Extra! March Photogravure Inside
Wife Attempts Suicide
Caught in "Good Time" Parties Wife Attempts to End It All
Taking Of Baby By Husband Intensifies Suicide Urge
Dr. Mordecai Johnson Tells What It Means To Be A Negro
BURGLARS ROB BELL HOME Burglars are continuing their work in the West End. Last Thursday morning the home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Bell at 1517 West Madison St. was broken into and a $60 overcoat, 20 plants and a $15.00 lace panel were taken. The burglar entered the home by forcing open the front window. Mr. and Mrs. Bell were sleeping in another room. Mrs. Bell was awakened by a flashlight which glared in her face. The burglar frightened left his gloves on the front porch.
Rev. O. Singleton, Superintendent of the National Home Finding Society, was in the city this week after spending several weeks out on the field.
COMING TO LOUISVILLE WEDNESDAY [Photo] RT. REV. C. H. PHILLIPS, A. M., D. D., LL. D. Entertaining Bishop of the C. M. E. General Conference which Meets here in May
REPORT ON LEGISLATION AT FRANKFORT OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO RACE By J. Max Bond The Director of the Interracial Commission of Kentucky, J. Max Bond, through the courtesy of the columns of the Louisville Leader, begs leave to present to the citizens of Kentucky, a report of certain legislative measures, affecting Negro progress, that have been introduced before the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Senate now convening at Frankfort, Kentucky. The most significant of these bills perhaps is, House Bill No. 92, introduced by F. B. Adcock. This bill contains the budget of white and Negro institutions for 1931 and 1932. The Kentucky Colored Children's Home Society will receive $32,500. The Kentucky State Industrial College, Frankfort, will receive the following appropriations for 1931 and 1932: (1) For payment of salaries and all other expenses incidental to the maintenance and operation of said institution as now provided by law, or as will be provided by law, the sum of $67  ,000; (2) For repairs and permanent improvements $5,000; (3) For the payment of salaries and the maintenance of operation of said institution, $75,000; (4) For repairs and permanent improvements, $25,000, a total of $172,000 for two years. West Kentucky State Industrial College: (1) For maintenance and operation, $20,000; (2) For support and maintenance, $15,000; (3) For permanent improvement and repairs, $50,000; (4) For liquidation of indebtedness and deficit, [$9,898?], a total of $99,898 for two years. Substitute bill No. 92, after receiving minor cuts by the Governor's Budget Committee was sent to Appro- raises were made by this committee. The Kentucky State Industrial College received approval by the Governor's Budget Committee on $172,000 for a two year period. On reaching the Appropriations Committee No. 1, Kentucky State College received a cut of $18,000, however, a special bill No. 597 has been favorably approved by this committee giving Kentucky State her (Continued on page 8)
Moore To Oppose Dyer
Officer Kills Girl White Man Shoots Her Because She Resisted Advances
Employment Signs Good
Prepare For C.M.E. Gen'l Conference BISHOP PHILLIPS TO CONFER WITH LOCAL PASTORS HERE WEDNESDAY Local Organization Busy; All Churches And Citizens To Cooperate The Rt. Rev. C. H. Phillips of Cleveland, Ohio, bishop over the Kentucky and Ohio Conferences will arrive in Louisville Wednesday morning, March 5, to begin the general arrangements for the General Conference of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church which convenes in Louisville May 7, for a period of three weeks. Bishop Phillips is to confer with Rev. C. L. Knox, pastor of the Chestnut St. C. M. E. Church, the host to the conference, the other local C. M. E. pastors including Revs. N. H. Wiggins, J. M. McClennon, J. A. Hayes, J. J. Mann, and General Officer Wm. Womack and Presiding Elder J. M. Henderson who presides here and are to cooperate in the General Conference entertainment. Bishop Phillips is to preach at the Chestnut Street Church Wednesday night. The bishop delivered a masterful sermon at the Bishops Council at Memphis a few weeks ago; he is a scholar and thinker and the public is expected to hear him Wednesday night. Local Organization Busy For several weeks the local organization has been busy in preparation for the General Conference. The pastors and members of the C. M. E. Church and all other denominations and the citizens generally are pledging their support and cooperation and the many delegates and visitors to be here in May from all sections of the country are in for a real entertainment and the genuine Kentucky hospitality so well known all over the nation. The officers of the local organization, and members of committees which include leading churchmen and citizens of all denominations will be published later. It will be remembered that the A. M. E. Zion General Conference met here with Broadway Temple as host in May 1916, and the A. M.E. Conference with Quinn Chapel as host in May 1924. Sessions at the C. M. E. Conference will be held at the spacious Chestnut St. C. M. E. Church with the exception of two day and two night meetings which will be held [at?] the Jefferson County Armory. [Photo] REV. C. L. KNOX Chairman Local General Conference Organization.
Court Rules North Carolina Busses Must Carry Negroes
Bishop Goerge C. Clement is home for a few days. - Mr. McBurner Couts, former student of Simmons University spent a few days on the campus.
Last Boat For Race Women