The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-11-13
OLDEST NATIONAL
WEEKLY
new YORK ROUNDUP

NEW YORK, (C)-New Yorks off year political
campaigns wound up with whrwind finish with the
contests centered around the effort of outstanding
coored men to win offices. Francis E. Rivers campaign
ing to retain his place Justice of the City Court won
the election. Forces supporting Benjamin J. Davis Jr
militant candidate for the City Council succeed Adam
Clayton Powell Jr confident that their man will pile
up huge vote when the tally of those ballots ended
John Alvin Ross Jrq well known young attorney and
Laye Lane the socialist Candidate are also GER
tain that they have seat the Citys Law Making
Body
N Y. (C)-one week of rain has the residents OF
these parts sort of down in the dumps and old Juvs
Pluvis was still at it at the time of this writing.
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N. Y(C)-A colored governess of the Is month old
child of the Mrs Patricia Burton Lonergan who was MUIR
dered by her young husband last week. expected to be
important witness in the investigation and trial. The
governes Miss Elizabeth Black is reported to be in hid
ing with the child of the late socially prominent heess
Mr.. HANDY BETTER
N Y. (C)-The metropolis was saddened last week
when the famous father of the Blues W. c. Handy was
critically injured and suffered skull fracture
suit Of fall from subway platform. His condition has
been reported serious and at time his life des-
paired of. For few days, Mr.. Handy was not allowed
visitors including the family but when he made slight
improvement his children" in to see him. Char.
understand it. The told him he was ill. Then
he frightened up and said Did the newspapers say any
thing about me?'". Since September LIST, Handy has
moved from his beautiful apartment at 400 Convent Ave-
nue. to Yonkers, New York Recently he has been work
ing "Unsung Americans Sung" which he gathered
eria for while playing the ST. Louis Blues each night at
the Diamond Horseshoe on Broadway.
N. Y. (C)-The days when Harem's society and the
dongs of the fashionable set characterized by the
lavish entertaining of the late Adeia Walker,
illness of Edward G. Berry, socially prominent Harlemte
and boon companion Of the late Beauty Leader call
sent out for blood donors the patient is in need Of
transfusions.
Ny. (C)-Patrons of the NAACP's Youth Council
Jam Session held at the Savoy Saturday evening enjoy
ed real treat when Lena Horne, famed movie actress,
and Maxine Sullivan, singing artist appeared in person
and delighted the group with their renditions. The af
fair of series planned by the organization to
vide greater recreaona facilities for the young folks of
the community.
NY (C)-On the theory that young people with
work to do will not get into mischief the newly
lied Harlem Division of the Vocational Foundation Of
which Mrs Lillian Sharpe Hunter is executive chairman,
launched block to block campaign this week to curb
delinquency. Volunteers from all neighborhoods would
be recruited to do antdelnquency work with parents
and children.
Ny. (C)-Aiton Levy, who protested the unfair
treatment of coored soldiers at the Lincoln Air Base in
Nebraska and got four months hard labor and lost his SER
geants stripes, has already served II days of his sem
tence. Meanwhile, the Workers Defense League along
with other organizations fighting his Recently
Levy has been supported and endorsed by the American