DEMOCRATS SWEEP COUNTRY - DEPRIEST ONE OF FEW REPUBLICANS WHO ESCAPED LANDSLIDE The people of the United States elected Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York and John Nance Garner of Texas, President and Vice President respectively, last Tuesday by a landslide which not only swept President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis out of office by a vote which went beyond that of the Hoover landslide of 1928, but which took several of the nation's veteran Republican senators and congressmen along with it. A landslide which threatened to sweep Congressman Oscar DePriest of Illinois, the only colored member of the House of Representatives, out of office, and threatens to give the Democrats a majority vote in the Republican stronghold of Louisville and Jefferson County, according to predictions as the Leader goes to press. The election returns indicated that Roosevelt will get 472 electoral votes and Hoover 59, and that his popular vote will give him a majority  of more than four million. The key states like New York New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, and veteran Republican leaders in the Senate like [Watson?] of Indiana, Smoot of Utah and Moses of New Hampshire went down in defeat. It was a general dissatisfaction on the part of a certain element of citizens, it was an uprising unprecedented in American politics. It was the depression for which President Hoover and the Republicans were not responsible, the Bonus bill which the President vetoed as the best thing to do for the good of the country, and other things which militated against the President. President Hoover's Des Moines, New York, Indianapolis and St. Paul speeches showed him to have a more comprehensive grasp of the political and economical problems and the other national and international situations than his Democratic opponent, but his arguments fell on deaf ears. He and the Republican party were defeated by millions of thoughtless voters who did not consider merit, including a good number of Negroes who voted the Democratic ticket over the country in larger numbers than ever before. De Priest Is Winner Early returns from Chicago said that Oscar DePriest, the only colored congressman, was also carried to defeat (Continued on page 4)
CHURCH PEOPLE, CITIZENS TO ATTEND CITY-WIDE LAYMEN'S MEET SUNDAY No local church program has ever created a greater interest than the city-wide laymen's mass meeting to be held at the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church tomorrow, Sunday afternoon at 3:30. The program, which is sponsored by the laymen of the C. M. E. Church in Louisville with the cooperation of laymen of the other denominations,: will include talks by some of the most prominent laymen and musical numbers by talent from among all of the denominations. Mr. A. D. Doss, agency director of the Mammoth Life Insurance Company, and an officer of the Calvary Baptist Church, will serve as master of ceremonies. "Four minutes" talks on the "Laymen's Place in the Church" will be made by Messrs. B. O. Wilkerson, Zion Baptist Church; H. W. Jones, Jr., Green Street Baptist Church; B. H. Larke, West Chestnut Street Baptist Church; Booker Houston, Lampton Baptist Church; Blaine Hall, St. James A. M. E. Church and Dr. R. B. Scott, J  ones Temple M. E. Church, with remarks by Prof. G. W. Jackson, Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church, and Dr. J. A. C. Lattimore, Broadway Temple A. M. E. Zion Church. The principal address will be delivered by Mr. I. Willis Cole of the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church, who will be introduced by Mr. George F. Robinson of the Fifth Street Baptist Church. The program is in charge of Dr. A. C. McCulley [of?] the Miles Memorial C. M. E. Church, with announcements by Mr. George Reed of Miles Memorial and Prof. G. H. Brown of Quinn Chapel. A men's chorus of 100 voices managed by Mr. F. E. Carter and a women's chorus of 50 voices directed by Mrs. Carrie Atkins of the Chestnut Street Church, representing singers from all denominations of the city will render musical selections. Other numbers will be rendered by the Chestnut Street and Miles Memorial chorus, the Smith's Junior chorus, the St. Luke and Guiding Star quartettes and solo renditions by the best local talent. All ministers, laymen organizations, church people and the citizens at large are invited to come to Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church Sunday and spend the whole afternoon. The ladies of the church will serve lunches and refreshments.
White Beauty Gets At Least $100 Alimony
FIRST PERIOD OF POPULARITY CONTEST CLOSES WEDNESDAY Friends Keep Officer Wood In Lead; Murphy, Parker, Brown, Scott And Downs Close-Up The first period of the Leader citizens popularity contest in honor of the colored members of the local police department will come to a close next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. After that time the one, three, six months and one year subscriptions secured by the friends of the officers will be decreased in their vote value. While friends of most of the officers who are in a friendly battle to make their favorite officer the most popular and winner of the citizens' medal and the three cash prizes have made exceptional vote reports during the week record breaking reports are expected to be made by those friends taking the lead in the interest of their favorite officer. Not only does the passing of a week bring us closer to the closing date, December 21, when the gold medal, the $100, $50 and $25 will be presented to the three most popular offi  cers, but it brings us closer to the night when one of the most beautiful affairs ever seen at Odd Fellows Hall will be given in honor of the officers and their wives under the management of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Peter Salem Post, American Legion. The close of the voting for the week Wednesday evening found Officer W. D. Wood still holding down first place. This is the second week that his friends have reported the necessary votes to keep him in first place. Friends of Officer James Murphy have kept him in second place ever since the beginning of the contest four weeks ago. The only change in the standing this week was that of the march of Officer Clarence Parker from fifth place back upward landing in third place this week. The friends of Officer Parker kept him in first place two weeks. They did not relish his drop to fifth place last week and making a big report this week he is in third place just a few votes under Officers Wood and Murphy in first and second places. Officer John Brown, who was brought forward with a rush by his friends last week, got his share of the votes this week but did not have quite enough votes to keep him from dropping from third to fourth place. Officer William Scott, who is ill, also got his share of the votes this week but is in fifth place just a few votes below the leaders. Officer Downs came in for good support from his friends this week and retains the sixth place, the same as held by him last week. Each of the other officers came in for a share of the votes brought or mailed to the Leader office this week--free votes and through subscription of from one month to one year. The votes and standing at the close Wednesday evening are given on page 5.
Preacher Murders Common-Law Wife Rev. Monroe Berry, 657 H Alley, pastor of a Mission Baptist Church at 19th and Magazine, stabbed Mrs. Mary Ellen Jones, said to be his common-law wife to death last Monday night. Mrs. Jones was killed near 19th and Magazine, during an argument over the absence of the preacher, who is supposed to have been attending a Scout meeting last Monday night. When both left the house to prove that he had attended this meeting it is believed an argument ensued in which the woman's jugular vein was severed by Rev. Berry with a "Scout's" knife. A pair of scissors was found by the side of Mrs. Jones, but there was no indication that she was stabbed with them. It is reported that a pair of scissors had been borrowed from a neighbor by Rev. Berry earlier in the evening to cut Scout arm bands. Mrs. Jones, who had been living with Rev. Berry at the above address for several months and was an expectant mother, has two children, ages 12 and 14. C. R. Baugh, undertakers, had charge of the body and the funeral was held from Centennial Baptist Church Friday. Berry is being held on a charge of first degree murder.
DURHAM TO ATTEND PULLMAN PORTERS' MEET Mr. R. L. Durham, instructor for the Pullman Company and a well known Louisville citizen, is to attend the twelfth annual convention of Pullman Porters' Benefit Association of America which convenes in Chicago November 15. Mr. Durham is one of the outstanding colored men in the Pullman service. He was promoted to the position of porter instructor in 1925 as the first and only member of the race to hold such a position with the company in this city and he has been a credit to the company and to the citizens of Louisville. Mr. Durham was first employed by the Pullman Company in 1906 and 1907 as car cleaner, working between school periods. In 1908 he went on the road and remained in that capacity until his promotion.
VISITS CITY [Photo] MRS. ANNIE M. MALONE The race's foremost business woman, the president of the great Poro College of Chicago, who delivered an interesting address to a large audience at Quinn Chapel Wednesday evening and presented diplomas to twenty graduates of the Louisville Poro branch of which Miss Ione Garrett is instructor and manager.
Protests Use of Word "Nigger" Over Radio
A CORRECTION The article about the laymen's meeting to be held at the Chestnut Street C. M. E. Church Sunday said last week: "Among the prominent laymen scholars to appear on the program are Messrs. B. O. Anderson, etc." The article should have read: "Among the prominent laymen scheduled to appear on the program are Messrs. B. O. Wilkerson, etc."
Jewel K. McNari in Concert Recital, Lyric Theatre, Friday Eve., Nov. 25, 8:15. Advance Sale, Adults 20 Cent ; Children 10 Cents.
Supreme Court Remands Case of Boys Back to Scottsboro
Says They Were Not Given A Fair Trial
Justice Sutherland Reads Majority Opinion; Two Dissent
Central High Is Ready For Ashland CENTRAL READY FOR ARMISTICE DAY GAME WITH ASHLAND HIGH According to news which comes from those who know, the Central High School Yellow Jackets are ready for the Wild Cats from Ashland, one of the strongest teams of the country. The Wild Cats gave the Yellow Jackets an 18 to 6 beating last year which the Central boys have not forgotten, and they are out to get revenge Friday afternoon, Armistice Day, at the Central High stadium. The game will be called at 2:30. This is the big homecoming game and all grads, former students and friends are expected to come out and support their local high school team. Students from all the schools are expected to turn out in large numbers. Especially from Jackson Junior Hi to see Dog Carrol and the flash Greasy Coward, and from Madison to see the mighty line plunging of Mike Brown and the shrewdness of the little demon, Rankin. Captain Roberts says that the entire team is ready for any Ashland brings down. 623 students saw the Lincoln Institute game last Friday and they expect to make it 1000 Friday. All are urged to get advance tickets at the White, Bright, Cabell and Bowman Doug Stores. Friends of Central and the public are asked to attend the Central games and encourage the team[.?] Those who appreciate good football [are?] in for a real game Armistice [Day.?] The Central High team is to [illegible] champion Pearl High team [illegible] [Louisville?] Thanksgiving Day [and a large?] crowd is expected at the [Central High?] stadium.
South African Leader At Fisk University
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