Western Outlook (San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.), Vol. 32, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1926 Page: 3 of 8
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HE WEEKS NEWS
FROM
Here and There
teachers have been built. In the
number of teachers' homes, Missis-
sippi stands first with 34. North
Carolina, with 500, leads in schools
and also in total number of Rosen-
wald buildings erected—514.
SCORN SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG
Monster Benefit
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITJES
Of absorbing interest to Negroes
|of Georgia and Tennessee, particu-
1 larly those residing in rural districts
J where elementary education is hard
to obtain because of poor facilities
and the short school terms, is the
announcement of the United States
department of education that legis-
lation to promote eqality of educa-
tional opportunity in every part of
the State has been enacted recently
in Georgia and Tennessee.
Georgia will provide a fund to
supplement county school funds in
counties not able to support schools
by a five-mill tax, while 53 counties
in Tennessee have levied fiftv cents
on 31(X) for elementary schools in
Agitation against the proposed
creation of a South African flag is
growing. Protest meetings are be-
ing held all over the country. Union
Jacks appear everywhere, and men
wear the British colors. The Cape
Times states that the government
will not proceed with the flag bill at
this session of the Assembly
FOR REMODELLING THE
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE
TO BE GIVEM BY
FRIENDS TO SAVE
Mother of the Late
George Walker
The mother of the late George
Walker, of Williams and Walker, is
now living in poverty. This week
the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas.
launched a drive for funds that will
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order to share in the State equaliza- j mean a home instead of the poor j
tion fund, so that school terms mav ; farm. The fortune that Walker
be lengthened to eight months. ; was supposed to have left proved a i
• dream. When he was alive, she
NEGRO SINGER TRIUMPHS lived-in luxury, but unfortunately!
; he had not prepared for the future, j
Committee of Fif ty Ladies
$ 1,000
MUST BE RAISED BY
Edna Thomas, of New Orleans,;
one of the greatest singers of Negro Don't fail to attend the June
spirituals, has repeated her London entertainment at Finnish hall, June
triumph in Berlin. German critics
were amazed to hear in Negro music
of fifty years ago the forerunner of
modern jazz. The singer closed her
programme with old Negro street j
(cries from New Orleans and Bi\A-
Imore and songs in Creole dialect.
She was repeatedly encored.
21, given under direction Parochial
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chapter, St. Augustine's mission.
DAMAGES FOR DISCRIMINATION
Charles Kuchan objects to paving
Jessie Pickett, colored, $70 for
refusing to sell her a ticket to the
show at Canton, 111. Plaintiff savs
that Kuchan, owner of the theatre,
refused to sell her a ticket solely on
account of her color. The rulton
countv circuit court allowed her a
judgment of $70 against Kuchan; he
has appealed the case to the State
supreme court.
ROSENWALD FUND AIDS 3,000
NEGRO SCHOOLS
PIANO LESSONS
Beginners and Advanced Students
Special Attention Given to
Accompanist & Concert Work
Studio, 2719 Sutter Street
PhonejFillmoe 4146
■ MRS. F. L. FOSTER
CENTRE STATION
Monday, June 28
Knights of Columbus Hall
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150 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE, S. F.
PAGEANT PROGRAMME
Mrs. Lora Toombs-Scott, Directress
TO CONCLUDE WITH A DANCE
$3,500 will be given by the Recreation League
if $1,000 is raised
Music Donated by
LA PROTTI'S PARAMOUNT TEN
Special exercises marked com-
pletion recently at Riverside, Tex.,
of the 3000th Rosenwald building.
The Rosenwald fund, established n
1917 to promote Negro education by
aiding to erect schools and teachers
homes, is now in operation in 14
Southern States. During this time
2889 schools and 111 homes for the
CHOICE CUT FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Flowers for Funerals
Specialize on Fraternal Societies
Floral Pieces.
Phone Orders Solicited
No Order Too Small or Too Large
Receive Prompt Attention.
NORMAN POLLARD. Proprietor
1510 SEVENTH ST.
OAKLAND, CAL.
Phone Lakeside 8220
S. L. LA PROTTI
H. F. PIERSON
G. A. TABORNE
J. H. TERRELL
W. F. ALLEN
ELLIOTT WORTH
CLARENCE SMITH
GEORGE HURD
BABB FRANK
CERI HASTI
CHAIRMAN, MRS. ALICE BUTLER
SECRETARY, MRS. EMMA SCOTT-JONES
TREASURER, MRS. ADAH WILSON
Admission One Dollar
This adv. donated by the High school Girls Club of San Francisco
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Wysinger, J. E. & Derrick, J. Lincoln. Western Outlook (San Francisco and Oakland, Calif.), Vol. 32, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1926, newspaper, June 12, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth596199/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .