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VOL. VH— Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, Sept. 16, 1933 Number Thirty
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' Eiery Week ina this Column I
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Quoting: My Readers!
Alfred Headricks, business writer
and disstriior, of N-w York City,
writes:
* . „ Congratulation* for the very
g» *: » rk you are doing towards
petting ojr group ou its feet—eco_
aoustcallg „ . •
The publish** of Shi meg Ligh Sar_
Vfy, Ean Akron, Ohio, voluntarily
paid nc this tribute in his July, Aog_
- . IMPORTANT’ Her*’* a |10_
OJ6 trfp to the trade. If you have
ANYTHING that sells to colored
people, get in teach with Clifford C.
MRebefl 350F South Parkway, Chi_
cage. Shasta. He holds the key to ev.
er-rs -..ag important in this i-I»m ^
trade Name lata gator*. Classified
O K He*s a writer foe approximate
ly eae hundred and fifty Negro publ
liea do ns and if He’ll say a word for
you. I have an idea your mail man
wt,' soon start cem? Saining.. When he
^eaks, not 10,060, bet many hundred?
of thousand, listen so .. ."
-And here's a letter from a Chicago
Brat:
" . . May mm commend you on your
huipfbi and mmtrmtlm articles bow
appearing in the colored papers
thr -agfaast the emppbrg.
le » hessre to cooperate with you
nsm w«r readers we are enclosing
ber-iwstr jam* of oar literature and
o» f MV Almanacs which thorough
Ip a - scribe the business we have del
Mioped daring the past twenty yean,
dealing in Medicinal Roots, Herbs,
Lem'-* Barit*, sad Flower*, Nature’s
B. - -dy fr m the Field* and Forests,
ha ng a r mpiece line of over a
tboe-aad ddferent varieties and which
ha - beer used for many difenut
aiiaw-Bt*. with a targe percentage of
beneficial result*.
“ICe will be glad to furnish each of
your reader*, absclstely free, one ->f
our AiaaamMs if they will write direct
to the IKinoig Herb foaspaay, Suite
p fr!(* '-*>>. 441 South Dearborn Street,
©Chicago, Himes*.
Wm are <*v in our nrighlw,
hood picas* feel free to cal upon
- thank yon for the Almanac which
I two aae daily and we aid s uggest
She* my iwitri arris* for a free espy.
And liana* are doe to the Dixie
S:> ally Company, 'Box 231,s. Roan,
uke. \ .rr»ta, who *eac me a gen.
tram flippy at their Dixie Blossom
Hair Pomade.. In fact I newer will be
able to as* all they sent me so I gaesa
I will hare t» find come profitable
way at ais peeing of it.
Aid Speak;a* of disposing of the
abowe product, Dr. Joseph Baumweil.
*f the KfHWHWr PRODUCTS
LABORATORY, who maaafactarea
an agpeesrc* and high grade line of
* emetics for the theatre al trade
has offered t» famish ate with as
mad* at their product* as I care to
haadJs if I desire za introduce it in
da colored field through my string
«f arm mtKti The properties it
well worth thinking •->w*r »»►* j wcj_
com* eorrwpoatewc* fppm .agents on
the subject.
Mum GaneC ChapeB. of Los Ange.
las. Calzforma, writes in te ask me
why I don't ?et rm« at the large
advertisers of the coaatry interested
in the entered trade, and for me to
try and get them » cm 'colored mod.
«t* in the-r advertisements and to get
these admftuaaMiti and to get these
ad-re rnsameata placed in the colored
rewwpapern.
And J E„ Mrtche*L editor of the
St Leeds Argo*, wries in somewhat
.the -ante objective riew pah*.
* Far the beneatt of the abowe to
rear * r% and' our newspaper* in gen.
era!. I can promise that daring the
next few week* I exoeet to hold in.
terriew* with these large advertisers
and get their react** at least.
I TS APPOINTMENT IN NRA
RESF. ARCH DIVISION
W A.«HINGTON—<CNS>—It » an_
xamaeed that Miss Mabel Byrd, a
j nf—ti at the Dqartamt at Eco.
ttrmrie at the University of Chicago,
has b*ea appeared t# a position In
the DrriiMM of Research and Plan,
niag ■■£ the National Recovery Ad.
FIGHT WAGE CONDITION ON U. S. JOBS
2 CUT. 1 SHOT OVER WEEK-END
To Speak at St. John’s Sunday
a
BISHOP JOHN A.
GREGG of the Fifth
Episcopal District of
the AME. Church will
preach at St. John’s
Church, Sunday, Sept
ember 17th, at 11 a.
m. Everyone is in
vited to be present.
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CONGRESSMAN BURKE AND GEORGE HODGE
SPEAK SUNDAY AT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
INFORMATION—HOW TO SECURE HOME LOANS
! atigre-.man Edward R Burke of
j the 2nd Congressional District and
Mr Georg* Hotige, Federal reem_
ployment .director for Nebraska, will
audress a Mass Meeting at Zion
Bapt.rt Church on Sunday, Septem.
her 17. at 3 p m Mr Burke will
speak on "Recent Legislation to
Assist Home Owners and Aid Un_
employment”
Mr Hodge will use as a subject:
"Federal Employment Projects to
R i:evi Unemployment in Nebraska.
According to the Omaha Urban
League, which is sponsoring this
meeting, the public will gain from
: ■ ,e two speakers much valuable in_
formation regarding legislation
which has been enacted in their be_
r-aif The Federal Home Loan Leg.
.a: ion which was enacted by the
recent Congress purposes to relieve
! many persons whose homes have
1 een foreclosed within the last two
years. Many Negroes who have been
effected by unemployment should
profit by this legislation as well as
j other races
Mr Burke who has been one of the
proponents of this legislation will
outline the necessary seps to be taken
in securing these benefits Mr
Hodge, who has been recently ap_
pointed by Secretary of Labor, p#r_
kins, will have direct supervision of
placing men on Federal jobs in Neb.
raska. which will total several mil.
lions of dollars.
The recently established employ,
ment department, which is located in
tiie Court house, is under the direct
supervision of Mr Hodge’s office.
Mr Hodge has worked in close co_
operation, not only with the local
Urban League, but with the Chicago
L'rban League, before comig to this
state He is well informed of the
employment problems of colored
people
He promise,, a fair percentage of
the jobs to be distributed in this
state The Urban League promises
a very profitable program for all
persons who are interested in these
subjects, which are to be discussed.
Musical numbers are to be rendered
on thi3 program by the Community
Chorus, Mr Thomas Jones, soloist,
and Miss Vera Chandler, pianist.
ministration.
Mis* Byrd, it is stated, will serve
in some set up under Dr Abraham
Sadia, to gather pertinent data con.
cermng the affect of the recovery
program upon Negroes.
New Pastor Here
Fattier Victor Holly, of Phiiadel.
ph.a, is now in the city as pastor of
5c. Philips Episcopal Church His
native home is in Haki He was edu
a'cl these and has been in the Unit
ed States for the past three and half
years attending school. The OMAHA
GUIDE welcome Father Holly to
Omaha and wishes for him every pos
ib:le succesj in his work.
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Dr. Kingsley to Speak at
Omaha, Urban League
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Dr Harold Kingsley of Chicago,
Direcor of Negro Work in the North
for the Congregational Church will
! sdcress a meeting of Negro business
arc professional men at the Omaha
I. rear. League on Friday, September
2_rd.. a: 8 p m Mr Kingsley's
subject will be: “THE NEGRO AND
NATIONAL RFCOVERY.”
Mr Kingsley is one of the out_
stardmg Negro speakers in Amer_
ica EE e is a graduate of Yale Uni_
versrty and the author of several
:-xt oock« dealing with race rela_
tions
The meeting is being sponsored by
the Eiucati:nal Committee of the
Omaha Urban League.
LESTER WALTON MAY
GET LIBERIA POST
WASHINGTON, D. C — (CNA)—
The “New Deal” policy of rewarding
Negro misleaders with a few plums
as a camouflage of Roosevelt’s hos_
tility to the toiling Negro masses,
may lead to the appointment of Les.
ter Walton as U S Minister to Lib.
eria
Walton, a disciple of the late
Booker T. Washington and long
connected with the reactionary New
York Age, handled publicity for the
\jim_crow colored voters division of
the Democratic National Committee
in the last presidential campaign He
is now in Liberia writing a series of
articles on the Firestone republic, as
a supplement to the tratorious art.
icles of George S. Schuyler, who com
pletely whitewashed the brutal ex_
ploitation of the Firstone Company
and justified, in advance, the plans
of the white imperialists for a tighter
control of the republic The port pays
§10,000 a year, which is considered a
fat fee for a Negro Judas
Plan, SO Per Cent Rise in
Clothinsr Costs
NEW YORK—(CNA) — According
to an announcement in the Wall
Street Journal by leading clothing
merchants, retail prices in clothing
will be 45 to 50 per cent higher in
the Spring than at the present.
These sharp rises in the prices are
part of the Roosevelt price raising
program.
DRINKING PARTY ENDS IN
CUTTING
On Sepember 10, David Campbell,
3018 W Street was at the home of
Sweet perry, 2009 North 25th. A
party was under way, and all had
been drinking. Aboat 8 p m an
argument was started as to whether
Ollie Oliver, who liveg at the Perry
home, should go home with Camp,
bell. The tussle began and Perry cut
Campbell in several places He was
taken to Dr Hawkins’, 2120 V4 North
24th for first aid. Sweet Perry and
Ollie Oliver were booked for inves.
tigation.
MAN CUTS WOMAN SEVERELY
Last Saturday night, Mary Will,
iams, 1518 North 25th Street was
sitting on the porch with the man she
had been keeping company with when
Claude Parks, alias “Big Chief”
walked up to the porch and starting
cutting her with hi3 razor.
Mary was treated by Dr H Wig.
gins, and later removed to Cowant
Hospial. No arrest on Parks has been
made as yet
ESTRANGEMENT ENDS IN
SHOOTING
Mrs. Cora Johnson, 3210 Emmett
Street, wh-o is employed in the
Saunders Kennedy Building, frequent
ly known as the Brandeis Theatre
Building is alleged to have been ac_
costed by her husband, George in at.
tempt to recover their estrangement
Monday morning at 5:30. In the
grapple for the gun it was discharged
and George Johnson was shot several
times He is in Lutheran Hospital.
Mrs Johnson was booked for in.
vestigation pending the outcome of
her hushand’g condition
Harlem Workers Join
Needle Strike
NE WYORK-(CNA)—About 300
workers in Harlem garment shops
last week joined the strike of 60,000
Negro and white workers in the down
town district
The International Ladles Garment
Workers Union is supplying scabs in
shops that are out on strike under the
leadership of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union at 1850
Lexington Avenue, which is a 100 per
cent N T. W I. U. shop.
The I. L. G W U , is also forcing
workers back to shops on the old scale
of wages and hours from $3 to $8
per week, with hours running as high
as 70 hours per week, at the
same time forcibly taking out 35 from
pay enveiopes for “the union.” Work
ers in the 183 East 107th Street and
the Hudson Dress shops are com_
plaining of this racketeering
COURT AGAIN UPHOLDS
REV. DR. BERRY
NEW YORK— (CNA) — Efforts of
the Bishops Council of the A M E
Church to oust Rev L L Berry,
denominational secretary of foreign
missions, were blocked a second time
when the courts of New York over,
ruled the action of the Council in re.
placing Rev Berry with the Rev.
Cral L. Flipper, son of Bishop Flip,
per, senior member of the council.
The Rev Berry was elected on
April 11 to sacced the late Rev. E.
H. Colt He was ordered out of office
by the Bishops Council in June. Con.
tending that he had been elected by
the missionary department and not
appointed. Rev. Berry refused to ac_
cept the ruling and appealed to the
courts, which have twice upheld hhn.
The case vividly exposes the
struggle among the “spiritual shep.
herds” for pelf and the best paying
positions in the church organisations.
These are the same gentry who
preach patience and contentment to
the starving masses.
R. C. Price Makes
Report On Storz
Affair
PRESIDENTS REPORT OF THE
FREDRICK A. STORZ 3.2 PARLOR
16TH AND GRACE STREETS
Monday, September 4th, my atten_
tion was called to a sign or rather
several signs, posted in the 3.2 parlor
licensed in the name of Fredrick
Storz, located at 16th and Grace, by
Mr E W Killingsworth, J, imme_
diately wrote a letter to Dr G B
Lennox, instructing him to take the
matter up with the City Presecutor,
Mr Dennis O’brien. I had an opin_
ion from C. A Sorensen, relative to
those signs, taking the second
thought, that Mr Sorensen was out
of office, I wrote to the present At_
tomey Mr Paul F Good for an opin_
ion, because an opinion from Mr.
Sorensen would not be recognised,
because he was no longer the Attor_
ney General. Within thirty six hours
I had received an opinion from our
present attorney general, the Honer_
able Paul F Good, stating it was
unlawful to post signs of that nature.
I had another report, that those
signs, “No colored trade solicited,”
had been removed, and they had sub_
stituted another, “Stwrx private Buf_
fett, we solicit our patronage.” I was
driven over to the 16th street place
by Mr Robert Green A gentleman
by the name of Mr Manley, who
was with the party, accompanied me
into the place. I asked for two glasses
of beer, and I wa* asked if I had a
membership card. The bartender told
me, “that they had changed things
around there, and no one was allowed
to be served unless they were mem.
hers” Having had much experience
in legal redress work, I decided to
help the chairmaa of the Legal Re.
dress Committee, because I felt we
had a very hard case.
I started laying my foundation, for
i the “Sham Membership Club My
first step was to appoint a white man
chairman of a committee, to investi..
•' gate the surrounding circumstances
of this “Membership Club " Then I
appointed a man who was so near
white that no one could discern, as
: chairman of committeee, with in.
structions to get three or four peo.
pie that could pas3 for white, and to
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REV. BROWN “NOT INTERESTED” IN DOUBLE
LYNCHING REFUSES AID SCOTTSBORO DEFENCE
NEW YORK—(CNA)— Rev. Ab_
ner Brown, pastor of the Metropolitan
Baptist Chunph 128th Street and 7th
Avenue, stated he is not interested in
the Scott sboro boys; he is not inter.
| ested in the Alabama lynchings, nor
is he interested in the Scoittsboro
; cases in Harlem. These remarks were
made at the Baptist Conference,
August 21st., to a committee com.
; posed of Allan Taub, I L D. lawyer
who was recently run out of Tusca.
loosa, Alabama and 2 members from
the I L D Harlem Section, Mabel
Bunas and Robert D Smith who had
gone there to ask the ministers the
privilege of speaking in their
, churches.
Rev Brown’s exact words were:
“I am not interested in the Scotts.
boro boys nor in anything that goes
on in Alabama Let them take care
of that themselves. This is New York.
Nothing like that will interfere with
my church.” When Preacher Brown
fcwas reminded there are many Scotts.
boro cases, in Harlem also, he said:
“I don’t care where there are Scotts.
boro cases. I’m not interested.”
When a Negro preacher of Harlem
openly states that he will not do any
thing for the Scottsboro boys, that he
i3 not interested in the Alabama
lynchings, nor wants to help the Ne_
gro people in general, it is time he is
exposed to the public in general.
I Small Home Owners Deluge
U. S. Office with Cries
For Aid
NEW YORK— (CNA) — Hundreds
of small home owners this week
stormed the newly opened offices of
| the Home Owners Loan Corporation
ia the Empire State, demanding loans
to save their heavily mortgaged
homes from foreclosure. Most uf the
applicants were turned away.
15,000 applications had been re_
ceived duiing the day by mail, ac_
! cording to Vincent Dailey, general
manager ef the local office. Dailey
admitted that many thousands of
small home owners were in dange* of
having their homes taken away by
the mortgage companies and other
loa,, sharks.
The new applicants rive* aid jrea.
teniay were all white home owners
V'TegTo applicants were generally told
! to “return tomorrow *
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Negroes Promised Full Op
portunity on New York Tri
Borough Bridge Con.
NEW YORK—George Gordon Bat
[ tie. chairman of the Triborough
| Bridge Authority, has written the N
| A A C P that it may be sure
that “the Triborough Bridge Author,
t ity will see that there is no discrim,
i iation against any applicants for em_
; ployment on this project on account
of race, religion or color ”
Mr Battle’s letter is written in re_
sponse to ones written by the N A
A C P to Mr Battle and to Mayor
John O’Brien when a loan was auth.
. orized by the federal government to
(resume work on the Triborough
fridge. After pointing out that the
Public Works Administration at
Washington is granting these loans
i primarily to relieve unemployment,
the N. A A C P declared that
since this project is a public impro*re_
ment “financed by public funds de_
rived from taxation upon all the peo_
pie” any discrimination based on
race, color or religion in employment
Vould be unthinkable
In assuring the Association that
no discrimination will oe permitted
Mr Battle write* that he is speaking
both on behalf of Mayor O'Brien and
in his own capacity as ehairman of
the Tri bo rough Bridge Authority
Everybody** Coming \
to the
Y. W. C. A. Membership j
Dinner ! !
It’s going to be the j
BIG HOMECOMING
j EVENT of the FALL! j
All the folks will be back \
from the World’s Fair j
i ! and from points East, j
West, North and South *
and will be meeting at j
the ‘Y’ that nite. Dinner t
will be served from 6 o‘- l
clock on, and will cost J
; only 25 cents. Mrs. Ad- j
;; die Seals and Mrs. Min- *
: nie Dixon assisted by a \
;: group of good eooks and *
; helpers will be there to j
; serve you all can eat. t
| ; Tickets may be secured j
from members of the !
! committee and from the *
j Y. W. C. A. t
Roy Wilkins in Washington
To Voice Objections
NEW YORK—Roy Wilkins, As_
siatant Secretary of the NAACP ,
who made a first hand investigation
of the treatment of Negro laborers on
the Mississippi levee( left last night
for Washington to voice the N A.
A C P 's determined opposition to
discriminatory provisions of the con
tractors’ code which has >u»t been
submitted to the NRA. According to
the NAACP analysis of the code it
does not in any way benefit or im_
prgve the condition of the 30,000 Ne_
gro laborers on the Mississippi Flood
Control Project The code provides a
minimum wage of forty cent* an
hour, out contain, the “joker” that
where the minimum wage was tess
than forty cents an hour on July 15,
1932, the minimum wage shall be
thirty cents an hour, a differential of
ken cents per hour Wages paid Ne_
gro levee workers ( was a “book* wage
of around ten cents an hour, as was
exposed by the N A A C P in_
The contractors’ code is not even
veetigation
content with this discriminatory pro_
vision. It contains the additional pro!
vision that “nothing herein contained
shall be construed to apply to «n_
ployees whose rates of wages are
established for specific projects by
competent governmental authority in
accordance with law or with rates of
wages established by contracts now
in force” This provision could pre_
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Bishop Hamlett
to Speak Monday
Bihop J. A. Hamlett, Dr. L. E.
B. Rosser to Speak Monday, 8 p. m.
Masonic Hall, 28th and Bkmdo Street.
Emancipation Banquet.
Bishop J A Hamlett, D D , LL.
D , presiding Bishop of the Sixth
Episcopal District of the C M E
Church will arrive in Omaha, Monday
morning to speak at the Masonic Hall.
For the Emancipation Banquet. Dr
Rosser, Presiding Elder and well
known Educator will also speak.
Other speakers will be: Judge Thom_
sen. Judge Rhoades, Judge Fitzgerald
Attorney W B Bryant, Dr Z. E
McGee, Dr Banks, Representative
John Owens, Attorney John Adams,
Attorney H J Pinkett, Editor C. C.
Galloway. Emancipation Parade will
leave Cleaves Temple Church 25th
Decatur Street at 7:30 p m , and
march to the Masonic Hall. TTie Ban.,
quet will be 35 cents a Plate. All are
invited to join the Parade and march
| to the hall and eat the best meal, all
I cars are ask to be at tha church by
1 7 o'clock.
Mr S E Montgomery, chairman.
Rev. J L Glover, Pastor
Official Committee: Robert Harris,
Wm Evans; A F Allen, D Smart
Earnest Wiley. Edgar Wiley, S Stmll_
w>orth.
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COLORED CATHOLICS
REFORM OLD FED
ERATION
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WASHINGTON — gCNS) — The
| Federation of Colored Cathlics was
reorfaaized her* last week at a meet_
in* of former officer* and workers.
Some months ayo the federation*
was taken over by other officers and
I its name chantred to Interracial
Council of Catholics of America.
Thomas V Turner, of Hampton,
Va , founder and former president,
was a rain named head Vice presid.
ents are: Eurene A Clark, G A.
| Henderson. Pittsburrh: Bernard S
Squires. Cleveland: W. P Dickerson,
Newport News. H M Smith was
selected executive secretary: Sarah
. P Kirhv, recordinr secretary; Mar_
ion Bruce. Philadelphia, assistant
secretarv; William B Bruce, Philad.
elohia. Treasurer: Helen L. Pir.kett,
Philadelphia: editor of the Voice;
Benedict Smith. Hermansville, Md ,
senreant at arms.
The first annual convention of the
orranization wiT! be held next Aug_