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. , V( !rr"'_ liUVOV ✓elt Appoints Negro Assistant Attorney General “Help Make A Place in An Unbridledt _ §§{* the Sun for Your Boys Outstanding- 'l and Girls, by Making Mouthpiece . ’ The Omaha Guide for Your Community A Stronger Factor “The 0maha Guid« In ^ our Community jg Your Paper” , ' 1 ___ | VOL. VII.— ___Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, July 15, 1933._ * Number Twentv-One. ITune In ~ ■" | "DIGESTING | NEWS" I BROADCAST!.! $ Every Week from this Column J By CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL \ KEEPING A PROMISE! Back in rr.y prison days over a month ago now) I promised to use this column for the balance of my life in an effort to help the Negro in Business for I am convinced that ev. cry wrong affecting the Negro today can be righted if the Negro, as a group, will just quit chasing will.of the.wisp* and concentrate on build ing up a strong economic group. Fa. vors of any kind can beat be secured by that group who know how to con trol and use their purchasing pow. er If you don't believe that is true just put a small want ad in your fav. orite white paper advertising you have some money to invest. The many people who answer your ad and seek your funds will be courteous, pleasing, promising and docile to you that you will even forget that you are black—auch ia the power of pos. section. Since being free the very first step 1 have taken towards helping the Ne_ gro in Business is to ferret out all the little leaks that waste energy, and sap the financial vitality out of our economic system. For years, in prison. I recorded every significant fact and now I am checking these facts—as best as my meagre funds will permit me. And while a prison, er I wrote many an article on the wastefulness of our people chasing rainbows through following the leads of uestumable advertisers. The v?zy spot in our economic system that is worse than a cancer is the fact that many of our publishers in their zeal to achieve a revenue today without realising the effect it will have on, their own revenues tomorrow, or on the race as a whole, use the question, able, and yes in a great many cases, fraudulent advertisements thaft are plastered all over the advertising columns of some publications. That conditions is the very worst spot m oar economic condition today. How can we as a race expect to build ourselves up on a sound economic bas_ is when the advertising columns of our paper lead Hie reader to believe that all one has to do is to buy a rab. bit's foot, lucky chanr.. snake ring, incense powder, confidential tips, or whatnot and then sit back and wait for lady luck to do the rest. I am frank to state right here that every publisher who encourages this sort of procedure, regardless of what he may extol in his editorial columns, or how public spirited he may be, is POSITIVELY dragging his own race down and is POSITIVELY making it harder for his own paper to secure the advertisements of strictly legiti. mate business firms. Our publishers are continually harping on cooperation but talk to one of the paper’s readers about cooper, ation and you will be forced to wait until they “hit’ the number or their lucky charm has brought around their ship for such readers spend their earnings in such uackery while their legitimate business needs are neg. lected and thier honest debts are ig_ nored. How any publisher can ride around in his swank car knowing that he is playing the part of a com. won “steerer” to a more common and despicable “racket” and not permit his conscience to hurt him is beyond me. During the past few weeks I have checked up on some of my previous compilations and in my possession I now have FACTS on many of these questionable advertisers and I have definite proof of the worthlessness of their efforts. In some instances their mail has been definitely prohibited through a governmental fraud order, and yet our publishers ran their ad. vertisements permitting them to use the telegraph to further mulct our Negro Operators Gain In License Fight Last week the Omaha Guide carried a story and I commented editorally about the battle being on for two youths’ right to a square deal for Motion Picture Operat or s license. Due to this story we have received many in quiries and many letters, some special deliveries, endors ing our demand for representation. We believe the whole neighborhood is more solidly behind this matter than any thing heretofore that has been sponsored by the Omaha Guide. We are receivig also from supposed to be inside, in formation as about what trouble will be started by the | Union Operators when the change is made. Few people know there is a penalty of a year in the state pententiary for throwing stink bombs on the sidewalks, or in any place of business or private home. Some one has made the remark that the enemies of this movement would not have any trouble whatever in employing some Negro tramp for a five spot to do the dirty work. This, The Omaha Guide does not believe is true. As many Negroes as there are out of employment now, surely there is not one of them who would attempt to do anything that is so low and degrading to prevent a Negro youth for securing a position that pays $45.00 a week. If there is one, and he should be spotted by any .Negro at the time of the act, it is stated that he will not fair so well. ^■————: — I Negro Prospector Discovers Gold Mine | people. From time to time, through this column. I shall expose in concrete form some of these many propos. itions, naming the papers in which such ads are run and the method in which they are secured, and why they are run. It goes without saying that the guilty publishers will not run such releases but I am grateful to know that there are a sufficient number of other reliable publishers •'’ho can see far ahead and are will, ing to help a fight that will eradicate' the cancer from our economic system and which will, in time, mean a larg er and more reliable flow of adver. tising revenue from legitimate adver. tisers AFTER the illegitimate adver tisers are first chased to oblivion. STATEMENT BY THE ACTING EDITOR TO THE READERS OF THE OMAHA GUIDE Every Newspaper must have some, one at the head of its affairs, in fact, all businesses must have a head. Since Mr. H. J. Ford, the founder and Editor of The Omaha Guide, moved to Washington, D. C., it happened to be my misfortune to be the acting Editor and the business manager of The Omaha Guide. I say misfortune because every man who is head of any business organization these depres. sion days is everything but proud of the job he has on his hands. I have been reliably informed by some of my employees that the readers of our j paper are accusing them of being re sponsible for certain items that are appearing in our paper. I wish to correct this matter. The Editor of any newspaper is wholly responsible for the contents therein, and as a rule, the Editor triee doubly hard to put into his paper what his readers will appreciate. When we fail to do that there is only two reasons, viz. shortage of funds and the lack of cor. rect information from our readers as to what they want in their paper. We will accept, anytime, constructive criticism, and will regard it as a spec, ial favor when it is done unselfishly, and in writing, and not street gossip. Please hold the Editor, as the Courts fo and who is responsible for the it. ems in the paper which he is Editor of and not the many employees. Signed, C. C. GALLOWAY. Acting Editor of The Omaha Guide. MISS PERKINS URGES MINIM UM WAGE LAW WELLESLEY, Mass.—An appeal for ratification of the child labor amendment and continuance of efforts for state minimum wage laws was made tonight by Secretary of Labor Perkins in an address at the Welles ly college institute for social pro gress. COPPER GULCH NAME OF MIN. ING TOWN AROUND HOARD’S GOLD ’HOLE’ Copper Gulch, Colo. CNS) This! town should have been named “Hoard ville” after Bob Hoard, the gray.hair ed Negro who recently hit a rich gold find that assayed $80 a ton and more. Some wanted that name given to the camp, others wanted it called “New Deal.” The compromise selected was Copper Gulch, after six.shooters (Continued on Page Two) COUNTY HAS CHARITY MONEY FOR 6 WEEKS County funds are sufficient to take care of charity needs for the next six weeks whether federal money is re ceived or not, County Commissioner Frank Riha said Saturday. The deadlock between Governor Bryan and the federal relief admin istration which is reported to be threatening Nebraska’s participation, still continues. The governor is said to have notified government author ities that if they do not want to handle the administration his, way, they may do their own administering. The dispute is over the appointment of a state administrator. MR. PRICE WARNS BARBERS Mr. R. C. Price made a statement to the barbers warning them against two men who are working against the barbers’ Association who are putting forth an effort to repeal the City Or dinance requiring a City Board. The City Board has been in effect for quite sometifne. In 1928 a state law was passed requiring a State Board. The City Board is an exact duplicate of the State Board, and requires the barbers to pay a large tax. The City, in other words, after the state has licensed one, comes around to collect its share of tax, when as a matter of fact, does not deserve anything be cause it hasn’t done anything. MAY GET NEW, TAX CUT There is a likelihood that a further reduction in assessed values of Doug las county real estate will be made by the state board of equalization when it meets July 14, County Assessor Greenleaf stated Saturday. He said the reductions made by some of the other counties in Nebraska are great er than those made in Douglas county. COMPLETES 3.ACT PLAY Mrs. Elaine Smith McGee, Office Secretary of the Omaha Urban League, has just completed a three act play entitled “Not Alms but Op_ pc rtunity”, depicting the various ser_ vices of the League. The play is to be presented along with another skit. “Scraps”, early in the fall. Colored Citizens Incensed Over Unfair Treatment In Job Created by Themselves DEMAND SHOWDOWN To The Editor, Omaha Guide, 2418 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Gentlemen: I should like to have a word to say, relative to the alleged discrimination, so said practiced by labor unions. The question invloves the hiring of a col ored man to operate the motion pic ture machine at the Ritz theatre, from the information I have, the manage ment of the picture show is desirous of hiring a colored man, but the ap plicant has been unable to pass the examination. The examining has been under the control of union men, but at the last meeting of the City Council, the old board was discharged, and placed in the hands of a committee composed of City commissioners, one of which is the mayor. I sincerely believe from now on, ap plicants of color, taking the xamina tion for movie operators will receive a fair and square deal. I remain, Yours very truly, Omaha Branch N A. A C P R C Price, Branch Pesident. Tne Omaha Urban League in en dorsing the appointment of a Negro operator in the Ritz Theatre is fol lowing one of the fundamentals of the League in seeking for Negroes equal ity of opportunity In view of the more than 99 per cent patronage of Negroes in the Ritz there should be no question of his being entitled to not only the operator jobs, but to practically every job in the theatre of fering wages or a salary In arguing in behalf of Negroes, the Urban Lea gue feels that the highest efficiency should be maintained and the same wage scale should apply to Negroes as did for the former white oprator. There are dozens of young en ergetic Negroes who can qualify for these jobs The League feels the Union Examiner nor any other biased individual or individuals should be an obstacle to a Negro candidate for this job Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, have had Negro operators for years With proper training there need be no fear of colored young men at the switch ^ The League believes the Council will do all in their power to see that a fair and impartial ex amination is given the applicants whose only crime is that seeking a job not customarily held by one of their Race .T Harvey Kerns. Executive Secy NEGRO OPERATORS SHOULD BE GIVEN LICENSES > ' ’ - IIIUKII DEAR EDITOR:—Our idea in re_ gards to the Negro as Moving Picture Operators would be to boycott the Theatre if we are deprived of one of our race as a Motion Picture Operat of. Since thft Operator is being paid $45.00 per week and 95 percent comes from the Negroes’ pockets, they should have a Negro selling tickets, ushering and operating. Other cities have the above mentioned, such as Chicago, New York, Cleveland, De_ troit and plenty of others, then why not Omaha? If they fail to give the Negro what is due them then open up a theatre of their own, and for God’s sake, and the sake of yourself and race, go to it and help keep it up. It is sure a shame, as large a city as Omaha is, and not a Colored theatre, YMCA., or other decent places of amusement for our people such as other cities the size of Omaha, has. Sincerely, We are Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Arbuckle 2423 Grant St. Rev. Burckhardt’s statement as to Negro Operators in Moving Picture Shows: I heartily endorse this move and feel that we are due such repres_ entation. 0. J. Bnrckhardt. The Ritz Theatre should, by all At The Dreamland CLAUDE HOPKINS and his fam_ ous Roseland Ball Room Orchestra of New York City, who will appear at the Dreamland, Saturday, July 15th. means, hire Negro operators because its main support is from- the Negro race. Signed, Lovejoy Crawford PALMER SCORES POLICE; “RAID LITTLE FELLOW'S” Municipal Judge Palmer, incensed at some recent liquor raids said in police court Wednesday: “Though the repeal of prohibition is near our raid, ing squad insists on breaking into homes illegally without a warrant to search for liquor. “Our police court is clogged with petty liquor cases, while big shots are Seldom arrested. It is just as il legal to sell 3.2 beer in Nebraska to day as to have liquor in one’s posses sion. Why continue to waste taxpay. ers’ money in arresting poor men or persecuting certain ones because of political reasons when the great ma_ jority go free and unmolested?” CANDIDATE FOR MINISTRY KILLED BY LIGHTNING DURING ORDINATION Savannah, Ga., CNS)— Marion Moultrie, whose desire to become a minister was on the point of being realized, received a “call” in a most unusual manner. He was struck by lightning and killed as he stood in front of the Baptist Church pulpit preparing o be ordained. The tragedy occurred Sunday af ternoon in the presence of a large congregation of Moultrie’s * friends. There had been a sharp rain with some lightning during the day. About 5 o’clock Moultrie took his place near the pulpit to deliver his sermon inci. dent to his ordination as a minister. He began: “We are gathered here this after noon”— He got^ no further. There was a sharp flash of lightning; the bolt struck the church and the pulpit be. fore which Moultrie stood. He fell as if struck by a bullet. The storm was not long in passing. The body was re moved from the church and rays of sunlight streamed through the win. dows. GOVERNOR McNUTT APPOINTS NEGRO AS A TRUSTEE OF STATE SCHOOL FOR BLIND Indianapolis, Ind. CNS) Governor Paul V. McNutt has just announced the appointment of F. B. Ransom as a member of the trustee board of the State School for the Blind for a term of four years. Mr. Ransom is general manager of the Mme. C. J. Walker Beauty Pro. ducts company and is known as a prominent leader among Indiana Dem ocrats. The position carries little or no salary, but the political recognition is of a kind unprecedented in the his. tory of the State of Indiana. DENMARK TO FIGHT ILLEGAL OPERATIONS COPENHAGEN, Denmark— Start ling disclosures in regard to the num ber of illegal operations performed by Danish physicians in the year have given new impetus to a drive for the legalization of certain types of abor ticides in Denmark. A bill which would allow physicians to perform operations of this type when certain social or physical circumstances ap peared to justify them, will be pre sented to the next session of parlia ment. i I Vann, Pittsburgh News paperman Made Asst. Attorney General — BURKE TO EXPLAIN NEW LAWS IN TALKS Congressman Edward R. Burke is expected to return to Omaha this week, and will soon begin a speaking tour of the state, it was announced Saturday by his secretary, Homer H. Gruenther. In his talks Mr. Burke will explain the workings of the home loan bill, the industrial recovery public works bill, and the new regula tions concerning veterans’ compensa tion. Mr. Gruenther is in charge of Mr. Burke’s new congressional office in the First National bank building. Two thousand applications for jobs have been received. WORKERS URGED TO REGISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS JOBS AT AGENCIES New York, July—Workers on the government’s huge public works con_ struction program will be selected largely from those registered at em ployment agencies designated by the United States . Employment service and colored workers are urged to find out from their local U. S. Employ, ment service ofice just which agencies are to receive registrations. “Negro workers should register at once for these jobs in order that no alibis can be presented when the act. ual hiring begins,” said a statement from the NAACP. “Secretary Har old L. Ices has stated the conditions under which labor will be employed and colored workers are urged to fol. low the rules laid down for everyone. Then, if any discrimination is shown and a protest is made, officials will not be able to say that Negro work, ers were not registered properly.” The NAACP. has sent a telegram to Colonel Donald H. Sawyer, who'is expected to be continued as perman ent director of the public works pro. gram, urging that the govmment see that contractors do not discriminate against Negro workers in employing men for public works. The telegram asked Colonel Sawyer “to take all steps possible especially the inclusion of spcific clauses in contracts, agree, ments, or other documents dealing with administration of the public works act, to prohibit discrimination in employment on acount of race, col or or creed. The telegram continues: “Denial to Negroes especially in gov. ernment construction and other pro jects financed by the federal govern, mnt is notorious through contractors refusing to give Negro workers full and fair share of employment. Every, possible step should be taken to pre vent continuance of this discrim inat. ory practice.” APPOINTED LABOR AGENT J. Harvey Kerns, Executive Secre. tary of the local Urban League was recently appointed by the Director of the United States Dept, of Labor as Special Agent in the Employment Service of the Dept. This appoint, ment will allow the League to serve in a broader way the employer and the employee’s needs. The position carried with it the use of penalty privileges of the United States mails. ROBERT VANN TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Washington (CNS)JRobert Lee Vann, Pittsburgh publisher and one of the Negro leaders who led the fight for the election of President Roosevelt, was last Friday sworn in as Special Asistant to the Attorney General of the United States in the Department of Justice Building here. Vann’s appointment marks the first of several Negro appointments said to be slated by the new administra tion. Vann is the first Negro to hold such an ofice under a Democratic ad. ministration. There have been Repub lican appointees of equal and higher rank, however. William H. Lewis of Beston held the position of Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General George Wickers ham; and Perry W. Howard was Special Assist at to the Attorney General under the Coolidge administration. The new appointee wa3 aceompan. ied to the Attorney General’s office for the ceremony of taking oath of office by Joseph R. Guffey, Demo cratic leader in Pennsylvania. The oath was given by Hugo J. A. Carusi, secretary to Attorney General Horn, er S. Cummings in the presence of First Assistant Attoney General, William Stanley. Attorney General Cummings was not present at the . ceremony but appeared shortly after to congratulate his new assistant. Doubt was expressed as to the as signment which will be given Mr. Vann. The appointee said that he did not know where he would be as. signed, but said that he did not ex pect to move his family to Washing, ton. It is believed that he will spend most of time away from Washington probably around the western part of his own state. Among the large group of friends of the new appointee who witnessed the swearing in and felicitated him at its conclusion, were George W. Coles, Sr., and Mrs. Coles, of Pitts bugh; Dr. Joseph L. Johnson, of Col. umbus, Ohio; D. D. Williston, Louis R. Mehlinger, Robert A. Pelham, Mrs Eunice Scott, Manuel Roque and Mrs. Vann. SALESMAN ACCU3ES PHYSICIAN OF WIFE THEFT LOS ANGELES, Cal. — A suit charging alienation of affections and asking damages of 100 thousand dol lars was filed today against Dr. Eu gene C. Nelson, physician and form er husband of Helen Lee Worthing, onetime Follies girl, by Leo F. Des mond, young oil machinery salesman. Desmond alleged Nelson persuad ed his 28-year old wife, Margaret Desmond, to leave the couple’s home on Long Island, N. Y., and cmoe to Los Angeles with him. Dr. Nelson said, “We expected trouble but we knew nothing of this action.” “I am sure Dr. Desmond misunder stands the relationshp between me and his wife. I am planning on open ing a clinic and she is to be my re ceptionist, that is all.” Doctor of Philosopy at 26 Climaxing a brilliant scholastic career, Dr. Albert Durham has just been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Chicago. Dr. Durham who is but twenty.six years old, undoubtedly the youngest member of the group ever to receive so high a distinction, is a graduate of the University of Chic, ago, where he wdh the Phi Beta Kap pa Key and also took his Master’s degree. He studied at Harvard prior to beginning his-teaching career at "''ward University, where he is a member of the faculty. He has con. tributed a number of articles to the Journal of Philosophy and is now en_ gaged in writing an article for the Journal of Ethics. Dr. Durham’s wife, Mrs. Frances Durham, is the sister of Miss Rachel Taylor. Executive Secretary of the North Side YWCA, and was the win ner of a scholarship, graduating with the highest honors in her claes of three hundred from the Hartford Public High School. She is a member of the National Honor Society of A_ merica and is a graduate of Boston University. The couple resides in Chi. cago where Mrs. Durham with Miss Kathryn McCoo have organized a Ne gro Ballet. The group appeared be. fore the Artists’ Ball at the Stevens Hotel last winter where they attract, ed much favorable comment. Mrs. Florence Price, whose symphony was presented at the Chicago World’s Fair and Miss Margaret Bonds, win ner of the Rosenwald Scholarship are working with the group and compose the music for the ballets. Dr. and Mrs. Durham will return to Wash, ington, D. C. in the fall where he will resume his teaching at Howard Uni. versity.