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- VOLUME VIII THE GUIDE, OMAHA, NEBR. SATURDAY JULY 28, 1931 — NUMBER 23
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Scottsboro Defense Fund of $15,000 Sought
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MRS. JOHN ADAMS
MRS. JOHN ADAMS, JUNIOR
IS TAKING AN VOTIVE
INTEREST IN ATTORNEY
ADAMS CAMPAIGN F O R
NOMINATION ON T H E
REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR
THE NEBRASKA S T V T E
LEGISLATURE FROM THE
NINTH DISTRICT. MRS.
ADAMS IS RENDERING HER
HUSBAND V A L U V B L E
ASSISTANCE HANDLING THE
DETAILS WORK INCIDENT TO
THE CAMPAIGN
REV. O J BURCKHARI) HAS
( ON VENTION A L A S PI R ATION
The Memb rs of Christ Temple are
anxious to have their Pastor and
Friend, att nd the General Conven
ton of “The Church of Christ.” which
convenes at Jackson, Miss., August
12 to 19. We feel that Re Burck
hardt’s untiring >fforts in tne inter
est. of his church, and his work for
humanity generally, makes him de
se wing of such a vacation trip.
And we are sur any of his friends
will be glad to have a part in doing
this by attending a dinner given on
Thursday, August 2. from 11:30 a.
m. to 11:30 p. m., at 2414 Grant St.
in that spacious cool room occupied
by tn? Northside Transfer Company,
where there will be serv d a chicken
dinner with veg tables for the small
sum of 25 cents. The -e will also be
served ic cream, cake, pies, ice cold
watermelon and soft drinks at reason
able price. Anyone wishing th. ir
dinner sent to them call WE.5656.
Please don’t I t your wife cook for
you that day, but bring her to this
dinner with you. She will enjoy the
treat
Phase don’t forget the occasion,
the time, nor the place.
Elder Waite' Inring,
Gen. Chairman
Theodor? Mallory,
Assistant
Mrs. Bennie Love,
Pres. Booster C^ub
Mrs. Willie Vann,
Pres. W. W. W.
Mrs. W H. Mddleton,
NEGRO JANITOR MURDERED IN
BOSTON
BOSTON, Mass. — (CNA) — Thou
sands lined the sidewalk as the funer
al cortege of George Borden, Negro
janitor, age 29. passed through the
streets of Roxbury on Tuesday.
Borden was shot at six timers on
July 8th by Everett T. Gainer, mo
tor vehicle inspector, and patrolman
William R. Harmon. Borden, who
was being arrested for violation of
a minor traffic regulation, is alleged
to have resisted arrest.
Six hundred persons jammed In
ternational Hall, and five hundred
stood outside unable to get into the
<hall.
The funeral services were held un
der the auspices of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights and the
International Labor Defense. ’Speak
at the funeral included Eugene Gor
don, Boston leader of the League of
Struggle for Negro Rights, Donald
Burke of the International Labor De
fense, and others.
Petitions have already been circu
lated calling for a pension to the
Borden family, (wife and two child
ren), arrest of Harmon as an ac
cessary to the shooting, the death
penalty for Gardner, and the removal
of Commissioner Hultman. Copies
of the petitions were sent to the Dis
trict Attorney.
OVERCOME BY HEAT
Mrs. Bell Austin, an elderly wo
man of abont sixty years old, who
has been ill for some time, was over
come by heat, and was found by her
son, in a faint. H« called the police
station for a doctor, and Dr. W. P.
Jenson responded, ha attended her
and left her at home.
BOYS CAMP OUT
ON FISHING TRIP
Folr young boys went to Carter
Lake well prepared for an all day
fishing trip. TJ- took plenty of
food, utensils, and tents for a real
outing, leaving at 4 a. m. Thursday,
July 19. The boy- - re Allen Bur
ley, Jr., FilLt r-4 .or Love, and
W. D. Turner.
MRS. JOHN ADAMS
SPECIAL FROM
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Bv Mrs Hiram R. Greenfield
Chicago h*s had its first sizzling
liot weather. Nearly two scores of
people have died from heat exhaus
.ion the past few days.
The beaches along Lake Michigan
are crowded with bathers. Many '
families sleep in. the parks to enioy
a cool Lake h eeze. About one of :
the most deplo’?b!«' conditions is the
segregated bathing beaches for color
ed people. The writer was surprised
to find in Chicago, out at Jackson
park a high strong wire fence separ
ating the colored and white bathers.
Sad to say that on the colored side,
there is no convience, not a bench, nor
comfort station, no;- pavilion. Only
^hing I could see was drinking water !
running through a trough like we
have at Elmwood park in Omaha.
All Omaha tune in on station
WIND, Sunday night, July, 29, from
10 to 11 p. m.. Omaha time and
hear the voice of Mrs. Hiram Green
field.
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Despite the terriffie heat, Sunday
was a glorious day at Langley Ave. i
Church. Elder Lucy Smith, the
pastor of the church, has the biggest
following of any minister in Chicago,
regardless of race She just closed
a four deekw revival of huge success
Forty four reeeved the baptism oftbe
Holy Ghost, about eighty altogether,
including those justified, sanctified
and backsliders reclaimed. Elder
Smith had no outside preachers.
Many miracles were witnessed
last Wednesday. One woman travel
ed nine hundred miles to have Elder
Smith lay hands on and pray for her,
for she had not walked for six years
without a cane. This woman was in
stantly healed and left her cane at
the church where many canes, crutch
and eve glasses, truss, hoodoo bags,
and other things hang around the wall
on the ground floor, as proof of the
healing of God through Lucy Smith’s
gift of healing. The broadcast on
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UTILITIES DIST. WIN
PRIZE IN SALES
CONTEST
In competition with more than 700
it"3 companies throughout the United
States. Omaha’s municipally-owned
Utilities has been awarded the grand
prize in its division in a sales contest
f ga^ refrigerators, according to
word received Saturday by W. J.
Barbe. assistant to the g.neral mana
ger. The contest was conducted by
the American Gas Associatoin.
In addition to the grand prize of
$300 the utilities district was award
ed the “Blue Vase,” a trophy enblem
atic of first place honors. This vase
will be presented to Frank Landers,
sales manager of the Utilities Dis
trict at the national convention of
the American Gas association in At
lantic City in October.
The $300 prize money will be divid
ed among the leading salesmen of
the Utilities District.
Aside from the grand prize, the
district won a $100 award for the
best sales record in April, the first
month of the campaign.
OVERCOME BY HEAT
On July 19, Louis Rutledge of 2430
Blondoe St. was overcome by eat.
Hq was in company with some other
workmen, while they were doing work
on the river road. When they re
turned to 1114 Nicholson, Rutledge
became suddenly ill from the heat.
He was attended by police surgeon.
Dr. Guy Goodrich, and then taken
home in a cruiser car by officers
Simpson and Wolfe.
ATTEMPS SUICIDE
Mrs. Bessie Massie of 1916 Cum
ings St., room 209, on July 19, at
tempted suicide in her room by drink
ing a quanity of iodine. Police were
notified, Dr. Goodrich, police surgeon,
and officers Anderson, Stipe and Dun
kah, with the ambulance, responded
to the call. She was cared for and
left at home
SUPREME COURT OF
ALABAMA AND GEORG
TV DECREES DEATH
FOR SCOTTSBORO BOYS
I
t Th dicisions of the Supreme Courts
of Alabama and Georgia. decreeing
!e«th. for two of the Scottsboro boy?
nr)'1 for Ang'lo Hendon. banded
down every right of life and liberty
of the b”ond masse? of the people
vhit < and black.—Tf they are allowed
fo stand!
The Alabama Supreme Court now
crown the outrageous, frame up lynch
proceedings with the ominous d cision
to be executed on August 31 . Thp
Geo”gia Supr ime Court delivers An
■tIo Herndon.—the nob!e. 19 year old
Negro youth who sought relief for
starving white and Negro workers—
to the tortures of the chaingang for
• 8 to 20 years on August 3.
We must appeal these eases to the
' U. S. Supreme Court. For th°
Scottsbo V> case. $10,000 is required
For the Herndon apeal, $2,000 is n ed
ed; to prevent Herndon from being
rushed to th'- chaingang torture, $15,
000 must be raised within two weeks!
. Cash and liberty bonds for this urgent
j bail will be held strieklv as a loan,
to be returned as soon as his bail is
1 released.
With your aid, we have succeeded
for over th - e long years in saving
; the nine innocent Scottsboro boys.
Six times we have defeat d the legal
i lyneh sentences,. It has cost over
$55,000 and heroic, world wide mass
struggle--yes, even the lives of de
voted, white and n gto. We hnve
just won a stav «>f execution, but this
only gives us a short breathing space
:n which to file the ap als and develop
the urgent defense struggle.
Can we fail thes boys now? Now
when facist terror rises against the
bitterly oppressed Negro people and
against the impoovished white masses
as well? We cannot!
The very thought is appalling—that
we should fail now. that these nin«
innocent tortured boys should burn
after all—for the lack of a few thou
sand dollars. Yet that is just whal
threatens—unless every true friend of
t justice and freedom for the oppressed
1 responds at once in an exxtraordinary
j manner. ^
j You will respond, we. confidently
hope, to this crucial emergency ap
peal. Please send the very utmost
; that you possibly can. Do send it
quickly—Today, to the National Office
j of the INTERNATIONAL LABOR
J DEFENSE, Room 430, 80 E. 11th St.
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HOW INTOXICATION
DOES SOME PEOPLE
Milton Lewis was on one of his in
(toxicating jin>mies, on 24th and De
jcatur Sts., Saturday July 21. He
[gets on them ever so often, jumps
1 on, backwards, forwards, kicks like a
j mule paces like a bear butts like a
i goat, anything from a human being
to a brick building.
On July 21, at 24th and Decatur
! St., with the temperature at 107, he
staged his battle with John Barley
corn, who wins all battles. Lewis
lost the decision. Then he dived in
to 24th St. head first, as if it was
Carter Lake, rolled over, got up and
! tried to butt the building down on
the corner, but the building like,
John Barleycorn, got the decison by
• way of a knock out.
The police ambulance was called
and carried the defeated Lewis to the
hospital, where he was brought too.
He then was taken to the otel (I
mean the one at 11th and Dodge St.)
for a rest so he could get in condition
for the next battle. More than likely
a return bout with John Barlycorn.
PLANNING TRIP
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hawkins of
Omaha and party will motor to Los
; Angeles, Calf, on or about Augustl.
The party consists of Mrs. Mary
|Conway of Chicago, HI., a sister of
jMrs. Hawkins and Prof. E. J.
J Hawldns, principal of the school at
Fort Scott, Kansas The trip is ex
| pected to last thirty days
OMAHANS TO COMPETE
FOR HONORS AT THE
WORLD’S FAIR
i “On to Chicago.” is the slogan of
j ^he Ore-ha winners in the elindn-tion
; contest h.ld Snndav aftern on at the
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MRS. ESTELLE ROBERTSON
Hillside Presbyterian church. Never
li' ti re ha# such an a "ray of musical
talent appeared in a cunt st in Oma
ha, and never did six judges have
such a difficult time to decide the
winn rs who will represent Omaha
EDROSE WILLIS
| in the National Audition to be held
at Soldiers Fi.ld at the Century of
' Progress in Chicago on August 25.
The winners in the Omaha audition
are Jesse Huten. Tom Jones, Elmer
McC iary, Estelle Robertson, Rosa
Buckner and Edrose Willis accompan
ist. These winners of the state aud
itions will be pres nted in Musical
concert, Sunday August 12 at the
Hillside Ppesbyterian church in a
Sun Down Musical. The judges who
selected the Omaha winners were:
N. J. Logan, Cecil Berryman, Ca
therine Glow, Mme Moeller Herms,
Mrs. Zabinski and Mrs. Fred Ellis.
The committee in charge of the
Nebraska auditions are Rev. J. S.
Williams. Rae Lee Jones, H. L. Pres
ton, Mable Ray, Mrs. Minnie Dixon
; and J. Harvey Kerns state director.
YOUR RADIO BALLOT
This information is for the KFAB
KOIL radio poll in Nebraska and is
to be given on the air, without names.
NOTE: Road voting instructions &t
foot before marking this ballot.
Whom do you prefer for United
States Senator from Nebraskt?
(Please mark X before your choice.)
REPUBICAN
Barton Green, Lincoln ,
! Robert S. Simmons, Scottsbluffs
U. S. Renne, Fort Calhoun
Robert Smith, Omaha
Kenneth Wherry, Pawnee City
DEMOCRAT
Floyd Bollon^ Friend
Carles W Brvan Linoln
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Edward ft. Burke, Omuha
Anthony T. Monohan, Omaha
Willis E. Reed, Madison
Whom do you prefer for Governor
of Nebraska?
(Please mark ‘X’ before your choice)
REPUBLICAN
Geo. B. Clarke, Tilden
Dwight Griswold, Gordon
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CHAMPION SPELLER BECOMES
ACTIVE IN MOSSMAN
HEADQUARTERS
Miss Virginia Hogan, champion
speller, who recently attained nation
al prominence, now radiat s welcome
at the Mossman-For-County Attorney
Headquarters in the Wead Building,
18th and Farnam Str.ets. She has
| known Mr_ Mossman for some
j time and is arixious to see him nomi
! nated and elected County Attorn y.
j Miss Hogan has a tendency toward
journalism and a love of politics.
Her interest in civics welfare caused
i her to take up the cudgel for Harlan
L. Mossman’s candidacy for County
Attorney. She will speak, write and
smile for the Mospman candidacy.
Her apearances at th. headquarters
has been hailed with pleasure for she
has many friends. Her manner is
trank, cordial and gracious. Many
call at Mossman Headquarters just
it# see Virginia.
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FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
GIVEN TO WORTHY
STUDENTS AT HOWARD
UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. C—“The giv
ing of free scholarships to worthy
students who are financially unable
but who desire to enter Howard uni
versity this fall and the definite de
cision that tb * Howa -d football shall
no longer suffei-from and other phy
sical handicaps as it has during the
last 7 years which accounted for its
poor showing, are the first two im
portant steps in a constructive pro
gram the General Howard Alumni
Association decided upon today at the
national headquarters in Washington,”
said Mishael (Casey) Jones, Howard
Alumni secretary.
Speaking about the football team,
Mr. Jones said, “The discouraging
treatment of our football men by the
present University Administration
which began with taking seven years
ago has been almost inhuman. The
Alumni associaton has waited patients
Iy for a change but has now- decided
to strike swiftly against this evil and
seo that everything is done consistent
with good university ethics to place
the Howard team in its rightful place
in the college football world.”
In a news release from the General
Alumni headquarters in Washington
reads:
“In speaking of thj campaign for
Free scholarships to Howard, the
Alumni secretary pointed out that on
a day to be soon named th3 50 Howard
clubs in various cities will open a
propaganda campaign with the slogan
“Opportunity always favors the pre
pared man.” During this campaign
funds for scholarships will be coll.ch
ed. All candidates for scholarships
and financial arrangements for their
schooling will be handled by the G.'r.
eral Alumni Association, the Alumni
office declared.
“The General Alumni Association
is becoming alaJmed over the low
prospect of student enrollment at
Howard this fall and we are going to
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CUTS WOMAN OYER
HUSBAND
Mrs. Leona Grant of 2010 N. 23
St. and Clara Jenkins of 2415 Blondo
j St., got into an argument over Le
; ona’s husband. During the argument
jcia!^ cut Leona with a knife, inflict
ling knife wounds on her left fore
arm, right upper arm, and fingers of
her left hand.
Police were notified, officers Hays
and Lickert responded with the am
bulanc and took the Grant woman to
the Lord Sister Hospital, where she
was attended by Dr. Jenson.
The Jenkins woman made her es
cape before officcers arrived. The
putting occurred at Leona Grant’s
home.
THE OMAHA GUIDE—
A BIG BUY FOR 5 CENTS
SPECIAL TO
THE OMAHA
GUIDE
OMAHA SOCIETY GIRL
GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS
Mrs. Z. E.McGeq Jr Saturday
July 28 gave brth to twin daughters
at the University Hospital Mrs
McGoo was formerly Elaine Smith
and married Z E McGee Jr son
of Rev_ Z. E. MiGee Mrs McGee
and daughters are doing nicely
PORTER’S LABOR INSTI
TUTE DISCUSS THE NE
GRO and THE nation
al RECOVEY PROGR AM
NEW YORK CITY—In the 135th
Street library, July 20 and 21 a labor
institute was held for the purpose of
discussing the National Recovery
P-ogram in relation to the Negro.
One of the country’s most prominent
men and women In the Labor move
ment, the Governm nt and Universi
ties, dealt with subjects that covered
a wide rang of interest.
Speakers at the Institute included
Professor John F. Troxell of Drake
university, who talked on the Econom
| ic Background of the NRA: Spencer
Miller, jr., of Worker’s Education
Bureairof America, whose subject was
“The NRA: What Is It and How It
Function”; the disucssion of this
session was led by George S. Schuy
ler, noted author and journalist, and
Rev.William Lloyd Ames presided.
The second session began with an
address by Mr. Ried research direct
of the National Urban Lague. He
was followed by Dr. Clark, Foreman,
advisor on Negro affairs for the
United States department of Interior.
They spoke on “Economic Consequen
ces of the NRA on the Negro” and
“The Social Consequences of the NRA
for the Negro,” respectively. The
discussion of this session was led by
Aaron Douglas, celebrated artist, and
Dr. B. P. McLauren presided.
I The third session began with a
speech on labor and the NRA by
Fannie Cohen, educational director
of the International Ladies Garment
Workers' Union. The second speak
er was Leiut. Lawerence Orly of the
United States Departmnt af LaDor
who talkd on “The Gov rnment, Ne
gro labor and the NRA.” The dis
cussion of this session was under
the leader ship of James H. Hubert,
executive director of th New York
Urban Lague, and Mr. Walter White
was chairman. '
The “Future of the Negro under the
Recovery Program” was the subject
of Professor Emmet Dorsey of the
Department of Political Science of
Howard university, in the final ses
sion. He was followed by and ad
dress by Dr. Gustav Peck, executive
director of the Labor Advisory Board
of the NRA, on “The Philosophy
Back of the NRA.” The leaders of
the discussion at this session were
Frank R. Cros.swaith, noted Social
ist and Mrs. Gertrude Elisa Ayer,
chairman.
The Institute was opened with a
statement of its- genera! purpose by
A. Phillip Randolph, national presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters. Those organizations
who sponsored the Institute in co
operation with the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters were the Union
Mechanics’ Association, the New York
U.’iban League, Workers’ Council,
People’s Educational Forum Young
Women’s Christian Association.
Young Men’s Christian Association,
Young People’s Forum of St. James
Presbyterian Church, Virgin Islands
Civic and Industrial Association and
th Worker’s Education Bureau of Am
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