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The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
Mob Victim
I "a
Seeks Help;
lWfemNeed

NEW YORK (SNS-An urgent
and tragic appear mas been receiv-
ed by the NAACP here from Tenn
asking fer assistance for Elisha
DaEis. one of the half dozen men
driven from heir homes by mobS
in Brownsville, Tenn, in the middle
of June because they inquired a.
bout their right to vote in the
November presidential election.
-.-Aa~letter from a town in Tenn.
WaeIe. MIR. Davis is in hiding re-
veals that his wife expects to be-
come "a mother IL less than five
months. The DayiseS already have
seven children.
In the town where Mr.. Davis is
seeking safety from the MOB he
iss' unable to secure work, mostly
because of his fear that he will be
hunted down and killed by white
persons from Brownsville. Already
on two occasions, white people from
Brownsville have made inquiries in
the town where he is staying as
to. his whereabouts
A Brownsville mob has lynched
Ebert Williams, 93, as a part OF
the terror being imposed upon Ne
gloes for their attempt to register
and vote.
The open threats against Ne
aToes have quoted down some
What because the NAACP has
1lterVened in washington to secure
An investigation by Department of
Justice agents, but the situation is
haught with great danger.
The fury of the mob is directed
Especially against members of. the
Brownsville chapter of the NAACP'
All efforts to hold meeting have
Been brokehup. The president Of
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Halle SeIassie Prepares TO
Head Marion In Revolt
Chieftans Are
Ready>Report


LONDON (ANP) Halle SelaSsie,
former emperor Of Ethiopia left
here recently for the Anglo-Egy-
ptian Sudan, where ne is prepar-
ing to lead personally Ethiopians
who have remained loyal to him
in a move to attempt overthrow
Italian rule.
The news of the former emper-
or's departure was banned by cen"
sors until last week when the Brit
ish press confirmed the German
radio report that he was in the.
Red Sea region.
The former emperor was sent to
Ethiopia by the British after the
government obtained indisputable
proof that he still controlled large
number of men and chieftians
there. The British were so i'm
pressed by this report and by the
Negus Negusti's ability as a leader
that it was decided to send him
back to lead in the revolt.
Before the beginning of war, the
British had insisted that Halle
Selassie refrain from entering into
Ethiopian affairs because they fear
ed trouble Messengers from his
residence 1 at Bath managed to
reach Western Ethiopia, neverthe-
less, and III this manner the form
er emperor was apprised of the
preparation for insurrection when
ever he would give the signal.
In sanctioning Halle Selassie's
revolt move, the British government
automatically revokes its recogn1-
ton of Victor Emmanuel as EN-
peror of Ethiopia, and approves
Selassie, the powerful little Ethio-
plan as the countrys rightful rul-
er. He has lived quietly in Bath
for the past four years.
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Brownsville Mob Refugee Renews
Appeal For Financial Assistance

the Brownsville NAACP, the Rev.
Buster Walker, has been driven out
of town. All other colored people
suspected. of being members of
the Brownsville chapter are being
terrorized. White people even
have gone to neighboring towns
where they suspect the exiles to be
hiding and warned that they would
be killed upon sight.
Elisha Davis, who was active in
the NAACP branch and who own
ed and operated a filling station,
was one of the first to be driven
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gainst NAACP officers in other
parts of Tenn, the local officers
are determined to carry on the
work and have indicated that they
will not be frightened by the mobS.
The NAACP headquarters here
is appealing for contributions for
relief of the families and for the
carrying on of the fight to clean up
Brownsville, Contributions >ehould
be sent to the NAACP at SO Fifth
Avenue, New York, N. Y. Checks
should be made payable to Mary
White Ovington, treasurer.
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
New Project Wipes
Out Race Community

HOUSTON,-tANP)-The U. S.
Housing authority will establish
new resident project in the Fourth
ward here. Around 800 colored
families will have TO pack and gel
out OF the Fourth ward entirely
They can not return when the pro-
ject is completed Lecause the sec
ton is to be for whites only.
The Negro community was locat-
ed in such a way that whites had
to drive through it on the way to
the civic center Also the homes
of the district, it is claimed, are
owned, with three exceptions, by
absentee landlords, mostly Italian
proeers and business men.
For m ny years whites have want.
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from the city. For more than
month, he has not been able to see
his wife and seven children, or to
comfort her while she is awaiting
the eighth child. She is reported
to be in need of medical attention.
No Negro newspapers are per-
mitted to be sold in Brownsville,
and the colored people there do not
know whether anything is being
done or not No strange Ne
groes are allowed in the city.
Despite the terror in Brownsville
and vicinity and the threats a
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COULD BE ATTACKED

This of course, could be attacked by the conten-
tion that these measures not passed direct
means of benefitting the Negro. They were enact
ed to help those the lowest rung of Americas
economic ladder, and the aid to the Negro came
as a matter Of course, since many of us un-
happily occupants of this lowest rung.
But on with the platform:
eve shall continue to strive for complete leg
islative safeguards against discrimination in gov
ernrnent service and benefits and in the national
defense forces"
That is sentence that will probably leave
many puzzled Here we have been contending fol-
the past two years more for equal recognition
N the army and navy, without any apparent sue
tess 8nd suddenly learn that the party in power
has been helping lis eli along in our fight.
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BOTH DISAPPOINTING

concerned, both are disappointing. The Republi-
cans hedged and quibbled, the Democrats didn't
even do you the honor to go that far.
The Republicans as you remember made men
ton of your current battle to erase discrimination
in the armed forces of your country, said that leg
trieEefy use used in civil service to prevent you from
securing jobs, and ended up bv promising Square
deal in the economic andpohtca life of sthe Sna7
tion."1s' - . Il c@<
The Democrats not without just cause start
out5their platform the Negro by boasting about
the benefits have derived from the various So
cial measures enacted by President Roosevets ad-
ministration.
. They say:
"Our Negro citizens have participated active
ly in the economic and social adyances launched
by this administrations including fair labor stand
ards social security. benefits, health protection,
work relief projects, decent hosingz aidsto educa
:tion, and the ,rehab4itationaof slow-income farm
families. Wethave aided more than half million
Negro youths in vocational training. education and
employment
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
Native Son. To
BeDramatized

CHAPEL HILL, 4 N. &C. .-(ANP)-.
the best sellers Native sen, is be-
ipg worked into q play by its au.
Flor, Richard WRIGHT, and Paul
Green, author IF the Pulitzer prize,
Winners In Abraham's Bosom" and
other plays of Negro life. it was an
bounced here nhis~ week.
John Houseman, sponsor of the
Mercury Theatre with OrSon
Nelles, lis interested in producing
the play, it is reported. and is eX-
nected to confer with Wright and
Green soon.
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ed to take over the section and
strong pressure was applied to de-
feat a united Negro opposition
which included frantic night let
ters 10 President Roosevelt &nd
Nathan Strauss, u S. Housing ad'
ministrator. Many of the Italians,
il is said, also opposed the sew
slum clearance plan.
Rev l.. S. White, leader of the
Negro Fourth Ward Civic league,
believes that the colored people
were sold out by white interests.
If the Houston Negroes lose their
fight, it is anticipated that other
Negro communities throughout the
country will face similar peril.
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
Complete File
To Be Given
Government

WASHINGTON (ANP)- APP
pointment of a national defense
committee was announced by DR..
Waldo Howard, Houston, president
National Dental association. This
committee will aid in listing the
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27

Nations coloreo
dentists who can
qualify for mill
tary service and
twill cooperate
with the Ameri-
can Dental as
sociation, W a ;
n a V y depart
me2lts, United
States P u b l i T
iRealth service
and the recently
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27

a special paragraph dealing with
your problems. The Republicans
spoke in an effort to regain the
large number of black votes which
had during the last two president
ial elections moved over to the
Democratic side, while the Demo-
Gratis said their piece with an
idea in mind to keep those black
votes they had captured in the
last eight years.
BOTH DISAPPOINTING
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
A Ray Of Hope

THE FIRST REACTION of that great mass
of independent voters, which fortunately now in
cludes large segment of black Americans, is to
compare the provisions of the Democratic platform
with those of the Republicans.
Both of the majority parties, setting a bait
for black votes in the 1910 conventions set aside
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
Dentists Name DR.. Ferebee
Chairman Defen Sc Comm,
Mechanics and Farmers Bank.

given at the National Dental asSo-
citation convention, August 1915,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27

Northwest, Washington, without
obligations on their part. Complete
defense committee reports will be
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27
The Globe TrOtter
Bv cliff Maek@y


three questions that who have been In the van
guard of the campaign would like to have answered.
And the final sentence of the Democratic plat,
form:
'We pledge to uphold due process and the
equal protection of the laws for every CITIZEN re-
gardess of race, creed Or color"
DODGE LYNCH ISSUE
That is as the antilynching issue the
Democrats could safely venture, in view of the
fact that most of those who indulge in the practice
of lynching come from Democratic strongholds.
If just those words, eve pledge to uphold due
process" could seep from the convention down the
hnterlands of the lynch belt they might make your
way little easier, but to hope for that would in
deed be wishful thinking of the most violent type.
Disappointing would be mild word to choose
in describing the relations of most Of you to both
the Republican and Democratic platforms.
The only ray of hope coming from the Demo
Gratis was the nomination for third term of the
greatest humanitarian who ever sat in the White
House (and that includes Lincoln toO) and the
election his running mate not "evil old
whiskey- y-drinking, cigar r-smoking labor batter of
Texas but liberal thinking prejudice-free fair
minded New Dealer from Iowa.
HAS PEOPLES CONFIDENCE
Despite 1thes effofts sof few hired henshmen
to smear President Roosevelt, there is not the least
doubt that he holds the confidence, trust and
faith of the ma orityi of Negroes Even1 those who
speak, loudest against him ;cannGt deny i that no
other President has done as much to relieve the
plight of those farthest down. =
He has made it clear chat he had no wish for
a third term. He did not campaign or solicit dele
gates to support him. His nomination by acclama-
tion was clear-cut case of draft. And ironically
the leaders of the "draft Roosevelt movement"
were the same gang who year earlier Wig
orousy campaigning within the party against his
running for third term.
They the ones who but a short time ago
were shouting: "dictator, ''war- -monger," 'party-
wrecker" the loudest. That they so quickly chang
ed around to support of the President again Illus
trates what swift-moving age are living 1n
THE GOOD WARRIOR
President Roosevelt the good warrior, regret
fully accepts taking it a mandate of the people,
whom he has so faithfully served His acceptance
differs from that of Mr. Wikie. The Repu blican
! nominee is ambitious for the post; President Roo
sevelt, needing the belief that he is the only man
to lead the nation through these momentous times,
assumes the heavy burden duty-a duty to
mankind that may we'll cost him his life.
No greater expression of national unity at
time when it is sorely needed, finer means OF
showing confidence in his fine leadership could be
shown than by his overwhelming reelection. IN
November. u
The Phoenix index., 1940-07-27

Members of the leading financial men of the
State of North Carolina, from both races were
in session July S-12 at Chapel Hill 1t was the oc-
casion of the Fourth Annual Conference of North
Carolina Bankers. First row, left to right: E. R.
Merrick treasurer North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company; r. L. McDougad, Executive
Vice-President Mechanics and Farmers Bank and
Vice President North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company; c. c. Spaulding, President North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
Tentative Schedule

Then follows this schedule fall
dates still tentative. depending on
date OF final congressional action
First to igth day (Sept. 3 TO
Sept. 29) Printing of registration
cards and questionnaires Regis
tration boards will be set up. using
precinct election machinery.
Fifteenth day tSept. 300 Each
man between 81 and 81 or p 10 40
II the House bill should be adopted
will go to his registration place,
fill out a-card about two inches by
three. with his age. birthplace, citi-
zenship. occupation residence and
a few simple. similar minor items.
Sixteenth to twentyfirst days
(Oct. 10 81 draft boards will be
set up in each locality Registration
cards will be numbered. The man
first TO register in bis particular
area will be numbered No. /. The
second will be No ., and 80 on IN
III all have received a number.
Twenty-first to twentyfourth
days-(Oct. s 10 81 a pile Of cap
sules. each containing "a number
ranging from No. l 10 the highest
number issued TO any reeistrant
will be placed in a nicely shined
bowl in Washington and some dig
nitary perhaps the Secretary Of
Wsr-will draw capsule out. Each
man who holds that number on his
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
DECREASE NOTED
IN TAX PAYMENT
TIME FOR PAYMENT WITHOUT
PENALTY EXTENDED TO
NOVEMBER FIRST

Summer tax payments Al the
rity ''treasurers office have de-
creased considerably since the city
councU AZ their meeting Aug 20
extended time OF payment. without
penalty. TO- Nov. J..
Prior 10 SactiOn by the council.
daily payments had been large,
90 a one per cent penalty was TO
have been'a dded for unpaid taxes.
on Aug. a. 0ne NJ the largest total
payments 81 the simmer was made
and amounted to,tl3.632. Previously.
the average aggregate payments
each day had tOialed approximate
~ Sl2.500. Sirre,ihe council action
however. only s322ss.7s has been
paid TO date Sl0l.l5s. OF the $780,,
500 levy has been collected.
Although school taxes do not
need 30 be- paid until Dec /. City
Assessor Donald 7. Comstock. who
is acting treasurer during the alb
sence OF Mrs VI Stadtmiller. re-
ports that since July J.. s3l.292.32
Of r1e zrurrai Trrori---rx used fer
current operation costs has been
paid and that sis4lss0 Of the
school debt service fund has been
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
NEXT PAY0FF At
BANK To Be LAST
pEpostToes RECEIVE 10
PER CENT THUS FAR;
CHECKS UNCLAIMED

William Ritman, receiver for the
First National Bank. states that al
though he can not estimate the
amount or time Of the next dlvi-
dend payment, when It Is paid. IL
will probably be the last. DEPOSIT
tors have been paid 10 per cent
including the five per cent which
was paid at the time OF the bank
holiday.
Remaining assets are being liq-
Undated as rapidly as possible. Mr..
Ritman said. hut there were still
several cases Of litigation which
will cause delay.
YpsiIantlans must not be too
hard mp. the receiver surmised.
stating that there were 1892 divi-
dend checks stlll unclaimed as OF
June 30 Most of these are for
small amounts and II would be a
great help, II they were closed out.
he said. as they I'M two drawers,
which must be taken from the
safe in the basement 10 the sec.
ond floor Of the National Bank
building each morning that the
offices are open and returned In
the evening
II these dividend checks are not
claimed before the receiyership is
closed. they viii be sent 10. Wph-
ington. and then depositors will be
required TO write TO the Comptrol-
let Preston Delanoein the capital.
Meantime all that IL required 10
claim them is presentation Of re-
ceiver's certificates properly en-
dorsed ~
Mr. Ritman has recently com.
pleted closinga bank in Wyandotte
and states that there depositors
were paid 100 per cent with in
terest His next task after clos.
ing Ypsllant vii be Royal Oak,
he said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02

Washington. Sept. up A
small group Of veteran army Off
GERS az the Army War College
who know the virtues and faults OF
the World War draft are ready to
set the printing presses rolling for
conscription No.N2.
Arrangements hpve been careful;
ly worked out Though the years
for the process by which the gov
eminent will reach INTO homes
throughout the land for men TO
train for the armed forces Ever
since the World War. a group has
been planning and deyising the
machinery OF compulsory military
service
Through the intervening years
vital statistics have been carefully
watched. The adjutants-general OF
every state have been carefully in
structed in the manner the draft
would work II invoked Sample reg
Rstration cards and questiOnnaires
have been designed and redesigned.
The samples are now on hand in
every state, ready 10 BE- sent 10 the
printers When President Roosevelt
signs the conscription Pill. the
presses will-start To rolf
From that day gerb day In
United States selectiT servic&No.
2-events will marI with military
precision II appears nov that
that date wli~oe about Sept. Is.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
FORMS READY FOR CONSUMPTION

registration card will thereby be-
come No. candidate for the draf,
in his locality.
Twenty.'ourth 10 thirCrfourth
days -fOc' Q TO oct. l9) boards
will distribute eight-page question:
naires. which reglstrants will have
five days. 10 mail 70 the local draft
board.
p sThirty fourth 70 thirty sixth days
-(Oct. 10 To oct 2ll-the draft
board goes through the question
MARES and. determines those who
are Glass Al Unless a registrant
has reported that he has dependents
or that his boss finds him Tiiaily
necessary for his business. or he
has some physical infirmity. the
board will classify him az Al.
Thiriy-sixth 10 fortieth days
COct 81 10 Oct 25) men in class
Al will report 10 the-draf board In
the order determined By the lottery
for physical examination and 10 pre-
sent their alibis in case they think
they Were wrongly chosen Unless
they make out good Nase. they
will be indicted into the service
and of 10 camp-about Nov. l.
The board will call men untilpit has
filled IT'S initial quota.
While many may be called under
this schedule. few will be chosen -
Immediately AZ least. Only $4,000
will be taken in the first contingent
out Of many million registrsnts.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
Tin Fishing Tackle Box
Poor Depository For
Savings

Louis Ere man. 80 Frederick St
reported TO city police tho theft
OF 1926 from his home by gypsy
or Jewish woman posing as a heal
err and seller OF incense Saturday.
A tin fishing tackle box. hidden
under clothing In closet 'adioin-
ing an upstairs bathroom yielded
s2sS and from a pocketbook. owned
by Freeman's aunt, Mrs Mae Per
kins, came SIS.
Mrs. Perkins told Sergeant Emil
Susterka that while she was home
alone, Saturday. a woman about 81
years old. five feet two inches and
Weighing about 800 pounds came to
the door selling incense and rep
resented herself as a healer She
was described as fair. having light
hair and she talked with an accent.
She treated Mrs Perkins for an
ailing hip and directed her to test
results by walking to the corner
near her, home. Mrs. Perkins fol.
lowed Instructions and when she
returned, the woman and money
were missing.
Mr.. Freeman returning home at
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
Revenue Collections
up First Half~of Year

Washington. Sept ZAP Guy
r Helvering. commissioner OF in.
ternll revenue. said todav that in
ternal revenue collections FOR the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1910.
we're si5S.s7S,394.20 more than
those Of the preceding IL months.
Collections .totaled $3.50 .452.-
3i6.7S for the 1910 fiscal year. com
pared with $5,lsl,573.952.5s for
1929
Income tax payments, both cor
porate and individual. showed de.
creases. however Corporations
paid sl.f205S1.55075 in the 1910
period compared with s1122,540,.
S00.6l the preceding year.
individuals payments amounted
TO $3.50. O17,376.l7 for 1910 as com.
pared with the STOPS, s33, 1868 re-
ceiyed In 1899.
Gains, however, were Registered
In the miscellaneous levies and EN-.
ployment taxes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-02
Normal College, Training
Schools Not to Convene
Until Later
s1lz-~

Ypsilanti Public schools will open
wednesday in compliance with
the suggestion OF the state super
intendent of public instruction
that educational institutions open
a few days after Labor Day to
avoid congested highways and
possible accidents to returning
pupils and teachers. City schools
had always opened the day fol-
lowing Labor Day. ST, John school
opens Tuesday, Lincoln Sept. 23,
Cleary College, Sept. 20 and Mich
igan State Normal and Training
school begins registrations on Oct.
l and opens class rooms on Oct. 3.
A new plan of charging tuition
Tor NONRESIDENT students wfff-be-
followed this year in city schools,
according to Ernest n. Chapelle.
superintendent a charge Of $40
is to be made for all nonresident
children up to and including the
eighth grade.
In the High school estimated ex-
pense for each pupil is $f0S.6S.
The state aid funds will provide
500 of this. from which will be
taken the approximate S11- pri-
mary allotment. The balance of the
cost or about $40 will be paid by
the district from which the pupil
comes or the parents of the child.
Last year High school tuition
with the exception of state aid
was paid by the majority of dis
tricts as few parents contributed
to the amount necessary to make