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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21
Mississippi


We are indebted to some one, mf
know not whom, for sending IN
having sent to as a copy of the w
page centennial edition Of the Daliy
Clarion--Ledger Of Jackson, Miss. IL
was pleasure as d Journalist to
peruse number 50 ambitious, ~
progressive; and it was, as We turn
ed the pages, quite a surprise 10
find that Negro leaders Of the State
had taken advantage of the occasion
to flash their message Of progress ~
a big way. The town Of Mound
Bayou carried three quarter page
adj, featuring the 50th anniversary
celebration Of its founding, inciad-
ing three large pictures, those Of
!. T. Montgomery and B. i. Green,
co-founders, and B. A. Green, pres
ent Mayor. A full page adj, was de-
voted to tribute TO Isiah /. Mont
gomery as founder of the Mound
Bayou community, with q picture of
Mr.. Montgomery covering 48 square
inches; a full page was taken Dy
Rust College of Holly Springs 70 tell
the story Of its Tlst anniversary
celebration, including seven pictures;
full page was taken by Aleorn
College to tell its story, including.
six pictures, and full page was
taken by Mississippi Industrial Col
Iege Of Holly Springs to tell its
story Of growth since It's founding
in 1905 by Bishop 4. Cottrell, in
Guiding eight pictures.
OF 1872 pages in the edition, four
and three quarters were devoted to
advertising from Negro institutions.
In many ways, this Il not 80 bad.
Many other state institutions, and
sister States and Cities, and their
institutions, carried large ads.
We congratulate the Clafion-Ied--
ger on its hundred years of service
to the State Of Mississippi; and we
congratulate it again on affofding
Negro institutions an opportunity to
tell their story on a basis Of equality
with all other advertisers N its
mammoth edition.
Calendars
We wish TO commend the enter
prising Rev. George w. Harvey q
Braddock, Pa, on spending twe
years in gathering Negro historical
data for every day in the year and
compiling a very elaborate calendar
for 1888, which he was fortunate Il
selling TO three large life insurance
companies North Carolina Mutual
!, Of Durham, Afro-American Life Of
Florida, and Golden State Mutual ot
Los Angeles. This was a bit Of orig
inality which required considerable
work and patience to execute, ane
the rewards are not yet commeI=
surate with the effort put forth, bul
perhaps in time they will be.
We have also noted an increase u
the number Of colored subjects usee
on calendars generally by colored
business concerns, which is good
sign that the group is becoming more
conscious Of itself and is willing tc
| utilize more methods to stress this
identity. Out Of this attitude vii
come more profits for group busi-
ness.
Poor sportsmanship
We are sorry to note that on O
our national papers, apparently very
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21

Calvin 5 Digest
BY FLOYD j. CALVIN
Oniy Column in the Negro listed by Editor Publsher)

successful III its own right, IS SO
lacking in sportsmansnip as 80 viii
fully make d thrust at the integrity
and standing OF sister paper BY
publishing an unauthorized and
wholly misleading circulation figure
for the other paper. The fact that
the figure was published as "esti-
mated is proof that deliberate mis-
chief was back Of the thrust, and
not amy desire to increase the value
OF the Negro press or the Negro
market.
When our best journals stoop to
such shabby practices, how can the
smaller papers, or the smaller busi-
ness among us be expected to Guilt
yate and live up to higher ethical
standards? The Negro press uffers
enough already, without internal
strife. Just when President Spauld-
ing Of the Business League was Civ
ing out an optimistic statement
trying to boost Negro business for
the New Year, one Of our prize ex-
hibits iii the field OF Negro business
was plotting and actually carrying
out mischief against a fellow insti-
tuition We suppose the white adj
vertisers laughed loud and long.
They should have. Neither paper is
getting much national advertising.
They are both held back, in spite Of
their circulations, by the same thing
Color.
Oldest Bank
/ We pause TO congratulate and
| felieitate the "Oldest Negro bank
! the United states Citizens Savings
/ Bank & Trust Company, Fourth Az
enue. NJ, and Cedar Street, Nash
vile, Tenn, Dir. Henry Allen Boyd,
/ president, and Hon. j. G. Napier,
cashier. One Of the banks slogans
( ii aThirty-two Years Of Continuous
seTvice--Safe and sound This
bank, founded by the late DIR. r. H.
{ Boyd, pioneer developer Of big busi-.
/ ness among US, is landmark in the
financial progress Of our group.
And speaking Of the oldest bank, !
we note statement from Major
1 II. r.. Wright, Sr., president Of the
National Negro Bankers Association,
4 ia which he says:
1T Is gratifying to note that we
have SEVENTEEN banks still doing
business which survived the worst
days of the depression and whose
affairs are now being conducted un-
der more rigid supervision, both Fed
cral and State, and which are there
fore more competent to serve the
q purposes FOR which they were brought
4 into existence.
FOR the sake Of the record, the
seventeen banks are:
Charleston Mutual, SC; Citizens
& Southern, Philadelphia; Citizens
/ Savings, Nashville; Citizens Trust,
Atlanta. Consolidated Bank & Trust,
4 Richmond; Grown Savings, Newport
/ News: Danville Savings, Va; Farm
| ers & Merchants, Boley, Okla; Fra
ternal Bank & Trust, Fort Worth,
Tex; Harry @. Wilson, Baltimore
Industrial Bank, Washington; Me-
ehanics & Farmers, Durham; Victory
/ Savings, Columbia, SC; South End
/ Cooperative, Boston; Tuskegee Saw
ings, Ala. J; Pioneer Savings, Atlanta,
and Georgia Savings & Realty, SaiA
| vannah.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21
exas Bank Has
Assets of S443, ,138. 30

FORT WORTH, Tex. lCl-The
F'raternal Bank and Trust Company,
Col. william M. Mcdonald, president,
mas assets Of s443,13s.32, as or De-
geember al. ii was announced hy I. 2,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21

Won't you come and swng and sway
AT the Delta Caberet.
February 4, 1888.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21

Anderson, cashier, on Saturday. The
bank has individual deposits of
s4ls,lS8.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-01-21
HISTORICAL
CALENDAR

We acknowledge with thanks
the receipt of the Historical
Calendar put out by the North
Carolina Mutual Insurance CO.
Some historical event in the life
OF the Negro is given for each
day of the year. The follow
ing explanation by the company
was enclosed with the calendar.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04

ticut and some of the less favored states is the difference between pro- fessional and amateur performance. Highway safety is not job for aIn- ateurs. Poor performance is paid for in human life and suffering and in staggering costs of property dam age"
 Burton w. Marsh, director of the safety and traffic engineering de- partment of the American Automo- bile association, told the conference Connecticut was "one of the out- standing states in leadership in deal- ing with traffic accidents.
 More than 11,000 lives would have been saved in 1887 in our country had the Connecticut rate in terms of gasoline con u m pt tion prevailed throughout the country. Moreover, since 1928 your fatalities have re- mained roughly the same. If the country's trend had followed that of Connecticut, in the nine year per- iod since that date, there would have been some 5000 lives saved"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
BALLYH0O CUTS
 HIGHWAY TOLL
(Continued on Page Al

z 06C I from se,ooo in 1885 to nearly 10000 in 1937?"
 He said a major reason for the reduction in the number of acci- dents, deaths and injuries in Con- necticut was the inauguration of a semi-annual inspection of motor ve- hicleS.
 He called for "unity of effort" in attacking the highway death toll and asked representatives from local highway safety commissions to make Connecticut 8 model state in the matter of safe driving.
 The conference opened with well comes by President Charles Seymour of Yale university and Mayor John w. Murphy. Luncheon speakers were Gov. Wilbur L. Cross and Chief Justice William M. Maltbie.
 In the afternoon, the conference divided into sections.
 Paul G. Hoffman, president of Stakeholder Corp, and head of the Au 0 m tive Safety foundation praised Connecticut for its fine achievement" in reducing the death toll.
 "The State of Connecticut" he said, "is in the vanguard of the states of the nation showing what can be accomplished in highway safety through the consistent appli- cation of sound and rational meth ods of accident reduction.
 Connecticut is to be congratu- lated on having a combination of sighted public officials and pulp lie spirited citizens. This is one of the very few-if not the only state to have an official safety commits sion operating under legislative sanction and authority.
 Your program here is thus fun damentally sound. Its elements are being carried out by public officials and supported by public spirited leaders and informed public opinion.
 The difference between Connec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
MAN KILLED IN
 HEAD-ON CRASH

Norwood, Mass, April 4.-(UP).-- Francs Murphy, 27, of Norwood died early today of injuries suf- fered late last night in a head-on automobile collision. Six other per- sons were injured.
 Two Broskton girls, Susan Ryan (of Morland street) and Gayle Con- roy (of Forsythe stree), were in critical condition with possible skull fractures. Last rites of the Catholic church were administered them.
 Murphy and the Misses Ryan and Conroy were passengers in car operated by Michael Norton of Nor wood. The car crashed into an auto- mobile operated by Robert Spear of Sharon at Stoughton turnpike and Washington street
 Spears passengers were Barbara Munson and Perry Bailey, both ot South Dartmouth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
SEIZURE IS HIT
 BY GOV. MURPHY
Continued from Page D

NNOIltllluCu 41OAlI 0SV ~
 officers and union attorney.
 Before the meeting began, Mur- phy, who had rushed home from Florida vacation to mediate the strike. conferred privately with Dan E, Karn, vice-preSident and general manager of Consumers Power. Mur- phy was accompanied by Attorney General Raymond w. Starr and Chairman George A. Krogstad of the State Board of Labor and In- dustries, whose earlier attempts to settle the dispute were unsuccess- full.
 Murphy moved from one room to another on the 18th floor of a downtown hotel, meeting first with Karn and his associates, then with Stonkus and other union represen- tatives.
 It was believed he would follow his usual procedure in strike media tion-act as intermediary before bringing both sides together in a general meeting.
 The strikers, members of a Com mittee For Industrial Organization Union, maintained service over the weekend under an agreement not to pull the switches" until after today's conference. They were in complete charge of main plants, from which they had elected fore- men and managers, but their right to act for all 5000 workers of Con- sumers Power Company had been challenged by two rival unions. All three claimed majority of work CTS.
 The strikers belong to the Utility Workers Organizing Committee. They demand a renewal Of their one-year contract with Consumers Power Company and a guarantee against wage reductions during the year. The company has offered guarantee against wage cuts for the next three months.
 When c. I. O. utility workers struck for 12-hour periods twice last year and left Saginaw valleys industries, homes and hospitals without power, Governor Murphy threatened to call out the national guard.
 Karn was prepared to insist as the first point for consideration at the meeting today, that the strik- CTS be compelled to evacuate the plants which they are holding at Saginaw, Bay City, Flint and Lan- sing. These central plants control more than 300 subsidiary power stations throughout the valley.
 Pickets admitted only UWOC members into the plants. Since these c. I. O. members comprised only one of three unions organized within the company, strikers were on duty without regard to their regular day or night shifts. The seized plants were well manned and idle men sat around playing cards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
FireMarshal, Coroner;
 State Police Probe
(Contlnued from Page D

caught framework, melted rear wall, shot through outlets to catch the f1imsy wooden piazzas and stairs.
 Lights in the building went out Parents caught up sleeping children and rushed into railways lit only by the f1ickering flames which ate through walls into the corridors.
 Caught In Smoke
 Fifty persons, men, women and children, were caught in suffocat- ing smoke as they battled to reach the rear of the two-section tenement block, struggled to save their lives against the odds of darkness and fear, hot, thick smoke beyond which sounded the menacing crackle oi spreading flames.
 Bremen arrived and, hampered by the narrow entry. spread theil lines while Acting Deputy Chiel Joseph J. Kelley called for more apparatus than that summoned by the call of Box 48. rung in at 10:1C o'clock. Engines 3, 4, 10, the auxiliary engine and Truck 1 were augmented by Engine 2 and Truck 3. Bremen tore down walls to get at the blaze which spread through the upper apartments. .
 Private Rice ReScues
 Rescue work was started by Pri- vate Rice, who made his way into the upper corridors and carried ou; the Duplessis children, handing them to Private William Hogan o1 Engine 10, who passed them along to Motor Patrolman James Magncl and other police and f1remen.
 The father, overcome by smoke after he had succeeded in breaking windows to attempt to get air fol his suffocating children, was helped to safety and taken to the hospital Mrs. Dup.essis had been visiting a her brothers home, Fred Lacomn SIT South Main street, and returned just as the flames shot out of th' windows of her third-floor tene ment.
 Laid Of Last Week l IHG uQAAdlld 4CA y ~AA&fNSJ oy a baking concern, was laid Of last week. He and the i've childrei were asleep when the fire starte' and the father grabbed first tn baby, Pauline, 22 months, then tn older children. trying first to ge through the smoke to the front . the building, fighting back to at tempt getting the infants out 0 the rear.
 Fire Chief Thomas J. Cavanaugl took charge within few minute after the call for additional equip ment and Lieut.. Fred Hickey. actin night superintendent, instructe Sergt. Charles McWeeney to sen out a call for more policemen a crowds estimated at more than 2, 900 persons. gathering in Sout Main street, attracted by the High of the flames.
 Died Enroute < ] Norman Duplessis, 3, died whil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
.3l CASES LISTED
 IN COMMON PLEAS
(Continued from Page D

Anthony Cianciola, theft; Stanley Stasaitis, tampering with auto; Leo Coimier, operating under the infiu- ence of liquor; John Griffin, driving under the influence of liquor, driv- ing without a license.
 George Miller, operating under the influence of liquor; Lee Jones, intoxication; Kenneth Rhynhart, operating under the influence; Theodore Liebrich, assault, breach of the peace; Stanley Kloss, intox- ication, breach of the peace; Rocco Damiglietta, operating under the influence; Michael A .Cianull, driv- ing under the influence; Misak L. Kellajian, violation of rules of the road.
 Carmine Desimone, non-support; Martin J. Post, violation of rules of the road; Albert Tacinelli, viola tion of rules of the road and evad- ing responsibility; Leo Bawmazian, reckless driving, violation of the rules of the road: Herman Passuck, violation of fish and game rules; Walter Foell, violation of fish and game rules.
 Adam Swierzewski, reckless driv- ing; Dan Raphael, violation of rules of the road; Awald Endzeliet, op- erating while license was suspend ed, operating under the influence of liquor; Sam Daddone, keeping house of ill-fame; George Davies, breach of peace and assault; Will liam Kyauskas, operating under the influence, operating without a H. cense; Francis Robillard, breach of peace; Arthur Clementsen, reckless driving, Josesph Rabian, reckless driving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04

being taken to St. Mary's hospital by Archie Mazziotte, of 32 South View street. His dcath was attri- buted to asphyxiation by Dr. Ed ward H. Kirschbaum, medical ex- aminer.
 In the case of Mrs. Martone, Drs. Rudolph Damiani and Surelli were summoned. The elderly woman had been i'll for some time, neigh bors reported, and t:le excitement of the fire nearby was too much for her, 1t was said. Dr. Kirsch- baum gave the cause of death as heart disease.
 Probe Is Started
 Fire Marshal Lahey and Pvt. Eu- gene Legge, the latter active with the police in carrying injured to the hospital last night, started an in- vestigation early today and a check of the occupants of the tenement.
 During the fire many of the oc- cupants attempted to save belong ings such as cash. Tie Duplessis family had $25 stored in a drawer but the father gave no thought to that last night. Today Mrs. Duples- sis searched the apartment. The money could not be found. Save Few Possessions Others were reported as saving $75 in bills and a few valued pos sessions. But the DuplessiS tene- ment bore the main brunt of the fire in the latter stages of the four hour blaze and practically all of the belongings were destroyed. Fire Commissioner Thomas F. Mccarthy helped with rescue work and applied first aid to Mrs. Leon Fisher, who was cut about hands and face and suffered minor burns Archie Mazziotte, who took Nor man Duplessis and his father George, to the hospital, lost new wrist watch and his hat in the rescue work, 1t was reported. Acting Deputy Kelley, Private Legge ane Private William Earth helped Mrs Rcselle Matteau, top floor apart. ment occupant, to recover her purse with $75 in 1t.
 Visit Building Today
 Numerous of the occupants wis tied the building today and at temped to retrieve clothing ant such movable personal articles a had been spared. The building wa water-soaked and both the Fishe land Duplessis apartments were com pletely destroyed with all fixtures.
 Elmer Darn, first floor occupant got his grandmother, Wilhelmin: Darn, 72, and young cousin ou safely just as the lights went out It is the second time in two year the Darn home has been burned out he said.
 Occupants of the building as list ed by Fire Marshal Lahey today were:
 Occupants of Building
 First floor. west side. northwest.
 Mir. and Mrs. Leon Fisher, and
 eight children, Carah, l5, Mar | garet 13, Joseph 12, Thomas 9,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04

Theresa 8, Charles 6, Rose Mary 4, Shirley Ann ?.
 First floor, west side, southwest. Oliver Bellemere, wife Amelie, son Ubald, 22, ro0mer, James La Flamme.
 Second floor, west side, north east, Nagli Dumond anu Mrs. Dumond, and 5 children, Jennie and Lorraine, twins, IA, Nance, 12, Lillian II, Jane 2.
 Second floor, west side, south west-Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Ge- lines, two children, Gerard, 19, and Rowland, 17.
 Third floor, west side, n0rth- west, RosaIine Matteau, widow, and two children, Origene, IS. Emil II.
 Third floor, west side, south- west, MT. and Mrs. George Du- plessis, five children, Jean 8, Clemens, 6, Ferdinand, 5, Norman 3, (dead), Paulina, 20 months.
 First floor, east, northeast, MT. and Mrs. Anthony Ayotte, one son, George IF.
 First floor, east side, southeast Elmer Darn, and grandmother. WiEhelmina Darn, Ingelorg Darn.
 Second floor, east side, north- east-Mr. and Mrs. Armand Gag noon, 4 children, Doris 9, Cecile 7, Raymond 5, Ranne, S.
 Second floor, east side, south- east, MT. and Mrs. Wm. Gonne- vile. five children, Roseland, 13. Mary II, Marcel g, Leo Paul !, Henry 5.
 Third floor, east side, north- east, MT. and Mrs. Malcolm Gra- ham, children, Margaret, 6, Malcolm Jr., 4, Robert 2, Anna IA months.
 Third floor, east side, southeast MT. and Mrs. Floribert BIais.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04

ter Bower took the floor and made formal apology.
 The incident clearly indicated the feeling of unrest underlying the gov ernment's efforts to take every for eign policy step with caution. AS commons met, two cabinet members conferred quietly with labor leaders in an effort to win cooperation Tor the governments plan to construct Europe's biggest air force.
 The lavor party forced the debate with a motion of censur against the government, motion which de- manded a general election on for eign policy. Arthur Greenwood was delegated to offer it this afternoon:
 "That as the foreign pr " of His Majesty's government can not arrest the dangerous drift toward war, anc' as 1t is inconsistent with their cleo ion pledges, this house is of opin- ion that the issue should be sub mitted to the country without delay
 The liberal party planned to in- reduce a censure motion of It's own demanding not an election but re- purse to the League of Nations:
 "That this house, believing that he present policy of the govern ment is a danger to the security oi the British empire and the peace of the world, and an obstacle to r@a- tional unity, urges the government to call an immediate meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations with a view to making practical ar- arrangements among states members of the leagu for mutual assistance against aggression, putting in opera ton the machinery for redressing national grievances and removing the economic causes of war.%
 Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain planned to open the debate foi the government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-04
NEW HAVEN RIOT
 ENDS IN COURT
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New Haven, Conn, April E(UP) Four persons were held for court today as the aftermath of a riot in the recreational rooms of the Sal vation Army social service center Sunday which resulted in injuries to a dozen participants.
 Four persons were treated at hos pitals for head and body injuries but none were hurt seriously.
 Accused of breach of peace and injury to private property were Richard Fortunate Annunziata, 26, a professional boxer; James Annun- ziata, 19, Salvatore Annunziata, IS. and Frederick Cicarelli, 19.
 Salvation Army Captain Arthur B. Craytor, who was hit on the head with a chair, sadi he believed the fight resulted from a feud which be- gan two weeks ago when he orde. ed a group of youths from the roof of a storage building near the center. Several young men entered the rec- reational room late yesterday, he said, and the fight broke out when they refused to leave.