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The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Phoenix Baha'i
Departs; En- Route
To Ell Salvador

Mr.. Clarence Iverson left PhoeniS
recently to join John Eichenauer,
,Jr.. in San Salvador who has been
there about two months. They
represent the Baha'S of the Unit"
ed States and Canada in El Saliva
dor.
BY their work in this country
they intend to further the teach
ings of the Bahai Faith, the main
principles which are the unity OF
su humanity, independent investi-
CATION of truth, the basis of all the
religions is one, that religion should
be the cause of union, that religion
should be in acord with science and
reason, the equality of men and
women, the Abandonment of al!
prejudices, universal peace, uni
versal education, that religion
should be the solver of economic
problems, universal language and
an international tribunal for the
protection Of everyone.
The Bahais believe that the
Founders of all past religions;
though different in the non-essen'
tial aspects of their teachings, re-
volve around the principle of the
unity of mankind. The differences
the Bahais believe is that the diff,
ferent prophets of God come al
different times to bring the mes
sage of that day
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

CHICAGO-(ANP) - Horace r.
Cayton, fellow of the julius Rosen-
valid fund, and director of the
Good Shepherd Community center
last week announced for a sponsor
the release of two monographs Of
a series which is in preparation on
the study of the Negro community
in Chicago.
The large study of the Negro
community of which these mono
graphs are part was started in
November, 1886, under the direction
of w. Lloyd Warner of the Un:-
versity of Chicago, and Horace r.
Cayton of the Works Progress Ad :
ministration to study cultural and
social factors surrounding the
problems of juvenile delinquency
of the Negro in Chicago. The study
was financed and completely staff
ed through the WPA; and was
sponsored by the Institute for Juve-
nile Research. After the project
had been carried on for some
months, it was decided tnat the
situation presented an excellent
series of research projects dealing
with various phases of the COM
munity life was subsequently in
augurated. The present two re-
ports are part of this larger study
The first monograph is by Mary
Elaine Ogden entitled 'The Chica-
go Negro Community; Statistical
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Race Has Rich Heritage, Says
Tennessee Prof essor In Talk

a decline on part of the Negro
to go to church and warned that
such "is getting off the highway
of life"
In his expressed opinion that
"the church should be brought up
to date, achievements of the Ne
gro church, stating that out OF
the $4,000 Negro churches, four
thousand pulpiUs are vacant, and
closed his address by stiking right
and left at certain alleged busi-
ness conduct of some ministers,
educators and oothers of the higher
bracket of intelligence.
The Community Chorus and Or-
chestra thrilled the audience with
typical Negro spirituals. B. j. Ad-
iers directed the group.
The Emancipation Proclamation
was read by A. A. Mayfield, in
vocation was made by Rev. Thom-
as Kilgore, and the speaker waS
introduced by Rev. w, Otto Gill,
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Freedom
Asked For
5 Youths
Applications
Received In
Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -
(SNS)-The Alabama Par
don and Parole Board Thurs
day received applications for
parole for the five Scottsbo-
ro boys, still imprisoned in
Alabama prisons.
Applications for parole were
filed by Osmond Frankel, white,
New York attorney, for Clarence
Norris, originally sentenced to
death but whose sentence was
commuted to life Imprisonment !:
Andrew Wright, sentenced to 80
years; Charles Weems, sentenced
to rs years, and Ozzie Powell,
sentenced to 70 years.
Other members of the "Scotts-
boro" group were released at their
last trial two years ago.
Trial of the "Scottsboro Boys"
on charges Of attacking two white
women brought international at
tention to the state of Alabama.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
OLD MAN DEATH
STARES; GOES

OF man Death, in the form of a
kissing limited train, stared foul
Phoenix colored folk in the face
last Wednesday morning, ther
passed on after mangling the front
of the car in which they were
riding.
None of the occupants was in.
jured.
Driver of the car was Mathew
Hunt, 81 years old. who, with his
wife and two friends, was riding
north on 18th Avenue about 8 a
m. toward the Southern Pacific
tracks.
A freight train was pulling
across the crossing as Hunt ap-
preached, but the last car hac
passed the street when the driver OF
the car reached the first tracks.
A split second later Hunts car
was being mangled by the Golden
State Limited, which he said he
didn't see because of the freight
cars. The limited was on another
track.
Although the front end of the
car was a tangled mass, Hunt and
his passengers escaped without a
scratch. Headlights, tenders and
engine were smashed beyond re-
pair.
Hunts comment: ut sure did fool
me when the front end of my ca:
disappeared"
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Girls Cannot
Learn Aviation

WASHINGTON-( CAMP Female
students, interested in aviation,
have not been accepted in some of
the Negro institutions authorized
by the government to teach aero
nautics to colored students, largely
because there have been no faclii-
ties for their accommodation ard
instruction at the fields.
In one large university, the girls
flocked to the class seeking al
mission and wanted by all means
to register, but they were gently
turned away on account of the lack
of accommoda tions for them and
told that wherl the accommoda-
tions were available, female STU
dents would be welcome.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
MURDER SUSPECT
HELD FOR TRIAL

Leslie Jones, 30-year- color
ed compress worker, was held for
trial on first-degree murder
charge in connection with the
fatal shooting December "a of Rus
sell Lewis, 81, also colored, a mo-
tor company porter.
He offered no evidence at his
preliminary hearing in East Phoe-
nix Precinct Justice Court, Harry
E. Westfall, justice ordered him
lodged in the county Jail without
privilege of liberty under bond.
Lewis died of pistol bullet wounds
suffered in the Portland Cafe, near
10th and Washington streets.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Accused
Man Gets
3rd Trial

WINSTON-SALEM, N. G. Julius
Buchanon Winston Salem hatche'
slayer, was granted a third trial
Wednesday before the North Caro-
lima Supreme Court. 1t was the
first time that such thing has
occurred in the history of Forsyth
County.
The tribunal neld that the So
hcitor, while prosecuting the
man in his second trial, should
have not read to the jury ex-
cerpts from the Supreme Courts
ruling granting a new trial after
the first conviction.
The excerpts were: "He, Buch-
anon, sWore both ways"
Budhanon was first tried for
murder for staying his wife, AS
mes, with a hatchet shortly before
Christmas, 1888 After beating the
woman to death, he burned her
clothes and the hatchet and at
first told police some robbers must
have committed the crime, re-
ports said.
Later he confessed 10 the slay-
ing and pleaded isef-deferlse.
Claiming that his wife had at
tackled him with a hammer when
he struck her with the hatchet.
The Supreme Court granted
him a second trial because the
body held that Judge j. H.
Clement should not have made
certain remarks regarding the
defendants testimony.
A discussion had arisen betwee
attorney about question and
the judge, clearing up the mat
ter, had injected the remark that
the defendant said certain things.
The Supreme court held these
as reflecting on Bu;hanon's chai'
acter. ,-.....g,s,.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Finis Written
To Famous Suit
Of Lloyd Gaines

COLUMBIA, Mo.-(ANP)-Finis
was written to the efforts of Lloyd
Gaines to enter the University of
Missouri as a law student, when
the case was dismissed last Mon
day in Boone County Circuit court
by Judge w. M. Dinwiddie.
Gaines has been missing for ten
months and his attorneys, unable
to plead a Case for a client they
can't find, requested dismissal OF
the suit. The case has been in the
courts for two years, the Boone
County Circuit court and the State
Supreme court both handing down
decisions denying Gaines admit
tance to the University of Mis-
souri,.
On Dec. 8, 1889, the U. S. Su-
preme court ruled that the U. of
Missouri must either admit Gaines
or the state must provide equal
educational facilities within the
state" When Lincoln university
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

WTNSTON-SALEM, N. C.-SNS)-
"One of the obvious weaknesses 5
we have as a race is that we dc
not know the heritage of the race
that rich heritage that brings
pride to the race; that rich herit-
age that brings duty more plainly
to us as a people, DR.. M. r. Ep-
pse, professor of the A. and 1. Co..
1ege, Nashville, Tennessee declared
in an emancipation address at Cne
First Baptist Church, Winston
Salem Monesy night.
Prof. Eppse, who is a native
North Carolinian and the great
nephew of Senator Hiram Rhodes
Revels, the first Negro senator u
serve in this country, pointed t'
his Tar Heel nativity with pride
He pointed out the achievements
of the Negro as against what he
termed to be against odds and
difficulties" and challenged any
other race to beat them under sim :
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
1st Monographs On Study
Of Chicago Negro Released

in the future: Association and
Churches in the Negro Community
of Chicago by st. Claire Drake
and Migration and Mobility
Elizabeth Dewey Jones.
These monograms describe var
among Negroes in Chicago" by
ious section Of the Negro commun-
ity and will constitute one of the
greatest bodies of data ever gath
cred by Negro community in any
city. From these individual re-
ports a general syrthenizing in any
race. From those vastohies re-
ports a general synthesizing state
ment will be written. Steps are be-
ing taken to keep the materials in
such shape that it will be available
to students and persons in the prac-
tical field. One important develop
ment which has justified in a way
the entire study has been the for
nation of the Good Shepherd Com
munity Center. Taking the factual
life, the board of directors of the
Good Shepherd Community center
was Inspired to obtain approx
mately $4,000 for the construction
of the Center, and has been guided
in it's entire program by the find
ingS of the study.
A limited number of the mono-
graphs are available at soc copy
to cover handling and mailing cost.
Requests should be mailed to Hor-
ace r. Cayton, Good Shepherd
Community center, 5700 Prairie
Avenue, Chicago, III. -
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

Description. In this work is pre-
sented a compilation of some of
the most important basic data
which was gathered on the stud J
in a form which would be helpful
to workers in the practical field, as
we'll as to other research students.
1t includes statistical data con-
corning the entire Negro commune
ity, and comparison of the Negro
community to other districts
throughout the city. Miss Ogden
recently received her masters de-
gree from the University of Chica-
go and was written up in Time
Magazine because of the unusual
ness of the subject, 1.-The Social
Orientation of the Society Girl"
which she used for her thesis.
The second volume is entitled
"Occupational charges in the
Negro Community" by Estelle Hill
Scott. This study describes in de-
tail the changing occupationel
structure of the Negro community
from 1890 to 1880. Through this
census material the struggle of the
Negro for a place in the economic
structure of the city is reflected.
Mrs. Scott received her masters
degree from the University of Chi
cago and has been a research as.
Sistant to DR.. Charles S. johnson
Of Fisk University and DR.. Will
liam Osburn of the University of
Chicago.
Mr.. Cayton announced that two
other monographs will be released
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

The states chief executive
thoroughly disguised with the ne
suit of his state constables' probe
of the Klan, ordered some months
ago, issued the following state.
ment:
"I want to publicly condemn
such activity. Such things are un-
Christian and un-American. ]
have demanded as governor that
Chief Jeanes and the sheriff get
to the bottom of this thing and
arrest every one they can find who
participated in it. We have got
to put an end to such things. This
soN.s of thing is the worst possible
kind of advertisement for the
state. We have got to stop it,"
NEGRO OMAN AT WORK
IN nearby Greenville, where the
Klan in this district has its head
quarters, it is understood that
special Negro investigator sent
by Frank Murphy of Washington
and answerable ony to the attor-
ney-general has been in the state
for several days probing Klan
activities
When the white robed mob came
here several weeks ago, a motor
cade progressed through the en-
tire colored section. Many Me-
groes were searched and attack
ed. The night riders also visited
several dsher nelghboring towns
where other Negroes were assault
ed.
During the second trip here,
after man-handling the TWO Ne
groes in pool room the Klan went
to the home Of Lanier Pruitt, q,
white mechanic, and at gun
point took him away to a point
ten miles from here where he was
lashed with leather strap q
times. Prllitt was accused OF
striking his seven year old child,
not paying his debts and failing
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

liar circumstances. He pointed out
as one of the weakest links in tie
life of the race is that of having
the lack of vigor, pep and the at
tributes which make for the build
ing of certain high qualities which
he possesses, and attributed the
lack of these discrepancies his ig-
norance as to the sign pots on the
Negro history OF life.
Other races pointed with prize
to the accomplishments of certain
members of their groups, while the
Negro races knows practically moth
ing about certain great men and
women of their races who have
achieved greatness in all avenues
of human endeavors. When the
emancipation proclamation was
written by Lincoln, only five per
cent of the Negroes could read it
as against 80 per cent who can now
read it.
He ridiculed what he said to be
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
PROBE KU KLUx KLAN
Annual Farm Report Of
Interest To Race Farmers

WASHINGTON-( N P)-
Secretary Wallace's annual re-
port on the activities of the de-
partment of agriculture recently
released stresses several points
significant ito Negro farmers
throughout the country without
calling them out by such distinc-
tiOn
Discussing the farm program
and the war, Mr. Wallace says, cit
would of course be folly to regard
the new war as in any way a So
luton of our farm problem.
Whether Or not IT,. pattern of
1ae last and thef postwar
period wi repeated, we do not
know, bl e do know that war
usually g roys or reduces the
purchase Z power of belligerent
countries = Hence the outbreak Of
hostilitieS is not a reason for
abandoning OUR efforts to conserve
the soil, to keep our farm output in
adjustment with the current and
prospective demand, and to es-
tablish a rural-urban balance on
the basis of equitable price re-
lationShipS.
Even should there be an i'm
proved demand for wheat and
cotton and other export crops, we
shall need cooperative land use
planning. In the South, if the
CLIFTON average increased, crop
diversification would lag; expan-
sion in the Ssed grain areas would
hir1der The shirt from soil deple-
tsg xcs ese serving crops. Our
stocks and the world stocks Of
cotton, wheat. tobacco and feed
gains are large. The first three
months of war have not stimulated
the export demand for our farm
products 1t now appears that our
exports in the current year will
be smaller than they would have
been had the world remained at
peace.
"The extremely small exports
in the face of mountaineering
supplies, the accumulation of
more than II million bales of
cotton under government loans
and the necessity of retaining a
large export market for cotton as
the only alternative to painful
and costly adjustment in our ma
tional economy program made it
imperative to change certain as
poets of the cotton program. It
was evident that a program which
permitted more cotton to pile up
in the loan stocks and contin.
ued reduction in our share of the
world market would surely lead
to disaster. The 18th congress con-
sidered several different proposals
for dealing with the situation
Resulting in the development
of an eXport-payment program
(Continued on Back PaPe)
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Father Emmett'S.
Garfield Win

Father Emmett's Mission head.
lined girls WPA Park Basketball
League play by swamping a hap.
less Madison five, AL, last night.
Madison scored its lone point on a
free throw Izona Payton took
scoring honors for Father Emmett's
with 16 points.
Garfield tripled the score on the
Cardinals, 3O-1O. Eastlake forfeited
to Broadway.
Broadway defeated Father En-
mett's 9-2, in a practice game.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Continued on Back Page
NOOHtIHLuCN2 OII ASRNNA n q 5 y
Funeral Of Buster
Essex Conducted

The body of Buster Essex was
funeralized Saturday, January 6
from Randle Funeral home, by
Rev. Upthegrove, pastor of the
AN1E church. Buster was born in
Prescott, Arizona, and principally
reared in Phoenix. He was a
musician an dwas murdered Tues
day, January 2, by George Wilson.
Jr., a. member of his band as ne
pleaded Cor his life.
A number of his band boys were
pallbearers. Leave TO mourn his
passing are one brother, father.
a devoted aunt and host OF
friends. /
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Kenny Washington
Signed For Films

HOLLYWOOD - (ANP) -
Marking the first time a cOlOred
football ace has ever been sign
ed to star in pictures because of
his fame, Kenny Washington
was placed under contract Sat-
urday by Million Dollar Pr0duc.
ions.
Harry M. POpkin executive
producer ScOOped another all
cOlOred cast company that was
angling for the great all-Ameri-
can. Kenny was represented by
his uncle, Detective Lieutenant
Roscoe Washington.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

with state funds opened a law
school in st. Louis in the old Pore
building, Gaines lawyers filed an
other suit, contending that the
Lincoln school still failed to pro-
vide him with equal educational
facilities" 1t was this suit which
last week Was dismissed.
Still pending is another suit
filed by Miss Lucille Bluford, staff
member Of the Kansas City Call
who seeks admission to the Uni
versity of Missouri school Of
iournalitm, Miss Bluford is a
graduate of the University of Kan.
cas-
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Phoenix Federation
Sponsors Presidents S
Ball January 20

The Phoenix Federation of Col
ored WomenS sponsoring the
presidents ball on January 20. The
members of committees that art
arranging the affair are Mesdames
Louise Phillips, Lucille Greene. Bert
Perkins, Ruby Jones, Clara Black.
burn, Emma Gardner, and Ada
Walker The ball will be given al
the Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Susie Williams was indis-
posed during the holidays.
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13

TO provide CIlrlSCIIlaS presents lOl
his family" Pruitt denied all
charges, saying his only child was
a baby, IL months old
The Klan also forced entrance
into the homes of two other white
persons, but did no more than
frighten the occupants.
Gov. Maybank has dispatched
Chief Henry Jeanes of the con-
stabulary here to head the in
vestigation. Both Jeanes and any
other state officials are expected
to work with local authorities on
this matter.
One of the Chief Jeanes' first
acts was to arrest Willis w Har-
ney, Is, local cafe enploye, on
a charge of assault and battery.
Pruitt is understood to have posi-
lively identified Harney as one of
the Klansmen who beat him. lie
is being held under $4,000 bail as
other arrests are expected.
1t is believed the probe will eX-
tend to GreenVille and all other
towns visited by the Klan or where
Klan activities center.
The masked terrorists were also
condemned Monday by Judge G..
Duncan Bellinger of Columbia as
Spartanburg county general ses-
sions court opened Tuesday.
The jurist said toleration of mob
rules is an invitation to the fed
eral government to enact the
anti-lynching statute to deal with
mob violence in federal courts A
state law provides imprisonment
of from one to ten years for any
person, individual, or as a group,
while wearing a mask or other
wise disguised, to assault, offer to
assault, threaten, meance or inti-
midate any other person or per-
sons.
RAPS NIGHT RIDERS
LII LIS Sllul sc w OAlC AtttlA
jury. Judge BellihgeS said ia
part:
Hooded night riders, or any
other bands Of men, however
large or small overriding the
laws of this state to take into their
own hand what they pretend is
the redress of grievances, are
nothing more or less than mobs;
and mob rule, however sporadic,
cannot be tolerated if our govern
ment is to endure. 1t strikes at
the foundation of our institutions
and the very mudsills of an el-
lightened civilization. Suffered to
continue, ever briefly, it threatens
the protection that organized So
ciety, under law, throws around the
homes of the nation. When such
a. monster rears it head, it must
be stamped upon with the might
of the law. Law can never be en-
forced through lawlessnesS. Nor
can respect for the law be con-
served by those who do not them
The Phoenix index., 1940-01-13
Fear Renewed Activity
Of Hooded Order NAV
Help AntiIynch Bill
Sick Executive Condemns
Night Riders, Sends State
Officers to Investigate

ANDERSON, s. C.-(ANP)-Followng a second in
vasion last week Of this city by the Ku Kx Kan during
which Negroes roughly handled and white man
severely beaten, Gov Burnett r. Maybank from his sick
ed searching investigation into activities of the hooded
order One man has already been arrested 1t was also
pointed that Klan activity might influence passage OF
federal anti-lynching legislation
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-12-26

Ole p. Steinoien, 80 years, father
Of Mrs. Jens Lying, Of this COM
munity, died November oath.
Fifty-two boys of Sank Centre
school agricultural department
applied for Future Farmers Of
America charter this week.
Anthony Zehrer, Of this commun-
ity, was elected treasurer of the
freshman class at University
School of Agriculture.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Reuben Schmidt Dec. 3rd.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray MacDon-
aid, a daughter on December 8.
Week Of December 10
Emil Selvig, comptroller of Mid
land Cooperative, spoke on farm
er cooperation at the annual
meeting of the Sank Lake Coop.
Oil Association Saturday.
Odd Fellows of this city entertain
ed members of adjacent lodges
Wednesday at a district meeting.
Tax rates for 1910 for the city Of
Sank Centre, compared with
those of 1889, showed reductions
in several departments as an
nounced this week.
A crew of 70 on WPA labor will
begin a drainage project to elm
mate flood conditions at the I'M
foreground crossing January End,
it was announced by AL Salmond
Lieutenant D. r. Cole rejoined his
local outfit here after attending
the first anti-aircraft school con-
Quoted at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Miss Helen Henkels will be trans
ferred to kindergarten in a move
to eliminate one teacher in the
school, Supt. E. w. Olson an
nounced.
Mrs. Mary Dickhouse died Tues
day morning at the home Of her
son, William, in this city.
Patrick James Brophy, rs, died at
his home December 16 following
an illness Of several months.
George B. Bowman, former bust
nessman, died December 18th, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
L. o. Gray, at the age of IA.
Mrs. Ane Henningsgard died Dec
ember 14th here at the age of
IS years.
Judith Ann Carpenter, 6-day-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bud
Carpenter, died Monday night.
She was born December 10th.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Orris Halverson December
18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cedric Marcyes are
parents of a son born December
18th.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hubert Herman December
18th.
Sank Lake, in a bad freezeup, was
giving ice men a headache this
week as they found the ice I'M
marketable, began a move to cut
new lanes to promote a new crop
freezing.