1937-07-23

VOL. XVII; NO. 30 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937 An Independent Newspaper Established 1920 Our Circulation ()overs the Entire Nor thwest NEW YORK (C) -The old or~ gan of "Mr. Fats" Waller, which he played in the Lafayette Theatre fif•teen years ago before he became the famous "swing'' bandmaster and movie star, was saved by the WPA from the junk heap at the Lincoln Theatre, 58 West 135th St., when the instrument was tak– en back to the Lafayette during •the WPA production of "Noah," and is now being played by Albert Moss, student of music at Colum– bia and Temple in Philadelphia, be– tween acts during the run of "The Case of Philip Lawrence." Elks OrganizationBuys N ew~Ho111e; Purchase ~Club Chateau This W e~ek CHICAGO (C) - Dr. George W. Carver of Tuskegee Institute will broadcast from NBC studios here the week of July 20, when he will be interviewed by Edgar Guest, the poet. Dr. Carver will accept no pay for the appearance, but a donation will be made to the Carver Creative Research Labora– tories Fund. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (C) -Stan– dard Oil of New Jersey feted its '16 colored employes in a goodwill dinner at Biddleville Presbyterian Church last Wednesday evening. Eight of the officials and heads of departments of the local Stan– dard unit were present and made brief remarks. TIPTON, Mo. (C) - Felix H . Three-Day Meet Of Calif. Lodge Held in Portland PORTLAND- The 83rd Annual Communication of the Most Wor– shipful Grand Lodge Free and Ac– cepted Masons of California and Jurisdiction and the 56th Annual Communication of the Golden State Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, California and Jur– isdiction, began deliberations here Monday, July 19, for their three– day session. Arriving in Portland by a spe– cial train of 16 coaches, including two diners and two lounge cars, the 393 Californians created a dig– nified stir. Old-timers of both races were well impressed, hav– ing never before seen in this vic– in~ty a full trainload of colored folk. Payne of Kansas City was reJect– ed president of the United Negro Democrats of Missouri, as 118 de– legates met. Among the "tooth– some viands" served at the "love feast" after the meeting were bar– becued ham with succulent cab- Well-dressed, intelligent faces bage, prime buttermilk, young on- eagerly alight, the delegates and ions, and corn bread. their friends were proudly received by their official hosts, Excelsior TUSKEGEE (C) - Dr. F. D. Lodge No. 23 and Mt. Hood Chap– Patterson has reported there were ter, No. 16, O.E .S. Many glad re– four lynchings during the first unions of friends were held at the half of '37, all being colored. Of- depot. Special busses were char– tenses charged were: murder, 3; tered .to take the visitors to the rape, 1. States where lynchings Fraternal Hall for registration and occurred were Mississippi, 2; Ala- the assigning of accommodations. bama, 1; Georgia, 1. Sunday evening the delegates were escorted from the Fraternal WPA Projects Hall by the Community School Band led by Burt Turner, to Be– thel A.M.E. Church where they Employ Many "turned out" for their. annual ser- . mon. The program mcluded the £'1 1 _ _' J Wl . .. 1 opening address by the Most Wor- lAUIUl ~ WODlell shipful Grand Master Theodore WASHINGTON, D.C. - A larg– er number of colored women were employed by the Works Progress Administration during the past fiscal year than by any other sin– gle agency, according to Mrs. El– len •S. Woodward, Assistant WPA Administrator in charge of Wom– en's and Professional Projects. Nearly 200,000 of them, many the breadwinners for their fami– lies, were employed in sewing rooms, making garments for desti– tute families; in schools, prepar– ing and serving noon-day means to undern<mrished school children; conducting adult and vocational education classes; in homes, pro– viding temporary free assistance in housework and care of children to needy mothers; in community centers, playgrounds, and parks supervising leisure-time activities; and on a variety of white-collar projects ranging from clerical work to the fine arts. LocaI Sorority To Be Visited By Grand President The small but active chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Se– attle will be honored by the visit of the grand president, Mrs. Viv– ian Osborne Marsh of Oakland, Calif Mrs. Marsh is an outstand– ing woman in both fraternal and scholastic fields . She was the first Delta to obtain a M.A. degree in Anthropology and to be admitted because of high scholarship to a seminar in her junior year at the University of ·Califol"nia. She is the first and only Negro worker in the Juvenile department of the Berkeley Police and was selected i:::l 1935 as the outstanding worker with juveniles of the entire depart– ment. Mrs. Marsh will arrive in Seat– tle Sunday morning from visiting the California Grand Chapter, Or– der of Eastern Star, in Portland. Alpha Omicron chapter plans to present Mrs. Marsh to Seattle in an open forum Sunday, July 25, at 3 p. m. at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. She will speak on Greek Letter Societies and the Community af– ter which there will be a social hour. Several social affairs are plan· ned for the entertainment of Mrs. Marsh during her visit. Moss, Master of Ceremonies; pray– er by Grand Worthy Patron, O.E. S., Rev. S. M. Beane; Scripture reading, by Rev. W. A. Magett. (formerly of Portland); Sermon by Worshipful Grand Chaplain, Rev. G. A. Haines; remarks by Grand Worthy Matron of O.E.S., California and Jurisdiction, Mrs. Pauline Dupee; remarks by Mrs. Bertha Waggoner, Grand Worthy Matron of O.E.S., Washington and Jurisdiction, and special music by Bethel's choir under the direction of Mrs. Zepha Baker. Harlemites Rise In Revolt Against Moving Monopoly NEW YORK- New tenants for the Harlem River Houses, the gov– ernment-built low cost housing project just opened here, are dis– covering that when they move in they must use one certain moving firm and no other. In the long and complicated agreement which tenants must sign is a provision that the New York Housing Authority will at– tend to the moving of tenants. No money is paid the movers by ten– ants, all the transaction being done by the Authority. One firm of white downtown movers handles all the business. There is a rou– tine through which all tenants must go. The furniture to be m ov– ed is inventoried and then moved to a fumigating plant by the trans– fer company. It remains there a full half day. It is then put in the new apartment, but the family has to allow it t o rema in there a full day before moving in and ar– ranging it. This m eans the fam– ily must find a place to stay for a night and a day while they are being moved from their old h ome to the new. Harlem moving men are up in arms over the monopoly and in re– sponse to the complaints of the NAACP, has s ent a letter of pro– test to Langdon W. Post, chairman of the city housing authority, hav– ing Harlem River Houses on lease from the government. It is esti– mated that the total volume of business for moving in the 574 fa– milies will be around $15,000 and Harlem express companies cannot understand why they cannot get some of this business. Many pros– pective tenants have also asked to use their own moving men. Pair Receive Jail Terms; Disorderly Conduct Is Charged Found guilty in Judge Hoar's court of being intoxicated and d is– orderly at the Mardi Gras Tavern, popular beer parlor at 21st and Madison, Danny Allen, former ace high school all-around athlete, was unable to pay his fine so he was sentenced to ten days in the county jail. On a similar charge, Melvin Fin– ley was given a thirty-day sus– pended sentence, ten days in the county jail and court cost s. Ac– cording to witnesses, Finley was arrested for wife-beating and the use of vulgar language. •· James Braddock Poses With Newark Newsman NEWARK, N. J. (C) - Ex– champion James J. Braddock pos– ed for a picture with Irvine Tur– ner, of the ~ew Jersey Guardian, in the office of his a t torney, Sam– uel Gould, 16 Hill Street , Friday morning. Braddock was smiling, with a cigar in h is left hand, but with his left eye swollen and a patch on t he left corner of his mouth. Turner had his arm a– round Braddock's shoulder, and was smiling. B r addock told Turner: "Well, Irvine, I fought to defend my title just as I thought a champion should fight. I felt better than in any fight of my car eer. Joe Louis is one of t he finest and cleanest boys I have ever met, so I hav e no ki~l{s to offer and w en t do·,·n::. fighting like a real champion. I further f eel certain that ever y one received t heir m on ey's wort h. I have the highest regards for the new colored champ, and wish him great success." Tobacco Strikers Win All Demands of Strike RICHMOND, Va.-One hundred and sixty Negro employees of the Tobacco By-Product s and Chemi – cal Corporation this week won all of their demands after a three– week strike. They w ere grant ed wage in– creases, the 40-hour week, time and a half for over time, and re– cognition of the Tobacco St em– mers and Laborers Union, CIO. The strikers were represented by Henry Shepard and Columbus Alston, both formerly active in t he labor movemen t in Harlem. Death Of Senator Robinson May Hurt Anti-Lynching Bill WASHINGTON, D. C. - The death of Senator Joseph B. Robin– son major ity leader of the Senate has thrown Washington circles in– to a turmoil and may result in grave danger to the anti-lynching bill. . The Senate was being driven through a hot summer session by Senator Robinson, leader of the administration forces, in an effort to get action on the President's supreme court bill. With the death of the leader, there is talk on all sides of dropping the court bill and going home speedily. If those opposed t 0 the court bill are able t o have their wa y, they w ill sidetrack it by recom– mitting it t o committee and then dump overboard all controversial legislation, and drive for a quick adjournment. Montoya ASensation Senorita Montoya, who appear– ed in recital at the Y.M.C.A. Mon– day evening, proved to be a sen– sation with her Spanish ballet. The audience gave her t hunderous ap– plause as she manipulated with dexterit y the intricat e steps of the ballet to the skillful accompani– ment of the castanets. Her acr o– batic routine w as nothing short of marvelous, and Montoya puts her whole hear t into her wor k . It seemed incredible that so much t1 ~;~,inln~;; I:Uld fine"~ cuulu b " crowct– ed into her brief life. She is just sev en. The Y.M.C.A. was all too sma ll for the crowds wh o wished to see her. Many mothers are ask– ing that the recital be repeated some afternoon especially for the benefit of young budding artists and the children of the neighbor– hood who wish to see her again. After the recital the children begged for a n opportunit y to meet the young ballerina. Mothers, old– er students of the dance drama were gracious in the appr ecia tion to the tiny artist. Montoya is t he student of the Mallita y Del Ora Spanish Dancing School of L os Angeles. She is the protege of Mrs. Arthur B. Campbell, who w ill be visiting here for another month. They have other engagements down the coast on returning home. Any person interested in present– ing Montoya may contact Mrs. Campbell at 2319 E. Madison, Se– a t tle. Matt Henson Greets Soviet MATT HENSON, who accom– panied Robert E. Peary to the North Pole, is shown shaking hands with Soviet trans-polar flyers at the dinner given June 30 at the Walilorf-Astoria, New York City, in their honor. Left to right: Valhjalmur Stefanson, president of the Explorers' Club, Alexander Troyanosky, Soviet Ambassador, Okla. Editor Mourned In Southwest TULSA, Okla. (C) - Editor Theodore Baughman, 65, of the Ok lahoma E agle, 117 N . Green– wood St., who died F riday morn– ing, July 2, is being mourned throug hout the southwest, where he spent more than 45 years in n~wspaper work. Born in Whar– t on, Tex., Mr. Baughman began his newspaper career before he was 20 a s an apprentice in a white shop at Victoria, Tex. After leav– ing t he white shop, he established t he Victoria Guide, which he edit– e,. and manag ed f or twenty years. In 1916 he left Texas and went to 'f opeka, Kans., and became asso– ciated with the late Nick Chil-es on t he old Topeka Plaindealer. Two years later he came to Tulsa and was first associated with the Tulsa Star until 1921, when the Oklahom a Eagle was born in a t ent. In the 17 years since its es– tablishment , the E agle has grown steadily, until its crowning recog– n ition came just before the editor's dea th, when it ranked eighth am– ong a ll the colored newspapers of t he country in publish ing pictures of t he J oe Louis f ist.ic triumph and eleventh among papers in the count ry in space devoted to the event . East Madison 'Y' ToHold Its First Annual Picnic The first a nnual picnic of the E. Madison branch of the YMCA w ill be h eld on Sunday, July 25, at Lower Woodland P ark. This picn ic, according to t he committee in charg e, w ill be an old-fashioned affa ir with participan ts bringing their own baskets. R efreshments a nd coffee for all will be served free. Games and sports of all kinds w ill h elp fill t he day's program of even t s, states tbe committee head– ed by Jim Gayton , and the com– mittee g oes further in guarantee– ing a good time both for adults a nd kiddies a t the picnic. The crowd will assemble in low– er Woodland P ark near the stoves a nd camp conveniences. Cars will leave t he "Y" beginning about 10 a. m. at Dinner Valeri Chkalov, pilot of the t r ans– polar flight, Alexander Beliskov, navigator, and Henson. Phot o by Dally Worker, released by CNA. Plans For National Congress Aired Sun. At Y.M.C.A: Meeting At a meeting, held last Sunday afternoon at the Y.W.C.A., initial plans were drawn up in support of the forthcoming second National Negro Congress, which is to be held in Philadelphia in October of this year. Among thos e pres ent at this informal meeting were repre– sentatives of various political, so– cial and cultural organizations of Seattle, both white and colored, pledging their support of a con– certed s tate-wide drive to involve the people of Washington in build– ing towards such a congress. I n calling an intermediat e conference here in Seattle on August 29, open to all organizations and individuals who are interested in the economic and social rehabilitation of t he Ne– gro people, it is to be hoped that enough funds will be raised where– by at least one delegate can be dispatched to this h istorically sig– n ificant Congress. -.– African Chieftain's Son Gets M. A.; Sails NEW YORK (C) - Balamu J . Mukasa, native of Hoima, Uganda, East Africa, son of a Gombolo chief, and former· secretary to the chieftain of his tribe, received his M.A. degree from Yale and sailed for home on the Acquatania June 30. The lBJte Dr. John H ope, who met the young man in J erusalem in '!'l8 i11fluenr.ed him to come to Americ a .for stud y. Mukasa en– tered the Morehouse Academy and went straight through to the Mas– ter's degree at Yale. The young graduate will teach at home. Prominent Yakiman Buys St. Louis Blues Edward P orter, one of the most widely known residents of Yakima and a prominent figure in eastern Washington civic circles for twen– ty years, has bought the St. Louis Blues t ravelling ball club and is book ing games for the t eam which local fans will have the opportun– ity to 10ee in action August 12 at Renton. The team has been renamed the Washington Browns. Mr. Porter divulged plans lead– ing up to eventual entrance of the team into the Northwestern Lea– gue circuit after it has succeeded in est ablishing a s tandard in this area. With the exception of only a few changes, the team which play– ed here last summer under the management of Owen Smalling, Seattle boy now t eaching at Piney Woods school in Piney Woods, Miss., is virtually intact. Howard D. Watts is the acting business manager. Mrs.Matilda.M. Green Passes Mrs. Matilda M. Green, wife of R. B. Green, passed away at her residence, 511 28th Avenue North, last Sunday morning at 11:30 af– ter a lengthy illness. Funeral services for the deceas– ed were held Tuesday afternoon, 2 o'clock at the Angelus funeral parlors. The Rev. Allen officiated. Mrs. Gr een is mourned by her and a wide range of Hold Services For Charles E. Dyson Funeral services for Charles E . Dyson, 722 22nd Ave., were held Wednesday at 2 p. m . at the An– gelus, Inc. Heart trouble caused the death of Mr. Dyson, a Spanish-American War veteran. He is survived by a sister in Ohio. The R ev. T. M. Davis officiated at the ceremon y . N ews of the purchase this week of the Club Chateau, imposing edi– fice at Tenth and Yesler, by the local Elks organization, was re– vealed by officials of •the lodge, wh ich has been outstanding the last few years as a result of the impressive strides it has made for community betterment. Three lots are included in the purchase, according to officers who made known the real estate deal, a 180-foot strip on lOth and a strip of 128 feet on Yesler Way. "For many years the Elks have needed a home where large crowds can be accommodated," said a member of the local organization's governing body, "and the building we have bought will answer our purpose in every respect." Particularly appropriate for the purchase of a new home by the E lks is the fact that a dispensa– tion period to last for another thirty days in recruiting new mem– bers is now being held. Figures involved in the purchase were not announced. Philadelphia Is Prepared For Nat'l Bar Ass'n PHILADELPHIA (C) - The Quaker City is all set for the f if– teenth annual meeting of the Na– tional Bar Association, which con– venes here Auguest 5-7, with a big surprise for the barristers - the Univers ity of Pennsylvania Law School. by order of Prr~id<>nt Th0- mas S. Gates, president of the Univers ity of P ennsylvania, and a distinguished American scholar who, before his entry into the field of educati'on, was a partner of J . P . Morgan and Company, ( will thr ow open its doors to the dele– gates for their meetings, including the assembly hall, and the beauti~ ful Bontanical Gardens, where one meeting will be held, with ladies invited, and the guests will be 11erved. The P hiladelphia Committee, making possible these unusual pri– vileges, is composed of E . Wash– ington Rhodes, former president of the Association and editor of The Tribune, chairman; Raymond P ace A lexander, also former president of the A ssociation, vice chairman Mercer Lewis, president of the John M. Langston Bar Association, host to the convention; Lewis Tanner Moore, chairman of social actviities ; Theodore Spaulding, chairman of public meetings com– mittee; William H. Fuller, chair– man of house committee; Fitz– hugh L. Styles, author of "Negroes and the Law," chairman of pro– gram committee; and J . Austin Norris, deputy Att orney General of Pennsylvania. The public meetings will be ad– dressed by Federal Judge William H. Hastie, H on. Charles G. Mar– giotti, Attorney General of Penn– sylvania; Hon. Charles F . Kelley, District Attorney of Philadelphia; Hon. Thomas H . Egan, president of the Philadelphia Lawyers' Guild and H on. Joseph P . Gattney, presi– dent of the P hiladelphia Bar As· sociation. Dr. R aymond Pace Alexander will address the convention on the "Opportunities of the Problems Confronting the Negro Lawyers in America." Name W. White On Committee NEW YORK. - Walter White s ecretary of the National Associa~ tion for the Advancement of Col– ored P eople, was named last week as one of the committee of 42 pro– minent New Yorkers who will s tudy the state government and collect data for the constitutional convention which will meet next April to revis e the s tate constitu– tion. The 1939 World's Fair in San F rancisco will run for 288 days.