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- VOLUME VIII THE GUIDE OMAHA NEBRASKA SATURDAY JULY 7,1934 NUMBER TWENTY
, Secretary Walter White Raps Segregation
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WlfrtuUT A DOUBT HE
SHOULD BE YOUR BET
William M. (Bill) Green
W hen foreman for Dean Noyes, Mr.
Green employed 53 Negroes according
ing to their ability to serve from the
ditch to the highest concrete desigher
There were Negro foreman in many
mixed crews. When Mr. Green
picked a foreman, he picked the one
that was most qualified to serve
and showed a capacity for leadership
and ability to get work out of tnen.
Mr. Greens w'hole organization work
ed in the most harmonious accord, .
one for all and all for one at all times
You can only judge men correctly by
their past record. Negroes should ■
learn to quit paying anl attentionn to j
political ballyhoo just before election j
and make a study of the candidates
record when he is least thinking of
becoming a candidate for office. That
is where you have an oportunity of
learning the real man. Whether you
do it or not, after election is over the
inner man comes to service, and if it
isn’t in the heart, it can’t come out.
It is up to you Mr. Negro voter to
sise up Mr. Green's record with all
other candidates for County Surveyor,
and make up your mind according to
, the record that stands out most para
mount in fairness to the youth of the
Negro race.
You should inquire of the following
Negroes that was in the employment
of Mr. Green as to his fairness to
oui people; Mr. Bearcat Wright. Mr.
Louis King. Mr. Richard Ward and
Mr. John Anderson.
According to the records in the
County Court House, there are at
times, 300 employees in the County
Surveyors office, headed by County
Suveyor, Lou Adorns, not a single
Negro’s name is on the payroll. In
according to Mr. Gneen’s past record,
f he had been County Surveyor, well,
there’s no telling how many employees
you would have had.
Every Negro in the second ward,
and in the city of Omaha should not
hesitate in casting his ballot of Will
iam (Bill) Green, and watch for the
desired results.
A Big Banquet and
Graduation Edition at J
No Cost to The Gra- ]
ates. j
Just to encourage vouth ]
education among our ]
group especially, the)
Omaha Guide Publishing 1
Company is contemplat
ing on putting out our
annual 1934 graduation
edition, with a big ban
ouet and program for the
graduates early in the
month of July. Each high
school and University
graduates is requested to )
register at thei Omaha ;
Guide Office, 2 4 2 0;
Grant Street, at once,;
bring in vour photograph,!
if you have one, if not re-'
gister anyway. . !
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT
AGAIN DOOMS TWO SCOTTS
BORO BOYS TO DIE
MONTGOMERY, Ala- July &—(CN
S)—The United States Supreme
Court will be asked for the second
time to rule on the convictions of the
two Scottsboro boys, whose deaths
today were set for August 31 by the
Alabama Supreme Court.
The Alabama court found no rea
son to prevent the youths from going
to the electric chair for an alleged
massed attack on Mrs- Victoria
Price, white cotton mill worker and
upheld for the second time the death j
sentences of Heywood Patterson and
Clarence Norris that have brought
world wide demonstrations in the
boys’ behalf.
Appeal Is Planned
Associates of Samuel S. Leibowitz, j
New York attorney and chief of de- ,
fense counsel employed by the Inter
national Labor Def.nse, said the
cases would be taken to the United
States Supreme Cuort
The Patterson case was thrown out
on a technically when the court found
the bill of exceptions had not been
filed within the required ninety days’
time limit- After ruling tl>e bill of
exceptions out the court was restrict,
ed to the court records, and could not
consid r the case on its merits.
The coujt ruled in detail, however,
on contentions of attorneys for Nor
ris that Negroes had been excluded
frcfm the jury, holding that the jury
commission fairly executed its duties,
did not discriminate against the Ne
gro race and that the Federal con
stitution had not been violated
Associate Justice Lucien Gardner,
who wrote the decision in the Norris
case, upheld the Alabama juiJy sys
tem, which Leibowitz attacked as a
predicate for appeal to the United
States Supreme Court, alleging the
absence of Negroes from juries was
“systematic, solely because of their
race and color.”
BREAKS RECORD AND
BREAKS JAIL TWICE IN
TWO WEEKS
WASHINGTON —(CNS)— James
Harley, colored, is back in the Dis
trict Jail after two sensational es
capes from that institution in May
last. Early in May Harley made a
spectacular slide down an 80 foot
rope sheet to escape frafm the Dis
trict Jail, the first to escape from
there in 17 years. He was brought
back from Phildelphia only to es
cape two weeks later. He was re
captured in New York City last
week and returned to District outhor.
ities.
EIGHT WHITE MEN
HELD FOR LYNCHING
i MANCHESTER, Tenn-(CNS) Last
week a group of white men went to
an ice cream festival held by a color,
ed group “to break up the to-do.”
Henry Walls, one of the white men,
cursed Dick Wilkerson, a colored
farm hand, who retailiated by strik
ing Walls
As the story goes: Then the white
wen left the dance and went to the
colored man’s house. They tore up
everything he had. After that they
went back to the dance and got Wilk
erson and another colored man and
took them out in the counry. Wilk
erson was stripped of his clothing,
shot four times and beaten to death.
Nexxt day, he was found in an out
field by two farmers who lived near
the scene of the crime, 14 miles frdta
here. A few hours later, upon in
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The justice held that the fact that
no Negroes had served as jurors in
Jackscn County over a period of
years was not conclusive proof that
membvjis of the race were excluded
from the grand jury which indicted
the Negroes.
“The discretion as to the composi
tion of the jury roll' must b'j vested
in some one, and in this state our
statute has imposed this duty on
jury commissioners, appointed by the
Governor- Presumably these officers
faithfully discharge their duty,” h.
wrote.
The decision also over.Tiled the
error alleged by the defense that
Judge VV- W- Callahan, trial judg~,
was partial to the state and refused
to permit Mrs. Price to be question
ed as to her prior life, especially the
question, “w^re you ever convicted of
the crime of adultery?”
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DR. JERNIGAN REELEC
TED HEAD OF BAPTIST
Y. P. UNION CONGRESS
WASHINGTON-(CNS)—Dr. Will
iam H. Jemigan, pastor of Mt. Car
mel Baptist Church, Washington, was
rejected president of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union and Sunday
School Oongress, at their recent con
vention in this city. Other officers
elected are: Vice President at large,
the Rev. O. C. Maxwell, New York
City; recording secretary, the Rev.
H. T. Sims, Wichita, Kans.; assis
tant recording secretary, Miss Rosa
L. Brown, Atlanta Ga.; correspond
ing secretary, the Rev. L. D. Bunn,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; treasurer, Mrs.
I. E. Butlepj, Indianapolis, Ind.;
statistician, the Rev. William Poe,
Eutis. Fla.; music directress, Miss
Lucie E. Campbell, Memphis, Tenn.;
director general, A. M. Townsend,
Nashville, Tenn. .
Kansas City, Kansas and Dayton,
Ohio, asked for the congress to meet
in their respective cities next year.
The National Baptist Convention of
which the Rev. L. K. Wiliams is
president, meet in Oklahoma in Sept,
ember, at which time the time and
place of the next Congress will be
announced.
Grand Chapter O. E. S.
Holds Meeting in Lincoln,
Nebraska
The 13th Annual communication
of the Ameranthus Grand Chapter
O. E- S- was held in Lincoln, Neb
raska, June 20, 21, 22 at the Hi-Y
Club House, 22nd and J Streets- The
sjssions were largely attended and
the Lincolnites spared no means of
grace in the way of our entertain
ment- Mrs- Hazel T- Lewis, C- W.
Matron, presided with credit to the
jurisdiction. The election was held
Friday afternoon, those re-elected
was as follows:
Mrs. Hazel T. Lewis, Omaha, W
G. Matron. Brother Leonard Gordon,
Beatrice, Nebraska; W G- Patron,
Brother Walter Carter, Omaha; W.
G. Assistant Patron, Mrs. Jennie
Edward, Lincoln, W- G- Assistant
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INTERIOR DEPART
MENT OFFICE URGES
NEGROE PROTEST
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla—Invi
tation to colored people to make
known the “inefficient” or “hurtful”
operation of various New Deal poli
cies was extended by Oscar L Chap
men, assistant secretary of the in
terior here tonight at the 25th annual
conference of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Mr Chapmen outlined the broad
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WHITE RAPS SEGREGATION;
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla—Calling
for an ’‘unending” waitfare upon, se- i
gregation in ail iis forms and parti
cularly upon lynching, Walter White,
secretary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, closed the 25th annual conference
here with a fighting speech.
Paying his rjspeets to segregation
in sharp language, the N. A. A. C.
P. secretary said:
“Because segregation based upon
•ace and color makes easy and per
manent discriminations in public ed
ucation. health servic-s, street pav
ing. tire and police protection, public
recreation, employment and other vi
tal prases of life, Negroes are un
alt rably opposed to segregation,
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ARTHUR B. McCAW SHOULD
WINi OPPOSITION SHORT
Arthur McCaw
Arthur McCaw, 1914 No. 28th St.
anoiyices his candidacy and filing for
the Republican nomination for state
representative from the 10th legis
lative district. He has been a resid
ent of Omaha for the past seventeen
years having attended Omaha Cen
tral High School and Omaha Univer
sity Law school.
Mr. McCaw is well known in athle
tic and political circles in Omaha.
He was one of the organizers of the
local tennis and golf clubs. He ha3
served as resident of the Swastika
golf club for two terms. He was a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion in the ninth legislative district
in 1932.
Mr. McCaw is married and lives
with his wife and daughters at the
MRS. NANCY HARRIS ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE
Mrs- Nancy Harris of ,2424 Erskin
was found by her husband, trying to
commit suicide
Mrs- Harris had been quarrelling
with her husband, Mr- Lewis Harris,
Mr- Harris left the house, and about
five or 10 minutes later returned,
and found his wife lying on the kit
chen floor- AH of the doors and win
dows were closed and five gas jets on
the kitchen stove were turned on
George Wills and Lily Mae Wills, a
brother and sister, returned home
just about the same time- They help
ed carry her out of the house and
calLd Dr- Lennox, the police station
was also called- The Police Ambul
ance with Officers Beckwith and
Kaufhold, with Dr- Jensen respond
ed
Mii*s. Harris was revived by the
Fire Department Squad, and attend
ed by the above doctors- She was
then left at home- The officers could
find no notes- The accident was re
ported to detectives Green, Lynch,
who had also responded to the call
Jesse Owens The Coming
Sprinter
CLEVELAND, July 6—(CNS)—It
is ftieely predicted that while Ralp
Metcalfe, the Marquette Meter is at
present the fastest human being in
the United States, he will have to
keep in front when he meets Jesse
Owens the Cleveland sprinter and
Ohio State flyer
As a high school senior Owens was
running the dashes in close to record
time last year- Being a freshman,
Owens has had no opportunity for
actual competition this season, but
has been working hard, and Larry
Snyder, the Ohio coach, believes he is
much faster than a year ago. If
Owens has speeded up, credit is due
to the clever Snyder.
With no thought of detracting from
Metcalfe's NCAA, performances for
the last two years, it is true that he
did not meet the usual sort of com
petition that meet generally pro
duces. There were no Tolans, Simp
sons or Wykoffs to beat, and Met
calfe was patently superior to any all
of his rivals. Metcalfe won the 100
yard dash at Los Angeles last week
in 0:9 7, which was slow time for the
big Marquette star- However he fin
ished 8 yards ahead of the second
place runner, so likely was coasting
at the finish.
Jack Johnson Gets Threat
From Ku Klux Klan
NEW YORK CITY, July 6 — (CN
S) Jack Johnson who is now run
nng the “Airport Inn” in the Wood
idge area over n New Jersey has re
ceived a “threat letter” from the Ku
Klux Klan, who warns him to vacate
his road house and give up his posi
tion as match maker at the Teter
boro Airport
RECEIVES HIGH HONOR OF
BEING MOST REPRESENTATIVE
GIRL
ASBURY PARK, July 6— (CNS)—
June Collette Parks, who graduated
from Asbury Park High School last
week, had conferred upon her the
honor and distinction of being the
first colored student to have received
the faculty’s highest award as “one
of the most representative Girls of
the Student Body”.
Miss Parks is the daughter of Dr.
and Mii*. William J. Parks of 115
DeWitt Avenue.
PAUL ROBESON SCHEDULE TO
DO ‘STEVEDON’ IN EUROPE
NEW YORK CITY, July 6—(CNS)
Paul —Robeson had been engaged to
play the heroic role of “Sonnie
Thompson” in “Stevedon” when the
play is presented in Europe
Rep. Johnny Owens Files
For Legislature
Representative Johnny Owens
Representative Johnny Owens on
Thm-sday, July 6, filed on the demo
cratic ticket for state representative
from the ninth district. The deadline
for filing came with Owens as the
only race democrat to fi^le from the
district oh the ticket. V
During the last session of the legis
lature, Rep. Owens served his dis
trict and the state of Nebraska with
honor and distinction. His conduct
in office drew highly favorable com
ment from Governor Bryan and
Speaker of the House O’Malley- Rep
Owen’s previous experience in the
legislature, his uncompromising stand
for right, his fearlessness, courage
and determination to advance race in
terests, makes him fitting and deserv
ing of the full support of his district
in his fight for reelection
'He is acknowledges to be the most
highly respected representative ever
to serve the ninth district, since Dr.
Aaron McMillan, and he should be
returned to office. His legislative
record shows him To be an astute,
progressive and broadminded young
lawmaker.
Filling Station Owner Com
plies With Strangers Wants
Cost Him Trousers and $60.
Morris Mendelson, 1726 North 24th
Street, as a result of being hospit
able to a strange man Saturday,
June 30, is minus a pair of trousers
and $60-00- Soon after the stranger
had left, Mendelson missed his
trousers with $60 in the pocket.
Police were called to investigate
the complaint
DOG BITES BABY
Little Alice Elaine Washington, the
baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Washington, of 2514 Grant St.,
wsa bitten on the left cheek by a
dog, while playing in her front yard
on June 21.
Aliice W ashington was playing in
the front yamd of her home, when a
dog that had been around the house,
came up and stood by her. As she
started to pet and play with the dog,
he jumped upon her and bit her on
the left cheek. The baby was given
first aid treatments by Dr. J. H.
Hutten. Baby Alice's condition has
improved since the accident, andseems
to be getting along nicely at this
writing, but her face still has a
bandage on it.
Mrs. Washington, in reporting the
accident, stated that the dog was
just one that had been around the
house for some time, and had often
showed his dislike for, the baby. »
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