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The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

ment in others has been futile.
Many persons have also been re-
fused jobs on the grounds that
either their Wife husband or some
member of their family showed a
positive test. Negro doctors declare
that these attempted-regu
are unjust and an additional
method of discrimination.
GOVERNMENT COOPERATES
The tests are being given at the
federal-operated Southside Clinic
with the cooperation OF at least
one governmental agency, the w.
P. A. was accused by domestic
this week of refusing to give much
needed aid because my husband
wouldn't take treatment" The
woman stated that her husband
took treatment for syphilis for two
years and that although the City
of Birmingham had granted her
husband a license to peddle pea
nuts she could not get a job in the
city as a domestic because she could
not secure certificate" Certificates
are given persons showing mega.
tive test. The woman'S husband
had been effected although she was
not.
Negro doctors agreed that many
persons showing positive tests were
not carriers of disease and that in
many instances persons dismissed
from jobs would have less oppor-
tunity to secure adequate treat
ment than those working. They
were also of the opinion that the
project is a selfish desire to make
a mountain out of a mole hill"
A rs cent fee is charged all per-
sons who apply for examination. If
the person is found to show a
positive test for any of the diseases
they are advised to see a private
doctor. The employer is then noti-
fled that the person has a harmful
disease.
Efforts of the Junior Chamber
to secure the support of many
wealthy white families have been
to no avail. Thousands OF domestic
employees have worked in the
same white homes for years and
the white employers are well sat-
fled with their work and their
health. On many occasion the
private white family physician
tends the servant during illness
while in many other homes regu-
lar general" medical examinations
are provided just as the white en-
ployer secures for themselves. First
reports from the Southside Clinic
reveal that a larger percentage OF
the domestics who have reported
has tuberculosis and social dis
ease.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
WiIberforce's
President Is
Fired By Board
DR.. Walker Says
He'll Sue For
Salary of $5,4OO

XENIA, O.-(ANP)-The axe fell
Saturday on the administrative
neck of DR.. D. Ormond Walker.
president of Wilberforce university
for five years. He was dismissed at
a special meeting of the board OF
trustees and Bishop r. r. Wright
whom DR.. walker succeeded as
president, was named acting presi-
dent.
DR.. Walker announced immedi-
ately afterward that he would sue
for his $5,400 annual salary which
he contends is due him three more
years under a contract with the
A. NJ E. institution.
At a previous meeting on June
10, DIR. Walker was retained as
president by vote of IL to 10,
one of the votes for DR.. Walker
being that of Bishop C. E. Curry.
who voted as a proxy for the alb
sent Bishop H. Y. Tookes. A special
session of the board was called for
later by Bishop r. G. Ransom,
chairman. The meeting was brief.
Bishop Frank Madison Reid, of
South Africa, an alumnus of Will
berforce, moved that the office of
president be declared vacant to
take effect at once. Bishop D. H.
Sims of Philadelphia seconded the
motion, and on a standing vote Is
members stood for the motion, and
none stood against it.
The affairs of the university
were then voted in the hands of a
committee of three: Bishops j. A.
Gregg, D. H. Sims and r. r. Wright,
Jr., all former college presidents,
to be known as the board of re-
gents to function until a president
is elected. Bishop Wright, who was
president before being elected bish-
op, was designated chairman of the
regents and, since he lives at Will
berforce, placed in direct charge Of
the presidents office.
The new president is to be elected
by the trustees at a meeting called
for that purpose. Nominations will
be made by committee of Bishops
Gregg, Sims and Wright from the
university board, and Atty. Ray E..
Hughes, Revs. G. T. Isom and w.
A. Page from the state board. At a
short meeting they decided not to
be in too big hurry but to take
time to select one of the best
available educators in America for
the job. Wilberforce has a budget
for this year close to a million
dollars.
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P r RSONALS

B. Van Buren, preached a wonder
full sermon
Mrs. Syntell Hamilton Vaughn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
'ence Hamilton, of 1885 E. Wash
ington, Street, in the rear left
Monday morning for her home in
Los Angeles, after spending several
weeks with relatives and friends.
She arrived in the city June 19,
and enjoyed a happy time shaking
hands with old friends and max
ng new ones on both the 9Th OF
June and 4th of July.
Word was received by Mrs. Anna
Bennett of the serious illness OF
Mrs. Rachel Tables, her cousin now
in oLs Angeles. Mrs. Tables re-
sided i'll this city until few
months ago.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
Phoenix Visitors

Miss Helen Turner and Miss Lois
]. NARROW of Les Angeles, were
Phoenix visitors for several Gays
as guests of Mrs. Lavon Hamllton
and Mr.. David L. Johnson. Ihe
visitors accompanied by MISS
Golden Hamilton and Mrs. lavon
Hamilton visited the Grand Sanyon
onr other polnts of interest in the
state, finally completing tliell
ture in Albuquerque New Menco
Upon returning to the city MISS
Turner and Mr.. johnson were olll-
ner guests of Rev. and Mrs. D. w.
Williams ll1O E. jeff. Street.
Miss Turner is an employer Oh
the Warner Bros. Motion picture
Company. The visitors returned 10
Los Angeles July l.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
Thought He Had
Pardon. Man Sent
Back To Prison
ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS) -

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNSJ -
A man who thought he had a
pardon from former Governor
Rivers was back in prison Monday
after l6 years of freedom.
Isiah Cotton, alias Lloyd Hamll-
ton, 40, escaped from the DeKalb
County prison camp in April 1928
less than a month after he was
sentenced to serve 20 years in
Fulton County for burglary.
Cotton was quoted as saying Il
wouldn't have come back, but some
friends said they had pardon Tor
me. I guess it must have been
bogus"
The arrested man said he lived
in Kentucky after escaping from
prison and that he had been in no
trouble with the law for 16 years
other than being caught in a dive
once and being disorderly on an
other occasion Total sentence Tor
both arrests amounted to 20 days,
detectives quoted Cotton is saying.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
BIRMINGHAM. AIa.-(SNS)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-(SNS)-
That the campaign sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
(white) to have all domestic en-
ployees tested" for tuberculosis
and social disease has not gone to
their satisfaction was evident here
this week. Aside from the Negro
medical professions failure to en-
dorSe it many prominent white
employers have refused to send
their domestics to the designated
clinic.
The project originated from a
desire of a white medic and has
the backing of the young business
body. The call for employers to
send their colored domeStics to
the Southside Health Center went
out several months ago over the
protest of Negro dictorS. The Spon-
Soring group also failed to secure
the support of Slossfield Health
Center as a testing depot.
A prominent Negro physician
(name being Withheld) gave his
reason for failure to cooperate on
these grounds. Human beings
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
STICK UP JEWELER

NEW YORK. (ANP) - Three
thugs in search of big game" at
tempted the stick up of a Fifth
Avenue jewler but failed to knock
over q $4,000 cache when the gun
of one of them accidentally Went
off and bungled to job, injurlng
one of them and causing the otn-
er two to flee. The injured man
was captured.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
PETITION is CIRCULATED

A Petition bearing between three
and four hundred signatures Oh
Phoenix and Thomasville citizens
were presented to the Marlcopa
County Board of Supervisors TINS
week. bv the Thomasville Develop
ment Co. The petition urges the
board to render some maneoiaVe
action in the construction OF brioge
across the river one and one-hai1
miles west of Liberty, on the
Tcwnship line that leads to tiie
townsight.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
ANNOUNCE EXAMINATIONS

WASHINGTON (ANP) = The
United States Civil Service COM
mission announces open competi-
tive examinations for the follow
ng positions: poultry coordinator,
chief engineering craftsman, prin-
cipal engineering craftsman, senior
engineering craftsman, engineer
ing craftsman, and assistant en-
gineering craftsman.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Mrs. Oleva McCovy of E. Jetter-
son Street was painfully injured
Wednesday, July 2, as she entered
the Buckeye bus by some sharp in
strument that was in a box OF
tools. Her condition is seeming
ly growing worse.
Mrs. Arie Earl, of 90 South 7th
Avenue is all smiles after under
going an operation some three
weeks ago. She is now at home
with loved one, and says it was not
as bad as she thought.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
VACATIONING

i Mrs. Lowe Carter, Mr.. and MrS'
Jennie Sanders, sister and broth-
er-in-law of Mrs. Carter accom- :
panied by Mrs. Annie Mae SAND
ers and Shurman Hall, the nephew
of Mrs. Carter left Tuesday morn
ing July 2, for Ardmore, Oklahonaa Ia
City. and other points in Okla.' 1oi
a two or three weeks vacation.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
LEAVE FOR CALIFORNIA

Miss Jannas Mae Lee. one of our
high school students, left Mesa
June 26, for Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, to spend the summer with
her brother, Mr.. Tommy Lee, Mrs.
Myrtle Bobo, and son Earnest left
for points in California last week
it was reported.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
PHYSICIANS END MEET

SOUTH BEND, Ind, -(ANP =
The Indiana State Medical, Dental
and Pharmaceutical association
ended it's 18th annual meeting here
Wednesday. The organization es-
tablished a scholarship fund to
worthy Indiana youth in the study
of medicine and dentistry.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
PASTOR GRoGANs RETURNS

Rev. c. E. Grogans, pastor o.
Shiloh Baptist church this Guy
has recently returned from GLOBE
Arizona. where he conducteo
series of meetings for Rev j.. n;
Miner. He reported wonoerln
success.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
LAWYERS BACK NAACP

WAiSHINGTON-(ANP) - The
NAACP at its recent convention
In Houston was the recipient of
one of the finest pledges of sup
port the organization has as yet
received, coming from the Nation
al Lawyers guild, an organization
rlvalling the American Bar asso-
citation. ......
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
HERE FOR SUMNER

Miss Thelma Jacobs daughter OF
Rev. and Mrs. E. j. Jacobs of l0O9
S. 9Th Avenue, arrived in the city
a few days ago to spend her vaca-
ton with relatives and friends.
Miss Jacobs has been away in
school for most nearly two years.
After finishing in Chicago with
honors she won a scholarship III
Louisiana near her fathers home.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
GUNFIRE KILLS BOY; SHOCK
PROVES FATAL TO WOMAN

HOLLYSPRLNG, Miss. (sNS)-
Eli Lawrence, a Holly Springs,
Miss. youth, was shot to death in
a sidewalk fracas at Lauderdale
Street at st. Paul Thursday night
of last week. His assailant, Thomas
O'Neal, surrendered a few hours
later and he was scheduled for a
preliminary hearing Monday of this
week, according to 1t. Don owen,
head of the homicide bureau.
One of the bullets struck in the
William H. Foote apartment OF
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
CROWD MENACES DRIVER

GERMANTOWN, Pa. - Co.
After being menaced by & angry
crowd of Germantown residents,
Frank Walker, 24-year-old colored
boy LaMott was held on man
slaughter charges after his car
struck and killed Robert Brooks, 55,
who was many years proprietor OF
a barker shop at Church Lane and
Germantown Avenue.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
LEAVE FOR COAST

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. V. Perkins lett
for a two-weeks' vacation in the
Pacific Coast They plan to vlslt
Los Angeles, SAM Diego, ana
Bakersfield, California. Accom-
panyine them are Mr. and MIS-.
Suda A. Ellis, who will honey
moon for a fortnight in San Diego.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Mrs. Anna Bennett, of North
First Avenue was dinner guest at
the home of Mrs. j. A. Lemay of
1914 E. Monroe Street, Sunday
July s.
Friendship Baptist church held
service at its new location, 1906 E.
Jefferson, Street Sunday, July o,
They are gradually travellng
homeward, hoping to reach. their
homeland soon. The pastor, Rev.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

DR.. c. II. George, the popula~
pastor of Inc New Sardis Baptist
church, in Birming ham, is being
drafted as candidate for pres'-
dent of the Northwest District
Convention of Alabama. His
friends ever the entire district
are urgently requesting his con-
sent to use his name in the COM
ing session of the Convention at
Fairfield rext week, it was learn
cd. DR.. George is a man called OF
God to be minister, teacher.
an executive, a social force, a
good citizen, an evangelist, a
friend and helper of men. He
has learned how to store his
mind and how to use it. He has
found how preaching and teach
ing get on together, fellow min
ister stated.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
Health On Purely Racial
Angle Kks Race Medics

should not be given any kind of
medical test solely because of
color. If domestic servants are 60
ing to be tested I advocate giving
every white clerk in a department
or ten cent store the same test for
the same reasons. Thousands come
in contact with clerks daily and
the danger is just as acute in the
public's contact with them as a
white family will find with the
servant"
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Cookies of six different shapes
are cut from dough at once when
a new metal roller is passed over
the dough.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12
MAY LOSE JOB

Aside from the discriminatory
features of the project many lead
ing colored citizens have froWned
on it for economic reasons. A large
portion of the races bread earn
ings have for many years come
from the kitchen and wash tubs of
white families and any effort to
tamper with them will certainly
meet the objections of many whites
as well as the colored leadership.
Many persons showing a positive
test have been dismissed from jobs
and their ability to secure employ
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

1t has been reported that Mrs
Francis M. Williams, iH i'll at the
home of her mother, ~ South
Montezuma st eet, Mr.. II. tthel
Helcramb of Wichita, Kan3., is a
Phoenix visitor She is the mouse
guest of her mother, Mrs. Mamie
Jackson, lO0l S. Fourth Avenue.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Sister Jewel Gibson, of 1910 Z.
Jefferson Street, entertained the
missionary sisters of Shiloh BaptlsI
Church Sunday afternoon with an
interesting program and Bible les
son taken from Luke 9Th chapter
and Ais verses.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

More than 800 minerals flueresce
when subjected to ultraviolet lamp
rays.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Mrs. Tracie Washer and daugh-
tet Alberta of l401 E. Madison, ST.,
left the city Tuesday, July 1st, for
Tennessee it was reported, where
they hope to spend at least three
weeks.
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-12

Mrs. Brewer of Okema is ill at
the home Of her niece, Mrs. Mayer
Singleton, on S. Sixth Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
ROBERTS RECEIVER 1 FOR NEGRO GROUP
Permanent Appointment Made At Request of Coz
 lonial Trust Co.

Anthony E. Roberts, vice-presi- dent and treasurer of Walter H. Hart, Inc, was named permanent receiver of the Negro Business League, Inc, of this city, at the re- quest of Atty. George w. Crawford, who appeared on behalf of the Col onial Trust O., executors of the will of the late James E. Kefford, at yesterday mornings session of Superior Court.
 MT. Roberts was named tempor- ary receiver of the company last March 18, by Judge Frank P. Me- Evoy.
 The bank seeks to liquidate the resources of the Negro League, claiming that Kefford was the own- CT of 271 of the 320 outstanding shares in the firm, and that the corporation was in danger of asset wastage because of the apparent lack of directors to carry on the work of the company. The assets consist of a large tenement block at 99 Pearl street.
 At the time of his death, MT. Kef- ford was actively engaged in buy ing up the outstanding stock in the corporation. It is further stated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
LAUREL CLUB IN
 CRIDIRON SKlTS
Present, Past Officials Lampooned in Legisla.
 tive Writers Banquet
fpx Democrat Legislative Reporserl

(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, April 3o- Mayor Vincent A. Scully will head c party of between 25 and 35 Water. burians attending the biennial Gridiron Dinner of the Laurel club tonight at the Hartford club. The dinner and show, social highlight of the legislative session, are pre- sented by the legislative and politi- cal reporters who make up the membership of the Hartford club.
 More than 800 present and past state officials and legislators will tlrong the banquet hall and ad- jacent rooms for the biennial affair, in which many of them will see themselves lampooned. However, the skits and other features of the pro. gram are entirely "off the record" ,"
 Among the reporters doing their bit tonight to puncture the dignity of officialdcm will be Raymond J. Fitzpatrick, of The Waterbury Dem- ocrat, and Walter R. Brooks, Of The Waterbury Republican.
 Following the stage snow, Gov. Robert A. Hurley and a few other distinguished guests will be given an opportunity at brief "rebuttal," with Robert J. Vance, publisher of the New Britain Herald, as toastmaster.
 Among those with the governor at the head table will be former governors Raymond F. Baldwin and Wilbur L. Gross, Democratic State Chairman John T. Mccarthy, and Republican State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley.
 In the Waterbury group with the mayor will be Senators Edward F. Egan and Michael V. Blansfield, Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney, several city officials and number of others. More WaterburianS have made res eryations with other parties plan- ming to attend the dinner.
 This years Laurel club show bears the title, "Nitwits of 1s4i."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
RAILROAD, CITY
 IN AGREEMENT
Board of Works Approves Negotiations on Baldwin
 Street Bridge

Approval of an agreement where. by the New Haven railroad will pay $1,7Oo toward the cost of the new $66, 6,000 Baldwin street bridge was voted by the board of public works at meeting last night. The road has also agreed to furnish an en- gineering inspector and c flagman while construction is in progress and is granting the city an ease- ment over its right of way.
 The board voted favorably on . proposed new layout and grade on Aurora street, on which c public hearing was held two weeks ego. It was reported that the work win cost about $3,0O0, but will make Aurora street available as . bye pass for through traffic.
 Plans for the removal of grass plots on Manor avenue to make pos- sible a widening of the street were approved, with . public hearing to be held later.
 The board held hearings on sewer assessments for property on Lounsbury and Raymond streets, Tracy avenue and Delaware ave. nue.
 George A. Gentil of Delaware ave- nue told the board he was ready to pay immediately 6 $500 assess ment which will be levied against his property provided that he got discount for prepayment. Mayor Vincent A. Scully said that unfor- tunately the city charter gave the board no power to take such action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
PROSPECT BATTLES
 WIDESPREAD FIRE
Flames Sweep Over Acres of Brush, Woodland;
 Help M0bilized

Burned out acres of wood and brush were left today in the path Of the worst forest fires in the history os Prospect More than 10Q fire fighters battled the stubborn lire yesterday for more than l2 hours.
 The blaze was finally brought un- der control late in the afternoon but A small crew of Prospect forest fighters were left on the scene to avert any further spread of the blaze.
 Crews from Southington, Sims bury. Meriden and Cheshire aided the town force under Warden Treta Hotchkiss. The blaze which origi.. mated near the New Haven road south of Prospect center swept toward the east to Cheshire road, near Mixville and continued to rage all day.
 A watch was continually kept on the threatened homes Of Robert Cornell on Talmade Hill and Mrs. Anna Driver on Coer road but dan ger to these houses was finally elinl- mated when the blaze took another direction.
 It was believed that someone started in four separate places with In two hours but State Police of Beacon Falls said that the new fires were merely started from the old ones.
 The fire swept the section between Talmadge hill road and Coer road which runs parallel to each other from the New Haven road to Mix
 The first outbreak of the fire was on the property of Clifford Wallace on the New Haven road, less than a mile from the VERY transmitter, and was reported ct 8 o'clock Mon- day night. The forest fire fighters were. recruited and brought the blaze under control and went home with the thought they had extin- guisi1ed tine first blaze. At { o'clock In the morning, the wind revived @ few sparks and the blaze broke out anew. Warden HotchkisS and his men were called back to the scene and the neighboring towns sent crews to assist in battling the brush fire. The men worked under Q handicap because of lack of equip ment and water.
 Considerable loss to property own. CTS was estimated mad many acres of. valuable woodland was burned out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

feSpecCaple ana 6LalQ museum 70 house relics of days gone by.
 But as far as old-timers were con- cerned, the new sign reading "Ari- zona Territorial Museum" wasn't at all needed to remind them of the stirring days of a half-century ago, for the stories of Lady Pearl and her rip-roaring companions will live on.
 Built in 1875
 The old adobe prison was sstab- lished in 1875 when Arizona was still a territory. It was built of adobe and its walls ranged between { and 8 feet in thickness.
 Advocates of modern scientific means of criminal rehabilitation would gasp at the solitary confine- ment chamber - small dungeon whose only ventilation was provided by a narrow hole running straight through the thick ceiling. Locked up there, the more recalcitrant pris- oners became meek and repentant within day or two.
 The stories of Lady Pearl Hart and Rogers are the most romantic tales connected with the old prison.
 Pearl was a dance hall girl who said she turned to robbing stage coaches because she needed money to return to the home of her invalid mother in Ohio Arrested and sen- fenced to five years in the prison, Pearl decided to give officials as much trouble as she could-until llondsome young musician, convicted of a mining camp staying, came to an adjoining cell.
 The story is that Pearl and the young musician fell in loce, so Pearl chose to reform, get out of prison as soon as possible and aid in obtain- ing the release of her sweetheart. She became an assistant in the pris- on kitchen and her cooking so tickled the palates of the convicts that many of them (so the story goes) withdrew their applications for parole.
 She was released before her five years were up, but the prison rec- ords unfortunately do not show Wnetner Sne ana ner muSlclan IOVeT met outside prison walls.
 Rogers, an arrogant murderer who professed to be graduate of Oxford University, was one of the coolest figures of the old West. His dress was impeccable, but no one dared accuse the quick shooting Rogers of being a dandy.
 Rogers reputation as a musician was as great as his prowess in ham ding a six-gun. Once while he was In the old jail. one of Yuma's lead- ing citizens asked him to play at a reception at his home. The warden consented. but Rogers would not ap- pear at the gathering until he and his two guard escorts were provided with dress suits