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AX IMPROVED SERVICE.
Although this is written on the
Sur. a • (June 4th) preceding my
release (June 8th) from prison, it
will not appear in the majority of our
pape-rs until after I will have been in
the Ire* world for nearly a week.
This, of course, is merely one of the
handicap under which 1 have been
laboring as a prison and colored jour
nalist.
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Immediately after my release this
service will be improved by arrang
ing my production and mailing serv
ice so as to reach and satisfy the
“dead-line” date of the current issue
of all the papers I serve in every
part of America.
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Under such a working Schedule I
will then t>e in a position to give our
publishers and my r aders a real up.
to th<- minute “digest" of all pertin
ent matter appearing in the current
is-ue of our weeklies, and all dailies.
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M readers will appreciate that in
the past my sole contact has been
through the columns of a hundred or
mor: of our publications that have
rea bed me regularly and when such
publications are of necessity late in
reaching me; and my comments not
prepared until the Sunday following;
and then not published until the sec
ond week following their preparation
H can readily be seen that in my ef
fort to keep my releases “timely” I
have been unable to “digest” many
current events at an opportune time.
In an additional effort to improve
my service I invite correspondence
from all of my readers and will at
all times endeavor to give each com
munication prompt and careful con
sideration. which, due to my past
circumstances, I have been unable to
do.
it may be that in the flood of let.
tens 1 hope to receive that I can e.
volve some additional service, through
the press and through personal com
m unicat ions, that will enable niy
readers to take advantage of the
storehouse of information which I
have built up through the tens of
thousands of compilations to be found
in my files.
In fact, just as ninety-nine percent
of my past contacts have been made
through the columns of our publica
tions, I anticipate, especially during
the period of my parole, that ninety
nine per cent of my personal con
tacts will be solely through corres
pondence. After I have served the
period of my parole and become ab
solutely a free man then it will be
time enough to attempt further de.
velopment of my service through
strictly personal contacts.
Cntii that time arrives I am ask
ir.g for the continued cooperation of
the publishers and the readers of
my weekly features. Address me.
Clifford C. Mitchell. Writer, 3507
South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois.
RITZ THEATRE CLOSED FOR
RE-DECOR ATION
Mr. H A. Taylor, proprietor of the
Ritt Theatre, wishes to announce to
hi* patrons that the Theatre will be
closed except on Sundays and Mon.
days from June 12th to July 3rd for
re decoration.
Lynch Two White Prisoners
m Tenn essee
LYNCH TWO WHITE PRISONERS
IN TENNESSEE
Huntsville'. Tenn. (CNS) Twenty
five men armed with pistols and
wearing sacks over their heads, went
to the Scott County Jail Thursday
night, June 8th, about midnight, call
d th‘ jailer to the door, struck him
over the head and took his keys. They
then entered and dragged Jerome
Boyett and Harvey Winchester, two
white men from their cells.
The ! ullet-torn bodies of Boyett and
Winchester were found two mil=s
‘ vm he:. Six bullets had struck Win
chester and Boyett had been shot ?cv
■ times. Both men were charged with
murder.
Makes Good
In Honolulu
Mr. Wilbur S. Wood son of Rev. 0.
J. Burckhardt, who for the past six
months has had charge of the Pal
araa Settlement’s athletes was honor
ed for his achievements in the follow
ing article that was published in the
Honolulu Advertiser, one of the lead
ing Honolulu papers.
HONOLULU, OAHU, April 21
This is Oahu Finals week, and the
youngsters flying the maroon and
white banner is Pan-Pacific Junior
Pentathlon competition are priming
themselves for the crucial test on
Saturday. April 22, the day when the
Goddess of Victory' will smile upon
her favored four—and doom a hun
dred times that number to the role
of spectators at the Territorial
Championships. ,
On paper and as far as practice
marks are concerned, Grover Ching
and David Lum seem to be the Pals
best bets, but deep down in tlpir
hearts, every blessed member of the
Palama squad nurses a hunch that
April 22 will be his day.
The westside youths right now are
in. splendid physical and moral con
dition. and they can thar.k Mr. Wil
bur S. Wood, their friend and coach
for it. When Mr Wood first took
hold of the reins a few months ago,
the wise old heads began shaking and
some of them even named the day
when Palama Settlement would see a
| new Boys’ Physical Director.
But by methods all his own, Mr.
Wod has gained the confidence of the
j discirminating Pals—boys who al
' ways say frankly what they think of
‘ a person, be he a celebrated person
I ality or a bum—and let me tell you,
that is something worth the effort of
writing home about. He is a quiet,
soft-spoken man whose voice can also
i crack like a whip-lash, and this, I be
lieve, is the key to his success with
the boys. A firm believer in Knute
Rockne’s philosophy on fair play, and
a faithful observor of the Golden
Rule, Mr. Wood is a square-shooter
in every sense of the wrord. Time and
again the Pal hoster has been swelled
by late comers—some of them with
ability, women whose only previous
connection with sport was a case of
“athletes foot”—but they were always
welcomed and given their chances to
make good.
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting
Mr. Wilbur S. Wood, a true sports
man. if there ever was one.—William
Gee, Palama Settlement.
THREE STATES HAVE RACE EX
HIBIT AT THE WORLD FAIR
Chicago. June 7—(ANP)— Three
states out of the 27 represented offic
ially by exhibits at the Century of
Progress, have Negro representation
These states are Illinois, Florida and
Michigan.
NOTICE
All local news must be in by Monday
before 5 p. m. of each week to b->
published in the current issue of The
Omaha Guide.
Mrs. Swannigaris Employment
Program Going Over Big
In Lincoln
TRANSFER YOUNGEST TWO OF SCOITSBORO BOYS TO JUVENILE COURT
LATEST PICTURE OF TWO
YOUNGEST SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Photo taken at recent hearing at
Decatur, Ala., at which International
Labor Defense lawyers demanded re
lease of Roy Wright and Eugene Wil
liams. Judge .James E. Horton, re
manded them to juvenile court in
which hearing is set for June 23. Left
to right: Osmond K. Fraenkel. ILD.
lawyer, Eugene Williams, Roy Wright
and General George W. Chamlee,
chief of the 1LD. legal defense corps.
JUVENILE COURT HEARING FOR
2 YOUNGEST SCOTTSBORO BOYS
SEEN AS TRAP; MASS PROTESTS
ALONE WILL SAVE THEM
New York,—The nature of the heal
ing on June 22nd before Judge Malone
in Morgan County juvenile court in
connection with the fight to free Roy
Wrright and Eugene Williams, two of
the youngest Scottsboi-o boys, were
outlined yesterday by Osmond K.
Fraenkel, New York attorney who re.
cently returned from Decatur, Ala
bama.
Fraenkel and General George W.
Chamlee, chief Scottsboro defense
counsel had conducted the court fight
before Judge James W. Horton which
resulted in the two boys being trans
ferred to the jurisdiction of the juv
enile court—an admission that they
had been illegally held during the
past two years.
The Williams-Wright hearing will
begin before Judge Malone, immed
iately after Chamlee and Fraenkel ap
pear before Judge Horton to argue
for a new trial for Heywood Patter
son. who has been sentenced to death.
At least 20 grounds for setting as
ide the verdict will be cited by the
ILD. attorneys, including charges of
prejudice, danger of mob violence to
the defendants and their counsel, jury
tampering, etc.
Interviewed in his office, Fraenkel
said:
“At a hearing before Judge Malone
the prosecution will, it is to be pre
sumed. present witnesses in an effort
to prove the guilt of the boys, and to
testify that they are not amenable to
correction for under the Alabama law
if the Judge finds the defendant is
delinquent and that he is incorrigible
and not amenable to correction, eith.
ed by being put under probation, or
sent to an institution, then be can
send the boy back to the ordinary
criminal court for a trial.
“The defense of course, will pres.
sent it^ incontrovertible proof that
the boys are innocent and demand
that they be freed outright.”
Fraenkel said that while Attorney
General Knight found it impossible
in the face of the facts to oppose the
transfer of Roy Wright and Eugene
Williams to the Juvenile Court, he
nevertheless indicated that h;- would
demand that they be sent back to the
criminal court “because of the grav
ity of the offense.”
Two witnesses had appeared at the
recent hearing, the attorney said.
Mrs. Beatrice Maddox, sister of
Wright, who testified that her broth
er was born October 22, 1917, and
Mrs. Mamie Williams, mother of
Eugene, who testified that her boy
was born December 9, 1917. i
If Judge Malone decided adversely
in the case, the defense has the ‘right’
to appeal to Judge Horton. Just what
that implies can be gathered from
Horton’s actions in refusing to order
a mistrial in the Heywood Patterson
trial in spite of the most flagrant ap
peals to the prejudices of the jury.
“If the case goes back to the ordin
ary criminal court, none of the pro.
ceedings of the Juvenile Court are
admissable.” Fraenkel said. “Not r-f
the testimony that was obtained is
there had been hearing in the Juven
ile court although everybody in the
admissable, not even the fact that
community will know tha* fact and
what the testimony was.”
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THEY COME FROM NEAR AND
FAR TO HEAR CAB HI.DE.HO
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“CAB” CALLOWAY
GIRLS FROM LINCOLN TO HEAR
CAB
Mrs. Loretta Swannigan, who is the
j sponsor of a girls club in Lincoln,
■ will bring the club to Omaha this
week to hear Cab Calloway.
Ail Hail, the King
W.'L. MYERS
CROWNED KING AND QUEEN OF
THE CORONATION BALL
Miss Madeline Shipman and Mr.
W. L. Myers had the honor of being
crowned king and queen at the Cor
onation Ball which was held last
Thursday, June 8th.
ADVANCED IN RANK
Master Sergeant Thomas Rucker,
(retired) U. S. Army, 4409 Burt St.,
has been advanced to the rank of
Captain to date from May 7, 1932 per
special order No. 129 War Depart
ment, Washington, D. C. dated June
5, 1933.
MID-CITY COMMUNITY CENTER
ASKS FOR PLAYGROUND
President E. W. Sherman appoint
ed the following committee of three
H. A. Taylor, Chairman, Miss Mad
eline Shipman and C. C. Galloway to
confer with Park Commissioner Frost
in regards to opening a playground
at 22nd and Paul Sts., under the su
pervision of the executive secretary,
Miss Madeline Shipman.
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WHAT MRS. LORETTA SWANNL
GAN AND 1100 NEGROES HAVE
DONE IN LINCOLN
Many people think that Negroes
can’t cooperate and fight together but
that belief is almost past, especially
in Lincoln.
This spring Mrs. Loretta Swanni.
gan organized the Lincoln Colored J
Women’s Club of which she is presi
dent. They organized to fight for
their pro-rata of employment and to
put into office men that they thought i
would give them what was due them.
After a lot of hard work, knocks
end discouragements, through which
Mrs. Swannigan always was there
to spur on, the men that they thought
were capable of filling the offices
were elected. And as the saying goes.
“To the Victor Belongs the Spoils”,
anyway Lincoln now has a Colored
policeman. Mr Williams has the hon
or of filling that position.
Mr. Clayton Lewis has a promin
ent job as line-man with a chance for
promotion. Miss Helen Colley has
been placed as play .ground supervisor
and lots of men have been placed in
the parks and on the streets.
Last, but not least, a Colored man
went to work in the water and light
department. The first one in the his
tory of the city. Men are still being
placed.
Doesn’t this prove that in unity
there is strength.
SEVERS FELLOW PRISONER’S
JUGULAR VEIN
Comstock, N. Y. (CNS) Charles
Fontane. white, 24, sentenced from
Kings County on a manslaughter
charge, is dead, and Frank Jones, 21
a Negro, lies seriously injured in the
prison hospital, as the result of a
knife battle at Gret Medow Prison
today.
Fontano’s jugular vein was sever
ed. He was serving a twenty-year
sentence. Jones, who was sentenced
from Utica for attempted robbery,
was badly slashed in four places. The
were marching out of their cells for
dinner when one bumped into the
other, and fought with knives for 15
seconds before guards separated
j them.
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DEATH PARTS TWIN SISTERS
104 YEARS OF AGE
Wilmington, Del., (CNS) Twins
born in slavery 104 years ago have
just been parted by death. Virginia
Martha Cheatham died June 8 in her
apartment above the Church of God
and" Saints of Christ, of which she
was a member. Her twin, Mrs. Mary
Cheatham Jefferson, a widow, lives
in the same building, but is being
kept in ignorance of her sister’s death
The sisters were born in Lunenburg
County, Va.
CHILD KILLED BY COW HURLED
BY TRAIN
Tuscaloosa, Ala. (CNS) A peculiar
accident here recently was the cause
of the death of one and’the serious
injury of another child. A cow hurled
high in the air by a passing train fell
on two little Negro children, killing
one and causing serious injury to the
other.
May 27, 1933
Mr. Sam K Greenleaf
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County Assessor.
Court House Building,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Mr. Greenleaf:
I highly appreciate the consider
ation given while in conference with
you a few minutes today in the way
we were promiscuously together. I
do not know if same was due to your
being over-burdened with so many
seeking consideration, or whether you
had a minute or two to spare. Al
though, I am very sorry there was a
little unpleasant misinterpretation on
your part due to the associate with
me not making himself plain from tho
expression made, which was not his
true intention, or the thought he
meant to convey.
I believe you mean t° be fair, and
know, as a humanitarian you will help
and be considerate to those less for
tunate is my reason for writing you.
Conditions from Cuming St. to Ames
Ave., are deplorable, and pitiful. Men
receiving a reasonable salary cannot
fully appreciate and realize the cir
cumstances of those receiving no sal
cry, or just employed perhaps sever
al days out of a month. Many of these
people bee an to purchase homes be
fore this industrial depression, and
at this time it is very hard to keep
same up, taking into consideration
the average salary obtained by those
in this community, which is only from
$8.00 to $15.00 per week and wi£h
some not even that. Out of this small
sum they are forced to purchase the
necessities of life, and pay other ob
ligations such as taxes. Consequently,
because of such existing conditions,
many have been required to seek
charity.
We are given only a minimum am
ount of our city’s employment, and
live in a community where the valu
ation of property has greatly deprec
iated, but taxes have not been reduced
in proportion. It is very easy for of
ficials to make rules and regulations,
especially regarding taxes, but it is
hard for One to live up to them, dur
ing these times if unemployed, or
making a small salary.
You spoke of a surety o<f a 20 per.
cent reduction; we are asking you to
reconsider and give us a reduction of
at least from 30 to 35 per cent. Even
then it will be hard for the majority
to meet their accounts. We are sure
you realize a reduction of 50 percent
would not be too much for this com
munity. as this district is “anemic”,
and it will require a great deal of
transfusion to restore conditions to
normal. In communities where the
majority are employed a/I able to
make a reasonable salary they can af
ford at this time to take care of such
obligations, but we cannot.
Carelful investigations hlpve been
made of this situation, and it is
known in any number of other dis
tricts where property hs been purch
ased for $2,500, the same is assessed
only from $700 to $750. Perhaps you
are not aware of these facts, and a*
we are part of the public, the same
consideration should bei given to all
in proportion to the value of our
property.
There are any number o<f homes in
which I could take you in this com
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“king kong” at Die ’RITZ Theatre, Sun. & Mod. June 18,19
