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Boy Prematurely Hailed AS "AnOther
Ben Stevenson" Races 40 Yards Twice;
Wee Willie Smith DaShes 50 Once

the LeMoyne threat was ended.
In the second quarter, after a
pass, Donelson to Lundy, which
placed the ball on the Is yard line,
Foston lugged it over for the inl-
tial marker. Dyles failed to convert.
Shortly afterward. Donelson toss
ed to Sullinger for 19 yards to the
LeMoyne one yard line where Fos-
ton hit through the line to register
six more points for the Hornets.
Jones' extra point attempt was
blocked.
Alabama's third touchdown came
the third quarter when Greene rae
ed off tackle for 40 yards, then lat
eralled to Sullinger, who sprinted
the remaining 20 yards to score,
Dyles missed the try for the ex-
ira point.
The Magicians' final threat came
in the fourth. period with Thunder
BOLT" Henry end "Wee Willie Smitr
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Langston Fears Rec commended
lMorehouse ~; Bringing 50 Men

There is much more in this game
than two unknown teams IN 1889
football meeting. The fans through
out The South and Southwest are
watching with the closest interest
the outcome Of Coaches Forbes and
GaylcS' battle Of wits. AS stated,
Coach Gaylei mas a clean record
from past encounters with More
house and he is "on the spot" this
time, much to the pleasure OF
Morehouse fans.
This season very little work has
been done on The defensive game
OF TIE Lions No end of trouble is
being encountered in trying to find
rasser to fit i'll for Parker and a
spark plug to hit for the hole
made By the loss of King Taylor.
So all nopin.s is for the offensive
game to click well enough to make
up for whatever shortcomings de-
ve!oo in the defense.
Ficm the freshmen reporting,
Tate: Graham and Pierce all of
Tulsa are the standouts. Alexander
Aldridge, Hichs and Milligan each
look the best CT last years squad
men. Ml
The injury jinX has been lenient
fer che past week and only Tate
and WEIGH arc on the injured list
bu5 the chances rae that if need
ed both will be available for use.
Few if any comments have been
heard about the games to follow
and the players seem to sense that
their fortune and future is bound
in this first test.
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Joe Louis May
Fight Lou Nova
At Early Date

NEW (SNS)-The fabu-
lcus Joe Louis, destined to eclipse
every record that Dempsey, Tunney,
Sullivan and the other greats ever
made, will shuttle out into Lou
NCVa'S face N January.
The bout will be staged in Madi-
son Square Galden and will make
the ninth defense of his crown by
the curly-haired Detroit assassin.
Every time LoCls steps into ring
he breaks a record
His earnings, already tabulated
at the startling figure of $1,662,000
odd dollars will approach the $4,000
mark in this date with Nova and
vanlt mis- total to $1,712,0O0 or
thereaSouts.
This will leave him but $4,000 shy
OF Tunney's gaining mark of cool
$1,715, 900 in thi1 teen years of CAM
paigning Dempsey earned $2,000,-
coo in eleven years of ring war;
fare. E,..
Louis has already Gouched the
high marks in just a bit more than
five years, having practically
matched the eX-champions at the
tender age Of rs. asA
Tunney was 80 when he closed
his fighting career and Dempsey
was 80. If Louis fights two more
years he will have wiped every rec
ord off the hooks at the age of
81. -..a
Lou Nova has been crying for
a shot al Louis for a long time
and repeatedly proclaims: 81 am
the man who will defeat Louis. 1
knew how to do it," Well, he gets
chance in January if Uncle Mike
Jacobs has any say and with a
million dollars in the vaults of two
New York banks. the old man can
blast out in eloquent, attractive
tones. att. .tH
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tell Bennett, Phillips, Heilig,
Boyd, Bunch, Bussey Martin, De-
Laine, and Robinson.
Both Coaches seemed well pleas
ed 1t the showing of the entire
squad at the close of the first
weeks drills. They plan to have
the Bulldogs ready for this warm
ing UP game Oh the hCme grounds
Saturday, September 80, against
the "Pecagogs" of Elizabeth City
College, North Carolina. Other
games on the Bulldogs 1889 sched-
ule include Knoxville, Sat. Oct. T.
Mcri is Brown ut Atlanta Saturday,
Oct. IA, Alabama State at Orange
burg Saturday, Oct. 81, Clark at
Atlanta, Sat-, Oct. %, Tuskegee at
Orangeburg, Saturday, Nov. 4,
open Saturday. Nov. IL, Florida A
arc M. College at Orangeburg
Saturday, Nov. IS, Benedict at
Orangeburg (The Homecoming
Thanksgiving Day.
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OFFICIALS Lennon iBluetield), 4,
Referee; Castor (Tenn. State),
Umpire; Eric Roberts (Ciark),
Head Linesman; Gross knox
vile College,, Field Judge.
GURSTITUTIONS- Lane Col
lcge: Ewell. Lake, Berry, Thom-
as. Mcdaniel, Sims, Holt and
Estes. For Morris Brown: Jen-
kins, Turner, Owens, Walker,
Duffield, Kelsey, Sheppard,
Holmes Settles, B0Okert, Strick-
land Grimes, A. Brown and
Ericsson.
SUMMARY OF GAME--TOucb-
downs: Brown, Sheppard and
jenkins. Points after: Moody, 8.
First Downs: Morris Brown, lO;
Lane 8. Time of Game. 2 hours.
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ATI ANITA Ga-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga-(SNS)-
The GRIDIRON WORLD re-
ceived its greatest shock here Sat-
urday afternoon, at Ponce De Leon
Park when the fgntinq and fe-
rocious Purple Wolverine in all of
its devastating form came to life
with everything needed Of a good
football team to smother by 21-0
the great Lane College football
eleven, who on last Saturday had
won a decisive 20-7 victory over
Arkansas State.
It was a rebirth o. the "seven
pillars of steel' that held the
power attack of great "Ox"
Clemons well coached football
team in check, giving them only
one earned first down in the thrill
ing sixty minutes of play.
Only three first downs were
made throughout the game by the
Lane team. Two OF these G:S.'
downs were the result c. Is and
10 yard passes, respectively. They
were from the accurate arm Of a
newcomer to Lane Couege, Gil
more.
1t was a will to win by the
team that critics had made the
underdog of this gigantic tilt. 1t
was more than that, il showed that
Norris Brown College, through ITS
oltterest struggle vas 1lghting to
maintain the prestige al-d acclaim
that they had achieved through
years of struggle.
LANES POWER FAILED
1t was the terrific charging c1
LeRoss Rocker, alternate captain;
Charles Williams, Clifford Brown,
captain; Clarence Brown Clarence
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By r. 3. WEIGH

LANGSTON, Okla (SNS) =
Coach Gayles, with party of &c.
leaves Oklahoma City Oct. 4 for
the test of the 1889 Lions against
an unknown Tiger at Ponce de
Leon Park in Atlanta Oct. z.
From sports columns and ad-
vance publicity accounts Morehouse
is given the nod over the Lions in
this game and is expected to even
the count this year by tying knot
in a weakened Lion.
Coach Gayles will go into the
1899 season with only seven letter.
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Frank Forbes Has Chance To Even Series
With Zip Gayles; LangSton's $50 Win
Years AGO Was Not At His Expense

men from last years team. Coach
Forbes of Morehouse has II letter.
men available from last years
team THIS does give Morehouse an
advantage in experience.
in the last home practice for the
Lions, Coach Gayles Was very un-
enthusiastic oIe1 his team and his
best comment was that if any
such thing as miracle is possible
then it lad better strike Saturday
il Atlanta arc strike for Langston
or else his first encounter with
the Ma, oon Tigers on their home
field will enu in disaster.
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cott crack miers keeping cOnserversant with
the cnders.
far cry from football curtain raisers to the
ing of the track lid but Xavier should be ready when that
eventfu time Apparently Xavier doesn't intend
losing time establishing permanent ownership OF the Gov
eted $110 w. A. SCOTT MEMORIAL TRPOHY on which
she already has of the required legs CA college must
win it five times but not necessarily in successive years. to
become it's owner Otherwise it remains in custody for
periods of year,.
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BilIv Nicks' New Team Flashes
Real Glass In Taggin 6 Lane, 21-0

In This defeat Lane Colleges
spirit Must be daunted out unbow-
ed. They had given vne best that
they had but it was not enough.
1t faced in Morris BroWT4 SUI
perior foe, unrelCntIess IN every.
thing, Indaunted anu devastating
in it's execution, a thing that is
unbeatable and unsurpassed in the
annals of history.
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ENTERS NEW YORK u.

RUMSON, N. J.-(ANP)- Miss
Gertrude Albert, who was awarded
the $4,000 victory Park scholar
ship on graduation last June from
the Rumson high school, has en-
tered New York university this fall
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Subs.-LeMOyne: Boone, Turner,
Mitchum, Crawford, Waldon, Nc
Combs, Moore, Shaw, RayfOrd,
Chandler, l.. Hes and Little. Ala
bama State-TerrelI, PettifOrd, Don
nelson, M. Smith, T. Smith, Mills.
Richardson, Allen, Bell, Knight,
Calhoun. Officials: Cravens, Refe-
rec Clark; Mosely, umpire More
house). Moore, headlinesman (Tal'
Iadega); Fews, field Judge Clark.
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)RRIS BROWN IN ASTOUNDING 21-OROUT OF LANE
Hornets Live I'm TO Advance Grid Reports
Thomas T Greene, New Frosh Flash,
Sharks Alabama To 1910 Victory

carrying the pigskin to the 19 yard
line Hall then passed to Wee Will
lie" who fumbled the catch and
and Greene of the Hornets stepped
in and intercepted.
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white woman looked carefully thru
all the textbooks which the youth
had to study from the kindergarten
to college to find some cause for his
having such little respect for per
sonality. She discovered that inyaf-
iably the authors Of these works
avoided mention of the Negro alto
gether or referred merely to the
shortcomings Of the race. Ia only
one case did she find the Negro
mentioned favorably."
The fact that plain statement Of
this kind is published in an official
Teachers Journal in New York is
important. From now on, most
likely, there will be more and more
consideration given to the correct
viewpoint Of educational matters as
! they affect the Negro. TO whatever
forces we owe such change in at
titude, we are thankful for thu
change was certainly needed,
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American Teachers
Association to Meet at
KY. State College

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he Spirit of
Freedom

Assistant Secretary Roy Will
kins Of the National Assocla
tion for the Advancement OF
Colored People gave Dayton
ians something to think about
in his address at Bethel Bap-
tist Church. Tuesday evening.
The potent point Of the mes
sage was the necessity OF MI
norities to have the spirit OF
freedom within themselves.
The Negro, for instance, must
know that he is a full-fledged
American citizen and as such
is entitled to all civil and So
cial ight-the right to be
protected by the courts, the
right to earn living, the
right to receive an educatlon,
and the right to be treated
fairly and equally with other
American citizens.
Iynching, jim-croWisna seq
regation and separate schools,
saws Mr.. Wilkins are we'll de-
signed methods Of crushing
the Negroes spirit Of freedom.
But the Negro must Keep this
spirit within his breast,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-31
FEAruREs EDIT0RIAl
c M M E N I S
West Virginia State
College Alumni Ass n
Present Program

INSTITUTE, Viva. The eve
ming chapel service on Sunday Mar.
10, was sponsored by the West Vlr-
ginia state College Alumni Associ-
alton, Miss Elsie Mae Davis, each
er of Art IN the hanawha County
colored schools, president. Prlncl-
pal Emmett Z. Saunders of the Kelly
Miller High School Of Clarksburg
was the speaker of the occasion. His
address on Don't Quit" represent
ed the spirit Of the association,
which is backing a scholarship drive
to send worthy students to the Col
lege.
Attorney Willard 1. Brown was
chairman. After the main address
he presented President John W
Davis, who spoke briefly, present
ing some of the members OF the
first graduating class. Excellent
! music was furnished by DR.. Dennis
il. Smith, with Mrs. Maud Clark at
the piano and the Boyd Junior High
School Girls Chorus, directed by
Mrs Nina Hawkins Curry.
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T olerance Grows

The wave OF intolerance abroad is
TO US here in America. Not long
gradually bringing greater tolerance
since, it was announced that toler-
ance would be taught in the New
York City schools. Now we note in
the current New York Teacher a
magazine, an article by Dr.. Carter
q. Woodson. Negro historian, on
Race Prejudice in School Books. Z
In his usual outspoken and incisive
manner, DR.. Woodson goes straight
the heart Of the question of damn
ing the Negro by omission, or with
bare mentioa where he deserves out
right commendation
Says DR.. Woodson in his article:
In writing Of textbooks for the ed
ucation of children in the United
States, the Negro has been treated
either negligibly or unfavorably in
being mentioned only to be con-
demned. The result is the perpetu-
alton Of race hate and conflict. The
Journal of the National Education
Association recently carried story
Of a Mississippi high school teacher
in illustrating this fact Having been
shocked by the savagery Of one of
her white purns n knocking a cor
ored woman off the sidewalk, this
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-31
Coz. Bricker ShotDs
Hou to Balance
The Budget

The American people nave
been suffering from the high
cost Of government, both fed
eral and state The President
has promised several times to
balance the federal budget,
but has not been able to do 50.
Former Ohio administrations
have also made vain promises
Of economy only to wind up
with large deficits. Now comes
John w. Bricker who shows
the country how to do the
trick by calling for Sl0,o00,-
600 less expenditure n 1889
40 than the last two years OF
the Davey administration.
Governor Brlcker proposes
to achieve this by the simple
vet difficult method of saving.
His economy program OF
course is displeasing to Job
seekers and those who wish to
live superbly off the state. His
program is simply the appllca-
ton of business methods to the
problems of state finance
In commenting on Governor
Bricker's message on the bud
get, The Dayton Journal clos
ed by saying:
1T is becoming generally
recognized not only III Ohio
but throughout the nation that
Governor Bricker meant busl-
ness when he promised to op-
crate the state government on
a pay-as-you-go basis. Accom-
plishment of this aim will
bring rejoicing to Ohlo's tax
PAYERS and envy to citizens IN
states where officials have not
taken seriously the public de-
mand for economy.
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high officials Of the Treasury De
partment have already drawn new
federal tax laws which thus far they
have failed to present to Congress.
1t is claimed that the proposed new
tax regulations provide for sueh
drastic lowering Of exemptions as to
require almost every wage Garner
to pay income tax. Persons with
incomes between ten and fifty thou
sand dollars per year would be COM
PEELED to pay more than at present.
while those IN the higher income
brackets, where the tax ls now pfae-
tically conflseatory, would be loW
that actually more tax revenue
would be obtained therefron. fhe
treasury also proposes that income
taxes in the lower brackets be col
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-31

youthful managing editor Of the
Houston Informer, houston, Tex,
who is 4 graduate Of Southern Uni
veiSity, Baton, Rouge, La, and a
member Of Alpha Phi Alpha. Mr.,
Davis is only "a, and is perhaps the
youngest managing editor Of an inn
portant newspaper in Negro journal
ism, the Informer recently celebrat-
ing it's 18th anniversary. Mr.. Davis
did his first newspaper work in New
Orleans, and edited paper IN
school for three years. lie edited
an extra-edition which sold $500
copies when a murder was solved
Mr. Davis Is also a member of the
Managing Committee Of the COM
pany which publishes the Informer.
lCalvin Service)
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-31
NEGRO HEALTH
WEEK PLANNED
BY COUNCIL.

At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Community Health
Council, Wednesday afternoon final
plans were made for the observance
of Negro Health Week, April to O..
One Of the highlights Of the pro-
gram will be the presence of Dr.
Roscoe G. Brown, health education
specialist of the United States Pub
lie Health Service. During his two
day stay, April and 6, DR.. Brown
is scheduled for nine speaking and
two radio engagements, which will
include schools, social and civic or
ganizations.
The city street department will
cooperate with the council as in the
past, and special emphasis is to be
put on clean up and Identification.
A model block has been established
on S. Summit Street, between Le-
roy and Germantown Streets, the
residents Of which have pledged
their support.
Families throughout the city will
be given flower seeds, free, which is
expected to add greatly to the beau
tification of yards and gardens.
A poster contest is now being
conducted in the schools and the
children submitting she best ones
will be given prizes, the winners of
which will be announced later.
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Eta Moten To Appear
In Concert April 28

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
will present Eta Moten in a concert
April %, at the beautiful Dayton
Art Institute. Miss Moten is a
famed concert, radio, and screen
personally Har remarkable sue
cess in tn world of music has won
the plaudits Of the nation.
Critics III writing of Miss Moten
say, Eve had expected to find her
simply singer. For her voice has
SO much steel in it and she handles
it with such magnificent directness
that musician will hear in it before
any thing else, its excellence as a
pure musical instrument"
But she IS far more than a vocal
list, she is a personality, and she has
a fanltless technique In seizing and
holding tlss public interest,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-03-31

We have noted with interest the
announcement Of an official survey
for the Republican party by Dr..
Ralph Bunche Of Howard Universe
ty, on why Negroes have deserted
the G. @. p.
First, we wish to congratulate the
Cop. on taking an intelligent in
terest in a group which served it
long and well, but in which the
COP. 50 obviously lost interest that
serious impairment of the Republi-
can lines. resulted. We admit that
we were once in the Republican fold,
and we also readily admit that the
reason we got out was because the
COP. seemed satisfied We would
stay whether anything was done in
All administrative way which would
please us or not. We also wish to
suggest that many Of those who left
| the Republican fold in the year we
changed our party, will not be lur-
| ed back SO easily, for once a point
Of view is changed, it takes some
| great upheaval to BRING about its
| alteration.
i9r. Bnnche will find that Negroes
| who went over into the Democratic
PARTY suffered none Of the dire ca
anlities which were prophesied
| would take place when they went
/ over.
And what are some Of the things
/ which the Negroes have gotten from
| te Democrats, but which Negro Re
| publicans never dreamed would be
Forthcoming. First, the Democrats
have given good-paying jobs to 9
large number Of highly trained
| young Negroes. In this the Demo
cratic party recognized the educated
| leadership Of the Negro race.
Again, the Democrats apportion
i "a government funds with a fair de
gree Of imrartiality az between thf
races. Note PWA expenditures foi
building programs IN the South
note NYA. expenditures on Negro
Students, and note relief expendi
lures.
And finally, the Democrats in th'
White House, including the Presi
dents wife, have done more t
raise the respect Of the Negro in tn
eyes of white America than an,
other Democrats (and most Repub
licans) in our history Who woul'
have dreamed that Mrs. Roosevelt
would have forced the issue o
Marian Anderson, and stuck to he
guns
Dr. Bunche can get up a nice re
port for the Republicans, and on
hope is that he will simply tell tn
truth and let the Republicans rea
and run. lf they can beat the Dem
ocrats, then more power to then
What we want is more progress, an
if the Republicans are now feelin
their oats and can bring on NOR
Negro progress in government, le
them come forward with flynn
} coIofs.
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MONTHLY SONG FEAST

The Choral Union will hold its
monthly song feast at Bethel Bap-
tist Church, Sunday, April at 8
nm. A very fine program has been
arranged. You are invited to be
,pcsseak fsA~aGias Helen Wilsoa, soc.
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REV. WILLIAMS, NORRIS
TO LEAD STUDY COURSE.

4
A SIX weeks study course in con-
sumers' cooperatives under the spon-
sorship eof yfae WPA Opportunity
School will start Tuesday night at
7:45 at the Fifth Street YMCA.
with the Rev. w. H. Williams and
Thomas Norris as instructors. The
public is invited to attend the course
and there is no cost involved.
During the six weeks course
thorough consideration will be given
to the value Of cooperatives in solv-
ing economic problems. What CO.
operatives can do in meeting medi-
cal, labor, housing, and grocery buy
ing needs will ,ba studied.
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ith a Buckeye
In Congress.
By CLARENCE j. RRowN
Menbsv " cnngrsss, 7th OAis Dissrars

The rapidity with which changes
have occurred in the European stu
alton recently makes it almost folly
to attempt to predict future events
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in the international
field, even a few
days ahead for pub
lication purposes. In
Wa ashangton, h . W
ever, the consensus
Of opinion is that a
majoh war will de-
velop in Europe dur
ing the next few