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The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
AME's Ready
For Confab
In Columbus

:, ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
The Georgia State Tri-Conven-
, ton of the African Methodist
Episcopal church opening in Col
unnbus, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug
ust 16, is drawing heavily upon the
constituency of the AME church in
Atlanta and vicinity. Among those
scheduled to leave the city early
Wednesday morning are: Bishop
= and Mrs. w. A. Fountain, Presid-
} ing Elders r. E. Romans, w. Boyd
Lawrence, B. v. Thornton, H. G.
CarsWell and C. A. Wingfield; Drs.
D. T. Babcock, w. R. Wilkes, R.
H. Porter, David Norris, S. H.
Rome; Revs. E. H. Marley, c.. w.
Peters, L. c.. Jones, A. M. Threat,
w. l.. Reynolds. B. l.. Thornton
A R. Smith, B. C. C'arsWell, w. j.
jenkins, j. A. Lindsay, F. w.
Bagsby, A. H. Armster, R. B. Bus
sey, C. C. Blake. c.. c. Ealey and
others.
The Tri- Convention is headed
by the Rt. Rev. w. A. Fountain,
bishop; Mrs. j. A. Fountain,
supervisor of the Missionary Divi-
sion; Mrs. G. H. Dunn, president;
DR.. w. R. Wilkes. state superin-
tendent Of Sunday Schools; and
Prof w. j. Rowe, state president
of Leagues.
a Dean E. c.. Mitchell of Morris
Brown College will serve as direc-
tor general of the Leadership
Training institute, and will be
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

campus of New York's City COL
lege Aug. 1881.
The first public meeting of the
convention will be held Aug. %, 8
p. m, in the Great hall of City
college. The speaker is to be DR..
M. S. Davage, president of Clark
university, Atlanta. Lieutrnant
Governor Charles Poletti and a
representative from the office of
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia are sched-
u,ed to make welcome addresses to
The Alpha convention.
Programmed to address the con-
vention also are DR.. Charles WeS-
ley, dean of the Howard university
graduate school; DR.. Charming H.
Tobias, who will deliver the fra
ternal address; Charles H. Houston,
Washington; Sidney Redmond.
counsellor in the celebrated Lloyd
Gaines case, and Sidney Williams,
st. Louis attorney; Carson d.
Baker, of the department of in
terna1 revenue, and Thurgood Mar
shall, noted lawyer on the stall
of the N.AAC.P.
Host chapters this year are Eta
and Alpha Gamma Lambda.
The convention smoker will be
held Tuesday night at the Witoka
club, 145th street, the topic of dis
cussion to be the Negro and OPP
portunity." The convention formal
comes Wednesday at the Savoy
ballroom, with the closing banquet
set for Thursday at the Harlem
Y. w. G. A, Elmer Carter, toast
master.
The banquet address will be CIV
Ell by Charles H. Maloney, assist
Ing New York attorney general in
tne New York Social Welfare de-
partment.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

The joint memorial services held
at Bethel AME Church Sunday
afternoon and night was only
sparsely attended owing to late
registration Of delegates, many OF
whom did not arrive until Tues
day. While it had been previously
stated by the local committee. host
to the conclave that there would
be some 1000 Shriners and sir
knights and daughters in attend
ance at the convention the regis
.tration books Monday noon show
ed only 1850 registered Masons.
A very impressive public recep-
tion was held Monday morning in
the auditorium of the Miller high
school, when Mayor Richard W.
Reading extended welcome on be.
half of the city, to which DR.. j.
Fl. Blackwell, Richmond, Va, re-
sponded.
Other speakers on the program
who either extended welcome or
responded to welcome addresses
were Dr. George w. Barber, pastor,
Ebenezer ANE Church; Noble FL
Michigan; Carlton w. Gaines pres
idcnt, Booker T. Washington Trade
Association; Noble John w. Dobbs,
Atlanta: Six Knight w. H. Perry,
louisville. DIT. Sa1lie M. Stockton,
Washington; Noble H. York Har-
rison, P. G.. M. Flint. Mich, with
John H. Murphy making the clos
ing remarks.
The business sessions peculiar to
the mysteries of the order began in
earnest Monday afternoon when
the red feed mobiles gathered on
large numbers at headquarters to
hold an all day session interspersed
with brief recesses.
The Monday night session
brought together in international
four branches of this
order, such as the grand 4
chapters o. E. S. grand masters,
mer l.. Wallace, grand master,
past grand masters and grand Sec
retaries; grand chapters Royal
Arch Masons and Heroines of Jeri-
cho.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Scientist Finds Race
Indifferent To Rape

WASHINGTON, D. CLAMP
Negroes as race are Indifferent
to the crime Of rape, according to
the scientific findings of Prof
Ernest Albert FIooton of Harvard
university, following a study OF
1900 criminals as revealed in q
series of illustrations and publish
ed in a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS weekly.
Prof Hooton, regarded as one
Of the leading anthropologists in
the country, has made charts arr
illustrations to indicate his find
ings. According to them, Negroes
show the greatest propensity for
burglary and larceny, with native
whites in the second place. Fully
1890 of the criminals studied
committing burglary and larceny
We're Negro, with 1870 being ma
tive white of foreign parentage.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

as Dixon's book. THE Clansman,
used as the program book for the
Ku Klux Klan. has carried TINS
libel OF a whole people from a Sec
ton of America to the far
corners of the world.
Concluding with the admonition
to motion picture producers that
they get at the truth of the Negroes
contribution to American life and
learn that picturing this truth will
bring profits, the article ends on
this note:
1.-The true story of the Negro,
numbering twelve million of our
population is a vital one. He has
contributed nightly to our coun-
try and it's cultural life. His his
tory is rich in drama and laugh
ter.
His labor, bravery, the music of
his soul, are the stuff of art, the
splendid raw material of film crea-
ton. 1t can be cultivated with
profit to American culture to the
producers and to the film audi
ences of America"
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Friendly Army Thrown Around
Liberia BY US. Government

mans were unpopular and Liberia
lcok the first opportunity to expel
them--w when British warship visit
ed Liberia during the World war
Liberia then declared war on Ger
many. Since the war Liberian trade
hes passed to America and Great
Britain, whose colony of Sierra
Leone borders Liberia on the
North.
Chief American interest in Lii
Eeria is the Firestone Rubber COM
pany project which has rubber
plantations totalling thousands OF
acres unuer CULTIVATION. These and
other Firestone improvements were
started in 1925, and have reported
ly brought great prosperity to the
island republic
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Whites Replace
C0I0red In N. c.
Leaf Factories

RALEIGH, N. c., (ANP)-Ncgro
tobacco workers throughout the
state are alarmed ove-' the Kin
Ston, N. c.. "experimo nt" of US
ing white women instead Of Ne
groeS as tobacco steamers and
which has resulted III throwing
hundreds of colored employees out
of work.
David Stowe, assistant admin
istrator, state employment service.
said last week that after filling al
order for 100 white women work
ers, his Office had been requested
No supply 400 more as stemmers
and tyers. Reasons for the "ex-
pertinent as given by the white
tobacconists repeatedly were as
follows:
Reported dearth of young color
ed women efficient enough to earn
the minimum wage of Is cents per
hour.
The inability as yet of stemming
machines to initiate the human
touch in processing tobacco.
This seasons rule of employers
that stemmers must be able to re-
Snnove Is to 80 pounds of stems a
day in order to make their en-
ployment profitable under the
Wages and Hours act.
Prior to the act, workers did
piece work" and were paid a
straight wage rate per pound of
tobacco stemmed. Some of the
colored women trace their present
trouble to disgruntled white
housewives who pay Negro SER
wants top wages of 81 and SIS a
week, then protest when the do
mestics leave in the Fall
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

Robberies are most frequently
committed by the Alpine type, the
short stout brunette, with Nordics
showing the least tendency to thi,
type of crime.
Sex offenses are most commonly
committed by the type known as
the Dinaric, with the Mediterran-
can and the Alpines following
closely. The Dinaric type, accord
ing to Hooten, is a tall f1at-back-
ed head and beaked nose type.
Interesting also is the declara-
ton by DR.. Hooton that the "same
physical type that specializes in
robbery shows, in pro-social activi-
ties, a preference for the law!"
In other words, if DR.. Hooton's
theories are correct, Negroes and
"Negroid types" should lead in
this field of endeavor.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
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lPY IAOMAs JEFFERSON FLANAGAN 1NNsGYx]

You have heard their voices from the owlands dismal
sleeps
In the strange emissions where song its beauty sweeps
The battements of labor in its mellow charm
That through the stars broad wheway brings heaven
the farm.
That lit the blacklist affairs in jewels of perfect day.
And where their beaten brothers danged from the rope
From the muddy cesspoolS lit the lamps of hope.
You have heard their vocesthOugh humble be their stand
Shall like their olden grandsires some day move the
land;
They hang the willow their harps but swell the
chord:
That Ethiopia stretches her hands to the Lords
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

years of experience, is now pick
ing up paper in the yards. John
Walls operator of an air compress
ser for more than Is years, had a
white helper forced upon him by
the union. AS soon as they thought
the white man had learned the
job, Walls was discharged Within
a few days the white man had
wrecked the machine completely
Walls is now working as greaser.
There were on Aug. 1, 1889, 100
paid up Negro members of Local
.207 walking the streets without
work, but Sanders, business agent
Of the union continues to certify
white men to jobs-non-members
of the union, whom he allows to
work on a permit.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

= WASH1NGNTON-(ANP)- From
well-intormed sources it was learn
ed this week that Nazi activities
in the republic of Liberia had
, resulted in the recent exchange of
.lotes between United States gov
Arnments, which guaranteed Ameri-
ca's continued interest in Liberian
independence.
The agreement between these
two countries concluded last June
IA grants American planes the
right to land in Liberia, but de-
MES Liberian planes American
rights unless they are exercised at
the same time America asks for
its rights.
Since there is no present indica-
tion of a Liberian transatlantic
air line, effect of the agreement is
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

1.-THE rope that lynches Negroes
in America is woven of many
strands. One of the toughest of
these is the American motion pic
ture, which year after year con-
tinues to regard the Negro as a
stereotype for submissiveness, ir-
responsibility, gaiety, and sex
perversion. Hollywood did not in
ltiate the stereotype, but over the
years it has contributed nightly
to reinforcing and embellishing it
in the public mind Thus it has
contributed to new feeling against
the Negro people, as well as vindi-
eating the old
BACK TO NATION
The article traces this vicious
development in the motion picture
industry back to David Wark
Griffith's Birth of a Nation" pro-
duced by Griffin in 1915. The
article terms this picture, which
has been revived again and again
as "a cruel libel on the Negro
People" The article points out
how this one film. based on Thorn
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Race Shipyard Workers Forced Out OF
Jobs By Lily White AT. OF L. Union
Protest Is Forwarded
TO Green And Council

NEW -(SNS)--Negroes have been forced out
Of than 500 jobs with the Tampa Fla Shipbuildng
And Engineering company by two ywhite unions OF the
American Federation of Labor it charged here by the
National Association for the Advancement of Coored Peo
ne.
The charge made in letter sent to William Green
A F. of L. president and to the executive council OF the
federation in session this week in Atlantic City.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
American Planes
Granted Right To
Land in Nation

to serve a "hands-off" notice
to any other nation Including
Nazi Germany which might try
to conceal its hand by registering
It's planes in Liberia. The grant
of America of priority air rights
in Liberia forces other nations to
negotiate directly with the United
States.
Before the World war, about two
thirds of Liberals trade was in
Germany's hands. But the Ger
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
IT'S LIEUT.. JOE LOUIS NOW

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-(AN
Pit is now Lieut.. Joe Louis
of the Grand Rapids police de-
partment. Police Chief Frank j.
O'Malley Wednesday evening
conferred the honorary COM
mission upon the heavyweight
champion of the world in ap-
probation for the part he play
ed in making the first annual
field day of the department a
success.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SpeciaD
"A step in direction of doing away
with the poll tax as requirement
for voting was made Monday when
a bill was introduced in the House
to achieve this purpose.
1t was contained in a bill intro
duced Saturday by Rep. Lee E.
Geyer dem, CalD as an amend
ment to the Hatch clean politics"
bill
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Shriners End goth
Session In Detroit
BY ROBERT A. CRUMP

DETROIT-(ANP)-The 99th annual session of the
Imperial Council A. 3. A O. Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine;
the 18TH annual session of the Imperial Court Daughters
Of Isis and the Fifth Biennial Concave Grand Encap
ment Knights Templars of North America and allied
bodies met in joint session here Aug 612 at their head
quarters with Noble John H. Murphy, imperial potentae,
helm
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Aiphas Get Read y For
Bic Gotham Convention

NEW (ANP)--The Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity will hold its
33rd anniversary convention on the
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
Producers Libel
Race In Movies

NEW NORTHEASTERN of the most scathng IN
dictments in films in menal scrvile and irresponsible
roe appears in the issue of Film Survey panF
let published monthly by Film Audiences Tor Democracy
Written under the title of 12 Million Forsaken the
article said in part
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

At the same time, Walter Whlte,
NAACP secretary, appealed to the
U. S. Maritime Commission to hold
up the signing Of contracts with
the Tampa company for five new
ships to cost $1,814,430 each in Or
der that a clause might be insert
ed prohibiting discrimination in
employment on account of race,
creed or color.
PERFECT BLE-CROSSING
The Tampa situation Was inves-
tigated personally by Secretary
White late in July. Highlights Of
the NAACP memorandum:
The Tampa situation is perfect
Illustration of embarrassing of
Negro workers by union lily-whit-
ism. Prior to June /, 1888 the
Tampa Shipbuilding company en-
rIoyed about 1900 workers, divided
between white and colored about
$3.50. Twelve Negroes and one
white man led in strike which
IL turn resulted in the formation of
union among the workers, who.
heretofore, had been unorganized..
The new union was Local 1907 Of
the international Hold Carriers,
Building and Common Laborers
Union of America. A verbal agree
ment was made to continue the di-
vision of the work on $3.50 basis.
Shortly afterwards, however, one
William Sullivan, white, raised the
question of Negro and white union
members meeting in the same hall,
voting. etc. In the meantime the
Tampa company signed closed
shop agreement which went into
effect June l, 1888.
FREEZE OUT COLORED
AS soon as this contract was
signed, the union was divided into
White and colored units, with a
white man, H. l.. Sanders, as pusl-
ness agent of the Negro unit. He
is said to have unbalanced the ratio
of Jobs and to have continued Ger
tl1ying more whites than Negroes.
When the colored union men,
bers complained they were given a
custodian" by the International
union. This custodian, Charles
Silva, is known as an enemy OF
Negroes and Negro labor. He took
all books, papers and bank &C
counts out of the hands OF the Ne
gro unit of the union.
BARRED BY BOILERMAKERS
AS work progressed on the ships
then building, more and more skill
ed and semi skilled workers were
needed. Silva thereupon organized
a local of the International Broth
erhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship
builders and Helpers of America.
Negroes were refused admission to
this union, but were told they
would be given an auxiliary char
ter for a unit of their own. They
never got it.
Where Negroes, before the sign
ing of the closed shop centra had
about 600 jobs, they have today
118, of which 116 are unskilled.
ENGINEER PICKS PAPER
A Negro expert rivet driver has
been forced to accept work as a
common laborer. j. j. Bradley, a
skilled hosting engineer with 20
assisted by Miss Jessie M. Jones,
Miss Beulah j. Thornton, Miss
Helen Toliver, Miss Lottie Bailey,
Mesdames Annie l.. Jackson,
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19

assisted by Miss Jessie M. Jones,
Miss Beulah j. Thornton, Miss
Helen Toliver, Miss Lottie Bailey,
Mesdames Annie l.. Jackson,
Dorothy Lampkin, E. G. Sherman
and others.
The keynote sermon is scheduled
to be delivered by Bishop Foun-
tain Wednesday morning. Among
others programmed to preach are:
Rev. C. S. H. Hunter, DR.. David
Norris. DR.. r. A. Billings, Presi-
dent w. A. Fountain. Drs. R.
The Phoenix index. (Phoenix, Ariz.) 193?-19??, 1939-08-19
ENGINEER PICKS PAPER

A Negro expert rivet driver has
been forced to accept work as a
common laborer. j. j. Bradley, a
skilled hosting engineer with 20
Evening star., 1939-05-31

Brand.Ne,v Dresses for Euery Dayt
Silk chifons! Royon sheen! Twin Print'! Rsyo" Laes'
Here's the annual event that "oficially opens
the summer season. for hundreds of Washing.
tonans who await this sale year after year! It's the
big oportunity to buy an entire summer wardrobe
in one fell swoop at thrilling savings dresses
that represent the "cream of the New York market'
-. Silks and rayons every one hand-picked for
quality, workmanship, high fashion! Look for prints
with separate white coats twin prints and jackets
for 'Fair' travellers Paris-sponsored shepherd
checks brilliant stripes and forals sheers
of every description!
Kann's-Beer shop-Second Floor
Nogales international., 1939-05-27
Patio Ready For
oniqht's S Dance
At MonfezumG

For the first time since compile
tion of the beautiful new Monte
yuma Auditorium, the patio ad
joining the auditorium will be used
tonight in connection with the in
itial novelty balloon dance at that
place. There will be dancing both
indoors and outdoors.
Elaborate furnishings for the
patio were received here Wednes-
day from Menomimee, Mich. They
consist of various colored metal
chairs, tables and cabanas, the
latter such as used at Florida
beaches.
Tickets, selling at $3.50 per couple,
were placed on sale this week for
tonight's ball, which is expected to
be the forerunner of a series of de-
lightful social events during the
summer at The Montezuma Res
eryations are being made at the no
tel desk.
Music this evening will be fur
nished by Peltier's Orchestra. Dane
ing will start at o'clock.
Nogales international., 1939-05-27
New Scout Troop
Gets Charter

Public investiture services for the
new Boy Scout Troop No. 26, spon-
sored by The Nogales Elks, were
held Wednesday night in the E1ks
lodge hall.
Scoutnaster Sam Waldrip pre-
sided as chairman and among others
present were Manuel Escalada, ex-
alted ruler of the Elks; j. j. Lowe,
Harry Lowe, No. / Scout of No
gales; E. K. Cumming, and two
members of the Elk troop commit
tee, James L. McCraw, chairman;
and Herman Medlen.
Members of the troop are Homer
Chernin, quartermaster; Henry Va
lencia and Arturo Villa, patrol
leaders; Charles Everett, Herbert
EchevarTia, Humberto Gonzalez, Ro-
dolfo Grijalva, George Dawson and
Albert Larson.
During the exercises Wednesday
night the new troop, using flags,
spelled welcome Elks and par
ents.''
Uniforms will be furnished the
boys shortly and three of the num-
ber expect to attend the annual
Boy Scout encampment on Mount
Lennon in June.
The troop will meet each Wed
nesday night in the Elks Club.
Nogales international., 1939-05-27
Patagonia
Graduates Visit
Coast Fair

Members of the graduating class
of the Patagonia Union High School
returned last week from a trip to
the Golden Gate international Ex-
position in San Francisco.
Making the trip were Bernadine
Shumake, Ruth Meyer, Buster Ho-
gan, Roland Lemon, Vaughn Ban
ia, Jr., Warren Woods and Nick
Johnson. They were chaperoned by
Miss Ruth Stevenson, home eco
nomics teacher, and also accom-
panying the students was Ellis Up
church, who went along ak a
guest.
The journey was largely due to
the generosity of Mike Hogan,
prominent Harshaw mining man,
who furnished the transportation
for the class free of charge.
The party left Patagonia Wed
nesday May 10th, arrived in San
Francisco on the evening of the
18th, attended the fair on the 18th
and 18th, and left on the return
trip home Sunday noon May IA,
visiting Boulder Dam on the way
back.
Nogales international., 1939-05-27
New Regime To
Take Office
Thursday

Mayor Elect Louis Hudgin and
Elect r. c.. Edgell, Paul
Arend, Harry Brann, Joe Figueras,
J. w. Faubian and j. A. McGimsey
will be sworn into office at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
They will succeed Mayor G. G.
Cheshire and Aldermen M. I. Mer-
ritt, Thomas L. Hall, E. L. Juillerat,
Ben Jones, Louis Hudgin and
Charles T. Frazier, who have served
the past two years.
The new mayor will leave imme-
diately after taking office for Flag
staff to attend the Arizona NUM-
cipal League convention and will
be back in time for the first regu-
lar monthly meeting of the new
board a week from Monday.
During Mr.. Hudgin's absence
from the city R. G. Edgell will act
as mayor.
Nogales international., 1939-05-27
James Aloysiius
And The
Presidency

Relative to James A. Farley, who
is being mentioned prominently for
the Democratic nomination for
President in 1910, the Binghampton
Press, Binghampton, NY, carried
the following editorial May 4th un-
der the heading: "James Aloysius
and the Presidency
Ever since 1881 (and it started
just about this time of year, too)
PostmaSter-G General James Aloys1uS
Farley has had lot to do with
the presidency of the United States.
He wasn't postmaster-gener then
and John j. RaSkob was Demo
cratic national chairman with def1-
mite ideas as to nominees. But Jim
Farley was good traveller, pre-
suaSive pleader, en- undiluted and
undecided promoter of the Roose-
veltian cause. He travelled, he talk
ed privately, he had plans ana
specifications for the then governor
of New York as the great hope OF
Democratic success after the par
tys long years in the wilderness
post Wilson.
And SO, when July Of 1882 heateo
up the streets of Chicago and ma
tional convention enthusiasm. there
was Franklin D. Roosevelt with
delegation votes which all the
champagne baskets and blondes OF
the Privilege" and all the pre-
suasion of the "Stop-Roosevelt
bloc could not abate or alter by one
j0t or title.
Will Rogers, chewing gum in the
press section during that long night
of crisis and ballot which preceded
the breakdown of the "Stop-Roose-
welt" forces, called the turn rather
neatly when he observed, nodding
at demonstrating delegates in the
aisles beyond the rail: They think
they know what they're doing out
there, but the only fellow around
here who really knows the answer
is Jim Farley" It turned out like
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