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■ '■ V: II - 1|.jp." [Pll . . l KANSAS CITY GOLF TEAM DE FEATS OMAHA SWATISKAS 9-5 Playing ever the frigid Fontenelle arid Elmw >d I nk* Sunday Oct. 9th, the Twin Grove* Golf Club of Kansas City. rerr< ented by 10 players de f - h» Omaha Swatiska Club in l th ingl* and double matches. The ?,l - i players journeyed up to Omaha Saturday via the automobile r u * 7 re personnell of their ag g-e a:. n represented some of K. C. outstrird ng professional men. The compute line up was as follows, Dr. E .gene Kumironds, Pres., Dr. L. T. Montgomery, Vice-, Dr. L M. Till man. See. Dr. M. Miller, Lemuell Ru*—il, Feguitar Johnson, George Johnson, Thomas Williams, Andy Smith and Lawrence Thompson At 2:30 Sunday a dinner party was giv. en at the Rita Cafe for the viitors. The results of the matches played were mS foil ws: Morning match play. Murray-H^dges lost to Rum mosi Russell 4-2; Hutten.Pog* beat J hn*on-Johnson, 2 up; McCaw Hangar lost to Miller Tillman 6-4; w imr in.- Crawford beat Thompson South 2 up; Gall way-Anderson lost to Montg-mery-Williams 2 up. Afternoon singles: Rummonds beat Murray 2 up; flatten beat Russell 2 up; Tillman beat McCaw 3-2; Miller beat Marshall 2 up; Thompson beat Crawford 3-2; Hodges against John son even; Hangar beat Smith 3-2; Montgomery beat H. Avant 4-2; Wil liams beat E. Avant 4-2. Jess Hutten of the Omaha team was the medalist in the afternoon rounds having a score of 79 over the Elmwood course The Creighton University News Bureau Statistics of game between Creighton and Marquette C M Total yards gained from scrimmage . 93 110 Total yards lost from scrimmage - 26 32 Forward passes atempted 5 15 Forward passes completed 3 8 Forward passes incompleted 1 6 Forward passes intercepted .1 1 Total yardage gained from forward passes ..... 28 111 Total yardage gained from passes and scrimmage 95 189 First downs from scrimmage 4 3 First down from forward passes ...... 14 Total first downs 5 7 Total number of scrimmage plays . Number of kickoffs . . .1 1 Average length of kickoffs. 50 52 Average length of kickoff returns 20 16 Number of punts 19 16 Yardage of punts . 767 609 Average length of punts 40 37 Yardage of punt returns 88 80 Average lenath of punt returns 9 7 Number of punts had blocked 1 0 Field goals attempted. 1 0 Field goals scored ........ 0 0 Touchdowns scored 0 0 Tries for point after touchdown 0 0 Tr;es for point after touch ! down made 0 0 Safeties scored 0 0 Number of penalties against 4 2 Total yardage lost from penalties .. .. 30 10 Ball lost on downs 0 2 Fumbles . 1 6 Fumbles recovered . 4 2 Ball lost on fumbles .1 4 LOCAL TALENT TO BE FEATURE AT CABARET DANCE |. Sam Brown, Omaha’a own Famous Tap Dancer, who runs a studio in the | Mkklin Building, will favor the Un. employed Married Men's Council, Ben-, efit Dance entertainment with his Re vue at eight Dancing Girls. Mr Fulton will also accompany Mr. j Brown’s Revue. The R«M and While Cafe will be on the job with plenty, especially barbe cued spring chicken, pig spare-ribs, prime roast beef, chicken a la-king on toast with green peppers. All kinds of fresh vegetable salads, and fried spring chicken. The above will be served at a popular price. Watch the OMAHA GUIDE for the Menu in full next week. AT THE DREAMLAND HALL by Homer Burdette The Ted Adams Orchestra, was featured at the Dreamland Hall, last Friday evening. Too bad that most dance fans missed this gay event. A swell lime was had by all, cheering dancing, making merry. Tis a clean cut crowd that attends the Dreamland 1 all jolly and gay as can be. Mose Ransome and Smokie Dan Love rac- j ed to the arms of a beautiful young lady: “Have this dance?” was their cohesive question. The lady seemed a perplexed. At first both boys started talking flowery language, but to no avail. The lady pledged a trot with a more handsome lad. Wyonnie Harris and Thelma Shannon obtained the notice of the crowd with their Tango dancw. During intermission, a boy bagged a handful of laughs, pretending to be drunk. He stagger ed down the hall sucking a bottle of tomato juice. Telling you about the Band. In the Brass section you find Crumbley, Parks, Williamson, playing smoothly on comets balanced by Mr. Carrs slide horn. You seldom see a smooth well balanced brass section like this. Behind the brass section, we find Sheets Morgan slapping mu sic out of a Bass Vio and blowing a big Bass Horn, as he chooses. Sheets adds colourful rythm to the orches tra. Mr. Adams and Mr. Parks take turns directing this wonderful musical organization, the sax section is led by Bill Owens, Bernard Wright and Jim Bithewood. This Bill Owens •lands in a class by himself as far as •ax tooting is concerned in that Louie Armstrong way. I can’t find words that would describe his superior rat ing. Owens also sings in a hot jazzy way. John Sales beats the drums, bells and sings choruses. Joy Ghal son strums on 2 guitars and a banjo. Melvin Smalls plays the piano and sings. Owens, Parks and Adams ar range the musk. Mr. William Sapp of Athens, Georgia, is the new editor of the Fisk Herald. He is taking the place of Miss Kita Blackwell of St Louis, Mo., who will not be at Fisk until the sec ond quarter because of illness. "BAHA’U’LLAH AND THE NEW ERA” by J. E. Esslemont (The Baha’i Publishing Committee, Box 348, Grand Central Station New York City.) * * * Out in the city of Portland, Ore gon, one Myrtle W. Campbell lives. 5he has been an admirer of my writ, ngs since Mrs. Cannady- Franklin opened the columns of her Portland Advocate to me in March 1930. In all of Mrs. Campbell’s leters to me she told of the wonders of Baha’U’ Llah, who in 1892 died in prison, just a few months "Before I was born. These letters, plus newspaper accounts gleaned from all over the country, particularly concerning the national Temple at Wilmette, Illinois, created within me the longing to study ten ets of Bahaism. * * * This volume, “Baha’U’Llah and the Ne wEra”, is the first that I have read or studied on the subject. It is sufficient to convince me, one who is both handicapped by a dark skin and a prison sentence, that the teach ings of Baha’U’Llah, especially as liv ed and prescribed by his present day followers, are uniquely pertinent and capable of transforming this world of human bitterness and difference into one human international family. * * * The subject is entirely too exhaust ive for me to attempt an analysis in this space. My present mission is merely to attract the attention of our thinkers to an ism that knows no col or line, racial or national prejudices; < *iiers not to class, wealth or posi tion but is founded and administered wholly on the principle of one hu man brotherhood. In the Baha’i cal endar the twelfth, that of Knowledge commences October 16th, and is an excellent time for our readers to ac quire knowledge on the subject. —Clifford C. Mitchell. o — ---- 0 “PRISONS AND PRISONERS’* by Clifford C. Mitchell o -—--- « Foreword: Clifford C. Mitchell whose article, Prisons and Prisoners, appears in the School News each week, occup ies a conspicuous place among contem porary writers for the Negro press. Considered a brilliant student of eco nomics by many sincere authorities, he is not less highly regarded for his accomplishments in other, diverse fields. Besides perparing essays, book reviews, articles and stories for almost eighty-five newspapers and magazines, Mitchell finds time to o -—- o CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR o -—- o DWIGHT GRISWOLD Mr. Dwight Griswold republican candidate for Governor who is mak ing a campaign through the State of Nebraska, will arrive in Omaha, Oct. 17. Mr. Griswold is covering on the average of 5 towns a day, and report ed gaining strength. A big rally will be held Monday night, Oct. 17, at the Northside Headquarters, and Mr. Griswold will be the principal speak er. render invaluable assistance to worthy less fortunate individuals and groups of earnest students. —Alphonse G. Thomas. Mitchell Writes— Harold Marks, recently released from San Quentin, took with him $100,000, which he earned while a prisoner through an invention of his, all the result of his spare time prison efforts. He also made the following remark which has been widely quoted in the papers throughout the coun try. “***I came here as another down. and out convict; now I’m wealthy. It seems like a silly dream, almost too good to believe. San Quentin has >een my heaven.***” By substituting the word “useful” ’or “wealthy” in the above quotation ind by changing the prison from “San Quentin” to ‘Jackson’ I can accept the ibove utterance as truthfully repres mting my own personal sentiment. I am glad that the editor has given ne the opportunity to utilize this space, at this time, to publicly ex press myslef on the subject of prison accomplishments. Truly, “Jackson Prison has been my heaven”, but un like Marks I have not achieved fin ancial wealth nor is my freedom in sight, but I have achieved with ever increasing amount of satisfaction, something that Mark’s money will not buy, and that is a national and racial acclaim of being useful. And even without freedom I much prefer the distinction of having be come “useful” rather than having a chieved “wealth.” I am glad that while in Jackson Prison I “found” myself and indeed am I fortunate in serving under an administration that is so willing to encourage each pris oner to develope the very best that is within him. <~>i»e tu me aicuonary meanings oi heaven is: Any place uv conuitioii ui supreme happiness, ahu wim mat definition in mind, JacKson Prison nas certainly been my neaven. it was in this same prison—many, many years ago, that through my own actions 1 lost the respect of all my tormer friends, relatives and “in-laws”. For a dozen years I drifted (mentally) with the tide—aimlessly and seeming ly hopelessly lost. But the years brought a change and it was right in this same prison that I attempted a “come-back”. I sought society that shunned me—to the same to make myself useful to that same friends, relatives and “in-laws” that had forsaken me. And in making myself useful I took advantage of the conditions here not only to improve myself but to demonstrate through years of practical service that I could be of service, at least to a portion of society, and in so doing I have lived in a veritable heaven, being loved and worshipped by the very friends, rel atives and “in.laws” who had turned their back upon me, as well as by the many whom I’ve never met, but who are constantly encouraging me, and opening new avenues of service, That’s heaven! -- Former Underground Railroad Route Followed By Aliens Sandusky, Ohio—(CNS)— Through this sandy little Ohio town, which ! many years ago was the principal route for the Underground Railroad carrying escaping slaves to Canada and freedom, there now come under the dark cover of night alien citizens from Canada seeking entrance to the , United States in defiance of immigra tion laws. The route once used bj fleeing slaves is, thus, being used ir the reverse by another group seeking “a land of liberty.” Undaunted by hard times in the United States, aliens are said to be willing to risk almost any chance 01 hazard to gain admittance to the country. Entering by way of the Lake Erie shore, the aliens are tran*. ported into the country by rum-run ners at a few dollars a head. I___ Political Issues of the Day REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE (By Jackson B. Chase) Chairman of Douglas County Republi can Central Committee Editor of the Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Sir: In answer to your request for a letter on the political issues of the day I am glad to briefly sketch my views. The outstanding problems of the day in which the American people are most vitally concerned are: 1. Restoration of the economic structure of the country on a sound foundation. This can be done only by, (a) Instilling confidence in the public mind so that the panicky stam pede of security holders to liquidate their stock and bond holdings and the bank depositors to withdraw their deposits can be stopped. This stam pede which has so visibly evidenced itself during the past year has largely abated through the constructive work of the administration. As a result market values of securities have ma terially recovered and the position of the financial institutions of the coun try has greatly improved. With the return of confidence to the public mind, hoarding will diminish and the expansion of purchases to meet the moderate needs of the people will in crease. (b) Sweeping reduction of taxes, federal, state and local is essential before we can get back on a sound basis. The American people have en gaged in a wild spending orgy of pub lic funds during the past decade. They have favored the unrestricted spend ing of the public moneys for public buildings, improvements, concrete highways, magnificent school build I ings, new bridges, free hospitalization i and disability allowances to all men who wore the uniform regardless of whether they obtained their disability during the war, and many other things which are nice to have but which cost rr —C-T-S—^ - money. It is time that the American people recognize that they cannot have their cake and eat it too. 2. Aid for the Unemployed. It is estimated that there are eight million unemployed people in this country. The return of such improved conditions as to absorb in employment these many millions will be slow. In the meantime these people must be helped. Many have lost their homes through foreclosure. Many have been evicted through their inability to pay rent and thousands are forced to obtain their food through charitable agencies. While it is an economic im possibilty to create jobs for all of these people a number of jobs can be created through the Reconstructon Fi nance Corporation. Financial assist ance can be given to many others through the same credit agency by the extension of credit so as to enable these people to re-adjust their own affairs. Thousands would be glad to establish themselves on self-support ing small tracts of cheap lnad where they would be in a position to raise the necessities of life. The extension of a $1,000.00 loan to a family would enable that family to locate itself on one of these tracts and construct a modest house, finance the family with the mans of a livelihood until the land commenced to produce and pay for the land. There are thousands of acres of land that can be acquired for them from $5.00 to $25.00 per acre. In my opinion if the government has a million dollars to loan in a certain community this mil lion dollars would be more profitably expended by loaning it to a thousand families so as to enable them to locate on self-supporting land tracts than to spend it in the construction of public buildings, bridges or other improve ments. A marked improvement in the morale of the people would manifest itself immediately, if those who are destitute could be given the necessary credit which would enable them to place themselves in a self-supporting position. (Continued Next Week.) 0 -o 1 I \ DEVOTES TIME | I I o—-o Miss Ellen Richardson Popular Young Debutante who is de voting her time as office secretary of the U. M. M. C. at their Headquarters 2213 Lake St. NAACP. FLOOD PROJECT IN VESTIGATOR TO TESTIFY IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK New York, —Hearing in Washing ton of the investigator for the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, who charged beating of Negroes, underpayment, 12 hours work seven days a week, and robbery by commissary stores on the Mississippi Flood Control project un der the War Department’s contract system, has been offered in a letter to the NAACP. from F. H. Payne, Act ing Secretary of War. Mr. Payne’s letter is in reply to one from Walter White, Secretary of the NAACP. declining to send any per son connected with the Association to the War Department’s hearing in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the ground that frank testimony would be impossible in the atmosphere of prejudice and racial hatred prevalent there. The NAACP. offered to pro duce its investigator in New York or Washington, at the War Department’s request. Secretary Payne's letter is as follows: “The receipt is acknowledged of your letter of September 7, in which your Association declines to send any investigator to Vicksburg to present to the President of the Mississippi River Commission details of the charg es that have been made with respect to conditions of employment on con tract work on the flood control pro ject on the Mississippi River. You offer to produce your agent for a hearing in Washington or in New York. “Brigadier General George B. Pil lsbury, Assistant Chief of Engineers, has been designated to hear and in terrogate your investigation undfer oath at the office of the Chief of Engineers in Washington. The date for this hearing should be arranged directly with General Pillsbury.” Report Ne groes Murdered. Buried An additional report to the NAACP. concerning brutalities on the Miss issippi Flood Control project, states that Negroes were murdered and ther bodies buried in the mud. This confidential report also states that '“Army engineers are supposed to have found bodies and refused to re port the same.” The same source informs the NAACP. that Senate bill 3847, which would have prevented the extremely low wages among levee workers was vetoed by President Hoover at the instance of Secretary of Labor Doak, after having been passed by the House “The passage of that bill would and Senate. have meant an increase of upwards of $10,000,000 annually in the wages of Negroes working on the levees. The fight against the bill was waged by the forces of organized labor and through them defeated.” Immediately on receipt of Mr. Payne’s letter the NAACP. eommun icated with its investigator and ar rangements for the hearing are ex pected to be completed for next week. ..Read the..... GUIDE Every Week "Remember AT “Our Territory Is An Unexplored GoOd Mine” ADVERTISE Omaha Guide