Editing Hubert Julian (section)

==1930s==
During the first half of the 1930s, Julian made three trips to the [[Ethiopian Empire]]. It was during his second visit when he crashed [[Haile Selassie]]'s favorite plane, causing the emperor to ask Julian to leave his kingdom. But the Black Eagle would return on the eve of the [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War]], gaining a military commission to help defend the African kingdom. It was during this third trip when he would come to blows with [[John Robinson (aviator)|John C. Robinson]], the Brown Condor of [[Chicago]], over jabs in the press which Julian attributed to Robinson. Once it became clear that the forces of [[Fascist Italy (1922-43)|Fascist Italy]] would prevail, Julian left the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/harlem-hubert-black-eagle-julian-soared-glory-ethiopia-article-1.803091|title=Harlem's Hubert (Black Eagle) Julian|work=New York Daily News}}</ref> Julian returned to Ethiopia as a volunteer in the [[East African campaign (World War II)|East African Campaign]] of 1940–41.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN2FkAgXkCI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/GN2FkAgXkCI| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Latest News From Abyssinia|work=British Movietone}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In December 1937, Julian in the position of equerry to Princess Almeria Ali of Egypt was left in charge of escorting the body of the princess' father Prince Hadji Ali of Egypt, who died November 5, from Paris to [[Johns Hopkins University]] in Baltimore for scientific study. Julian was entrusted with administering the prince's $800,000 estate as well as returning the body to Egypt for interment in the family mausoleum. The prince, a vaudeville artist, was rumored to have a double stomach capable of allowing him to drink gasoline and water, bifurcated to each stomach. He would then squirt out the gasoline to ignite it followed by the water to extinguish the flames.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 11, 1937 |title=Col. Julian Back as Guide to Egyptian Princess |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/668573307/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Detroit Tribune |page=8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 1937 |title=Julian Back in U.S. With Hifaluting Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/693157505/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=California Eagle |pages=1, 13 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 1937 |title=Julian's Back, This Time With Body Of Prince Ali of Egypt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40839099/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The New York Age |page=1 |language=en}}</ref> The [[New York Amsterdam News|Amsterdam News]] claimed this venture by Julian was a fake, but later recanted with an apology.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 1938 |title=Success Story Dept. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40842961/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The New York Age |page=11 |language=en}}</ref> 

As a result of abdicating his British citizenship to accept Ethiopian citizenship and failing to apply for a re-entry permit to the U.S., in 1938, he experienced passport challenges that delayed his re-entry, subsequently compromising a $200,000 business deal potentially connected to a proposed non-stop flight from New York to Karachi, India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 1, 1938 |title=Line on Liners |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52877221/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=22 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 1938 |title=Black Eagle Says Passport Trouble Cost Him $200,000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/872047032/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Black Dispatch |page=1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Maurice |date=August 29, 1938 |title=Sidelights In News Of Capitals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/396223972/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News |page=10 |language=en}}</ref>

Julian spent his time stateside traveling with William Powell's Five Blackbirds, an all black flying troupe who performed in the Midwest and California as well as performing piloting services for paying customers like [[Father Divine]]. December 1939, Julian attempted to settle a lawsuit between Father Divine and one of his fallen Angels, Mrs. Verinda Brown. New York Supreme Court Justice Benedict E. Dineen and both parties eventually agreed to the $12,000 in warehouse receipts for whiskey presented by Julian with the intention of covering Divine's $6500 to $17,000 in claims.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 1939 |title=Offers $12,000 To Settle Suit Of An Ex-Angel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/956477234/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The St. Louis Argus |pages=1, 12 |language=en}}</ref> Julian purported to own more than $800,000 worth of 25-year old whiskey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 1939 |title=Settlement Off |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/840758389/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Buffalo News |page=29 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 1939 |title=Divine Between Devil and Deep |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/63820221/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Morning Herald |page=18 |language=en}}</ref> Upwards of twenty-five defrauded Angels came forward as a result insisting on being repaid, forcing Julian to quickly withdraw his offer on the grounds of fairness to all and an inability to pay them all.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 28, 1939 |title=Father Divine Again on Trial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/692880755/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=California Eagle |page=11 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rice |first1=William |last2=McNulty |first2=John |date=December 19, 1939 |title=Angel Gave Divine Her Gift for Saving Child |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/431276147/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Daily News |page=22 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 1939 |title=Julian Does It Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40931024/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The New York Age |page=12 |language=en}}</ref> He also embarked on a short-lived career as a film producer with the director [[Oscar Micheaux]], helping to fund the distribution for two of Micheaux's films: ''[[Lying Lips]]'' and ''The Notorious Eleanor Lee''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Contemporary Black Biography|publisher=Gale|year=2011|isbn=9781414472669|location=Detroit MI|chapter=Hubert Julian}}</ref>