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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1925)
j THE MONITOR I A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS - A OF COLiORED AMERICANS _ PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE publish u MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY _ Entered a, Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915 a. th« Postoffice at Omaha. Nebraska, under the Act_ of March 3, 1879. THE REV.”JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS-------.- fdltor w W MOSELY, Lincoln. Neb--A**oc lat« Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS-- —Bualnesa Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 - ►♦«<"x-*<^x~x^*^x“x“x“>>x~x~x~x~:-x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x* ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE £ o UNITED STATES X o i ! \ Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged £ I! 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, £ ! I and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the | United States and of the State wherein they reside. No | ! I state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the v ;; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor j. ;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- i \ ‘ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person £ \ within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. £ DEFAMERS AND DEFENDERS THE NEGRO RACE has always had its defamers and its defenders. Nor is this peculiar to our race. We are prone to think that the lot of our particular peo ple differs entirely from that of others. But that is not true. Others have their difficulties and problems too. The path way of progress is marked by memorials to obstacles surmounted. There is a sound philosophy underlying the well-known lines of Isaac Watts, in referring to victory in spiritual things: “Sure, I must fight, if I would reign.” This applies all along the line. We must not expect to be car ried to the skies on “flowery beds of ease’. Progress is not made in this way. Prog ress comes through struggle. Character is developed by struggle. We cannot be ex empt from this law of life. We meet opposition and will continue to meet it. We must not be overcome by i it but overcome it. It does not matter in what form this opposition comes it must be manfully met. It may come in the form of detraction. It may come in various ways; but come in whatever way it will it must be met and vanquished. W'hat we need is courage to carry on and do our part like men no matter how strong the opposition. Character and achievement are credentials which none can deny. W here these are in evidence and defamers arise defenders will not be wanting. A striking illustration of this is at hand. A southern officer, Bullard by name, has just written a book, in which he maligns the character and courage of Ne gro soldiers in the late World War. What has happened ? The eastern newspapers are full of letters from high officials in ihe army denying Bullard's charges, and paying high tribute to the valor of black soldiers. These defenders have a good case, because of the character and achieve ments of Negro soldiers. Defamers are vanquished by defenders when the de famed have contravening facts on their side. IS THIS FAIR TO CHILDREN? KRUG PARK, one of the amusement parks of this city, has adopted the custom of inviting the school children of the city to be its guests on designated days of the year. Different districts, such as the North side. West side. South side, are invited upon different days. All schools in the particular district are the guests on its designated day. All school children are invited to come and enjoy the amuse ments and privileges of the park. Colored children are allowed to enjoy all priv ileges but one. They are not allowed to enter the swimming pool. All other chil dren, of all sorts and conditions. Italians, Jews. Slavs. Lithuanians, Syrians. Poles. Filipinos, Japanese and others can enjoy a dip in the pool, except the Negro child. He alone is excluded, after having been invited as a pupil in his respective school to be a guest This discrimination is so glaringly inconsistent and unjust that one would think that calling attention to it is all that would be necessary to correct it. It is too much to hope that the man agement of Krug Park will see to it that this dicrimination shall cease in the case of school children whom it generously in vites to be its guests? WHO IS LYISG? General Bullard of Alabama, says the 92nd Division, Negro troops, were coward ly and inefficient in the World War. Gen eral Pershing publicly commended them for their valiant service, saying, “I want you, officers and soldiers of the 92nd Divi sion. to know that the 92nd Division stands second to none in the record you have made since your arrival in France." Some body is handling the truth recklessly. Who is it? DESIGH OR OVERSIGHT It is rather interesting and instructive to notice the mental attitude of the aver age white American towards the colored American even in communities where there is a disposition to be broad-minded and fair in public movements. Our people are very frequently left out of the count. It isn't always because they want to leave us out, but simply because they do not think. Their mental process may be de scribed as “thinking in terras of white only”. Perhaps were we the dominant race our thought process would be the same. In planning civic affairs or move ments we might think of colored folk only. The mental processes of white peo ple is that unquestionably of thinking al most exclusively in terms of white. As illustrative of this: Take Omaha. When making up citizenship committees quite frequently there is no representation what soever from our group and yet we con stitute about one-twelfth of our city's pop ulation. Recently a meeting was called to organize a “Good-Will Movement”, to put into practice the principles of the Golden Rule and eliminate friction and misunderstanding among various groups, religions an»F nationalities. It would seem that on the preliminary committee of some thing over 1(M) names, place would be found for some representative of our peo ple. It was doubtless an oversight, due to the tendency, perhaps a natural one, to think only in terms of the larger and • Monitor For Sale Wishing to retire from newspaper work knd devote my entire time to my parish work, I offer The Monitor, a well-established and well-known weekly newspaper, for sale. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. . I THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE % i! - | !! A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded !! persons that the contribution of the Negro to American j ! ! nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from <{• !! negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and •{. !! yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking | !! and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first y !! explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from ■> ’ the first the foundation of the American prosperity and <« < > the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and ' j < > economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply < > • on the striving white men in Europe and America but also < • | on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for ; ; two centuries. The military defense of. this land has do- ;; ’ pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ; I wan down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ; ; the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ; i significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the < : choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played ,, 1 a peruHar spiritual Mde in America as a sort of Bring, i breathing teat of our ideals and an example of the faith, ; ; : hope md tsleraari of ear religion—Du Bow, “The Gift of .. : Black Nk.” I i * t .....— Mooooeooe »♦♦♦♦»»♦♦♦♦? j dominant group. Our people are not al ways overlooked in such movements in this community, but it quite frequently occurs, more through thoughtlessness, we are in clined to believe, than to any wilful and set purpose to leave us out. We may not be able to help much, but we all can help some. Cood Will movements should cer tainly include all. LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT Dr. A. B. Moss is able to be out again, having improved much since his operation. R. H. Young was confined to his bed with illness the past week. Mrs. Fanny Young returned home from Crete Sunday. . ..... Mrs. J. W. Cooley went to Kansas j City, Mo., this week to visit her daughter, Miss Fredda. Rev. H. W. Botts left Sunday night for Omaha from where he goes in company with his brother, Dr. W. F. Botts, to Wichita, Kans., to attend the National Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. congress. The annual sermon of I^ebanon ! Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M., was j preached by Rev. C. R. Ross at the Newman M. E. church Sunday after noon. The annual sermon of the Daugh ters and Sir Knights was held in the A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon; | Rev. H. W. Botts of Mt. Zion Baptist < church preached. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mosley enter- j tained the Utopian Art Club at their home last Thursday night. Quite a crowd was present and a profitable meeting was had. Mr. and Mrs. Zack Johnson will entertain the club Thurs day night, July 2nd, at their home, 2464 Woodcrest. The Kentucky Harmony Singers gave a concert in Newman Methodist church last Thursday night—and at Mt. Zion Baptist church Friday night, and were greeted by fine crowds. Rev. T. J. Porter conducted serv ices at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church list Sunday in Rev. M. C. Knight’s ( absence. Rev. Mr. Scott preached for Rev. H. W. Botts at Mt. Zion last Sunday j morning. The pastor preached at night. Rev. Scott will conduct serv ices for Rev. Mr. Botts Sunday, June 28th. Mrs Harding and her granddaugh- ■ ter of Chilocotha, Mo., are visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Patrick, here. Wm. Hightower is home from camp at Crete. Miss Mary Nelson is visiting in the I city. Miss Nelson has been teaching, • in the city of Nashville, Tenn., the ' past year and expects to return to: her duties in September. Rev. and Mrs. 0. J. Burckhardt en tertained at eleven o’clock breakfast Thursday morning for Mrs. L. M. Braxton, Misses Vaughn, Johnson and ! Weatherly from Fulton, Ky., who are giving concerts at the variou | churches. Covers were laid for seven at a most wonderfully appointed ! breakfast table. Mrs. G. H. Huff, Hastings, Nebr., is a week-end guest of Mrs. C. John- ; son. The M. S. Club met Thursday after noon with Mrs. Lorraine Dorsey. The Children’s Day program under j the the committee composed of Misses Maxine Holmes, Ruth Hickman, Char lotte I>oving, Florence Reid and Agnes Thomas was a great success. The, Junior Choir was a complete surprise and the numbers were excellently executed. Mrs. Sara Walker, super intendent Quinn Chapel. Rev. M. C. Knight and Rev. O. J. Burkhardt left for Omaha Friday morning enroute to Los Angeles, Cal. The Kentucky Harmony Singers of Fulton, Ky., completed their two weeks’ engangement here Wednesday night and left for Beatrice, Nebr., Thursday morning. — Washington Chapel to Get j Pew in Honor of the Lees , Valley Forge, Pa.—Tha Society of Lees of Virginia haa presented to the Washington Memorial chapel here a choir pew In honor of the Lees who served In the Revolutionary war and an endowment for maintenance of the chapel choir. The pew la to be of oak, hand carved. On the enda will be carved continental soldiers kneel ing in prayer, and on the back will be the coat of arms of the Lee family, with an inscription and the names of the Lees who served In the war. In cluded in tbe list are Richard Henry Lee, who offered the resolution that the states should be free; Francis Llghtfoot Lee, signer of the Declara tion of Independence, and "Light horse" Harry Lee. Clock Saves Block Martlnsburg, W. Va.—Sounding of an alarm clock which, by mistake, had beeD set an hour earlier than nsuat. was responsible for blocking an early morning Ore in tbo Evers bnllding bars. The Bra department soon bad t> under control. 45,000 FEET ALOFT IS FLYING LIMIT Speed at Turn* Must Not Ex ceed 250 Miles. Washington.—Flight surgeons of the army air service believe mun has about reached the maximum flying speed at which he can suddenly change direc tion, owing to the centrifugal force exerted on the body and Its effect on the blood. This speed Is placed In the vicinity of 250 miles an hour. The limit of speed on a straightaway course, they say, can probably be placed much higher than Is now me chanically possible, but experience will have to write the actual figure. The height limit, they add, Is around 45,000 feet. This contention regarding the maxi mum speed for turning, the flight sur geons point out. Is predicated upon the experience of Lieut. Alvin J. Williams of the navy, at the Fulltzer air races at St. Louis in October, 1923, who said he became practically unconscious at the turns of the triangular course, when he rounded at 243.67 miles an hour. Blood Carried to Stomach and Lege. The flyer at the turn banks bis craft at right angles, the centrifugal force acting at right angles to the new direc tion of travel and the blood being car ried away from the head toward the stomach, and probably even Into the legs, causes faintness and possibly un- j consciousness. Blood circulation quickly adjusts Itself, the flight surgeons say, and the direction of centrifugal force Is rap idly changed, although at turns at very high speeds In airplanes, brain Injury or rupture of a vital blood vessel might result. Even when supplied with oxygen, the flight surgeons hold, an aviator could not survive beyond a height of 45,000 feet, under ordinary circumstances, be cause the available oxygen pressure in the lungs would be too low to sustain Ufa Between 23,000 and 25,000 feet Is the “upper limit of consciousness” without oxygen, say the flight surgeons, and at higher altitudes oxygen Is Indis pensable. Only if inclosed in a cabinet or suit In which the barometric pressure were kept at a degree compatible with life would It be possible to ascend beyond the 45,000 limit, with suitable arrange ment made for dlsiwslng of the surplus carbon dioxide. Queer Experiences at High Altitude. The avlutor experiences, among other things, as the result of high alti tude flights, sleepiness, uncontrolled emotion. Including giggling, singing or laughter; muscular weakness, short ness of breath, impairment of the In tellect and judgment, and Impairment of vision and hearing. These are chiefly due, medical men explain, to a lack of oxygen In the brain. There are 50 army flight surgeon* stationed at different flying fields, all on flying status. A flight medical school Is maintained at Mltchel field. New York, where courses are given se lect medical offleers picked for avia- J tlon duty. Aviation psychology forms a large share of their work, and they are acquainted with first-hand condi tlons of the men who go up In th* air In ships. The National Aeronautic associa tion's records show that the present maximum altitude record Is held by a French flyer with 39,586 feet, and the speed record In a straightaway course Is held by another French airman at : 278.48 miles an hour. Hit by Burglar, Woman Traps Him in Closet Philadelphia. — How Mrs. Sarah Kaufman unwittingly trapped and al most caused the death of a burglar who had felled her unconscious was revealed 15 hours after the attack. Then a closet door In the Kaufman home was opened hv police and out fell the burglar nearly unconscious. Mrs. Kaufman was passing through a room on the second floor on the way to her bedroom when she was felled by a blackjack. Police say that In falling she struck the closet door Into which her Hssallant had darted, and closed it, the spring lock snapping. Her husband found her unconscious and took her to the Mlserleordla hos pital. She was able to return home the same day and was passing through the room where she had been assaulted when she heard a faint scraping noise In the closet. Going to the door she heard a faint breathing and called the police. As the officers opened the door a youth, who later said he was Melvin Barnes, eighteen, of Galveston, Texas, fell out, almost unconscious from lack of air. He admitted later he had broken Into the house, hut denied striking Mrs. Kaufman. Look Through Walls and Floors With New X-Ray Schenectady.—X-ray machine* by means of which one may look through ■olid walls and floors an easily as a surgeon or dentist now examines sub- ; cutaneous parts of his patient’s body have been perfected. The Inventors j are Dr. W. D. Coolldge and his asso- ; elates In the research laboratory of j the General Electric company here, j The new apparatus, confined In a box 7 by 8 by 10 Inches and weighing only 80 pounds, It expected to prove of great value, especially to plumbers, building contractors, electrician* and Jewelers. To use the device It will only be necessary to connect an ordi nary extension cord to the nearest lamp socket or base plug of the house hold lighting system. Hereafter, the Inventors say, die man who wishes to hang a picture on the wall and doesn’t know where to find a solid place to drive a nail will not have to ruin the wall before find ing the right spot. The new machine may alao prove a nemesis to smug glers. By shooting the raya through precious stones the Jewelers would easily be able to determine the genu ineness of any Jewel. . Tj ! I 11 ! i j 1 j_ A BREAMLARB CAFE Opened Sunday, March 29, in the Jewel Building, 24th and Grant Streets. —SERVING— Ice cream, candies, soft drinks, sodas, and home cooked meals. THOMPSON & TAYIX)R, Proprietors 1 •3 WANT A HOME? ■■ We Have It Among !■ j; Recent Listings I; I* 5 Beautiful Residence Bun- j! i galows ;I ji 3 New 5-room Cottages 3; «■ Small Payment Down—Bal- jl j3 ance Less Than Rent jl 3; 1 can save you from $250 !; I* to $500 on a five or six room bungalow built to £ your order anywhere you 3; want it. C. W. 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