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0 u. iwnCO — /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THEJJNE\ VOLUME EX OMAHA, NEBRASKA. SATURDAY AUGUST 3, 1935 NUMBER TWENTY ‘Trust God and Give 'Em Helf Bishop Says Haile Selassie SEE PAGE SIX—^COLUMN TWO * * MISS ELLEN MAE TURNER The art of scientific bread-making is being demonftrat^d by Miss Ellen Mae Turner, talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Turner. Florida A. & M. College. Tallahassee. Fla. The lovely Miss enjoys the freedom in domestic rarely possessed by individuals of her sex .which i sdue largely to the excellent training she received at Wilberforce University, from which she twas graduated last year with a B. S. degree in Home Economics. She also completed a course in costume designing at Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York this year.—NNF Photo. Haile Selassie Spikes Rumors of Conceding to Mussolini’s Demands FLASH!! In a speech to the Ethiop ian parliament assembled in Addis Ababa, Emperor Haile Selassie declared, that he ‘ will not hesitate to give his blood for the independence of his country.” If need be, he con tinued, he was prepared to die leading his subjects on the field of battle. Addis Ababh. Ethiopia, July 31, CNA—Asserting that the Ethiop ian people will offer armed re sistance in defense of their politi cal independence and territorial nitegrity, Emperor Haile Selassie spiked false rumors of acceding to any of Mussolini's demands for land concessions or to aprotector ate over Ethiopia. ‘‘Under no circumstances will we accept a railway or other zone in or through Ethiopia administ ered or policed by Italy.” Selas sie emphatically stated, “because history teaches that the creation of such zones inevitably is fol lowed by annexation.” Pointing out that Ethiopia has worked tirelessly for a peaceful settlement. Selassie warned that his country would fight to the last man t omaintain its independence. “We have no illusions of the difficulty of the task confronting us, but we are confident of Divine aid and of the sympathy of the civilized world in resisting terri" torial aspirations of a power which, seeking to disguise these as a mission of civilization, re jects every means of paeific set tlement elaborated by modem civilization.” ‘‘Just Practicing,” De clares Robber, Re turns $11 Loot Chicago.—A robber who was so honest, entered a grocery store, tied tip the frightened manager, Cornelius Shoondermark. and took eleven dol lars from the cash register. A few minutes later the robber came back, untied the astonished manager and handed him the eleven dollars back. “I was just practicing,” said the bandit. Then he fled. James Wright Here For Four Days From Camp •fames Wright was here to visit his sister, mother and neice for four days. He was also made welcome by his 8*rl friend, Helen Partridge, a stu dent of Technical High. And say didn’t they look sweet going down —1th street, Monday ? He was ac companied by his mother, sister, neice and girl friend, to the station at 11 o’clock Tuesday night. Benefit Soft Ball Game The Johnson’s Soft Ball Girls will play a Double Header, Sunday, Au gust 11, at the Bee-News Soft Ball Park, at 30oh and rrt, to send Miss Madree Jackson to Washington, for the Elks Scholarship Contest Miss Jackson is destined to find her place among the winners. The prize is a four year scholarship at How ard University. catian, so turn out to see Johnson’s All Omahans are desirous of edu cation. so turn out to see Johnson's Girls and two Iowa white teams. It should be plenty fun for everyone. SCOOP! SCOOP: tV oman Shoots Man Twice In Left Side Miss Ruth Wright, who lives at 25th and Blondo, was arrested by Officer C. C. Dudley at about lp.m., around 24th and Seward with a gun in her hand. Miss Letha Miller, who was with Miss Wright at the time of the shoot ing made her escape. Shooting took place in front hf the Derby Soft Drink Parlor, at 24th and Clark, at about 12:45 p. m., Fri day, August 2nd. LeRoy Hosev was the victim. He was rushed to the Lord Lister Hospital for first aid. It is alleged that Letha Miller did the shooting and passed the gun over to Ruth Wright before the officers arrived. Miss Wright refused to make any statement. Des Moines Guest Honored Miss Lueile Baker and Mr. A. A. Alexander, of Des Moines, Jowa. were entertained at a No-host party, which included Attorney and Mrs. Charles Davis. Attorney and Mrs. John Adams. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mc Caw, Dr. W. M. Solomon and Mrs. Robbie Turner Davis. WORKERS TO LEAVE Mu COOK xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx Stepin Fetchit On Symphony Government Workmen Advised By Superin tendent to Leave Town It all happened because two colored fellows went' up to the farmhouse after a drink of water. Both were dark fellows, and have a gold tooth- It was a very warm day, and they made several tripf after water. Nothing was said about it that day, until 11 or 12 o'clock that night, when the sher iff and three deputies came out? to the camp. The s heriff claimed that a colored ma nhad attacked the white women of the farm house. The description of the per son that attacked the woman, was as follows: short heavy set color ed man with a gold tooth. Investi gation of all negroes, who had gold teeth. They finally decided that Cole who lives between 24th and 25th on Burdette Street fit ted the description and the as sault was placed on him. The fore man questioned the sheriff and found out that there had been no attack. Asked why he didn’t brine the woman out so that she could pick out the man that attacked her. said that the woman was not at home. Some of the colored fel lows and white would not let him take the man down. Supposition was that they might have gotten fresh with her. Colored fellows and boss went over to the house to see the wo man and no one was at home. “You’ll get off this time, but don’t let it happen again, as the feeling is very high against Ne gro pepole,” said the sheriff. He also told Cole that the best thing he could do was to leave the camp. All of this happened Thursday night, 25th of July. Friday all was O K. Saturday, rumor was out that white people were coming out to the camp to make trouble. Satur day p. m. a couple of shots were fired in the direction of the color ed fellows working position. They don’t know whether it was a practical joke or not. That even ning the Superintendent of the camp called all colored fellows in his office and he told them that he was expecting trouble and for them not to go out of the camp, or into the town. He also told them, that if any trouble comes up to call the polcie. Just before dark, on Saturday, the superintendent of the camp, told all colored fellows to get ready and go back to Omaha. There was no proof. Couldn’t find the woman. All looked like a good excuse to get the colored fel lows from up there in McCook. Statement by one of the workers. Horors Miss Taylor * Miss Ella Mills entertained with a luncheon, Saturu^-, Jflly 27th, honor ing Mis Racl •: aylor, who is tak ing up her i jde in Tennessee, Sep tember 1. Guests included Mesdames Ferwilda Artison. Edna Carr. Esther Essix, Mises Idelia Yancey and Ro berta Pharr, )_*___■ Dr. A. M. McMillan Dr. A. M. McMillan informed his friend. Mr. Geo. W. Hibbler. from Chicago. Thursday afternoon. August 1st. that he had purchased a new car and would arrive in Omaha by motor. Saturday, August 3. Man Killed and Buried It was reported at tse Omaha Guide Office by a stranger, who re fused to give his name Wednesday P. M., ti»at a wrecked car had been brought into Omaha. About 60 rrtiles east of here, so recited the stranger, a colored man’s clothes were found n a car. The car was only recently purchased from Brandes and Campbell’s and the old old car had been left at Brandes and Campbell’s. He said that there was a colored man chauffer for a man put of Kansas City and according to all report, this car had a serious accident in Iowa and there were three in the car and the chauffer was killed. It was impossibly to find relatives of the dead man. so was buried in the little town in Iowa, where this wreck occured. It was re ported to the Legal Redress Com mittee of the N. A. A. C. P. by the Omaha Guide Reporter. The Legal Redress Commttee called in to the Brandes Campbell automobile sales office and talked with Mr. Campbell. Watch next week’s Guide for this death. Somebody Is Look ing For A Wife One of the Omaha Guide Re porters. while on his rounds, quite unconsciously, runs into something that is quite different. A man wishing to advertise for a wife- What do you think of that? That’s news. His name is John Martin, 2210 Seward street., and she must be between the age of 35 years and 45 years of age. Hope you lots of luck Mr. Mar tin. Mrs. Pinkston Improving Mrs. Florentine Pinkston, former Omahan. is improving rapidly at the Methodist Hospital. She was able to sit up in a chair Tuesday. Mothers—Let your boys be Guide newsboys. Send then* to the Omaha Guide Office, 2418-20 Grant Street. Declares Mussolini Will Fight Phantom Army In Ethiopia Hiale Selassie Will Lead Troops If Victor Emanuel Assumes Command London, Eng., July 31. (By Ru dolph Dunbar for ANP)—Despite all th advantages of civilized murder which Italy commands, Mussolini’s troops will have no easy time con quering Ethiopia. You can take that on the word of Harold Pemberton, well known British correspondent who has just returned from Ethiopia after a visit which began last March. Pemberton reports that Haile Sel assie is ready to fight, that he has as the nucleus of a mamoth army, 100,000 men trained along European lines. He asserts that the Ethiopian emperor is not loathe to lead his troops in battle, but does not wish to do so unless the king of Italy or Mussolini take personal command of their troops because it would be un dignified for him to do so. But circumstances, writes Pember ton, may be too strong for Haile Sel assie. for in Ethiopia, every man is supposed to be a fighting man, from the emperor on down. Pemberton continues: “Tacticians in all parts of the world are discusing the possibilities if the comparatively small but highly mech anised army of Italy comes to gripe with the hordes of ill-equipped but intenseely brave fightng men that Haile Selasie and his chiefs have mustered. “ Some say it will be a walk-over for Italy. Others express doubts— “One thing is certain. The war, if it comes, will not be fought on mod ern lines. It will be a battle be tween a phantom army and an army well equipped for a European war. “ It would be a wise man who could forecast the result. The army of Italy is at present massed in the scorching plains of Eritrea and Ital ian Somoliland. “I imagine that if war is declared the first clash will come at Wal Wal, where there is a string of life-giving wells, some of which are held by Italy and some by Ethiopia. ‘The Italians should very quickly gan the lines of wells. "" - SEE PAGE 3 COLUTCN 3. Ejtnopian troops wi] put up a cer tain amount of resistence here- Tehy will also resist to some extent in Eritrea. “They will then disappear into the mountains, leaving the Italians to march across the burning desert land facing all the difficulties of disease and supplies with an ever-increasing line of communications open to snip ng and direct attack. ‘No one but a fool would fight in the plains,’ the Emperor told me. and his policy is sound. “The road to Addis Ababa, the capital, and ultimate conquest is strewn with difficulties for a Europ ean army. “It is true that water is to be had in the hills, it is true that you leave behind the heat and the disease of the desert land. But it takes time to get acclim atized to the heights in which the Ethiopians are at hoce. ^ome Europeans take a month to pet used to the rarefied air at heights of 7,000 and 8,000 feet, Some take a year. A mile climb is agony without equipment. It wi] be a pant ing army that tries to force its way through the boulder-strewn moun tains. ‘All the time it will be fighting an almost invisible army than can move from point to point with incredible swiftness. “It will be fighting men whose one ambition is to die in battle. Although Christians, the fighting men of Ethi opm are fatalists. All their sins are forgiven by the priests before they go into battle. Death in war is the direct road to Heaven. “They have their priests in the reargard to comfort them. "fhey have no problem of supply. Each soldier carries a small bag of dried beans that will feed him for at least a month. He carries a knife which is used for picking thorns from his bare feet, or for cutting up animals that he catches and eats raw. The whole army, wives and priests included, can run for miles on end even in this mountainous country. “'Hidden among the mountains they can vanish from one point and ap pear at another to renew the attack with incredible speed. “They are excellent shots, and ex cel at sniping. Those who have not j rifles will fight with spears. Heavy casualties will not deter them. Of what use are airplanes against this phantom army? Of what use are tanks in this rocky land. “These are some of the problems that the Italian generals will have to face. ‘ The modern mechanised army may win through. But it must be a slow business. “Every march forward will have to be made with large vanguards, rear gards and flank guards to prevent surprise. Heavy guards will have to be kept to protect the lines of comuni cations. “And if airplanes, the eyes of the army, fail in the craggy heights, hundreds of men wll have to be kept alert night and day in the deadly gahe of hide and seek at which the Ethiopian soldier is past master.” SCOOP! Mrs. Cortheta Foster, of 2500 block on Blondo, was fatally wounded at 1834 N. 22nd st, about 12:30 p. m., Fri. Aug. 2nd by her husband, Luke Foster, w ho according to witnesses has been sep erated from his wife but returned and engaged her in a heated argu ment after which he slashed Mrs. Foster a bout the head and neck with a knife inflicting deep wounds. A neigh bor said that Foster ran out of the house followed by his wife who gasped and fell on the steps with blood gushing from her head and neck. The police cruiser car arriv ed on the scene a few moments later but Foster had fled. Mrs. Foster was rushed to the Lord Lister Hospital where she died of her wounds in the First Aid Boom at 1:15 p. m. A sister whose name is not known fainted upon arriving at the scene of the blood spattered porch. After being revived she swore vengeance upon the prob able slayer of her sister. WHAT A SUBSCRIBER THINKS OF THE OMAHA GUIDE July 27, 1935 Mr. C. C. Galloway 2418 Grant St. Omaha, Nebraska Dear Editor1 The present Omaha Guide shows that someone has awakened to the fact that we must and shall have a wide awake circulation of an up and coming Negro paper, in the city of Omaha. One that we can readily appreciate and gladly recom mend eevn to our out-of-town friends. I receive my paper promptly, every Friday. I really enjoy reading it. It was through Mr. Sutton's interesting ap peal, that I subscribed for the Guide, but it is due to the fact that the Guide has become a real newspaper, that makes me continue my subscription. I shall be glad to do all I can to make the Guide a big ger and better paper. [ Respectfully, Mrs. A- Baldwin, 2910 No. 26th St. FOLLOW THE CROW D TO THE BENEFIT SOFT BALL GAME SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, AT 30TH AND WIRT. JOHNSON DRUG VS. TWO W HITE GIRL’S __ . _TEAMS IN A DOUBLE HE A DER£YER YBOD Y WELCOME
