Trend Cited
March held true to the upward
trend in private construction in
this area, for contracts amounted
to $4,S47,OOO in the month just
ended, compared with $2,373,400
in March of last year.
These figures represent work
under way in the Washington
metropolitan area, which covers
the District of Columbia and the
counties of Arlington and Fairfax
in Virginia, and Montgomery and
Prince Georges in Maryland.
Total construction contracts
awarded in the District area made
the unusual advance of AZ per
cent during the first quarter Of
the year. More than $22,632, 400
was the sum of construction con-
tracts during this period, COM
pairing favorably with $15,972, 400
In the similar period of last year