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MEMPHS, Tenn.~(SNS)~

wr..Bevy of charming contéstants for tBe 1940 queen.
shig of the Cotton-Makers Jubilee, Left to right, top
row: (1) Miss Gwendolyn Segrest, 780 Brunswick;
(2) Mrs. Vanilla Speats, 750 ~North Second Street;

~ (3) Miss Marie Simmons, 574 Williams: avenue; (4 in
set) Mrs, "M. S. Stuart; (5) Miss Viola Eldridge, 611
Walker avenue; (6) Miss Ethel Hoosmah, 280 East
Parkway, North; (7) Miss Willie Mae Chambers,
1088 South Arnold street,

Varions business ang professionar institutions ate
sponsoring queen~s candidates this year.

Young Dancer Hailed For

ST, LOUIS~(ANP)~Miraculous

lis. ~Miracle,; Healir

healings of bodily ills; by a gir! Throngs Jam jerks her body in staccato rhythm,
who dances out her religion and never missing a beat: While intransmits a cure through. the Church to Get fluenced by the spirit of dance,

touch of her rhythmic fingers, are
attributed to Vera Boykins, 20 -vear-old Stowe. college studentrevivalist appearing nightly at the
Church of God in Christ here:
Miss Boykins, who attends the
teachers~ training schoo] by day
and dances as the ~Spirit directs
here~ by night, has attracted persons from Chicago, Kansas City

4, tome

of the church.

~Touch of Vera

with the hope that
soothing fingers will touch them,
according to Daniel Bostick, elder

Vera, as the congregation

she touches members of the congregation, who in turn: begin to
writhe and shout. Withdrawing the
pulpit after her dance, Vera begins
to chant in mystic tones:

~Wonderful Jesus, Hallelujah.
We thank. You, Lord. Everybody
that hath, ~pring unto the Lord a
sacrificial offering.~ The congrega
het

call

Bai. Creare atocsitaer atid~ ote:

Discover
Accepted Payoffs.

Police

DETROIT=~ (ANP) Wher" the~ big guris ~of-the~ one ~man
grand jury, investigating~ gambling, graft and corruption in*thé
police department here, began canhonading anew Wednesday they
brofieht down indictments~ and warrants for 100 police officers

and 50 civilians.

Officers from every rank and from every police

precinct station in the city were called for questioning before
Judge Homer Ferguson, sitting as the one man grand jury. It is
incredible, the judge~ said, that so mary police, from ~the Highest
officers to the patrolmen walking the beat, could have had a hand |

in.the ~racket pie

While the investigation has been
going now for several months
and a promise of new sensational
disclosures would be made,~ it had

been boasted* here that no Negro |

officer~s nanie had as yet been
linkeg with the -graft and payoff
by the racketeers, but-Wednescay~s
roundup brought in many of the
colored * police officers~ along vith
the rest.

Tt has been browghs out by the
grand jury that police not only
accept pay off from gamblers,
baudy houses, policy and clearing
house, ~but that they, along with
the county prosecutor and the
county sheriff, conspired to operate ga gambling baseball pool~ and
lottery. which brought in returns
of million dollars a year.

Heading the Nst~ of prominent
civilians ~was former Mayor Richard W. Reading, defeated ~ last
November, Reading was arrested
and finger-printed along with the
rest. While ~Little Dick,~ as he
wag commonly known, says he had
no interest in the corruption. of
his police department; that he did
not know if Was going on. and
that further he does not-even know
what policy and the -nitmbér game
is, it Has been rumored~ here for
sometime tvat he would pe calitd
by the grand jury, as it has been
~said he had a ~go-betweén~ who
kept him posted on the rackets.

Among the other prominent
civilians called by the grand jury
for questioring was* John W.
Roxborsieh, co-manager.
World~s Heavyweight ~ Champion
Joe Louis: Mr. Roxborough has
admitted. that he at one-time headed a number -syndicate, but that
he severed this connection with
the business way back in. 1928.

it is blip that Roxborough

Deer) 7
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5 zine ~
of th
vice presidents of the~ Great ~Lakes
Mitual* Insurance Compzny, and
site on the hoard of<directors of
that -and other institutions. Most
6f his time during the past several
years has beer devoted to the
management - end development of
Joe Louis. But the grand jury
seems to think that in fhe various
rackets here in ~~~ayne County
which reputedly do $10,000,000 a

| year business, and with eyidence to

prove that the police received its
protection,

+ were.

of"

something about who was receiv
ing the money and who paig it..The key figure to the whole Eystert is believed by the grand
jury. tobe Everett Watson, wealthy
Negro who is said to have made
meré~ money in the ~~ than
anyone else.

-Almong.- those. d wWeinesday
Earl Cuzzens,: saiq to ~be
Watson's ace lieutenant; William
H. (Bob) Robinson, chief gide in
the ~policy house that Roxborough
once owned: and Charles Roxborough, brother of John, whom
it is claimed now. gwns tne Roxborough house; Al Gaskill, Earl
Hutchins and Ledell Williams, all
of the Roxborough - outfit;: Walter
S$. Fornay, proprietor of the Fendinnis club and reputed er: of
the numbers; George W. Lewis,
Tom Turner, manager of Watson~s
night. club; Richard Rice, Tommy
Gamble, Thomas (Rooster) Hammond and Irving Roane.

Dr. Greuzot To Be
On ~Wings Over
Jordan~ Sunday. DURHAM, _N. C.~(C)~Dr. P, P.
Creuzot, president of the National
Negro IMsurance | Association, who
will, play an important part in the
6th iia! National Negro Insurance Week, May 6 to 11th, will
speak on the famous ~Wings Over
Jordan~ program Sunday, May 5.

The essay contest of the association, subject -being ~The Opportunities Offered to Negro Youth oy
Life Insurance,~ closed on April
30.;:

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profepsions affiliate, at the Hotel

Dr. George Washington Carver, the eminent Tuskegee scientist,
shown here beside one of his paintings, will receive the highest.
award to be conferred by the Fifth Convention of the International
Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, CIO

Pennsylvania, New York, May 31.

| ANDERSON, &. C... (ANP)~With
half the charges against | the lead-'
er of the East Point, Ga., Kian
tossed out and the refusal of Judge
Hugh M. Dorsey to allow Asst.

Sick Woman Routs
Ambulance Crew

NEW YORK~(ANP)~A Harlem
woman who Was supposed to be

As Seu By Ss TD

and Indianapolis. _ Hearing that
magic: cures are ~accomplished by
the ~young revivalist strangers

her in awed tones, dances to the
tom-tom like rhythm of a ~spirit~
hand. For an hour or more she

ion files forward. to place contributions upon the~ altar.

share in payoff and
Mr. Roxborough

know

might sick in béd~ was in jail this week

Demos. Summon Race
Editors To D. C.

WASHINGTON~(ANP)~ Repre-.

sentatives of eight Negro newspapers have been summoned to
meet with the Nationa! Democratic
committee chairman in this city
during the week-end of May 2~4, it
is reliably reported, to discuss ways
and meatis, of conducting the Democratic campaign fer
election.

Much.secrety surrounds the call
which. comes. simultaneously with
the meeting of 4200 women of the
Demoeratic party, who will assemble
to hear discussions by seven cabinet members and Mrs. Roosevelt.

Carefully concealing the. names
of the newspapers thus summoned,
no. one. connected with the committee will discuss.. the forthcoming
meetings, other. tian. to point out
the: ath that al ~government in
the coming

stitute~? under which heading the
women are assembled, is an- event
sponsored by the Democratic party
to familiarize womeén workers of
the party With the things the New
Deal has accomplished in the past
séven years,

FIFTY TAKE CENSUS

WASHINGTON~(A N P}~In-:
cluded in the 476 census takers in
the District of Columbia are fifty
Negro mén and women. At one of
the recent meetings held for instruction of the workers, the supervisor is alleged to have told funny
Stories.in which the opprobious
term. ~darky~ was used when refering to cdlored people. All of
the whites laughed, but there was
sileticé among the ero workers

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The Globe Trotter

By Cliff Mackay

Supreme Court On Guard

THE DECISIONS handeq down last week by Mr.
Roosevelt's Supreme Court and read by the very libera] Justice Frank Murphy holding: that picketing: is
a right guaranteed by the freedom of speech: section
of the United States Constitution are indeed significant.

In th e decisions, made by a vote of 8 to 1, statutes
passed by the California and Alabama legislatures,
were declared null and void.

em ~6=The lone nay vote, of coursé,
i came from Justice James C. McReynolds, of Nashville Tenn, who
ean boast a 100 per cent consistent
} record of siding against any decision that could in ~ny way be
classed as libera] or in the interest
of the masses of the people,.

TO BENEFIT LABOR

Of Course the ruling will benefit chiefly organized labor. But its
It shows once

MACKAY
importance lies deeper than that.
again that no, longer is the Supreme Court the bul
wark of ~those who have~, but has through the appointments of President Roosevelt, turned into a
staunch guardian of those:fundamental and basic
civil rights which Americans love to boast about, but
so often forget.

bama, Florida, Mississtppl Georgia, Louisiana, south
Carolina, Arkansas, Oklahoma afiq Texas.

In these states where the law-makers are fully
aware of the disenfranchising effects f the nefarious
poll tax, little effort is made to enact legislation that
is designed to further. strengthen. from a local angle
the civi] Hberties that American democracy must
preserve, if- it is to survive.

The anti-picketing law was just one ergueie of
the typé of legistation these legislators, many of.
whoin ate elected by less than seven per cent of the
porulate chose to enact.

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4 COMMON SIGHT

This barring: & of poll-tax state law-makers
legislate agairist the~ people sééps even to nation.

al scene, wears. Es 0 wd an et er ene

oat sesaaiires to a man

ey. that the~ ry

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in the ~
the statute

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cities many meastirés, which if challenged before the
present liberal Supreme Court, would suffer the same
fate as did the unconstitutionay anti- picketing statutes.
One law that the writer believes would be ruled
out if ever appealed is the infamous ~dive~ ordinance enforced by Atlanta police. The law is a
relic of prohibition days, and is common to many
Southern cities with large Negro eevrerecs

DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS

Under the law, police have deprived thousands
of citizens, chiefly Negroes, of their constitutional
rights. ~Police will.raid a restaurant, clubroom or
even a private residence, and if even a smell of
whiskey exists, all persons in the place are loaded
into a patro] wagon and charged with being ~an
occupant of a dive.~

The fact that many of those rounded up in the
place may not have known of the existence of any
non-tax paid liquor means nothing in determining
the guilt or innocence of those facing trial before the
police judge the next day. The law does not take
this into consideration. It only defines a ~dive~ as
a place where illegaj whiskey is kept or sold. And
if you happen~ to be there you~are guilty.

Some raiding Officers, acting ~under this law,
have been known to actually rout innocent occupants of the house ouf of bed, upon discovery of one
or two merry makers in another reom in possession
of whiskey.

RAID EDUCATOR~S HOME

The viciousness of this law can best be attested
when it is recalleg how several years ago Officers
raided the residence of a high school principal while
some members of his family were entertaining. Al
occ of the house were placéd under arrest.

~ly enough the measure with but few exceptions, ig enforced only against Negroés and the
lesser-privileged folk of the community.

~And. it is only in the cases.of these two groups
that the pernicious so-called ~72-hour~ law becomes
effective. Under this measure also common to most
Southérn cities; citizens can be arrested and held in
jail for three whole days without. chaggas Dtitg. see.
ferred, or without a chance to secure legaj aid or
to contact relatives:

forded Che gical tinkets~ ct Yoople to. sttatt ~ through
th ts. these - That tunit
not de allowed: is

after throwing~ nearly everything
in her apartment but the kitchen
stove at an interne, an ambulance
driver and a poiiceman.

The pre-baseball pitching contest was staged by Mrs, Dora Clark
26.-The victims (who were pretty
good duckers) were Dr. Bachrach
of Sydenham hospital, Policeman
Walsh and an unidentified ambulance driver.

Hurrying to the woman's home in
response to a call; Dr. Bachrach
found her in deq but she seemed
to be the healthiest ill person he
had ever atiended. According to
the doctor there was a cut, apparently 24 hours old. on the back of
her head While treating the wound,
he said Le detected the odor of}
alcohol.

As he turned to go ine woman
is said to have jumped out of bed,
seizeq a water pitcher and demanded she be taken to the. hospital.
The dcctor toid her she did -nos
need hospitalization but the wom- |
an.Stationed herself in the doorWay and blockeg the doctor~s
egress.

Prevailing on the woman~s hus
~band to assist him; the doctor es
caped from the room but from
above there was said to have descended a Siower of kitchenware
and flower pots! Miracifiously the
doctor and the driver escaped injury.

~Neighbors calied police after witnessing the woman's actions. In
Harlem court, where she was taken
after being subdued and arrested.
the woman was found guilty of disorderly conduct;

Sydenham hospital has been under fire in the Negro papers and
citizens for its alleged mistreat
ment of emergency patients, being

accused of refusing hospital treatment for many~ urgent cases in
Harlem.

Just recently one woman is said

to. have died after being refused |
admission to the hospital. by an |

Klan Head To Attend
S. Carolina Trial

jlicitor General Daniel Duke | ~,

Hlanta; to refer t6 the Georgia~
Klan terrorism as like Nazism and
Communism at its worse, Imperial
Wizard J. A.. Colescott is to visit
this South Carolina city Friday.

Colescott is coming at the invitation of Solicitor Fant of the 10th
S| ~. circuil. The reason for ~his
coming is to sit at a_ preliminary
hearing requested by one of. the
seven Klan defendants charged
with consp to violate a series
of state and city statues ranging
from highway robbery to. violation
of traffic ordinances: While Colescott is not expected to testify ~at
~the hearing, Ben Adams, - weekly
newspaper publisher and gccording
to Solicitor Fant, a high Klan official, has been called as a witness
Adams has been particularly active fighting labor organizations in
the state through the columns of
his weekly. Pictures reproduced

(from various colored papers show
ing white and Negro labor leaders
in the same group make front
Page news in Adams~ paper. In
1$38 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor.

His chief of staff, Fred V. Johnson, self stylegq the ~only unmask
'ed klansman in the state~, is one

of the seven Kian defendants to
be tried at the May term of cuurt.
Johnson | was the leader of the
Klan group that terrorized Negroes
last summer in nearby Greenville,
when colored folk registered in
large numbers.

NOTED MEDIC SPEAKS
CLEVELAND~(A N P)-~Stressing that ~inequity~ and ~inadequacy~ of medical care lay the
foundation for most of the health.
problems of Negroes, Dr. Carl GRoberts, outstanding pyar phy
Jim Crow

|} National Alliaiice of Postal

Says Only ae
Negroes Join: ~ oh
Mail Ass~n Me

WASHINGTON, D. C.~(ANP)~
The strange spectacle of a Southerm
congressman protesting against dis+
crimination against: white men.;
revealed. in a hearing at the ~Wet
nesday session of thé house~
service committee when Congressman Ramspeck declared that the.
187 white mail carriers of tis dis= *
trict in~ Atlanta were not permitted
to join the National Letfer Carriers
association, thereby not ~entitled to
benefits asked for by members of
the pest office service,: Also- appearing before the vor
niittee was, G. N. T. Gray of Pica
ployes who made a strong appeal
for the workers in the mail service.
Mr. ~Gray said. in part:

~IT have hearg Chairman. Ram
~| speck on several ~occasions pay de
served tribute to the workings of
zivil service as exemplified in~ the
dost office department. After 30
veats in~ the postal service, 1 feei
that it is not only civil service ~at
its best, but if comes nearer than
anything else I know of, to ~being
democracy at iis best. At that ~it

-| hag not reached the millenium for

the members of my organization.~

All members of the postal alliance afe Negroes and Mr, Gray
Was seeking to have adjustments
made, which. wouid: benefit nara" as
well as white workers,

~{~ must be admitted that~ it ~is
hard to put one~s finger on political or teligious discrimination,: and
it~ would be equaiiy hard to finger
racial discrimination,, 80 I am~ at
a loss to ynderstand why racial
discrimination ~should. ~be dented
betiefit of mention in the rules undet which the civil service operates.

~There is no cause for racial

complaint as zuch, in the ~postal

visory ~ oe eer

In appealing ~ for -éstefelish -
ment of an appeal board to determine~ these cases, Mr. ~Gray~ pointed out how individual reve /
arise to cause unjust treatment of
Negroes in certain sections. <%

~Personally,~ said~ Mr. Gray,~ ~1
nad rather take chatices~ for jeg
constituents with the higher -
ficials in the post office department in whom tie milk of human
kindness is stiil presetif, thatf with
a referee of unlimited powers or a
board or court comparable to one
of our highest courts in dignity and
distance from ne~ worker farthest
down.~

~ - -

sician and member of the staff of.
Provident hospital, spoke here
Sunday on the ~Wings Over Jordan~ radio prcegram.

THREE WORK~ ON CENSUS

IN AUGUSTA t

AUGUSTA, Ga>~(A~ N P)~Thres
Negroes were among the 200

ehumerators selecteq to take the
government census here.
Mrs, Zadie Wigfall, Mrs. Maude
Traminell and~ John Smith: as

Théey are~

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