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Square Deal Stores start
f Spring Campaign
Mr. C- Adams, President of the ]
Square Deal Stores, announced at
their meeting, that was held at the
Montgomery Grocery Store. Tuesday
evening February 13, that the pro
gram for th.' Square Deal Stores
would be for the Spring Cooperative
buying, and cooperative Educational
public meetings, at different church
es. and with different organizations
in the city of Omaha
Mr. Adams stated that the:r goal
would be double their membership by
making the present grocery stores a
success, and induce others to open up
Neighborhood Grocery Store*. The
Purchasing Agent for th •: Square
Deal Stor s was authorized to buy
for the Friday, Sunday and Monday
salas, 200 pounds of Frankfurters,
and Weiners, 6 boxes of Pork Loin.
tO cos s of eggs, and many other
'mail items.
Watch your front porch for the
Square Deal Stores circulars, which
vdll be distributed Thursday evening
of each week, for the bargains, where
you will be benefited for cooperative
buying by six of Omaha’s largest
gr icory establishments.
COMMUNITY CHEST
WORKERS HOLDS BIG
BANQUET
The Community Chest Workers
held their 10th Anniversary Banquet
on the 17th floor of the Woodman of
the World Building, in the Chamber
of Commerce dining room, on Tues
day, February 13, 6 p. m. Between
85 and 125 guest were present- Mr
J. F. McDermott, First Vice-Presi
ient of the Community Chest, acted
• s chairman, with his many humor
i us remarks and bright fitting story
tilling for the occasion
The following prominent citizens
were presented for a few remarks
Mr- Roy Page, President of the Com
munity Chest, Mr. Dale Clark, a
member of the Board of Governors.
Mayor Roy Towl. who extended a
hearty welcome, and had many words
of praise to say about the Comm
unity Ch st. Henry Monsky, who was
elected by the Jewish Citizens of
Cj; alia f.s its First Citizen, was pre
sented to the group
Mr R land Haynes, who is head of
the State of Nebraska Federal Re
lief was presented by the chairman
as the principle speaker of the even
in . Mr. Haynes held the entire aud
ience spell bound, during the entile
time cf his speech. You could have
heard a pin drop, not a chair was
ed, and many interested listeners
lost their apetite for their cigarettes
and cigars. Mr. Haynes outlined the
beginning of the Governments action
in the relief work, and spoke exten
sively on what to expect in rhe fu
ture.
Mr. Haynes was fully an hour re
ceiving congratulations after the
dose of the meeting- Many perman
ent citizens made the remarks that it
was the greatest address to be heard
in the history of the Community i
Chest- Mr- Haynes had his work so,
deep seated in his heart that he did
not have to use any notes. We are
not to wmnder why President Roose
velt’s program is such a great suc
cess. when he calls around him such
men as Roland Haynes as hs assist
ant.
The following are a few of the
familar faces of public spirited citi
zens, who you usually see at this kind
of affair, Mrs- Harry Wolf, Mrs. C
W. Mead, Mrs. Kaulaufkosky, Mrs
H. W- Gauss, Mr- E. W. Sherman,
Mr. C. C. Galloway, Mr. J. Harvey
Kerns, Attorney John Adams, Mr.
Fred Dixon, Mr. Willis Gray, Mrs
John Albert Williams, Mrs. Virginia
.Jackson. Mrs. Grace Hutton, Mr
Harry Leland, Mrs- Marie Stuart,
Mrs. Olivia Kirtley, Mrs. Florence
Johnson, Mr. Harry Anderson, Mrs.
Saybert Hanger, Mr- W. C- Mallard,
Mr. Milton Johnson and Mrs. M- L.
Rhone and many others whose names
cannot be recalled.
Weaver Newspaper Report
er Claims Plot to Hang
Him.
WASHINGTON. February 13—(C
NS)—Frederick Weaver. 21, a news
paper reporter and student at How
ard University swore out a warrant
last /week against Howard Cole an
other student at Howard University,
charging that a group of students
were plotting to hang him because of
a newspaper article he wrote wrhich
appeared in the Baltimore Afro Am
erican.
The article incurred the wrath of
members of the freshman class, eight
of whom banded together, plotted to
seize him and to hang him. Weaver
alleged. '
Cole was charged with being a
member of this group and personally
threatening Weaver. Weaver said
that Cole told him that they were
planning to hang him or throw him
in the reservoir- After an investiga
tion by Dean West of Howard and a
conference with Weaver, the matter
was adjusted and the charge against
Cole dropped.
SAM JONES ACQUITTED IN EAST
ERN SHORE SLAYING
PRINCESS ANNE, Md., February
13_(CNS) — Sam Jones, 55, colored
who had been indicted for the murder
of Mrs- Margaret Brumbley, at Mar
ion Station on New Year’s Eve, was
acquitted by a jury here, Wednesday
February 6
Jones when informed that he was
free appeared to be in a daze and had
to be told twice before he would
have the court room. Jones’ principal
defense was his establishment of an
alibi, showing he was in another part
of the county on the night Mrs.
Brumbley was found stabbed to
death.
Warning by Judge Robert F- Duer
(hat any person making a demonstra
tion after the verdict was announced
would be in contempt of court kept
the courtroom silent
Previous to the trial Jones has
been kept in the Baltimore city jail
jut of reach of possible lynchers.
'ITTA MOTEN AND MME. EVANTI
SING AT WHITE HOUSE
FUNCTIONS
WASHINGTON, February 13—(C
•Nb) — Etta Moten, the moving pic
ore star sang at the White House
last week and Friday, February 9th
fter a iuncheon at the White House
honoring Miss Mary Bewson, h^ad of
the woman’s division of the National
Democratic Committee, Madame Lil
lian Evanti, lyric coloratura soprano,
ang to entertain Mrs. Roosevelt’s
guests of the day.
k«i’lem Seem Pleased With
The Delanv Aooointment
On Tax Board.
NEW YORK CITY, February 13—
(CNS)—In a news story, headed
“Harlem Pleased As Delany Gets Tax
Board Post” the New York Herald
Tribune says:
“The first shuffle of the LaGuar
dia “new deal” was made in Harlem
last week with the swearing into of
fice of Hubert T- Delany as a Com
missioner of the City Board of Taxes
and Assessments at $10,800 a year.
It is believed that the thirty-three
year old Tax Commissioner thus be
comes the highest salaried Negro ap
pointive office holder in the country.
“Although the choice of the young
lawyer is listed as non-political, he
was a spirited supporter of Mayor
LaGuardia’s campaign last fall and
has been a lifelong Repubican. Negro
politicians are counting on more poli
tical plums than ever came their way
before, particularly since the Negro
vote in November far outdistanced
any before cast in the city.
Ranks High as Lawyer
“Delany ranks high among the
young lawyers in the city- He was
appointed by Charles H. Tuttle in
1927 as an Assistant United States
Attorney for the Southern District
of New York. During the five years
he was in office he prosecuted suc
cessfully 498 out of 500 criminal
cases and Was requested to remain an
additional six months as special pro
secutor when he resigned in 1932.
“It was while Delany was in the
District Attorney’s office that he met
Mr. LaGuardia then a Representa
tive- More than once the prosecutions
he handled were the outcome of ex
posures in Congress by Mr- LaGuar
dia. * * *
Avoids Racial Appeal
“Tax Commissioner Delany has
been practising law in the law of
fice of Mintzer, Todarelli, Kleid and
Delany> 30 Pine Street. He sticks to
the rule of seeking success not as a
Negro, but as a lawyer- When he ran
for Congress in 1929, he stated: ‘I do
not want the voters in the 21st Dis
trict to vote for or against, me be
cause I am a Negro, but to govern
their course on the theory that I am
c;ther capable or incapable.”
VISIT AT THE GUIDE OFFICE
Mr. J- A- Robinson, of 3308 Blondo
Street, who is a cement contractor,
and one of our newly subscribers on I
the New Deal, visited the Omaha
C'uide Office, Wednesday evening, to I
compliment the officials on the won-,
derful paper that is being put out
now, and the promptness of delivery.
Mr. Robinson stated that we are put
ting out the best paper we have put
out since we have been organized, and
it is serving in a very much needed
capacity in Omaha.
Mi Robinson has lived in the city
oi Omaha 42 years, and is a success
ful cement contractor.
NO EXCUSE NOW 6,000
NEW SUBSCRIBERS IS
TiiE GOAL
At the meeting of the officials of
the Omaha Guide Publishing Com
pany, held in January in the home of
fice, 2418-20 Grant Street, it was de
cided to put on a New Deal for a sub
scription campaign for the Omaha
Guide.
Subscription for the Omaha Guide
. is 20c per month 30 day's to pay,
guarantee satisfactory delivery serv
ice- The paper is going in the mail
I every Thursday, and should be de
livered not later than Friday mom
ing
The following is a list of the new
subscribers who have subscribed for
the Omaha Guide, under the new
plan. Watch our report each week.
C. M. Andrews, H. G. Anderson,
Eunice Butler Edward Bennett, One
ida Brown, Mrs- Ada Bragg, Mrs.
I Sally Boone, Gilbert Bryant, L. S
drown, M rs. Mary Curren, George
I Clark Edwin E. Crawford, Herbert
Clark, A- J- Davis Charles F- Daivs,
A. Fisher, B. M. Freeman, Susie
Gaines, Mary Glover, E- Green Mrs
Mamie Galloway, Edward Grommes,
Ada Hodge, L. B. Houston, E. Handy
John C- Hall, Jessie D- Hardin, E.
Hudson, Mrs. Percy Mae Hoyle, Gra
de Henry, Nat Hunter, John Hardy
Jr., Cary B. Irving, Mrs- Howard
James, Harry Leland, Ever Lemon
James R- McAllister, Charles McMur
ray, Rose Matthews, C. Mason Mrs
Essie Marshall, Cleo H. Mortimer,
Henry McTassel, E. Montgomery,
Mable Moore, A- C- Oglesby, Mrs.
Rebecca Penrose, J. A- Robinson, E.
N- Starks Ben Sour, William Sones,
Elder A- J. Tucker, W- M. Lomack,
C- R. Trimble, Zella Williams, Ella
Wagner, John Wakefield, Mrs. A. V
B. Truxon, Mrs- A- Bland, Arthur
McCaw, Elbie Sublett, Myrtle Falls
•Joe Brown, S- L- Haire, John Miller
William Pierson John Flemming
LEAGUE STOPPING
Home properties in Omaha to the
amount of $1,100,072-00 threatened
with loss through foreclosures have
been handled by the Home Owners’
and Citizens’ League for its members
during the last three weeks, according
to Dr. Vernon R- Thomas, president
of the League.
Many foreclosures on homes with
in the past three weeks have been
stopped through the intervention of
the Home Owners’ and Citizens’
League, Dr. Thomas reported. The
League urges people in Omaha whose
homes are threatened with foreclos
ure or are already in the process of
foecl&iure, and those who have not
paid their taxes or insurance or are in
other home difficulties, to come im
mediately to the offices of the H- O. &
C. L. at 318 Arthur Building, 210
South 18th Street.
Resolutions urging U. S- Senator
William H- Thompson and Congress
man Edgar Howard to include “city”
in the Farm Borrowers Council Bill
advocating higher appraisals on farm
property, recently introduced by them
in ,the Senate and the House respec
tively, were adopted by members of
the Home Owners’ and Citizens’
League at a meeting held February
8th at the offices of the League.
The resolutions were introduced by
Joseph G. Kricsfeld, secretary of the
League and were seconded by Mr
Swan Hawkinson after a heated dis
cussion from the boor.
Plans for a huge public mass meet
ing to be held* the week of February
18th were formulated.
Mr. Isaac Konecky, executive secre
tary of the League gave a report on
the accomplishments of the League
for the last three weeks. He further
stated that 400 new members joined
the League during the last week.
Communications from the White
House and from Nebraska Senators
and representatives and other offi
cials were read by Mrs. C- B. Diehl,
acting secretary of the meeting.
KANGAROO COURT
COMES NORTH
The Supreme Judge advocate of
the Kangaroo Court will organize a
branch Kangaroo Court, under char
ter from the Supreme Court in North
Omaha in the near future. Arrange
ments is being made for location of a
meeting place.
Kangaroo Court is so designed that
in reality it is the same as the co
operative unions- The only differ
ence, once in, never out, for the bene
fits to the members of the Kangaroo
Court are too great, said Mr Gerber,
who is the founder of the Kangaroo
Court.
WILL FILE FOR SHERIFF
TY ATTORNEY
Mr. Harland Lester Mossman, will
file in a few days for the Democratic
nominee in the August 4th Primary
for County Attorney of Douglas
County
The well known Attorney Mr.
Denny O’Brien, the present city pro
secutor, will act in the capacity of
Mr- Mossman’s campaign manager.
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FILES FOR SHERIFF OF
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
Mr. Henry F. Meyers, who is Chief
Deputy in the United States Mar
shall Office, at present time, will file
in the near future for the Republican
nominee in the August 4- Primary
fjr Sheriff of Douglas County.
Mr- Meyers will be remembered for
his hard campaign for County Asses
sory against Mr. Greenleaf, Mr. Sam
Klaver, acting as his campaign man
ager.
BUSINESS MEN ON 24th
STREET ASKS WHY
A committee representing the I. B
P. O- E. Elks Lodge, that is in charge
of sponsoring an affair was asked by
many prominent business men on
24th Street, why they did not give
the Omaha Guide Printing Shop an
opportunity to even bid on the pro
gram they were soliciting Advertise
ment for?
The many reasons given by the
Committee was not satisfactory to
prospective advertisers- This pro
gram was headed “Educational
Drive.” The business men wanted to
know why have an Educational
.Drive, and refuse to give those that
have finished their chosen line of
education a chance to execute their
training.
The Omaha Guide has in its em
ployee five high school Negro gra
duates, three are finished printers
from Technical High School, two
have had seven years of printing
training in a reputable printing shop,
and have proven their ability to de
liver the goods by the work that has
been done in the last eight years, and
yet Negroes Committees that are ap
pointed from some organization, that
are advocating race pride, refuses to
even let these boys and girls bid on,
the work that they ar1 having done. !
The Omaha Guide print shop is the1
only print shop in the State of Neb-j
raska that offers outstanding en-]
couragement to the youth of our race]
to take printing and journalistic]
work, and are fully equipped with thej
proper machinery to turn out anyi
kind of printing job from a calling]
card to a catalogue, and guarantees to]
save any organization 10 per cent on;
their printing bills. The only jobl
printing shop in the city of Omaha]
that has a four magazine, 26 model]
latest Lynotype machine, with five]
different faces of mats- <
“Why not let them bid on your job
printing, that is the question that is
asked by the business men on 24th
Street?”
TESTIMONIAL BANQUET
Public spirited citizens are attend
ing a banquet given in honor of T- P.
Mahamitt, honoring him for his splen
did work as Scout Master of Troop
No. 79, Friday evening Feb. 16, at
7:00 P. M-, at the new Ritz Cafe
EX-OMAHAN STOPS OVER IN
CITY
MRS. FLURNA COOPER
if Monhovia, California, who is highly I
engaged in Produce activities.
Mr. O- W. Cooper was in the city a
:ew days enroute from Jones, Okla.
:o Monrovia, Cal., where he now re
sides. Mr- Coper was accompanied
by his father from Jones, Okla- Mr.
Cooper -was the guest of his brother,
George Cooper of Council Bluff, Iowa,
while in the city. Mrs- Baker also!
of Council Bluffs, who is the sister of
Mr. 0. W. Cooper, entertained her
brother and father with a six course
dinner- Mr. Cooper is still in the din
ing car service returns back to Green
River instead of going to Chicago
Mrs. Flurna Cooper, wife of Mr.
Cooper is one f the largest stock
holders in the Omaha Guide Publish
ing Co. She is busily engaged in the
rabbit, hog and poultry business,
about three miles out of Monrovia, ,
Cal- She has now about 600 head of
poultry and live stock- California is
great for rabbits.
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Council Bluffs
News
PASTOR OF BEULAH BAPTIST \
CHURCH GIVEN BIRTHDAY
SURPRISE
On Monday evening, at the par
sonage, the members of Beulah Bap
tist Church gave its pastor a most
pleasant surprise- 27 guests were
served an elaborate dinner- Many
beautiful things were spoken in his
behalf. He received many gifts
from his members and friends. The
hohor guests were Rev. and Mrs
Anthony, Rev- and Mrs. Jones, Rev.
and Mrs- Johnson of Omaha, Rev. and
Mrs. Reynods and Rev. and Mrs- Har
rison of our city- A very inspiring
program was rendered- The pastor’s
response was “That in the history of
his life, this was his greatest birth
day’’- Mrs. Hattie Grooms and Mrs.
Maude Simmons are due much credit
for making this party a success
The Sunday School is doing great
work under the leadership of Mrs
Roades- Many wonderful programs
are successfully given.
to attend the Missionary Society.
Mrs. Nellie Burks, Pres-, is doing
much in the Missionary work
The pastor preached two sermdns
Sunday to a arge audience. Truly
our church is growing under his
leadership. The choir was at its
best Sunday, and is doing wonderful
work under the new Pres- Mrs- Mam
mie Brown.
The Usher Board sponsored an
Abraham Lincoln program Monday
evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hockady, 1605 Fourteenth Ave. The
house was filled to its capacity, and
many interesting speakers were in
troduced by Mr. C- Herndon, master
of ceremonies. Mrs. Hattie Grooms,
President, is planning great things
for the Ushers.
Mrs- Leola Gilbert, Pres- of the
Willing Workers is due much credit
for her efforts. This auxiliary is
working and planning to give a pro
gram next week. Remember our
church motto, “Making and Breaking
Records For God".
The sick of the church are, Mrs
Roxie Anderson, Mr- Goodin, Barbara
Harrison, Mr. L. L. Williams looks
good in the audience after being in
the hospital for four months- Mr
1 Louis Carbon is ill. Mr. and Mrs.
Monson James are the proud parents
| of a daughter, born Saturday- Others
j having been ill are much improved
“Three cheers for the Beulah quar
tette” they are rendering beautiful
music.
Mrs. Gladys Coats Harrison.
Church Reporter
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Omaha. Nebraska,
Feb. 11. 1934
The Omaha Guide,
2420 Grant St-,
Omaha, Nebr
Dear Sir:
I wish to compliment you on the
beautiful write up preceding the
poem “Father Williams.” It was
beautiful every word and so true of
him.
I read the enclosed poem in Satur
days Chicago Defender. I composed
one- I can’t picture beauty where
none can exist- I write as I see it.
Again thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
Myrtle M. Goodlow
CHEST DIRECTOR GIVES CREDIT
TO WORKERS
Mr. Phillip Ketchum, Chest director
of the Omaha Chest, in speaking at
the tenth anniversary banquet, at the
Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 13, gave the whoe credit for'
the success of the Omaha Chest to the
workers who so nobly gave their undi
vided time to make the tenth Omaha
Chest drives a success.
Mr. Ketchum brought news to the j
many listeners- He stated the larg
est percentage of pledges of any j
cities in the United States where
Chest organizations are functioned,
were collected in Omaha
He read statistics showing that
many cities only collected 82% of
their pledges, and that Omaha had
excepting one year collected 100%.
At this point again, Mr. Ketchum ey
tended his hearty thanks to voluntary
co-workers whom he said is the back
bone of the whole chest in Omaha.
His remarks received applause
from the audience
MAE WEST NOW SAFE
The alleged Chicago gangster, who
was convicted of robbing Mae West,
the famous actress of $17,000 worth
of jewelry, and $34,000-00 of her own
hard earned cash, Edward Friedman,
was sentenced Feb. 14, for life in the
pen, by the court of Los Angeles, Cal
A motion for a new trial was denied.
PRESIDENT ROOvSEVELT AND HIS
NEW DEAL FOR THE FOR
GOTTEN MAN
Railway Commissioners makes fol
^ lowing report: Loan certificate issued
^ Wednesday 563, a total loan certifi
cate for the coin owners of the State
of Nebraska 24,855- Bringing a total
sum of cash for President Roosevelt’s
forgotten man just on branch of them
$15,505,740.
Yes, and General Motors and large '
industrial center will get some of
that. If this doesn’t start the wheel
of industry rolling, what will? What
a man! What a man, that fellow
| Roosevelt.
Guide Platform
Local
,_ •ar pro-rata of employment in
bosincseea to which we five our patronage, such as groc
ery stores, laundries, furniture stores, department stores
and coal companies, hi fact* every concern which we sup
port We most five our cittern the chance to Hie res
pectably. We are tired ef educating cur children and
permitting them to remain economic slaves and enter in
to lives ef shame.
(2) Our pro-rata of employment for the patronage
to our public corporations such as railroad companies,
the street car company, the Nebraska Power Company,
the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and other
establishments which we are forced to support by right
Dr. Lennox
On The
i Job
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December 21, 1933
Dr. Homer W. Anderson,
Supt- of Schools,
City Ha l Bldg.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
I have written you several times,
and as a tax payer and citizen, I am
still contending for justice in regards
to the employment of Colored teach
ers in Omaha’s public school system
Annually this group spends a large
sum for taxes to the support of this
system, and they are fully entitled to i
representation. In the past thirty1
years over four million dollars that
should have been paid to employees
f this group has gone to others, and
you can not call this fair in any way.
It has been given as an excuse, “no
Colored applications have been on
file,” but at this time there are sev
eral, and we are asking that consid
eration be given to them.
I realize you perhaps can not be
held responsible for past conditions,
but at this time with your co-opera
tion and that of the School Board, we j
feel justice and consideration f em
ployment will be secured
I have planned to attend a meeting
of this board any number of times,
but have not had the opportunity to |
get away as yet. However. I am j
planning* to attend in the near future, j
and I shall arrange to have present ]
others who are interested in this
cause, Y. W. C. A. workers from the
North Side Branch, members of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, and the Om
aha Working Men’s Commissioners.
I am again asking that you bring
this situation to the attention of the
Omaha School Board.
Hoping to hear from you in regards
to this matter; thanking you very
kindly for any consideration you may
give.
Respectively yours,
DR. G. P. LENNOJ. Pres.,
Omaha Working Men’s Com.
December 27, 1933
Dr. G. B. Lennox,
2122 North 24th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Dr. Lennox:
No additional teachers have been
recently employed for work in the
Omaha schools, and as far as I know,
there will be none employed for some
time to come.
The policy with regard to the hiring
of teachers is in my hands. The
Board of Education probably will
make no ruling on this matter with
out a recommendation from me.
School policies are not matters which
can be adequately discussed by means
of correspondence, as you seem to
think, and may I just say that the
welfare of the boys and girls in the
schools, not races, creeds, individuals
or taxpayers, must be the prime mo
tive in the formuation of all policies
and their administration in the pub
lic schools.
Yours sincerely
H. W. ANDERSON,
Supt- of Schools.
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