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i THE FIRST LADY GETS A titaT nf i MaJ IfttiflT pins a corsage of red roaea the banquet of the Council man of. the Danquct ana executive secretary. Mrs. nuosevcu buuicoku ea wno auenaea. inieinauuaoi iiuvw.

CHEC' "ALL Italia Sinmi mimm ROME Italv Dec 3 Reports released here )ast week hoV' that 113 airplanes have been constantly required defend and WitSto wit, Jincfc list August," from attacks by Etiuopia; chief fc.qnever submitted, wbmittcd and then rebelled ga nut Italian domination. irn nd Debo Heavy fighting took place, at mnoeJa, mipeai uons, tnriiri mountnini. Railway service between Addia Aba end Djibouti ha beeft cut IT Hcvcial times. Italian authorities, who hvt been lfnoving other report about army hmt. finally admitted laat week (hut thry have been loslny.40 men tponihly, due to disease and guerilla mrfaie.

They stated that planes ie bein(t used to bomb and machine gun the natives into aubmia HOWTJOY CASE IS COVINGTON. Ky.f Dec. 2 They fctrtrd Pete Montjoy In the Cov i Vton courtyard aatuiday morn Fe; Montjoy had toot committed ai'irier. but a whits woman aaia it 'tackrd her. Tcrc Montjoy was dope peddler, rttldiins dope not lawful busl ts.

Pete Montjoy used alleya to f' his trade. was in an alley that he met thp w.mnin who said he attacked he: There were thoue who claimed that fhe niade the charge aftlast Montjoy to save hcraelf from biuassnient after the jfcad been i i in the alley with the dope bc was a white woman, south womanhood. Tha jurom who ii 1 the cast against Montjoy nr ail white men. Theae" facto: were barriers, to the unpreju i onsKleration of evidence. Sot.o of tho "ood white peopli" Covington and Cincinnati used trry niciis at thoir command to poor dope peddler, but he Maok and she was white so thry hanged Pete Montjoy.

POLICEMAN SAVES 4 FROM DEATH BY GAS Mn Anrr puri 23 The ess a white policeman vrd the U. es of four Negroes eoio nie by coal gas In their home Saturday morning Tic offlcer. Patrolman Squall. walking by the houaa at 2028 tt'atkm street, when he amelled J' f. He broke In the door nd ''1 Mrs.

Susie Oieert," her aon, Thurman. 39. and 23. in a semi conscious "i'ion in bed. They were taken Agnes hospital, tratei ana iaihed.

EBBEB. JBY on Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, First Ladyof the Land, at. in New York Saturday. Left, Mrs.

Clara Bruce, chair Ar.JErJCAnMSPORT PAGES City, Wb en cernine the it Con CHILDREN GETTING THEIR LETTERS OFF TO SANTA 1 8 Probably ignorant of the imminence of Santa Glaus who tips up in their wake, Sarah Trower, seven year old Pittsburgh girl, holds her brother John, four, up to the mail box so that he can get his Xrnas message, to the merry old' gent on time. Courier staff photo. 1 8 NEGRO CCC CAMPS AMONG 104 TO BE CLOSED ON JAN. 1 WASHINGTON, D. 23 (ANP) Elfht CCC camp for Negroes are numbered among; the 1H cnp slated for cloning by January 1, 1S.

in ac corclaaee with the program for the Janaary. February and March, quarter, approved last fr BOUQUET: nnnnnil of Women. eora. oernau, 1 ft wek by Koljert di 'recter of ine Civilian Conservation Corps. The program calls for malntenajice of ISM campf during the present nscaT.

yeetr. XUtreJieee asidgned to campt scheduled for closing will be sdlgned te other csgmpa, said' tho director, 'Witt 1 i la fi (T llllil Hi IP flit) LZl So LZ3 pmm wisD VOL; XXTI? No. 53 nnn 3 Tk.Txrr vnuir Ruby Elzy, soprano, who; lives queSUOnea Dy ft reported loss of 1 Phi Beta Sigmas Meet In Detroit Next Week DETROIT, Dec. 23 Members of Phi' Beta Sigma fraternity will hold their annual conclave here, Dec. 27 30.

A public mass meeting will be held at Bethel A.M.E. Church, Monday, Dec. 27, at which time the raters will be welcomed to the city by Mayor elect Richard W. Reading. fiR'l pjj job 3 mm PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, DECOIBEB 25, 1937 rjy no non nn nn po i "That'' HHiriilrtim!" pxp.laimed kt 357 W.

115th street, this courier, reporter awuiiuajr vwx her job: after she had sung at a luncheon for wjvea 01 ma Supreme court Justlcea given by Mrs. Rooaevclt. A. World Telegram reporter who Interviewed her at her home quoted Miss Elzy saying I don't know where I'm at Things been happening too fast to ma in the, laat couple of days. I guess the JUnd bf semgs.

sing arsn't Vhat they wnt ift s. nite This plaint was supposed to have been occasioned by the loss of ber Job la a olta Jfot NIt Club Singer "In the, first" place," explained Miss Elzy to The "I am not what Is generally regarded as a nite club singer. I did accept a job for one week at the Kit Kat club when it was represented to me that the club was faced with an emergency. That week ended the night before I went to Wash lngton. "Further, I already have com mittments which would prevent ram from worklnir on anv job.

I go into the Apollo theater for one week beginning tnia nway. un (Continued on Pag Four) CL.AI E3 fl 0 SbUGHTPREF 1 4 Ruby Elzy, New York soprano, who was guest artit last Wednesday when Mre. Roosevelt entertained for wives of the Supreme court justices. Miss Elzy informed The Courier that reports she had lost a job as a consequence of her appearanoe at the White House were untrue. Astute Diplomatic Maneuvers of President Vincent Foils Efforts to Throw TrujiUo's War MachiBe By EDGAR T.

ROUZEAU WASHINGTON, DecVS It will be news to most persons that Haiti's status as a sovereign power has been hanging on a thread for at least a month. It is no longer a. secret that war between that nation and the Republic of aan uomingo wu cioser am.a muai i observers thought, ana tnai cniy the statesmanship or rresioeni Runln Vincent and his cabinet has saved the day for the Little Black Republic It has just been announced by the Dominican legation here that the Dominican government has accepted the Gondra Treaty as an Instrument of mediation of her dispute with the Haitian gov ment, arising from the reported killings 8,000 Haitan laborers in Dominican raids along the Haitan Domintcan border. In the llgnt of recent developments and the attitude of Dictator Rafael Trujillo of be Dominican Republic, whenever the subject of mediation has been advauced, the acceptance by bis government of the Gondra Treaty, which Haiti Invoked, is seen here as a face saving set and it means that Haiti has emerged with flying colors from what Is probably the most critical moment in her enire history as a nation. Not even the Invasion of Haitan territory by American Marinea could be likened to the aituatlon which presented Itself when the of State for Foreien Af fairs cf the Dominican Republic, in a note to the Haitian Minister early in November, Inormed him that the Dominican government had been insulted bv certain af fidavits which the Haitian government had presented to sustain its charges of a wantus massacre by Dominicans.

The note wis a bann ing to the Haitian government. it implied mat initiator xruju.o was casting about for a pretext to snd his rmv nrobablv the XlOSt powerful in the Weat Indiea, on rrr. Boston Debutante Warned As Governor's Secretary Pretty Edwins, Campbell, ,19 Years Old, Selected From Long list of Applicants. BOSTON, Dec. 23 Nine fpfn vear old Edwin a Camn bell was recently chpsen from I).

C30 mm JEFFERSON CITY, 23 When th Misscun Supreme Court last Friday cited the Scottsboro decision in ruling that deliberate exclusion of Negroes from' juries is unconstitutional, it marked the first decision of iU Kind C.1 1 HI A Into uear. ram na ien rAiirtiipRt. Th Haitian government was possessed oi connaenuai imormauon wnicn (Continued on Page four) ens, Jury Disagrees In Case bteph Acquitted Six Year Old Girl To PIay Ovh Vork On National Up NEW YORK, Dec 23 Fnlllp Schuyler, six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George S.

Schuyler, has been invited to play her original com position, "Christmast Eve," over tho National Broadcasting Company hookup from Station WJZ, this city, Deo. 28. She wiQ broadcast on the Children's Ex N. Y. AssemblM, Claimed He Paid Brothers $600 ror better Job.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 James E. Stephens, who fcfr five consecutive terms was elected to the Legislature as an assemblyman from Harlem, was acquitted last week by Ja General Sessions jury of a job fixing charge, but the juy discharged tn tne case or nis oroin er. Alexander H. Stephens, a co defehdant in the case.

Prev H. Buchanan, a postal clerk. charged that he paid the brothers $600 in 1934 to secure him a roremanahlp. The ex assemoiy brother was released in $2,500 baJi to await argument on dismissal of the indictment. Views and Reviews This Week Page Twelve USED CAR TO HAUL CHURCH MEMBERS ST.

LOUIS, Dec. 23 Fined $250 Friday for operating a taxi without cab license, liability insurance, displaying fare rates and using an unilt vehicle, Rev. Marcellus Anderson, Baptist minister, plana to appeal. He said be hauled only members of hia congregation and they did not pay fare. of Brother Festal Clerk OAKDALE.

La Dec. TS The Rev. J. H. Clayborn.

editor of the Southern ChrisUan flcial organ of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with offices In Little Rock. Ara, was sxraca and oeaten by white marshal of this city, Tha Mr. Clavborn was vis iting 4 the JxuJsiana Cow fin' 1 1 t1 price te: cias GOVERNOR SECRETARY' a 'I tt. i Edwlna' Cairtpbell. one of Bo ton's prettiest dabs, who recently turned buslnens girl urlev choaa her from a Jong list of applicants to becoms one of his secreuriea in he Stats House.

She la the daughter ef Dr. and Mrs. D. D. IU1L.

a Jong. list of appaicants to, ne one Of. the secretaries, to GovSrnpr T. Hurley. A.

daughUr o'l Dt. and Mrs. D. IX HaJV Mla: graduate' of Glrra High school and Boston Clerical, nd ia of lunloc League i a rs rr Th rtilinr tr ran ted a new trial to Anderson Logan, accused of fatally shooting his wife three jeers ago, because she sought to divorce him. CommenUng.

Cole County author ities atated: Ve Just haveh't been putting Negro's names on Jury wbeeW." They further said they hadn't decided whether tnt UlegsJ practice would" be stopped; program between and Is o'clock, eastern standard lime. In the DtlUppa. cooi posed ChfitU mas Eve" last year when she was five, as Christmas present to her mother. Jn (be composition you, can. near 'little' tinkling bells on Santa's sleigh and cathedral chimes, Alpha Scholarships Total.n6reThair$l,C00: The Alpha Thl Alpha Fraternity 1837 38 a fellowship and febolar.

ahipa amounting to according to report frdoi th of; Dr. Rayfocd W. Logan of Atlanta the fratertjlty'a director of education, frence. being held here" lii Greater rhanel. witneases, the marshal c'ainwd, that some of delegates' uaiomtrblje and of trthers at the parked too far out en th big (Continued on.

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