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VOL. VI. _ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, January 21, 1933 Number Forty-Eight.—
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{ By CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL l
NO MANUSCRIPTS WANTED!
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One of the penalties of having a
thieved some national recognition as
a writer or contributor, even under
the severest handicaps, is the ensuing
amount of time taken up in reading
the pleas from other aspiring writers
from every section of the country.
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No writer objects to receiving cor
respondence. In fact, the volume of
such, a tests to his writing popularity
and gives evidence that some readers
are following his words very closely.
In this respect 1 do not differ from
other writers with the exception that
my limited facilities do not permit
me to give the proper sttention to
such letters.
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Replying to all such communic
ations is almost impossible, under my
present circumstances, and were it
not for the kindness of the Chicago
Bee in allowing me space to conduct
a weekly persoal column, “This and
That". I would not be able to even
acknowledge these communications.
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Here of late the correspondents
must have assumed that 1 am a pro
fessional literary agent, or that I
have some mysterious connection with
publish: ng houses and any manus
crip* that I might send publishers
will receive immediate and favorable
attention. And believing this, ap
parently, the correspondents forth
with send me their precious literary
terns, hoping that I can successfully
dispose of their manuscripts.
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While I am in entire sympathy
with the efforts of all aspirin* writ,
era, the limit of my assistance to
them, under my present handicaps, is
purely through the interest that I
can arouse in their behalf through
this nationally read column.
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In all fairness I would say that
moat of the manuscript# sent to ms
are very intereating. Whether they
would be acceptable to editors, on a
commercial basis, I am unable to de
termine. At least, they serve to fur.
ther convince me that there is a won
derful opportunity for a national Ne
gro contributor's magazine. Even
some of our larger papers might find
it profitable to devote an entire page,
or two. in reproduein* the contribu
tions of these aspirin* writers.
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And for the benefit of these aspir.
mg writers, if they will desist from
sending me their manuscripts, I pro
mise to make public announcement,
through this cohann, from time to
time, of any and all individuals, pub
lishers, or editors, who indicate a
willingness to receive their manus
cripts and are in a position to make
use of them.
In the meantime, I am making a
note of the name and address of each
correspondent, and someday, after
my circumstances have changed, I will
make a personal reply to each com
munication.
DEPARTS FOR SCHOOL
Miss Charlene I. Lewis, the talented
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D.
Lewis one of the leading funeral dir
ectors of Omaha, left for Fisk Uni
versity, January 2nd. She will spec,
ialise in music.
HOW TO FEED A
FAMILY of 8 for 35c
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A group of women employed in do. j
mestic service met at the Urban
League Thursday evening, January
12th, for a special industrial meeting.
This meeting is the begipnng of a j
series of meetings the League is call, j
ing of workers in specific fields, in
order that these workers can become
more familiar with the details of
their field ani safe-guard their jobs.
A short address was given by Miss
Elaine Smith, Industrial Secretary of
the Omaha Urban League en the con.;
dition in the domestic field today and
some of the problems, humorous and
serious, that have been presented to
her by employer and employee. The j
meeting was then turned over to open
. discussion. A similar meeting will
be held the second Thursday in'Feb
ruary, at which time a specialist will
address the group on making the most
of a little food and how to feed a fam.
ily of eight for 35c.
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CLUB EXPELS LANDLADY WHO
WOULDN’T WELCOME NEGROES
New York, (CNA) Because Mrs.
Rosie Kirkland, who runs a rooming
house at 25 West 126 street, refused1
to allow Negroes in her house, she
was last week unanimously expelled
from the Finnish Progressive Society
in Harlem. The expulsion was fol
lowed by a demonstration in front of
her home, by more than 600 Negro
and white workers.
When two Negro workers paid a
visit to Boris Sklar. one of Mrs. Kirk
land’s roomers, she threatened to e.
vict the Sklars, saying: “Yon cannot
stay here if you have ‘niggers’ com
m«r to see you. I have nothing a
gainst you, but I won’t have ‘niggers’
in my house.” She then refused to
take the Sklars’ rent, aifd cut off
their gas.
Sklar immediately brought the mat
ter to the attention of the Finnish
Progressive Society. A full member.
j ship meeting of the Society unanim
ously voted for Mrs. Kirkland’s ex
pulsion.
Following the membership meeting
of the Finnish Progressive Society, a
demonstration called by the Com
munist Party took place before Mrs.
Kirkland’s house. Henry Shepherd,
Negro worker, who was Communist
candidate for lieutenant-Governor
during the recent elections, and Hen
ry Puro, a leading members of the
, Finnish Federation of America, were
the speakers.
FARMERS OF N. CAROLINA HOLD
MASS MEETING
Kinston, N. C. Negro farmers of
j Lenoir County held a mass meeting
Youth Rescues Drowning
here on Saturday January 14. Crop
prices and the agricultural outlook
was the principal subjects discussed.
Extension workers from the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and State
experts addressed the gathering.
Several hundred were in attend
ance and advice was given as to 1933
crop plantings.
HOW OLD KA1NTUCK MAKES
COLONELS
Washington (CNS) Frederic Wil
liam Wile, the noted columnist and
political writer penned the following I
account of a yarn for his column,
“Washington Observations" last week.
| “Rear Admiral Grayjon, who is
j now devoting himself to keeping
democracy safe for Inauguration day,
spins a yarn about a recent visit to
the Kentucky blue grass for the pur
chase of horses. Grayson became im
pressed by the fact that all the color
ed gentlemen he encountered insisted
on addressing him as “colonel”. “Fin
ally he decided bo inquire how come,
and particularly what a man had to
do in Old Kaintuck to become a col
onel. ‘Well,’ replied one of his dusky
guides, ‘you gets to be a cunnel in
I three ways. Some folks is bo’n cun.
t nels. Others dey gets to be cunnels
by fighting. And some get dat 'way
by giving fellers like me a dollar.”
WOMAN JUMPS FROM WINDOW
WITH BABY IN HER ARMS
New York City, (CNS) Mrs. Cath
i erine Basden, 34 years old. took her
i baby in her arms and leaped from the
third floor window of their apartment
at 47 West 117th street January 2. as
fire was eating its way into the flat.
The mother suffered a fractured
hip and possible Internal injuries.
One daughter, Martha, nine years old,
suffered a possible skull fracture and
internal injuries, and another, Elsie,
fifteen, a shoulder fracture and in
ternal injuries, in jumping to the
street. They were taken to Harlem
Hospital.
MISS ESTHER JOHNSON GIVES
TALKS TO JUVENILE BOYS
The Urban League Brigade, a club
of 40 boys under the supervision of
Mr. Z. E. McGee, met Wednesday
evening, January 11th. Miss Esther
Johnson, chief probation officer of the
Juvenile Court, gave the boys a very
splendid talk. Several hilarious gam
es were played and refreshments
served. This is a new Urban League
club. All boys twelve years old or
over are cordially invited to join Meet
ings are held every Wednesday even
ing from 7 to 9 p. m.
The New Super-University To Know
No Race, Creed, or Sex
New York City, (GNS) “The Insti
tute for Advanced Study,” which is
tended by some an intellectual heav
en for the Einsteins of the world of
learning has as its directive force Dr.
Abraham Flexner, for years one of
the heads of Rockefeller's General
Education Board and known as one
of the severest critics of the vocation
al trend in American universities.
Princeton university, is at present
“the friendly host" to this independ
ent educational agency which will
have as its head Prof. Albert Einstein
the noted scientist. With an endow
ment of $5,000,000 donated by Louis
Bamberger and his sister Mrs. Felix
Fuld, the necessary financial support
is assured.
Dr. Abraham Flexner. who is also
a trustee of Howard University and
President of the board of that insti
tution is quoted as expressing “a
very grave sense of responsibility” in
his duties connected with the inaug
uration of the new “super-university,
observing that “new foundations”
starting as does this with a clear
sheet, without commitments and with,
out traditions, are not likely even in
America to be frequent occurrences.
In the appointment of Prof. Ein.
stein, who is a Swiss citizen in spite
of his long residence in Germany,
there is evidence that political bound
aries of nations will have no influ
ence. ,
Never will the Institute for Ad
vanced Study be surrounded by the
conventional atmosphere of the or
dinary university. It will have no
student activities, ncf'fraternites, no
football team or other athlete en
deavors.
And what is most commendable of
all. race, creed or sex will have no
influence in the conduct of the Insti
tute. The founders, Mr. Bamberger
and his sister. Mrs. Fuld, laid down
the principle that “in the appointment
of the staff and faculty, as well as
the admission of workers ?nd stud
ents, no account shall be taken direct
ly or indirectly of race, religion or
6ex.
Adopted Son of Rev.
Burckhardt Making
Good In Hawaii
PROF. W. S. WOOD AND SMITH
ARE MAKING GOOD IN THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Wilber S. Wood, tbe adopted son
of Rev. O. J. Burckhardt, of Lincoln,
Nebr., and his college associate Mr.
Noll Smith, formerly of Cheyenne,
Wyo., are making good in Hawaii.
For the past several years Mr.
Smith has made his residence in the
Hawaiian Islands with headquarters
in Honolulu, where he served two
years ago as a member of the Legis
lation and now has a five year ap
pointment with the Research Bureau
of the Island at a comfortable salary
of $500.00 a month. Through the in
fluence of Mr. Smith and the splen
did recommendations from the Ne
braska University, Professor Wood
has been made Physical Director of
the Paloma Setlement at a very com
fortable salary. He works under the
supervision of Dr. Phillip S. Platt,
who is the supervisor of the entire
settlement.
Professor Wood is a graduate of
the Nebraska University. He major
ed in Physical Education and follow
ed that by 2 and one.half yrs of post
graduate work at the Nebraska and
Iowa universities. During his Uni
versity work he was a member of the
Varsity Basket ball team for three
years. He was a member of the
Freshman Football team and was
also an individual fencing champion
for one year. He was Assistant
Coach of the University Basket Ball
team during part of his school per
iod. Professor Wood’s wife is a grad
uate of the State University of Miss
ouri.
Tibbett Receives ^Thunderous Tribute
Unmistakably Heartfelt**
New York City (CNS) Music lovers
of New York and vicinity have been
unmistakably impressed with the
singing of the Tuskegee and the Fisk
Choirs during the past two weeks,
but it fell to the lot of Lawrence Tib
bett to arouse the plaudits' of the
most fanatical of peratic patriots.
Every music critic in the city is loud
in praise of Mr. Tibbett as the Emper
or Jones n the opera of that name
presented at the Metropolitan Opera
House, Saturday afternoon, January
7th.
One prominent critic says:
“For an hour and ten minutes the
stage of the Metropolitan was swept
clear of the Lohengrins and Aidas
and Fausts and Lucias and Rigolett
os of the decorous operatic tradition,
and was given over to the nightmare
horrors of a tropical jungle and the
menacing rites of voodoo worship and
the swarming of frenzied native
tribesmen and the epileptic prancings
of a Congo Witch Doctor painted blue
and red, with antelope horns and a
charm-sy.ck tipped wfth cockatoo’s
feathers. Through this unusual
phantasmagoria moved the figure of
an ex-Pullman porter who had made
himself ruler f the native tribes. We
saw his disintegrate before our eyes,
falling from the pride of his strutt
ing glory to the groveling desperation
of his inevitable end—saw him turn
from a swaggering despot ■ in gold
braid and medals to a haunted half
naked, terror-stricken fugitive re
claimed by the primitive ancestral
savagery that had spawned and doom
ed him.
“For this we were, primarily, in.
debted to "The Emperor Jones” of
Mr. Eugene O’Neill, that classic of
the Amercan theatre which stirred us
all so deeply.”
A HAUNTING PICTURE OF
NEGRO LIFE AND LOVE
vNew York City. (CNS) Among the
new books put on the book stalls dur
ing the Christmas Holidays was an il.
lustrated novel by Ronald De L Kirk,
bride, entitled “Dark Surrender” and
advertised by the publishers, Sears
Publishing Company, as “a haunting
picture of Negro life and love.”
NEGRO FIREMAN ON DUTY SHOT
WHILE IN ENGINE CAB
Baton Rouge. La. (CNS) A veter
an Negro fireman on the Yazon and
Mississippi Valley was shot and kill
ed when his train stopped for fuel
about one mile north of the round
house at Baton Rouge, Friday, Dec.
23.
INDUSTRIAL SAVINGS BANK RE.
ELECTS OLD OFFICERS
Washington, (CNS) All of the of
ficers of the Industrial Savings Bank
were re-elected at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders last week as
follows: Walter S. Carter, chairman,
of the board; W. H. C. Brown, presi
dent; Jesse H. Mitchell and John R.
Hawkins, vice presidents; John H.
Simms, treasurer; William A. Bowie
cashier; Walter L. Carter, assistant
cashier.
On September 27 the Industrial
book over all of the business of the
Prudential Bank of which Mr. John
R. Hawkins, was president and the
principal stockholder. The following
directors were re-elected: William A.
Bowie, Joseph H. Briggs, Walter S.
Carter, William H. Jackson, John H.
Simms, Jesse H. Mitchell. Walter L.
Carter, J. Franklin Wilson, Isaac S.
Mason, William H. Cowan, Talley R.
Holmes and John R. Holmes.
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MARYLAND POLITICAL WEL
FARE ASSOCIATION TO ORGAN
IZE IN EVERY COUNTY
Washington, (CNS) At a special
meeting of the Voters Political Wel
fare Organization of Maryland held
here last week, plans of the executive
committee to organize colored voters
in various Maryland counties were
ratified. The committee directed
President John L. Jennifer to instruct
county chairmen and their associates
to begin organization work strictly in
accordance with the set-up of the or
ganization.
County chairmen were named as
follows: J. M. Thomas, Charles Coun
ty; Lorenzo Young, Prince George; B.
L. Lee, Washington; Albert Keys,
Frederick; Charles Butler, St. Marys;
William Powell, Howard.
URBAN LEAGUE SPONSORS
RADIO PROGRAM
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A short emancipation program was
given over KOEL last Wednesday af
ternoon.
A selected group of young artists
appeared. The Melody Boys Quart
ette formed a unique part of the pro
gram. Miss Edrose Willis, talented
pianist played “Songs” by Dett. Jess
Hutten. baritone, sang, “Water Boy”.
Mrs. Ethel Webb, soprano, gave her
own interpretation of “Nobody Knows
De Trouble I See”. Mr. J. Harvey
Kerns, gave the address of the pro
gram.
Couple
HEROIC DEED OF INTERRACIAL
GOOD WILL
Youth 'Risks Life to Save Drowning
Couple— Striking Contrast to
Tragic Scenes of Past
Helena, Ark.. January 17—A white
school boy freely gambled his life on
the effort to save the lives of two!
Negroes—and won! The story, as re.
ported in the Arkansas Gazette of
January 8th, is as follows:
“Burke Hale, aged seventeen, a stu- i
dent in Helena High School, proved
himself a hero Wednesday when he'
rescued a Negro couple from the chil
ly waters of Long Lake. Burke, with
several other students, was • enroute
to Helena in^ school bus when V, S.
Strawder and his wife, the latter a
school teacher, riding in an enclosed
automobile, plunged into the lake.
“Young Hale, despite protests of
his companions, pulled off his coat
and trousers, jumped into the water,
swam to the car and broke out a rear
window through which he dragged the
Negro couple. The automobile was j
almost submerged.
“The youth, who is a Life Scout,
attended school at Elaine, and Wynne
before entering Helena High School.
He is a son of W, N. Hale, a tenant
farmer, living six miles from Helena.”
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY
PROF. ABRAM L. HARRIS
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Washington, DC. Jan—“Types of
Institutionalism” is the subject of an
article contributed by Dr. Abram L.
Harris, associate professor of eco
nomics at Howard University, to the
current issue of the Journal of Poli
tical Economy, published at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
This article is the beginning of a
series in which the economic doctrines
of Thorstein Veben and Karl Marx
are contrasted. The importance of
these essays to the public is the fact
that their theoretical content under
lies the present discussions on Tech
nocracy.
Thorstein Veblin, one of America’s
leading economists, was a member of
the original group that founded Tech
nocracy. And it is felt that the in
fluence of his ideas is manifest in
the current discussions on the con
flict between technological productiv
ity and the price system.
On the other hand, Karl Marx laid
the theoretical basis for the present
Communist regime in Russia. Thus
a comparison of the theories of these
two men affords an understanding of
the intellectual and social implic
ations of Technocracy and Commun
ism.
Dr. Harris has just received a Sim
on N. Patten fellowship of fl,000
which will enable him to finish a
partly completed study of the rela
tion of colored finance institutions to
business enterprises.
KEPT ON WATER WAGON BY
WEEK-END JAIL SENTENCE
Columbus, Miss. (CNS) Mayor Wil
liam Propt has a new way of insur
ing that Dock Campbell a city em
ployee will turn up sober Monday
mornings. Campbell pleaded guilty
to be drunk over the week-end and
the Mayor sentenced him to spend the
next two week-ends in jail. Campbell
will spend Saturday and Sunday
night in jail, but will be free in the
day time.
DEPRESSION BLAMED FOR
BIRTH RATE IN GA. TOWN
Atlanta. Ga. (CNS) It is reported
that the depression had a large part
in lowering the 1932 birth and death
rates of the town district of Dawson,
Terrell County. Dawson located in the
central part of the county about 100
miles due south of Atlanta had a pop
ulation in 1930 of 6,492 of which 3,
410 were Negroes. Terrell County is
credited with 3,693 Negro males and
2.965 Negro females most of whom
are employed in agricultural pursuits.
FIRST JURORS SINCE 1872
ON ATLANTA, GA. PANEL
Atlanta, Ga.—For the first time
since 1872, two Negroes were called
to serve on a trial jury in this city,
when John Moates, 879 Coleman St.,
a fireman and Alex Larter, 105 Chic
kasaw avenue, the owner of a trans
fer Company, were sworn in with ten
white jurors on panel No. 1, for the
January term of court.
The partial victory in the fight of
the international Labor Defense to
smash the systematic exclusion of
Negroes from juries here was won as
a direct result of the action of the
two ILD. Negro attorneys, John H.
Greer and Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., in
their efforts to obtain the release of
Angelo Herndon, young Negro organ
izer of the unemployed. In a hearing
on a writ of habeas corpus to force
his freedom, they wrung from Rev.
John Hudson, assistant solicitor and
prosecutor of Herndon, the admission
on the witness stand that “Negroes
have been systematically excluded
from juries in Fulton County for
years.” J. W. Simmons, white, clerk
of Fulton Superior Court, admitted on
the witness stand that to his know
ledge no Neproes had ever served on
any jury in Fulton county. The pop
ulation of the county is one-third Ne
gro.
SCHUYLER AND WILKINS POSE
AS LABORERS IN MISS. DELTA
CAMPS
New York City, (CNS) George S,
Schuyler and Roy Wilkins, two well
known newspapermen have just re
turned from a trip to the Mississippi
delta region, where they found many
cases of terrorism, oppression, and
exploitation of Negro laborers, in
cluding forced prostitution and chain
gang sentences for Negro women in
the territory controlled by the con
struction company working on the
flood control projects in the delta dis
trict.
Disguised as laborers Schuyler and
Wilkins spent three weeks investigat
ing conditions in the delta region for
the NAACP., and gathered a vast a
mount of evidence supporting the
charges of peonage in the flood con
trol area.
Schuyler claims that he was robbed
of $30 by a Vicksburg, Miss, police
officer, and locked up over night on
suspicion. Wilkins joins Schuyler
in asserting that professional and
business men are also caught in the
net and that prostitution is rife even
in higher circles.
OIL STATION ATTENDANT
LOSES $20 TO ROBBER
W. G. Smith, 2856 Larimore Ave.,
attendant at the Silent Motor gasoline
station at 1515 North 30th St., was
held up and robbed of $20 in receipts
by an armed bandit early Sunday
night. The robber, a Negro, compel
led Smith to open the safe, give him
$10 taken in Saturday, and then took
$10 from the cash register. He plac
ed the money in a paper sack he was
carrying.
GIRL KILLS MOTHER AT HER
OWN COMMAND
Aberdeen, Miss... (CNS) Mrs.
Mary Gunn, a colored woman of this
city, depressed by continued sickness
called her little four-year old daugh
ter to her bedside and commanded
the child to kill her.
The shooting occurred while the fa
ther sought a doctor for his wife.
When he returned, the little girl told
him the mother had placed a shotgun
against her body and told the little
girl to pull the trigger.
BISHOP OF LIBERIA ON VISIT
TO UNITED STATES
New York City, (CNS) The Right
Rev. Robert Erskine Campbell, Prot
estant Episcopal Bishop of Liberia,
arrived last week on the Majestic to
attend a special meeting of the Na
tional Council of the Protestant E
piscopal Chtrrch, and said that the na
tives of Liberia were suffering froiri
hard times but no one was starving.