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VOL. 45 NO. 35
PT at
on To Observe
ss COLORED BRANCH
a -------------- HOUSTON PUBLIC UBRA
cottsboro Week
NFORMER
Gib’d
EDITION
AND TEXAS FREEMAN Entered as Second Class Matter at Beeston Post Office under act of March 3, 1879.
HOUSTON, TEXAS SATURDAY, JULY 3,1937
PRICE 5 CENTS
TH KILLED B
HITE WATC
Scottsboro Week TRINITY CHURCH IN
Observance To ---------------
n a. Alabama Court
Be Nation-wide Denies Rehearing
*For Lynch Sheriff
NEW YORK.—ICNA)—Calling for MONTGOMERY , „
observance of a National Scottsboro MONTGOMERY, ALA N P.
Week between July 1 and July 6. The Alabama Supreme Court last
the Scottsboro Defense Committee Thursday denied the application of m . A ■
this week a nn o u need a nationwide - at for a rehearing for Sheriff A pounil
campaign in behalf of the nine dJCorbit He Cony • AuO ACCHICIH
Scottsboro boys imprisoned for the Impea Ament charges growinS out
last six years in Alabama, and in A the lynching, last year of Wes HOUSTON—M n.c.i Smith
w-otest against Havwood Patterson's - 2 chearins was and Mrs. L. B- - Matthews were
75-year sentence, recently confirmed ed prrandin = n critically injured Monday night,
by the Alabama Supreme Court. CR H ATA when their anternobile was jammed
The date of the new trials was that sheriff Cerite trd im the right center by a Pierce
recently set for July 6 in Decatur, re-norutasePT Arrow, driven by a white man Mrs.
Ala., by Circuit Court Judge Wil- DeRMS mnection with the Smith suffered bruises on the rieht
liam ("Speed") W. Callahan, who Avucnine- shoulder • he, far/ she
presided over two previous trials. _ . . - - was thrown from the car ma he
“The conviction ond sentence to T L -
75 years of Haywood Patterson was TTIV LAING . uue that
upheld by the Supreme Court of * “Anettas _-=
the State of Alabama with record #, 1-4
speed, which offers sharp contrast to ■ allaluein === . S m
the delay in calling the remaining n. " her very
Scottsboro trials," the Rev. Allan * *--- Pt was
Knight Chalmers, chairman of the puycy a a . A Me sounder to
committee, pointed out. “The motive / travauurnucest-ey EMU ehdte rght side of
for this, delay must be clear to all ( Zl AIVCISTV Er was bruised The doctor
right-thinking people who have long J. Es mmhe to tell just how serious
since been wholly convinced of the HOUSTON.-The historic Trinity 2 the swelling
innocence of these boys. Church, the oldest Methodist Epis- - us .
"Keeping them in jail, in the copal church for Negroes to the * driven by Mrs. L.
shadow of the electric chair, for city, is celebrating its seventy-sec- H Flood who e apel injuries. Al-
six years without trial has clearly ond anniversary this week. The ser- 5im the car was Isaac Freeman,
been the deliberate aim of certain vices will end Sunday, July 4, with who inkewise escaped injuries,
elements in the state. With it, the anniversary sermon by the pas- L E. Early, another mem--
undoubtedly went the hope that tor. Rev. A. E. Liles, at the morn- ber of the party, received slight
the case, removed from the public ing service, following which com- scratches. The blow to the car
eye, would gradually be forgotten munion will be administered. was so severe it bulged out on the
by the millions of people through- At 5 p.m. of the same day, Dr. J. opposite side shattering the run-
but the world who have voiced their R. Burdett of Bethel Baptist church mine board, and bending the middle
support of these Negro boys. will preach the closing sermon. Dur- of the car in and like the bottom of
“The Scottsboro Committee knows ing the week, sermons were a U. ’i fer
that these millions do not forget so preached by Dr. O B Benns of
she scoresnono, page 2 Pa Chair A “ - A
nelen■
re uncal
2nd ANNIVERSARY Argument Over
------:--7---------Word ‘Nigger”
Informer Nowchoy Opposition To , .
MIOCI NeWSDOy Colored CCC ends in Saving
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Contest Starts "v^^^SEr -19921 ===-=-= •
pro ests by church and civic organi- a night watchman.
Ger W1.L D stions in the southern part of Cook J L Sanders, « in front of a junk
5 Kang county againstmovina colored CCC yard at 3302 Canal about 4.15 p.m.
• into the Thornton forest pre- Tuesday
• serve camp, a camp of between 100 The white man told officers he
The first week of The Informer and 200 enrollees is scheduled to shot Lovett after the youth got in-
newsboys contest, the biggest in In- W • oner *
former history, was a rousing suc-
cess. More than 2500 new subscrib-
ers were added by the alert carrier
force.
Valuable prizes will be awarded
carriers who qualify. A suit of
clothes or a bicycle is first prize.
A pair of shoes is second, a wrist
watch third and a full size ham
fourth. As many prizes will be giv-
en as there are winners.
Leaders the first week are Rob-
ert Herring who sold four times as
many papers as he had been sell-
ing; Virgil Mayes who led all the
boys in D M Wilson's division;
Walter Jackson, another Wilson
carrier: William Archibald, old
ace of the force; Earl Brisker and
Sidney Boswell, both carriers for
Wilson.
Names of leaders will be printed
once a week. All readers are urged
to buy a paper twice a week in
order to help the carrier win a
prize.
move in his week on orders from
>. ashington.
The government is discontinuing
three of the 15 camps in this county,
including one with 140 Negro mem-
bers. A white unit has been occupy-
ing the forest preserve near Thorn-
ton, bu. it was ordered to disband
by Wednesday to make room for
the colored unit. White have oc-
cupier the site for three years.
‘Sailor Duke’
Returns
From Chicago
HOUSTON. — Sailor Duke, self-
styled "America's ace hobo" of
Houston, arrived in the city Wednes-
Mrs.
ways the
Payne Chapel A. M E. church; Dr.
** *
preached by Dr W. H Hightower
of Mt. Vernon M. E church. Dr.
N C Craia of St John on Bastrop
preached Sunday, June 27.
The annual picnic of the church
was held Tuesday, June 29, under
the direction of A. E Norton and
Porter Smith, at Camp Reposo.
Trinity church grew out of the M u
first conference which was held
January 3, 1867. The first building
NEW YORK, —(CNA)— Maude was ■ 20x25’ frame building, and L _ „_______
White, only Negro woman member was organized Thursday, March 5. HOUSTON The Harris county
of the Central Committee of the 1868. The second and third build- sheims department spread a drag — --- ------ -. --*== ==*g= ouvws anu Juussa
Communist Party, was tendered a inss were built on the present site net this * E Rwn Z5 Dallas Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
W ′: "′. tmme re --- -DI-m-
from all sections of the country on ent time. . sistant caddy master at Brae. Burn I K I acon lloreare SOH
the occasion of the tenth anniversary Below is quoted a portion of the country club, whom the caddy is la II. LOWDUA DUCAL DCULL
of her membership in the party and minutes as recorded in the original said to have shot after the white _ .
in recognition of her “noteworthy documents of the church, ---**- au. TW: C..-L. L
leadership and work". A meeting was heled in the the -ot - ah alter- TO TO UTTWACT OTH 1 nen
The affair was held in the home house of Bichard Beock-North, or cation involving Schwippel. Owen BU WAR DUUSA COLCII VPC
of Reva Gilbert, organizational sec- Bufflow Bayao neer the Central REa
retary of the Lower Harlem Com- S Allen me entered ratroad
munist Party, at 2 West 120th street1 "
Following a repast short tributes to s e 1 f ge •
Miss White's achievements “in be- sryol at Lurgnan
half of the labor movement and the 11MU JAVA
Negro people" were paid by sever-
al members of the Central Com- Avin *
mittee, including Jack Stachel, head
of the party’s national trade union TALL MPUha
commission. Margaret Cowl, chair- *
man of the national women’s com- V W A
mission., and James W Ford, Ne- n | ne AnOOE
gro leader, who was toastmaster. ARE LUO G O
I 1 1 • a LOS ANGELES.—(ANP)- With
introducing A ***===== Italy To Punish
— “ his aid, the trial of John (the Re- Subjects Who
AT T __velator) Hunt, millionaire white fol- -
Now FOafre lower of the Harlem Messiah, and Wed Native Women
1 COCuU three other white disciples on
. u - charges preferred by Delight Jewett, ROME, Italy —(ANP)The Itali-
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umn of fun, wit, mirth, philosophy, Leon Yankwich. The defendants are imprisonment as the penalty for
humor, and satire, by the well - represented by Hugh Macbeth, local miscegenation to East Africa. The
known humorist, Dave Hawkins, colored attorney of the Peace Mis- ban effects Italians having “martial
Turn to page 2 where the charac- sion movement, relations” with natives of Italy’s
ters are introduced to you. The revelation that Hunt Divine colonies whose “traditions, customs
We quote a few comments by cultist, spent $50,000 for his religi- and social ideas are similar to
some of the most famous person- ous “bridal tour" with Delight Jew- those of East African subjects,
ages of journalism, ett, featured the opening days of
“Our own Pulitzer prize goes to the trial of Hunt and three others MISS MATES WEDS
Dan Parker for discovering Dave on charges of violating the Man _________
Dan Parker for discovering Have White Slave Act. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE Ala--
Hawkins, a superb. Sepia paragra- Hunt is oW enough to be the Mas Alicia Withelmia Hayes,
pher and a humorist to be encou- grandfather of the girl, who charges daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wallace
raged. him with seduction and intimacies W. Hayes, of Tuskegee Institute, be-
′* * under the pretext that she was the came the bride of Hay Ammons, son
Earl J Morris Noted Pittsburgh “Virgin Mary” and must give birth of Mr and Mrs R A Ammons, of
Courier columnist) July 17, 1936 to a “New Redeemer" through West Point, Mississippi, at a sere-
“Who knows, possibly thousands of “immaculate conception.” Howard B. mony solemmized Thursday after-
homes have been put back on even (John the Baptist) Smith is 67 and moom at six o’clock in the Washing-
keel by those foolish things in a retired engineer. The women de- ton Chapel A M E church with
COAL GROVE. I know that when fendants are Mrs. Agnes (Mary the pastor the Her Theodore New-
my Frail starts fuming I just light Magdalene) Garner, gray haired.and man, dine,
up my pipe and turn the paper to mother!”, and Mrs.
Dave Hawkins and his Coal Grove.
5 Honored
y Communist
J UUSASARROC
*
TO WED IN AUGUST
MRS. J. M. BROWN. 3608 Lafayette Street, Dallas,
Texas, announces the approaching marriage of her daugh-
ter, Mabel, to Floyd T. Wilkerson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cal-
vin Wilkerson, 5022 Tracy Street, Dallas, August 18, 1937.
Miss Brown is a Delta Sigma Theta Soror and teacher in the
BL F. Darrell school. Mr. Wilkerson is an English instructor
at the Booker T. Washington High school and journalist of
PRAIRIE VIEW COLLEGE.—T. partment Saturday night. Scott and
shop employe. R. Lawson breezed through the Arthur McMillan had been picked
Robinson stated he was knocked field to defeat Lloyd Scott and to win the match after their defeat
down and beaten by the two white and capture the men’s singles final of Lawson and McDaniels in the
men when he went to the country in the Southwestern Open Tennis semi-final.
club Sunday morning to borrow 60 tournament here Saturday. He de- Mrs. Agnes Lawson was winner
cents for a trip to Galveston feated Scott by a point score of of the women's singles when she
.Brown who wimesed the inci- 0-6; -7-5; 9-7; 6-4. after downing defeated Miss Listine Hatchett by
dent, ext apt ten his automo Ernest McCampbell of Tuskegee in a point score of 6-1; 6-0.
bile and Mt Searrel five times the semi-final. Out of a list of thirty-two entries,
M--HS o PE The men's doubles went to Me- the men's singles proceeded to the
EE W Campbell and Hobart Thomas by quarter-finals, where Scott troun-
A . i estis default when Lloyd Scott broke his ced John Foster by a score of 6-0;
9 small toe while playing in his a- 6-1; Hobart Thomas downed Ar-
thur McMillan, 4-6; 8-6; Ernest Mc-
MADE HEM SKIN LIGHTER Campbell routed E. W. Millard,
AND MUCH MORE, BEAUTIFUL 6-1; 7-5; and T. R Lawson defeat-
Ga %.y Fenks and blemishes was ed C. G. -McDaniels, 6-3; 5-7; 6-4.
to spread on FAN TAN BLEACH in the semi-finals Scott was vic-
CREAM. It did the work. Get the double . tn - a,
cine 5a, AN TAN I— vo- A.-t (See LAWSON, Page 2)
to an argument with a Mexican
boy over the word “nigger.” and
began cursing in front of Sanders
home. Sanders claimed Lovett
cursed him when he tried to re-
monstrate with the youth.
Sanders was charged with mur-
der before Justice of the Peace J.
M Ray. He was released from city
jail under $500 bond Wednesday.
Young Lovett was shot through
the head with a 38 caliber pistol.
He was dead on arrival at Jeffer-
son Davis hospital in a Fogle-West
ambulance. Judge Ray was called
to hold the inquest.
In a statement to officers, J. D.
Cochell, 74-year-old white worker
of the Export Junk company said
that he and Lovett and a Mexican
boy, Joe Gonzales, were in front of
the junk company office when the
Negro youth got into an argument
with the Mexican boy after the
latter referred to another Negro
man as “nigger.”
He said Lovett became angry and
told the boy he would break his
"d--neck" and that he wanted
to be called an African instead of a
“nigger.”
"The Negro was cursing loud and
____Sanders asked him not to curse as
address, was in collision with an- arrived at Chicago June 18 aft, there were ladies who could hear .
other car at LuFHb). and Gray at being stopped by officers at-rultd chin Thenext thing— I knew I
10:55 p.m. Monday. * Kentucky for investigation. Duke heard a shot and I saw the Negro
saw the big bout on a ticket given
The 1 a A him in Chicago by interested New
rickets lease
As FDR
Signs Bill
HURT IN COLLISION
HOUSTON.—Mrs. Martha Smith,
65, of 3105 Center, suffered scratch-
day morning after completing a
round trip to Chicago for the Louis-
Braddock world heavyweight
championship fight.
Duke, whose real name is Walter
Brown. 33, of 2202 Berry, left the
es and bruises when an automobile ........ .... ._____., ______
driven by. Mrs. Zelma Flood, same city via the hobo route June 14. He
(Peaceful Martha > Peters Al are Informer
He is surely one of America's lead- charged with violation of the Mann D
ing humorists." act... _ . NCElSLC
* . Although the girl was brought . .=
Jas. E Doyle (Veterans humor- from Colosedouithe dele hdhn =,A
sports columnists-Cleveland Plain- Mrs Gardner even went so far as to Rev. John •. Ders, Austin ___
dealer) Dec. 15,1936. declare Hunt was “not right men- Mm. Lucy Mesa Wiser. Sam
“You’ve got to admit Mistah Dave tally” and said she and other fol- Franciee Carin
Hawkins jabs a mean typwriter.” lowers of the Harlem “God” are not
* * * interested in any "new redeemer”
Dan Parker (Sports editor of the "Father Divine is Jesus Christ,”
New York Daily Mirror) July 1st, (See DIVINE, Page 2)
1935. .-----------------------------------------------
“Walter Winchell wrongly gives FAN TAN BLEACH
me credit for discovering Dave - FAN
Hawkins, the Colored Mark Twain TAN BLEACH CREAM to male their
who press agented Negro baseball di-SEE
M WTT BE
Mrs. L.Me Fhher-Davis, Festeria
(See NEW FEATURE, Page 2) th
Rev. Spur
One C
===
1 Jay MaylleM, Cer-
(See ARGUMENT, Page 2
York fight fans. — . , A
Duke stated he left Chicago for c
the return trip home Monday night,
arriving here at 4:30 a.m. Wednes- 4 * *
An experienced' knight of the W
road, Duke has seen much of the
country from the tops of boxcars
and sides of oil tankers. He saw
Schmeling wallop Joe Louis in New
— Relief workers York’s Yankee Stadium on June 19,
iSMims
the fiscal year which began Thurs- Duke added that he thought the
* WPA workers had sought the enormous attendances at the Demp-___.__________
aid of local city and county officials sey-Tunney fight astel at the Louis- greatest text of his meteoric pro-
aid oflecal moreand.Ar federal res Ba^r bout were "history" and that fessional career. Peters was given
lief policy from Washington. th^ would not be equalled for words per minute for the hour grind.
However, the new bill calls for some time,
a less appropriation than for last
year, and will result in the dismiss- Mrs. Mary Bethune
al of more WPA workers from the D: NTT A A.
rolls throughout the country. Iraises N X A on
The $1,500,000,000 relief bill signed 9na A nnivorg.py
by the president calls, in addition and ARAICBATS
to the WPA appropriation, for WASHINGTON.—(ANP)— Mrs
$100,000,000 for the Resettlement Mary M. Bethune, director of the contest was held in the main batt
administration and $75,000,000 for division of Negro affairs, issued a room of the Hotel Sherman,
the National Youth administration, statement Thursday on the 2nd en- Speed Marvel Petersremereodle
The local pickets, who were col- niversary of the National Youth performance is made notable by the
ored, white and Mexican, were Administration in which she said: fact that unlike his oo’tO
withdrawn Monday when it was "As a worker vitally concerned pion Tangora, he does not have the
learned that the senate and house with the problem of the Negro youth opportunity to keep in top form
had agreed on the relief bill. of America, I should like to extend during the year because of the Dres-
------------------------------------------------------------------------ my personal greetings for the com- sure of business. He conducts the
LIGHTENS, SKIN 2. SHARES ‘.2 mencement season to the vast army Cortez w. Peters Business School,
ugly skin fast, just try FAN TAN of students who have come to the has two unite, one in Washington. D
BLEACH CREAM. Guaranteed results er close of their school vcar. I am C., the other in Baltimore, where he
--* her Civ * „ Arnerite __. happy at their achievement and offers a complete course in modern
express my great joy with *1 en. business methods. Operation of these
that the NYA, through its aid to two schools prevents him from get-
some 400,000 students, - over 15,00 ting the constant practice available
of them Negroes, - has been able to to his opponent. Champion Tangora
share this great opportunity. It is is a $10,000-a-year demonstration
my sincere hope that the aid so expert and instructor for the Royal
offered by the federal government Typerwriter Co., who by the very
has served to strengthen them in nature of his work is enabled to
their struggle to achieve self-respect maintained and improve his speed
and self-reliance. I greet you who and technique which has brought
now go to serve and I challege you, him the world's professional cham-
in the spirit of the NYA program pionship three times.
which has served as a bridge of op- Even though Deters bowed to the
portunity for you, to devote four greatest typing contest to history,
unselfish service to the providing his effort was well rewarded. Win
of opporunities for others to fol- or lose, his compensation for the
low." one hour’s work is $2,500.00, but
Friday night he added $1,000 to his
Win Chicago annual pay check through his re-
in CAuCas® cord-breaking effort. $3,500 for one
Dress Strike hour’s typing is not so bad for The
nimble-fingered art.
CHICAGO. —(CNA)— After three
months of bitter struggle on the FIRE DESTROYS STORE
picket line, 300 Negro women work- .
ers have won their strike against HOUSTON Fire destroyed
the Sopkin and Nellie Ann Dress grocery store located on 34th and
companies. Arlington, belonging to Mrs. Ella
The women workers, earning from Lewis. The store was occupied bp
$4 to 6 a week under sweat shop Italians
conditions, went on strike March
16th, demanding union recognition. In addition, the fire damaged two
$14 minimum wages, and security rent houses belonging to Mrs. Lew-
on the job. These conditions are is.
Typist
CHICAGO.—(ANP) Cortez W.
Peters of Washington, D C., twice
Professional Typewriting Champion-
runner-up in the World’s Grand
ship, tapped the keys of his type-
writer fast enough to shatter the
world’s record of 135 net five-stroke
words per minute. Writing the
an official scoring of 13B 26-60‛s
Albert Tangera, World's Profession-
al Champion Typist, and last year's
winner equaling the world record
of 135 words per minute
had to turn in an hour test of MB
20-60‛s words a minute in order to
turn back the bid of Peters. The
won in the agreement reached this 7,
week by the International Ladies KNIFES HIS WIFE- ,
Garment Workers Union and the HOUSTON.—Willie Johnson, 20
shop owners. Center, was charged with
The triumph in these two notori- murder in the cutting o
ACE ROUTE SUPERVISOR ous anti-union shops is the ' first about 1 am. Tuesday a
. step in a union drive, under the
D. M. WILSON, No. I circulation man of The Informer, shown in front of his news- CIO. to organize the entire cotton
stand at 1108 West Dallas, with two of his carriers. Mr. Wilson and his force of boys dress industry in the Midwest. There
made the biggest increase last week and several of his boys are near the top in The In- mnamse: •
MEN PREFER CIRLS
former newsboy contest, Ife is selling 2000 papers this week and says he hasn't started and at extremely low wages, od,”
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