Moton Returns From Europe To Appeal For Racial Aid
Dr. Robert R. Moton returns with his party from Europe where he spoke to church and education groups about needs in Africa. A large New York reception at the YWCA followed a successful mission tour, with speakers urging new thinking on global race problems and education.
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New York
N. Y
Robert R. Moton
Majestic
England
Scotland
France
Scottish Churches Missionary Congress
Glasgow
Moton
Europe
Young Women's Christian Association
W. T. Vernon
South Africa
Thomas Jesse Jones
Africa
Will W. Alexander
Inter-racial Movement
Eva Bowles
Allan A. Washington
Nathan Hunt
Doctor Moton
Famine Threat in Inhambane Africa and Education Progress
Famine threatens 1,500,000 in Inhambane Portuguese East Africa with 6,000 Christians among them. Rev J D Pointer reports grain shortages and high prices, while the Methodist Board funds limited relief. Separately, progress notes show the Negro education program expanding with new buildings, endowment, and staff for Meharry, Walden, and related schools.
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New York
Inhambane
Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
J. D. Pointer
Wilmore, K
Pointer
Wilmore
Kentucky
Louisiana
N. P
Cincinnati
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
America
Board of Education
I. Garland Penn
Méridan
Mississippi
Haven Institute and Conservatory of Music
Conservatory of Music
Best of
Nashville
Tennessee
Walden College
Walden University
Walden
Freedmen's Aid Society
Board of Education For
Meharry Medical College
Meharry
Medical College
General Education Board
Carnegie Corporation
Tuskegee Conference Set For January Meeting
The 32nd Tuskegee Institute conference will be held January 17 and 18 in Tuskegee Alabama. The first day covers Agriculture and Home Economics topics including Crop Production Live Stock Production Soil Improvement Marketing Food Clothing and Home. The second day focuses on welfare and rural district issues Cooperation of Welfare Agencies in a Country wide Improvement Program. Dr Robert R Moton urges farmers teachers ministers and workers to attend as principal speakers will be announced later.
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Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Robert R. Moton
Shuffle Along Begins in Chicago Engagement
Shuffle Along lands at the Olympic theatre in Chicago with Sissle Blake and company praised by critics. Eubie Blake leads the orchestra delivering natural melodies and vibrant rhythm as the cast dazzles with fashion and stage presence.
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Chicago
Olympic Theatre
Daily Paper
Sissle
Blake
Liller
Lyles
Lottie Gee
Broadway
Boston
35Th
Indiana Avenue
New York
Ashton Stevens
The
Herald Examiner
Lizzie
Ethiopia
Mr. Berlin
Tinpan Alley
Eubie Blake
Mr. Webster
Mr. Blake
Harlem Mob Tries to Lynch Wife Murderer
In New York City on November 23 a mob of over five hundred men and women attempted to lynch Isaiah Washington 81 after he allegedly stabbed his wife Minnie on West 129th Street. Patrolman Edward Sullivan intervened and saved the suspect with help from Detectives Donahue and Bagan and West 123rd Street Station reinforcements. Washington reportedly confessed to the stabbing. the couple had been married fourteen years with no children.
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New York
N. Y
West 129Th Street
Isaiah Washington
West 141St Streets
Edward Sullivan
Alexander Avenue
Bronx
Sullivan
Harlem
Seventh Avenue
Washington
Thomas Donahue
James Bragan
West 123d Street
Hubert Callahan
125Th Street
I ‘Nto
Minnie
Dyer Bill Fight and Mississippi Pardons Turmoil
In Washington James Weldon Johnson leads NAACP efforts for the Dyer Anti lynching bill as Senate debate looms. In Mississippi a power struggle over pardons unfolds with Lieutenant Governor Casteel issuing life term pardons in the Governor’s absence and the Governor Russell’s aides contesting them.
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Johnson
Senate
Nvicts
Rioters arraigned after attack on Fulton School in Springfield
In Springfield Ohio November 23 thirty two Negro rioters were arraigned in police court with hearings set for November 21. They faced charges of rioting linked to an attack on guards and teachers at Fulton School defending a school order restricting Negro pupils. Police reserves restored order as stones were thrown amid prior race riot history since 1920.
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Springfield
Ohio
Fulton School
Board of Education
Missouri's only Negro legislator defeated in Missouri race
Walthal M. Moore the sole Negro to sit in Missouri's legislature was unseated in the Third District. Moore an attorney from 3035 Pine Street had sponsored bills to turn Lincoln Institute into a university with a $500 000 appropriation and to create a Negro inspector of Negro schools. He also pushed an anti lynching bill and served on key committees. He was born in Marion Alabama May 1 1881 and moved to St Louis in 1896.
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St. Louis
Walthal M. Moore
Missouri
Moore
Pine Street
Lincoln Institute
Central Assembly
Teachers’ College
Marion
Ala
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Incorporate Negro Steam Laundry
Woman sues insurer for 12000 over assault by agent
In St Louis on November 25 a damage suit for 12000 was filed in circuit court by Mrs Salena Scruggs against Tennessee National Insurance Co and agent R R Rucker for injuries from an alleged July 27 assault. The petition says she was kicked in the stomach after objecting to his advances, and notes Rucker's prior citation for contempt in City Court.
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St. Louis
Salena Scruggs
Pine Street
Tennessee National Insurance Company
R. R. Rucker
Vista Street
N. A. Mitchell
Rucker
Charles Powers
Feruges
Hucker
Haitian Invite for American Negro Leaders Arises
Washington announces Haiti's President Borno invites W. T. B. Williams to study establishing vocational schools in Haiti modeled after Tuskegee Institute. Dr Moton was invited but cannot attend and recommended Williams. Rob ert Church of Memphis is invited to assess business and industrial conditions. The two men are expected to travel soon.
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Inlambane
Africa
Johannesburg
Board of Foreign Missions
J. C. Stauffacher
Inhambane
Kambint
Washington
State Department
Borno
Haiti
W. T. B. Williams
Tuskegee Institute
Moton
Williams
Robert Church
Memphis
Canadian Pioneers Praised By Ontario Justice
Justice Ridell of the High Court of Ontario spoke at Toronto on November 23 praising the role of Black Canadian pioneers in Canadian history. He noted their contributions during the Fenian Raid in 1866 and highlighted the Home Service Association as part of Federated Charities of Canada at its 2nd annual meeting.
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Toronto
Canada
Justice Ridell
High Court of Ontario
Home Service Association
Federated Charities of Canada
Twenty Percent of Washington Laundry Workers Negroes
Washington reports reveal among 1,549 laundry workers in the capital 64.4 percent are Negroes when excluding Chinese and hand laundries. Colored workers dominate skilled and unskilled roles, with 57.2 percent of skilled labor and 74.1 percent of unskilled duties held by Colored females, while White workers are a minority in both skilled and unskilled categories.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Phil H. Brown
Washington
D. C
Engineera . Troners
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