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NEW NEGRO OPINION Jobs For Colored Scarce, Says Joint Committee NEGROES LOSE TWICE AS MANY JOBS AS WHITES Records of Six Cities Shows That Colored Taken Off Relief Rolls More Slowly That Negro workers lost twice as many jobs as white proportionately during the Winter of 1933-34 and that they were taken off relief rolls to enter private employment much more slowly than whites is the claim of a recent study released by the Joint Committee on National Recovery this week. The study is based on a complete analysis of relief rolls in six principal cities from November, 1933 through January, 1934. "Negroes," the study states, "are added to relief rolls twice as frequently (in proportion to their 1930 population) by reason of loss of employment in private industry as are whites. They are taken off relief rolls to enter private employment in only one half as large a proportion as whites." It was also stated that the same condition seen during last Winter will obtain during the Winter of 1934-1935. The study was based on relief records for six cities, in North, South, East and West, which showed more than 10 per cent of Negro population. The cities selected were: Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Inidanapolis [[Indianapolis]], Indiana; Richmond, Virginia; and Newark, New Jersey. In these cities Negroes constituted only 17 per cent of the population in 1930, but were 40 per cent of all cases taken on relief because of loss of jobs in private employment. Of the "closed" relief cases, Negroes were only 26 per cent of those closed because the recipients of relief had secured employment in private industry. TAXICAB DRIVER LOSES CAR, CASH IN HOLDUP Leroy W. Brazier, of the 900 block 2nd Street N. W. was held up by two men Thursday. He was relieved of his car and $32 in cash. The driver was forced to carry the hold-up men to Baltimore and return. After arriving in Washington the bandits put the driver out and left with the car. [[advertisement]] Polite and Efficient Service Lady Attendant Reasonable Prices THOMAS FRAZIER CO. Graduate Embalmers and Funeral Directors 389 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W. Phones North 1213--7796 BRANCH OFFICE 723 T St., N.W. North 9847 WASHINGTON, D.C. [[/advertisement]] COLORED COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONERS 28 PER CENT OF TOTAL 55,038 Negroes or 28.2 per cent were committed to county and municipal institutions during the first half of the year 1933 according to a recent report of Bureau of Census. Information was reported for only 240,930 out of the total 273,659 prisoners. There were 151,158, or 62.7 per cent native born white. The distribution of the total population 15 years old and over was, Negro 9.3 and white 74.2. METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. IS SUED BY WIFE Mrs. Gomez Asks $15,421 on Policies of Husband Who Disappeared 8 Years Ago DURHAM, N. C.- Mrs. Lula H. Gomez, well known society and educational leader of this city, has entered suit against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the sum totaling $15,421.80, the face value of insurance policies carried on her husband, Wanti Gomez, prominent business man who disappeared on December 18, 1926. Mrs. Gomez, as plaintiff, says that she has made several attempts to locate her husband, but to no avail. Mr. Gomez left the city during the month of December, 1926, and gave his wife $400, not an unusual amount for him to leave with her when leaving home, and from that day to this, nothing has been heard of him. Mrs. Gomez believes her husband is dead, and therefore is asking the court to award her the $15,421.80 due her under the terms of the insurance contract. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has refused to do this, and states that until the court declares Mr. Gomez is dead, it will not hand over the money. In addition to his wife, Gomez left three small children, and Mrs. Gomez has struggled unceasingly to have them receive an education. While a citizen here, Mr. Gomez was considered a business man of keen foresight and ability. RELIGIOUS BUREAU NEEDS MORE AGENTS The International Religious Bureau, of room 5, 607 Indiana Ave. N. W., headed by Rev. R. B. Robinson, is taking on several new agents for a new campaign for contributors. The Bureau distributes the Scriptures and is dependent on voluntary contributions. Large commissions are paid to agents. 2 WIVES CLAIM MORRO CASTLE BODY, 1 COLORED Victim in Steamship Disaster Claimed by Colored and White Woman NEW YORK.- Sam Petteford, a waiter, born in the United States but of Cuban parentage, lost his life in the recent Morro Castle steamship disaster. A white wife, who recently bore a child by him, claimed his body and shipped it to Virginia for burial. Complications occurred when Mrs. Henrietta Weeks Petteford, Negro, claimed that she was the Cuban's lawful wife. Both women are residents of Harlem. Dominicia Perez, a Mexican, who was married to a colored woman living in Harlem, was rescued from the floating burning vessel. BOY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY STREET CAR Wade Causby, 15, of the 1900 block Capitol Ave, N. E., was seriously injured when hit by a street car Wednesday. William Balkins, white, motorman of the car was not held. Causby was carried to the Casualty Hospital where his condition is said to be undetermined. BAPTISMAL BOAT SINKS DROWNING 11 PERSONS TEXARKANA, Ark. - A small launch carrying a party to a baptismal service "down river" near here collapsed and at least eleven persons lost their lives on Sunday, September [[?]]. Volunteer searchers recovered 11 bodies from the waters of Old River. The accident occurred in mid-stream about 25 miles east of here. None of the searchers however, were able to estimate how many persons were on the boat at the time it collapsed. Six were known to have reached shore safely. Many of the victims were children. Those who reached shore said that the bottom of the boat dropped out. They told of their friends and relatives being jammed so tightly together that they pulled each other under, in frantic efforts to save themselves. F. B. WASHINGTON IS REELECTED TO N. S. WORK COMMITTEE Forrester B. Washington has just been notified of his re-election to the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Social Work for the term expiring June 1935, by the Executive Committee of the Conference at its recent special meeting. This will make the 4th consecutive time that Mr. Washington has served on this body—and the election comes almost simultaneously with Mr. Washington's resignation as Director of Negro Work of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration to return to his duties as Director of the Atlanta School of Social Work from which he had been on leave of absence since February 1st. WIFE CHARGES "FATHER DIVINE" WAS CAUSE OF HUSBAND'S DESERTION LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In a divorce complaint filed here last week, Mrs. Jean Goldsmith, white, said her husband Maurice Goldsmith, Los Angeles chiropractor, was more interested in "Father Divine", religious leader, than in his home life. Charging desertion, Mrs. Goldsmith said her spouse neglected her and their daughter and finally went to New York to join the Negro cult leaders. Y. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE STARTS OCTOBER 11 F. E. Parks Heads Campaign Committee; Goal is 600 New Members and $3,000 The annual membership drive of the 12th Street Branch YMCA is scheduled to start October 11 with a goal of 600 new members and $3000 in cash. F.E. Parks has been chosen as general chairman of the membership effort. Other members of the drive organization are J.E. Elliott general secertary [[secretary]], Col. H.O. Atwood, chairman of general arrangements; Charles H. Thomas, chairman of publicity; J. Flipper Derricotte, leader of Division A.; and L. Roscoe Evans, leader of Division B. The following captains have been appointed; Division A, J. Langston Taylor, Walter L. Carter, Theophilus J. Houston, J.H.B. Evans, and S.M. Scott; Division B, James D. Campbell, James I. Minor, Harold H. Haynes, I.N. Cupid and C.T. Gandy. [[advertisement]] PRINTING THINK OF JAMES A. BROWN PROMPT, SATISFACTORY SERVICE 1533 9th St., N.W. Decatur 5486 [[/advertisement]] BROOKLYNITE IS MADE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTY. Clarence Wilson, Prominent Democrat, Takes Office in Eastern District BROOKLYN, N.Y.— Clarence Wilson, prominent lawyer here was appointed last week as an assistant United States attorney of the Eastern District, by Federal Attorney Leo J. Kickey. Mr. Wilson was sworn in last Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Wilson is chairman of the legal committee of the Regular Colored Democratic Association of Kings County. He is a graduate of the Brooklyn Law School and started practice in the offices of James S. Watson, Justice of the Municipal Court in Harlem, in 1928. ALLIANCE ATTORNEY SPEAKS IN NEW YORK The Young Voters' League of New York, a non-partisan organization, has invited B.V. Lawson, Jr., attorney for the NNA and NAACP to speak at a mass meeting in New York on Monday, September 24th. Mr. Lawson's subject is "A New Political Philosophy." SERVICE MEDALS GIVEN PLAYGROUND WORKERS Having served ten years as playground workers, Miss Lola Le Brant, Miss Daisy Pierce, Mrs. Viola McKenny and Mrs. Goldie Robinson were recommended this week for service medals. Miss Sybil Baker, director of the playgrounds, made the recommendations. The medals were given for full time year around recreational leadership. [[advertisement]] Detroit Auto Body Service Incorporated 2035 Georgia Avenue North 0408 Collision Service REASONABLE PRICES DEPEDABLE SERVICE Duco Painting Body Fender Work Alexander M. Lapkoff [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] . . CARRINGTON'S CAFE . . 2300 SIXTH STREET, NORTHWEST Across The Street From Howard Campus Special Boarding Rates $3.00 Per Week OR $11.50 Per Month First Class Food and Service Satisfaction Guaranteed [[/advertisement]]
