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OMAHA. NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1934. NUMBER THIRTY-POUR
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NRA HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
Good New’s For Housewives: An
other step has been taken in the di
rection of eliminating misleading de
scriptions of goods sold to consumers.
At the request of NRA’s Consumers
Advisory Board, the American Stan
dard Assn, is proceeding to confer
with producers, consumers and govern
ment groups for the purpose of de
veloping simple model methods of de
signing qualities or grades. Present
descriptions, according to the Consum
ers Board, “consist largely of super
latives piled up to such an extent as
t* make it entirely unsafe for a con
sumer to take them at face value.”
The new system Should substitute
terms of ‘fixed meaning for such lau
tlatory adjective {-, a« Supreme and
Super,” the report emphasizes, and
should be applicable to goods bought
at retail as well a3 wholesale.
Courts Continue To Uphold NRA:
The Litigation Division reports that
for the 6-week period ending Septem
ber 15. the previous record of favor
able decisions and actions by the
courts in cases involving NRA has
continued. Only one decision out of
96 was unfavorable. In additin, the
Division adjusted 6 cases without re
course to legal action. Outstanding
was the case of the Jay Day Frocks
Co-, which turned over $11,915 to the
Code Auflhosrity for distribution to
jobbers who had been compelled to
make unlawful secret rebates.
Back Pay Restored To Workers: The
Loma Dress Co. of New York this
week posted a certified check for
$17,500 with the Code Authority for
the dress manufacturing industry to
cover claims for back wages withheld
from workers in violation of the code
The concern also consented to a per
manent injunction restraining it from
further violations, and in the agree
ment which it sipped, the Loma Co.
admitted the inter-state character ol
its business, and the constitutionality
and validity of NRA and the dress
code.
Houde Co. Deprived Of Blue Eagle:
At the recommendation of the Na
tional Labor Relations Board, Gener
al Johnson has deprived the Houde
Enginering Co., of Buffalo of the
right to display the Blue Eagle in
any form. The Labor Board held that
the Houde Co. was impairing the
right of its employes to bargain col
lectively by refusing to recognize the
United Automobile Workers Federal
Union - an A. F- of L. affiliate - as
the exclusive ^representative of its
workers. This union was chosen by
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FORMER . PASTOR . CLAIR . CHURCH
. ..DIES
Word has ju<*t been received here of day, October 3, at Springfield, iHL,
the death of Riew. Austin H. Higgs, where he has paste red since leaving
former pastor of Claire Chapel. M. E. Omaha. The funeral and burial were
church. He departed this life Wednes held at Marshall, Mo,
SHOULD NEGROES AND WHITE IN
TERMARRY
By Dr. Herbert Wiggins, At Y. W. C. A. Sunday, Oct. 14, 4:30 P. M.
INTEREST
CENTERSON
COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS
SHOULD NEGROES AND WHITES
INTERMARRY
Dr. Herbert Wiggins, well known
physician will be the third speaker in
a series of fortlms at the North Side
Y. W. C. A. on Sunday afternoon at
4:30. The subject is one of long
standing and is becoming increasingly
a vital issue in the solatium of the
race problem Professor E. B. Renter,
Department of Sociology. University
of Iowa says: “Race intermixture
is a biological phenomena and what
ever consequences a biological se
quence are not social nor cultural.
Race intermixture tends to favor so
cial changes and frees people from
the bondage of ancient customs ”
Miss Evelyn Evans wll preside.
The meeting is free and is open to the
public.
INTERRACIAL COMMITTEE NOTE
The first fall meeting of the Inter
racial Committee will be held in the
log cabin of the Y. M. C- A., on W.%
nesday, October 17at 6:30 p. m. Din
will be served for 30 cents- Reserva
| tions mav be made by phoning the
; North Side “Y”, WEstar 1539. The
; meeting is an important one at which
the set up and plans for the Nation
al conference to be held in January
will be discussed. Miss Rachel Taylor
chairman, will give a short talk on
the Institute of Race Relations held
at Swarthmore College. Miss Lucy
Charlotte Crawford, secretary.
VISITS IN OMAHA
Mrs. Iena MjcCoad, of Pttsburgh,
Fa-, is in Omaha visiting with her
brother and /sisterlm-law, Mk\ and
Mrs. J. S. Sloan, 2428 Decatur. Mrs
McCoad will be here indefinitely.
»*» MOORE’S Column
XHeIk>~Folks! We have certainly
had some beautiful weather in the
past few days. Best wishes for
health, happiness and success to all.
Speaking cf success even to anyone
success often comes to him who pros
pers by the other fellow’s mistakes.
Read the news I choose- You can’t
lose.—Bert Moore.
If some persons would stop to
think while they are talking, they
would stop talking to think.
He who uses precaution seldom
makes an error.
Henry Ford, the great financier
said, “Children should leam how to
use fheir hands as well as their heads.
Speaking of Henry Ford reminds
me of a story il hoard. A man had a
dream about Henry Ford’s funer’l- He
saw a very large procession, a won
derfully deco orated Cathedral; and
while the eight pall bearers were car
rying the casket from the cathedral
to the hearse (about 90 ft.) Mr. Ford
arose from the casket and told the
priest te discharge seven of those
men and get a tractor, put one pall
bearer on the tractor and proceed with
the funeral. There were too many
men carrying one box; so the tractor
finished the job. I
An item reads:
Brains cannot be bought at any
price. Used cars can be bought for
almost anything.
Well, Well, My, My! AH is quiet
on the Western Front. After much
exciting news last week, such as the
uprising in Spain, the Assassination
in France, the Hauptman Ransome
case in New York, kidnapping and
murders, and the Dean Brothers in
the World Series. Then the other lo
cal news—Albert Price and Buloah
.Jones, noted police characters in
Court again—Steve Hamas, heavy
weight, defeated Art Lasky in ten
rounds.
Be sure you are right and then go
ahead. Be sure you are wrong be
fore you quit.
Say I read what Bert Moore said
in the Omaha Guide
OM EASTER
Tony de ^aurentis, the human eat
ing machine of Halaboro, Pa., can’t
1 o in love and still put away the food
he does. At his home at one sitting
he consumed one hundred apples in
ninety-four minutes, ate two pounds
of spaghetti and washed it down
with eight glasses of beer- He then
made a visit to New York to amuse
the public by eating the following in
about twenty-six minutes, less than
half hour: three do«en oysters, two
whole chickens, four ears of corn, five
potatoes, a plate of rolls, three glass
es of beer; apple pie and coffee. Can
you beat it?
Music is Jfcfl heaven that we know.
Music is £he highest of all arts. Join
the crowd and buy the Omaha Guide
now.
BERT MOORE AND THE
COMMUNIST LEADER
I held an interview with one of the
Communist leaders the jBther day.
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DARKTOWN SCANDALS
AT BROADWAY
£da Cox, Queen of all colored
1 Blues Singers, and often called the ;
colored Mae West, is the stellar at
traction in Darktown Scandals at
the Broadway Theater, Council
--nnug ‘sXep oaxqi aq* joj ‘Sjjnia
dav, Sunday and Monday.
Darktown Scandals boasts of be
ing the largest colored musical
road show of the season. There are
fity people on the stage and the ;
talent includes such efatures as
Ned Stanfield, wizard of the poano,
Charles Caruso and Ws Cotton ;;
; Pickers, famous Victor recording
• orchestra; Dixiana Troubador Sex- (1
t tette and their famous matchless
? harmony and Boogy.Woogy danc- ,,
I ers supreme. Then there is Fran- ”
| cis Hereford, sepia song bird, the
• Prim a Donna, Sam Robinson, who ;
* is always down right comical, and.
j Coleman Titus, who plays the part;
! of the soubretb
* The chorus ef gals right out of
I the heart of Harlem is a real fea
1 ture and their dancing is the clas
j sic of the show.
| The whole show is dressed in
t georgeous costumes and the seen
t rey has beer, specially designed. ^
; There is not a slow moment. It,,
is full of snap, pep and vim from ;
beginning to end
There will be a big special mid
night ramble Saturday. It promis
" es to be distinctive and will be most
appropriate for those who like and '
- enjoy those late night shows.
The big screen feature is:—;
’ “Straight Is The Way,” starring
; Franchot Tone and May Robson,
it’s the story of a man loved by
one girl and held by another—a,,
powerful story of a boy who strug- '
gles to free himself of the desires ,
the weaknesses and the associa
tions that held him from success
;; it vividly portrays the drama, ro
mance and comedy in the thrilling >
;i action of his triumph.
YOUR LAST change jo
REGISTER!
If YOU DON’T REGISTER
YOU CAN’T VOTE!
On Wednesday and Thursday,Oct.
17 and 18, from 3 p. m, to .9 p- m.
Mr. McHughes, the election Commis
sioner, ■will bring his office and work
ers to your door, 2417 N. 24th St-,
he old “L.” Garage, for your conven
ience, and the two major political par
ties will call for you in their luxuri
us automobiles. And when you have
Registered, they will return you to
your home- Maybe, if you are real,
kind, they will drive you down town
for your mid-week shopping tour. Re
member, if you don’t register, you
most certainly can not vote, and Oct.
17 and 18 are the dates.
DETECTIVE SEREANT JEN
KINS RETURNING FUGUTIVE
Detective Sergeant P. H. Jen"'
kins, of Omaha Police Depart
ment went to St. Paul, Minn. Wed" (
nesday night for William Black.
Colored man who was arrested in
and is wanted in Omaha for the
robbery of the “0 Grand Pool
Hall at 1818 No. 24th St., the
night of September 2nd, 1934, Wil
lie Black made his get away ofter
the robbery.
Three men was arrested in con
nection with the above robbery
are in Douglas County jail waiting
trial.
Sergeant Jenkins will be back
some time Saturday with his pri
soners^_
BIRMINGHAM MOB LYNCHED
FEEBLED-MINDED MAN
NEW YORK. Oct- 7—The Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People received today the
report of the lynching of that city
whose services were obtained by Wal
ter White, the association’s secretary.
The report charges that the Negro,
George Davis, was a feeble minded
man given to drink, that although hej
accosted the three white women with
a flourished pistol, there is no evi I
denoe that he attempted to rape them.1
The detailed report reads in part: i
“Three girls were going through a
semi-public park. The man spoke to
them and put his hands on one of
them. He had a pistol and with it
bruised the arm of one of the girls
One of the three girls fled to where a
rligious service was being held. The
men of the meeting ran back to where
the Negro was still struggling with
the othser girls. The Negro fired at
the crowd and ran. As he ran, he
fired again. He fired a third time,
and was shot by members of the crowd
and fatally wounded.
“u am told by responsible Negroes
n Birmingham that George Davis . ..
was known by Negroes here as a
feeble-minded fellow given to drink.”
The investigator enclosed four af
fidavits—one from a Negro ambul
ance driver, one from a Negro nurse
and two from Negro orderlies, testify
, ing to the Negro’s identity and the
nature of his wounds. The body was
| buried from the Hillman hospital by
The lynching occurred about 7:15
p. m. and the man man died at 9:26 p.
m- after having been “identified by
the three white women.
Police Condemned
At its last meeting, the Birmingham
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People
voted unanimously to consider the
killing of George Davis by a mob of
white church people on August 23 as
a lynching. It also went On record
condemning Acting Chief of Police
Mullns for complimenting the white
mob for lynching Davis. To date the
members of the lynching mob are
“unidentified.”
he Jefferson County authorities.
YES, THEY HAD A
LITTLE MEETING
On Thursday at 6 P. M-, Missip
pians, Louisianans, Texans, Georgi
ans, Tennesseeans, Missourians, Ar
kanans and—yes—.Nebraskans held
little meeting—A kind of get togeth
er meeting at 19th and Harney Sts.,
and they all were democrats—yes,
southern democrats—northern demo
crats. They dined and then went in
to executive session. The Hon. Fran
cis P- Matthews, attorney and chair
man of the Douglas County Democra
ic Central Committee, then and
there, appointed ten North Omaha
committeemen and committee women
as assistants to the Douglas County
DemfocratSc Central Committee for
he purpose of cooperating in the in
terest of the Democratic nominees’
election on Nov. 6. The committee
took three votes and elected Hon.
John A- Woods as chairman. Mr.'
Woods appointed Mrs. Lucille Ed-;
wards to act as executive secretary.
Mrs. Edwards will have charge of
the North Omaha office, 2308 N- 24th
St., under the directions of the Hon
John A. Woods and his assistant
Mr. Woods is the one—yes, and the
only one—outstanding in North Omaha
political battles who has been active
in political ac&irs who has not made
a lot of political enemies. Everybody
seems to like John A- Woods and that
big, broad smile of his.
One hundred Democratic workers—
yes, free workers—workers for demo
cracy—will be the guests of Mrs.
Bemie Boyle, who has charge of the j
organization work, Sunday at 4 p.m.'
at the Elks’ Hall. At this meeting;
there will be mapped out a working J
program that will bring homo the ba- j
con on Nov. 6.
Chairman Francis P- Matthews says
Mr.Woods and himself are going to
keep a watchful eye on the workers
in this campaign. And they will re
ceive consideration after the election
Ln proportion to their loyalty and
hard constructive service to the par
ty nominees. Mr. Birnie Boyle says
we all must work together and put
program over for the whole demo-1
ratic ticket, from top to bottom.
tit was reported at this meeting
that some members of the Douglas
County Democratic Central Committee
were instrumental in having Dan
Phillips, a Democrat, to file by peti
tion the last day, the last hour fori
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Frisco Branch of
N.A.A.C.P. Pickets
A.F. of L. Convention
RANDOLPH ATTACKS COLOR BAR IN
TRADE UNIONS
BROTHERHOOD OF
SLEEPING CNR PORTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7—As a re
sult of the introduction of a resolution
demanding the elimination of the color
clause and pledge from the constitu
tion and rituals of the international
and national unions, a fight, lead by
A Philip Randolph, National Presid
ent of the Pullman Porters Union, en
sued upon the convention floor, against
the Organization Committee’s report
of nonjooncurrence in the resolution.
The Chairman of the committee is
Frank Duffy, Secretary of the Inter
national Carpenters’ Union and he
attempted to uphold the report with
a recital of past resolutions adopted by
the Federation.
Delegate Hutchison af the Carpen
ter’s International Union, rose amidst
the hubub and pandemonium that fol
lowed Randolph’s impassioned speech
for the adoption of his resolution, and
introduced an amendment to the re
port of the Organization Committee
which had rejected the resolution, call
ing for the appointment of a commit
tee of five for the study and investi
gation of the whole question of the
relation of the Negro workers to the
American Federation of Labor, which
was also a part of Mr. Randolph’s
resolution.
Following the amendment offered by
Delegate Hutcheson, the grizzled old
delegate of the Seaman’s Unon, An
drew Furuseth, took the floor *nd
counselled the convention to go slow,
but held that part of the resoultion
calling for the creation of a committee
to investigate the question should be
left as the job of the Executive Conn
cil- This amendment was lost for tha
want of a second.
Finally, the convention adopted the
amendment of Delegate Hutchinson
which supported Randolph’s resolu
tion for he appoinment of a committee
to investigate and report to the next
convention on the Negro worker and
the A. F. of L. with recommendations
to future policy, according to M. P.
Webster, first vice president and C.
L. Dellums, fourth vice president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por
ters, delegates to the convention.
Old timers who had attended the
conventions of the American Federa
tion of Labor for over a quarter of
a century remarked that this was one
of the very few times in the history
of the Federation that a report of a
committee of the machine was beat
en and the convention got from under
the control of the machine. This is
the first definite, concrete achieve
ment yet won in the interest f doing
somthing more than adopting resolu
tions against the color bar in tr“de
unions, said the militant lubor leader
Randolph
The fight over the resolution or
the color bar was the first major in
convention and has become the main
topic of discussion among the dele
gates, said Mr- Randolph.
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT DENIES
RE-HEARING
GEORGIA STATE SUPREME
COURT DENIES RE-HEARING
IN HERNDON CASE
Georgia state Supreme Court
Denies Re-Hearing in Herndon
Case
NEW YORK — The State Su
preme Court of Georgia denied a
rehearing in the case of Ajrgelo
Herndon, September 28. Im
mediately upon receipt of this in
formation from John II. Greer, In*
temational Labor Defense attor
ney associated with Ben Davis,
Jr. in the case, the I.L.D. announc*
ed that the case would be pre
pared for the United Staes Su
preme Court.
Herndon, released fro|m Pulton
Tower jail, on $15,000 bail raised
by the International Labor De
fense through popular suscrip
tion, is at present on a tour of
thirty-three cities throughout the
United States accompanied by
Mrs. Norris, the mother of Clar
ence Norris, one of the Scottsboro ,
boys under death sentence in Kil*
by Prison, Alabama, and Richard
B. Moore of the International La*
bor Defense.
CALLED HOME AT DEATH OF,
FATHER
Mrs. Hershel Coma, 2220 Grace St.,
left for Kansas City, Mo-, Saturday
night for an indefinite stay. She was
formerly employed at Mac’s Cafe, 24th
and Clark Sts.
CELERATES FIRST
BIRTHDAY
On October 5, 1934, Mrs. Sally
Matthews-Dill honored her baby j
daughter, Barbara Ann Dill, who;
is one year old, wdth a birthday
party. Her five little guests were
Barbara Jean Long Freddie Long,
Delores oGodlett, Loretta Jack
son, and Doretha -Dill.
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MAYOR PLACES THREE
TYPISTS; 4th TO BE ADDED
Two weeks ago this paper an-1
nounced that Mayor Roy N. Towl
had requested the F. E. R. A. for
wo colored girls to work in the
office of the Health Department.
It has since been decided to em
ploy three colored girls in this
capacity, and within a few days a
fourth girl may be added. The
names of the girls now employed
are: Julia Williams, 2428 Decutur
St.; Ruby Robinson, 3308 Blondo
St.; and Susie Whiteside, 3007
Ohio St. The Mayor and Dr.
jangfeld of the Health Depart
ment are to be commended for
urging the employment of colored
girls in this special work.
«HR REFUSE8 TO INTERFERE!
IN SCHOOL STRIKE
The strike of 2,000 Morgan Park
ligh School pupils who have refused
to attend classes since Monday as a
protet against reported overcrowding
in the school continued yesterday as a1
delegation of their parents appeared
at the city hall and called on Mayor
Kelly to intervene in the sitution.
The mayor urged the parents, who
hava been supporting the pupils fn
the walkout, to order their children
back to school. He declared he would
not request the board of education to
send twenty.lve pupils now in Morgan,
Park High School back to the Shoop
branch of the school as demanded by
the delegation.
“Morgan Park High School was
uilt for a certain school district- I
am going to live up to the constitu
tion of the United States and £ de
cline to discriminate against any stu
dent because of color or race,” the
mayor said.
At the high school it was reported
that only 97 of 2,p00 pupils were in
classes.
Eight youths were placed under ar
rest yesterday a|t the Tujey High
School, 1317 North Claremont Ave-,
after they passed out handbills urg
ing the 3,600 Tuley pupils to strike
as a protest against the Morgan Park
walkout. Five of these were pupils of
Tuley.
N- A- A- IT P- PICKETS A- F
OF L- IN SAN FRANCISCO
CONVENTION
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| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.—Hundred#
of labor delegates entering the con
ception hall of the American Feder
ation of Labor today were astounded
i to find the enteranca picketed by
members of the National Assiciation
for the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple carrying huge placards denounc
ing the jim crow politics of organized
labor.
This dramatic action, unprecedent in
the history of A. F. of L. conventons
aroused wide comment and became
the topic of discussion inside and;
outside of the audiorium.
The picketeers, colored men and wo
men connection with the an Francisco
branch of the association and led by
Attorney Leland S. Hawkins, the
president, carried placards reading:
..“Smash Color Line in Labor,”
“White Unions Make Black Scabs”
“Why Does the A. F, of L. Spon
sor Jim Crow Unions?” <‘Only
100,00 Negro Workers Organized
Out of 5,000,000! Shame On A.
F. of L.!” “Twenty-One Interna
tional and National Labor Unions
Exclude Negro Workers! What
Is the A. F. of L- Doing Aout It?”
1,400 -Negro Electricians! Why
Does the Electrical Workers Union
Bar Them?” “6,00 Negro Plast
erers; Less Than 100 in the Plast
ers Union! Why?” “3,500 Ne
gro Plumbers and Steam Fitters
They Can’t Get in the Union Be
cause of Race Prejudice!” 3,217
Negro Carpenters; Less than 300
Union Members! Why, A. F. of
L-?” “Why Arc White Union
Members Given Preference Over
Negro Members in Assignment of
flobs, A. F. ot L.7” "1,100,00
Negro Workers in Manufacturing
and Mechanical Jobs! They Must
Be Organized!” “You Bar Ub
From Unions: Then Denounce
Us For Scabbing! Meanwhile Our
Wives and Children Starve.” Why
Did Certain A. F. of L. Officials
Fight to Eliminate From the Wag
ner Labor Disputes Bill A Clause !
Forbidding Race ^Discrimination
B Unions?”_<‘White Labor Must '
Smash the Color Line in Own !
Interest!” “Present Day Condi
tions Demand Industrial Unions!”
“A. F. of L. Unions Run Jim Crow •'
Branches. Musicians, Hotel and
ResturanJt Employees, Jopktiey
Men, Barbers, Lajvidry Workers, 1
Tobacco Workers, United Textile
Workers and Cooks and Waiters.
A. F. of L. End the Color Line!”
Interviewed by the press, Attorney
Hawkins declared that the picketeers
were all volunteers and would contin
ue the demonstration in front of tha
auditorium until the convention closed.
Fhe surprise move was directed from
the rational office of to N. A. A. C- P.
n New York City and carried out in
detail by the San Francisco branch.
REPUBLICANS HOLD
MEETING
The Republican party had an"
other successful meeting Wed
nesday night at Forst, and Green"
e a f * s headquarters, 2110 north
24th street.
Mr. J. D. Crawford spoke for
Grace Berger. The other speakers
were* John Adams, Roy White,
Frank Frost; Joe Rcsenbloom
spoke for Republican ticket, and
James Walker, running for State
Senator of the 4th District; Karl
Kehm spoke for Sam K. Green"
e a f; Ida Levin, Pete Behrens,
Behrens who are running for the
Board of Education; Frank Best,
and Dorrance. Miss Estelle Robin
son acted as chairman and also
spoke for Gottneid.
UUCP. Tq Hold Big Bass Meeting at 24th lake, fteday, Oct. IStSs-Everyoae Wekoiae