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The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

Attorney Charles H. Houston
noted counsel for the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Coiored People, filed a $50, 900 dam
age suit against the Brotherhood
in Federal Court, Western District
of Tennessee, Monday of this week
Co-defendant in the suit is the
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Company.
FIREMAN REPLACED
The GIN. g. N. was named in
The bill because the plaintiff in
the case, Ed league. of Lo,'is.. lille
Miss, is an employee of that line.
holding seniority preference right.
However Mr.. league, according to
The bill, has been replaced as 3
regular fireman of the line by 8
white laborer, in the junior divi-
sion.
The suit is based upon "com-
nlaint for injunction and damages
for fraud. breach of contract
breach of trust and for violation OF
the Railway Labor Act" 1t states
ir part:
ED league is Negro citizen OF
the United States, and employed
as a locomotive fireman by Gulf,
Mobile g. Northern Railroad Com
rorv m itS TannasSaa Division
with seniority rights dating from
March S. 1917"
Mr.. league, in bringing sui in
his own behalf, will serve as a test
case for a number of other Negro
employees on the same railroad.
ATTACK COLOR BARRIER
The brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen is a ma
tional unincorporated association
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
UNION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST negro Raj
WORKERS AND FIRElAEN IS new NAAcP target
Index Contest
Closes July Is

The PHOENIX INDEX is spon-
soring a contest with a group OF
young ladies and a young man
who are striving for scholarship ir
J. G.. and Tempe State Teachers
College. These three young ladies
are very popular characters in ouI
city, and the fourth one is prom
ment young lady of Mobile, Ari-
zona. For 600 days the contest will
be open for this wonderful gift as
first prize.
Then there are four other prize;
to be awarded. First prize by The
Phoenix Index, second prize by
GoidWater Dry Goods Store, thiro
by the Barrow Furniture company
fourth by Montgomery Ward, fifth
by National Furniture company.
Anyone wishing to join thlc
beautiful bunch Of young ladies anS
gentlemen may call the INDEX Of
flee.
Those in it are Miss Curtestene
Greene and Miss Ora Juldene
Smith, of Phoenix; Miss Nettls
Cobb, of Mobile, Arizona, and Mr..
Edgar Gardner, of Miami, Arizona
The subscription of this paper fol-
one year during this contest Is
Sits. Now help these earnest girl:
and boys as they strive for a high.
er place in life. This contest closes
July 25.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
WarningTo
Citizens
OF Arizona

Let each and every one register
and prepare for the coming elec-
ton. There are a number Of can
didates that are applying for pub
lie Office. Let us get ourselves in
position to demand what we want
Let us work for our people.
1t may be true that we cannot
put any individual in Office. But
here is another truth, we can bal
ance the vote and keep it out of
office. Let us learn what the cam
didate has to offer our people. If
he does not have anything to offer,
we do not need him.
There are a number of them
who will say I will do the thing
that is right by you folk. What
does he call right? Whatever it is,
We may not call that right. So
candidates. tell us plainly what
YOU will do for the group if you
are elected. There is another group
that will promise the state to
speak. After they have gotten in
Office. they are always very busy
saving, "I am sorry but I don't
have time to see you today"
We do not want you to give us
any more or any less than we earn
Give us in proportion according to
the percentage of our votes. And
when they fail to do according to
promises, let us remember that
candidate in the next election.
helping to set him aside.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Refused
To Loan
Money
Police Stage
Wide Search
For Murderer

CHICAGO = ANP) - DR..
Robert A Ware, Sc, prom
nent physician here for the
past 20 years, was shot and
killed in his South State
street office by James Lee,
As, a disgruntled patient.
The Staying according to re-
ports, followed DR.. Wares re-
fuSal to loan Lee some money.
Lee fled after the fatal shoot
ing, and has not been appre-
hended by police.
Lees eviction Thursday
morning from the house in
which he had resided with
his family for % years, is be-
lieved to have partially mott
vated the Staying. Mrs. Belle
Lee, the slayer's invalid wife,
said her husband left home
shortly after their household
possessions were set out on
the street. 1t is thought that
he went directly to the office
of DR.. Ware, the Lee famil.
physician for 10 years, to ask
for a loan.
Police Investigating the
scene of the fatal shooting,
stated that the condition of
the office indicated that a
fight preceded the Staying.
John Sims, janitor of the
building where the victim
had his office told police that
Lee dashed past him down
the stairway.
Further investigation re-
vealed that Lee went to g
junkyard ON South State
street where he was employ
ed as night watchman and
told his employer that he had
just shot a man.
Besides his widow, DR..
Ware is survived by three
children.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

Dave Fountain, former chief of
police in Phoenix, announced his
candidacy today for the Democratic
nomination for sheriff of Mari
copa County on a platform of fair,
effective and impartial law enforce
ment".
ut will be my earnest effort,
his statement read, Ito give the
citizens of Maricopa County more
intelligent and less spectacular ad-
ministration as your sheriff.
Il make this solemn pledge, that,
in event of my election, particular
attention will be devoted to clamp
ing the lid on sale of liquor to our
young people As chief of police in
Phoenix and as temperance en-
forcement director, I believe my
record will stand the scrutiny and
merit the approval of every par
ent."
Mr.. Fountain is the father OF
four children-two boys and two
girls, and has given many years OF
his life to public service and un-
remunerative posts in the Demo
cratic party. AS precinct commit
teeman state committeeman and
Maricopa county Democratic chair
man. he has served his party.
A former State Dairy inspector,
he later served for more than three
yeas as sanitary director for the
city of Phoenix. For three years he
was city Temperance director anc
for two years chief of police. A
farmer and dairyman, operating
his own property, Mr.. Fountain has
been a member of the board OF
governors of the Salt River Valley
Water Users Association for nine
wears and for six years was
member of the Maricopa County
Farm Bureau, representing the
Alhambra District.
Mr.. fountain is SO years Of age
and was born in Spokane, Wash
ington. He has resided In Arizona
since 1912.
His statement concludes; I'll
will be my purpose at all times to
direct every effort to crime pre-
vention. MY conception of law
enforcement is that of every gooo
American citizen. 1 believe in the
protection of the American home
and the inherint and constitutional
right of every occupant to live his
own life in a manner which does
not transgress upon the rules OF
organized society.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
-Garvey, UNA
Founder, Passes
Away In London

LONDON-(A1TP)-Marcus Gar
vey, founder Of the Universal Ne
gro Improvement Association. once
considered the largest organization
ever assembled by Negro, died
here recently alone and poverty
stricken in the ranshackle office
apartment where ne had attempted
to keep together rhe remains Of his
once powerful movement.
Garvey, native of Jamaica,
West Indies, began his organization
in the United States where with h4S
wife, Amy AShwood Garvey, he
launched the slogan: Africa for
the Africans at uome and Abroad"
in true Hitler-like fashion. Hun
dreds of thousands responded to his
call, and the Black Star Steamship
Line was founded. The steamship
was to take Negroes from America
the West Indies, Panama and
Honduras back to Africa, their ma
tive land"
Official publication of the Uni
versa1 Negro improvement associa-
ton, ''The Negro World" was read
by GarveyiteS in many lands, sew
eral governments banning it for
this reason. They averred that it
inspired black folk to seek national
independence.
Thousands Of Negroes lost saw
ings in. the Black Star Line when
it's mission failed to materialize,
and those expecting to return to
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Death Summons
Mrs. Julia Wright

Death came to the Wright family
as a real surprise Friday night,
May IT. Mrs. Julia Wright was
stricken seriously i'll with indiges-
ton. She passed before aid could
&c rendered her by a physician who
had been summoned by her hus-
band, Mr.. Fred Wright, Sr.
Mrs. Wright was the mother OF
five children, all of whom are liv-
ing except one. Mrs. Viola Stew
ard, Mrs. Marie Armstrong, Of
Chandler, Ariz.; two boys, Mr.. FREQ
Wright, of Phoenix, and another
who has not peen located, and seV-
eral grandchildren. Thew have re-
sided in Chandler for several years.
moving there from Palaverta, Ar1-
zona. Burial Monday in Mesa, Arl-
Zona.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

DETROIT, Mlc:1.-(WNS)- "ln
order to receive help one must
meet those who wish to help him
half way so said Postmaster Gen
rral James A. Farley, speaking at
the rs Years of Negro Progress
Exposition at the Convention Hall
Sunday. =,
Declaring that the Negro had
gone more than half way to mee'
his fellow white citizens, Farley
laid the responsibility for greater
and future progress of the Negro
at the feet of the members 81 the
white race
Declaring that the suffering thaG
had been undergone by the Negroes
in America for the past two nun
dred years, that the members o.
his group owed scme responsibility
to the Negro.
Going into history Farley point
ed out the great Negroes who hao
led many great causeS Crispus At
tuckS, who shed his blood ON cos-
tons Commons for the cause of the
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
u. OF Tennessee Plea
To Be Heard On June 2
Six Negro
Students Seek
Entrance

NEW YORK-(SNSo--A hearing
on demurrers and answers of the
University of Tennessee to a man
damous action filed against the Uni
versity last October 18, 1889 by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People tc
force that institution to admit Sly
Negro students 20 its graduate
schools, has been set for Friday
June 7, the association announced
Attorney Ca-! A. Cowan, Iega
representative OF the Knoxville
Tenn, branch of the Association
~wf1fctr instituted the action; and q
Alexander LOBBY Of Nashville, ane
Leon A. Ransom, the latter two
members of the associations natlona
legal committee, will represent the
six students at the hearing winch
takes place before Chancellor Nit
chell, of the Chancery Court. Kno1
county, Tennessee.
The students involved include: w.
S. E. Hardy, Homer l.. Saunders
Clinton Marsh, and Ezra Totten
who have applied for admission ts
the university's graduate school
and Joseph Micnael and P. l.
Smith, both of whom have applied
for admission to the University Of
Tennessee Law School.
Action against the university was
brought by the N. A. A. C. P. OF
the six applications, although notl'
flying the students that their ap'
plications had been received.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Appointed Assistant Chief
of Knoxville Jr. Police

LLE-(ANP)-Knoxvile's police depart.
ment is receiving praises for the recognition shown to
the race in the junior police division when Melvin
Scruggs was appointed assistant chief with the auhor
t charge of the entire force when necessary
The Junior police force is division of the police
safety department, composed of approximately 25O
bows of both races and authorized to assist in the
forcement of safety laws The appointment of Scruggs
was announced at the regular appointment time by
Captain Elmer NJ Dykes, who is in charge of the junior
division. Scruggs is the of Policeman Ernest
Scruggs officer of the Knoxville police depart
ment.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Phoenix Union Hi
To Graduate 33

The commencement exercise OF
the colored high school will begin
June q at pm, when Rev. Fred
E. Stevens, pastor of Prince Chapel
AME Church, Tucson, Ariz., will
deliver the baccalaWeate address
in the high school auditorium.
Commencement exercise will fol-
low Monday evening in the audi
torium on June 8, according to in
formation from Prof. Roy A. Lee,
principal.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Appointed Assistant
Public Health Director

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-(SNS)-
From authentic sources this
week came the news that Nine
Sara Spencer Washington, presi-
dent and owner of the Apex News
and Hair Company. has been plac-
ed on the County payroll at a sal
ary of $1,45O yearly. The position
newly created is that of assistant
director of the county's public
health service. Mrs. Caroline r.
Shreve, is director of the depart
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Washington Had
50 Graduates

Commencement exercise Thurs
day, May 25, 10 am. from the
Grant School auditorium Address
by Mr.. Frank Bradford, principal
of that school.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

Washington, a great edccator; So
American Revolution; Booker T.
journer Truth, ea1er in the fight
for abolition who spent the last
days of her life in Battle Creek
Michigan and many other Negro
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

ST. PAUL, Minn.,-(ANP)-The
Douglas Manufacturing Company
of this city has just moved into
new quarters in the downtown dis
trict of st. Paul in order TO be In
a position to take care of the in
creased demand for the product
SA-SO-MA which they manu-
facture.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

Farley was introduced by State
Senator, Charles G. DiggS and was
preceded to the speakers stand by
U. S. Senators, Prentiss M. Brown
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

with membership composed prin-
cipally of locomotive firemen and
enginemen employed on interstate
railroads, including the Gulf, Mo-
bile g. Northern line. The Brother
hood has local Office in Jackson,
Tennessee, and likewise the rail-
road maintains terminal in jack
son.
Membership in the Brotherhood
has always been and is now re-
stricted by constitution and prac-
tice to white locomotive firemen
and enginemen," the bill averrs,
Negro locomotive firemen other
wise eligible being excluded from
membership solely because of race
or color"
The Brotherhood, in an effort to
obtain for it's white members a
monopoly of employment on the G..
M. & NJ R. r., and other rail-
reads, and gradually to eliminate
Negro employees, has from time tc
time over a period of fifteen years
or more secretly negotiated with
the defendant railroad a series OF
agreements and notifications OF
agreements placing ever increasing
structure on the employment of Ne
gro locomotive f1remen, and cur
failing the rights and perquisites
of Negro locomotive firemen, ac-
tually in service of the defendant
railroad (G.M. g. NJ to the ad-
vantage of white locomotive fire
men,"
WEED OUT RACE WORKERS
Employment for Negro employees
has greatly declined since these un-
lawful and unfair agreements have
been effectad, the bill declares, with
job assignments becoming less fire.
uuent and more irregular, and their
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Houston Files
SuitFor$50 0,0o0

MEMPHIS-( SNS)-Discriminaory practices against Ne
gro railroad abores who hold seniority preference rights fire
men and engemen by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fremer
and Engineers. will be challenged in court
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25

ment, drawing a salary of $1,50O
per year.
The Phoenix index., 1940-05-25
Postmaster Says Negro
Has Gone Over Halfway

leaders were named.
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WEED OUT RACE WORKERS

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n IACh COLON DhKtIVhIIV
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen is ma
tional unincorporated association
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
PICKARD TROPHY
AWARDED TO NALL
C. A. A. Inspector Honored At
Meeting Of Carolina Aero
Club In Raleigh

The Pickard Memorial Trophy,
donated by the Wilmington Aero
club, was awarded to James c..
Nall, of Charlotte, C.A.A. inspector
for North Carolina, at a meeting
Of the Carolina Aero club in Ra-
leigh this weekend.
Nall became the first recipient of
the trophy, which will be award
ed annually to the man who has
done most for aviation in the state
during that year.
Filters must band together to
protect themselves against unfair
by Federal or State
government" j. L. Hamilton, of
Charlotte, vice-president of the
Carolina Aero club, told more than
100 members at the dinner meeting
held at the Carolina hotel. He al
SO stated that, ''the current gov
ernment program, both military
and civilian, threatened the free
dom of private aviation" The
meeting and Air show presented
by members of the Carolina Aero
club was sponsored by the Ra-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
WYOMING" is PLAYING
AT CAROLINA THEATRE

When Wallace Berry takes to the
Great Outdoors his fans are usual
ly sure of great entertainment.
This is particularly true in "Wyo-
ming" thrill-packed saga of the
pioneer West, filmed in the Jack
son Hole country of Wyoming and
now showing at the Carolina Thea
tire. Like its predecessor, bad
Man of Birthstone" its action and
comedy are played against scenery
OF breath-taking beauty.
Beery plays Reb Harkness, re-
formed train robber who assumes
protection of Ann Rutherford and
Little Bobs Watson, whose father
has been killed by cattle raiders.
In doing so he becomes the leader
of the forces of law and order in a
primitive wilderness, helps Gen.
eral Custer in his Indian fighting
and breaks up a band of desper.
ADDE'S headed by Joseph Calleia.
On the other hand, he plays
Lothario and courts Marjorie
Main, the LADY blacksmith in
his funniest romance since Min
and Bill
AS the good-natured but tough
Harkness, Beery has a role ideally
suited to his talents, even to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26

giving and Christmas, and I shudder
to think of the loss of life and the
injuries which may result from ac-
cldents on the highways during these
holiday periods, unless greater care
shall be exercised and more rigid
enforcement of safety laws and rules
observed on the part of all the users
of our highways This applies to
those who walk as well as those who
ride.
Il have been greatly shocked at
the terrible slaughter on the high
ways for the month of October, and
so far the month of November has
been almost as bad. There were
some twelve deaths on the high
ways of North Carolina on the re-
cent week end. There is no excuse
for this wholesale killing.
For the first ten months of 1910,
734 persons have been killed in mo-
tor vehicle traffic accidents in North
Carolina, which means that one per-
son has been killed about every ten
hours. Of the number killed, 229
were killed while walking on the
highways. Only five counties have
passed through the first ten months
without a traffic fatality, while ten
counties have had 22S traffic deaths,
or 81 per cent of the total for the
whole 100 counties
During the month of October 11S
were killed in traffic accidents which
was the largest number of any
month since December 1885. The
heavy traffic accidents for the last
two months have cancelled out all Of
the gains which we made in the
first part of the year; and unless
more improvement shall be shown
during the next thirty days, there
is danger of 1910 being the bloodiest
year since 1887.
Il call upon all law enforcement
agencies to exert themselves to see
that the laws of safety on the high
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
leigh Junior Chamber of Com

leigh Junior Chamber OF Com
merce.
The f1iers were welcomed to Ra'
leigh by Mayor Graham H. An.
drews. Other speakers were: J. D.
Winstead, president of the Caro-.
lima Aero club, Truman Miller,
manager of the Raleigh airport,
Romeo Laforte, president of the
Raleigh Jaycees, and Dwight Nc
Even, Jr., president of the Will
mington Aero club.
The two day meeting was eli
NAKED Sunday afternoon by an air
show that was attended by $4,000
persons. Trophies were awarded
to all fliers finishing first in the
following events: ribbon cutting,
light plane racing, pants off race
and stunning.
The following members of the
Wilmington Aero club attended the
meeting: Miss Jean Ann McEwen,
mascot, Anna Feenstra, Laverne
Render, James Pennington, War
rem Pennington, Burke Rehder,
Albert Wooten, Herbert Brooks,
William Robertson, William Craft,
Troy johnson, Vance Morgan, and
Dwight McEwen, Jr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26

harmonica playing. Miss Ruther-
ford is attractive as the young
romantic figure of the story op-
posite Lee Bowman, debonair as
Clusters young lieutenant. Beery
and little Bob Watson provide
some of the finest scenes in the
picture, and his comedy with Leo
Carrillo enlivens many moment.
Joseph Calleia is convincingly
menacing as the villainous Buck
ley.
Players include Henry Travers
Clem Bevans, Sara Haden, Russell
Simpson, Chief Thundercloud, Dick
Alexander, Addison Richards and
Glenn Lucas. Hundreds appear
in raid and battle sequences.
Latest News of the Day and ar
'Information Please" short subject
complete the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26

way are enforced, and that the pub,
lie give proper consideration to
these laws under penalty of punish
ment for their violations. I further
call upon all the drivers of motor
vehicles, and those Who travel upon
the highways in any capacity, to OBJ
serve these laws. We know what
causes accidents. The five prime
causes are excessive speed, passing
cars on curves or grades when the
view is obstructed, entering the high,
way without looking both ways for
traffic, failing to dim glaring head
lights, and drunken driving. These
are the causes of nine-tenths of the
wrecks on the highways. Surel.! we
value human life enough in this
state to take time to be careful"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
NEW BAPTIST CHURCH
WILL BE DEDICATED|
DIR. William Howard Carter, Of
GOldsboro, Will Speak At
Ceremonies Thursday

ELIZABETHTOWN, Nov. 20
The new Colly Free Will Baptist
church, located at White Lake and
east of Elizabethtown, will be dedi-
Gated at special services on Thanks
giving Day, November %, it was
announced by the Rev. Butler Lew
| is, pastor of the church. The prin-
cipal speaker will be DR.. William
Howard Carter, pastor of the Taber-
nacle church of Goldsboro.
A singing convention will be held
in connection with the dedicatorv
service. The program will begin
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with
music by special choirs and other
special singers. At II o'clock, DR..
Carter will deliver the dedicatory
sermon.
During the noon hour, a picnic
lunch will be spread in the church
grove.
DR.. Carter will leave after his
message for Roseboro where he will
speak again in the afternoon at 3
o'clock and dedicate the Roseboro
Free Will BAPTIST church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
"CAPTAIN CAUTION" MARKS
ROYAL THEATRE PROGRAM

With a cast studded with top
notch stars and players, and a
story of breathless speed, tempo
and excitement, the production of
Kenneth Roberts sweeping sea
saga, Captain Caution" rode into
the Royal Theatre yesterday. The
production costars Victor Mature,
Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce
Cabot, Vivienne Osborne, Robert
Barrat, Miles Mander, Ell Brendel
and Roscoe Ates.
Too much praise cannot be given
to Hal Roach for endoWing the
production of Captain Caution"
with first-rate photography, excel
lent background material and bril-
liant costumes and special effects.
Distinguished acting is contributed
by Louise Platt and Victor Mature
in the principal roles, and among
those in lesser roles to be congratu-
lated for firs.-rate portrayals are
Leo Carrillo as volatile French
man, Vivienne Osborne as his wife,
Bruce Cabot as an unscrupulous
Eng;ishman and Robert Barrat as
the Captain of the Olive Branch.
Captain Caution" is an out
standing motion picture on all
counts and must therefore be set
down as belonging on every movie
goer's list of Best Ten.
Royal varieties include Matte
Maheck Orchestra an d Lowell
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