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Saturdriy, September 9, 1939 Page 5
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National Negro Business League Meets In Oklahoma City
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SCENES SHOWING ACTIVI-'
TIES OF THE NATIONAL NE
GRO BUSINESS LEAGUE
CONVENTION IN OK
LAHOMA CITY
LAST WEEK
Top row left: R. E. Clay of
Nashville. Jesse O. Thomas, Urban
League Executive, A. L. Lewis,
Florida Insurance Executive and
George W. Cox of the North Caro
lina Mutual.
Top center: Two scenes from
the Parade *>n Wednesday morn
ing.
Top row right: Dr. J. B. Mar
tin, Memphis druggist, who flew
down from Chicago.
Upper center: A group of Bus
iness League officials, reading
left to right—George W. Cox.
Durham, vice president; C. A. Bar
nett. Chicago, publicity director;
T. H. Hayes, Memphis, former
member executive committee; A.
L. Holsey, Tuskegee, secretary; A.
L. Lewis, Jacksonville, treasurer;
J. R. E. Lee, Jr., Tallahassee, re
gistrar; Dr. J. E. Walker, Mem
phis, newly elected president; B.
G. Olive, Jr., Memphis member
steering commitee; Joseph P
Goddes, New Orleans, regional
vice president; Don Davis, Hamp
ton, chairman, executive commit
tee; Maeeo Smith. Dallas, region
al vice president; J. B. Blayton,
Atlanta, vice president and comp
troller; G. D. Rogers, Tampa,
member executive committee; C.
C. Spaulding, Durham, president
emeritus; J. 0 .Thomas, New York
transportation commissioner; Ros
coe Dunjeo, Oklahoma City, mem
ber executive committee; Dr. F.
D. Patterson. Tuskegee, chair
man steering committee; James
Rouce, Hitchcock, Okla., member
executive committee; W. M. Coop
er, Hampton, -member executive
committee; R. E. Clay. Nashville
general organizer; Carlton Gaines
Detroit, member steering commit
tee; L. C. Blount, Detroit, region
al vice president.
Second row: left and right—
more scenes from the parade.
Third row left: “Miss Musko
gee” with Dr. F. D. Patterson in
the background.
Lower left: President Spaulding
and Dr. F. D .Patterson register
ing on arrival at Convention Hall.
Center left: Officials of Okla
homa Business League discussing
plans for the convention. Seated
left to right, George R. Ragland,
Dr. A. P. Bethel, W. J. Edwards,
Pres., and Atty. H. McKay Row
an, secretary. Standing left to
right—W. W. Adams, A. 0. Ten
nyson, Jimmy Stewart and J. M.
Collins.
Center right: Jo.-eph Goddes and
Roscoe Dunjeo enjoying one of
Secretary Holaey’s stories.
Third column, right: Executive
Committee, Housewives League of
Oklahoma City. Reading left to
right: Mrs. Anne G. Williams,
Mrs. B. J. Ashley, Mrs. A. P.
Tannyhill, Mrs. Grace Hill, Mrs.
A. E. Harris, Mrs. Zelda Booth,
Mrs. Frances ^dwards, Pres.
Lower right: Dr. Patterson
crowns “Miss Oklahoma” while
vice president Blayton looks on.
Lower center: Gov. Phillips of
Oklahoma addressing assembly in
Municipal auditorium with Presi
dent Spauding in the background.
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Mr. John Henry Lewis
John Henry Lewis, former
light-heavyweight champion of
the world, who fought Joe Louis
for the heavyweight title early
this year, has become associated
with the sales department of Cal
vert Distillers Corporation as a
special representative to promote
Old Drum Blended Whiskey, ac
cording to an announcement by
the company.
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I<ewis, who is 25 years old, has
devoted most of his life to the
art of pugilism. His father, who
for a number of years was con
nected with the University of
California as head trainer, taught
John Henry and his older brother
Christy the rudiments of boxing
at the age of four years old. As
youngsters the brothers put on
boxing exhibitions together tour
ing through Arizona and became
popularly known as tbe Lewis
Twins.
During his fighting career,
Lewis engaged in 101 fights and
lost only seven, of these one was
J. Braddock. Lewis comes from a
family with a fighting tradition.
His great-uncle, Tom Monheux,
was the first American fighter to
contend for the heavyweight title,
and his fight with Tom Crib is
among the never-td^be-$)rgotten
bouts.
I<ewis fought his first profes
sional fight at the age of four
teen, which he lost and won the
middleweight championship of
Arizona at seven. In 1932 he
fought and won his first ten-round
fight against Yale Okum and lat
e/ entered the ring against such
well-known fighters as James
Braddock, Maxie Rosenbloom,
Fred Lcnnheart and Louis Scroz
za.
He was generally proclaimed as
the uncrowned light-heavyweight
champion, a title he officially won
in 1935 in his match with Bob
Olin. After successfully defending
his light-heavyweight title, Lewis
obtained a match with Joe Louis
for the heavyweight championship.
Speaking of that event in a re
flective mood, Lewis said, “Seems
like the stars of heaven fell that
night. I remember jumping back
to avoid a blow—I don’t rentember
anything else. They said I kept
jumping, not back and forth, but
up and down. Well, it all leads
back to the same thing, if only
I had not forgotten to duck. I
should have remembered what my
father always said, ‘Hold your
head up, keep throwing your
Circus Man
Vernon Wright, talented colored
lad of Watertown, N. Y., posseses
one of the most unique hobbies it
the country, according to Davt
Eiman, conductor of “Hobby Lol»
Cjon whose Wednesday night
NFC program young W'right wi’l
appear on Sept. 12. The boy has
constructed a miniature circus
containing 65 wagons, a number
of in.t.s, including sideshow can
vas as well as a “big top.” and
animals to go in them. All are
built according to scale. (ANP)
gloves and keep off the canvas.’
I think that’s good advice to
follow even in busiivss, and I’ll
try and remember it in my work
for Calvert.”
The selection of Ix'wis as a
Calvert representative is in line
with the company’s policy of
choosing men who have shown un
usual ability in different lines of
endeavor. Lewis will join forces
with Kncil F. S'mpson, who has
been associated with Calvert as
an Old Drum representative for
some time past.
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1*0UTICAL RESEARCH
DR. RALPH BUNCHF,
who heads the Uolitical Science
department at Howard university
has been selected by the Republi
can Program committee to make
an expert study of America’s na
tional policies to the problems of
the Negro. Dr. Runche, a gradu
ate *f the university affairs. He
recently has returned from Afri
ca where he made an exhaustive
.itudy of colonial administration.
Last week he received the $500
Anisfield award toward publish
ing a book on race relations.
Experts associated with the
Program committee are studying
every phase of American life with
a view to developing an effective
program to be presented to the
Republican party.
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To Get Medal
Dr. M. D. Wiseman, Washing
ton, member of the executive
board and chairman of the Na
tional Program committee, will
be presented with a medal for
meritorious service to organized
dentistry by the National Dental
Association during the conven
tion held in New York City, Aug.
14-18. Dr. Charles S. Fairclough
of the North Harlem society will
make the award on behalf of the
association in the “Garden of Se
curity” on the Field of Special
Events at the New York World’s
fairgrounds during the celebration
of National Dental As ociation
day Thursday.
Dr. Wiseman has been an active
national officer since the early
20’s having serv«d as national
president in 1933-34, subsequently
being placed on the board. His
position as national program,
chairman is the hub around which,
the convention plans are formed
and carried out, therefore his*
duties are continuous with the
clearing up of one meeting and
preparing for the next year’s
gathering.
At the clo-e of the convention,
he and his wife, Mrs. Myrtle
Wiseman, will embark on a
month’s tour of the Bermuda Is.
lands returning to his practice
around Sept. 20. (ANP)
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Negro Law Professor
Attorney Scovel Richardson, of
Chicago, was named last week ft*
associate professor of the new law
school of Lincoln university, Mol,
which will be opened for the first
time this month, with Dr. Wil
liam E. Taylor as dean. The law
school resulted from the weU
known Gaines case.
Attorney Richardson is aa hon
or graduate of the Howard uni
versity law school, where be wan
a scholarship student; he also
holds bachelor and master of arts
degrees in political science front
the University of Illinois. Sinew
passing the Illinois bar two year*
ago, he has been practicing with
Attorney George W. Lawrence,
Chicago, and has been active in
civic organizations and in Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity in whieh fce
has held both local and national
offiees.
The law school will be located
at the Poro building, St. Louie.
CONFERS ON WAGE
HOUR LAW
Chicago, Sept. 14 (CNA)—Na
gro leaders met with Chicago
Wage-Hour Director Arthur Carr
stens this week in the Merchan
dise Mart to discuss violations of
the Wage-Hour Act.
Cars ten pointed out that th».
city's Negro workers were espec
ially affected by the provisions of
tho act, since many were forced,
to work below the legal
dards.
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