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AS CHRISMAS CHEER WAS DISPENSED irfein Outdoes Itself in Effort Itzii xf DMrihited The. Christmas spirit made itself very much in evidence last Tuesday as, countless Harlemites sat down to dinner, with prayers of thankfulness on their Hps. Through the efforts of many local institutions tnd organizations, more, than 5,000 Christmas bas kets were distributed, over the.coonnaaUr. lA'huie, tnilliSt mass of human' Jty assembled front of the Cot ton Club, 142nd street and Lenox Srenoe, last Monday morning, Christmas Eve, where, through the courtesy of the management of the world famous night dub, over 3,000 baskets were handed out Of these, 1,500 were distributed through The New York Age and Editor Fred R.JWoore. Stark, manager of the Cotton Ouh, and his group of employees, from stars down to attendants, all turned out early Monday morning and spent most of.

the day oiling the baskets and giving then out to the long line that filed through the place. Each basket contained a 5 pound chicken, founds of potatoes, a bead of' cab bage, i pounds of carrots, a dozen apples, a half dozen oranges, cans tomato evaporated milk tnd Pork and beans, 1 pound of war, a package of rice, a pack age of tea and 2 loaves of bread. At the Ubangi Club, 132nd street and Seventh avenue, Joe Springer, manager, and bis fellow workers bpsied themselves distributing more than 1,000 similar baskets as their tture of spreading good cheer. As in the case of the, Cotton Club, the New York Age and Editor Moore were instrumental fa plac a good many of the baskets the hands of deserving poor, and at both places rendered material assistance in preparing the 'bask ts for distribution. William Britt, proprietor of the Bnttwood, one of the more popu local restaurants, came through handing out not only 500 baskets but also providing shoes a number of needy persons in section.

The Citizens Chriit Cheer Committee, under the I Jadership 0f L. Brjggs, tributed 75 baskets last Saturday Ben Roman, manager of the Theatre, expressed I pleasure at' being able to out 50 baskets. i "nmerous other "toted their bit to the holiday Rey John Johnson, mili lt Pastor of St Martin's Church, 1 Cop tinned on page three the weekend, to the poor In Salt Lake Cty, 16, 1902, Beulah Tburmaa bore bet1 husband, Oscar, a son, whpra. they called. Wallace, The boy the usual routine of solid growths play, the public schools, and then the steadying 'influence of college.

He graduated from the University of Utah, leaping instantly after that mile pcct. of his. into, the riotous sea of the thing which amazed hhn; mystified him, struck him with everlasting awe the reasonable and unreasonable con duct of men. Wallace Thurman's Jast, years pn literature, sincere to his cause in choosing it as a medium of ex pression thus, when he came out of the West into New York Gty, the men and women who really mattered recognized his worth and his merit and received him warmly and graciously. He bad a newspaper on the Pacific Coast, trying exceedingly hard to establish, the movement of the "New Negro" there; but the Pacific Coast wasn't yet ready for such colorful renovation; and so Mr.

Thorman determined to ind oh er youth like himself ame to Harlem where Coontee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Aaron and. Arna Bos tempt were leading the valiant Mf. Thofman's adjustment' rose steadily, thereafter, from the level of three months of unemployment and contact with the single individual be knew in New York to a job on a newspaper failed, to a job on the "Messenger." to circulation: Manager of the WorIJ From then on nis life in bis profession went up and up. Wallace Thurmans last years on earth dramatized his life. He made his ascent with the rise of the term "New Negro" and when (hat phase of his race's history seemed to take the down road, be remained at the top.

He wrote a new novel, "The Infantf of the warnine thore who had climbed the road with him that the decline of the "New Negro" movement was at hand, that it would be well to brace the wavering line, to torn to new i "ir Mobs Threatened 2 hScsthXcisDay io 17, accuUi ol kjtat PoliceTt her flat or surrender It alto Chief Wa B. Souther, was taken se cretly to Mothef county ri Christmas Day to prevent threatened mob violence after he had been captured a swamp hide out a few hours arflerV The youth Is accused of snatch inf Souther's pistol and shooting bin to death after the Chief had arrested him on a charge of steal ng ore rails from a local store. Dead "CSrary subject matter. He illus trated his contention by writing The Interne" with H. L.

Furman, a novel of hospital life wbich dealt with people and not with a racial group or problem. And. then this young man, who made a great name for himself and history for' bis lived the last, act ta.ft.rfrroa.of his pwn making. An illness confined him to the very hospital used as a background for "The Interne." He fought hard! He never gave up. His friends fought with him.

Bnt there is always a curtain, a final curtain, in a play, His life's drama was short; but quality of it was exquisite. Mr. Thurman died at City Hos pital on December 21 after a lin gering illness. Funeral services were on Monday from the chapel of Levy and Delany, 211 West 134th street, with the Rev. William Lloyd Imes, pastor of St James Presbyterian Church, officiating.

RreScclticroUttfegi LOS ANGELEsT CAL Police smashed five Scottsboro street meetings in one evening here last week, according to advices recent' ly received. It alleged that gangs of hoodlums were mobilized with the police at each of the five announced meeting places. The Worker's Laboratory Thea tre Corps, after five unsuccessful attempts te present the play, "Murder in Scottsboro" at the meeting places, finally paraded down Central avenue with banners bearing signs as "Free Scottsboro Boys" and "Free Hern don. At 86th street and Broadway, the workers grouped around the meet ing prevented it from being broken up while the play was presented and speeches were made by speak 1 the Labor Defense and tne Dcottsboro Action Committee. Vttlovi 0 Classified Ad Sec The New York Age, 5 Efforts To Send White Woman to Asylum for Marrying Negro Fails CHICAGO.

Ill (CNA) The at tempt to send Mrs. Jane Newton (white), wife of Herbert Newton, to the insane asylum on the ground that "she must be insane to marry a Negro," failed last Thursday when psychiatrists, after examining Mrs. Newton, declared that she is "not only sane, but exceptionally brilliant." The report was made in Municipal Court before Judg Thomas A. Green. The ruling that Mrs.

Newton must undergo psychiatric examina toin was handed down by Judge Green in connection with the strucirle of the Newtons to remain in their apartment at 615 Oakwood boulevard. The fight to prevent their eviction from thi otherwise lily white apartment bas rocked Chicago, and particularly the South Side, foe the past few weeks A New Name For Mrs, Newton was turned over to Dr. David Rotman, municipal psychiatrist of the Psyhcopatbic Hospital. Dr. Rotamn at once er pressed the opinion that the girl was suffering from "dementia simplex" evidently a fancy pseudo scientifific name for the belief that all men are created free and equal.

Mrs. Newton had been brought into court December IS. The struggle began when Dr. O. P.

Mitchell (white), owner of the apartment bouse In. question, ifrderea miss nmii' gether. Miss Williams' refusal to mmntv tad to court action by (he landlord and a decision by" Judge Green that the Newtons) must move. ludee Green also sent Wewton to jail to await trial, after neighbors had replaced the Newtons' furniture their flat following their eviction. The same judge levied fine of $200 against Mrs.

Newt and Miss Frances Carroll fwhitet whn was with Mrs. New ton at the time the police raided (he apartment' Sentence in the case against Mrs. Newton and Miss Carroll was suspended. Ancestors Were Revolutionists Mrs. Newton.

who is 26, was Miss jane Emery of Grand Rap ids, Michigan. iht studied at tne University of Michigan. Mrs. New ton can trace her ancestry back to men who took part in the Boston Tea iarty and fought in the Uni on Army during the Uvii war. Im only carrying on their hgnr, she told the court "My grandfather died in defense of the principle that all men are created free and equaL" lane Emery married Herbert WufMi in IQU aiul hv have a year old son, Michael Newton, is ronunent communist leader, and was twice canaioate or mat Party for Congress against Oscar DePnest Mass meetings, demonstrations and the picketing of the landlord's home have marked the struggle of the Chicago workers.

Negro and white to prevent the eviction of the Newtons. Alt tenants in the house at 615 Oakwood boulevard are standing solidly with the New tons. The International Labor Defense is defending all persons arrested in connection with the case. Highway Cop Sm GREENVILLE, S. Stale Highway Patrolman E.

D. Milan, 23, was shot and beaten to death when he sought to quell a disturbance in a Negro school house, six miles south of here late Christmas Day. His body was found by oth er officers with the. head battered and pierced by three bullets. rCRPAYTDECEMBER 29, 1934 Murderer of War time Buddy Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to 30 Years For the murder of Lieutenant Eric Knowles, an officer of the 369th Regiment, New York National Guard in an argument which in volved payment of a two dollar debt, Herbert Francis, war buddy and roommate of the slain was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Judge Rosalsky last Tuesday.

The defendant had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. The slaying aroused much com ment in local military circles last October, and Knowles was tendered a military funeral which was at' tended by many of his comrades in the' National Guard and in the regular army, Harris told the police, at the time of his arrest, that he had been drinking, and consequently had not known what he wa doing. He had gone to the apartment he shared with Knowles after he had been drinking freely, and accused the lieutenant of cheating him out of a two collar wager. Words led to blows, and dashing to a closet Harris seized Knowle'a service automatic and fired at him point blank, striking hias io the head and chest lUalixhtg what he bad done, Har apartment of George Washington, superintendent of the building who would not at first believe the story of the slaying as Harris recounted it attributing the tale to over indulgence in drinking. Investigating finally, he found Knowles dead and persuaded Harris to go with him to the police.

where he was placed under arrest by Detective Winterhalter Knowles had served overseas with the Old Fifteenth Regiment, and was later promoted to a lieutenancy in the 369th Infantry, N. Y. N. G. Harris had been a corporal in the same Company as Knowles, and together they shared the apartment at 211 West 145th street Both men had come from the Bntfsh West Indies and both were employed by the same engraving company downtown.

In his spare time, Knowles had been taking an extension course at Columbia University in engineering. Knowles was buried in the Na tional Cemetery, in Brooklyn. Negroes Coctbze Fight To Succeed W. Andersen To Internal Pest The appointment of SigmVnd Sol omon as superintendent of the Unit ed States Assay Office, New York, by President Roosevelt instead of being made Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District as forecasted by local politicians has raised hopes of Negro aspirants who have visions of succeeding Charles W. Anderson.

Dr. God frey Nurse, backed by Martin J. Healy of the 19th A. is reported to be making in active fight for the appointment while James Thomai and Henri W. Shields continue to press their claims.

2i i 1 jteto orb its Vzj Rtilzi aid A ILppy and Prcjpcrccs HevrYear Ad eitxfj this fcr fckticrit fchtss vzitz ad Hew Year k.iKAiLik.tlkAI Ai(M(Jkui I iXl.iViiiit mil He New York Age The New York Age IUV I1VH 1VIU tujv Extends To Its Many Readers vi Extenas to its Many Headers The Season's 1 hps 3 NcHerjtl VedJy 1. Greetings VOL 49. No. 17. ft to Scenctt CIuiatmit baskets were dittribnted to pe0r of Htrlem at the Cotton Club.

Insert center ihowt Herman Stark, manager of the dab. be prepared to five out the first basket. Insert top right. Little Alphonse Matthews, 7, of 669 Lenox avenue, who received the first basket, briar held by Patrolman John Mortality of the Precinct. 0 Letter From The Chief Executive To The Editor of THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Honorable Fred fi Koare Editor, The Efttork.igep 230 Test 135th Street, Eev'Xorfc City.

PearsaAppcSrts 1st Native Police Chief In Virgin Islands ST. THOMAS. V. In the shadow of grint red walls of Fort Christian, the 100 native police force lined tip few days sgo to help make Virgin Islands history. The ceremony they witnessed, id their snappy white dress uniforms, was highly significant to natives of the Virgin Islands.

For the first time in me btstory of the island, a native was handed commission as District Chief of Po lice for St Thomas was handed the commission by the first native to fill the position of Government Secretary, the leading executive position in die Virgin Islands government. Heretofore, the small police force of St Thomas has been officered by continentals only (at first by U. S. afarine oncers detailed from tne troops at the Naval Station). A retired Army officer, Captain E.

AC Curran, was lately appointed Director to reorganize the force. Now, a native, Lawrence French, nas just been inducted as District duet. Natives of the islands, 93 percent of whom are Negroes, are happy over this latest evidence of the de termination of their first Civilian Governor, Paul M. Pearson, to give uUnders a hiah place in running their own affairs. As a result of mis definite policy of the Pearson Administration, over 75 percent of the administrative and professional posi tions in the Virgin Islands Government are now held by natives, against 10 percent under the Navy Administration.

Virgin Islanders are proud of the new opportunities open to them under the Pearson administration. In presenting; Mr. French bis commis sion. Acting uovernmeni aecreiary Morris F. de Gastra young, able, na tive eader on the Governor's staff, expressed the general sentiment among Islanders when he said: "I experience a sense of pride at this moment because I consider it a privilege, as the nrst Virgin Islander holding this position, to officiate at the ceremony of appointment of the first Virgin Islsnder to be appointed District Chief of Police.

I see in this function this morning the hieh part which we, as natives of me bland, are destined to take in oar government under the guidance of a wise leader, our uovemor. Accused cf Priute Detect fea Paul Francis, '33, of 235 West 130th street was held in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Auretio in Washing' too Heights Court, Saturday, on complaint ot iter Den Boniin, a pri ate detective, of 110 East 120th sire. Duniin cnargea wi wiuie i tv be was in a restaurant at 2J91 Sev tntt avenue, on July 13th, Francis ItrtfJc him nn kr4 with ttlitnt isutrumenv SIXTEEN PAGES December 19, 1934 My dear Mr, Moore: I.have been inf oraed that January first will nark the beginning of the fiftieth year of continuous publication of the Hew lork Age lour paper has rendered fine errica during this past half century I welcoaa this, opportunity to extend congratulations and wish you and your associates continued success in your field of public service, Very sincerely yours, GflVali Daf 3S ExteodXongnitolaticjs On Baphg cf Ages 50th Year Coneratulatorv letters from notable DersU from all walks of life, notably President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor editors of New York's leading daily newspapers, have begun to pour into the office of The New Yor Age with the beginning of its celebration of it1 Search of Hose of Aged Vcman Reveals Hoard cf Valuables On Saturday, December ISth, Mrs. Brown, a familiar old figure about the streets of Harlem, died her home, on.

the ground floor of 167 West 133rd street Later the same day, public investigators called in to go through the effects of the old lady who had been on an old age pension for a number of years, found, secreted in different parts of the bouse, some $1,500 in cash A week later continuing the search, the public administrator, came across an old trunk and. breaking it open, found therein $1,500 more in cash and a quantity of stocks and bonds, jewelry and old gold, whose value, although not determined at yet, is estimated to run into a sizeable fortune Mrs. Brown, who bad lived in this city for many years, was born at Nashville, Tennessee, about 80 years ago. For the past few years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Johnson, a widow of 41.

Mrs. Johnson, in cidentally, recently suffered a mental disorder and is now under observation, pending committment to an asylum. In the trunk were found also records indicating that the daughter had $400 deposited in a Postal Savings account. Funeral services for Mrs. Brown were held Tuesdsay, December 18, from the undertaking parlors of Wainwrigbt and Son, 162 West Maxwell, officiating.

Interment was in Mt Olivet Just what disposition is to be made of the unearthed treasure has yet Oeen announced. A search Jmg, ma(t for a mtn reported to be the son of the dead woman an .1 uam beea found. 5 CENTS Per Copy The New York Ae i Herbert H. Lehman, ana fiftieth anniversary, of service to Negroes throughout the country. Significant of the Age's influence) and worth to the nation are the fol lowing letters, just a few of Jaw many that have already been re ceived; From Got.

Beraert Ltknutm I wish to express to 70a and associates my hearty congratolai flfwfl hsaf WIftliM am iLa i i'. i vcJ" i. wit Miive va yvsrva a of the 50th year of the publicatiotfV fj of The New York An hnrf period of service to your readers) and to your community must be a source of great satisfaction to you as well as a tribute to the initiative and enterprise of its founders. I wish you many more years of service and also wish to convey through the medium of your speciatj edition, kindest holiday greetings) to your readers Hcrbert Leh man. from The If ew York, Times Celebration of fifty years of continuous publication of The New iorK Age is an event worthy of note throughout the Nation.

It tes4 tifies to the will and the capacity of an important section of our pop4 Julation to contribute to the general culture of America. I tend con TatuUtions and best. 'wishes for arther success in serving the nation serving the interests of your race. iXUIS WILEY, business mgr. rem He Herald Tribaae 1 have long been an admirer of brour paper; partly I suppose be cause it covers what to me is th most interesting section of New York, I wish you continued KoW serity and increasing prestige.

STANLEY WALKER, Gty i hJ rroa X. X. JoaM. Advim Oa gre Aiatta, Dept. ef Cesaaurce 1 am writing to congratulate The) New York Age on the occasion of (Coatinaed oo page J) jlr Lis.