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0 ~ w ^ ^ --— i, _ __ Per Copy ^JUSTICE/E<W*; >x HEW TO THE LINEt *"*«*"' ^ Stw^4 vew. ><=* -:--!>-*■* - Liuc°l^» ' - VOLUME vni OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1934 NUMBER 12. * -i* . ■ Economic Hi(kli(kts Happenings That Effect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Indnvidu&l- National and International Problems Insep arable From Local Welfare "Will you please issue immediate orders to the Army Air Corps stopp ing all carrying of airmail except on such routes, under such weather con ditions and under such equipment and personel conditions as will insure ■ - . .against constant recurrence of fatal accidents?” This, appearing over the potent signature of Franklin D- Roosevelt, caused one of the most remarkable happenings of recent years. Without notice, an entire nation’s airmail service-—built up laboriously, at im mense expense in men and machines and money and time—camle to a full stop. The Army, prideful of its abili ty, was humiliated. The public was astounded. And banks and other businesses, which had come to regard air-mail delivery as being almost as certain as that of train mail, found themselves back in pre-war days so far as communication was concerned The air-mail entanglement becomes increasingly important as time goes on. It isn’t only that service is dis organized—that the companies were penalized without benefit of a hear ing—that a dozen or so pilots, one of whom had flown less than 24 hours in eighteen months, have been killed Most observers regard it as the Ad ministration’s first major mistake. It has caused a fathering of criticism, much of it coming from otherwise friendly quarters, such as no other act has done. Bulk of the critism takes the form of fear of the kind of despotism that can abrogate contracts without con clusive proof of graft and malfeas ance r some other offense against the public welfare. The thought if freely expressed that the President was poorly advised; but that, even so, he acted much too hastily. The Lind burgh testimony has cemented this belief. The Colonel was a frank, dig nified witness, in refreshing relief to mo^j of the other witnesses who have defended or attacked by name-call ing. So far as the army’s ability to carry the mail is concerned, Mr. Roosevelt receives little criticism Army air chiefs were too sanguine when they told him that they could handle it- Army training, with stress laid on formation and combat flying, is very different fTom the training given pilots of private lines, who must fly long routes under almost any weather conditions, good, bad or indifferent, and who are required to have far more hours in the air before being employed, than have most army pilots. Army ships, even though they have been revamped, where never designed for long-haul transporta tion Upshot of the matter has been that the Administration has been forced to back water. The President wrote Senator McKellar, Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and 1 ost Roads, said it would be neces sary to' make new private contracts as speedily as possible- Bidding will be “really competitive,” and strict rules will be laid down to prevent air monopolies, excessive salaries and unearned bonuses, etc- Interstate Commerce Commission will have a voice in making rates. That is where the issue stands now It isn’t dead by a long shot- And it will figure heavily in future political races. Fired From C. C. Dinniig Rom Mr. Glen B Eastman the commis sioner of the Chamber of Commerce, who has so often showed his interests in the welfare of the Negro by ap pearing before many groups and meetings sponsoroed by the Omaha League, showed his real interest of the Negro by ordering his full crew of Negro Waiters discharged from service on March 28. Many of these men have been em ployed in the Chamber of Commerce dining room department for as long as 26 years Mr. Simon Harrod, was reemploy ed by the new manager under the instruction of Glen B. Eastman- It is thought by many for a short period of time for the purpose of acquaint ing the new management with the line of service. The cashier reported to the new manage rthat five regular meeting groups had canceled their reservations on account of the change The Omaha Guide office was in formed that these groups who can celed their reservation had been regu lar guests of the Chamber ofo Com merce dining rooms for a period of ten to fifteen years- They will now hold their meetings and be served at the Omaha Club by the same waiter that had been serving them at the Chamber of Commerce Woman Cuts And Stabs Man Calvin Hartfield, 1525 North 17th Street was cut and stabbed in his left side just over the heart and in the left arm, by Jose Morse, living at the same address. Hartfield is reported to have been home Saturday night drinking. A little later he staggered to his feet and went out in the hallway, where he met his assailant, Miss Morse, who lives in the next apartment Some sort of an argument pursued and Miss Morse drew out a knife and proceded to stab Hartfield. The po lice station was then notified by un known persons- Hartfield was taken to the Nicholas Seim Hospital in the police ambulance by Officers Beck with and Kaufhold, where he was at tended by Dr- G. W- Goodrich and left at the hospital. A pick up was issued for Jose Morse, but as yet she has not been found. SIX OUT OF 14 KILLED IN LYNCHBURG FIVE NEGROES LYNCHBURG, Va. March 28— (C NS)—Fourteen persons were burned to death in a fire which swept the Federal Transcient Bureau here just before sunrise Saturday March 24. Of the fourteen, six were Negroes. Among the latter, James Miller, Wil liam Lewis, Willie Williams, Willie Brooks, and Frank Stuart. Grease boiling on a hot stove was blamed for the fife. Of these 190 housed in the building many were in jured in addition to these killed. The Lynchburg Bureau was one of several camps in the State set up to care for homeless persons. Reported Ducking Anti-Lynch Bill COSTIGAN WAGNER MEASURE READY TO COME OUT OF SUB COMMITTEE WITH FAVOR ABLE REPORT TO FULL JUDI CIARY COMMITTEE; SOME SOLONS SEEK TO SCUTTLE THE BILL. WASHINGTON, March 23 — With the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching bill ready for reporting out of the sub-committee on the judiciary fav orably, persistent reports have it that a number of northern and west ern senators are pulling wires behind the scenes to sidetrack the bill until the next session of congress—which will be after the fall elections. These senators are said to be un easy. They want to postpone the anti-lynching law, which is full of “dynamite” as far as their political fortunes are concerned, hoping they can stall off the voters at the fall elections. Meanwhile Senator Frederick Van Nuys, of Indiana, chairman of the sub-committee, is going ahead with his work. He declares he is ready to defend the bill and is known to be whole-heartedly in favor of prompt passage of it by the Senate. Friends of the bill here state that so far, the total of letters from in dividuals and organizations to mem bers of the Senate judiciary commit tee and to individual senators has not been mountain high. Support for this legislation should be pouring in upon senators by every mail so that there Lightfoot Sued For$5O,OO0 —Elder Lightfoot Michaux, the “happv-am-I” radio preacher, is be ing sued for $50,000 in the District Supreme Court on a charge of eject ing W. Herman Lucas from a meet ing in the Garnet-Patters on Junior High School last week. Ms. Lucas declared that he was at tending a meeting of the Industrial Savings Bank depositors’ committee and was defending himself from a verbal attack when Elder Michaux left the speaker’s rostrum, assaulted him, and forced him to leave the aud itorium. The altercation resulted, Mr- Lu cas said, "because, owing to the late ness of the hour, the plaintiff object ed to a lengthy prayer and insisted that the depositors be heard instead of numerous guest speakers.” LA GUARDIA WISHES HE WAS IN CONGRESS TO HELP DePRIEST NEW YORK CITY, March 28— f _ (GNS)—Mayor LaGuardia in a speech here last week turned to Con gressman DePriest and said: “I wish I were in- Washington now to help you in that fight. Why anyone would want to eat that pea soup they serve there. I do not know, but it should be there for whoever wants it- You know, some of those Congressmen are- fine fellows on everything except the race, problem. It’s an obsession with them, and you can’t reason with a man who obsessed.” will be no excuse for postponement The N. A. A- C- P:, which is fight ing for the bill, has urged everyone of its branches to personally canvass members and have tfiem write letters to their senators urging passage of the bill- Other organizations are urged to do likewise. Every person who believes lynching should be stamped out should write his senator to vote for this bill, which is known as S- 1978, the Costigan-Wagner anti lynching bill. Kangaroo Courts Organized In North Omaha For the past five years, Mr Dave Gerber, the president and own er of the Consoladet Auto Parts Co at 2501 Cummings street, has carried on an organization known as the Kangaroo court for the benefit of the employees of the Consoladet Auto Parts Co This organization has worked so surprisingly and keeping down fric tion between employee and promot ing courtious treatment to the pat rons of the Concoladted Auto Parts Co. and proving to be a business booster to such an extent, Mr. Gerb er organized a supreme Kangaroo Court for businessmen. Up to this date fifty business men are mem bers of this organization, known as the Kangaroo Supreme Court- The intent of organizing the business men and employee in the community, is to create a bigger and better busi ness relationship between employee and employer and to increase the buying power of the members of the Kangaroo Ooi^rt and the Supreme Court Mr. Gerber, Harry Levey and Mr. Herman Friedlander is calling a meeting of the businessmen and their employees at the Mid-City Communi ty Center, 2213 Lake Street Wednes day eevning, April 4 at 8 p. m. Ev ery ody is invited to attend this meeting at which time the Kangaroo Supreme Court efficiency and its enefits will be more fully explained by the founders and the organizers and members. 24TH ST. TO HAVE FIRST CLASS SANITARY UP TO DATE GROCERY STORE » i _ _ . The Hayden Cast Market, now lo cated at 27th and Franklin Street will move on April 15 to 1804 N. 24th St next door north to the Robinson Drug Co. which is on the corner of 24th and Decatur Streets. Mr and Mrs Hayden said that they will spare no pains in making this one of North 24th Streets most up to-date sanitary grocery and meat markets, with all the latest equip ments on 24 Street Mr. and Mrs. Hayden have been operating their market at its pres ent location for about three years Church Joins In Million Dollar Merger BROOKLYN, N. Y. March 28— (C NS)—In 1846 the anti-slavery agita tion caused a rift between members of the Church of the Pilgrims; and three members, desiring a more lib eral doctrine, broke away from the congregation, founded the Plymouth Church and called to its pulpit the following year, Henry Ward Beech er Now the two oldest Congregational churches in Brooklyn have joined in a $1,000,000 merger and the new church organization is to be known as “The Plymouth Church of the Pil grims” with a combined active mem bership of 1,500 persons and endow ment funds of approximately half a million dollars- For the present its serJ1Si*s will be divided between the two houses of worship, with head quarters at the Plymouth Church at Orange and Hicks streets, until the ultimate disposal of the Church of the Pilgrims properties at Henry and Remsen streets- The first united service of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims will be held on Easter Sunday in Plymouth Church. An effort will be made to maintain the separate identity of the two churches, both rich in historical trad ition- The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, pastor of Plymouth Church since 1926 and prior to that President of Howard University, in Washington, and the Rev. Dr. John Curry Walker, manager of the Church of the Pil grims for the last three years, will ! become the co-pastors of the new church, with equal rank and dignity Twelve members, six from each church, will constitute the board of trustees, and twenty-four deacons twelve from each, will be the board of deacons. For many years consolidation had been considered by the two churches, scarcely six blocks apart- Last week 87 persons who met in Plymouth Church voted unanimously for the consolidation, but at the Church of the Pilgrims there were two dissent ing votes in a total of sixty-one. The merger heals a rift between the two churches that has existed since 1846- In 1847 Henry Ward Beecher attracted world attention to the new church as he thundered a gainst slavery and became America’s greatest pulpit orator is his dramatic campaign against the accursed sys tem. THINGS ONE REMEMBERS By R. M. Hofer. According to the most anthentie reports, the German and Russian press are bound and gagged by dic tatorship and the people are fed only such opinions as the ruling powers desire. Such a breach of liberty would be intolerable in the United States. In all history, hard-won free dom of the individual has been safe guarded toward trespass upon such freedom, must be resisted And now it is proposed that the government should manufacture furniture for post offices in order to employ unemployed coal miners from West Virginia. The next logical step would be fo rthe government to operate coal mines to employ the fur niture workers who lost their jobs1 be cause of government competition. r * fist’s 10 Years Flat Evelyn Stone, of South Omaha who was convicted for manslaughter in the District court a few days ago for killing a woman by the name of Mrs. Wright—one of the Wright sisters by cutting her juggler vein with a knife was sentenced to 10 years by District Judge Yeager. N A A C P REGION AL SECRETARY DOES JOB WELL IN OMAHA M rs. Daisy Lampkin Mrs- Daisy E. Lampkin, Regional Field Secretary of N. A. A. C. P. who resides at 2919 Western Avenue Pittsburgh Penn., was enthustically received by Owahans during her short stay in our city. Mrs- Lampk in was the house guest of M. C. “Toby” James, at 2851 Wirt St Mrs. Lampkin left, Tuesday morn ing at 11:15 for Salt Lake City. Mrs- Daisy E- Lampkin who was guest speaker at a mass meeting held at Salem Baptist Church, 22nd and Seward streets Sunday, March 25 swayed her audiences at will. She spoke to a packed house for one hour and 22 minutes and every moment was so interesting not a single per son attempted to absent himself from the auditorium during the course of her lecture. It was said by many that Mrs. Lampkin could be defined as Ameri ca’s greatest woman orator. Mrs. Lampkin seems to have the interest of the organization so deep ly in her sould until it was no trick for her to relate the high spots of the organization for the past twenty-, five years She spoke at length on the United States Supreme Court decisions on justice for the Negro of America She spoke on segregation decisions of Louisville Ken., and West Virginia and of the right of Negroes to parti cipate in Democratic primary elec tions in the state of Texas- She spoke of the Costigan-Wagner anti lynching ill now pending in the Sena te and requested all justice loving American citizens to send a telegram to their senators asking their support of the ill. She told the story of the lieration of the Negroes in Helian Arkansas riot. And °n leaving said that the comomittee had made things so pleasant for her, her two days and one night stay seemed but a moment and that she would be glad when the time came for her to return to Oma ha again. Four Omihans Pill Off Str»Bg Arm Deal On Uust Sunday evening Mrs. Liz zy Malone, better known by “Big Lizz," and the lady by whom she was employed and is in business on the Weet side of the city undertook to entertain themselves by attending the North Omaha beer gardens cab arets- It is reported that on leav ing the Ritz Cafe, two men, who were unidentified staged a sham battle be tween Big Lizz and her employer as they left the cafe for a taxi. When Big Lizz’s employer got into the cab, to her surprise two men were seated therein and the sham battle was keeping Big Liz from the cab door, the two inside, it is alleged by force of arms relieved the guest of $76 from her bosom. On Wednesday morning, George "Gunny" Harris, the singing bird of north Omaha and Alvin “Gabby” Baldwin, was bound over to the dis trict court and their bond set at $1,600 for the alleged robbery Negroes Among Marchers To White House WASHINGTON, March 28—(CNS )—Some 500 marchers from New York, Camden, Philadelphia Reading, and Baltimore, headed by Norman Thomas Socialist leader, visited the White House Saturday March 24, to protest against the discontinuance of CWA relief work. Accompanying the delegation were a number of Negro es who stood for their spokesman’s demand for a $5,000,000,000 relief program and a $20-a-week minimum wage. The delegation did not get to see President Roosevelt- Secretary to the President Marvin M- McIntyre gave them audience and listened to their appeals. Thomas pictured to Mr. McIntyre the seriousness of the situation, which he said was not exaggerated, and ridiculed the idea that the Gov ernment would be unable to expend $5,000,000,000 for relief- He explain ed he was not a civilian worker and not a member of the delegation, but was in hearty sympathy with them. Without disturbances of any kind the marchers left the city about night fall. BROOKHAVEN MISSISSIPPI RE PUBLICAN GETS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, March 28—(CNS) —-Perry W. Howard, Republican Nat ional Committeeman for Mississippi, announces the appointment of F. S. Swalm Brookhaven, Mississippi, as Assistant Treasurer of the National Committee for that State. The ap pointment was made by the National Treasurer, George F- Getz, upon the recommendation of Perry W. How ard and was confirmed by the Exe cutive Committee of the National Committee and he will handle all af fairs of Mississippi that come under the Treasurer’s Office* Mr. Swalm is a widely known druggist and business -man in the City of Brookhaven, has been a life long Republican and his friends will learn with pleasure of this national recognition coming to him. * ' “f* WILLIE PETERSON SAVED (CNS)—Yielding in part to a grow ing sentiment that Willie Peterson is not guilty of the murder of 'which he stands convicted, his sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment. Forty Fourth Anniversary In The State