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i nnrannn rrn nr np xnrzi rrnn I ii ii first: with ths NEVS ri i i i ii nil II Lt IUII 1 PES I CCC lllDHt TESTIFIES TO A HEARING THREAT AGAINST ni Defendant Takes Stsd To DenyHe SaidHcTTcdd KOI Jaces Lcrick pistoiTwas HIS Defense Witnesses Tell Of Fine Character Of Wm. Brown. GOSHEN. N.Y. TaWt thertmd VrAiv Will tp nil own otnw bm A.

Brown, tnroliee of the Camp Bretze HiH. near MkMletown, denied the assertions of a pfevtoui witnes that he had uttered i death threat against Jamej Lorick, another tnrotlee of the aame camp, for whose order Brown it on trial here, Loridc'i body was found In the hrraclts of hit cornpanv UM Febm mr I Hn had heea thot to death. Brown, replying to "questions by tWrlt Atw. Hennr HirKhberf. trict Henry Hirschbert, im onlv reiterated YAi original plea that thribootinr had an ao dent nut tmpnatjcany dioute fuf thK uitrtkmi hv a third etirolk nt th nnu lhat.h bai bm iN Sbit dtsplayfnit the pifttol se4 killint to persuade delinquent orrowers to pay him on the dollar fornlollar Interest payment The previous witiiesi, Thomas tat, taking the stand on Ttartday, bd asserted that he had.

heard Brown titter threat Immediately before the shooting took place. Heard Threat And SkoC "I'm going to shoot you." Loat tooted Brown as saying, just a moment before Loat; who occupied a bed across the barrack from Lorkk, sud he heard a dick similar, to the sound made by the ejector of an automatic, followed by the explosion of the shot, During his testimony Loat also atmed Brown, Lorkk and three. of the four other members of the camp rho are held as material witnesses, Austin James. George VkCord and Edward Williams, as members of BMney lendinff groop id the company who extorted a dollar lor djoUar. interest rate on loans to other saeat Viri of the company.

In explaining why, when previous questioned as to what sounds he Wd heard on the nizht of the shoot lag, he had said nothing, Loat. who Wpured extremely nervous on the and. twitting his hands and gianc frequently at the other members of the company court, said that L. l.j i km Hayes, assistant boning instructor at the camp, had interrogated Km in the presence of Brown, Mc Cord, James and State Trooper Taatificn. Trooper William Prange, svho alas took the stand, asserud that he kid found a hypodermic syringe in Brown's clothing and that 'Brown admitted taking dope aJrhougV aaid fringe, the defendant insisted that ad used no dope for twenty four aurt precedinr the crime.

Brown, mnge. sold him that the dope Mbit a common one in the and that "everyone smoked 'reefers'." Efforts of defense counsel, to hm rown remove his upper, clothing to the court that there were a needle marks on him failed when Judft J. D. Wilson sustained the "Won of Prosecutor Hirschberg the ground that the injections ht have heen made on tome oth pat of his body. Admit OwneraMa Of Can.

Brown. admitted that he owned the gun, say that he had purchased ft from enrolJee at Camp Dix last AupMt He denied dirolaring. it rver, declaring that be carried it for protection and to safe tari monev which he won in crap or collected from borrowers. ne anmitted making the ttate nave really shot that hoy, wurh Se was aectued by Loat. "noarh mtistently oVnying tt ha rr.

Previously waa, ny threats Loritk. V1 hwxjdetmic 'rf1t was Ws. Jour tiroes after he whs nnm a atranger he met omptwo wkaher he ar ncnfrr of (xher witnesses took StTniL nnu iliMft X. FVm. ct .1 VWi he sent hr K2 rmi mnnwy rhedr jf HKy V.

CUrV calW hy a rhsrarter witness. (CoBtiouad pa tbre?) VOL. 50. No. 32.

BLAT.1E LAGUARD1A 1 FOH HOSPITAL ILLS MM Daily Worker Charges Mayor Suppressed Comm. Repo rt Charges that Mayor LaGuardia it suppressing the health and hospital report of the Commission on Condi tions 'ft Harlem which was to him some time ago, were made by the Daily Worker, Des cribing conditions at Harlem Hot pital as "unbelievable in a civilized community and urging immediat action, the report the Daily Work' er charges, been ignored since it was id on the mayor's desk. Thereport itself is' said' to'chaige that discrimination against Negroes in HarUm and other city hoatiitals is. rampaRt and goes on to describe conditions as being "disgracefully overcrowded and inadequate." Nu tocromr cases patients, being forced, to five: up beds, OMratkfis being pertormed. wider woefully; inadequate cirrorrutances" arid increased aufler utr throirgh enforced neglect, are al eoaaid be jrnted the re port, a run copy ot svmcn ciaanea by the Comtnunist newspaper.

Among tht reromasendations of the aftnmtssion bkh was ipnointed by. the Mayor himself following the disturbance on March. 9, is, said to be the transfer of Dr. Jesse G. Bulowa, white official at the institution, substantial increases in the medical and nursing staff to meet the requirements of the the institution and provision for better training' fa.

cilities for nurses. The complete report, according to Lester Stone, secretary to the May or, reached LaUuardia last week. "I know 'the Mayor took the re port home with him to study it over the weekend." said Stone. "Me hasn't yet had time to go through it and he will say nothing about it until he has read it" PA. CIVIL RIGHTS ML IIAS TRIAL Theatre Ulaaager Freed In Tint Test Case PHILADELPHIA.

Pa. Ray mmJ fV RnnrV hA Charles Shields taker at the Doris Theatre, 49th street and Woodland avenue, charged with "unlawfully refusing full and eqral privileges on account of race and color," were acquitted by" a jury here last' Wednesday, The case was the first trial under the state' aw equal right act of 1935. The charge, were preferred by Charles Garfield Nickens and Mis Mary Katbryn Belton, an inters nd nurse, respectively, at the Merer Hospital in this city, who declared that th management of the theatre had 'refused them permission to sit in certain parts of the house. The jury which returned th verdict was all white. jMge e.ugenc v.

Aliesaandrent preside at the mat. Axe Ofice Lieutenant Lawrence A. Oxley of th United States Labor Department and Victor Cools of the Resettlement Adcnini strati on, both of D. were visitors to New York City last weekend and 'stopped in at The Age office on Tuesday morning i a WASHINGTON, D. The an nual report of Recorder of Deeds William J.

Thomplrinj to' President Bovelt indicates that the first time in nine years the oic is Mt of. lb red and will report a turplu a the close of the fiscal year. In the report, Re ttHrr Thompkinf said: "Artivily a real estate exchange KOURW DEATH OF Owner Of La Mar Cheri Passes Away In Hospital Funeral services for the late Theodore Cherry, noted young local business man were held Monday afternoon from the Duncan Brothers Undertaking Parlors, 2303 Seventh avenue. Cherry, one of the partner in the ownership of La MarOeri, one of the newest and most, elaborate of the Harlem cocktail bars, situated at 147th street and St Nicholas avenue, died in Harlem Friday afternoon, after an illness of about 8 days. Death wag said to have been due to pneumonia and complications.

Considered one of the most en tcrprrising yoong business men in the community and one whose ingenuity set him apart Cherry was born and educated in Richmond, Virginia, 34 years ago. He came XT im 1077 diately interested himself in com 1 nei mercial ventures which reached their climax when, some month ago, in partnership with John La mar and V. W. Wnittingnaro, he opened up La Mar Cheri a cafe, decorated in an extremely mod ernistic' style which rapidly rose to popularity. Amour the close relatives sur viving him are.

his stepfather and mother. Mrr anrf Mr. J. Wat ind tMic hn, aad pass leno. a promsT.

vine r. vicrry, i his vrife rn ar and Bernard Cherry live aunt and Ci.l t. trlli nfc. 1 three uncles, tntertnent in Mount Hope Certieterv inwnediately after we entires. i REALTOR REPORTS ROliTDtGROBBERS Men Atteinptiner Holdup Fls When Victim Attacks Them Two holdup men attempting to rob the office of the Rosedale Realty Company.

73S St. Nicholas aveooo, met with stubborn resist ance from the proprietor. J. M. Watkms.

last Tuesday morning. with the result that was ratner un usual. Watkin a stalwart eentlemas, quite active despite hi eldetrly ap 1 pcaranc that be was con 1 Iroaud the couol who entered the office and commanded him to I I I throw up his hands, of tneiiUrd street during a tight in tront men wielded a gun, he sara. wnue the other brandished a wackjacn mnaeinorlv. Seising' opportunity a the men were starting to search him, 'ungej towara them, and succeeded in wrestling both! the gun and the blackjack from, their band, mereupon set upon tbem with tae weapons, using tnem to sucn ga mm that they immediately fled from th place, leaving their weapons behind.

Watkins admitted that the men did hold on to a $10 bill they found at the beginning of their earch hut this, together with th cnegry expended in h's attack upon them constituted hi only loss, he averred. 1 The robbers, may find ft a hit harder to balance their ac counts of the howup amce in exchange for the $10, they; wot only left their weapon but also suffered a few Wows which Watkins as sured were deliver wunoui the least hint of good intentions an hi part SPEAKS IN WlSt VA. INSTITUTE, West Dr. M. ItmiWWId.

aresioent of the Chi carT Branch ef the Urban League and a director of the Julius Rosen wild Fund, was guest speaker at Wt Virginia State College on Wednesday in connection with the celebraon of National Negro Health Week. is usually invariable and fnf al i I I I 1 I I 1 uoie revelation ot ousiness xrcnoi. 1 hoiiding at 10 a. m. Uuier mem and we are hapf to report a ma trs of the trustee party were escort Urial advance in the receipts of I coned over the campus Mprctrng the this ofhee to such an extent that I Agricultural Department the Worn a it rone oowsrd trend of general it Industries, the Academic an! business alone can account for it.

The office is out of the red for the 'first time In nine yesrs. and .1 will report surplus SI uc note ot IT "I lilf I 1 11 mill I II lili Ui liUUI IL I NEW, YORK, 'N. SATURDAY, APRIL 111936 Scott Red Case Is At StacdsuH No further ot ogress was reported by police tbia week, with the fire year old Scott Reed murder nrystery in connection with which Olseu Hawkins, and George Wat kins are now being held. In reannse'to an appeal published la The New York 'Age last week, several of the 22 persons wilted for quuuing by the au thoritx were located. The Age also takes this ip por unity of correcting an error wSch was last story wherein Hawkins 'was kWntified as a wnite nun.

and Watlons as a Negro. Both men are colored. VESTC1IESTERB0Y VUiS LIFE AWARD 13 Year Old Youth HlS Won Eleven Merit Badges in 15 Months YONKERS N. Edgar Han ley, of Troop 40 of this city was, th recent winner of the life Scout award which was presented at the last meeting of 'the South District Court of al to, took a training coiire; in per 'examination, 1 Edear taw firat, colored. Scout In this city to attain the lift rank.

He is the ef Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hahley of i Culver street and 13 years of ag. He ra a pupil at the Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ton kar High and has ueen scouting for .15 At (he present time he is holder of eleven merit badges.

Qii. Arrested Fcir fiTiirdsr flrrf. In Rl" tC UUI III TOlI (h SHr lt YPir Arraigned in Homicide Court on a I I a cnarge muroer, a man wno identified hitnieK.as George 27j 330 East 23rd street, wat held for further hearing. Monday. Booster.

he: is also said to be known as "Shorrr George" was ar rested by Detective Winterhalter of the 32nd squad Saturday night at wm street ana ugnm "uc. He' is accused of shooting and killing Robert Delaine, of 204 West of 2449 Eighth avenue, on uccem iw 1935. TO LECTUKB AT HOWAKll WASHINGTON, D. Justice James Watsoa of the Jdunici Mi ronrt of New York City wil deliver a special lecture at the Howard University Law bcnooi on 1 Saturday, May 9. Eccte T.

ffasbhglca feral. fetee Inst Fearers Bay Excrdses; TUSKBGE? Ala Ex tolling Booker T. Washington as one who "ha taken his place among the in the field ot American education," Dr. Emmett J. Seott secretary of Howard university.

Washinflon, a delivered the: Founders' Day address here aunoay. Dr. Scott's address was an infim ate rectal of the privation of the founder whom he served as secretary for 'ffStei vears. He exresed it as hit opinion that Booker T. Wash iiurtnn'i anw would rest Ctiietir no on his achievements in the field of education, and referred to the report of a Commission of the National Education Association which" named him as one of ten educators who have contributed 1 most to education in the United States during the past 100 yta s.

The program for the trustees be gan immediately after their arrival upon th campus. The annual spring MMtirw nf th Knani wafl A in ffc. room of the administra I College Departmwts and the site I where the rnncmr1 new Agrimlrnmllrisnj anl swnrrns, here to psrtiri I Building, gift of the while' smith, I ri, 1 ,1 win ne ctccicu. i irjni UUL JUu ljuu the fia aj yy. i evatun; atv clecawu be uard.dunag the rt iiiifkiriOi uc OF FOLLOWERS OF FA1IIER Mother and Daughter Are.

Victims. Of Hammer Slayer. iINWOOD, L. I. Chester Whit, a local resident was locked up in the Mineola here following his alleged confession to.

the' murder of Mrs. Fannie Davi and her daUghter, Wilhelmina, last week. The two vie' rims were in bed. their heads having been apparently, in with a hammer while they Slept According to p6l ice. White confessed the commission of the crime in a jealous rage.

He "slipped into the apartment, be aaid, after women had retired and the older woman first Toe daughter, sleepour the same bed. was aroused by his presence. however, he admitted. and tried to put up a fight bf.fore.be succeeded in. quieting her too.

was found badly battered and examination re vealed, that she was an expectant mother and on Questioning, White said to have admitted that he had been intimate with both, mother and daughter. The crime was disclosed by a brother, John Davis, who, becom ng suspicious 'when the women failed to appear all day, asked polios to investigate. White was arrested when he went bask to the apartment, suposedly to recover the hammer whkh tie had used as his aaurder weapoav; 1 victims were Mned from the Sautters 'funeral Horn in Arverne, hug crowd turn ad auttd witness the double servi ce. Elder Ventra Watkin of the Church of God. Far Rockawav.

of haated, assisted by Elders G. Brown and Heard, and the Rev. S. L. Mann of John's Baptist Church, Rockaway.

Interment was in Green field Cemetery, Hempstead. Nervcus Rd Estate Agent Arrted Fcr ShcoiicJii In Le? Nathan L. Howard, 32, of 80 St Nicholas place, an agent for Irv ing Bacbarach, realtor. was arrest ed on Saturday afternoon on charges of felonious assault in the shooting of Spivey Hill, 34, of 2180 Fifth avenue According to police. Howard who is a rent collector, encountered Hill on the ground floor of the apartment at 36 West 133rd street and became auspicious when Hill reached in his back pocket for a handkerchief.

Fearing that the man was attempting to draw a gun on him, police say Howard drew his revolver and shot Hill in the right leg the bullet penetratin intn the left leg. The wounde man wag rushed to Harlem" Ho oital Detective Dorfman arrested Howard for felonious assault Dr. Stxtt Ssdis Maurica A Lee. member of the Department of English of Talladega College and member of the class of 1916 wliich is observing its 20th anniversary reunion, derivered" the alumni rddress. Prof.

Lee is the son of Dr. J. R. E. Lee, president the Floitna A.

4 M. College, TaJ uhaisee, ria. Prof. Lee's address was followed by the presentation of the cantata. Hiawatha Wedding reast Tuskegre Choir of 100 voices, sup ported by 5(Htcce orchestra with wiiiam L.

Liawson conaucxing. At the vesper, service Sunday there wis special music by the Tus kegee Choir. Dr, William bchitl fe in. rluirman of the board of trus tees, wha presided, presented several trustees and other visitor who spoke briefly. Alphonse Heriinf burg, rrrsormel director of Tuske pc Institute, on behalf of President F.

V. ratterson and faculty, presented Di. Schieffelin with birth day toVoi, made in the shops of the Institute, as an expression of their pnreciatlon of Dr. Schicffelin'i keen interest in Tuskegee and its workers. Scores of prominent prrons from all parts of the country were pres ent st the exerctiirs.

ljrvn phytl nsfe in the 25th anniversary of the 1 .1 jvm nugrtw ouuay, xloMAt iiiimin IMlTTITn in DENIES PLEAS F0.1 PEACE Italians Qatn Road To 11 Addis Ababa Is Now Clear. ADDIS ABABAr Oeapite Italian claims of sweeping victories and imminent 'capture of thU capital; advices Issued here this week are said to have reoudiated ail ra. mors tnt emperor Haile Selassie is suing for peace. In reolv to re quests for a statement, the Emperor saw 10 Tare asserted that the nght would be continued, "until the nsr invader is driven out.1 Although admitting he is Mill prepared to negotiate within "the framework the League of Na tions, as before, Selassie was quoted a denying emphatically that he had made any to Rome for peace. Declaring his ooinion thai the am plications would effective in bringing the war to an end; he is tsid fo have urged that no further delay in applying thsm muit be allowed by newcsiHjns and tevtrerr denounced the for their, employment of barbarous anethod of warfare.

1 The moralr of hi people how ever, continued the Emperor, still unbroken, and he expressed confidence that the fight could be continued as 4ong as the Julians desired. Meanwhile from the headauarters of the Italian fofceS in Northern Ethiopia, Marshall Badoglio. com mander its chief, aanouBced Monday that, his divisions had smashed their way through the last remnants of Selassie's Imperial Guard and the road to Addis Ahaba was now open. The clash responsible for bringing about this result it was claimed, had occurred at Alamada, 10 miles of Quorant. Heavy lossa were' inflicted on the crack Ethiopian troop, it was said, aad the Italian divisions were now pushing their way southward along the Highway" lead ing tOjDcssye and, Addis Ababa.

According to the Italians, hundreds of the Ethiopian warriors were fleeing ia disorder and the backbone of resistence has completely broken. Italian airplanes continued their bombing raid at Marshal Badog lio declared that the offensive would not be halted until, the. entire empire had been brought under control 0 Sea cf Dr. P. W.

Cbcsy At Ae cf Edit Perry "Wl ir 8 year old son of Perry W. Qianey, died Monday morning. April 6, at the home of hi parents, 1890 Seventh avenue. after an Illness of two month. Funeral services were conducted from St Martin's Chapel.

Wedens day at 11 a. m. and burial was at Flushing Rodney Dade and Brothers were the unoertaVers in charge. Boy playmates acted as pallbearer. 1 RALLY NETS $909 DAYTONA BEACH.

Fla. A local rally of students, teachers and friend, of Betbune Cookman College poured into the campaign fund the neat sum ef S900 last Sun day and brought the grand total to within S400 of the J1Z.0U0 goal et order to be eligible to claim a provisional gift of an equal amount from the General Educa tion Board. It i confidently ex pected that within the next few days the sum will be made up. OF niT7f AThiitx in NEB lIEAVEf MERN STATES Negroes Lose Lives As Homes Are Blown 1 Into 1 Lake Sweeping swiftly through half a dozen southern state, a tornado in flicted widespread death and destruction early Monday. Towns in Geog ta.

Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and' Arkansas. Reports of dead aad injured, ever mounting, had reached 300 and 3,000 respectively, as The Age went to press, and it was estimated that more than S.QD0 were left homeless. A number of Negroes were included in in the reports of casttalittr. GAlVUVOill Ga. Deaths mounted to, the neighborhood of 200 and snore than 300 were reported injured as relief agencies went about, the task.

of attempting to ed by the "twister" fhaT struck this town early Monday rooming, fourteen city blocks ef business house and a small section of the residential district were totally wrecked 'hr the storm which is said to have lasted nlv about two or three mmutes. Fires, following the storm, increas ed the damage but were reported to be under control. Two'1 women injured and about twenty twe tuildings damaged was the report here of (he storm which is said to have cut a path about 75 yards wide through the town. WOODSTOCK. A.

Five buildings were wreck and one building struck by lightning as the result ot the tornado passing through here, it was reported. No injuries were revealed, however, HISS. Skrilring with incredible fury, the tornado spread death and destruction. Monday. More than 200 were reported killed and many more injured by the "twister" which almost wiped out the town.

Negre icasuauties mounted when a group of cabins along the edge of a lake familiarly "Gum Pond" were resorted blown into the wafer, carrying with them all the inhabitants. The of dead ran tip to more than fifty, and fear was expressed that the bodies would never be recovered. Fires, bursting out after the storm, were finally extinguished by firemen, aided by heavy rains but. damage were said to be extensive. Between 500' and 1,000 persons were believed to have been injured aad was feared that many more victims might be found in the wreckage.

Tupelo; known as the "TV A Gty was tne nrst town to utlue the Mus cle Shoals power Its population was about IUjUUOl COLUMBIA, Ten were reported dead here as the result of the storm which swept tnrougn tne area. oorritviLLi. l. Thirteen dead were" reported her as the result of the tornado. ATjaran.

Seven deaths were ascribed to th "twiner which passed through here Monday. Death toll of the storm her wat et at four. ILIWOOD. ALA, Fatalhie from the tornado' her amounted to four. LACB0SSX.

A fiat. One death was reported here from the tomada and Profeasor W. Borfy of the University of Southern California. Acting Dean Taylor ha been appointed chairman of the Coundt for the year 1537. Mr.

Taylor acting dean and professor of law, and has brrn mrrrtber the Howard Law Faulty sine 1929, Prior to 19JJ. he of Ulcajcr Cook Couatj, JlEcrii2Q lav SclcoI Assittecs7 KEgTO 10 ICZCU WASHINGTON. D. Th Association of American Law Schools has just announced the appointment nf Acting Dean W. Taylor of the Howard University Law School to the Council of the Round Table on property and Statu of the As The other two mensVrs of.

the Council ar Professor Carl F. Arnold tlTaaeriS ed Wjegatng TWELVE PAGES Kvmtf i nri IS DISCLOSED Of Celt Id Hare OsTcj IS PROMISED LAinr1 1 Evanjelist Make Tc? Through New Estzi? Over Weekend Tu Father DMne tnarrnia1 tv lead hi followers out of Like wildfire, this question, and oth er similar ones, was spreading about the community this' week, following' the report that the noted little evan gelist had just acquired a new tract of land and wee cceonieiitg it Iron among his local follower. The new "heaven an estate or about 500 acre in Ulster County, said to have heen christened the Promised Land" and' it ha bean' au thoriutivere reported that esor thri 100 of hi Harlem followers have mdy moved into the houses. Insiri tion foTMhe rise of the vwnor cf 3 general exodus heUeved to the aUeged declaration by DH oh I'ntanticns to furflwr tiv? land hoUfirigs al his follower to forsake the wickedness of the lOver thie recent weekend. Divine 1 reported to have made a trip ef inspection 'through his latest Accompincd bv Louis Lamb, 'one if his white the evarcelt said to have driven in his Umo sine to wnern ne was by his anon, AU nr A.

Madisoa, and sever of his folic wers who accompanied him tlmeghi rheaven." Long standing curiosity' on the i of those outside his ftock as to t. source of the fund wHth whsca, he carries on his activities, taonea rs new heights by this latent move, re mained unsatisned, however, 3 qrso tioning on such matter fceirj ac? with reclies whkh were veiled ia ti atmosphere of spiritual ikB Sccfca GD Drira Fcr Frflli Oui; Clebratirar the fifth anorvarr of its existence, the Harlem 1 of the International Labor Dt will open a drive for funds to carry on the defense and relief, work ia Harlem on Easter Monday, wa announced Monday by Jane Gtr3. organizational secretary of the 1 lem 1. and Kranx u. uru i.

state field organiser, who is tow ten centraUng all of his efforU oa C.e Harlem section. The amount to ts raised is $500 and it i hoped that quota will be exceeded by Iarz amount In a statement concermug tie drive. Green aaid, "It is now five year since ts opening of the Harlem section the L'D. During that Um vri have carried out many success campstgns. Hundreds of case when Negroes were victi mixed were wt3 by our efforts.

work has. been dics bat we have carried on in spite of aU Obstacle the terror we arc i faced with a seriocs situation in Harlem. We must rare, funds to carry on the splendid 'z of our organisation, to keep op record for unceasing truggle ense of our people which we have won for ourselvts, and which won for ourselves, and tion of the justke loving people c. Hatlem. STABBED IN FIGHT William Tolliver.

19. of 257 Wei? 143rd street, was taken to Harle Hospital suffering from st wounds df the abdomen which He say he received In an alterc tion with Ben Bracy of 275 Wt 134th street. IE AGE.D3S ArcM teal Brooklya Club Classified Ad. mm I 11 Feature Out ef Town Kaxliograjih 1 Society 4 Sports Religiooa mom 11 Tltttree 4.