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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-15

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-15
-Four Persons Hurt
In AltO accidents
Tacoma Man Suffers Serious Head
Injury and Broken Leg in Crash

szsssrtng trum a pa~xkss ssIa
fFAetarx. a hxoas1 "a sna ogasr
pn@sha~ tntar1ss n conisn. Is
liz FswSest ave. sAs hospstki-
tr~a svsasy a. shs Haast s~rsosasiy
aaisssd * foar p<r~oas hart IN
;rasnx mishxps Thursday after
Ron ard sxenanx
conlsn ~as snoxksd duwn by a
car a. ztss and Fsrgfic as hs wAs
saislng across the street NE was
removed 10 the Ptrrcs county boa
pitAl In police Ambulance By Of
slcvrs A. Paul and D. Drnst eon-
lln sustained = compound fraetur,
Il hls right leg beside. multiple
injuries Thx car Sas driven BY
Diek Cline. T2s5 Pacific ave. po-
lice reported
Boy's Leg Brekea
Also hospitailred ara. is-year-
old Robert Bott. 3iii SO. e2d 81.
he wss taken 10 st. Jossph's hos
pitsl with his rAEht leg broken be-
low the knee after being struck
BY a car driven by Bernics Porter.
z3o2 So sth 81. The boy, son Of
Romeo Bott. was not serionaly
hurt. Witnesses said he ran from
in front Of another car into the
path Of Miss Portsrs machine at
the intersection Of So. 7th ST. and
the vtaduet Thursday afternoon.
Mis Porter, under technical ar
rest pending the investigation. was
released.
Two others were hurt In q two
car collision at 18th and Pacific
about s:i5 p. m. Cars driven by
Russell Ray Dunn. RI /. Outlook.
Wash. and II, ID. Ludington. RI 2,
Bothell. crashed when Dunn at
tempted a left turn ahead of Lud-
ington's machine.
Has Broken Nose
Mrs. Bertha Ludington. so. SUI
fered a broken nose and abrasions
on her face. one-year-old Virginia
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
FEWER LYNCHINGS

The Tuskegee Institutes report re-
veals a marked decline in lynchings.
Mobs succeeded in numbering three
persons in 1889. One of the victims
was white. All three lynchings were
in southern states.
The 1889 record is II less than in
1885. Nevertheless there is plenty of
evidence that the lynch spirit still runs
strong in the South. In the course
of the year a total of 25 persons, 20
colored and five white, were saved
from lynch mobs through the precau-
ton and courage of officers of the
law, says the Tuskegee report. This
seems proof of the old contention that
most lynchings are made possible
through the connivance of peace Off
GERS, and that if Acknowledgement au-
thorities would perform the duties
with which they are entrusted there
would be fewer lynchings. No doubt
a better sentiment in the South has
grown strong enough to be respected
and perhaps feared by local govern
ment officials. But the years record
of lynch-prevention shows the South
is still in great need of regeneration
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
FUNERAL HOME
FORMAL OPENING

The Modern Funeral Home, 81
Dartmouth Street, now managed by
Mrs. Cora V. MacKerrow sister of the
late Willard F. Reid, will be open for
inspection New Years Day, from 4 100
to 10 pm.
The Home, temporarily closed by the
death of Mr. Reid, has been thoroughly
renovated and refurnished and is pre-
pared to render the same high type of
efficient and courteous service for
which the Home has long been noted.
Mrs. MacKerrow for IA years had been
engaged in the undertaking business
along with her brother and often sub
stituted for him while he was absent
from the city.
Associated with Mrs. MacKerrow
are Emanuel Comes who had been on
the staff with the late Mr.. Reid for
many years and is well known as an
expert embalmer; also Rayford Lewis
who also has had long experience in
the undertaking business and was en-
ployed with the former proprietor a
GOOD many years.
Souvenirs will be distributed to those
visiting the Home on New Years Day.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
AIDS
ITALY IN
AFRICA

ROME, Dee 29-Andre Francois
Poncet, the French Ambassador, on his
return this week to Rome from Paris.
brought proposals from the French
Government to grant to Italy a ninety
year lease Of the port of .Jibuti, termi-
nus of the Adds Ababa-Jibuti railroad,
according to reports circulating in off
clal circles here. Control of Jibuti
would greatly help the Italians in their
heretofore unsuccessful attempts to
consolidate their conquests in Ethiopia.
1t was also reported that the French
Government offered the Italians large
block Of Suez Canal shares and fur
Their concession in Tunisia, North
Africa.
For some time now, Italy has been
maintaining a see-saw neutrality" be-
tween the two beIligerent imperialist
camps in Europe in an effort to wrest
colonial concessions from France and
England in return for Italy's aid
against its present axis partner, Nazi
Germany italian rapprochment to
Britain and France already has taken
the form of Joint aid to the Helsinki
Government in Finland against Fin.
''sh Peoples Government and the
Soviet Union.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
IRttRrE IN thP
6narntatt
To the Editor of The Guardian
REPUBLICAN PARTY RANKRITP1

To the Editor of The Guardian
REPUBLICAN PARTY BANKRUPT
The complete bankruptcy of the
Republican Party is well shown by the
speech of Senator Taft of Ohio, one of
the leading aspirants for the Republi-
can presidential nomination, in which
he demanded that control over relief
be turned back to the states.
In Senator Taft's own state of Ohio
there is actual starvation in Cleveland,
according to the testimony of the
school and health officials of that
city, just because the city and state
are unable or unwilling to contribute
the relatively small proportion of the
sum needed for relief that the Federal
Government does not pay. This shows
clearly what would happen if the
states had control over relief as the
Republicans generally demand.
Of course from the point of view of
the members of the colored group in
the South, it would be suicidal to per-
nit the states to have control over
relief. Colored people on relief
would be kept scarcely a mouthful
ahead of starvation in many southern
states, and whenever plantation own
ers or other employers in control of
the state and county machinery
wanted cheap labor, they would ruth
lessly be knocked off relief.
Senator Taft also charged that there
were many people in the Roosevelt
administration who do not believe in
the profit system. If that is true.
(Which | doubt it is scarcely surpris-
ing. The profit system has demon
strated beyond question that it cannot
and will not come anywhere near using
to the full the productive capacity of
the country except under the stimulus
of the hope of profit from war orders.
The prospect of coming money out of
the blood and tears of their fellow
human beings is the only thing that
has started the wheels of industry
humming with real activity for the
past nine years. No one with any
sense can have confidence in such a
| system.
318 fremont St., Alfred Baker Lewis.
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Noted Divine Here

Rev. w. H. Walker, noted evange-
list, will begin a months revival SER
vices in Columbus Ave. A.M.E. Zion
Church Sunday morning, December 81
and will preach again Sunday night.
Although he has appeared here only
once, Rev. Walker holds the position
of being one of the best known evan
gelical figures ever to have preached
here Not only did his services at Zion
Church last year prove successful with
the Zion membership, but they attract
ed hundreds of colored and white wor-
shippers from other congregations.
Rev. Walker is one of the most I'M
usual evangelists now active in the col
ored church. He was at one time well
known gambler and wastrei in the New
York streets. His wild life led him to
an illness from which the doctors said
he would never recover. The power of
prayer, he says, enabled him not only
to recover his health but later to be-
come one of the outstanding religious
figures of the times.
Rev. Walker is returning her after
a nationwide tour that began when he
left Boston in February-while 500
men, women and children lined the
street as he left and openly cried-and
that took him into most of the states
East of the Mississippi. In Fayette-
vile, N. c., he was forced to cancel
previous engagements and remain for
a solid month. New all-time attendance
records were set in Augusta, Aiken,
Durham, Louisville, and many other
cities. The daily papers in some of
the cities assigned reporters to cover
his meetings and in Louisville the
papers made regular comments from
his sermons.
The evangelist will bring some of his
bestowed and most popular messages
to Zion Church, and will be accom-
panied by a one-hundred voice choir
led by DR.. O. W. Taylor.
The services will begin at the regu-
lar Sunday morning period. He will
be heard again in the evening, with a
special watch service which begins at
1000 pm. The public is invited to
all services.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30

STANDING AS WE are at the sun
set of the year 1899 and at the sunrise
of new year, we are inclined to phllo-
sophie and as some of our friends
would say to sentimentalize. Albeit, we
will jot down for posterity our spirit
ual and mental reactions to the noise
and conduct of our fellows during
these Yuletide days with our feet upon
the threshold of 1910.
NO ONE WITH claim to member
ship in the human race can fail to be
Impressed with the beauty and splen-
dor in which the story of Christmas is
wrapped. Out in ancient Bethlehem
in the land of Judea a child was born
in lowly manager of equally lowly par
ents more than nineteen hundred years
ago. lowering above the manager were
myriad angels who pierced the silence
of the night with the cadence of their
song "Adesti Fidelis." The new born
babe was accepted by all as the son of
God sent by his father to atone for
mans sins and to save the world. At
an early age the youngster startled the
people of his generation by posing to
the learned men of that day questions
they were unable to answer. Later as
he grew to manhood, he invaded the
temples and dashed the money changers
who had turned those symbols of spirit
ual strength into gambling houses.
Throughout the years that followed,
this young man went from place to
place preaching peace and human fell
lowship. AS his propaganda began to
take root in the mind and heart of his
fellows, he decided to organize by
choosing twelve lowly fishermen. To
.gether these thirteen men carried on
their agitation until the truths they
were uttering began to threaten the
powerful men and institutions of their
day. Then began the story which led
to Gethseminee, to arrest, to trial, to
condemnation before Pontius PLATE,
and finally, to clucifxion on Calva1y's
hill.
THE WHOLE STORY is one of
matchless beauty; and through the CEN
llti lN0 II Has SCI NGNl as Il SAFE IldIDOG
into which man may occasionally sail
his bark of life to escape the tempest
and storm of world organized to give
daily denials to every ideal proclaimed
by the lOwly Nazarene. The strength
and value of those ideals, however, are
indicated by the fact that man continue
to pay lip service to them, even though
they mete ont to those who seek to
apply them in their relations with their
fellows the same fate that was melted
out to the child of Bethlehem.
IN OUR WORLD, some of us have
been able to develop certain values in
.our association with our fellows; among
these values are friendship, honesty,
love and faith in the final triumph of
right over wrong. Because of the en-
phasis placed upon certain things in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
paHHtttD nj A Eung
By MARY f. MOORE

Whether one is a Bostonian by birth
or by adoption does not matter when
one realizes Boston has, by the passing
Of Mrs. Eva Mccoy of 80 Brook Ave,
lost one of its citizens who rightfully
earned and lived the above title, "a
Lady,. To have known her at all is
enough to bear out the distinguished
qualities that she possessed that won
for her the title. Her gentle manner.
the calm soft tone of her voice, the
dainty way in which she used her
hands, the lifting of those expressive
eyes, all spell refinement and culture
that can not be acquired Seldom do
we find, even among the $50 called"
blue blood of the white race, such rare
charm as she expressed daily, to her
family, to her friends and to her neigh
bOrs. Born in that grand old state, Viz
glnia, educated at a southern college
Virginia State), she brought to Bos-
ton a sample of the Aristocracy of the
Women of color from the Southland
Her love, devotion and reverence for
her family stand alone. She was a
friend in every sense of the word. The
ability to make new friends, while hold
ing the old ones, was one Of her viz
tues. Her life was a very definite con-
tribution, and on honored one to the
Women of Massachusetts. Those of
us who had the privilege of knowing
her, feel that the memory of such rare
fragrance will linger with us to the end
She was truly "a Lady,.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
LOOKING AROUND
and BEYOND
By
FRANK R. CROSSWAITH

life, most of our fellows are quick TO
measure these values by the yardstiek
of material gain, with the result that
friendship and honesty are often re-
warded by exploitation, and even love
occasionally is crucifed upon the altar
of material gain. We are not unmind.
full of the fact that the objective Of
every normal individual is to move
through the world embracing as much
pleasure as possible and at the same
time avoiding as much pain as possible
In other words self-love is one Of the
unchanging and Interchangeable princi-
piles of human existence, and of course
human existence is predicated upon
material things such as food, clothing
and shelter. However, it is when we
completely subordinate the finer and
higher spiritual and cultural aspects Of
our social life to these material obiee-
tives that we then turn our backs upon
the ideals proclaimed by the lowlv
Nazarene and make 'Peace on Earth
and Good Will to Men" dream to be
pursued my a minority through the
winding course Of the centuries.
BUT ALL is not darkness nor
should we become smothered beneath
blanket of despair. As long as time
lasts, there will be mothers giving birth
to babies who will grow up blessed with
a decent sense Of human and social
values and who, through the darkness
.of the night or under the scorching
heat of the sun will seek to give prac-
teal application to those lofty ideals
for which the Gloss has become the uni
versal symbol.
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND thir-
ty-nine is about to find its place in the
tomb Of time. Historians and others Of
tomorrow will make pilgrimages to its
sepulchre in order to chronicle our
progress and our many defeats. We
hope that they will not overlook the
footprints left by Colored labor in the
march Of progress toward manhood
Justice, equality and human brother
hood. Through the land, black labor is
beginning to do what Jesus did with
the twelve fishermen of Galalee-Or-
ganize. In Harlem today, are about
10000 black union men and women
whose economic lifeline is greatly
strengthened by virtue of their union
membership and whose cultural and
spiritual height has been increased
These gains will eventually reflect
themselves in the future relationship
between black and white members Of
the human race and thus serve to pre-
serve and promote those ideals which
are so loosely thrown around at each
recurring Yuletide. As the sun Of the
New Year rises, may its rays fall Law
ishly and without interruption upon
our continued march toward those high
hopes so cadently expressed in Bethle-
hem 1900 years ago when a carpenters
son was born. In spite of all we still
have hOpes.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
22ND AKA BOULE
GREAT SUCCESS
Continued from Page u


I It's type in the world Mrs. Brown
was the speaker at the Wednesday
night. Public meeting, on "The Chai-
lenge of the Colored Woman"
The sorority's non-partisan lobby in
Washington maintains year-round
Office for the analysis of legislation
assuring the colored folk a voice in
supporting enlightened laws and con
demnlng legislation inimical to their
welfare. 1t is expected that today the
appointed committee will sift the ap-
pllcations of girls who are candidates
for the fellowship to study Abroad
$1,000 prize-and that the winner will
be named. as usual, on the basis of
merit The convention continues
through today and tomorrow.
The social entertainment for the visi-
tors included a reception at the L. w.
G. 5. A Holly Tea by the Aristo Club.
Delta Hour by the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, and international dance at
the Elk's Ballroom, and banquet at
the Women's Republican Club.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Directorate :
Honorary Basileus and supreme tamio-
chus, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Philadel-
phla, Pa; supreme basileus, Margaret
Davis Bowen, New Orleans, La; first
anti-basileus, Beaulah Whitby, Detroit,
Mich; second anti-basileus, Viola
Chaplain, st. Helena, S. c.; supreme
grammateus, Edna o. Gray, Baltimore,
Nd; supreme epistoleus, Irma f.
Clark, Chicago, H.; editor-in-chief
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30

'The Ivy Leaf", c. Elizabeth Mundy,
Louisville, KY; parliamentarian, Yer
ona Beckett, Philadelphia, Pa.
Regional Directors: North Atlantic,
Sadie Daniel st. Clair; South Atlantic,
Audrey Mosely; Great Lakes, Irene A.
Graves; Central, Arlene Washington;
Mid Western, Rosetta E. Nolan; South
Eastern, Portia L. Trenholm; South
Central, Olivette Jones; Far Western,
Essie Tucker.
The delegates came from the far
South, as Texas, Alabama and other
distant cities.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
BOXING SOLONS
EASE UP ON
ARMSTRONG

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-In rejecting
Ivy Jannazzo's challenge for welter-
weight championship bout because
Henry Armstrong, the title holder. is
defending the crown against Pedro
Mon'ancz Jan. "a at Madison Square
Garden here, the New York State Ath-
letic Commission revealed it has no in
tention Of suspending Henry for ig-
noring the istic fathers edict not to
FIGHT Jimmy Garrison in Cleveland.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
CLIO Starts
Campaign in South

WASHINGTON, Dee. % - The
CLOS most important step in the drive
to organize the unorganized since the
San Francisco convention set the
10OOO0OO ooal bv 1914, was taken
here at conference of leaders Of
Southern unions for a general cam
paign in the South. The campaign will
\" conducted along the lines of the
"TO policy of organizing black and
white without discrimination. The con-
ference was called by Allen s. Hay
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30
WATCH TOWER
By WILLIAM HARRISON

The late Haywood Broun was one
of the best friends our people have
had. He never lost a chance to use
his column in the New York World
Telegram to bring to wide public no.
tice both our problems and our
achievements. Two of his recent
writings which especially pleased me
while | was abroad were his tribute
to the memory of the late James We'll
don Johnson, with whom he was per-
sOnally acquainted, and his exposition
on June Is of the problems of the Red
Caps.
While | am on the subject of the
Red Caps, might mention the recent
interview which | had with Messrs,
Willard s.. Townsend and James w.
Canady of the International Brother
hood at the Armstrong Hemenway
Foundation, through the courtesy of
the director, Mr.. Julian Steele. Mr.
Townsend, who is the International
President, impressed me as a labor
leader who was fully aware of the
larger implications of trade unionism
stressed it as essential to our advance
ment. Nor was there any doubt what
soever in his mind concerning the
eventual victory of the Brotherhood
in their attempt to prevent the rail
way industry from using tips to meet
minimum wage requirements
=
Let us now praise famous men and
our fathers that begat u.s." Backward
glances to the past can be very harm
full if they become a habit. We all
know folk whose constant refrain is
'You should have known me when"-
meaning by that phrase their heyday
which may have been 1909 or last
year. A just regard for history, how
ever, does every people good it is
especially beneficial to us, who tend
to forget that we owe many of our
present gains to the sacrifices and
struggles of our forebears. All this
Is by way of prelude to suggestion
which hope will be taken up by all
our various organizations, regardless
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30

wood, national organization leader of
the CLIO.
Following a discussion during which
delegate after delegate pointed to the
opportme time to spread organization
to millions Of Southern workers, a com
mittee was set up to meet with Presi-
dent John L. Lewis of the CIO on
final plans and financing Of this great
undertaking.
The go-ahead signal for drive that
IS expected to resemble the CLOS
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-30

of their political utilization. l rise to
suggest that the housing project now
under way on LenoX and Sawyer,
streets be dedicated to the memory OF
the late William Monroe TrOtter, who
was for thirty years one of our most
uncompromising leaders in our en-
deavor to secure full democratic
rights as guaranteed by the 18th, l4th,
and 18th Amendments. Many OF US
We're unable to appreciate what ne
stood for until after his death; then
we tardily realized how great was our
loss.
AS another form of memorial to Mr.
Trotter has been long overdue-a
biography-it is fitting here to request
that all persons who have letters OF
other data from or about Mr.. Irotter
send either originals or copies Of them
to the Editor of this newspaper, MIS-
Maude Trotter Steward, who is writ
ing the biography of her brother
The international scene is as puzA,
ing as ever to us Americans. WnaI
are the goals for which Britain anu
France are fighting?
Many theorists have tried to answer ,S
that question, pro and con, especially
since India has been refused Dominion
status in the British Empire. A Lon
don political writer, R. Palmer D .ooc
whose book World Politics, l9l8-l9opI'
contained remarks which appear al
most prophetic now, recently wrote a. as
follows: "The whole outlook OF In5
Chamberlains, Hoares, HalifaXes' anu anu
Churchills is actuated by fear anu anu
hatred of democracy, socialism ana IIe o
working class. They want to max ma ~.
Europe safe fer plutocracy. Ing i!,
want to weaken Germany not mercy
as an imperialist rival. but above aH
as a potential centre Of socialism, .. .,t
The final aim is war on the oot :ai
Union and the destruction OF SOFA SOFIA
ism. For these high aims the Millions no
of British and French workers "''
asked to give their lives. 4" 18th
Even if one may disagree . Tayn
Quits views, one does find IN '"e'"
meat for the mind.
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famous march in 1867, VIII g ,a
lust as soon as the committee comPc'''
arrangements. it was Announces
"When we have organized silII IooIy ,
our enemies will respect us even l"Q p,o
than they do today" Haywood tolu , inc
conference. 81 know we can or7'D ,ro
the South, in spite of the obstacles ,l ~r
have to face. We've done It III o'n ,a
sections. With hard work and COOPER PEI, y
ton we can do it anywhere we "''
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