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VOL. VI. Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, October 15, 1932 Number Thirty-Four.
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/ PRESIDENTmOOVER^OFFERS^NEWiDEALXTO COLORED RACE
KgJIDEMT HOOTER, on
Saturday, Odtobar I, 1932. ad
dressed a large delegation ef coU
, *rad rotor. at the White Honan
■ The President said:
[ “I wiah to thank yon lor yonr
fwni«| and (or the presentation
to mo of ao toothing a atataaant.
"The platform of the Repnh
^ Pdrtjr apeaka with juauheble
pride of the friendship of our par
ty for the American Negro that
has endured unchanged for 70
years. It pledgee itself to the con
tinued insistence upon Us rights.
That the friendship sad con
sideration of the party for the
American Macro has homo fruit
is evident in business, in ths arts
and sciencsa. in the professions -
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and recently we have seen a great
achievement of two splendid
youths, Tolan and Metcalfe, in
world supremacy in the Olympiad.
"It has been gratifying to me to
have participated in many msec
urea lor advancement ef education
and welfare amongst the Negroes
of our nation. I have had the co
operation of the ahloot of lender*
•hip from the Negroes themselves
in these institutions end move
ments. No better example exists
then the contributions assde to
the recent White Houec Confer
ence on Child Health and upon
Heme Building.
“I recall with great pleasure
this co-operation in the relief of
the Ifiecisoippi foods, f»r more
recently in relief of drought, and
in the sound advice add assistance
I have had in relief from the pree
ent distress and unemployment.
"You may bo assurad that our
party wiB aot abandon or depart
from its additional duty toward
the American Negro. I shall sus
tain this pledge given in the first
to stance by tbs unasortal Lincoln
and transmitted by him to those
who followed as a sacred trust.
The right of liberty, justice and
equal opportunity is yours.
“The President of the United
States is ever obligated to the main,
tenance of those sacred trusts to the
full extent of hie authority. I ap-1
predate your presence here today
as an evidence ef your friendship^
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“D'8?STi6 f
The NEWS" j
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, Every Week fron tl is Coinmc J
By CUFP)RD C. MITCHELL
U8EFIL INFORMATION
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NEGRO NEWSPAPERS—
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Some time ago I received a detailed
letter from the Progress News Serv
ice. of Newark. New Jersey, diclosing
the extent of tbeir activities in be
half of Negro Newspapers in their
particular community. Their working
slogan is:
“A Negro Newspaper in every
home ia America.”
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I am not statistically informed ou
the progress they have made in New
Jersey, but even without such inform
ation the idea merits the serious
thought and action of all our readers.
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The uniqueness of their slogan is
that they include “every home” and
not necessarily every Negro home—
and why not? What better way ia
there for the white race to become
expertly acquainted with Negroes
than to regularly read of our activ.
itiae through our own publications?
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Personally, I have gained many de
voted friends among the white race
simply by sending pertinent individ
uals complimentary subscriptions, at
my own expense, to a number of our
race publications. Many of these cor
respondent friends had never before
read a Negro publication. Others
had read one or two nationally known
race papers.
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All of such readers, however, hare
Indicated an amazement at the pro
gress and the obstacles that Ne
groes are making and overcoming.
And my mail, quite frequently, brings
requests from these readers to give
them detailed information concerning
some individual or organization that
they have read of in our papers and
which, before, they had not known
of their existence.
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If I, in my peculiar circumstanc
es, can materially benefit by such a
simple expedient of having influent
ial members of the white race read of
our activities, how much more can
the race in general benefit by mak
ing the custom nation-wide?
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And from a commercial standpoint
the slogan, “A Negro Newspaper in
every home in America", should be
adopted by every race publication.
Our circulation managers should not
rest content by merely placing their
particular paper in each race home
but they should extend their circula
tion activities to cover “every home.”
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The appeal to white readers is a
"natural” one. Every informed per
son wants to be, or should be, thor
oughly informed on the thought and
action of their community neighbors.
There is no beter way to achieve this
than by reading the Negro public
ations. In fact, it would not be sur
prising to find that the results, of
such an appeal among the whits
readers would not actually exceed that
among our own race subscribers. Re
member the slogan:
“A Negro Newspaper in every home
in America.”
ROBERT TROYER SUBMITS PAST
RECORD FOR RE-ELECTION
Due to economic conditions, the
public defender’s office is the busiest
in the court house this month, accord
ing to Robert R. Troyer, public de
fender. People who have never had
trouble in paying for their legal aid
before are now unable to hire the
lawyers, and must turn to the public
defender’s office for legal assistance,
he declares.
Mr. Troyer was elected four years
ago and during the four years he has
been in office 85 per cent of the poor
people he has defended in court, have
been found not guilty of offenses
charged, or found guilty of a less ser
ious offense than that charged. Hun
dreds of people have gone to Mr.
Troyer with wage claims to settle, or
with their other legal problems which
come under his jurisdiction.
“I want to be re-elected to the of
fice of public defender on my past
record,” Troyer declares. “I feel
that I have discharged the duties of
the office satisfactorily during the
past four years, and my re-election
assures the voters of a continuance
of the policies which have made the
office a success in the past.”
KENNEL MAN DEAD
Charles Caves, former caretaker of
the Tom Dennison Kennels, was found
dead Thursday, Oct. 6, at his home
1315 Pacific where he lived in bache
lor style. Caves death was the re
sult of heart failure. Caves and his
little wire haired terrier Bubbles,
were well known and well liked in
■pots about town. The dog Bubbles
was a present to Caves sfrom Tom
Dennisoa.
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Found Guilty
MINNIE ALEXANDER
Mrs. Minnie Alexander who was
bound over to District Court, for the
murder of her husband, Julius Alex
ander, August 7, went on trial Oct.
10, and was found guilty of 2nd de
gree Murder. After an all night jury
session the verdict was reached Wed.
morning, October 12. The trial was
held in court No. 1 before District
Judge Arthur Thomsen. Mrs. Alex
ander claimed self-defense and was
represented by Atty. W. M Jamieso*.
Atty. Beal represented the State. The
penalty calls for imprisonment from
10 years to life.
UNEMPLOYED MARRIED MEN’S
BENEFIT CABARET DANCE
Reservations for the UNEMPLOY
ED MARRIED MEN’S BENEFIT
CABARET DANCE, are threatening
[ to go above a record sales’ peak. The
following tables have been reserved:
Mr. Herman Friedlander, owner of
Herman’s Grocery Store, a table for
eight at $1.00 each. Mid-City Mer
chants a table for eight at $1.00 each.
Western Union Telegraph Co., a table
; for twenty at $1.00 each. Nebraska
Power Co. makes reservation with no
limit on number. Mr. Heywood Ken
nedy table for four. Sherman’s Coun
try Club Beveridge Co., table for four.
Mr. Jasper Peyton table for 4. Mr.
George Strong table for four. Earl
! Parks table for four. Ruth Lewis
table for six. The OMAHA GUIDE
table for 10.
30 DAYS FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
Peter Brooks, Negro, 2216 North
25th, was sentenced today to 30 days
in jail and his driver’s license was
cancelled by Municipal Judge Perry
Wheeler. Between Binney and Loc
ust streets, Brooks had crashed into
the parked automobile of Leonard Mc
Guire, 1822 Binney Street.
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“ Where We Stand
Politically”
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Acting as an official organ in the community, The
OMAHA GUIDE newspaper stands politically INDE
PENDENT. It is the purpose of this paper to publish
the news for the community interest, showing no favorit
ism, regardless of party affiliations. We will not per
mit any political organization to dictate methods to use,
when we publish facts presented to us from an author
itive source. It has been the policy of this paper since
the history of its beginning, to furnish the voting group
of this community the absolute facts concerning the men
who they select to make their laws, and run their govern
ment. This paper tends to show every citizen of this
community, the Heart of the Man to whom he shall cast
his vote, and not the party, whether he be Republican,
Democrat, Socialist or Communist. The OMAHA GUIDE
is anxiously waiting to support a program that will bring
about an economic readjustment, restore the confi
dence once instilled into hearts of the American people;
and when the Nominee, whoever he may be and whatever
party he represents, answers the questionnaire submitted
by the National Association for the Advancement of Col
ored People, Watch the OMAHA GUIDE.
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“Stop Working Negroes for Flood Relief
Flour,” Judge Payne Warns Red Cross
Ne. w York,—Complaint transmit
ted to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
to Judge John Barton Payne, Chair
man of the Red Cross, that Negroes
were being required to work in re
turn for relief flour given them, in
violation of the law, has brought a
warning from him to the Florida Red
Cross that this practice must cease.
In a letter sent to Mrs. J. A. Good
rich, Executive Secretary of the Palm
Beach County Chapter, a copy of
which he sent to the NAACP., Judge
Payne under date of Sept. 13, wrote:
“You have heretofore been inform
ed of the complaints which have
reached us that colored people have
been required to work in order to
pay for the Government flour which
is being distributed by the Red Cross.
"The flour comes to us by approp
riation from Congress and our duty
is to distribute it equally to all needy
people; treating all precisely alike—
white and coored. Wherever persons
white or colored—have been required
to work in order to get the flour and
knowledge of this fact has come tol
us, we have done our utmost to stop
it. Will you please see that the col
ored people are treated just the same
as the white pople in your jurisdic
tion.”
The NAACP. urges all persons hav
ing complaints of discrimination in
the giving of free flour, to report
these instances to the National Office
at once, giving names, dates, and all
essential facts concerning the dis
crimination reported.
Unemployed Married Men’s Couneil
Local B Gets Call for Cornhuskers
Mr. Matschuk of Elkhorn State
Bank, Elkhorn, Nebraska, called the
OMAHA GUIDE office, for the Un
employed Married Men’s Council, Lo
cal B, to send a good Cornhusker, Ger
man preferred to Elkhorn. If unable
to get German will take any other
Nationality if they are an A No. 1
Good Cornhusker.
“Scraps”
See and hear the Urban League
Players as they present “Scraps” a 3
act play depicting the Negro High
School Graduates’ difficulties in se
curing profitable and legitimate em
ployment. The Cast has been care
fully selected and the leading roles
are played by : Jess Hutten, Oscar
Washington, and Susie
Whiteside, Ray Gustin, John Horton
and Forrester Scott.
White Man Shoots Negro In the Back
Raleigh, N. C—(CNS) — Seeking
revenge for a terrific beating given
him in a fair fight by Frank Davis,
Silas Adams, a white hoodlum, last
week shot Davis in the back, and then
sped away in a truck occupied by two
of his white friends. The shooting
took place on the public street in
broad daylight with a score of eye
witnesses present. Davis is not badly
hurt. The police are looking for
Adams.
PRINCE KOJO WEDS FAMOUS
CONCERT SINGER
Prince Kojo of Dahomey West
Africa, and Madame Roberta Dodds
Crawford, were married at a Pari*
Church, Thursday afternoon, Oct 6.
Prince and Princess Kojo, will sail to
Dahomey, where a throne awaits their
rulership. Madame Crawford as yon
may know is one of the outstanding
■tar* of the concert stage, whose
home ia in Chicago, and who is an in
teresting member <rf our 400 Hun.
dred.
BISHOP GREGG MAKES NEW
APPOINTMENTS AT NEBRASKA
CONFERENCE
The AME. conference held at Wich
ita, Kansas, closed Monday morning,
Oct. 10, with many changes in the
personnel of Nebraska district. Rev.
W. B. Brooks' of Kansas City, Kansas,
replaces Rev R. A. Adams presiding
elder over Nebraska district. Rev.
I- S. Wilson of St. John transferred
to Missouri conference. At this time
he has received no appointment a3
reported. Rev. A. L. Brown of Law
rence, Kansas replaces Rev. J. C. Bell
of Bethel and Rev. Bell goes to
Brown Chapel, Topeka, Kansas. The
delegates and visitors attending re
port a wonderful conference. No
appointment made for St. John at
22nd and Willi* Avenue.
OPENS COAL CO.
Mr. E. M. Davis, prominent real
estate man has now opened a Coal
Office at 2211 North 22nd St. Mr.
Davis will carry all kinds of coal,
and any quantity desired.
for your convenience the Election
Commissioner has arranged for you
to register at the OMAHA GUIDE
office 2418-20 Grant St, Thursday
and Friday, Oct. 13, 14 from 1 p. m.
to 9 p. m. If you have changed your
address since the April Primaries,
you must register again to vote Nov.
8, 1932.
Register!
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Everybody’s going Where? To the
Calloway Cabaret Benefit Dance for
the Unemployed Married Men’s Coun.
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; Trustees of Howard University Get
New Protest Against Johnson
Administration
Washington—(CNS)—The regime
of President Mordecai Johnson at
Howard University and of Dean of
Howard University Medical School,
Numa P. G. Adams, again came in for
scorching criticism and censure last
week, when Benjamin L. Gaskins, at
torney for Dr. Charles B. Fisher, mem.
ber of the Howard medical faculty,
made public his formal protest to the
University Board of Trustees against
what he termed the "attempted dis
missal” of Dr. Fisher.
Making public a series of corre
spondence between Dr. Fisher, Dean
Adams and President Johnson, Attor
ney Gaskins placed before the trustee
board legal considerations which
made it impossible either for Dean
Adams or President Johnson to dis
miss the faculty member, without ap
proval of the full trustee board. The
attorney ridiculed letters written by
Dean Adams to Dr. Fisher as intend
ed to cloud the real issues of the case.
Dr. Fisher, an alumus of the Howard
Medical School and a prominent Elk,
was dismissed by action of President
Johnson and the executive committee
upon the recommendation of Dean
Adams on August 15. The recom
mendation of the medical school dean
read as follows: “Recommendation
30: The discontinuance, of the ser
vices of Dr. Charles B. Fisher, 1500
Tea Street N. W., Washington, D. C.,
as part-time Assistant in Biochemis
try, with an expression of thanks for
his services.” The contention of At
torney Gaskins is that Dr. Fisher can
only be dismissed by action of the
medical school faculty subject to final
approval of the full board of trustees
"We respectfully submit,” concludes
the formal protest, “that the actions
of Dean Adams and the President are
pure nullities; that they are not in
accordance with the laws governing
the University and that they would
lead to an unjust result and should not
be considered by your honorable body.
"Dr. Fisher, as is his right and his
duty, has maintained and still main
tains that he is not bound by the ac
tion of any person or persons, officials
or committees insofar as they have at
tempted to usurp powers reserved by
the Congress and your By-Laws to
you.”
376 Negro Newspapermen In The
United States
Washington—(CNS)—Negroes en
gaged in the profession of journalism
total only 376 in the United States,
according to statistics just released
by the Bureau of the Census. This
number is in comparison with the
51,468 white editors and reporters em
ployed in journalistic pursuits. The
number, however, represents an in
crease over the figure of 251 for 1920
and 171 for 1910. In 1930 Negro wo
men so engaged numbered 76; in 1910
only 13 were listed as journalists, and
in 1920 only 29.
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Everybody’* going Where? To the
Calloway Cabaret Benefit Dance for
the Unemployed Married Men’s Conn.
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Jean Calloway, Dreamland Hall, Monday, October 24th
