Nebraska Newspapers

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VOL. VIII—_ Omaha, Nebr., Saturday, November 24, 1934 Number Forty—
$337,145.00 FERA Aia Granted Southern Negro Unaergraduates
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Guide To Have Enlarged Classified Ad Section
STUDENTS
HELPED BY
NEW DEAL
$337.1ir> IN FERA AID
FOR STUDENTS AT
NEGRO UNIVERSITIES
(Spoeial To The Omaha Guide)
BY EDGAR G. BROWN
A bright spot in the Souther*
school Situation as it pertains to edu
cational opportunity for Negroes dur
ing the past ye>»r has been the great
financial support by the FERA of
-whicfc Harry L. Hopkins, is Admin
istrater. according to Edwin Embree.
director of the Rosenwald Fund, long
a pioneer in the field of elementary
and secondary education for wha-t he
ohoo«e to tall “every tenth child-”
Hope anew is born in the hearts
of all levers of a free and highly
literate America, with the announce
ment this week thP-t the Federal
Emergency Relief Administratieu’s
Educational Committee, appointed by
Administrator Hopkins, consisting ef
Assistant Administrator Aubrey Wil
liams, Dr. Lewis R- Alderman. Dr
C. F- Klinefelter, Dr. Ambrose Cali-,
ver and James A. Atkina, will spend
$337 146 during the present school
year Vo keep 3,080 colored student*
iu Negre universities.
fft is estimated a like number of
Nesroes pursuing courses of higher
education will be benefited by the
use of similar funds granted to all
the universities throughout the coun
try, where thousands of young color
ed men and women are likewise in
attendance
Since the days when Booker T- ,
Washington, founder of Tuskege® in-!
terested the late Julius Rosenwald
in Negro education, this great bene
factor of the race has constructed
nearly 5 000 school houses in a joint
effort with local school boards. Ne*
gro churches and citizens. AU this
was about to be lost, however, in the
wake of the depression and the gen
eral wiping out of the educational
fund in most of the Southern State®.
FERA funds canto to the rescue'.
They kept the schools open Fst year
and paid 56 000 teachers salaries, an
extra two to four months. In addition,
the Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istration’s CWA and work-relief pro
ject erected new end additional
buildings, built playgrounds, sanitary
outhouses, and- put new roofs and
fresh coat® of paint on thousands of
these Rosenwald schools, et cetera
It goes almost without saying that
one of the mo%t vital and long recog
nized ag equally disgraceful and piti
able conditions in America was the
poorly trained ®nd oftimes illiterate
teacher® in many of these Southern
Negro schools.
The $337,145 FERA grant to Ne
gro universities in order to give
3,080 colored young men and women
a college education should go a long
wav to correct this deficiency.
This is a New Deal hardly expect- ■
ed by the most sanguine optimism of
yesterday
Texas, the largest State in the
Union has 321 Negro college students
benefit ting from this year’s FERA
educational grant of $49,140 in the
twelve colored universities of that
State.__
It”hTinteresting to note that North
Carolina has 283 om FERA scholar
ships, only two more Negro students
than Georgia jvith 281- Tennessee ia
next with 235 colored collegians who
,have tage nadvantage of the G*v
emment’a aid in its eight institutions
•f higher learning for Negroes.
. Virginia has 228 students at five
universities. Howard university get*
the largest individual share of the
FERA scholarships amounting to
$17,685 for 131 students.
Tuskegee will receive $$3,009 for
K students. Haimpta* institute $12,
JAMES SANDERS STRUCK
BY AUTOMOBILE
..Sunday, November 18, at 7 p m
Mr- Henry James Sanders, a Central
High school student was struck by an
automobile driven by Mrs- Rein
Wiight at 28th and Lake Street. Dr.
Hawkins was called and he was car
ried to the Methodist hospital- An
x-ray was taken from which they
found a sprained ankle. Mr. Sanders
is reported to be doing fine.
MR. BAKER SMITH
ACCIDENTLY SHOT
Word has been received by Mrs.
Mae Robinson, 2629 Caldwell Street,
that her son, Mr. Baker Smith of
Kansas City. Kas., was seriously shot
Sunday afternoon- Mir. Smith i« in
the hospital in Kansas City and is
slowly recovering.
REVELATIONS PROMISED IN
LOUISIANA ‘‘SWEET” CASE
FRANKLINTON, La. —Startling
Fevelyatioras ave promised at teh trial
of Mrs. Tempie Wilson and her bbm
Luther which was scheduled to open
hare on November 5- The two a«
charged with complicity in the kill
ing ef Deputy Sheriff, Delo® C. Wood,
on July 21, when he attempted to
enter their premises without a war
rant and errest Jerome Wilson, son
of Mrs. Wilson. Several members of
the family were shot In the struggle,
including two young Wilson sons
the fray, was tried nine days later,
convicted and sentenced to death on
August 6- An appeal for a new trial
was promptly filed.
Additional attorneys have been en
gaged by the New Orleans branch
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People and
a personal investigation of the whole
affair made by members of the branch
More than a dozen members of the
family have been held in the local
jail. On three o«casions mobs sought
to lynch Jerome Wilson and other
members of the family have been
threatened.
The whole trouble arose over the
have a mule properly dipped- One
Range Rider M*gee complained to trtie
Deputy Sheriff Wood, a reputed bully
The shooting followed when Wood
and his associates entered the Wilson
premises.
690.00 for 94 students.
Mississippi and Oklahoma, of the
States in the deep South are lowest
down in the college bracket with 69
and 66 students respectively, on FERA
scholarships. Maryland. Missouri and
Kentucky, in the borderline States
with separate schools, are trailing in
student-aid benefits despite the fact
they have full enfranchisement and
several hundred thousand Negro citi
zens. The figures based on the total
enrollment of students at these 90
odd Negro colleges as of October 15.
1933, are preliminary and involve a
monthly allottment of over $40,000
by the FERA to the State Emer
gency Relief Administrations which
in turn transfer the funds to each
institution participating in the pro
gram
Each college president is held res
ponsible for the program in his in
stitution- Students will be employed
in socially-desirable work on and off
the campus. On the campus they will
be engaged in research, clerical, office,
library, museum and laboratory work
while off the campus hctaivities in
clude jcommunity education, health,
and welfare projects.
The selection of students to receive
aid is to be from among those who
without this help would be unable to
attend or remain in college. The
quota for each college Is 12 per cent
ef the enrollment as of October 15,
1933. A student is permitted t0 ea*n
a* much os $20 a month, but the
allottment of funds to each ooHege
will be on the basis of $15 a month
fer each of 12~ per cent of it* en
rollment of full-time students.
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LOCAL ADVERTISERS PROFIT BY
USING LINE ADS
The ©n»»ha Guide is publishing an
improved Classified Advertising sec
tion, especially for North Omaha bus!
ness, and for those who have articles
to sell or rooms for rent. The rates
are very reasonable thereby making it
possible for the smaller businesses to
reap some of the profits to be gain
ed tiy advertising. This Ad Section
will also serve as Classified Business
Directory for shoppers, saving them
the trouble of walking from place to
place in quest of suitable merchandise.
Among the first advertisers you
will find the following:—The Grow
Gloss Beauty Shop, The Record Store
Mr. Levinson, who is located in the
Old Star Store, The Mississippi Bar
B Q Stand, owned and operated by
Mr. J- H. Parker, Fried’s Delicates
sen, H. Andreson Coal Co. and all of
the leading North Omaha Druggists
Citizens are urged to make use of
this handy business guide as we be
lieve that it will save you much time
and trouble whether It is something
that you desire to buy or something
you wish to sell. For further infor
mation call Web. 1750, Advertising
Department
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE PUTS
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL FATE
DIRECTLY UP TO ROOSEVELT
There Are Enough Democratic Votes
In Both Houses To Pass
Cos tigart-Wagner BiU,
NEW YORK. — Officers of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People stated today,
following receipt of complete reports
of the Tuesday Democratic landslide,
that responsibility for the fate of
tho Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching
bill rests directly., with President
Roosevelt. - c '
This statement is based on the fact
that without the vote of a single sena
tor or representative from the Solid
South, the-Administration can muster
47 Democratic votes in the senate
and 222 Democratic votes in the house
of representatives in support of the
bill, if the President places It on his
list of “must” legislation.
The Tuesday" election gave the
Democrats 69 senatorial seats and 322
congressional seats. To'pass the bill,
49 votes are needed in the senate and
218 in the house. In the solid South
which includes, Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida. Georgia, Louisiana, Mississ
ippi. North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, there
are 22 senatorial and 109 congress
ional votes, which leaves 47 senator
ial and 222 congre^ional Democratic
votes outside the Solid South. Thus,
with onig two Republican senatorial
votes and no Republican fenceress
ional vote* •{ all, the bill can be
passed if fc* President insist* upon
ft.
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It is a matter of record, says the
N. A. A. C- P. that the followingj
senators on the Republican, Progres
sive and Farmer-Labor side will vote
for the Costigar,-Wagner bill: Dick
inson of Iowa, Capper of Kansas,
Couzens and Vanderberg of Michi
gan, Shipstead of Minnesota. Norris
of Nebraska, Barbo*r of New Jer
sey, Nye and Trazier of North Dak
ota. Davis of Pennsylvania and La
Follette of Wisconsin. Most of the
Republican congressman will vote for
the anti-lynching bill.
The Association promptly launched
a nationwide c-mpaign against Park
er’s appointment to the U. S. Sup
reme Court, the like of which had
never before been seen in the Uni
ted States. Negroes °nd white lib
erals were aroused, opinion was mob
ilized, pressure was brought to bear
on President Hoover and every Uni
ed States senator
On April 21, 1930, the Senate
judiciary committee reported adver
sely on Parker’s confirmation, 10 to
6- When the question came to a vote
in the senate on May 7, 1930, con
firmation was refused, 41 to 39, thus
registering a great victory for the
cause of the Negro and liberal thought
in the United States. The issue drove
President Hoover Into the open on
the Negro question and helped pave
the way for his defeat in 1932. It
demonstrated, according to the As
sociation's officers, as nothing had be
fore, the power and potentialities of
the Negro vote.
At every election since Parker’s de
feat. the Association has directed its
guns against those senators who vot
ed Sov his confirmation.
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SOUTHERN DAILY PRESS HITS' j
MARIANNA LYNCHING ORGP !
NEW YORK.—Many representa
tive southern newspapers have editor
ially denounced the horrifying lynch
ing on October 26 at Marianna, Fla.,
of Claude Neal, who was kidnaped
from the Brewton, Ala-, jail, trans
ported Into Florida and tortured to
death with the apparent connivance
of law enforcemen officers
Washington Post, October 28: “It’
is such flagiant lapses from civilized
conduct which give substance to de
mands for the undesirable remely of
a Federal anti-lynching law."
Washington. D- C. News, October
29: “Unless the Federal Government
acts under the kidnaping law, the
Alabama*Florida lynching probably
will go unpunished like virtually ail
will go unpunished like virtually a*
other lynchings- Because of the mob’s
removal of the victim from ®ne state
to another, this was an interstate
crime. Enactment of the Cottigan
Wagner anti-lynching biH is on® of
he major charge* upon th® next Con
gress. But th«t law cannot be passed
without the active support ®f Presi
dent Roosevelt in whose Adminit
ration there have already been 45
lyncoings.”
Rocky Mount, N. C. Telegram,
October 29: “It i* reasonable to »ay
that no members of tha »ob will
be apprehended «nd brought into
court- We have no breif for the Ne
gro killer, although by all standards
he must be looked upon a® innocent
until he is proved guilty- The fact J
that the victim of the mob is alleged |
to have confessed his crime does not!
imply that his admissions were true j
or that they w*-» not wrung from
him.”
Miami. Fla.. Herald, October 27:
“The Negro, if guilty of the crime
charge, assualt and murder of a young
woman, deserves death. But by prompt
legal methods.”
Winter Haven. Fla- Chief, October
29: “The lynching of Claude NeaL
Negro, at Marianna for the murder
of a white g*rl. was just as repre
hensible as that of any other lynch
ing that has ever been committed
anywhere else on earth.the man
composing the lynching party ought
to be brought to justice immediately.”
St- Petersburg, Fla- Independent,
October 30: “One of the probable
results of the Marianna lynching will
be the stimulation of effort to put
through congress a federal anti
lynching bill.”
Asheville, N- C. Times, October 29:
“If the states do not enforce their
criminal laws, the rime may c0me
when the Federal Government may
find itself compelled to enforce the
law for them.”
Taledega, Ala- Home, October 29:
'“One of the most brazen examples
of disrespect for law that has over
been recorded. Only the mob perform
ed ita part well, so far as any effect
ual effort to stop it is concerned, the
counties through which the mob pass
ed had no officers, and the state of
Florida had less than a governor. In
fact the manner in which the mob
took its time was only exceeded by
that of Governor Sholtz.”
Tampa, Fla. Tribune, October 29:
“Ample notice was given the authori
ties of the intentions of the mob.
There can be -no excuse of lack of
warning, unpreparedness. The Gov
ernor was notified of the prospect,
at Arcadia, received appeals .from or
ganizations. He acted promptly in
notifying the Jackson county sheriff
that he woHld authorize calling out
the troops if the sheriff deemed it
necessary to prevent the lynching.
The sheriff replied that he would
“take care” of te situation. How he
“took care” of it is tragically told
by the body swaying from the Mari
anna tree. What is to be done about
it?. N
UNION HEAD RE-ARRESTED
IN GEORGIA
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ATLANTA, Ga-—(CNA)—Clarence
Weerver, president of the Negro Paint
«jrs and Plasterers Union t>f Atlanta,
was re-arrested here Nov. 3 after he
and three white ed-def«ndajits had
been freed following refusal 0f the
grand jury to indict them- All four
were arrested for violation of the
Georgia “insurrection” law. passed in
uprisings. The new chargee against
Weaver are not yet known.
Six of the seven defendants arrest
ed in recent raids, and held because
of their membership in the Internat- j
tonal Workers Order, a fraternal:
sick and de*th benefit society, are
still under indictment and in jail
The seventh. John Grant,, has been
released on his own recognizance.
FLORIDA RUMOR SAYS CLAUDE
NEAL WAS INNOCENT
NEW YORK—The National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People received a letter to
day fro nsone ref its members in
Florida expressing the belief that
Claude Neal, who was kidnaped from
the Browton. Ala- jail »nd lynched
near Marianna on October 26, was
icmocent
“I think I voice the sentiment of
a large number of people,” the writer
says, “when I *ay that an innocent
man (Slande N*al) has been lynch
ed. t was reported that clothes with
bloowstains on them were found ad
Neal’s home, those cau»ng him to
become the object of suspicion and
lynching. It is said that those clothes
are retaineed in the jail at Marianna
and they are not Neal’s clothe*. It
is said that a white man who killed
the white girl sent those clothes to
Neal’s to be washed by his mother
These may o rushy not be the facts,
as I d0 where it is e*sy t» incite a
mob I realize that it is dangerous for
me or «ny ether man to write or say
too much- So I am giving you a hint
of some things which are being said
here with reference to the master.”
The Association is keeping the name
of its informant secret and is act
ively engaged in |investige‘ting the
background and deatils *f the lynch
ing.
HAD LEAFLETS; FACES
LIBEL CHARGE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala- — (CNA) —
Pete Turney, local worker, faces
charges of criminal libel for possess
ion of three leaflets. These leaflets
describe Detective Moser of the “red
squad” in uncomplimentary terms
Moser has recently made many raids
in Negro homes and arrested a num
ber of workers. He has repeatedly
boasted of the number of Negroes hej
■has .killed, the total being indicated j
he says, by the notches in his gun.
Turner is held under the “Downs
Law,” passed recently by the city
council of Birmingham- The law for
bids possession of more than one copy j
of any document written or printed,
“advocating the overthrow of organ
ired government by force or any
lawful, means-”
On the basis of this same law,
Israel Berlin (white) is held here In j
$2,000 bond, pending appeal of his
conviction on two charges. He faces
nearly ten months on the chain-gang
for possession of working-class liter
ature.
MISS RUTH BROOKS DIES OF
HEART TROUBLE
Miss Ruth Brooks, daughter of Mrs.
Lucy, Bruoks, 24ft) E^skine street,
died *t her home Wednesday after
noon, of heart disease- MI®a Brooks
was born in Paris, Texas, April 20,
1914- She was baptised on her death
bed and received all the rights of th®
Catholic Church. She leaves to mourn
her loss, a mother, Mrs- Lucy Brooks,
a father, Mr- Clarene© Brooks of
Paris, Texas, six brothers, two sis
ters and a host of relative* and
friends. The body w®s taken to the
Myers funeral home
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NEW TEA ROOM OPENS
Mrs- Tuluia Mjller, who i» one of
Omaha’s own, has ©pened a tea room
on Burdette betjveea 24th and
TO TRAIN
SOCIAL
WORKERS
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
ANNOUNCES FELLOWSHIP
The National Urban League an
nounces its annual competitive exam
ination for Fellowships in social work
for colored students. Probably thre®
awards will be made.
Applicants must be graduates of or
candidates for graduation from ac
credited colleges. Successful candidate*
will receive tuition «nd monthly sti
pends valued together at about $1,000
for the school year.
The Schools to which League Fel
lows have been assigned are the New .
York- School of Social Work, the
Graduate Sohoel few Social Adminis
tration ®f the University of Chicago.
Bryn M«wr, and the University of
Pittsburgh.
Applications must be filed befo*e
February 15, 193&, on fcrms furnish
ed by the Urban Leagwe whieh may
be secured My writing te T. Arnold
Hill, Acting Executive Secretary.
1133 Broadway, Room 826, New York
City.
The examination will be held in
March.
EXPECT DECISION SO®N IN
JESS HOLLINS CASE
OKLAHOMA CITY—The c*Se ef
Jess Hollins, apulpa mu accused of
rape, who has been under death sen
tence since 1932, wil shortly be de
cided by the Criminal Court of Ap
peals- His attorney, Judge E- P- Hill,
argued the case before that body on
October 23, and fully stressed the
question of the ab-white jury serv
ice in Oklahoma. A favorable opinion
is expected.
The National Association f*r the
Advancement of Colored People has
been handling the Hollins defease and
the Oklahoma branches led by Roe
cot Dunjee, militant editor, have sup
plied most of th* funds. The N. A.
A. 0. P. entered the case on August
15, 1932, thro* adys before Hollins
was sentenced to be electrocuted,
when the International Labor Defense
which had been defending him, fail
ed to act in his behalf. . ,
PICKENS ENROLLS WHITE
SOUTHERNERS IN N A-A-C P
DARLTNGTON, S C —Material
for Ripley’s “Believe It or Not”
column was gaine dhere two days
after the Marianna, F'a-, kidnap
lynching, when six prominent local
white men joined the National As
sociation' fo rthe Advancement of
Colored. People following the address
of William‘Pickens, field secretary
of the association at the iocal Negro
public school. Thirty-odd Negroes also
joined the Association. The great
success of the membership drive Ih
this city is attributed to the work of
Dr. James A. Robinson, prominent
physician and Bishop Noah William*
of the A. M. E. church, the annual
conference of which was in session
here at the time of the mass meet
ing. Bishop Williams cancelled the A.
M. E. conference at Clinton, S. C.,
there of Norris Dendy.
The whites who joined the N. A.
A. C. P. were Mayor O- A Alexan
der, City Clerk, Ed. Fountain; Dr.
C C- Hill, prominent physician; J. A*.
MeCleod, Clerk of the Court; Dr. J.
W. Wilco*, druggist and A. S. Dm
gan, insurant* underwriter
25th streets. She has «■ very rim
place and specializes In home c*olm
•d meals and barBecue. Her prt«M
an* very reasonable and her maafcj
are ja»t what the doctor ordered- Whe«
you feel like dining out, give the
Tee Boom atrial.
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