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SOCIAL WORKERS BAN
JIM CROW WASHINGTON
FOR 1936 CONVENTION
Schedule 1936 Meeting For At
lantic City As Capital Hotels
Refuse To Lower Color Bar
New York, Dec. 14—(ANP)
—After holding annual meet
ings in such normally prejudic
ed cities as Memphis and Kan
sas City, Mo., the National Con
ference of Social Work will
change its 1936 convention
from Washington to Atlantic
City because of the refusal of
hotels in the nation’s capital to
call a temporary halt to dis
crimination during the confer
ence. The convention which
draws yearly from 4,000^ to
7,000 delegates, will he held
May 24th to 30th.
Announcement of the change
was made last week by the ex
ecutive committee of the group
and issued through Robert F.
Keegan, president. It is the1 liist
time in the history of the or
ganization that such a step has
been necessary. '
No Jim Crow for 50 Years
For 50 years the organization
has pledged itself to meet in no
city where Negro delegates
were not given equal accomoda
tions at the same hotels as
Musician Praises
Spirituals After
European Tour
Memphis, Dec. 14, (ANP)
That Negro Spiritualists repre
sented the only contribution
America has made to music, was
the declaration made by Charles
Naegeles, Jr., white pianist before
a large audience of whites here
Tuesday night.
Naegeles is a native of this
city, the son of Charles Neageles,
Sr., famous portrait painter and
has recently returned from a con
cert tour in Europe. Appearing
in concert here Tuesday night the
noted artist who is now making
his home in New York City, de
livered a discourse on the devel
opment of music throughout the
world during which he made the
statement as to the importance of
the Negro spirituals in music,
pointing out that: .
“From the Negro melodies jazz
developed to break down the con
ventional forms of music in serious
compositions. The Spirituals con
stitute the only real American
contribution to music. Through
out the European continent they
find favor with music critics and
lovers and furnish an outlet from
che post-war music as European
are again seeking the serious
type of music, which expresses
the natural feelings of human
beings as is found in all folk
songs.”
Youth Released
On A Writ
Birmingham, Dec. 14, (ANP)—
When no one appeared to prose
cute him, Willie Hogan, 17-year
old youth, who was arrested here
on November 29, charged with
robbing a milk truck, was re
leased Tuesday on a habeas cor
pus writ filed by his attorney,
Ralph Davis, white. Attorney
Davis in his motion pointed out
that if there was any semblance
of guilt the plaintiff would have
been in court Tuesday when the
case was called.
whites and permitted to attend
all functions, both social and
otherwise. For that reason the
conference had not been held
in Dixie until a few years ago.
Memphis hotelmen, however,
met all requirements of the or
ganization and the conference
met there without trouble. Ne
gro delegates being aceomodat*
ed with whites at the city’s
leading hostelries.
In 1934 the annual conven
tion was held in Kansas City.
Mo., with the hotels again fall
ing in line. One of the features
is an annual reception and
dance. Although Kansas City
is ordinarily as prejudiced as
many sections of the South, at
this event held in one of the
biggest hotels members of the
city’s aristocracy were in the
receiving line to cordially re*
edive all guests, of which seven
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Boston Attorney
Succumbs to Heart
Attack Suddenly
By E. W. Clark
Boston, Dec. 14, (ANP)—In a
race with death here last Sunday j
afternoon, Attorney Charles Hay
ward Seales was the loser when
he succumbed to a heart attack
just as he reached the office of
Dr. L. M. Holmes. He was laid
to rest here Friday following fun
eral services held from the
\ Twelfth Street Baptist Church,
, with Rev. W. H. Hester officiat
ing.
The death of Attorney Seales
brings to an end a colorful career
fraught with battles for equality
of opportunity for the Negro in
all walks of life and activities in
j fraternal, civic and political cir
Jcles. He was born in Alexandria,
Virginia, in 1865 and was a gradu
ate of the college and the law
school of Howard university.
Following h i s graduation from
Howard university he went to
Chicago inhere he practiced law
for several years before coming to
| Boston 37 years ago. He was a
staunch Republican and was a
member of every fraternal organ- |
ization operating locally. For a j
number of years he has suffered j
heart attacks and Sunday after- j
noon, feeling an attack coming on
he rushed to the doctor’s office
only to fall prostrate upon enter
ing the medic’s office.
New Orleans NAACP
Elects Officers
New Orleans, Dec. 14, (ANP)—
Mas. F. Gayle was elected presi
j dent of the local branch of the
j NAACP at the annual meeting of
| the organization which was held
there Thursday night at the Pyth
ian Temple and at which the ac
i tivities of the organization during
the past 12 months was reviewed,
j Reports showed that the year had
| been fraught with notable achieve
ments, climaxed by the victory in
the famous Wilson Case, which
resulted in the release of the en
tire Wilson family from prison.
Other officers were: Emile Le
bas, vice president; J. B. La
Fourche, secretary; Camille Har
rison, assistant secretary, and Dr.
F. P. Creuzot, John D. Brown,
Professor J. S. Tyner, G. C. Valle,
Frank Napoleon Dillon and AJin
ese Lenard, member s of the execu
tive board.
FOOD SHOW TO
CONTINUE
ANOTHER WEEK
We are pleased to announce to
our many friends and the general
public, the continuation of our
greater food show and household
exhibit next week up to and in
cluding Saturday the 21st.
Each evening of next week a
specialty program will be rendered
by well known persons, including
vocal selections by Mrs. Estelle
Newland, Miss Margaret Lee, and
Mr. Melvin Small, tap selections
by proteges of Mr. Buddy De
Loach.
Come out and win some of the
many prizes!
New Yorker Scores
Nazis But Hits
U. S. Jim Crow
New York, Dec. 14.—Pointing
out the similarity between Hit
ler’s treatment of the Jews and
the treatment of Negroes in the
South, Charles A. Smythwick,
Jr., has written a scorching let
ter to the New York WORLD
TELEGRAM, in which he de
cla
“With so much agitation by va
rious groups in the United States
and so much propaganda in the
press against American participa
tion in the Olympic Games, some
instances of racial discrimination
here at home are called to mind.
“The activities of the Associa
tion Against American Participa
tion In the Olympics, the National
Conference of Jews and Christ
ians and the gallant efforts of
Jeremiah T. Mahoney, president
of the A. A. U., are to be com
mended.
“But one wonders if, by
chance, the next Olympiad were to
take place in, let us say, Atlanta,
Ga., or almost any one of the
states below the Mason and Dixon
line, would ‘the powers that be’
remove signs in the railroad sta
tions reading, ‘White on This
Side,’ ‘Colored on That Side’?
Would the fine hotels, some of
them built especially to accommo
date visitors to the games, extend
their hospitality to all comers,
regardless of race?
“Would all those coming by rail
and bus be able to ride In comfort
in any seat they should choose, or
would some of them be obliged
to ride in dilapidated railroad cars
and over the rear wheels of the
busses? Would the restaurants
remove signs stating, ‘We Do Not
Serve Negroes??’ Would the
fashionable beaches permit all
comers to bathe?
"the greatest argument against
American participation in the
games is based on the fact that
the Nazi state has assumed re
sponsibility for the Olympiad, re
gardless of statements to the con
trary, under the leadership of
Adolph Hitler and his dogmas.
“Our great leaders cry out in
stentorian voices that the Ger
man government has enacted dis
criminatory laws and permits
acts of violence against a minor
ity race. Have they forgotten
that discrimination against the
Negro in the South is sanctioned
by law? Have they ever heard
of Jim Crow? How many years
will elapse before we will have an
anti-lynch law?
“The hardships suffered by the
Jews and the acts of violence per
petrated against them in Germany
are deplorable and are to be con
demned by all humane people. But
this si to be remembered by all
charitable Americans: ‘Clean
I thine own house before thou
| cleanes thy neighbors.’ ’’
JOE LOUIS BUYS NAACP XMAS SEALS
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JOE LOUIS—THE BROWN BOMBER
The Brown Bomber is shown in the living room of his cot
tage at his training camp in Pompton Lakes, N. ,)., purchasing
NAACP Christmas seals from little Miss Ann Cooper, 4 years
old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William IT. Cooper of the Paul
Laurence Dunbar apartments in Harlem. The week of December
15-22 has been designated as NLAACP. Christmas Seal Week
when the sale of more than 350,000 seals will be pushed in all
sections of the country.
Says Relief Rolls
Have Decreased
In The South
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 14, (ANP)
—According to a statistical report
of the State Emergency Relief
Association here Tuesday, there
has been only a slight decrease in
the number of families on the re
lief rolls due to the fact that as
fast as removals are made
through the work relief projects
an equal number is enrolled.
Negroes constitute the largest
pro-rata due to the lack of inter
est shown by the directors of the
various projects in placing Ne
groes on the work lists, accord
ing to leaders here. This condi
tion has been brought to the atten
tion of the administrators but to
date little has been done to rem
edy it, but those promoting the
movement to see that the Negro
citizens receive their share of the
jobs on the PWA projects are yet
hopeful.
Juvenile Pianists
Please Audience
New York, Dec. 14, (ANP)—A
piano recital by the pupils of Ruth
Sanders Richardson was presented
in the Little Theater of the 136th
Street Y. M. C. A. Friday night.
Eighteen members of the class
participated.
The students range from 6 to 19
years of age, but the work of each
was that of an artist Showing
an astonishing amount of poise
and ease before the capacity
house, the pupils surprised their
listeners by their complete mast
ery of the numbers presented.
Each number offered was played
from memory by the pianists.
Sentenced to Five
Months For Perjury
Memphis, Dec. 14, (ANP)—
Pleading guilty to charges of
perjury five defendants in the
“racket-suit^ case” were sentenced
to five months in the workhouse
here Monday morning by Judge
Wallace. The defendants were:
Charlie Graham, Elizabeth Jack
son, J. B. McAlister, Dave Barks
dale and Willie Payne.
The case grew out of an at
tempt on the part of Payne to se
cure a large sum of money from
the Dixie Pickery for alleged in
juries received on one of their
trucks. Each defendant pleaded
guilty to having given false testi
mony at the hearing of the suit,
with the intention to defraud.
Says Rabbi’s Robe
“Too Hot To Hold”
' Macon, Dec. 14, (ANP)—De
claring that the rabbi’s robe which
was part of the loot stolen from
a local synagogue, was “too hot
to hold” Bubber Middleton sur
rendered to police here Thursday
morning and confessed to the rob
bery. In his confession, Middle
ton told the police that he had
thrown the robe in the river but
that he just could not refrain
from giving up.
The synagogue was burglar
ized on the night of November 21.
and the identity of the thief was
'a complete mystery until Middle
1 ton made his sensational confes
sion Thursday morning. A mir
ror which was the other part of
the loot was found at a pawn
shop where Moore said he had
borrowed 50 cents with which he
bought something to eat.
OMAHANS CELEBRATE
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Borah Statement
Will Lose Votes
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—
The belief that Senator Wililam
E. Borah’s statement that he
would veto a federal anti-lynching
bill if he were elected President
may lose him votes in northern
and western states was expressed
by G. Gould Lincoln, political
writer for the Washington EVEN
ING STAR. Mr. Lincoln also de
clared that Senator Borah’s
statement would not gain him any
support in the South. His para
graph follows:
“Senator Borah’s letter declar
ing that if he were President and
an anti-lynching bill, on the line
of the Costigan-Wngner bill, were
presented to him he would veto it,
may have wide political effect.
His flat declaration that he would
t t. approve such a law, on the
ground that it was unconstitution
a1 end invaded Sale’s rights, was
made to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People. It was unequivocal. Con
sidered from a practical political
viewpoint., it may cost the Sena
tor delegates in the Republican
National Convention next year. It
is not likely to get him the sup
port of delegates from the South
ern states, and it might lose him
delegates in States where the col
ored vote is considerable and
holds a balance of power. In Ohio,
fpr example, the colored vote is
to bo reckoned with. Mr. Borah’s
blunt reply on the lynching bill
question, courageous at it was,
did not have the sound of a man
seeking to woo delegates to the
national convention,’’
Toroture Case
Is Feature In
Nation Article
New York, Dec. 14.—The fam
ous Mississippi Torture case in
which three colored sharecroppers
have been convicted for the mur
der of a white tenant farmer fol
lowing brutal torture to secure
“confessions” is a feature article
in THE NATION for December
11. Robert W. Horton, Washing
ton, D. C. newspaper man is the
author of the article and he de
scribed in detail the beating of
Ed Brown, Yank Ellington and
Henry Shields with studded straps
with buckels in order to force
them to agree to every line of a
'confession written by the deputy
sheriffs.
The lawyer for the three
sharecroppers appealed to the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
after their conviction in the lower
court and their failure to secure
a new trial from the Mississippi
Supreme Court. The NAACP
agreed to finance an appeal to the
j United States Supreme Court.
The appeal it to be heard shortly.
The case has attracted wide at
tention and is the subject of an
editorial in the New York Herald
Tribune for December 6, entitled
‘■The Mob in the Court Room.”
| The NAACP has appealed for
funds to meet expenses of argu
ing the case before the U. S. Su
preme Court. Contributions
should be sent to 69 Firth Ave
nue, New York, N. Y.
For Rapidly drying aerial
photographic films a Phila
delphian has invented a device
resembling a bass drum, films
pasing over the inside ol
wooden rollers being subject
to blasts of air from a suction
fan.
Omaha Diocese
Founded Fifty
Years Ago
PONTIFICAL MASS
The 60th anniversary of the
Catholic diocese of Omaha was ob
served Sunday with pontificial
mass celebraed by Most R|ev.
Bishop James Hugh Ryan at St.
Cecelia’s cathedral. A ; capacity
throng of more than 1,200 attend
ed.
Rev. E. J. Flanajgan, known
throughout the country as the or
ganizer of a home for boys eleven
miles west of Omaha, delivered
outlined the growth of the church
here from the time of the first
vicar apostolic, an Irish Trappist
monk who was established in Ne
braska Jan. 6, 167, to the Installa
tion of Bishop Ryan just 17 days
ago.
The diooese of Omaha was
erected Oct. 2, 1886, with Most
Rev. James O’Connor as the first
bishop and the second vicar apos
tolic. Yesterday's golden jubilee
event had been postponed since
Oct. 2nd, so Bishop Ryan could at
tend.
The diocese of Omaha, which
extends 14,051 square miles and
embraces nearly 100,000 Catholics,
Includes the following counties in
addition to all of Douglas and
Sarpy:_
Boyd, Holt, Antelope, Boone,
Pierce, Madison, Stanton, Wayne,
Codar, Dixon, Dakota, Thurston,
Camming, Dodge, Burt and Wash
ing ton.
Bishops, priests and laiy were
among the visitors from several
points outside of Omaha. Some
of them met Bishop Ryan for the
first time.
«_M.ner spiritual ncaas or the
Omaha diocese since 1885 include
Bishop Richard Scannel, Arch
bishop J. J. Harty, Bishop Fran
cis J. L. Beckman of Lincoln,
apostolic administrator here from
1926 to 1928 and now archbishop
at Dubuque, la., and Bishop Jos
eph Rummel, now archbishop in
New Orleans.
Father Flanagan lauded Mon
signor A. M. Colaneri, oldest liv
ing priest of the Omaha diocese,
whose work here dates back to the
vicariate of Nebraska—60 years a
priest, here for 57 years and
chancellor for 55 years.
Race Relations To
Be February 9, 1935
New York City, Dec. 14, (ANP)
—Dr. George E. Haynes, execu
tive secretary of the Department
of Race Relations of the Federal
Council of Churches, announced
here Tuesday that the 14th annual
observance of Race Relations
Sunday will be held February 9,
1936. In making the announce
ment Dr. Haynes stated: “The
people of America ned to be re
awakened to the racial crisis in
world affairs at this turning tide
of history and all churches of the
country are urged to aid in mak
ing this observance the most suc
cessful In our history.”
Man 102 Weds
Woman of 35
Memphis, Dec. 14—(ANP)—
"June and December’’ were
united here Thursday when E.
W. Hooks, 102 year old man
married Mrs. Roberta Williams,
age 35 at the home of the bride.
John Williams, a friend of the
couple acted as best man.
