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ETTA MOTEIN CETS BREAK AND
STARS IN 'GOLD DIGGERS OE '33
J OS ANGELES, Cal.—(By Fay Jackson, talented Pacific
Coast newswoman, for the ANP)—Have you ever seen
Etta Moten, the screen and stage star? If you haven't, don't
miss "Gold Diggers of 1933." Etta is the University of Kan-
PICKENS AND DARROW STAR AT NATIONAL MEET
Noted Lawyer Philosophizes on Importance
of Shifting Attack to Meet Present Day
Needs—"Too Many of the Big Colored
Politicians Betraying Race'' Says Darrow
CHICAGO.—(ANP)—What might be termed as one of the
most intensive arguments for real thought was revealed
at the Saturday afternoon session of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People conference, h§ld in
Chicago, last week.
A continud discussion among the delegates of the morning
session's subject "Shifting the Lines of Attack to Meet the
Needs of the Day" was held, at which time it proved obvious
that the worlters had determined politicians arc betraying the race,"
MISS ETTA MOTEN
minds for concern of the work.
The basic emphasis of the argu-
ment was placed on the angle of
the subject, "Mass Action for
Rights of the Negro through Or-
ganization." Why the organization
should have mass action, seemed to
be the important factor in the
bringing on of the intensity.
The procedure of t\e National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, in its fights for
justice is done only within the law.
The majority of the delegates came
to the conclusion, that the associa-
tion was right and voted accord-
ingly.
Clarence Darrow, defense attor-
ney, connected with the work, gave
the delegates much to think about,
when he pointed out the fact that
in order for Negroes to gain the
supremacy, they so desire, they
must fight for one another. He
further stated the necessity of the
use of power, and that this power
t« gained only by cooperation
among themselves.
As m bit of information, he gave
the fact that ten per cent of the
population in this country is Ne-
groes, and that more representa-
tion of the Negro race is needed in
said Mr. Darrow.
Again, as a keen fact, V? said
"It is up to you to cnnvii e the
white man of your rig.... after
you got them, and not before."
The psychological effect of this
statement on the conference cooled
much of the fiery feeling that ex-
isted, and at the same time re-
vealed evidence for the promise of
greater satisfaction in the wage
As a whole, the conference which arrest that Atkins had accused him
was in session for four days, was a 0f complicity in two other killings
great success. The reports of the ; which occurred here and which have
work for the year were given, , remained unsolved mysteries. Sev-
among which many great problems era| months ago, Mrs. Howard, pro-
were reported as having been solv-; prietor of another eating place a
_ i cd. In the six weeks prior to the | few blocks away from Thompson's
|VE\\ ROADS, La. (ANP)—An ex-slave woman, 113 years conference( 34 new branches were location, was shot and killed by an
11 old, lonesome for her "white folks, walked 30 miles to [organized, with 19 of them located j assailant who fired on her and
the big city and back again. She is a true daughter of the
HOME AFTER 60 MILE WALK
Ms girl who, after her graduation two years ago, stormed
Broadway, then starred in the dramatic production, and now
is breaking into pictures out here on the West Coast.
In Warner Brothers' new feature 1
S^r«5M:i£.,2!ii3 YEAR OLD WOMAN RETURNS
vantage of it? Look it over when
it comes to your theatre and then
you tell me.
I've tried to get Etta to have
a new set of photographs made but
she won't do it. California sun-
shine has made her better looking
and it ought to be advertised along
With the reasons why she has made
such nice progress in her work
here.
She has endeared herself to all
Kinds and classes of people from
tjie sorors of her beloved A. K. A.
to the gnarled old ladies in the
amen corner of the church where
she directs the choir. Absolutely
without nffectation but with sin-
cerity of purpose and intelligent
application she has won the admi-
ration of lier employers and the
respect of members of the pro-
fession—which says a lot.
CLARENCE DARROW
'""Too" many of the big colored f' b>ttle in the work of
Acting School Head
Slain By Restaurateur
Famous Tuskegee Institute Scene
Of Third Recent Killing; Slain
Mans Brother Known Here
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.—(ANP)—The entire Tus-
kegee community as well as the greater portion of the
south was shocked last Saturday morning, when news spread
that Russell C. Atkins, director of the Agricultural Depart-
ment of Tuskegee institute and one of he most valuable mem-
bers of the institute's staff, had been shot down in cold blood
with a gun held in the hands of J. D. Thompson, a local re?
taurant keeper. Mr. Atkins, who was serving as acting prin
Dr.
Oratorical Dean Points Way For Effective*
ness in Strength for Minority Group—
Keynote Speech at N. A. A. C. P. Meet
Sets Pace for Entire Session.
the organization.
cipal during the absence of
R. R. Moton this summer, was on
his way to his office when killed,
having just left his home, which
ii located on the third floor of the
Chambliss building, just outside the
school'i gates. Thompson's res-
taurant was located in the same
building.
The slayer, known about the
campus as "J. D.," conducted an
eating establishment which was
popular among both students and
teachers. Of lata weeks he has
been moody and irrational. Friends
filing that he was mentally un-
balanced urged him to seek a med-
ical examination. Thompson is
said to have visited a physician but
to have failed to return for a final
examination.
No motive for the slaying has
been developed other than that
suplied by Thompson, who is re-
ported to have muttered after his
Virginia, was in attendance at
these services, together with many
friends from Tuskegee who accom-
panied the widow who wa« spend-
the summer in the north at the
time her husband met his death.
Among the party which motored
from Tuskegee accompanying Mrs.
Atkins were Acting Principal C.
H. Gibson, Sr., Treasurer Wm. H.
Carter, Colonel J. H. Ward and R.
pHICAGO.— (ANP)—Delivering the keynote address of th«
^ Twenty-fourth annual conference of the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Colored People in a public
mass meeting in Pilgrim Baptist church Thursday night, WiU
liam Pickens, field secretary of the organization, graphically;
portrayed the power of small, minority groups to become ef«
fective influences in forcing social and economic changes for
"Human society and human! ki New York, N. Y ; Mr. aai
science were cr.gmated by minor.- Mri. Herbert E. Millen, Philadel.
s, "crtcd Mr- P,cken!- *nd , ,,hia. Pa.; Mr. Robert P. Watts, SU
j Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
| D. Stevenson, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Mr.
and Mrs. Homer S. Trown. Pitts-
burgh, Pa.; Dr. Charles A. J. Mc«
I Pherson, Birmingham. Ala.; C. U
j Dellums, Oakland, Calif.; A. T«
Walden, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. F.
Katherine Bailey. Marion, Ind.J
I William Howard Weaver. Marion,
| Ind.; Mr. C. I. Moat, Media. Pa.;
Gordon H. Jones, Jamaica, N. Y,
and Louise E. Pinkett (Mrs.)
i Washington, D. C.
Medicos Turn Eves
On Chicago
WM. PICKENS PHICAGO.-(ANP) - The
C. Gever. A brother of the de- minorities now rule and direct them- ' doctors, the nuises and
ceased, J. Alston, editor of the The masses of men afford the the hospital executives of the
Houston Informer, Uvea in Hous- 8rcat reservoir of all social forces. I country all are turning their
ton, Texas. are doubtless the ultimate ob-' eyes toward the Century ot
I jectlve of aoeial improvement, bu' Progress City upon the shores
| like the great earth itself, which is J of Lake Michigan these days,
the reservoir of all fertility, these! For the National Medical assoria-
Loeal Junior
College Student
i Makes Good
Miss Henrietta Roberts, the
charming daughter of Professor
and Mrs. P. F. Roberts, of 601 S.
Olive street, recently returned from
Ann Arbor, Mich., where she has
spent a most successful year pur-
suing her studies in the University
of Michigan.
While a student at St. Philip's
Junior college, Miss Roberts at-
tained a l.igh scholastic average,
which rating she has been able to
maintain at the University of
Michigan. She was admitted to the
university without any trouble, and
given advanced standing because of
the fine scholastic record she made
in St. Philip's Junior college, and
the fine grade of work she was
able to do while there. While away
Miss Roberts, who was accom-
panied by her mother, visited Can-
ada, the World's fair and other
points of interest.
Tonight the Alumni and Ex-
studenta club of St. Philip's Jun-
ior college will have a card party
on the college lawn. Prizes will
be awarded for the highest scores.
This effort is for the scholarship
benefit. Refreshments will be
served.
south and well liked by "all de white folks."
Mammy July rocked slowly back and forth on the porch of
her little cabin on the False river
and proudly told white and colored
listeners about her trip to Baton
Rouge.
"Ah jes 'cided tuh go see de
white folks so I jes put on mah hat
and walked out," she said.
She was born on Christmas Day
113 years ago on Percy Creek, near
Fort Adams, Miss. "Ef'n you don'
believe I was bawn on Christmas
Day, de white fo'ks don writ it
down in a book,. When Ah wuz jes
three years old, ah wuz sold for
$1010, but mah ma she brung
$2020.
"Den aftuh dat, ah wukked on a
place neah heah, but lawdy I
haint seen all do chilluns fer so
long er space, ah jes ups and goes
tuh Baton Rouge.
"Lawdy, when I goe dare tuh
de city, ah found out wheare dat
de doctah libed, his office wuz in
one of doze hi' buildins, so ah got
on one of dem things dey call a
elevator, an clock, dare I wuz. Yas-
suh I sho' wuz glad tuh see dose
chilluns again."
She said that she used to whip
the white children but would not
let "nary a darkey touch them."
She had traveled that distance to
see the four Lorio brothers, all of
whom are doctors. She said that
she had had nine children "fore de
wah started."
Fatally Injured in
Falling from Horse
Cuero.—(Spl)—While roping at
a calf here about ten days ago, Jim
Hilliard, prominent Tanchman, and
highly respected citizen, had - his
lariat hung on his foot. In hit ef-
forts to release it, his stirrup broke
precipitating him to the ground
just as his horse lunged forth into
a gallop.
Hilliard was dragged several feet
sustaining injuries that resulted in
his death. His funeral was held
last week.
Nine Negroes Get
Kansas 'U' Degree
T AWRENCE, Kan.—(By C.
E. Chapman for ANP) —
Nine Negroes received Mas-
ter's degrees at the Sixty-first
annual commencement of the
University of Kansas which
was held in the Stadium at the
University located here.
The following are the Negroes
who were admitted to the master's
degree, together with the subject of
their thesis:
Ina Alexander Bolton, Wilfred
B. Bozman, Annie Mai Ruth Ham-
lett, Hortense Marie Harrison,
Thomas W. Harvey, Harry Irving
Harwell, Herman Theodoric Jones
and Mack Congress Separs.
In addition to the nine Negroes
who received the master's degree
at the 61st Baccalaureate exercises
of the University of Kansas, some
fifteen or twenty Negroes received
the bachelor's degree, some of them
being scattered among sveral de-
partments of the university. Miss
Sylvia Valeska Burdette, Kansas
City, majored in public school art
and received the bachelor degree in
the School of Fine Arts, while
Misses Alberta Marie Everett,
Lawrence, Kan., and Fordine Allene
Stone, also of Lawrence, Kan., re-
ceived the bachelor's degree from
the department of music in the
School of Fine Arts.
DR. WATERS DIES
Memphis, Tenn.—(ANP)—Dr.
W. F. Waters, prominent physician
and minister of Sparta, died Sun-
day night at his home after a year
of illness. He was, until seven years
ago, a resident of Nashville, Tenn.
He is a native of Texas, but spent
more than 20 years of his life in
Nashville.
in the south. then escaped without leaving
Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary j trace. Something over two years
of the National Association, stated ag0t Miss Mary Booth, head-nurse
that more legal practice had been j at the Institute hospital was assas-
done by Negro lawyers, than white J sinated upon the school grounds by
lawyers for the association. This 1 an unknown slayer who fired at
statement also stands true, thru-
out the many years of the exist-
ence of the association.
Of the many problems of the as-
sociation, one was the need of more
memberships. It is hoped that Ne-
groes will face the situation square-
ly in the face and help meet the
needs of the N. A. A. C. P., as well
as the race, by boosting the work
of the association by their support
and cooperation.
HIGH COURT
UPHOLDS
LOWER
Montgomery, Ala.— (By
ANP)—In the same man-
ner that the original convic-
tion of the Scottsboro defend-
ants was upheld, the Alabama
Supreme Court here Thurs-
day upheld the conviction of
Willie Peterson and set his date
of execution for August 25.
The crime for which Peterson,
residing on the outskirts of Birm-
ingham, was convicted, occurred
in August, 1931, when three white
society women were kidnapped in
their own car and two of them shot
to death. The lone survivor, Nell
Williams, who was wounded, told
police that a colored man had
jumped on the running board of
their car, forced them to drive to a
lonely section, lectured to them on
their treatment of his race, and
that when they repulsed his sex
advances, he shot and beat them.
her and then fled. Detectives and
investigators have failed to un-
cover the perpetrator of either
killing. Whether Thompson re-
ferred to those two murders when
he made his statement has not been
ascertained. A vigorous investiga-
tion has been launched and Thomp-
son is held in jail without bail.
Mr. Atkins was a member of one
of the most prominent families in
the south. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Louise Marshall Atkins,
his parents, Principal and Mrs. S.
G. Atkins of State Teachers col-
lege, Winston-Salem, N. C., three
sisters and five brothers. He was a
graduate of Hampton institute and
of Ohio State university. He was
a member of the Louise Adams
| lodge, famous in Tuskegee, and of
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
During the war be belonged to the
365th Infantry and was cited for
gallantry in service.
Funeral services were held at
Tuskegee institute last Monday af-
ternoon and at Winston-Salem on
Wednesday. Dr. R. R. Moton, who
came from his summer home in
W00LF0LK
HELD FOR
MURDER
1 masses cannot, or yet do not, cul-
I tivate themselves."
j The field secretary warned
j American Negroes against feeling
of helplessness, counselling them
that intelligence would win many 1
battles which cowardice would give '
up.
| MRS. M. J. BREWER. San An-
I tonio, Texas; Mrs. Daisey E. Lamp.
i tion convenes in Chicago Tuesday,
' August 15, and continues through
August 18. The National Associa-
tion of Colored Graduate Nursea
meets here at the same time, the
National Hospital association holds
its sessions August 13, 14, while
the National Association of Life In-
surance Examiners meets on Aug-
ust 14.
J
UNE WOOLFOLK, 3 4 years
old, has been arrested and
is reputed to have made a con-
fession to Detective Tom Ran-
dolph, in connection with the
murder of Mrs. Alma Del] Cabbie,
found dead in an apartment at 215
W. Magnolia avenue.
Woolfolk, well known in these
parts, who has been employed at
the Magnolia Apartments for ap-
proximately 6 years is alleged to
have called the victim in response
to a want ad she had placed in
paper. When she came to the
apartment designated in the call,
she was brutally beaten and mur-
dered. No motive has been as-
cribed to the crime.
BISHOPS IN SESSION DECRY
SMALL SUMS CHURCH RECEIVES
VENIA, Ohio.— (AN'P)—At the recent meeting of the Coun«
* *■ cil of Bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal church
held in Cleveland, the prelates came boldly to grips with the
vexing social and economic problems affecting the church
and the laity in their annual message to the denomination.
The ballot was seen as an advancement measure. They
urged Negroes in the North to vote freely, without distinction
of parties. In the south they ad
J Elks To Stage
Big Game and
Other Events
Okla. Legion Post
Gets Veteran Data
Alamo Lodge No. 499 I. B. P.
j O. E. of W. will entertain the Cap-
itol City lodge from Austin here
next Sunday when they cross bats
at Van Daele Stadium in the first
real big game of the season for the
social elite.
Large crowds are expected over
the
Boley, Okla.—(ANP)—On last
Tuesday Comrade Hugh Askew,
white, Department Commander of
the American Legion made his an-
nual visit to Ward-Hawkins Post
of this place, the largest post in,from Austin t„ mi ,e „th
the largest colored legion organ-!
iration in the district. About 65 overwhelming number that will be
ex-service men of all parts of Ok- f present from San Antonio, Seguin
lahoma were out to hear him on i and nearby cities. Following the
the new veterans' bureau regula-
tions, pensions and hospitalization,
etc. Five new members were added.
Describes Chasm Between
Christianity in Theory, Practice
u'ansas CITY, Kan.—(anp)—Delegates to the Young
'*■ People's Midwest Congress were told here Friday that a
chasm exists today between practical Christianity, everyday
living, .and the kind of Christianity that is taugh from the
books and pulpits. The speaker to bring the message was Dr.
William Y. Bell, pastor of Mt. Olive
C. M. E. church, Memphis, Tenn.
"We are depending upon you to
narrow apprtciably the gap that
yawns between Christianity in its
ideal eaeence and the attitude and
practices of institution Christianity
in the lift of the modern world,"
Dr. Bell, Yale alumnui told hii
audience. In conclusion he said:
"You are fronting towards stag-
gering world responsibilities. Un-
less you diminish the Rap between
Christian ideals and so - called
Christian practice, the torch of the
church is sure to pass, as it ought
to pass, from the hands of the
church."
game, there will be a picnic dance
given at beautiful Nuevo Leon
Park where the multitude will
flock for comfort and entertain-
ment. The last minute line-up has
not been announced yet by either
Exalted Ruler King of Captain
Tom (R. H. R.) Moore, the reason
being given that they have so many-
players of talent that it is hard to
say just who will start in the ac-
tion. However, among those who
very likely will not be in the start-
ing line-up are Bills Todd, Thornton
Ford, Duncan, Adams, Branch,
Floyd, Whittier, Fraiier, S. Hous-
ton and one hundred others.
R. H. Todd, custodian of the
Elks club, announces that the
club will be open all day for the
reception of and entertainment of
the visiting members of the fra-
l ternity.
| vised the race to fight its way into
the primaries. Methodists wera
; called upon to do their bit in aid-
j ing the Scottsboro boys.
In touching upon the present
economic status of the Negro they
{ gave instructions to promote racial
interest by building business and
industry, thus giving employment
to one another. It was pointed out
that it was not good for the N*
gro to be all in one economic or
j industrial class. The purchasing
power of the race in normal timea
was estimated at $3,000,000,000
annually.
They rated the church as th«
most powerful influence in the race.
According to the U. S. census of
1928 Negro church property it
valued at $212,000,000. Forty
thousand people are employed. In
1928 the Negro gave to his church
$43,000,000. This contrasted with
the earning power of the race in
1928, which was $3,000,000,000 to
show that only one and one-half
cents of every dollar was given to
the church. The remaining 981-2
cents in each dollar could be util-
ised to solve many problems of
the group, the bishops asserted.
Repudiation of war, eeconomie
justice for the farmer in legisla-
tion, abolition of child labor, jua-
tice, opportunity and equality for
all, were emphasised in the mes-
sage.
The bishops directed that the ex-
ecutive committee, or a sub-coin*
mittee appointed by the president
of each of the Women's Societies,
together with the chairman and
secretary of the Missionary Board,
with each bishop serving as an ex-
officio member should meat at
Quinn Chapel, Chicago, in Septem*
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