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ill WuulkiSk Henry Former Policy King Gets Three Years Io Adanta; Had Net Jose Henrique Miro, former Har km "policy king, was found guilty Monday night, April 25. by a Federal jury, on three counts of willful eva ion of payment of federal income tax returns. The counts covered the year's 1928, 1929 and 1930. He was sentenced immediately by Federal Judge Alfred Coxe to serve three years on each of the first three counts, which are felonies, the sentences to run concurrently; and one additional year on each of she iccond counts, misdemeanoss the sentences to run consecutively, with the stipulation that after the sentence on. the felony charge is served, the second sentence to be comniuted.

Miro's sentence thus to tals three yean, to be served in Atlanta. Judge Coxe also imposed hnes of 'for each of the three years, a total of $15,000. Bail pending a motion for appeal bv G. Richard Davis, defense attor ney, was denied, and Miro was sent to the Federal House of Detention. i Although generally considered a Forto Rican.

it was brought out at the trial that Miro was a native of South. America. Evidence brought out at the trial also showed that he marl ifennitt nf SI. 094.000 in three vears. U.

'Attorney tjeorare 1 Z. rresetBtM tn rate, estimated mat mi net iw come was $142,000 annually for this oeriodi. The defense charged that Mire's indictment was" the result of his failure to testify before the Hof stadter legislative inquiry about hip IcnowledRe of alleged police protection in Harlem. It is alleged that if Miro had been willing to squeal on hi friends he 'would have gone free, but this he refused to do. Assailant Kills Man in Front of Police Station Joseph Barnes1, 34, of 132 West 131st street, was found in front of 223 West 133th street, lying in a pool of blood, suffering from a ievere stab wound in his chest He was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where investigators of the Police Depart' mtnt were unable to get the identity of hi assailant Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Barne, died; up until that time he nad divulged nothing but a vague discnption of the aggressor.

5. Dftectives Williams', Robinson and Boyden of the 32nd Precinct, with no due but that meagre discnption, ft the wheel of th taw ill motion. Working all day Sunday, they made a thorough round of all pool halls, dubs, and other rendezvous where the described man might be found, but met with no success. Tireless" ly they searched, through the wee hours of Monday morning and on until afternoon, when they arrested Edward SoauMincr 47. Sn a hidea way at 67 West 131st street, and charged him with the murder.

Spaulding claims Barnes1 started the altercation, by accusing him of illicit relations with the laser's wife, honj he is now seperated from. Special Features Page Brooklyn Youngsters 3 Brooklyn News I Masonic Notes '3 Social Club World 3 4) Commenulijr The Age Comments on Negro Education Health Advice Churrti W. oports and Theatre Newt nadio and Drama Realm of Muie "Over tti Prince Han's Hindu Mystic, Answers to Questions Among the Fraternities Out of.Town New. Things Seen. Heard and Among Pullman Employees 9 What's What Among Postal Employees 10 annattan and Bronx Note 10 I "arriagei 10 Ciil Service News 10 Annual Income, $142,000 Divine Followers Use 10 Buses to Go to On Friday, April 22, ten buse; each holding 49 passengers, with 2i private cars and several cabs, left New York City for Union Baptist Church in Stamford.

where the Rev. Major J. Divine and hi followers held a "Peace" meeting. A Rood deal of excitement was created in Harlem when someone seated in one of sjx bus loads of Father Divine's believers and coworkers, which were waiting in front of the barbershop of James Alladic. 2394 Seventh avenue, spied Father Divine going into the bar bershop to get his hair trimmed, and spread the word The crowd rushed from the buses into the barbership, shouting: "Peat.

Father, peace; it is wonderful," and surrounding him began to sing "The Comforter It. Come Passersby, noticing the crowd and hearing singing, added, A to the number, until within tew niliuts sVr was! imlHnr'srroup. all cun ous to get "a glimpse Divine. Jo young lady who forced" fler'way to the front, said: 1 thosghj he would look like God." Hearing this, Di vine said No. I look like any other Shortly afterwards, the Divine fol lowers not back into the six buses and "started" off 'to Stamford they joined" the others in on of the biggest meetings Stamford has seen.

Taller" Divine Seeks Change fa Trial County On wNmsancew Charge The Rev. Major J. Divine, who at "Father" Divine, is leader of a group of colored and white worshippers which was formerjjr located at Say ville. Lone Island, has taken action through his former assist ant U. S.

Attorney James Thomas of 11 Park Place, to secure a change of venue for his trial on an indict ment charsinjr he maintained a pub lic nuisarice in the holdirur of religious services in which his follow ers reached a stately frenzied fervor that annoyed his white neighbors. Mr. Thomas has served District Attorney Alexander Blue of Suffolk County with: motion papers returnable April 28. in the Suffolk County Supreme Court, asking a change of venue to the Supreme Court of some other county, preferably lungs or New York County. Since his' indictment Divine has not been holding meetings in Siyville, but is conducting meetings in various ciUcs in Ne York, New Jersesy and Connecticut.

to which large numbers are attract ed of both Alleged miraculous cures of physical. mental, domestic and spiritual disabilities have attract ed much attention. It is pointed out that "Father" Divirje serves as many as six meals a day, with htty persons partaking. For three years oast he has been feeding and clothing at one hundred persons the year around. Patterson Addresses Hunter College Girls On rtiday.

April 22. William Patterson, Negro lawyer and writer, addressed International Student th social problems club of Hunter Col lege. Mr. as a repreenitative of The International Labor Defense, discussed the Scottsboro case briefly, emphasizing the existing economic structure of America as the factor making rfuch an atrocity possible. In conclusion, he made an appeal to the students, that they rally in support of The International Labor Defense in its fight for the 9 boy.

Plans are now under way for a Scottsboro Tag Day, to canrn, the college for funds to be uesd for the defense of the victims. I International student In a recent amalgamation with the Negro Students established a permanent policy of. forming Its executive committee on a fifty fifty basii of Negroes and whites. The organization also in' tends to launch a year project de voted to the study of the Nego. Eft flfr IT ma rr mi nnn nnnn lyj.UUibyUziU ml it WORK Miss EVA D.

BOWLES diss Eva Bowles Resigns from MCA. Miss Eva Bowles, for. eigh teen years in chasge of Negro work of the National Board of thes Young Women "Christian her fetitmUion. Her successor has not been selected. Several Io cal and out of town women are said to be, active aspirants for the position.

Durine the World War Miss Bowles rendered conspicuous ser vice directing the activities of the Young Women's Christian Association among colored troops, and ha. an outsUnding tigure in the interracial moverflent throughout the post war period. She is" secretary ot the national fl M. A. Stores, and will devote her time to helping improve the' Negro economically.

st Uergy Fight Obscene At a recent meeting of the Bap tist Ministers' Conference of Harfem, the Rev. E. A. president of this organiiatioo. presented a re solution against the flood of "literary' garbage" that is corrupting the morals of youth in New Vork, The resolution was aojopted.

by. unanimous vote, and. a commiUtee, was aiipointed to cooperate with the Clean Litera ture League. The resolution reads as follows: "Whereas; In view of the treat danger to the youth of our country by the growing' menace; of indecent literature, be it Resolved that the Baptist Ministers' Conference, body of ministers representing' membership of approximately 40,000 in the vicinity of New York, in the spirit of true Christianity and the love of our fellowman. do hereby en dorse the splendid and couraceous work of the Clean Literature Leaeue and its president.

George D. Spald ing, for the upuft of mankind. "And be it further Resolwd. that the ministers of this conference Ro on record by appointing a committee to cooperate with the Qran Litera ture League in its righteous effot to promote the welfare of our Voutb and protect them agamst the perm cious literature that is having such an evil influence upon "Gre Prmiing to Racew Says Spaddng "If the citizens of New York, including especially outstanding organisations, such as th Urban League, N. A.

A. C. and the C. M. Stores, could see the importance of.

giving their printing to Negroes it would mean much toward solving our economic problems." C. C. Spaulding, president of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co. LEAVES Y. W.

C. A. Banti A Literature rui IV! II VQL46. No. 31 NEY YORK, N.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932 5 CUNTS IS) All rOK10M Ukli pT'lT KxV "Yf 'T I CLASSIFIED A REAL HOME PAPER '7ff U'A 4 i fCWl V' '2 'rV 7 fTsYft ADVERTISEMEST3 Depeadabltl ReHtbUt Profrtwtftl 1A I I I I I Bock tb Ptopi aad Eitcj rui CFETED BY VETERANS i Question Legality of Victory Life i'i SPRINGFIELD, IIL Harnr "I Hanson, superintendent'iBf the Division of Insurancc Jbr the State of Illinois, has ptftji asked not to approve the resfe lution which Anthony Oyertdf president of Victory h'U passed at a meeting held in CfiH cago April 20, which gives ia company the right to redujctjtsj capital stock from $200,000 tcj $100,000, the charge being made that proxies wjre illegal voted. Stockholders received a notice' fori a meeting on March 9, to reduce theJ capital stock to Sloo.uua As aaj Muui urn wvs'picscni '8iiniiBr notice 1 sent lor xvisrcn Again non enough proxies were represented tos transact business. A third notice advised that a meeting be held April 20 to consider reducing the capital stock from $200,000 to $100, 000. Th. char.

1. iMrw added the nroxies imt in VtorA March 9 and March 21 for the ducrion of capitalNatock to 1160,000, i 13. call for the meeting on April 20, so reduce the capital stock to $100,000 in order to get a quorum. New 1 ork stockholders allege that although the law requires that notice for, meetings' should be sent ten days in. advance, communications were mailed them only five days in advance.

At the meeting CV L. Robinson. fdrmer auditor objected to the pro ceedings, holding that they were ille gal, but was overruled by the presi dent. BrooUyn. Doctors fined i For Volstead Violations Two well known Brooklyn physi cians were amoca the twenty six that appeared before Judge Grover M.

Moscowits in the Federal Court and I pleaded to charges' of violating the r. i 1 i icrins vi ineir mwcinu wmsisry prescriptions on Monday. April 18. They were Dr. C.

H. Batson; of 631 Troop avenue, and Dr. C. V. Granger of 417 Quincy street.

They were fined 5100 each. Of thi group that appeared, twenty four were Brooxlyn physi cians, including the two colored men. Two came from Queens County. Two of the accused physicians were white women. The informations charging these violations were filed with the court on Saturday April 16.

The infor mations were the result of an inves titration beean morw than a rear ago by United States Attorney How ard Ameli, after the arrest of several liquor salesmen, later con victed of purchasing medicinal whiskey prescriptons Leonard Greenstone Assistant U. S. Attor ney, said that the doctors named in the new list of Informations had denied that they unlawfully disposed of prescriptions for liquor. Patrolman J. W.

Johnson Gets Divorce and Reweds Patrolman John W. Johnson. 34, of 367 Edgecombe avenue, and Mis, Marie Davis, 25, of 66 West 140th street were married Tuesday. April 19 by Rev. John Johnson, rector of St Martin's Episcopal Church.

The Oouplq obtained their marriage license at the Municipal Building earlier in the day. The marriage license showed that Patrolman John son, who ij attached to the West 135th street police staton. had obtained a divorce on April IZ from his first wife, Marie Johnson, on the grounds of adultery. Prentiss Institute to Celebrate Amersary PRENTJSS, Miss. The twenty fifth anniversary exercise of the Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute will be held on May 5.

The commencement season will begin on Aori! 29 and continue through May 5. The graduating class numbers twentv Prentiss Institute was founded by Principal J. E. lohnson, a native Mississippian," in 1907. Meeting II hV I) HE AGE ON THE AIR' i 57 I i t.

I' I i Col ARTHUR W. LITTLE 1 Par Vets Honor Col; Artnur Little Arthuc Little, "former com pander of the" S9th Infantry, N. Y. wwchoi nonor ai a tesUmonial given by. mem We vvJldvl'Hteenth Ksgiment.

of Sergeant Cilliard ttwmpson, af the St Luke's Dining Wednesday "evening April 0. lxl. Uttle. joined tbe regiment as a captain fifteen yeasr aso. and the first sergeant of his Company was utlliard Thompson.

Mr. Thompson is. now commander of the Dorrence Brooks Post. Veterans of Foreicm Wars, and exalted ruler oj. Monarch Lodge.

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O. E. of W. He had the cooperation of these as well as that of the veterans organization of the Ok ltteenth Regiment, About 70 war veterans, and almost as. many other friends attended th dmner.

and heard Col. Little lauded as a soldier snd, good citizen. The speakers included Col. Charles Fillmore. Robert L.

Yann. editor of the Pittsburgh Courier; the Rev. A. Clayton Powell Lieutenant Noble Mssle, Attorney fope B. Billups George W.

Harris. Alderman John wnuam smith, the Kev. J. W. Brown, George E.

Wibecan and Edi tor Fred R. Moore of The New York Age. Sergeant Thompson was master of ceremonies, and a fitting response was made by Col Lit tle. Sergeant Thompson also introduced a resolution praising the work Col Little has done in aiding the development of the 369th Infantry and the of Harlem generally. Thir resolution was passed by a unan imous vote.

There was also an interesting letter of tribute from Dr. Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War. and now secretary treasurer of Howard A delicious menu was served by the staff of the restaurant, under the direction of Dennis Griee. Florence Richardson 'Ifas' 'lKbthv ''Ariresfed For Shteg Her John porter, employed at 69 West 45th street, was arrested Monday afternoon, April 25, on complaint of Mrs.

Florence DeLoach Richardson, an employee of the Mercantile Bank and Trust Co. at 135th street and Seventh avenue. Mrs. Richardson charged that Neal jumped on the running board of her car and slapped her. i When arraigned before Magistrate Dodge in the 12th District Magistrate's Court, Neal requested an adjournment, and the case was postponed until Friday of this" week.

Mrs. Richardson testified that Neal was an old friend' of hers, but she knew no reason why he should slap hed. Neal was paroled in the custody of a police officer until Friday. Shaw Made foecutire Vice Pres. of Texas Company HOUSTON.

TEX. Charles A. Shaw, former secretary of the Victory Life Insurance Company, lias been elected executive vice president of the Watchtower Mutual Insurance Company, an old legal reserve i company, orgsnized under the lawH of Texas. W. Fairchild is president.

Through the efforts of The New York Age's radio editor, Vers E. Johns, and the courtesy of Station, WO (265 meters; 1130 kilocycles), Harlem will be on the air, commencing TUESDAY. MAY. 3, at 4.30 P.M. The program will consist of news, flashes, from The New York Age, and will be broadcast by Mr.

Johns as "The Harlem Reporter," over a period of fifteen minutes. The main idea of The Age and Mr. Johns te to present Harlem to the radio public aa Harlem really is, and not as so often misrepresented. Stand by to tune in on Tuesday, May 3, on WOV (265 1130 for "The Harlem Reporter," 4.30 to 4.45 p. m.

Lfly Whites First Round In issippi Miss. The regular Republicans of Mississippi are in high glee over the statement made by George B. de Keim, secretary of the Republican National Com mittee, to Eugene Booze that no official call, had been to Lajjppt Rowlands, Jeadep of the MrV.MARY.fi, BOMB Dr. S. D.

REDMOND Lily White faction, for the holding of a convention to select delegates to Rowlands is charged with circulating the report that he had received an official call. According to Secretary de Keim, in pursuance to the action of the Republican National Committee, held last December, he sent official calls to National Committee men and National Committeewom en. Perry Howard and Mrs. Mary C. Booze of Mississippi were ac cordingly notified.

1 No official communications were forwarded to any other person in 4he 6tate. The. regular Republican organization, which is dominated by the Redmond. Howard faction, will meet in Jackson, April 30, and name delegates to me inicago convention. Made Abcat $100,000 On "Green Pastures" Roland Stebbin before the Senate Committee in opposition to further taxing the theatre, said he had made $95, 000 from, the production of The Green Pastures," but had lost most of on other shows.

Lose Miss 2 i r. i 8 1 i i 1 I I k44A vr' Nf 1 i ph' a V'i JUU Joseph H. Sweeney, PrcHEent Harem Business Siiidde After "CaU Bradhurst 5316. I Am Tired" 7. Jftl 1 I I lomg 3r 1 1 1 Three, other Harlcmtes tempted two by inhaU ing gas, and one by! jumping from the roof of i five storj apartment' from Friday of last week to Tuesday of this week.

The jump was fatal but the other gas attempts Were not successful, Tteatre scrap of paper bearing those few lines were; pond near, the lifeless body of Joseph Sweeney popular. 43 year old clubman, and Harlem business who last week suffered his jlnalireS, verse Men he was dispossessed from the Renaissance Theatre Seventh avenue and 137th "street. Mr, Sweeney was found dead a suicide by, gas in the basement of an apartment hous he owned at 303 West 13th in Thursday morning, April 21. That Mr; Sweeney was undecided about how 'to kill himself wa. evi den' from 'what Mr.

Sweeney had taken to the apartment. He evidently meditated on the best method of committing suicide for a long time, and then use gas. On a table nearby. were found several rusted razor blades and a package of white powder, evidently poison. Also 'on "another table was a half empty, bottle, of.

whiskey. The latest edition of a popular magazine lay laiien irpin me nana tne ineiess man. Get Keys From Caretaker According to John Giles, caretaker of the house where the man's body was found Mr. Sweeney, on Wednesday, April 20, at 5 :30 p. came to him.

and asked. for the keys of the apartment, saying that he was expecting to hold a meeting at a later hour. Mr. ones' said Mr. Sweeney then left the house, and he did not know when he returned.

Around 6:15 a. Thursday. Mr. Giles said he smelted gas coming from the apartment. He knocked, and receiving no anrwer, called Patrolman Jasper Rhodes of the 135th street police station, and they broke into the apartment' There, sitting on a chair, waj the lifeless body of Mr.

Sweeney, and nearby a note with, the message given above Three gas jets on the kitchen stove were wide open. An ambulance from Harlem Hospital, and a policei emergency wagon, were called, but when they arrived it was too late. Mr. Sweeney was pronounefd dead by Dr. Robertson of Harlem Hospital.

Police called the telephone number on the not and found it to be the home of the suicide at 40 Edgecombe avenue. wife, Mrs. Ella Sweeney, answered and she rurhed to the scene immediately, and identified her husband's body. A re porter for The New York Age, who was on the scene shortly afterwards. found Geo Chanty, partner of Mr.

Sweeney in his burners efforts, but Mr. Charity refused to discus the suicide or to give any information, Had Business Reverses Friends' of the deceased said that there was no doubt that Mr. Sweeney had committed su'eide because of despondency. Following the crum bling of his latest business venture his dispossession from the Renaissance Theatre they said that Mr. Sweney became very upset.

They said that with Mr. Sweeney it was one disappointment after another in his businesses. First, he and Mr. Charity, also with Willam 'Roach, built the Renaissance Theatre, were just getting their theatre largely patron zed and going on 4 'afRe scale when a protection booth fell into the crowded audience several year ago and one woman was killed and several persons severely injured.) After the accident, the theatre was closed for several months for repairs. When it reopened, Mr.

Sweeney was once again this time by difficulty with Motion Pictures Union Local 306, and hii' place was picketed day and n'ght! by a union representative for more than a year. Several other businers failures preyed on his mind, friends said, and the result was his suicide. The body was" removed to Duncan's Un deflating establishment? The Taaeral Service The deceased was born on February 9, 1889, in the British West Indies, and remained there until 1907, when he came to the Un ted States. In 1914 he married Miss Ella Dea ton, and their 18 years of married life was characterized as model. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Abyssinian Baptist Church with the Rev.

A. i .) .71 1 I reiducvv'tlit'' Jrj.bis. eulogy. Rev; Powell jrsaii' in part: i "We have gathered here this after.1 noon to pay our last tribute of re spect to Joseph Henry Sweeney. MA Mr.

Sweeney increasingly became a leading figure in Harlem's business and social life, he increas ingly tried to provide his home not with necessities only, but with lux uries also. "And, as heVwent, a wife two sis ters brother, two nieces, a cousin and innumerable other relatives and countless1 friends were plunged into the depths of despondency, but, I come this afternoon to tell you that Joseph Henry Sweeney's, passing was not an inglorious end to a glorious life, hot the passing Of a weakling. tut of one who was for as he went he went. as he. lived.

looking for that which the world could not give, "Peace and Hu last words to his wife I tired and I want to rest." And, after all, here today are looking for that. Interment was. in Plains Rural Cemetery. Duncan Brothers Undertaking establishment was iq charge of the body. Four Thousand Checks Cr To Depositors of Bank Closed in JacksonriHe JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

1 Pout thousand checks have been Sent 'bv. Sute Comptroller. Ernest Amos Tallahassee to be delivered to one thousand and five depositors of Anderson Company's bank. here. Because of 'a run on the Christ" mas Savings, the bank was forced to close its doors several years ago.

Officials were not able to reopen bank, because nine depositors sisined a petition to throw the affairs of the bank into bankruptcy. The petition was fought by Cashier Charles H. Anderson, and finally carried to the Supreme Court New Orleans. After three years of litigation. Mr.

Anderson won the decision. With this. more ,40 per cent of. the bank's deposits 'have been paid to The Block Aid Committee of the 32nd Precinct are appealing to residents of the district. to cooperate with them to pat their drive over.

We need 4000 individuals who will pledge to contribute 10 cents or more weekly to help maintain an "unknown" family hi each block for twenty weeks onknown to bs but known to the Committee who have the selecting of such heads of families. There is much suffering, a large number are asking We need many volunteer workers captains and treasurers of 'the various block groups. Volunteers are asked to call at the office of the Committee, 233 West 135th street, for full io formation and instructions. FRED R. MOORE.

Chairman Mrs. Henrietta Cachemaille, Associate Chairman Mrs. Eloise Bishop, Secretary;.