Brownsville Weekly News [Volume: 1, Issue: 36]

SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1939

THE BROWNSVILLE WEEKLY NEWS, FLINT, MICH.

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[Senator Taft Speaks At Howard University

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Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, son of a
former United States president, who 20 years. ago
delivered the+commencement address to the class

of 1909, is shown as he delivered
address at the Howard University

the principal
charter day

dinner held last week at the Washington, D. C.
institution. Pictured | to r are Mrs. Taft; President Mordecai Johnson (behind) Senator Taft, C.
C. Spaulding, who also spoke, and Mrs. Mordecai
Johnson. (Scurlock photo).

Hitlers ~Racial Purity~
Theory Gets Severe Jolt

Scientist Finds
Mixing of Races
Time~s Dawn ~

LONDON~(ANP)~ Reichsfuerer
Adolph Hitler~s pet peeve, his
much-vaunte@ ~Aryan superiority
racial purity~ theory,. was
cently dealt a body blow by Professor Franz Weidenreigh, famed
German anthropologist and director
of the Rockefeller Cenvzoic laboratory, when he revealed new facts

about the now-famous ~Peking Man*

Fossils,~

ho ~The ~Scientist. ~was-seporied-as-de
Claring that seven skulls have now
been found im the cave at Chou
Kou Tien, of a family which it is
estimated lived 100,000 years ago.
Professor Weidenreich stated that

three ~distinct racial types were dis
SOOTHE minor SB Gy.

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cramps.:

- Sing Gospel Songs

Ful Tell It Wherever I Go.

Precious Lord, Take My Hand 10

How About You?
Send Orders To

THOMAS A. DORSEY
755 Oakwood Blvd., Dept. C
a Chicag~ Il.

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covered in this single group.

He said that although it has
been contended that racially
pure, human stock could be traced
through historical pedigrees, his
researches throughout the Fossil
Ages to the Peking Man era, completely disprove this theory.

He claims that the mixing of the

Husband Declares

Wealth Changed
Mate~s Attitude

thur Hornsby, railway brakeman
and well-known resident here, who
is being sued for divorce by his
wife, Mrs. Florence Holly-Hornsty, declared this week that the
allegations of cruelty and abuse in
her bi:l were false and that newlyacquired wealth had changed her

attitude toward him.

Mrs Hornsby served as secretary

| to the late I, S. Lewis, prominent

iocal mortician for 17 years. When
he died in December, he willed her
o half interest in his estate, left
the remainder to his. daughter,
Miss Ophelia Lewis. Hornsby said
after his wife came into the -in
+ heritance, she put his clothes in

the hall and told him to leave, saying, ~I~m not going to let you stay

inherited.~

HOUSTON, Tex ~(A N P)~Ar
races has continued since the dawn
of mankind. Producing the seven
skulls, he shows characteristics ~ of
the Metanesian, Eskimo and Neanof human being, were first discovered at Chou Kou Tien in 1928 by
derthal, or Upper~ Palaeolithic
(European) man.

It was recalled that remains of
the Peking man, oldest known type
the late Dr. Davidson Black distinguished palaentologist.

Subsequent investigations have
been carried on through the Rockefeiler foundation. The research by
experts of our age by well-financed
expeditions, fail to prove that
there was even a distinct Chinese
race, the professor said.

Virgin

Secure A
Native Lawyer ||
Favored Son

in Campaign

NEW.YORK~(S.N S)~Representatives of the Virgin Islands
civic and benevolent organizations
met at their headquarters, 149 W.
136th Street, March 9 for the purpose of organizing a campaign to

Negro Federal Judge for the Virgin
Islands, to succeed William H.
Hastie, who has definitely pcg
ead the post to become Dean
Howard University, it was Ps
nounced this week.

Accerding to Ashley L. Toiten,
whe was chosen chairman of the
publicity committee, the matives
cn tho mainland are. determined
to prosecute a vigorous program
of action to keep uhe Federal post
in the hands of a Negro and have
chosen a young and brilliant district attorney in the islands,
James A. Bough.

Totten states that Bough, 2 native of the islands, studied law at
Columbia University and has since
served with gréat credit as district
attorney where people inall walks
of life admire ~respect him.

The organizati presented at
the meeting were. the Benevalent
Society of American. Virgin Islanders, Amrican Virgin Islands Society, American West Indian Ladies
Aid, Virgin Islands Congressionai Council, Eaton Benevolent and
Virgin Islands Civic Association.

A standing vote was taken to
consolidate their interests into a
campaign committee to be known
as the American Virgin Islands
Committee for the Appointment of
Hon. James A.> Bough as Federal
Judge, states Totten.

Horace Williams was elected as
permanent chairman and Carl
Madsen as secretarv.

SEEK TO BAN MIXED
MARRIAGES
CAPETOWN, S. Africa~(ANP)~
It was ~arned here this week that
an effort is to be made by the National party to induce the. Union
government to introduce legislation
to prohibit mixed marriages between Europeans and non-Europeans (natives) in South Africa, and: jto segregate colored people, eee

WASHINGTON~(ANP)4&- Busy
with their plans for the 1940
census, officials of that bureau are
trying their utmost to keep the
number of questions asked by their
workers within the limit of 27, the
number reached in the last census. However, With changes occurring so fast since that event, thejr
problem is going to be a difficult
one,

here and enjoy the wealth I have

Among the important questions

She's Miss Triple Octan

Miss Hattie Clark, Tuskegee
~Miss Triple Octan~ and who served as hostess
Triple Octan Spring Entertainment held on the Tuskegee
March 17 She ie completing her four-year college course

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Burea. Prepares
For 1940 Census

to be asked are the following, according to reports emanating from
the bureau: Do you own your own
home ahd how much is it worth?
Are you working and how much do
you make? Where Were you and

-Wwhat were you doing 10 years ago?

TheSe are the new questions ih addition to the usual propounding of
how old are you? where were you
born? are you: marrjed or single:
and what. have you?

No opposition is expected against
these new posers, although jt is believed that for the most part, they
are aimed at individuals who have
in the past successfully evaded
paying income tax and other taxes.

é Migrations in the limits of the

United States are also checkable
under the new series ef questions,
which should prove an interesting
pojnt for students of social sciences,
interested in the changes and shifts
in populations in the country.

FORMER SLAVE, 109 DIES

JACKSONVILLE, Hl.~(ANP: ~
Willis McDonald, a former slave
reputed to be 109 years old, died
at pe home here Thursday.

secure the appointment of another |.

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Columbia, is shown. as he looked

thé vaults since that date.

3 ee a 3 ~
Dr. William J. Thompkins, recorder of deeds for the District of

through the file of deeds dating

back as far as 1792. Some are extremely valuable and remain unclaimed. More than 1,500,000 original documents have piled up in

SMITHFIELD, N. C~(ANP)~
Rev. J. P. Smitth, (white), a retired Presbyterian minister who
devotes most of his time to historical research, has brought to
light some interesting and startling facts concerning the history
and early laws of Josson county,
N.C.

~=| One ~edtirt document, unearthed
by Rev. Smith and dating back to

~1780, showed that Jenney, Negro
woman belonging to the estate of
Lewis Bryan, was convicted by the
Special.court of Eight of poisoning
Bryan~s father, Needham Bryan,
and his family.

The sentence: ~~The court accordingly order and sentence that the
said Jenney be carried back to the
Place of confinement and in ten
days be faken to the ground of
the court Green, on Saturday the
18th of this imstant (November,
1780), between the hours of twelve
and one of the clock in the afternoon, and there to be burnt to
death by a stake. The sheriff of
the said county to see that the sentence be carried into execution.~
by the clerk and by the eight
The. strange document was signed
members of the court.

First offender horse thieves were
placed in the pillory, their backs
bared, 39 lashes laid on, their ears
naileq to the pillory and cut off,
and the letter H branded on one
cheek, the letter T on the other,
~in plain and visible manner.~ For
the second offense, the death penalty was to be inflicted. Rev. Smith
found no record of an ac-ual
brandjng taking place.

The minister found g record re\ferring to the public whipping post
on the Court Green and which
showed that on July 23, 1779, one
slave, Solomon, convicted of stealing corn on, three occasions from
the crib of Cary Jernigan, Was or
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WASHINGTON, D. C~(ANP)~ |

Officials of the Natjonal Negro
Health Movement, headed by Dr.,
George W. Bowles, chairman of
the advisory committee and Dr.

Numa P. G. Adams, secretary, are
pushing plans for the 25th anniversary of National Negro Health
Week, the observance to last April
1-30, with Health Week Prope

April 2-9, << a3

Silver Anniversary Of
Health Week Planned

The U. S,.Public Health Service,
State, County, and City Health dePartments aNd various voluntary
health and.civic organizations will
be cooperating agencies. Declaring
that: ~The future of the race depends on the conservation of its
health,~ Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Insti~ute
organized National Negro Health
Week in 1915.

Brutal Penalties In
N. C. Shown By Files

dered to ~be carried to the public
whipping post and receive 39 lashes
Well laid on his bare back~ which
sentence was executed immediately.

Still anvther record showed that

the gallows. on the Court Green
were used to hang one who was

~convicted of giving a ~voodoo powdey to Isaac Williams, whereof

it is supposed that he came to his
a eath. ~

weeks.
The merger plan has been approved at conferences held during

~\the past three years, of the three

big organigations concerned;
Methodist. Episcopal church, ~with
4,684,000 members; Methodist
Episcopal~ church, Sou'h, 2,847,000
members, and Methodist Protestant
church, 197,000 members.

OPPOSITION SEEN

Opposition to the plan is. expected to develop along two fronts:
In some quar~ers it was. predicted
that white laymen of the South
may attempt to frustrate the plan
by filing an injunc*ion against the
proceedings because of the planned inclusion of Negroes and other Teasons. Opposition js glso expected from colored
because of the planned establishment of g Negro church district.

The tentative draft of a constitution for the merged body, drawn
up by a commission at Jackson,
Miss., proposes: _ To curtail the
power of the bishops and to set up
a separate, nationwide district for
Negroes. This latter proviso calls
for q sixth ~central~ district overlapping the other five geographically, given over completely to Negroes~some 300,000 of them.

NOT SEGREGATION

Concerning it, a prominent white
clergyman saiq last week: ~Some
are wont to call this segregation,
but I say it igs more than that. It
is recognij~jon,~ the Past, Negro
and white Methddists have joined
within the
electing bishops, the Negroes, of
course, being outnumbered. Under
the ~ unified church, the

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Maral Covered By Judge

NEW YORK~~SNS)~A WPA
mural in the federal court house in
Aiken, South Carolina, has been
covered up by U.S. District Judge
Frank K. Myers because the central figure ~Justice~ appears to be
that of a mulatto woman.~

After several weeks in the court
room with the covered mural,
Judge Myers informed the Treasury Department that he wanted
the: painting entirely removed. The
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People protested to the Department of Justice over the action of Judge
Myers, but T, D, Quinn, administrative assistant under Attorney
General Murphy,, said the matter
was up to Judge Myers to decide.
The NAACP thereupon dispatehed

a protest to Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau. The. mural
was painted by Stefan Hirsch.

Federal Writers
Working On 12
Books About Race

WASHINGTON, D. c.~(A_N P)
~In addition to publishing ~ the
state and local volumes of the
American Guide series, the Federal
Writers~ Project of the WPA now
has in process 12 boeks which give
an excellent account of the past
history of Negroes in America.

Volumes nearing comptetion are

~History of the Negre in Virginia,~
~Social and Economic es of

Methodists Plan:
For Merger Meet

KANSAS CITY,.Mo.~(ANP)~One of the. most ~ gigs
nificant conferences in church history is scheduled. 40 DO ~?
held here on April 26, when 900 -delegates, re
7,700,000. Methodists of three branches, will foregather ra
attempt a merger which, if accomplished, will weld ~Methodism into the largest single Protestant organization in
America. The conference is expected to last about three.,

churchmen ~ ~

~phis.

the ~Beale Street Blues~ fee

Blues~,

Episcopal groups - < ase

ot

Negroes would be self-govern 8
They would choose two: bishops
addition to the two holding over,~
and they will hegin complete charge~

of church administrative matters *within their jurisdiction:

church leaders of all falttig

out the nation are following ae.
for the Methodist merger - with |
great. interest, as tt is a task at~
Present far from an <a
fact,

~Beale 2 Street~; ee
Mayor To Plug
Memphis In N.Y...~:

By saiike 6. picKeeoN
MEMPHIS~(A N P)~Matthew *
Thornton; Sr., ~Mayor of ~Byale
Street,~ is going to be

Cfficial representative en. he
goes to New York in April. He has
a let~er from Watkins Overt
Memphis~ real mayor, which

has framed, giving the ~Mayor of
Beale Street~ authority to represent Memphis at National Blues rr
week in New York.

Notwithstanding the fact a year
has passed, the: week is in cele-,
bration of the 26th anniversary of
W. C. Handy~s first blues: aay
written on Beale street in Mem=' -
It was back in the balmy
days of 1913 that Handy, who ~now

publishes songs in New York eye 3
wrote the ~Memphis

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Bandy is known as the ~dad Me

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Mayor LaGuardia sett a:
will participate ~ a oe? Beale.

Street mayor in National Blues -
week, which will honor Handy and
the late George, Gershwin. fvhip
contributed much to the blues.

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