TWO GET LIFE TEMS ON KID NAP CHARGES William T. Burns, age 31, white and Eddie Mitchell age 26 a Negro both recently convicted of kidnaping and robbery crimes were sentenced to life imprisonment under the new California Kidnap law on February 23rd. 17 MEN. 3 WOMEN HELD IN SLAYING OF LINCOLN MAN On February 26th, twenty Negro es, 17 men and 3 women were in jail for the questioning of the death of C- P- Babb. Mr. Babb’s body was found in a ditch, near Lincoln, Satur day night A Special Officer by the name of Ben Egger, told the Police that at about 7:30 p. m., he had seen two Negroes racing past a stop button, Saturday night- He said that he flashed his light but the car increas ed its speed- After careful search of Mr. Babb’s car, a piece of rubber hose was found. The officers stated that they thought this hose had been used to slay the 56 year old work man. Dr. George W. Covey said that a cerebral hemorrhage had resulted from a blow on the forehead causing Mr. Babbs’ death. A coroner’s jury agreed. The total amount of money found in a tool chest in Babb’s car the officers stated at the inquest was by Babb’s for this amount on Satur $60-44. Two checks had been cashed day. Continued from Last Week T. V. A- (Tennessee Valley Auth ority) which is combining work and study for its workers in the big hy-1 droelectric projects in order that} those employed can return to their communities tained to carry on oth er activities after the dams are built F- S- H- C. (Federal Subsistence Homesteads Corporation) whose plans include schools which will ser ve the educational, social and re creational needs of the community. The Federal Office of Education is all the emergency agencies on the advising and cooperating with nearly educational aspects of their tasks. Commissioner Zook has called more than 20 conferences of prominent educators in various fields of school work to help work out the solution of problems arising in connection with recovery program activities. Mem bers of the Office of Education staff are helping to direct emergency edu cational projects and are also acting as liaison workers reporting to school officials throughout the United States the implications for education in recovery program developments Hundreds of questions from school administrators about the recovery , program as it applies to education are received and answered daily by the Office of Education. Through circulars and publications the Federal Office of Education is keeping more than 7,000 county and city superintendents in constant j touch with new activities in Wash ington. January SCHOOL LIFE, which summarizes education in the recovery program, contains official authoriza tional program is being developed, a tions on which the emergency educa summary of what is being done un der these authorizations, answers to the principal questions teachers and •school officials raise, a description of a typical CCC camp, diagram may showing PWA school and library al lotments to December 6, an explana tion of the operation of the PWA. and CWA as they affect schools, and 26 thumbnail sketches of Govern ment organization created to carry on the recovery program N- B Free copies of January SCHOOL LIFE will be sent to news paper and magazine writers on re quest Sylvester Gets Results COLUMBUS, Mississippi, Feb ruary 28—On February 19th, Sylves ter Harris, Lowndes County farmer, after several attempts was success ful in getting a long distant tele phone audience with President Roosevelt- It developed that “a man was getting ready to take his land” and he had read in the papers about President Roosevelt’s helping disti tute land owners The President assured Sylvester that his case would get due consid eration. On February 28th, George Hamilton, local representative of the New Orleans Federal Land Bank, re ceived a telegram, followed by a let ter asking that the mortgage on Syl vester’s farm be investigated thoroughly and adjusted through ex tension. Hamilton says Sylvester has one of the best cotton yields in Lowndes County, having produced 24 bales on 30 acres. A Square Deal Imperative “In spite of the mistakes and worse of some private utilities, it is not credible that the American peo ple wish to maim or destroy the life savings of small and larger investors in the existing system through cut throat and tax subsidized govern ment competition,” said the Christ ian Science Monitor recently. “The New Deal should be a Square Deal for power properties no less than for the laboring man and the farmer— Economic need and not political ex pediency should guide the power po licies of the American people-” In addition to subsidized, tax-free c ail)* t n v.men the Monitor, speaks of, the private utility indus try is forced to bear constantly mounting taxes of its own, including “special” taxes which are not shared equally by all other businesses- It has had its operating costs raised through-compliance with the NRA— and yet a determined effort is being made to force electric rates down while the prices of all other services j and commodities are being boosted with governmental sanction. Finally the Public Works Administration is lending money to communites to build more tax-free competitive ants, on terms and low interest j rates which are not granted private industry and taxpayers. Investors—and that term includes millions of men and women with moderate incomes and salaries who invested their savings in the light and power industry—-are faced w,tnj actual destruction of their invest ment- Thousands of workers will have to hunt new jobs on the public payroll if private plants are crippled The taxpayer will suffer through loss of milions'of dollars the utilities pay toward maintaining government each year, which sums must be load ed onto remaining taxable property, in order that publicly owned plants may operate tax-free. As the Monitor so justly says: “The New Deal should be a Square Deal”—not for politically favored groups but for every citizen. Teaching Fire Safety! Some time ago the Boy Scouts of America requested the National Board of Fire Underwriters to pro vide them with material on fire pre vention with which to instruct their members- The result was a sixty-five page book entitled “Firemanship”, for Merit Badge examinations. Over sixty thousand Boy Scouts use it in preparing for tests each year. It would be an excellent idea if a national program was started to ac quaint children of all ages with the hazards of fire, and how to do away with them. Fire is one of the most serious of problems. It touches every life, every piece of property- It men aces us all- It inflates taxes, destroys jobs and investments and business opportunities. Many cases are on rec ord where a single great fire has so devastated a community that many yeas were required to recover from I it The schools have, in recent years, almost universally included accident prevention work in their curricula They have instructed children in pro per conduct on streets and highways, in the honje, at play—wherever care lessness or ignorance might cause an accident. The consequence has been a great reduction in the number of deaths and injuries among children of school age- The same thing should be done in the case of fire. It would be simple, inexpensive and enormous ly effective. In due course of time, it would create a people who were con genitally awage to fire dangers and how to cope with them Things One Remembers The air is filled with theoretical schemes to stabilize industry and agriculture. We wonder if what industry needs most isn’t more good, old fashioned character, integrity and experience in owners and operators of various properties. We are moved to make these re marks after looking over a statement of the Bank of California, that has been run strictly as a bank—no side issues—no frills—since 1864. It has paid its 10 per cent annual dividend, depression or no depression, and generally an extra 2 per cent Its radio of capital to deposits is 1 to 513. Can legislation produce that kind of bank management? * * * A good practical farmer that we know, bought a team for $300 a few years ago, when his neighbor bought a tractor for $3,000- The “horse far mer” has made a consistent profit out of his farm, even during the de pression, and his team is as efficient today as when he bought it. The “tractor farmer” is broke—too much capital invested for the possible earn ing power of the land- The tractor is on the scrap heap As with banks, so with farming; their salvation depends on men who “know the business.” AH the “relief measures” in the world cannot save the inefficient, the wasteful and the ignorant from failure. * * * Located on top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, is the Mark Hopkins Ho tel, named after a pioneer builder of the West, an individual with vision The same spirit that carved a nitch for the name of California, in every corner of the world, has made the Mark Hopkins a land mark for visit ors from every country. Romance is woven around the early California pioneers and their spirits live on in the undying activi ty of many institutions that bear their names This remarkable hotel, with its far-reaching tower light, seems to stand as a sentinel at the Golden Gate. ANOTHER FAST NEGRO COLLEGE BOY NEW YORK CITY February 21— (CNS>—rFritz Pollard Jr-, of Chi cago Illinois the athletic son of a famed athletic father, made a win ning debut in the East Saturday night February 10, wher. he ran off with the 45 yard high hurdles in six seconds, one-fifth back of the indoor mark. Pollard an eighteen-year-old Brown University freshman, whose father was all-American halfback nearly two decades ago, was a star in the 45th annual Boston Athletic Association games which attracted a crowd of 12,000 in the Boston Gar den The Negro youth, who excels in a half-dozen track and field events, led all the way to defeat M- G- Green, unattached, a yard, with the Harvard Hayes brothers, John and Richard, third and fourth. Pollard also won his heat and semi-final in six seconds. Hampton Institute By GEORGE ADRIAN KUYPER HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va-, February 28—N. C- Newboid, Direst or of the Division of Negro Edu cation for North Carolina, will serve as chairman of a conference on Rural Education to ge held at Hampton In stitute all this week- The conference has been arranged by Leo M- Favrot, General Field Agent of the General Education Board The main object of the conference is to select and arrange material for four proposed six-week courses in Rural Education for use in Summer Schools for Negroes. Membership in the conference includes the following representatives from seven Southern states: Mrs. Katherine Brown, from Frankfort, Ky.; C- W- Corbin, Prin cess Anne, Md-, Miss Azalea Martin, Jefferson City, Mo.. Miss Anne R Floyd, Fayetteville N. C-, J. P Bur gess, Orangeburg S. C-, Mrs. F- A Sanders, Nashville, Tennessee and Miss Edna M. Colson, Petersburg, Va Delegates at large are Paul J- Mc Knight, Augusta, Georgia, S- D. Wil liams, Elizabeth City, N- C-, Mrs Rose B- Brown, Petersburg, Va-, Wr M- Cooper and Miss Eva C- Mitchell of Hampton Institute, Va The following are serving as con sultants: W- A- Aery. Director, School of Education, Hampton Insti tute, Donald F- Fenn. Director, School of Agriculture, Hampton In stitute, Miss Nina D. Gage, Director, ! School of Nursing, Hampton Insti ! tute, W. D- Gresham, State agent of : Negro schools for Virginia, and Miss | Stella M. Wiley, Director, School of | Home Economics, Hampton Institute. ■ The Hampton Institute Museum is being used for the general sessions : Seminar Rooms in the Huntington Library will serve as meeting places for the sub-committees- An exhibit of material having an important bearing on rural education is being held at the Huntington Library. HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va., —Dr. Clarence Cameron White, di rector of the School of Music at Hampton Institute, has just been made chairman of the division of Negro Music for the National Folk Festival to be held at St- Louis next May- The festival is scheduled as a part of the program of dedication of the new Municipal Auditorium. At this concert groups of Indians, cowboys, lumberjacks and others will present in authentic form folk songs and dances from every section of the country. The famous Hampton Insti tute choir will be given a prominent place on this program RAILWAY LABOR EXE CUTIVES’ ASSOCIATION BACKS PULLMAN PORTERS’ FIGHT TO AMEND EMERGENCY RAILWAY ACT Randolph Says Plan Is to Bring Pull man Company Under Jurisdiction of Federal Coordinator NEW YORK, February 28—In reply to a request from the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters to sup port the mcve to amend the Emer gency Railroad Transportation Act of 1933, in order to bring the Pullman Company under its jurisdiction as are other railway carriers, Mr- A Philip Randolph received the follow ing communication from Mr- A. F Whitney, chairman of the Railway Labor Executives’ Association which includes the twenty-one standard railroad unions Mr. A. Philip Randolph, National President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 207 W- 140th Street, New York N- Y. Dear Sir and Brother: Acknowledge your communication j of the 29th instant, this is to advise i that at a recent meeting of the Rail-j way Labor Executives’ Association it was definitely decided that we should undertake to have the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act of 1933 ended to include the Pullman and Express Companies and steps are now being taken with that in view. I sincerely trust that we may be successful in having this done, which I understand would also serve the purpose of your organization. For your information I enclose copy of a report which we have just issued in connection with our general legislative program, aside from the proposal to amend the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, as above referred to Fratenally yours, A- F. WHITNEY, Chairman. It is expected that the question of Amending the Emergency Railway Labor Act of 1933, will come up in Congress in the next few' weeks, states Randolph 19 Depressions Weathered The life insurance industry has lived through 19 major depressions— and in every instance it has come out with colors flying- It has proved it self the cornerstone of man’s fin ancial structure and provided a road to financial independence In 1857, paper inflation was es timated at $2,000,000000- Banks fail ed and mobs ran riot in the streets And life insurance whose funda mental principles were then being tried and tested, survived. In 1S73, 72 railroads were in de fault. The New York Stock exchange closed for a week- Depression and, unemployment were rampant- Thirty one life insurance companies, which are still in business, carried on as us ual. meeting every rightful obliga tion In one month of 1893, 407 banks failed. One-hundred sixty nine rail roads were unable to meet mortgage , interest. Interest rates rose to 360 per cent- The government came clos est to bankruptcy in its history- And in a year of which it is said that money almost disappeared from cir culation, life insurance paid out a total of $175,000,000 , In 1907, one of the greatest of all financial crashes occurred. Depres i sion was world-wide- Yet every life : insurance company paid contracts in cash exactly when they fell due In 1930, 1931 and 1932 businesses j collapsed, banks failed, moratoriums were declared- During those years cash payments of 48 leading life companies aggregated more than $6,000,000,000 about half the origin al war debt owed our government by Europe, 11 Va billions of which is still unpaid Financial Independence Week, March 19-24, next, is a significant ] and timely event. Cooperation Can Do It In a recent address before the Vir ginia State Dairyman's Association, Charles H- Baldwin, Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets of that state, said: “All that we hope to ac complish through milk control boards and milk marketing agreements that provide federal support, could be se cured through the cooperative efforts of the dairymen - • . “There are many helps, especially J in this disturbed time, that we must j j have from our state and federal governments, that we would not ex-! pect or need under normal conditions, j “The fact remains, however, that much of this help would not be need ed if dairymen would cooperate, and as one, unite to work for the desired goal.” Secretary- of Agriculture Wallace has often observed that one of the greatest problems he has faced in seeking to revitalize agriculture is disorganization on the part of mil lions of farmers. They are bound by habits of thought and action that were out of date twenty years ago And it isn't a coincidence that the farm groups that are really getting somewhere with definite programs— such as the cotton producers of the South and the dairymen of New York —are those with strong, loyally sup ported, aggressive cooperatives. Governmental relief must always be temporary, and it can’t work re volutions overnight. Keep American Ideals of Liberty Alive Recent press stories record a Ger man sales girl being sent to a Nazi prison for nine months because she remarked to a friend that she knew of abuses in a concentration camp; a peddler sentenced to eight months in jail because he saw storm troopers kill several Jews in Leipzig; and eld erly woman being given six months for saying that relief given unem ployed was scanty in view of the $293,000,000 fund available; a wom an jailed for fifteen months for writ ing a letter—opened by a censor—to a sister in New York telling about conditions under Nazi government; a situation in Russia where the help less‘masses now bow to a communis tic despotism more relentless than that of the Czar; that Fascism has given Italy material benefits, though individual liberty has been killed; i that the Germans, -from a liberty- j loving people devoted to family life, are bowing with apparent willing-; ness to a despotism more absolute | and cruel than any other the modern world has seen. X he situation is oevona under standing. particularly as all these political upheavals and revolutions were to benefit the masses- But the net result, in each case, seems to have been to reduce the individual to a cipher under the domination of iron-handed officialism that lays out the course of every man, woman and child Is it possible that American citi zens, in another ten years, will have accepted a program which makes the citizen exist as a tax-paying ma. for the benefit of government, or ■ will we get back to the fundament;., j doctrine of our country that govern- i ment exists for the individual, and that our public officals are servants and administrative officers of the people, rather than their overlords and masters ? Will the day come when an Amer ican editor fears to criticize govern- I ment, and will the day come when j our government can censor the op;n ions that editors express to their! readers, as seems to be the case in such countries as Germany, Russia and Italy? WOMAN DIES AT 127 LEAVING DAUGHTER 100 YEARS OLD HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. February | 21—(CNS)—Mrs. Minerva Stone was boasted of 127 years of life died here last week- Mrs- Stone recently gained publicity by spanking her 100-year i old daughter “for being disobedient” who survives her- Mrs. Stone’s hus band served in the War of the Re bellion and Mrs- Stone received a pension for many years. Retail Stores in Chicago Under Negro Proprietor ship. WASHINGTON February 21— (C NS)—A recent tabulation of the Bu reau of the Census shows that Chi cago leads in the number of retail stores under Negro proprietorship reporting 815, according to data ob tained at the first Census of Retail Distribution taken in 1930 and cover ing business operations of the pre ceding year. Philadelphia ranked sec ond with 787 stores; New Orleans third while New York and Atlanta tied for fourth place with 391 stores each. The ratio of Negro population. as reported at the Census of 1930, to stores under Negro proprietors was practically the same for Chicago and Philadelphia. The New York ratio per store was approximately three times that of either of these two cities. The 815 stores reported for the city of Chicago showed a value of sales for the year of $4826897 which was the largest sales value reported by any city for retail stores under . Negro proprietors- These stores fur nished employment for 1,589 persons including proprietors and firm mem bers and paid out $497,349 to full and part time employees- Their stock on hand at the end of the year was $435, 130. Practically all types of stores are represented in the 9 major groups or classifications and it is interesting to note that the two food groups— “Food” with 213 and “Restaurants, ' cafeterias and eating places”, with 207 rank first and second respective ly in number of stores. A combination j of these two food groups represents slightly over 50 percent of the total in number and amount of sales. The highest average sales per I store, $22967 was made in the Food! group classified as “Other food J stores,” however there were only | three such stores,” 206 in number | showed an average of $7196 with j drug stores in the lead with $15656 for those with fountains and $12492 for those without fountains. The miscellaneous classification under “Other Retail Stores” includes 1 Toy Shop 1 Beauty and Barber shop 2 Toile'f articles shops 3 Flor ists 1 Malt product supplies 33 News dealers 1 Novelty and souvenir shop, 5 Patent medicine stores 1 Pet shop (animals, birds and fish) 2 .Printers and lithographers 1 Regalia badges and emblems shop 1 Religious goods store, 2 Sanitary supplies stores 2 Sign shops 30 Undertakers’ and fun eral supplies Mr- Walter Rhoades, who resides at 3015 Madison, with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart another Central High School student also made the Honor Roll- Mr- Wal ter Rhoades is a former student of South High, where he received a let ter for his fine work on the track team. He also received many honors and a Gold Metal for his fine work in Carlington. Minnesota for his fine work in school. Mrs- Elizabeth Allen, 2715 Hamil ton, passed away Friday morning, February 24th at 1:30 a- m- Mrs. Allen was married in Louisville, Ken tucky and came to Omaha about 1896, being a resident of Omaha for about 35 years- She belonged to Claire Chapel, 22nd and Ohio Street Funeral services were held Monday, February 26th from Myers Funeral Home. She leaves to moun her loss her husband 1 son, Mr. Robert Burns eral. Burial was from Forest Lawn Stoi'3 ©tt> Saxon Inn 1827 No. 16 Everbody Welcome JA. 62.37 Allen, 3 daughters Mrs. Lucy Elliot of Chicago, Mrs. Gordon Hopkins of Qmaha and Miss Dorothy Allen, o, grand children, and 1 brother- All of j her children were here for the fun- | Cemetery- Nothing needs to be said about Mrs- Elizabeth Allen’s life as everyone that knew her loved and adored her for her sweet clean cut life. AN ECONOMIC CRAZY-QUILT In a recent address, Commissioner Lilienihal of the Tennessee Valley Authority, said: “The use of electricity has fallen far behind the installation of power-generating facilities ... It is perfectly evident that we have a tremen dous surplus supply of electricity. . . - Generating and transmission facilities can care for between bO and bO per cent more demand for electricity than is now required." Commenting on this, the Hartford Daily Courant said- “Here is all this surplus supply of electric energy, yet in the Tennessee Vally, at Boulder Dam, at Norris Dam, on the Columbia River and on the St. Lawrence, the Government is gong to have great power plants to aug ment a surplus that already presents a bothersome ques tion. It is piling surplcs cpon surplus in a field already highly developed by private activity while it is engaged in taxing all tne people in an apparently vain effort to get rid of surplus wheat, corn, cotton, milk, butter and hogs.” Had the private electric industry ever been backed in meeting existing and potential demand for power, there might be justification in the Government’s program. But private systems have been the most zealous of industrial pioneers. They have lowered rates, increased use of elec tric power in home and industry, pushed sale of electric labor-saving appliances and spent millions making farm electrification practical at a low rate. Along with the Federal power projects go irrigation and reclamation schemes for creaiing more good farm land at a time when thousands of acres of land now in use, according to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, should be retired. So we’re to have more electricity, more farms, more crops, and we’re going to be taxed hundreds of mil lions to make them possible, while we put up more hun dreds of millions to try to rduce the national crop surplus 1 Unravel that economic crazy-quilt if you can! ALL MUST PULL TOGETHER A recent release of the American Cotton Cooperative Association says: “The A. C. C. A. is owned and con trolled by its affiliated associations. It was organized and is operated to assist the cotton farmers, and not for the gain of those who have been stlected to conduct its af fairs. It cannot be successful unless the State and Reg ional associations are successful. The State and Regional associations cannot be successful unless the cotton farmer patronizes his organization. . . Substitute “wheat,” “dairy prodccts,” “fruit,” or any other crop-name for “cotton” in that quotation and it will still be accurate. A good many farmers haven’t discover ed as yet that the only way a cooperative can achieve suc cess is by “cooperation!” And that means cooperation all along the line—on the part of the management, of allied groups and, most important of all, the producer himself. During the latter part of depression the cotton far mers have made definite progress—because of the un ceasing work of their cooperative in bringing their story before the government and the general public, and in for mulating a program to solve their problems. Other co operatives have madt similar records. They have justi fied every faith that has been placed in them. Economists and agricultural authorities of all schools believe that the future of the farmer depends on his continued support of the cooperative movement. COOPERATIVES ONLY SOUND FOUNDATION In his speech to the Congress, President Roosev it repeated a belief that is a basic element in his recovery program when he said: “I continue in my conviction that industrial progress and prosperity can only be attained by bringing the purchasing power of that portion of our population which in one form or another is dependent upon agriculture, up to a level which will restore a proper balance between every section of the country and every form of work.” Whether or not time proves that theory to be entirely correct, it is pleasant to record that agriculture is gradual ly moving upward toward the level the President speaks of. Some of the improvement is due to government legis lative effort. But most of the improvement must be laid to the work done by the farmers themselves, through their cooperative organizations. These organizations have been tireless in working t o educate both the general public and their members in the fundamentals of farm problems. They have been the government’s best ally in promoting acreage reduction and in seeking to balance supply with demand. They have done much in fighting the farmer’s battles with the middleman, and in obtaining a better economic break tor him. Agriculture is definitely on the mend and the farm cooperatives offer the only permanent foundation for. sound future progress. NEW HOME WASHING SERVICE 14 Its. 48c 314c for each addition al pound SHIRTS finished out of the service 8c each Evans Laundry Zoric Dry Cleaners Phone - JA. 0243 Open from 2 P. M. until 3 A. M. Saturday and Sunday, , Close at 4:00 A. M Good-Food Pi us EFFICIENT SERVICE King Yuen Cafe Chop Suey and Rctcamein our hobby American and Chinese Dishes Phone JA. 8576 20101-2 North 24th St Omaha. U. S. A. 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