"MISS HOME COMING" [photo] MISS HELEN NOEL Miss Helen Noel was crowned "Miss Home Coming" last Saturday by an overwhelming vote of the student body of Kentucky State College, Frankfort. Miss Noel, who is a junior, is a member of Delta Sigma Theta and bails from Madisonville, Ky.
State Beats Force
STATE COLLEGE DEFEATS WILBERFORCE BEFORE 2,000 First Loss For Green Wave Since 1929; Thorobreds Ready For Tuskegee Tigers in Cincinnati, October 27 (By J. H. Cooper, Special Correspondent, Louisville Leader; Alumni Stadium, Kentucky State College.) Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 18. -- There's not an alumnus of Kentucky nor a fan interested in her football welfare that doesn't know what happened here last Saturday afternoon, as word went out by every possible means of communication. because so important was the happening. Kentucky State beat Wilberforce 15-0, the first defeat Wilberforce has had since 1929, the first time Kentucky has won from 'Force in a football campaign that began back in the early teens, and the largest score that has been registered against the Big Green Wave in a half decade. It was not a fumble, a blocked punt, muddy field nor any thing that could cause the best team to lose, but rather a great kicker in Fisher, an extraordinary pass combination via Kendall to (Continued on page 5)
HOLD BIG SAUNDERS MEET IN MAMMOTH LIFE BUILDING Something like 100 citizens met in the assembly room of the Mammoth Life Insurance Company, on Sixth Street, last Monday night for the purpose of perfecting the organization in support of the candidacy of W. L. Saunders for the Board of Education. The meeting was presided over by J. R. Ray, campaign chairman. Talks were made by Revs. J. H. D. Bailey, Wm. Johnson; Attys. C. Ewbank Tucker, Charles Anderson, W. C. Buford; Editor R. T. Berry, Messrs William Warley, J. A. Thomas and Mesdames Mary V. Parrish and Bertha Whedbee, after which the following committees were appointed; Fraternal, Henry Allen, Spencer Taylor; Legal, John H. Frank, Jr.; Young People, Walter Sedwick, Mrs. H. Butler; Ministerial, Rev. Wm. Johnson; Finance, J. A. Thomas; Organization, W. C. Buford, J. H. Petrie; Publicity, William Warley and Raymond Daniels. -- The Wednesday Leader - 3 Cents --
Cincinnati,Oct. 18. -- The eyes of a football-loving nation are focused on Cincinnati's big intersectional gridiron classic and attendant events which give promise of reaching hitherto unheard of magnificence. The classic will find the vicious Tuskegee Tigers battling to halt the galloping Thorobreds of Kentucky State who are on a mad march to the national championship. Crosley Field, Cincinnati's National League ball park, will be the arena and Saturday, October 27 will be the day. Hostilities are to begin at two o'clock p. m. Mayor Russell Wilson Cincinnati's ceremonial head, is slated to fire the opening gun. This lends official dignity to the epoch-making event. Coach Kean's thundering herd of Thorobreds is a brainy, hard-hitting, fast-moving, accurate-passing, long-punting, swash-buckling aggregation (Continued on page 4)
GRAND JURY INDICTS ELLA MAE MALONE Mrs. Ella Mae Malone, 515 E. Breckenridge Street, who shot and fatally wounded Ed Harris, 1616 Gallagher Street, was indicted for murder by the grand jury October 9, and was held under $5,000 bond. Upon the advice of her attorney, Clarke Otte, former commonwealth attorney, Mrs. Malone waived preliminary examination. Relatives of Harris have retained C. Ewbank Tucker as special prosecutor in the case. The trial is set for November 14.
"Moses" Is Sixth Member Of The Green Pastures To Die
REDUCE HEADS FERA "WHITE COLLAR" PROJECT TO STUDY SLAVES Washington, D. C., Oct. 19.--One of biggest of the white-collar projects sponsored by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration has been launched. This plan is one of the most unique and significant of the historical and sociological surveys conducted. This project is a study of the needs and a collection of the testimony of the ex-slaves of the United States. The study and survey will provide approximately three hundred while-collar jobs. It is an all-Negro project, operating in the states of the Ohio River Valley an the lower South. The planning and execution of the whole scheme will be in the hands of a group of Negro scholars headed by Professor Lawrence Reddick Director of the Division of Distory and Government, Kentucky State College, Dr. Charles S. Johnson, eminent socialogist and Dr. Carter G. Woodson, editor of Journal of Negro History, are serving in the rules of continual advisors. Since last June the entire resource of the Kentucky State College Division of History and Government has been utilized in working out, with aid of the advisors and Mr. Alfred E. Smith of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the detailed plans and resolving the welter of technicality involved in securing the endorsement of the Washington Administration and the consent of the several states to allocate these allowances from the funds received. The study was first begun in the state of Kentucky by Prof. Reddick and his lone assistant, W. D. Bean with the income support of that state. Expansion was next into the state of Indiana as FERA project S93-F2-34 Forty-five white-collar Negro workmen being used here. The purpose of the study as revealed in the summary plan in the hands of the director is three-fold. First, to furnish employment for Negro white-collar workers, which, group, Prof. Reddick indicated, has been over looked to a great extent in the alphabet of Recovery. Secondly, to study the needs of these age relative to their inclusion in the general social plan. Thirdly, to collect the historical and socialogical data these historic few remember and in this manner catch a phase of our culture which is rapidly pressing away. --The Wednesday Leader - 3 cents--
PAIGE DISMISSED OF RAPE CHARGE Tom Paige, 1104 Magazine Street, Central Taxicab driver, who was arrested September 19 and charged with rape on warrants sworn to by Mrs. Jane Edwards, 627 S. 22nd Street, was dismissed by the Jefferson County grand jury.
A.M.E CONFERENCE IN SESSION HERE The fifty-fourth annual session of the West Kentucky Conference, presided over by Bishop H. Y. Tooks, is in session at the Trinity A.M.E. Church, Mrs. Dr. Martha J. Keys, pastor. The conference opened Wednesday morning and the welcome program was had with speeches by Rev. A. A. Crooke, Prof. A. E. Meyzeek, Dr. E. T. Dennis, I. Willis Cole and L S. Bradshaw. The response was made by Rev. A. Wayman Ward of Chicago. Dr. S. S. Morris, who was presiding, then introduced Revs. J. F. Williams, Columbus, Ohio; George A. Singleton, Springfield, Ill.; A. C. Sumpter, Cincinnati, Ohio, prominent A.M.E. leaders, who made stirring remarks. The conference will close Sunday. -- The Wednesday Leader 3 Cents --
COLORED G.O.P. QUARTERS OPENED Headquarters for the colored division of the 1934 Republican Campaign Committee were opened his week at 932 W. Walnut Street. Mrs. Mary V. Parrish, chairman of the West End District Women, is in charge, assisted by Mrs. Virginia Smith, secretary and by Mrs. Mozetta Wright and Henry Murphy. Frank M. Drake, Republican nominee for Congress is planning to devote a large part of his time during the closing days of the present campaign to the western section, where he expects to make a series of addresses.
MARRIED [photo] MRS. WILLIAM T. KELLER Before her marriage to Mr. William T. Keller, May 1, of this year, Mrs. Keller, whose likeness appears above, was Miss Anna V. Shobe, daughter of Mrs. Katie Duval of Glasgow, Ky. -- The Wednesday Leader 3 Cents --
Mrs. A. L. Garvin Passes Away
MRS. A.L. GARVIN DIES AT HOME Friends and citizens were shocked when they were apprised of the news of the death of Mrs Effie Garvin, wife of A. L. Garvin, prominent fraternal and educational leader, Tuesday morning. Mrs. Garvin, who had not been in the best of health for several months, was stricken at her home on W. Chestnut Street Thursday of last week, and was found unconscious by Mr. Garvin when he came home from the Newburg School where he is principal. For many years Mrs. Gavin has been a leader in the social, educational and religious life of her race in Kentucky. She was born in Harrodsburg, where Mr. Garvin was principal of schools for a number of years. The death of Mrs. Garvin brought many relatives and friends of the family to the city, including D. K. Williams, a brother, who is a member of "The Green Pastures" company. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Garvin Thursday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist Church where she was a faithful member and a Sunday School leader of the young people. Rev. W. P. Offutt, the pastor officiated. Her remains were then shipped to Lexington for burial in charge of the J. B. Cooper Funeral Home. -- The Wednesday Leader - 3 Cents --
EDITOR STEWARD HERE Editor M. C. Steward of the Indianapolis Recorder was in the city this week. Accompanied by Frank R. Beckwith, an Indianapolis attorney, Mr. Steward paid his respects to the Leader editor.
Monarchs Stop Dean Brothers
Colored Ace Shuts Out All-Stars Before 14,000 Monarch Catcher Nicks Famous Brothers For Double and Triple Kansas City, Oct. 18.-- "Dizzy" and "Daffy" Dean, the world-champion St. Louis Cardinals' "pitching staff," couldn't dazzle Catcher Young, Kansas City Monarch catcher, and the Kansas City pros went down to a crushing 7 to 0 defeat, while Young nicked the famous Dean duo for a scorching triple and a double. Fourteen thousand attended the thrilling exhibition game and watched Young, catcher and cleanup man of the Monarchs, steal the spotlight and take the hero role from the World Series heroes. Paul Dean started and Young cracked his offering for a triple in the second inning, scoring on Davis' long left field fly. In the fourth, facing Dizzy Dean, Young doubled, and counted when Rogan singled to center. Paul Dean worked the first two innings and Dizzy the third and fourth, J. Cooper went to the mound after Dizzy retired and allowed five runs. The Monarchs  team gathered 14 hits to the All-Stars' four. Andy Cooper, the Monarch ace, was in rare form and never in danger. Two of Cooper's fast balls got away from "Dutch" Siebold, the Deans' catcher allowing Joseph to score after he [he?] doubled through third base. [chart] Runs--Monarchs 7 (Dwight, Giles, 2; Young, 3; Joseph). E[illegible] Joseph, Bray, Mangan, Cooper. Two-base hits--Young 2, Davis, J[illegible] Monarchs 6, All-Stars 6. Base on balls--Off J. Cooper 1: off A. [Cooper?] Struck out--By J. Dean 4; by A. Cooper 4... Hits and runs--Off Paul 1 and 1 in two innings; off J. Dean, 4 and 1 in two; off J. Cooper, [illegible] in 5 in five. Passed balls--2  (Siebold 2) Losing pitcher--P. Dean. Un[illegible] Wheeler and McDonald.
WILSON FREED OF "PLAYED UP" WHITE WOMAN RAPE CHARGE Adolph Wilson, 1133 rear W. Kentucky Street, who was arrested Monday morning at 14th and Hill Streets on a warrant charging rape by Mrs. Sarah Travestave, Littleville, Ky., was dismissed by the Jefferson County grand jury Tuesday due to discrepancies in the testimony presented by the white woman. The woman, who was dressed in men's clothing of the hobo soy, and whose story was given front page by the daily papers, accused Wilson of attacking and criminally assaulting her on a vacant lot between 13th and 14th Streets and Dumesnil and Ormsby. She said that her assailant threatened her with a knife and daring the struggle she scratched him about the face with her fingernails. 
Wilson said he had never seen the woman before until confronted by her with officers and [illegible] a man, being [illegible. He is being held at [illegible] County Jail [illegible] hearing on [illegible] assault. Mrs. Travenstave, [illegible] is part Indian, [illegible] charge of vagrancy [illegible] trial for both [illegible] Police Court [illegible]
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