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Wl 00 OJ" PART VOL. VII— OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, FEB. 10TH, 1934 NUMBER FIFTy!
La Guardia Supporter Gets $10,000 Job
Lincoln Birthday
Fete To Be Held
At Springfield
.Chicago. Ill, (CNS)—Official obser-;
vance of the 125th anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln will be
held in his home city, Springfield, j
Illinois, February 12, as usual under1
the sponsorship of the Abraham Lin- j
coin Association which annually con- j
ducts such observances.
A 30-minute broadcast over N> B- C- j
cm Monday, February 12 will make 1
mention of a number of little known
facts about the Great Emancipator,;
including one that “Abraham Lincoln,
who long ago established a reputa
tion for integrity and kindness, also
on accasion could and did wrestle
and fight for his rights in the squared
ring.”
A daguerreotype, one of the first!
made was recently found in a studio
on Maryland Avenue, southwest in
Washington. It was from the neg
ative of the Lincoln photograph that
the Government made its plates for
the printing of the $5 bill. Every i
bill of this denomination carries the
picture of Lincoln, the picture that
was made from this daguereotype
that was made in 1865.
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Danish Newspaper
Score IS. S. Lynch
Orgies
New York, Feb. 2- — The Social
Demokraten, a leading newspaper of I
Copenhagen, Denmark, carries a j
three-column, illustrated feature
story on lynching in the United j
States, in its issue of December 4th,
a copy of which has just been received
at the Nationa office of the N. A- A. j
C. P- The article, by Johs Sperling,
is based on material furnished by the ;
National Association for the Ad-1
vancement of Colored People- The I
illustrations consist of twelve small j
photographs of beautiful American:
Negro children and a large photo-1
graph of the San Jose lynching.
Judge Horton of Scottsboro
Fame Has Only One Op
ponent Now. •
Birmingham, Ala- — (CNS) —Cir
cuit Judge James E- Horton, who re
jected a jury verdict and granted a
new trial to one of the Scottsboro
defendants at Decatur last spring, has
only one opponent now in his candi
dacy for re-election. Withdrawal of
F- E. St. John, a Cullman attorney
and member of the Legislature,
leaves only former Judge Osceola
Kyle in opposition.
In withdrawing Mr. St- John de
clared himself unwilling to make po
itical capital of the Scottsboro case
“In order to conduct this campaign,”
he said, “it seems it will be necessary
to capitalize on a judicial decision
rendered by a judicial officer in whose
honesty and integrity I have the ut
most confidence. Such a campaign is
■ -tasteful to me, and I do not de
sire to make the campaign on any
such issue.”
Present indications are that Judge
Horton has a much better chance of
re-election than had been presumed
Ly those who believed his Scottsboro
case decisions would be the determin
ing issue.
NEGRO KIDNAPPED IN FLA.;
LYNCHING SUSPECTED
>Clearwater, Fla—Elisah Sandlin, Ne
gro chef, was seized here by four
wjiite men in an automobile, and has
not been seen since, it was learned
when his wife reported the disappear
ance to the police- No action was
taken by them
Suggest A Colored
(Minister Make
Opening Prayer
WASHINGTON, February 6—(C
NS)—Representative Oscar DePriest
of Illinois has suggested to Speaker
Rainey that a colored minister be
selected to give the opening prayer
at a House session- The Speaker told
Mr- DePriest he would lea^e the re
quest “up to the House chaplain,”
and the latter the Rev. James Shei’a
Montgomery, chaplain, said the had
"deferred the matter until later for
consideration”'
Plan Ocean Hop
Ni w York City—(CNS)— Charles
M. Bolden, 34, and Floyd V- Cox, 32,
members of a Brooklyn American
Legion post, have announced a plan
for a non-stop flight to Paris in the
interest of the Legion.
These two Negro fliers say they
have purchased the monoplane used
in establishing a women’s refueling
endurance record at Curtiss Field'
last year, and plan to take off early j
in June
They plan to follow the Southern
route, by way of Bermuda and the
Azores. They hope to fly to Paris,
place a wreath on the tomb of the
unknown soldier, and fly back.
Kentucky Court
Frees Four Known
Lynchers
Hazard Ky. (CNA) Feb- 3—Four
known members of the lynch gang
that lynched Rox Scott, 20 year old
Negro youth, were released Saturday
without bail following their detention
for a few hours- Three of the men
were charged with murder.
Judge A. M. Gross, wrho ordered
their release, said that the warrants
had not been dismissed, that the
known lynchers had merely been per
mitted to return to their homes on
their promise that they wrould not
leave the country.
Plan To Railroad
Two Witnesses To
. Chain Rang
Augusta, Ga—Plans by Solicitor
General Marvin Gross to railroad to !
prison camps Sam Cutler and Belvin |
Williams, witnesses to recent lynch
ings in Bartow, to prevent their tes- 1
timony against the lynchers, were Te
vealed today.
The exposure of the lynching of at
least three Negroes during the past
two months, at Bartow, by the “New
Masses” and the International Labor
Defense has caused a fury of the
lynch-oft'icials here against the pro
test movement against what they;
consider “normal relations between
white and negro ”
The I. L. D- from New York has
called for immediate protest against
I
this attempt to railroad the two Ne
groes to jail, raising the demand for
their immediate, safe release, for
death penalty to the lynchers, and in
demnity to their surviving relatives- j
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S. C. FRAMES ONE MORE
TO DIE
Greenville, S- C—James Green, Ne
gro worker, was sentenced to die in
the electric chair here April 25, on a
charge of “attacking a white girl.”
Thawing It Out
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PAUL MURRAY
HAS rlETIHED
-V ’ .... ' 2828 Park'
t-jw, v»»u» ceen employed in the
Post OfFi > for the past 31 years, has
been retired- During the 31 years
c: Mr. Murray’s employment in the
Post Office, he has never punched a ;
late time card. Mr. Murray intends j
to rest for a while- He will then re-1
sume his former work as a boxing
instructor
Mr. Paul Murry
He will be remembered as the
trainer of Jack Thompson, world’s
welter weight champion. Gorilla Jones
middle weight champion and Johnny
Sonneberg. an Omaha boy.
D. W. GRIFITH AUTHOR OF
• . BIRTH OF A NATION’ BROKE
New York City. (ONS)—D. W.
, Grifith, who produced “A B^rth of a
Nation,” the movie that featured
propaganda against Negroes through
out the United States, is reported
penniless now. It appears that the
haughty producer is down and out
and even forsaken by his former
friends.
The Square Deal Grocers held a
meeting Monday. Feb. 5. at Hayden’s
Grocery Store, 27th and Franklin
Sts. General business was discussed.
Plans were made for a Mass meeting
to he held the firstt of March, at Zion
Baptist Church. Dr. Hawkins will
be principle speaker.
League Aids Distre
sssd Home y«aer;
Resolutions adopted by a thousand
home owners at a mass meeting of
i s Hme Owners’ and Citizens’ Lea
»-ie held in Omaha urging relief for
distressed home owners, are to be
e nsidered by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, according to a communi
cation from the White House just
received at the organizational head
quarters of the League, 318 Arthur,
Building.
Or. Vernon R. Thomas, president,
of the Home Owners’ and Citizens’ j
League expressed great satisfaction
to the response of the home owners
and citizens of Omaha and the state
lor their readiness and willingness
lor cooperation in order to save the
home and the family.
Over 400 local home owners have i
joined the Home Owners’ and Citi- j
zcns’ League during the last week,
according to Joseph G. Kriesfeld, j
secretary of the League.
“Many homes in Omaha and j
throughout the state have been saved j
from foreclosure through the inter-'
vention of the Home Owners’ and
C itizens League- Home owners in
Nebraska must band together for the
common purpose — that is prevent
wrecking of homes and families and
businesses through foreclosures. The
Home Owners’ and Citizens’ League
is doing its utmost to save the homes
when threatened with foreclosure,
through conciliation, through legal
means, through public opinion, and j
through the use of agencies set up by j
the government according to the I
Presidents’ program. Also by means
of securing the wishes of its mem
bers through mass meetings and con
tact, it is able to make known to the
proper officials the needs and de
sires of all home owners and busi
ness men- Thus families are kept to
gether and great loss in every way
is avoided.
“The Home Owners’ and Citizens’ I
League membership includes all citi- j
zens, irrespective. It is the repre- j
sentative of the greatest number of j
people who were as yet unorganized,
the great class which includes the
home owner, small business, and the
professional man- This group of citi-'
zens had no representative body to
speak for them to protect their inter
ests until The Home Owners’ and
Citizens’ League was formed. It is
the duty of every man, woman and
I c.,ild to learn more about this Lea
' gue and what it will do for them at
j tnis crucial period, and all join in for
tiie common good, fr the greatest
number of people,” declared Dr. Tho
mas.
A series of radio talks by Dr- Tho
mas over station WAAW is spon
sored by the Home Owners’ and Citi
zens' League every Wednesday and
Friday afternoon at 5 p- m. Meetings
of the League are scheduled for
Omaha, Lincoln and other central
points in Nebraska for the coming
• month, as well as many meetings in
various localities about the city.
Dr. Vernon R- Thomas, president
and Isaac M. Konecky, executive se
cretary of the League returned re
cently from Lincoln where organiza
tional plans have been completed for
the state
Dr. Thomas urgently requests all
citizens to join the League and co
operate for their common interests
Offices of the Home Owners’ and
Citizens League are at 318 Arthur
Building, 210 South 18th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Sill To Change
Recorder Of Deeds
Power
WASHINGTON, February 6—(C
NS)—While there is a deal of gos
sip here that a colored man will not
succeed Jefferson Coage as Recorder
of Deeds, Senator King (Democrat)
of Utah, chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee introduced a bill in
the Senate to transfer the authority
to appoint the Recorder to the Dis
trict Commissioners.
The Recorder of Deeds, the Com
missioners said in a letter recom
mending passage of the measure, is
a “local official dealing with local
matters and serving almost entirely
local residents” and there is “no
reason why the various duties and re
sponsibilities of the officer should
not-be under their administration.”
Under present law the Recorder is
appointed by the President subject
to confirmation of the Senate. The
law also provides the Recorder shall
appoint his own staff and fix their
salaries. This would be changed un
der the Commissioners’ bill.
Two Negroes Appo
inted To Police
Dept.
Two young Negroes were appoint
! ed to the Omaha Police Department,
: Wednesday, February 1, they are
Harry Lewis and Dale Riddle. Both
were educated in Omaha- Harry
Lewis is well known in Athletic
c rcles, as a former pugilist, and a
present holder of many records in
track- He is assistant Scoutmaster
of Troop 79, and lives at 2427 Maple.
He was a former employee of the
Omaha Guide and World’s Interschol
astic High Jump Champion.
Prof. A. L. Snell
Coming To Omaha
Prof- A. L- Snell of the department
of Education at Fisk University will
be in Omaha about Feb- 15. Prof.
Snell will be cooperating for the win
ter quarter with the extension ser
vice of Fisk.
Prof- Snell will be available for lec
I ture engagements on short notice
He will visit high schools and colleges
studying problems in the field of edu
, cation affecting the Negro student
! and teacher
For further information call L. L.
McVay, Phone Web- 0713.
Mobilizes Fight On
Job Discrimination
Demands Jobs Or Adequate Relief
New York, (CNA), Jan. 27.—The
L. S- N. R. Council of Greater New
York bitterly denounced the shameful
discrimination of the Negro workers
| under the NRA and its subsidiary or
ganizations—PWA, CWA, and CWS
—in a statement issued today. “The
gravity of the situation demands that
the Negro people struggle for immed
iate relief and unemployment insur
ance in unity with the white work
ers,” declared Herman Mackawain,
President of the Council.
The statement points out in part:
“The further social, economic, and
political degradation of the Negro
people and the increased lynch terror
makes it imperative that we demand
the immediate enactment of the Bill
against Lynching and for Civil Rights
proposed by the League of Struggle
for Negro Rights and the right of
Negroes to jobs in every industry.;
trade, and profession.
The announcement made by the
Federal Relief Director Hopkins on
the behalf of President Roosevelt,
that in less than a month one million
workers will be fired from the CWA
and the entire program abandoned in
a few weeks prompts the LSNR.“to
take immediate steps to demand the
continuation of the CWA jobs and the
appropriation of the necessary funds
to make this possible and the aboli
tion of discrimination in the registra
tion and hiring of Negroes.
Mr. Mackawain stated that “Ne
groes had been arbitrarily excluded
from jobs in practically all business
instituions in Harlem, and that the
L- S. N. R. is proposing the hiring
of Negro workers in those places by
reduction in the hours of work with
out a reduction in pay.”
L- S. N. R. branches throughout the
city have eagerly taken up the cam
paign as outlined by the Council. The j
main slogan of this campaign is
“Smash Jim Crow-ism in Harlem and
throughout New York and Jobs or
Adequate Relief for the Starving Ne
gro Masses!
Negro Republican
Rec. $10,000 Job
NEW \ ORK CITY, February 6_
j (CNS)—-Mayor Fliorello LaGuardia.
1 Fusion mayor of Greater New York,
since January 1, has selected Hubert
T- Delaney, a young Negro Repub
lican, of the Twenty-second As
sembly, a native of Raleigh, North
Carolina, attorney-member of the
Commission on Taxes and Assess
ments of New York City. Mr. De
laney appeared at the City Hall on
call, Monday January 2!) at noon, was
sworn in by Mayor LaGuardia and at
once assumed the duties of his office.
The position is one of the most digni
fied at the disposal of the mayor,
carries an annual salary of $10,600
and the tenure of office is indefinite
at the pleasure of the appointing of
ficer.
In 1929 Mr- Delaney was nomin
I ated by a five to one vote in the pri
maries and ran for Congress in the
j 2lst Congressional District oi' New
j York to fill a vacancy caused by the
death of Representative in Congre: i
Royal H. Weller. At that time he
campaigned the Harlem district in
company with Congressman LaGuar
, dia of the 20th District; th .i Uu
Republican candidate running r
mayor against Jimmy Walker. Ptmo
crat.
In that campaign a Negro for the
first time in history empoyed the
most advanced method of campaign
ing when Mr. Delaney appeared in a
movietone speech. Mr. LaGuardia
also appeared in the political feature.
Both met defeat but they learned to
know and understand each other.
Mr. Delaney who is the son-in-law
of Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary of
Howard University, was at the time
01 his nomination for Congress, As
sistant United States Attorney for
the Southern District of New York
During his incumbency he represent
ed the Government in the prosecu
tion of several notable cases; re
ceived the warm commendation of his
associates and made an enviable
name and reputation for himself.
In the last campaign Mr. Deianey
as a Republican was an outstanding
supporter of the Fusion movement
and helped to cut down the Tammany
majority in the Twenty-second As
sembly District very materially.
The commission is composed of a
group of citizens and the law calls
for one of them to be a lawyer- Mr.
Delaney as an attorney-member of
the board, fills the most dignified
position ever given to a colored men
in New ork City- It outranks by
far both in dignity and lucrativeness
the much boasted of position—Civil
Service Commissioner held by Ferd
inand Morton, Tammany leader in
Harlem. ,
Mr. Delaney served under Charles
H. Tuttle and George Z. Medalie as
an assistant United States Attorney
from 1927 to 1933- Recently he join
ed the law firm of George J. Mint
zer, former chief assistant United
States Attorney.
Mr- Delaney was graduated from
City College in 1933 and from the
New York University Law School in
1926, while attending law school he
was a teacher in Public School 5,
Manhattan. His father, the Right
Rev. Henry Beard Delaney, was
Anglican Episcopal Bishop for North
and South Carolina. His mother, Mrs.
Nanny Jane Delaney, was a teacher
in St- Augustine’s College for more
than forty years- Mr- Delaney re
ceived his early education at St- Aug
ustine’s.
aged woman BURNED TO
DEATH IN STOVE FIRE
Washington, — (CNS) — Ninety
two-year-old colored woman, Mrs
Ellen Carson, was burned to death
here last week when her dress was ig
nited by a stove in her home on Capi
tol Avenue, Northeast.