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iJBy^ CLIFFORD C. MITCHELL \
The Pres* and Negro Business!
The readers who have followed this
column fur now going on four years
kr •* t ; owe my very existence to
•.lie N* r Press and Negro ?5-siiicas.
They a now that for years, at in
• r . nave stated, that when free
«i tic 1 would devote the re
main**-r f my years in a construc
ti-e efT n to better the conditions of
*h Pr~ - p.nd Negro Business through
any an, I may have acquired as a
writer* and consequently I am ever
attempt; « to serve as a connecting .
link tif-r••• .-en ihe two and to give our
p r* i i' — a “digest” of news that will
effect, them economically
In weTi ming correspondence from
my r adt rs 1 did not realize that my
mail would be flooded with letters
front pw<;4e all over the country—all
wanting secure information, assist
»r •- suggestions on how they
g • ma: • iy increrfse their revenue
- -..... " ers have reached such large
;»pv rtior.j that I find myself unable
''ino« the attempt of answering
* • i • »e [ rsonally out 1 shall class
ify the contents of each and convey
pertinent nfortnation through this
column each week and the reader has j
but 'i watch this column to secure !
in format km and reply to the various j
inquiries received.
Tk £a*t Tennessee News, of
kn->r. reprinted in their issue of
August 17tfe. the Philadelphia Tnbun
. -PLENTY JOBS AVAII^
ABLE And if the letters that are
reaching me are a fair judge I would
«y 'hat the Advertising Maragers of
ur v»no.: papers have a wonderfiu
opportunity to reach out and secure
I >r 'heir readers advertising copy on
the womby money making opportuni
ties that many firms have to offer
colored men and women. Such con
;a-ia as 1 *hall make with responsible
firms '-cho have excellent propositions
wiK be briefly mentioned in this
«•*»»»» and those readers who have
beer, writing me can write direct to
the firs.s mentioned and the adver
se managers, if they are not al
r ad> carrying copy from such firms,
wo.-i: aiso do well to contact them.
An tni uraging letter on the ef
fort - cif this column to stimulate
trade interests has just been re
ceived. reading:
. . We have been following with
math interest, your series of articles
or "Help ng the Negro in Business"
in your various columns that appear
!® the colored papers throughout the
jJBOtjy We wish to commend you on
the interest you are creating and the
opportunity that it is affording both
the colored readers to become ac
luainted with money making oppor
tunities, and also to the various busi
ness firms who are anxious to assist
the economic efforts of the colored
race For your information the Val
mor Product* Company. 525d Cottage
Grove Avenue. Chicago, have been
employing colored agents and rep
resentatives in all parts of the coun
try for years. In fact at the present
moment we have thousands of them
who are using both their spare time
and Ml time to the sale of our pro
duct*. seme of them earning as high
as Fify Dollar.- a week We would
be pleased to have you call at our
office and inspect our plant and our
product* as we feel certain that your
tender would be interested in the
results of your observation . . ”
At the present moment the inter
ior of my office look* like a cosmetic
shop because of the assortment of
- ample* of Mme Marguerite Ward's
high grade Toilet Preparations. This
hr.e is Mnctly high grade and mar
ted to the exclusive trade through
dealers, agents and representatives
Her sales heaquartors are located at
Saul Michigan Boulevard. Chi
cago
The Murray's Superior Products
1 "apery. '610 Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago, are offering the best
agency p>«f»osrnon of any colored
| Km I have yet contacted, replete
bith que ry, courtesy and service The
■* tivities «d this concent are worthy
of a special feature, for their rise,
thesr Methods of doing business, etc ,
are full of interesting business rom
ance Space, alone, forbids mention
of other interesting opportunities.
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Negro Democrats Confer With Farley
FARLEY RECEIVES DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION
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Postmaster General James A. Far
ley received a delegation of Negroes
prominent in local, state and national
Democratic circles ir his suite at the
Hotel Muehlebach last Friday. He
thanked the group for the support
given by Negroes in the Roosevelt
campaign and assured them that their
race would share in the administra
tion’s patronage. The delegation was
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headed by Dr Wm J Thompkins,
member of the “Big Four” and direct
or of Negro voters in the western
states Left to right (front row) W.
P Dancey, Miss Etta Butler, Omaha,
only Negro delegate attending the
Young Democratic Club of America
convention; Mrs Win J Thomp
kins, Mrs D M Miller, Mrs C
H Adkins, Felix H Payne, Mr
Farley, Dr Thompkins, and W T.
Kemper, national committeeman from
the state of Missouri. Back row, left
to right; J 8 Gibbs, attorney, Dor
sey Moore, L Herbert Henegan, city
editor, The Kansas City American,
and Dr L. M Tillman
A more complete story to be
found on Page Three—
Gov. Pinchot Demands Prosecution of Of
ficials Charged with Deporting Negroes
'HARRISBURG, Pa.—Governor Gif
ford Pinchot has written A B De
, Castrique .Beaver county attorney,
demanding that he prosecute county
j officials on charges of kidnaping
forty six Negroes last January and
deporting them to West Virginia.
The governor wrote DeCastrique
that the failure to prosecute the
county officials and state police al
leged to have deported the colored
i people from the town of Industry “is
deliberate defiance of the law.”
Action of the governor followed
closely the receipt by him of a report
j on the deportation by William Schn
ader. attorney general of the state.
Mr Schnader’s investigation was a
direct result of the activity of the
N A A C P , especially the Pitts
burg branch, under the leadership of
Homer E Brown, who himself made
a preliminary investigation and se
cured the facts which formed the
basis of a demand by the N A A
C P on. Governor Pinchot that the
attorney general be requested to
Tfiake an official investigation.
Once into action Mr Schnader,
through Special Deputy Attorney
General John D Meyer of Pittsburgh,
secure testimony which led him to de
clare in his report: “The investigation
clearly discloses that an outrage was
committed upon these colored peo
ple” and “I have no hesitancy in say
ing that this is a matter which ought
to be submitted to the grand jury and
which should be vigorously handled
by the district attorney”.
Mr Schnader recommended pro
secution of all the people involved in
the deportation on charges of kidnap
ing He points out in his report that
the Negroes were taken in trucks,
against their will, under armed guard
and were told ot “beat it” out of
Pennsylvania and stay out for two
years
The report further substantiates
I the N. A A C P investigation by
! Mr Brown in pointing out that the
raid on the home of Virginia Heath
in Industry was conducted in a high
handed and illegal manner; that the
colored people present at the party
were> lined up and told to pay over
$2.50 each Those who paid were
freed and those who did not were
taken to jail. The Schnader report
says: “It has been impossible to learn
what happened to the money collect
, ed at Virginia Heath’s house.”
! In the Schnader report it is assert
ed that Howard A Hunter county
commissioner of Beaver county, as
I sumed charge of the deportation be*
cause he wanted to save the county
the expense of holding forty six peo
ple in jail for ten days. Several state
police, constables and county officials
were active in the kidnaping.
[31 Young Negro Students
Outline Program for Union !
of White and Black Workers
NEW YORK—A suggested general
program for future action of the Ne
gro involving the union of white and
black workers in a labor movement
to direct economic and political life
was outlined at a week end confer
ence of thirty one young Negro stu
dents, teachers and writers at Amen
ia, N Y August 18 to 21.
The conferees, among them men
whose work has stamped them as
coming leaders of Negro thought,
were the guests of J E Spingarn,
president of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, at his country estate, “Trout
beck ”
The findings of the conference have
just been mad*' available by the com
l mittee. In addition to advocating a
new labor movement, it is suggested
that Negroes, regardless of seeming
j class differences within the race,
must unite more closely in the inter
ests of the groups economic welfare.
(Continued on p. 3)
NEW THEATRE HEAD TO AR
RIVE HERE SOON
William A Singer, who will man
age the Brandeis theatre when opened
a month from now under the direction
of Mort H Singer, will arrive in
Omaha soon to spend two or three
days, according to a Chicago dispatch
Wednesday. The dispatch said no lo
cal staff had been selected yet and
the policy in detail has not been
determined.
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ROBS GIRL ATTENDANT AT ICE
CREAM STAND
Madeline Howard, 2319 South
Thirteenth street, attendant at a Reed
ice cream station across the street
from her home, was held up by a Ne
gro just before midnight Wednesday
and robbed of between $16 and $18.
She was closing up for the night,
and as she stepped from the rear
door of the stand the bandit met her
and took the money box from her.
He ordered her to lie on the floor of
the stand while he escaped, she said.
STORZ SOFT DRINK BAR
DISCRIMINATES
Storz Soft Drink Bar. 16th and
Grace put up a sign “Negro Trade
Not Solicited ” Therefore a commit
tee called on the man in charge, and
the sign was removed, but bartenders
demanded membership cards from
Negro patronage, while white patrons
can and were served without any
request for membership cards while
Negroes were standing there at the
bar One report from another party
claimed that they just absolutely re
fused to serve the party and stated
that they did not serve Negroes. This
matter has been referred to the N
A A C P. and they are actually en
gaged now in an extensive investiga
tion More fully and detailed report
will be published about this matter
next week
RETURNED BIG BOAT EXCUR
SION ON GOOD SHIP “VALLEY
QUEEN”
By popular demand there will be a
returned Big Boat Excursion on the
OFFICER SLAPS’
COLO !E ) YOUTH
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A bunch of drunken young men
bent on crashing themselves in a
party which was being given by Miss
Vera Chandler and Mae Gustin for
an out of town guest terminated in a
j near free for all disturbance when
the invaders were ejected by guests
at the party The affair which was
held at the home of Miss Vera Chand
ler, 2804 North 25th Street, was the
climax of a number of similiar at
tempts of a group of young roust
abouts w’ho under the pretense of be
ing drunk have been crashing their
way into a number of respectable
parties
Officers were called on to quell the
disturbanc On the first arrival the
would be intruders had gone In the
meanwhile Mr Tom Chandler arrived
and was told of the incident Think
ing that there might be a possibility
of a second visit of the would be in
truders, Mr Chandler remained
seated on the front porch About
12:30 the intruders made their sec
ond visit A second call was placed to
the pjlite department,, and on then
arrival the crashrs ran The officers
bent making an arrest are sa:d to
have caught two other boys who hap
pened to come on the scene from a
nearby party When advised by Mr
Chandler that these boys were not
the disturbers and that an effort
should be made to apprehend the
guilty parties, the officers became
vry abusive and are alleged to hav’
knocked and cuffed the boys in plac
ing them in the police car
For his opposed interference Mr
Chandler received light treatment and
was taken to the police department
where he was booked as complaining
witness and thrown in a cell with
hardened criminals Mr Chandler
relates that the language of some of
the Officers and Desk Seargeant re
ferring to calls by colored people as
“Nigger calls” and stating that they
were having too much blankety blank
trouble with these Niggers Mr
Chandler states that he was even
denied the privilege of calling for
ome one to bond him out In the
mean while a member of the family
telephone to Dr Peoples regarding
the matter Dr Peoples in company
with Mr J Harvey Kerns, went to
the station at 3 a in and secured his
release
On Wednesday following this es
capade Mr R C Price, President of
the N A. A C. P., Mr Kerns, in
company with Mr Chandler made a
complaint to Commissioner Myers of
the alleged treatment of these young
men at the hands of these officers
Mr Robert Smardick was called in
by Mr Myers to hear the complaint,
and promises a further investigation
of the whole affair, and further stater
that if this was found to be true that
these officers would be removed from
the department
Elder J. K. Humphrey
to Hold 10-Day Meetin*
PROM NEW YORK TO HOLD
TENT MEETINGS j
Elder J K Humphrey, president
of the United S D A arrived in
Omaha from New York City, Sept
ember 8 at 10:30 to take charge of
the Tent Meeting at 24th and Blondo
Streets for a ten day session. Lect
ures each evening at 7:45.
Elder Humphrey is the greatest
silver tongue orator in the Seventh
Day Adventist service
He will be the house guest of Elder
and Mrs Morrell M Boodle, 28th
and Erskine Street There was a
house party given in honor of Mr
and Mrs Humphrey at the residence
of Mr and Mrs David Smith
Good Ship “Valley Queen.” There
will be more entertainment than ever
offered you at this time A special
floor show will be sponsored, featur
ing Dorcas Jones, popular radio art
ist, and dancing Zip, and other pop
ular artists Dancing to red hot mu
sic, will'be very pleasant and cool on
the muddy waters of the Missouri.
You will be able to drink champagne
to your heart’s content. Come and en
joy lounging about decks Boat leaves
Douglas Street bridge at 9:30 p m
OMAHA WOMAN DIES AS AUTO
OVERTURNS
Mrs Alma White, 22, of 2885 Ohio
Street, was killed Tuesday morning
when the automobile in which she
was riding overturned after skiding:
in loose gravel at the foot of a steep
hill six miles north of Weeping
Water, according to the Associated
Press
James Smith of 2021 North 21st
Street, driver of the car, and his
wife were injured in the accident
After being questioned by County
Attorney W G Kieck and County
Sheriff Homer Sylvester at Platts
mouth they returned to Omaha. All
three are Negroes.
Funeral services were held Friday
afernoon
READY WITH MEN FOR PUBLIC
WORKS JOBS
“Classification of Douglas coun
ty’s unemployed is now in such shape
that we can supply any number of
men for public works jobs in this
vicinity on 48 hours notice.”
G E Bickley, direcor of the
registration force under the county
committee headed by Hird Stryker,
made this announcement Wednesday
before George Hodge, state reem
ployment director conferred with the
committee on the status of the work
here.
Eleven thousand persons are now
classified on the Douglas county list.
Sextette of Philander Smith
College will render a Pro
gram at Clair Chapel, 22nd
& Miami St., Sept. 15th, at 8
p. m. Admission Free!
NEGRO LYNCH’D IN SELMA, ALA.
SELMA, Ala. — Joe Solde, Negro
tenant farmer, was lynched here
August 10, it has been learned by *he
International Labor Defense, in spite
of efforts to cover up the crime made
Solde was framed on a charge of
by authorities.
stealing a cow, the real reason being
a determination by his white land
lord to drive him off a piece of land
he held under his lease Four white
men, Archie Bryant, Walker Bryant,
Edward Meallin and Ace May, took
him to the woods and beat him to
death.
The lynching of Solde is the twen
ty fourth reported this year
Return Papers Issued
Requisition papers were issued for
the return of Clyde Phillips to this
state he is charged with the crime of
grand larceny committed in Nemaha
County It is alleged the defendant
on August 28, 1933, broke into the
Auburn Machine Works and carried
away one Van Doran No. B1324E
valve refacer of he value of $105.00
Phillips is now in custody of author
ities at Kansas City, Missouri, and is
being held for Nebraska J C Broad?
is named as agent for this State
{UNANIMOUS VOTE
FAVORS BOYS AS
UNIONISTS
COLORED YOUTHS ADMITTED TO
MOTION PICTURE OPERATORS
UNION
The following committee appeared
before the membership of the Motion
Picture Local Union at Labor Temple
10th and Davenport, September 5, at
12:30 a m Dr G B Lennox, Rev
O J. Burckhardt, Lieutenant Ed
Turner, J Harvey Kerns, and C C.
Galloway The committee was cord
ially received by the entire member
ship group and the president, Mr
Frank E Lewis. The committee pre
sented the following petition: “Inter
national Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employes and Moving Picture
Operators of United States of Amer
ica
Wp, the undersigned, d» hereby
I petition your organization in the in
terest of harmony and cooperation
for the benefit of the community to
Accept in your organization, Paul
Barnett, 939 North 26th and Boyd V
i Galloway, 2502 North 24th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska a members in your
; local Union in the city of Omaha
We can assure you that these two
young men who have been reared in
| Omaha and educated in our public
I schools, and have passed the city
examinations by the board of Motion
Picture Examiners, will be strong
supporters and will be a credit to your
organization Respectfully submitted,
Mr Mills, 1421 North 24th Street,
Furniture Store; Sam Shapiro, 1824
North 24th, Lincoln Market; Pauline
Hayden, 2639 Franklin, Hayden's
Cash Market; L B Martin, 1824
North 27th, Contract Plasterer: I
Carey, 2302 North 27th Street, Carey
Grocery Store; Johnny Owen, 2228
Ohio Street, State Legislator; C
(Continued on page 2)
Omaha Urban L’gue Fights
NRA Violations
Discrimination against Negroes in
establishments under the N R A
and an attempt to discharge Colored
maids in several downtown hotels
and replace them by white maids
were denounced by J Harvey Kerns,
Executive Secretary of the Omaha
| Urban League, before the Code Ob
| servance Committee as contrary to
! the purpose of the NRA
j The Urban League has received
, numerous complaints of Code viola
j tions in the salary of Negro workers
said Mr Kerns, Dr Palmer Findley,
president of the board of directors of
the Urban League, ‘said, “The League
will not adhere to any discriminatory
acts of the N R A against Negro
es The organization will see that
violations are brought to the atten
tion of the proper authorities
What would have been a wholesale
discharge of Negroes in downtown
hotels was restrained by the Code
Observance Committee on complaint
of the Urban League
The following is a text of the letter
addressed to the Chairman of the
Code Observance Committee by the
League Secretary
Mr Harley G Moorehead, Chairman
Code Observance Committee
; Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha, Nebraska.
My Dear Mr Moorehead:
During the past week or ten days
there has come to our attention var
! ious evidences of violations of the
J Codes as practiced by employers who
are discharging Negroes rather than
pay them the minimum wage as set
(Continued on page Five)
TO ASSIST FOREMAN
Miss Lucia M. Pitts of Chicago has
been appointed as secretary to Dr.
Clark Foreman, adviser on Economic
Status of Negroes to Secretary Ickes.
Miss Pitts began work on September
5th 1933.
Well known in th south as well as
in the north, Miss Pitts has held po
sitions in New York, Chicago, Atlanta
and Tuskegee Institute. She was the
only colored girl employed as stenog
rapher for the 1931 session of the HI
House of Representativts in Spring
, field.
