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Ukelele Joe and His Morning Glory Vines I kKLKLE JOE FEATURING HIS MORNING GLORY SONG Mr J oe Thomas, Ukelele Joe, na tionally known Radio Artist, gave his radio )><teners a n< w thrill Saturday morning over W. A. A. W. when he did his song “When the Morning Glory riimli- Up to My Window.” Mr. Thomas possesses a musical kitchen of which he is the inventor. At pres ent he is the private chef to Carl Gray of the Union Pacific and has ins. returned from the Pacific Coast to his home at 2711 N. 28th Ave., where he found the Morning- Glories that were the inspiration of his new 'ongr CROCODILE TEARS MAYBE Mr. Garner thinks A1 Smith is a great man, and apologizes for Texas going Republican at the last elec tion. He is said to have shed tears, because of intoler ance, it .win nov. be inorder for the speaker to give his views on the attitude of the Democratic .Party of Texas in the famous primary election case. As yet, no one has ever heard of him shedding any tears over disfranchising the black citizen*, oi his suae. WISDOM FROM EDISON “When the government enters business, it simply mixes a lot of POLITICS with a LITTLE BUSINESS.” The late Thomas Edison said that. The experience of the last few years has demon strated the truth of this. We have seen government in the farming business, the printing business, the paint business, and a multitude of others. We have seen it reg ulate and restrict others. The result has been a tremend ous extension of the Federal bureaucracy—at the tax payers’ expense. “Keep government to the business of governing” would be a good motto. CHRISTIAN SERVICE Most of our church have missionary departments, through which they administer to the needs of the be nighted heathen in foreign lands. Their missionary ser vice is usually the most unselfish the churches perform and, there, the most creditable. But the storm ridden Negroes of B|/razoria offer a better subject for missionary service than any heathen in foreign lands. Every church in this state should take up a collection for the flood sufferers in Brazoria, Col umbia, Freeport, and surrounding territory! These suf ferers are the ones Jesus had in mind when He said “I was naked and ye clothed me.” Eighty per cent of the Negroes in that section are in a destitute condition. Many of the houses were blown flat to the ground. Beds, chairs, bedding, clothing, stov es and every article that we count as essential to living were destroyed. The people are sleeping out doors, try ing to live off a few potatoes or a bit of bread and bacon that they cook in holes they scrape out in their yards. A few have tents. But for the most part, they are over crowded and unsanitary. The mosquitoes, pro duced by the water holes and swamps, finish the job of making life miserable. Many are sick. Practically none are getting the rest and food one should have after such an ordeal as they went through. The Red Cross is serving as far as it can with its limited means, but it just can’t care for these Negroes as it probably would. Negroes must help. One old lady who had to lie under the debris of her fallen house until it could be cut away, was limping around barefooted a week after the storm without ever having had medical aid! No one who professes to be a Christian needs to be asked to send a donation to aid these people. It is only necessary to say where.. All who read this may send their donations to the editor of The Houston Informer, marked storm relief. Every penny will be listed and published. Every name will be published, except where there is a special request to the contrary. In that case the hem will be published as a Christian gift. Evei«y Negro should strip himself to give to this cause, for Jesus would want churches, lodges and indi viduals to do that. Don’t wait! The need is today! Act now!_ SHOOTS COLORED VICTIM IN IN BOTH LEGS Washington-(CNS)—William Scott, colored, was wounded last week in both leg^s following: an altercation with a white man. Scott, on his way home, was accosted by the man, who picked a quarrel with him. During the ar gument, the man drew a gun. fired tear gas at Scott, and then, reloading the weapon with bullets, shot him in both legs. Police are holding Emmett Warren, white, as the alleged assail ant. Scott is being given hospital treatment and will recover. More Jobs for Forty Men At $225 per Month Citizens’ Co-op League Members, View Their First Shipment of Coal for Winter Top Car: Left to right, C Fel'man, C. C. Galloway, D. V. Mills. Standing by car, left to right, Dr. D. W. Gooden, Ollie Lewis, Mrs. Jennie Lewis, Mrs. Marie Stuart, James H. Holmes. J. W. Dacus. Ollie Lewis, 1st Vice-President and Chairman of the Coal Committee, Mrs. Jennie Lewis Ass’t. Sec’y., Mr. C. Fellman, salesman, Mr. Fellman said that this is the first Colored or ganization that he ever sold a car i load of coal to at one time. C. C. Galloway, founder of the Citizens’ Cooperative Laague in Omaha, D. V. Mills, as an unmarried man, he is Ae largest shareholder in Co-op League, Marie Stuart, See’y. Mr. <T. H. Holmes, president of the Citizens’ Cooperative League of Om aha congratulating Ollie Lewis, 1st Vice President and chairman of the ! local committee for his wonderful work in purchasing and distributing | successfully, the first carload of coal to their members. 1 Today’s Hcjseholo IDc'rvt j- £) -'oenficnt. Household Science Institut? Pity Little V’ncent Grand— Yi» Dad’s a millionaire. They dine off plates of solid gold Xnd eat the richest fare. Yet Vincent never comes from school To find a fiour-y Ma Who calls the neighbor youngsters in To raid the cooky jart NE of the first signs of a p proachirg sum mer is the de mand on the part of the children for picnic lunches. An egg sandwich and an appie ce comes a picnic to mo.; children if eaten at the boL rj of the garden or anywhere outdoors out of sight of the hou.e. it is a good idea, then, to »tert I vii plenty of pro visions on hand for these emer gency picnics and of course that includes cookies. Sand t rts are a delicious nov elty made as follows: . * nd Tarts 1 cup b 'tt.r 3 ti cups self 2 cups light brown rising flour .=upar 6 tbs. granu 3 eggs lated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. cinnamon >4 cup milk % cup finely chopped nuts Cream butter and brown sugar together uiorou^.hly; add egg yolks and be t; add vanilla and milk; aud dour to make a ‘■oft dough. Roll thin and cut with a small cut ter. Place on a greased baking sheet and brush tops with the egg whites sii htlv be«t 1 and mixed with t’ie 6 tablespoons sugar, the cinnamon and nut l The cookies should be placed it 1 st an inch arirt. I ke in a moderately hot «.-ven (' 75-400°F.) for about ten SEin 'tes. Everyth! g in these tittle* cookies is wholesome—the hotter and eggs, tiie brov n sugar. The self-rising four has teen preleavened at ths mill with monocaloinro phosphate, and jo pic. ide« additional and nec*-s rv calcium and phosphorus to ;1 » diet. Nuts a>-e wholesome for all except the ynnng-*s- mem bers of the f irnily. and a sia.-e of the cookies might b;' iTddt without this adornment. 1 U. M. W. AUXILIARY HOLD FIRST , MEETING — i The first meeting of the Auxiliary to the U. M. M. C., was held in the as sembly room of the telephone bldg., on Lake St., that has so generously been donated for the work of this or ganization. About 20 ladies were present, and enthusiastically expressed their will ingness to cooperate with the move ment. | With the assistance of Mrs. Madel- \ ine Sterling, who is acting as temp orary chairman of the body, the ladies plan to can fruit and vegetables for winter consumption; to make clothing and bedding; and later on to sponsor a series of entertainments for the benefit of the organization. Mr. C. C. Galloway, editor of the Guide, and president of this branch B, of the council, briefly outlined to the ladies the true purpose of the or ganization and the benefits to be de rived therefrom. He carefully explained the by-laws and constitution, governing the coun cil and the use of the script money that will be issued for the work done. Monday morning at 9 a. m. the ladies will meet in full force in the basement of the building, where they will begin an intensive canning of beans, corn and tomatoes. They hope to be able to place 80 quarts of vegetables and fruits in the home of j every member of the council, during the winter; although starting late, they hope by working full force, and perhaps overtime, to reach their goal before frost falls. TARHEELERS PETITION GOVER. j NOR TO KEEP NEGRO POET FROM WHITE COLLEGE PLATFORMS Raleigh, N. C.—(CNS)—Governor O. Max Gardner, was asked last week to put a stringent curb on so-called “Red” activities in State supported educational institutions by over 300 white North Carolinians. Petitions ' signed by editors of several large newspapers, bishops of churches, and town mayors,' asked the governor to put a stop to the appearance of such speakers as Langston Hughes and Bertrand Russell before white college students. I James H. Holmes. Pres., J. W. Dacus, ! Treasurer. i Listed below are the Cooperative League members who have received all or part of their winter’s supply of I coal. Dr. T. C. Ross, Dr. Milton Johnson, Ollie Lewis, Mr. James H. Holmes, Mr. Frank Stewart, Mr. J. W. Dacus, Mr. C. B. Wilkes, Mrs. Walter Taylor, Mr. H. W. Smith, Mrs. Belle Wade, j Mr. Arnold Black, Mrs. Hazel Pay ton, Dr. D. W. Gooden. YOUNG NEGRO REPUBLICANS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington—( C N'S )—Formal re cognition to the Young Republican League of the District, of Columbia, a colored campaign unit, has been granted by the District of Columbia Republican State Central Committee of which Samuel Prescott is chairman. With this recognition comes also the recognition of the young voters group by the Hoover-Curtis League, the sen ior unit. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., is chairman of the young voters or ganization. The League was formed several weeks ago under the guidance and sponsorship of Dr. C. Herbert Mar shall, member of the State Central Committee. Those starting the or ganization. included John P. Davis, Henry Lincoln Johnson, Sara Pelham Speaks, Margaret Hueston Coats, Per ry W. Howard Jr., Dutton Ferguson and James G. Tyson. A delegation which waited on Mr. Prescott and Mr. Francis E. Wells, chairman of the Hoover-Curtis League were assured every consideration dur ing the campaign. Immediate plans for the securing of memberships to the organization on a large scale were announced by Mr. Davis, a member of the executive committee of the group, in charge of organization. The League officers, expressed their intention of working in close harmony with the Hoover-Curtis League, their parent body. Several affairs, some social and some political are projected during the Fall season. RIVERS AND MITCHELL TO HEAD EASTERN COLORED G. O. P. CAMPAIGN DIVISION New York—(CNS)—It has been au thoratively reported here that Fran cis E. Rivers of New York and Char les E. Mitchell of West Virginia, have i been chosen by Republican leaders to head the Eastern division of the col ored voters campaign committee in the Hoover.Curtis Campaign. Other appointments are expected this week. F •. Rivers has been named chair man of the Eastern division and Mr. Mitchell, director of the Eastern Speakers’ Bureau. Both appointees are outstanding Republican leaders in their respective States and have na tional reputations. Mr. Rivers, a prominent New York attorney, has served as a member of the New York legislature and is au thor of State legislation creating two judgships in Harlem. He has been as sociated for a logn time with the Re publican organization of New York. A graduate of Yale University Law School, he has established an enviable record as a lawyer here. Mr. Mitchell, '• who has served for nearly two years as Minister to Liberia, is a prominent factor in West Virginia politics. In the 1929 campaign he was vice-chair man of the Eastern Speakers’ Bureau. He is also secretary of the National Negro Republican League, of which Dr. John R. Hawkins is Washington, D. C.f is president. Lack of funds has this year pre vented a sooner set-up of a colored division, it was stated here last week. With eight weeks remaining before election day, it was expected that the Negro division will immediately begin active campaign work. A complete or ganization is expected to be complete during the week. AFRICAN GOLD OUTPUT EX. CEEDS RECORD Johannesburg, South Africa-(CNS) — shortage in the world supply of gold as a monetary unit, has not pre. vented the mining of record quanti ties in mines here by native Kaffir labor. Native workers last month turned out over 19 million fine ounces (about $20,000,000). Despite this rec ord production, however, nations suf fering gold shortages are still un aided, since they must have commodi ties to exchange before they can se cure the gold for coinage. BOSTON CHAMPION WHITEMULE DRINKER KILLS QUART, BUT DROPS DEAD Boston, Mass. Sept.—“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.” did not keep David R. Tucker, 25, of this city, from being a game sport and winning his bet. On last Monday night Tucker was challenged that he could not drink a quart of bottleg white mule liquor when he met several of his friends on the corner of Luvas and Albion Sts. Tucker approached his friends and said that he was low in spirit and felt that he could drink a quart of liquor. His friends accepted his challenege and the liquor was bought and given Tucker. After Tucker had drank the quart of white mule, he passed out and was taken to the city hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arriv al. Several of Tucker’s friends were ar rested by the police, but later releas. ed. Tucker was a game sport and took the awful chance which proved fatal to him. He won his bet, but in real ity lost his life. SAILS TO STUDY LIBERIAN PROBLEMS Washington—(CNS) — Henry L. West, former commissioner of the Dis trict of Columbia and president of the American Colonization Society, last week sailed abroad for three months’ study of problems affecting the Li berian Republic. He will first visit Geneva, Switzerland, to confer with the League of Nations International Committee on Liberia and then pro ceed to Monrovia, the Liberian Capi tal, where he will hold several con ferences with President Edwin Bar clay. Mr. West is president of the society, which originally deeded the African territory now occupied by the repub lic to a group of American slaves and freedmen many years ago when the removal of all colored persons to this territory was considered a popular so lution of the race problem in America. Since that time the organization has kept in constant touch with the prog (BY OLLIE LEWIS) Several months ago there was or ganized in this community what is known as “The Citizens’ Co-Operative League of Omaha.” The purpose of the Organization is to raise the com munity to a higher economic level, not by demandnig an increase in wages and salaries, but by increasing the purchasing power of its constituency. This is done by co-operating the ef forts and power of the consumer. In order to get the organization before the people, several successful public gatherings were held. Namely, a mass meeting at Dreamland Hall, with bet ter than 500 people attending. A splen did program was rendered, music, songs and good speakers who told c the difference between cooperative bus. iness and Capitalist business, and the history and aim of cooperation. After the program a number of shares were sold. So the mepting was a decided success. On April 9th, we gave a mid nite show at the R i t z Theatre, at tended by more than <550 people. There were other efforts put on which were outstanding in character, and all to gether they created a very deep re spect for the organization which met weekly, and had an enrollment of 75 members and a following of half this number. Although there has not been one penny of the people’s money lost, this popularity was short lived, like other organizations that have been formed in this community, and be fore we could realize it, in creeped the slimy and poisonous character of selfishness, and very affectively did he do his dirty work. The member ship was scattered, its hope was cloucl ’il. its enthusiasm swayed, its ambition crushed, in fact the organ!, zation was all but killed. However, there was several who could not be discouraged. They struck to the task. They overcame every difficulty, and now the storm has broken, the clouds are beginning to disappear, and across the horizin the sky is clear and blue. I am happy to say we are ourselves once again. “The Citizens* Cooperative League of Omaha.” By persistent ef fort and hard work we are able to demonstrate in a practical way some of the savings of a consumers coop, erotion. By directly ordering fro.m the mines and distributing to the members. Our 1st car load of Semi antharcite coal, thereby affecting a saving of $106.40 besides we paid one of the members $33.60 for hauling the coal, which makes a total saving i of $140 a car. We have in Omaha approximately 3,000 families who use an average of 4 tons of coal per year. Ac this rate* you see we use 12,000 tons or 300 car loads of coal each winter, if we saved $10 on one car load of coal on 300 car loads we would save $33,000, and at the same time we would pay at the rate of $30 a car for handling the coal or $9,000. This makes a total saving of $42,000 per year, then, too, with $9,000 we could employ 40 men regu. lar for 6 months at $225 per month. This would be $42,000 saved without any sacrifice, without an increase in wages without any hardship, the only thing necessary is to spend your money through the cooperative league. If we can save $42,000 on coal alone, it means that our purchasing power would be raised proportionately, and we would have $42,000 to spend for something else. If you are interested in saving money on coal, join the Citi zens’ Co-operative League of Omaha. Call Ollie Lewis who is taking orders now for the next car. WE-5096. “Self Help Is the Only Help” ress of that early plan. At present Mr. West is vice-chairman of the Ad visory Committee on Liberian Edu cation. UNPAID NEGRO TEACHERS RE OPEN CHICAGO SCHOOLS Chicago—(CNS)— Negro school teachers, together with their white professional associates, this week re turned to their school desks to re open the school term, despite the fact that from three to six months back salary is still owing to them. Unable to pay their own bills, the teachers, in many cases, have been forced to de pend on the families of their students for food and fuel. Amounts well over a thousand dollars in each case are now owed long suffering “school marms” and schoolmasters. 1 6 I- 0 1 STANLEY OVENETTE j Bakes, Roasts ^ Toasts Regularly $3 You can bake potatoes and ^ pies, cakes and biscuits ... roast meats ... and so on, right over the burner or j heating element of your ft stove. A marvelous fuel ' saver. 1 This Week—Pemonstration by a Culinary Expert of This Unique Oven First Floor Square n=fl n=^i rpnir^n ri^n IPn rpn tr=n fi=Tl c^n r?=n n=n R=n n=»n n=>n n=n r?=n n=n r=n n=m r=m n=»n