“Every Tub Must Sit
On It’s Own
Bottom!”
FOR YOUR BENEFIT
On Sunday, October 1, 1933 at 3:30
p m there will be a meeting at THE
OMAHA GUIDE Building, 2418.20
Grant Street, for your benefit. Ev_
ery working man and woman is espe.
cially invited to attend this meeting
Now as never before in the history
of America the old sayings is true
in the every day life of the American
Negro. “Every tub must sit on its
own bottom ” If you can’t find the
bottom of your tub, for God’s sake, j
let someone show you how to find it
The Negro is being cut from the pay.!
rolls of every industry in the country
Even the mop and broom is being
taken away from him, and many oth.
er positions that have heretofore been
commonly known as our regular ways
of earning livelihood
At this meeting Mr and Mrs
Hayden, the proprietors of the Hay.
den’s Cash Market will tell you in
details the story of their arrest and
conviction, and believe me friend, it
certainly will be worth your hearing.
Negroes heretofore have been run
ragged, arrested and thrown in jail
unjustly, but never in the history of
Omaha was there ever a Negro ar_
rested because he had mastered the
art of salesmanship and the ability
to cater to his trade
Don’t miss hearing this story Ev_
ery effort will be made to have the
little boy to tell the story of the
methods that was used in this arrest.
Have Your Notary Public
Work Done at The OMAHA
GUIDE Office
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As I read the many “exchanges”
and follow the thought of many of
our colored ctizens I a munable to
feel pessimistic because of the fail,
ure of a few of our concerns where
the stockholders have lost all or a
part of their investments.
Were I fortunate enough to be a
publisher of some national publica.
tion; and even in my limited space i
available in the many papers from
coast to coast that carry these news
features, I would not hesitate, and do
not hesitate, to say that for every
failure we should build a dozen new
structures for it is only by our fail,
ures that we can learn to overcome
weakness and eventually erect struc_
tures that will appear, in later gen_
erations, as super monuments.
While it is granted that one large
financial failure in the colored field
looms as a serious handicap to pro_
gress, yet it is a fact, comparatively
speaking, that colored mvestors have
lost practically nothing in our own
companies as compared to the losses
suffered in white companies.
We have no definite way of ascer_
taining the amount of millions that
we have invested in white companies
at their peak and on which the mar.
ket shrinkage has brought the in_
vestments down to perhaps ten per
cent or even less of their original
market worth Yet we see or hear
comparatively little in the way of
publicly expressed complaints against
such concerns and our voice in their
managements have ever been In
fact we have not even been privil„
eged to find employment in the same
concerns in which we speculated in
their stocks and in some instances
these same firmg did not even care
for our consumer patronage
Personally I would rather invest—
or speculate if you prefer that term—
a Five Dollar bill in the ownership of
any of our going racial concerns, em_
ploying our people, whether it be a
publishing bouse, hotel, commercial
organization, insurance or financial
organization, than to donate a dollar
bill to our many protest organiza_
tions, religious bodies or socalled
charitable agencies
Time after time we can donate to
various organizations, probably se_
curing a receipt, but beyond that re_
ceiving no tangible evidence of the
worth or wiseness of our donation.
I CF -
1 r OMAHA'S HOMES
COOK I
WITH
Cooking Fuel, because
h’c riio*3nor Avera&e costs of cooking
a tiltdpcl with Gas are less than h>c
per person per meal—the cheapest cook
ing fuel in Omaha.
\\\ Oisirkpr There’s ?° 'vaiting for the
u a \guiuici proper heat, when you
cook with Gas. You have it imme
diately—from a faint warmth to 2000°
—as soon as the burner is lighted.
Controlled Heat £
oven regulator, give you absolute con
trol of your cooking temperatures—in
side the oven or on top the stove.
SEE YOUR DEALER OR
And yet when nothing tangible is
ever accomplished we don not hear,
much yelping but let the same amount
be invested in the form of ownership
in some of our corporate bodies and
the investor can be heard to wildly
acclaim all sort of grievances^ imag_
inary or otherwise, on how his money
is being handled, or mishandled.
It is too bad that our commercial
enterprises cannot adopt the methods
of some of our religious and social
organizations and put on big rallies
to share in the dollars. If they could
adopt these methods then we would
see that with every rally we would be
launching on some new industrial or
commercial undertaking that in its
very existence would have to employ
some of our own boys and girls and
thus whether we personally ever re_
ceived a dollar back as cash dividends
we would have the satisfaction of
knowing that we were part owners in
an undertaking that is paying hand,
some dividends to the race in giving
direct employment and in teaching
business practices to our members.
And speaking of dividends it is
regrettable to observe that a great
many people can only judge the cOr.
porate worth of a concern by the
amount of its cash dividend Many of
our racial concerns that have paid the
best cash dividends are no longer in
existence. Why? Simply because
they violated the laws of good fund,
amental business principles in cater,
ing to the whims of those who pre.
ferred a cash dividend to a partici.
pating worth in a concern who con.
served its assets and built up strong
and necessary reserves before at.
tempting to pay a cash dividend at the
later expense of its own financial
soundness
INTERIOR DEPT. SAYS IT
“CANNOT INTERVENE’’ AT
BOULDER DAM
NEW YORK — The department of
the interior, which has supervision of
the construction of Boulder dam at
Las Vegas, Nevada, “cannot inter,
vene” with the contractors and see
that more Negroes are given employ
ment, it announced this week.
In a letter to Roy Wilkins, assist,
ant secretary of the National Asso.
ciation for the Advancement of Col.
ored People, Harry Slattery, person,
al assistant to Secretary Harold L
Ickes, admits that an investigation
has shown that not many Negroes are
employed on the construction the 165
million dollar dam. Mr. Slattery gives
two reasons for this: (1) much of the
work requires men to operate special
construction machinery and the var.
ious contractors at work on the dam
bought their own men with them who
have worked on similar jobs else,
where, and (2) the government has
no voice in determing the labor that
shall be employed by the contractor.
He wiites:
“The contract with the Six Com.
panies, Inc. provides that so far as
practicable preference shall be given
at the time of employment, first to
qualified exservice men, and second
to citizens of the United States.
From this it will be seen that no law
and no contract provisions require
Six Companies, Inc , to employ Ne_
gro labor. After considering the facts
reported by the investigator and the
government’s relation to the con.
tractor, I am frank to state that the
department is without jurisdiction
and as long as the contractor complies
with all the lawg and the provisions
of the contract, we cannot intervene.”
Sets Dangerous Precedent
The spectacle of the United States
government, denying Negro citizens
a chance to work on projects financed
but of public funds blastg the faith
of colored people in the New Deal
and sets a dangerous precedent, the
N A A. C P wrote Mr Slattery
in reply.
‘This (Boulder dam) matter is
simply a question of opportunity to
work and earn a living on the same
basis as any other American,” replied
Mr. Wilkins. “If his federal govern,
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Miss Ivy Anderson well known
singer and entertainer of the famous
Duke Ellington Band is reported en_
gaged to the mighty Duke. Miss
Anderson’s ability as a blues ginger
is recognized by all lover of jazz, and
the rumor that she is engaged to the
Duke has set musical circles agog
ment, the highest authority in the
land, denies him a chance to work, to
SrSat agency shall the Negro Amer.
ican turn and what methods shall he
adopt in order to remain alive and
win some of the fruits of living?”
“The chief danger in the depart,
ment’s attitude . . is that it is certain
to set a precedent for employment on
all public works projects, with the
result that the Negro worker will
continue to be excluded from employ,
ment at the whim of private con.
tractors The government’s attitude
. . is bound to influence builders on
private construction; the belief thus
becomes intrenched that the Negro
workman is not entitled to a fair
share of employmnet. It is dangerous
to set such a precedent and the re.
suits may be far reaching and un_
pleasant.”
Moral Obligation on Government
The NAACP admits that contract
ors on private construction work have
had the practice of carrying certain
know employes with them and of
selecting other employes as they saw
fit. The association contends, however,
that on public works, paid for out of
the public treasury built up by taxes
upon all the people, the government
has a moral right, regardless of
words and phrases in contracts, to
insist that all citizens be given an
opportunity to work without discrim,
ination because of race, color or creed.
No mention is made in Mr Slat,
tery’s letter of the exclusion of Ne_
groes from residence in Boulder City,
Nevada and the NAACP. reply
states:
xiere is a cuy, Dum Dy tne united
States government with federal funds,
and the government itself has either
promulgated or permitted to be pro.
mulgated the edict that no colored
American can reside within the city
limits. Thig is a shameful condition
and one about which we can under,
sand the government wishing to re.
main silent.”
In the same mail with Mr. Slat,
tery’s letter the NAACP. received a
letter from Las Vegas, Nevada stat.
ing that a total of the colored men
are employed at the dam, nine by the
Six Companies and one by another
construction firm. About 3,000 men
are at work on the dam
GIRL RESERVES ATTEND
CAMP
Seventy five girls from high
schools of the city spent the week
end at camp Brewster discussing the
club work for the year
The following girls from the North
Side Branch were among those pres,
sent: Misses Vonceil Anderson, Helen
\\ ilkes, Ruth Williams, Helen Sher.
wood, Ethel Terrell, Thema Dickin.
son, Velma Rose, Iantna Hall, Kath.
r.vn Taylor, Margaret Blair, Ada Lee
Walker, Leona Davs, and Ruth Gale
Griffin. .
Miss Christine Dixon, former girl
reserve was pianist for the confer,
ence and Miss Taylor, Executive Se_
cretary was one of the discussion
leaders
The Sunrise Ceremonial planned by
the North Side Girls was held on
Sunday morning
GOV. BYRAN’S OFFICE
Governor Bryan signed requisition
papers for the return of Kirby Black
to this state -where he is charged with
the crime of drawing a no.fund check
committed in Lancaster County on
December 30, 1932. It is alleged the
defendant issued the check to E C
Haschtnburger upon the First Nat_
tional Bank of Springfield, Illinois, in
the amount of $150.00 and that he
did not have sufficient funds on de.
posit in the bank to pay said check
in full upon its presentation. Black is
now in custody of authorities at
Jacksonville, Illinois, and is being
held for Nebraska. J H Harlan is
named as agent
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL
CLUB NEWS
The Executive committees of the
Quacks and Trojan clubs held an in_
teresting meeting in preparation for
their fall work One of the outstand_
ing events of the department will be
the Conference Symposium and Tea
on Sunday afternoon, October 28 at
4:30 o'clock at the North Side “Y”
The public will be invited to listen
in on the Industrial Conference at
Lake Okoboji A special musical pro_
gram is being arranged.
Clubs Open
Seventy five high school girls and
approximately 150 Grade school girls
attended the opening party of the
high and grade school clubs
All groups resume their meetings
i this week Registrations for joining
any club will be opened for the rest
of the month.
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ECONOMIC CONFERENCE TO
BE HELD AT Y. W. C. A.
Dr. George E. Haynes to Speak
—
“The Economic Life of Negroes in
Omaha” will be the theme of an all
day conference to be held in Omaha
Friday, October 20, and will be spon_
sored by the Public Affairs commit,
tee of the North Side YWCA
Dr George E Haynes> of the De_
partment of Race Relations of the
Federal Council of Churches of
America and Dr Philip Allan
Swartz, chairman of the Chicago In.
terracial Council and Dr Ervin K.
Merchant, assistant secretary, De_
partment of Race Relations, Federal
Council of Churches in America will
be among the speakers of the day
Members of the Conference com.
mittee are: J R Hawke, Ernest
Zschau, Verna Snell, Lillian McGrew,
Jenny Robinson, M L. Rhone, Rev
William P Aikin, William Parkin,
son, Lucy Mae Stamps, J Harvey
Kerns, Dan Kooken, and Dr A L
Hawkins, and Rev Lawrence Plank.
"The first committee meeting was
held at Central YWCA on Monday,
Miss Rachel Taylor presiding
NOW WE HAVE OUR OWN
What have we derived from the
outcome of the Storz Soft Drink Bar
Discrimination? First we got ae_
quainted with the heart of a group cf
citizens that have lived in Omaha for
forty years or more Some of them
we have gone through school with.
For thirty years the Storz Bar has
been the halfway point for a sand,
wich and a cool glass of refreshment
for the Negroes enroute to our bus.
ness center
Since we can no longer feel wel.
come there we have decided to open
several places of our own that will
be just as centrally located enroute
to and from our business section.
Charlie Trimble has opened a love,
ly beer garden at 2210 Seward St ,
where you are privileged to dine and
dance, without a cover charge. He
can accommodate us in any line of
food we wish Sandwiches are a spe
ciality
The new Mason and Knox Cafe
affords you an evening of enjoyment,
where you may go out for a lovely
dinner served in al a carte style, and
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at the same time enjoy a cool re.
freshing steih of beer
Let us get in the habit of patron,
izing these Two places, where we are
always welcomed and treated with
courtesy.
DYING WOMAN FAILS TO GET CARE FROM CITY
OR COUNTY
How a woman suffering from
sleeping sickness lay at home for
four days before she died, attended
only by two medical students, was
Confusion as to whether the city,
county or university was responsible
for her care was blamed for the
situation.
The woman was Mrs. Mary Theg_
pen, 56 a colored woman, who lived at
2640 Seward street
Mrs Thegpen was taken ill 10
days ago and a week ago today
friends in the house called the Uni_
versity of Nebraska dispensary. Two
senior students on out call work,
Charles W Pemberton, Kirksville,
Missouri, and Clyde S Martin, Hast_
ings, Nebraska, responded
Found “Sleeping Sickness”
Suspecting sleeping sickness they
notified two staff members, Dr A
E Bennett and Dr Oliver C Nick_
um, who took spinal punctures the
next morning (Thusday) and dia_
gnosed the case as lethargic ence_
phalitis, or true sleeping sickness.
At noon Thursday Martin called the
city health department, giving formal
notice of the diagnosis.
Under the agreement between city,
county, university health authorities,
according to Dr C. W M Poynter,
dean of the medical college, students
retire from cases as soon as they are
diagnosed as contagious.
Encephalits, or sleeping sickness,
has not been established as conta_
gious, Dr Poynter says, but from the
fact that the city quarantines houses
in which cases occur he presumed that
it was considered contagious If con_
tagious, the city health department
would be expected to care for the
case.
Martin said he assumed the city
would take over the case but that he
and Pemberton returned next day to
make sure They found that the city
had put up a quarantine sign, warn,
ing persons against entering or
leaving the place, but that no city
physician had responded
They then sought to have the wom_
an admitted to the university hos.
pital, as the care given her a home,
by her daughter and the landlady at
the house, was not adequate.
The university hospital, Dr Poyn.
ter said, takes no contagious cases,!
having no isolation ward, though oc_
casionally one gets in before it is
diagnosed In this case, admittance
was refused as a matter of course,
not to endanger other patients
Find Patient Worse
Martin and Pemberton returned
the next two days, finding no doctor
had been around, and on Sunday
found Mrs Thegpen much worse.
They then called the county hos.
pital and talked to Dr Charles J
Shramek, superintendent, who re.
ferred them to Dr Lee Van Camp,
county physican
Dr. Van Camp said that the case
was contagious and that under the i
city county agreement, the city was
responsible for all contagious and
emergency cases Tie referred them
to Dr F H Kinyoun, city physi.
cian
Martin said he then called Dr
Kinyoun, who referred the call to
Dr A Greenberg, who is in charge
of the city detention hospital on low.
er Douglas street.
Students Quit Case
Dr Greenberg, according to Mar.
tin said he had no facilities at the
hospital to care for a sleeping sick,
ness case, and referred Martin to Dr
Van Camp
Having completed the circuit, Mar.
tin said, he decided that, as a stud*
ent, he was being placed in a bad
placed in a bad position, so he called
the city health department and an.
nounced that he and Pemberton were
withdrawing from the case.
Mrs Thegpen died Tuesday morn,
ing, without further care
Dr. Kinyoun, asked about the case,
said he believed the health depart,
ment had been notified of the case
only the night before Mrs Thegpen
died (Monday). Someone called at
that time, he said, and announced that
the student was being taken off the
case Before anything could be done,
he said, the undertaker had called j
the next morning and announced he
was removing the body
Later Dr Kinyoun consulted the
record and £aid the first report came
last Thursday from the university
hospital. This was merely a report ,
that the ease had been diagnosed as
encephalitis, he said, and that the
medical students were caring for it.
As long as the case was getting care,
he said, there was nothing for the
ht'alth department to do
Asked if it was not customary for
the students to withdraw, after noti_
fication of a contagious case, Dr
Kinyoun said that the health depart
ment had not classified encephalitis as
contagious.
“We put a sign merely as a pre_
caution, and it prevents people from
coming in,” he said.
Asked if the city wouldenforce the
quarantinef as in other diseases con_
sidered contagious, Dr Kinyoun re_
! plied: “We are determining that now,
taking it up with the state health
department and the public health
service Encephalitis cases are taken
in other hospitals, so I don’t see why
the county should object We can’t
put encephalitis cases down there
with scarlet fever and diphtheria.”
Furthermore, there are several
kinds of encephalitis, Dr Kinyoun
said, and the report last Thursday did
not state whether this was the epi_
demic varieyt
“Some forms are contagious and
some are not,” he said. “We placard
all cases, just as we would suspicious
cases of scarlet fever or smallpox
This case wasn't proven to be the
epidemic form ”
Mrs Thegpen has lived in Omaha
for the past 17 years She is survived
by two sons, James and Johnny
Crum, a daughter, Mrs Anna Bra_
boy, Alice Crum a granddaughter and
others The body is at Lewis Funeral
Home
THREE PUPILS NAMED TECH
HIGH EDITORS
Dorothy Ross and Ann Embree,
seniors, and Vaughn Thompson, a
junior, have been named editors of
the Technical News, student publica_
tion of Technical high school
Other members of the staff are:
Anthony Piccolo, Michael Ruberti,
Frank Sparano, Betty Way, Otto
Mezger, Irving Merriam, Anamae
Curtis, Gladys Thompson, Thais Wil_
son, Bessie Bailen, Mildred Canavan,
Margaret Coyle, Hattie George, Mary
Gordon, Irvin Lesovosky, Samuel
Rikin, James Rosso, Charles Susman,
M^irie Thompson.
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