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w« f>o otm part " VOL, VIII— Omaha, Nebr., Saturday, November 17,1934 Number Thirty-Nine^ — ---———————— - . ' - r ~ 1 - 1 1 1 1 -— -— Storm Cleveland City hall 7o Present Negro T 'hts9 Bill ■■ -— -- --■ -- -- - - ’ — --023EeO- --0^0-— --0^20- -(Vg^O- -QgggQ- -0^E£0 Seven Pro'Parker Senators Are Defeated BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS firothrehood Route* N®w PaQmaa Company Union Scheme Upon the ai*iv*l of A. Phillip Randolph. National President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters *n Chicago from a six weeks organi zation campaign through the far west and middlewest, he pointed out that the new Company Union scheme known as the Pullman Posters and Maids Protective Association had been completely routed and practical ly annihilated in all the districts he and M. P. Webster, chairman of the General Executive Board Bennie Smith ■second vice president and C- L.. Del lums. fourth vice president, had visit ed. Jn desperation the Pullman Podters «nd Maids Protective Association, al though every evidence is available to show that the Pullman Porters have paid very litle money into, it, has sent out some eight or nine thousand letters, a very expensive procedure, to Pullman Porters with bulletins, au thcrization cards and a constitution to j lino up the porters and maids, said Mr- Randolph. In many districts these letters were sent t* the Pull man porter in care of the Superin tendent which is a subtle form, of intimidation, coercion and interfer •ence, a practice which is in conflict with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act as amended by the 73rd Congress continued Mr. Randolph. Porters all over the country are up In revolt agaiynst the Pullman of ficals, including the Superintendents ®nd their assistants in the various district, being used te promote the fortunes of the Pullman Porters and Maids Protective Association, a com pany Union organization, which like a mushroom has come up overnight and is unfit to represent the Pullman porters and maids because of lack of knowledge, courage, responsibility and independence, continued the por tors’ leader, Mr. Randolph. Inquries are coming thick and f*st as to where this new organization Is getting its money from to send out a printed constitution of many pages. &n authorization card and a large envelope to nine thousand men. The comment is that the Pullman porters have not put up tho money because they didn’t have it to put up, which is another powerful reason why this new' move known as the PnUman Porters and Maids Protective Association Is the voice of Jacob hut' the hand of E^au. observed Mr. Ra* dolph But, Randolph continued, this new organization is falling before the ag gresive and militant drive of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and its aroused, intelligent and spirited membership, like a hous® of cards. Realizing the great struggle, sacrifice and suffering the porters hay® endured to build the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which was responsible for the Pullman porters securing the recognized status of railroad workers, which makes them subject to the jurisdiction of all ie gielation affecting railroad workers, the bonafide union porters of th* Brotherhood are bitter and resentful against any stool pigeon organization which attempt* to serve the Pullman •Company b|y trying to stop the on ward, steady, rapid, constructive and irreeistible march of the Brotherhood toward certain victory concluded Mr. Randolph. . j - FORMER OMAHAN BURIED The Funeral of Mrs. Anna Belle Green Duncan who had lived in New ark, N. J., for the past seveen years was held at the Pilgrim Baptist church Tuesday morning. Bu^ia’ .ras made at the Forrest l^wn cemetery. »She leaves to mourn her loss a hu* band, mother a sister and a host of friends. Mrs. Dus«®n will be reraem kered by her many friends as the Dres«maker who lived at 26th and Lata Street for some time. .... .. - ■ ■ "<i ! wqrds urpREc,ATioN Wph» riVuVfr 6 WILLIAM (BILL) GREEN Your County Surveyor, Elect I cannot find words to express my heartfelt thanks to the Omaha Guide and the colored citizens for the loyal support they gave me in the primary and general election- Jt w^s my rec ord that was put before them by the Omaha Guide and my friends as a past public-spirited citizen that gained the confidence of this group of layol citizens. I take these means t0 thank one and all and especially Mr- John Woods and Mr. R. Ward for their personal support in the north end. I will asgura you that th» confidence placed in me will not be misrepre sented- J am hoping for a closer re lationship between all- Again I thank you. WILT JAM (BILL) GREEN Your County Surveyor, Elect. NEW COAL ENTERPRISE OPENED IN NORTH OMAHA Mr. George Anderson, 2111 Grant j Street, has just openeed a coal yard at 2125 N. 24th Street. Mr. Ander son has been a citizen of Omaha far the past thirty-five years. He is not ed for his honesty and square de*l ling, is dependable and his prices are reasonable Mr- Anderson has purchased a six ton truck in order to save the middle man’s commission- He will buy his coal and do his own hauling, direct from the mines to his coal yard Mr. Jeesse Davis, formerly con nected with the North Side Transfer Company will handle the truck for Mr. Anderson.. Mr. Davis is well qualified for the position h» holds. Mr Andersen will welcome an or der from a bushel baselrt to ten ton. His service Is courteous and prompt The coal business is nothing new to George Anderson- Twelve years ago he owned and operated a trans fer company and was also in the coal business. He gave up his busi ness to go wefct with hip father. They homesteaded on two sections, 640 acres each, in Wyoming, where they remained until their homestead claims were proved up on While In Wyoming, Mr. Anderson took up tanning. He is a finished tanner and furrier- He will be glad to make over any old fur coats or to make you a new one to your ord«tr After he had proved up en hie homestead claim, Mr. Andersen re turned to Cmaha and was employed by €he Missouri Pacific Company, until about four years and a half age, when he had to leave his job because of poor heath. He was a loyal mem ber of the M. P. Booster Club for a number of years. Give Mr- Anderson a big hand and order your eoal 3nd fur coats from him. He deserves your support. He is one of North Omaha’s own. Attends Colorado University Mr. Leroy Robbins, formerly of Omaha, and a student of Creighton University is now studying medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Colo. »i DR. THOMPKINS SPEAKS AT END OF VOTE RALLY Negro Democratic Leader Helps Close Successful Campaign Dr- Wm, J. Thompkins, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C-, arrived in Omaha, November 5, to addr«»s the closing democratic drive for the Nofrth Side Democratic Club Execu tive committee. Dr- Thompkins was accompanied from, St. Louis by Dr. G. B. Lennox and wife- He arrived at the Union Station at 2:30 p- m and was met by representative Johnny Owen and Mr. Harry Le'-and who had extended an invitation to him to visit Omaha. After a conference at the Democratic headcuarters with members of the executive committee and Mr- C. C. Galloway, chairman of the executive committee, he retired for the afternoon. The meeting opened -with a packed house at 8:30 at the Elk’s Building, with Mr. C. C. Galloway, chairman of the meeting. Attorney William H. Wright, candidate for Attorney Gen er3-! on the Democratic ticket was introduced by the master of ceremon ies for the first address of the even ing. Mr- Wright made a very force ful appeal for the entire ticket. Mr. Wright, is the son of 9udge Fred Wright *{ho resides in Omaha. Fol losing Mr. Wrights address an ap peal was made lfy a representative of Organized Labor in the interest of the Honorable Roy L. Cochran, can didat« for governor- Mr. James P Hoctor was introduced by the chair man, and he made a brief address as to his littness lor the omce oi <joun ty Clerk for which he was a candi date. Attorney Francis P. Matthew, chairman of the Douglas County Democratic Central committee made a forceful appeal in the interest of the election of Mr. Johnny Owen Dr. Thompkins answered Congress man Oscar DePiiest four questions speech that was made at the St. John A- M. E- Church in the inter est of Robert G. Simmons. He also spoke in the interest of the Senator elect E- R. Burke and represents tive Johnny Owen. Dr. Thompkins, asked the audience to ask Congress m^n Oscar DePriest four suestions which were as follows: Where was Congressman Oscar DePiiest when the Republican pe-rty was demoriliz ing the pride ef the Ammcan Ne groes, when they made boot blacks out of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and the 21th and 25th Infantry. Dr. Thompkins asked the audience where was Mr. DePiiest when the Republican party refused to give the Negro Gold Star; War Mothers the same a«comodation on the trip to view the graves of their fallen sons who was in the World War, in France as they gave the White Gold Star Mothers- Dr. Thompkins asked where was Mr. DePriest when the Republican party was trying to seat Judge Parker of South Carolina on the United States Supreme Court bench for life- Where was Oscar De Priest when the lily white republi can party on the south kicked out Mr. Perry Howard and Mi's. Mary Booze, the Negro Naton®i committee woman and committeeman of Missies ippt- He stated that Oscar DePriest was not only a representative of all Negroes of America, that he had the opportunity to become one of the greatest Negress of the world if he had taken & stand against the <Jis gracing things which were perpetrat ed against the interest of the Ameri Negro. Dr- Thompkins 3&id if DePriest. hid loeked out after the interest and the Welfare of Black America, fie would have been America’s outstand mg citizen today- Instead of raising a fog a.'out American Citizen** feeing (Continued on Page 4) HOW THEY RAN The chart below tells a multitude of stories, "peaking far itself in uumis takabl« language. It tells a story of the unqualified endorsement of the Hon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal; in tha election of coun ty officers it shows a demand for representation in eemployment in proportion to onr voting strength; it shows low intellect and response to passion and prejudice on the part of white voters i* the first, second and seventh precIncts in supporting one Dan Phillips for legislature an also ran. against Johnny Owen and John Adams, Jr., its shows a break from traditional republican!®!* and an k telligent response to a Sonstructive program. Last but not k»st it shows that the Negro voter hPs ousted the political panhandlers and self ap pointed leaders *nd i» fighting for , justice and right shoulder to shoulder with all creed? and raoea of fair minded men and women and that white politician* can no longer p'ck Negro Leadership for the Negro, but th»t the Negro reserves that right | to himself. t ~ 'A, _SECOND WARD_ THIRD WARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 112 | 13 114 | 15 |T’tT | 4 | 8 | 9 ] 10 |W Burtie |249[255i242jl69jl62i203j237!135|179j209|223! 83|ll0|151|179|2786 164]299|115]154|732 Simmons ]149| 63| 76] 59| 731 92il21]173|116|189|157|153|191|179|142|1933 125| 67| 921 52]336 Cochran !226|256|224|166jl62j305i257|13Ojl7O|2O7!2OO|114|116|167|187j2787 140|298|121|143|702 Griswold |167| 73jl00j 63| 72!ll5|123|lG9|135|204|189il27|181|157|122]1998 147| 80| 87| 72|386 Wright |212|229!220!l64|138|198|232|121|148|209|197|103|106il49|164|2590 150]278| 97|142|G67 Johnson |166| 72| 92| 53[ 69| 94|123]153ll46!169!l79|113|166jl57|135|1887 129| 75| 80] 64/348 McLaughlin ]174|196|l»8|120;i30|160|183! 94|120!180|166| 81] 76]117]14112126 114]260] 86]112|572 Rhoades |193|117|123]101| 92!l41|158'194|172l211|201|152]214|198ll61l2373 163ll05jlll|102]481 6ZZ [ 65] 92|127| |110]136] 64jl33] 72jll7| 61]126] 97] | |1200 IT Adairs [ 66] 37] G5| | 85] 98] 641179] 100|172]1011132]206| | |1304 Z~ ---- O -— Phillips |197]167[101| | 24] 68|217| 4]110| 95]187| 4| 8| | |1182 ^ — McGrath !l64|199|206|155|136]191|199|118{147il93!l70|108|107jl63|180j2436 <C 141|281] 88|136i646 Gottneid |217]113|111[ 67] 76]121]161|172|156j213!213]121117G|149il20i2186 ^ !39| 98]132| 74j443 Jensen |172|187|169jl27]134|151|172!l24|117|187|155|108j 87|156|150|2196 Q 128|229]107]l40j604 Greenleaf |218|141I159|100]100!l71|202|182|193|224|23l!l38|218|178|flG4|2619 ^ 139|156| 89] 72]456 Hopkins |18$198!205|174]184[220!210|193|168|246|186]174]221|236i236|3037 1 ^174]263]144|139|720 Dorrance ]213|132|1S8| 64| 67|109!l71|118]154!l70|212| 85| 96]129| 98|1956 127]128| 83] 821420 Bauman ]270|229|237|178|166|225|254|182j215|246|247|163|188|213!214|3227 177[273|124|142|689 Bruett [117] 90| 94] 52| 57| 88|114|114| 92]147|139] 80]100|107| 94|1485 110[l»3j 711 63|347 Hoctor |169|182|211|134!113]163]202] 85|186|172| 71| 85] 53|118]152|2046 126/271] 86|134]617 Berger |226|140|117j 94|ri8|151|173|217]171|23o|214|162|252|216!l56|2642 166/108)114) 81|469 Green |170|204|196|143|144|191|192jl51|132|194|163|144|136|166fl56|2482 134/252] 91jl30|607 Adams }211]117|140| 85] 74|119|174!138|170]204|219| 94]140|147]150]2182 150|123]100| 82/455 English |192/218|22O|141|*21|188|199|102|14O|195|176| 99|111|128]155|2380 ^133/Z6pll8/108j598 Frost ]199jl08]115j 91]116;i39|176!201|164|214|210|148|187|210]166|2444 166/113|128/121]528 Sullivan' j j j |133|140]185| |120/126| j j 89] 89[149|162]1193 135) j 98|126T359 Walker j j j | 57] 50| 88] |131|134| j |104|154|135ill4| 967 1 08] P73] 56/236 2,000 ilegre, White Workers Ask For Equal Rights Bill 1 ~ —' —■ CXtEVMiAND, —(CNA)— Two thousand Negro and white workers stormed the City Hall here on October 29, in an effort to present to the City Council an equal rights biil entitled “An Ordi ance to Guarantee the Rights of the Negro People. The demonstration which was organizd by the Unemployed Council and the League oF Struggle For Negroes rights as sembled. in the public square and marched four abreast to the City Hall. - When the {marcher|| reached the dooms ©f the City Halh the police refused admittance to the deleates. Police Club Marchers The crowd demanded to enter, but the policemen viciously swung their club*. Ten people were injured, in cluding Miss Maude White, militant Voman trade union leader In spite of the police clubbing, the delegate^ forced their way into the building. They were barred from the Council meeting and were rushed in City Welfare Committee w«u in ses sion. Miss White demanded the floor and denounced the Jim Crow prac BIXIE ON PARADE The well known local band, known as the Dixie Ramblers band directed by Red Perkins, l«ft Thursday for a twenty weeks engagement In Chi cago, IR., taking a part in a show staged there, known as “Dix-a on Par*de.” Lloyd Hunter’s band it is said will fill Red Perkins engage ments while h* -A- out of the «ity. I---— tlcea against the Negro people of Cleveland- 0 The main provision* of the pro posed Negro rights Mil guarantee the right of Negro workers to em ployment oa all public and private relief jobe, and make illegal the de-. aial to Negroes of any type of serv ice, entertainment, pr privilege by public cp private corporations or in dividuals. The unemployed Council and the League of Straggle for Negro Rights have Initiated a drive to put the or diance through the City Council. MRS. SHIPMAN DOING FINE Mrs. Leglie f hipmans, 2724 N 20th Street who was injured in a motor accident last week is reported much better. Her daughter, Miss Madeline Shipman who has been employed in the Social Service work in Kansas City, Mo. wag ealled to Omaha on account of the Alness of her mother has returned to her home in Kansas City. ( Father Flanagan’s Football Team To Play At Lincoln Tho football team 0f Father Flan agan’s Boys’ Horn© celebrated its recent 13 to 0 victory over the Lin coin Biuebloods at a theater gaily and supper Wednesday evening. Father Flanagan took the boys to a downtown show and then to a res tabrant for a celebration supper. Three of the boys wore presented with wrist watches by a friend of the home. Prior to the game with the Blue bloods last Sunday, the boys were told that anyone who made a touchdown would receive a wrist watch- Touchdowns ware made by two of the boys and the third home lesg boy was present with a wrist watch for outstanding playing ability. The three boys who received the wrist watches are Joe Renteria, Tony Veiene ©nd Eddie K&mpman. 'Father Flanagan announced to the boys Wednesday evening that they would give the Biuebloods a return game. Three quarters of this game will be payed prior te the Nebraska Kansas Aggies game in the Memorial stadium in Lincoln Thanksgiving day. The fourth quarter will be played between halves of this game. Father Fanagan’s band will accompany the football team to Lincoln MR. FPIEDLANDER CONFINED IN HOSPITAL Mr. Harman Freidlander of H©i man’s Market, 2422 N- 21th Street, was confined to St. Joseph’s Hospi tai Monday, November 12 for an op eration. H© is getting along fine and hopes to be out of the hospital In a short time., NEGRO VOTERS REM £MBER FOES AT POLLS Long Memory of Negro Voters Instrumental In Defeat of Seven Senators NEW YORK—Seven of the nin» remaining northern pro Parker sena tora went down to defeat in the recent election. According to the N^t ional Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which led the fight agrinst the confirmation of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina for associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1930 and has since fought reelection of the senators who voted for his confirma tioi. their defeat is largely attribut able to the long memory of Negro voters. The senators defeated for reeiectKwi on November 6 were: Fess of Ohio, Hatfield of West Virginia, Herbert of Rhode Island, Kean of New Jer sey. Patterson of Missouri, Reed of Pennsylvania, Walcott of Connecticut, all Republicans and all in states where there Is an appreciate Negro electorate. In each instance, accord ing to the Association, strenuous el forts were made to corral the Negro vote, especially in the cases of Sena tors Foss, Hatfield, Patterson, Reed, Kean and Walcott. Negro politicians sough* vainly to swing the colored vote to them,. Senator Koan’s Negro campaign managers even used the name of the N- A. A. C. P. without authority on a leaflet and wore forced to withdraw it after complaint by the national office of the association. When Judge Parker's name was sent to the Senate by President Hoover early in 1930. the N. A. A. C. P- dug up his record and discov ered that in 1920 when seeking the Republican nomination for governor of North Carolina ho expressed the views that. (a) He believed in tha disfranchise men of Negroes. (b) That Negroes did not wish to enter politics. (c) That the Republican Party in North Carolina did not wish Negroes i to vote. (d- That Negro participation in politics is a source of evil and danger FORMER BALL PLAYER VISITS HOME TOWN Mr. Harrison Brow*, who w^a reared in Omaha and famous as a baseball pitcher on the home town team, arrived in Omoha- from Seattle Was., Tuesday morning for a few days’ yisit with members of the old ball team. He was the pitcher on tho ball team with Dr. Price Terrill who played first b^se. He will leave in a few days for Des Moines, Iowa. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT Emma Tangleman, 2649 X Street, 14 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tangleman reported that sha was en her way home from visit ing her friend at 38 and L St-, when a young Negro 17 or 18 yearr old grab bed her and threw her to the ground, in the street and in the tussel shj» was bruised on the thigh and lac«r ationg on the left knee. She stated that she bit the fellow on the arm causing him to l*t loose of her, but she couldn’t «ty what arm it wa«. ■Reported y Defectives Gfeen and Godex. MURDER TRIAL BEGINS Mrs. Ruth Rogers, 2631 Ohio Street was arranged in District court Wednesday, November 4, on a first (kgreo murdeo e4iarge for the slay( ing of her husband, Howard (Daddy)] Rogers, September 22. Bruce Graw, ford, Jr., prosecuting attorney, Leva ly and Brumgrat, defendant attorney]*