f i /JUSTlCE/EQUftLITY HEW TO THE UNe\ VOLUME IX OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY OCTOBER 5, 1935 NUMBER TWENTY-NINE * u POPULAR ENTERTAINER MISS MARGARET LEE ac&HEat contralto soloist, concert •gmmwLi. anti former star of the cele brated New York stage success “Keep . Bsager Howell declined to make ! mbs comment on Murray's enrollment : otter than to say that pending the ! tenirai of the highest court in the state Ike would be on an equal foot ing with other students. ’ He said Murray would receive the j •aarrre consideration from the teachers when classes started Sept. 26 as any white srndent. 'Contrary to predictions made by the white officials of the university, that ate enrollment of the Negro student would cause heavy cancella ' -turns on the part of white students, ] it was announced that enrollment in tte law school this year is ten per cent ateve last year, and that there als» an increase in the student hmis m3 the university at College Bart* Maryland. Thit Maryland Court of Appeals i* t» cwastder in October the appeal at tte university from the decision tte Baltimore city court ordering tte txasrarsity to admit Murray to tte law school. Murray, a graduate Anterrst college, applied to study h» forf spring, and was denied ad raiftii in to the law school. He sought f mandamus charging that did not provide equal but ■educational facilities be did not provide professonal mb£ graduate training for colored t His attorneys were Thur Marshall of this city and H. Houston of Washington, the National Association Advancement of Colored Peo Ethiopia May Be Aided By Japanese In War With Italians Tokyo, Oct. 5.—(ANP)—What has been interpreted as further indication of the friendly relationship between Ethiopia and Japan occurred here last week when Daba Birrou, Ethiopian visitor to this country and reported to be the president of the Ethiopian Military’ Academy, was tendered a welcoming dinner and the two hun dred Japanese who attended the af fair adopted a set of resolutions sanc tioning the Ethiopian cause. The affair was sponsored by the Black Dragon Society, and kindred organizations, who three days prior to the dinner gave Birrou an ovation upon his arrival in this country. The members of the organization carried banners reading “Down with Italy” and “Rescue Ethiopia” and similar expressions were made in the wel coming addresses. Birrou told the gathering that Ethiopia was determined to main tain her independence and thanked the Japanese for their sympathy. Standing beneath a huge painting of the Emperor'of Ethiopia that adorn ed the wall of the banquet hall, the Ethiopian messenger cited the back ground of the impending conflict, fol lowing in the footstep of his ruler by declaring that Ethiopia would not be the aggressor but would fight to death to protect herself against any invasion on the part of Mussolini’s troops. Guide To Cover War The Omaha Guide will give a first hand, accurate newspaper account of the East African war. Through spe cial correspondents, stories will be brought to the public, unbiased and accurate, in each issue of the paper. If you do not subscribe for the paper, please order it at once as vou will not want to miss a single one of these stories. MUSSOLINI OPENS WAR ON ETHOPIANS WITH AIR BOMBING ATTACK Adowa Bombed As City Sleeps; Hundreds Are Reported Dead and Wounded; Two Million Men Mobilized To Repulse Italian Aggression ENGLAND AWAITS LEAGUE’S DECISION All Europe In War Fervor As Announcements Reach Countries of Warfare in East Af rica; France Fears German Attack Addis Ababa, Oct. 5—(IP)—More than 4000 persons were kiT ed in Thursday’s fighting between Italian and Ethiopian troops ne^r Adowa, which was surprised by an air bombing early Thursday morning. The troops which were sent into Ethiopian territory by the commander of the Italian group are reported to have been greatly demoralised by the guerillas machine gun fire which mowed down' more than 1000 men in a single regiment. Meanwhile in Addis Ababa the Ethiopian king has ordered gen eral mobilization and five million men are expected to answer the call to arms. It is considered a sacred duty to go to war and the tribes for the greater part have expressed joy over the declaration of war. The Italian bombing planes have preceded the ground at* tack. The first object is Adowa, the spot where the Italians suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Ethiopians in 1896. To the many warriors of the black Empire who recall the defeat, it is a diing to give them more hope and confidence in this struggle with the Ital ians. - " L~ ,* ’«k . - » r Wt-MT Mussolini, the mad dictator of Ita has announced that he will order ten million men out to challenge the world if the League of Nations ord er sanctions against Italy. There are several nations now ready for the announcement from the League of | Nations so that they may apply what I ever pressure necessary to curb Ita I ly in her conquest of Ethiopia. Over a primitive telegraph system : word was flashed throughout Ethi I opia that war had begun. The war ! dors began filing out of camps at 1 | a- m- Those not in uniform were re j ported to be joining with the King’s j army and ready to go to the front. I The Italian troops according to a j dispatch from Paris are now 20 miles j from Adowa. their first objective of ] attack. The bombing planes have al | ready struck the village leaving a toll j of hundreds dead. Women, children, | and aged are among those killed in the attack. The League of Nations called a special meeting for Saturday at which time their course will be de ; cided although it is hardly expected ; that military sanctions will be call 1 ed immediately. France has ordered * out her bombing planes and land troops near the German border where ; she expects a simultaneous attack from Hitler. There was an assurance given Thursday morning that there would be no such attack but the French remain prepared. Duce broke a Promise to the League when he stated that he would notify the World when he was ready to start his campaign in East Africa. The attack early Thursday morning was only known to the world through the press correspondents there who sent messages out that Italy had started a march into Ethiopian terri tory, Suez Canal Open The British will not dose the Suez Canal as had been previously announced unless England is given military support by other powers of the League as to close the canal means war with Italy. Troubled Europe today looked to ward the United States where 24 hours earlier President Roosevelt had declared that America is neutral and does not want any part of anybody’s war. The war fever is limited to Europe and East Afr’ca alone. In Bulgaria the nation was placed un der martial law today because trou ble was expected at the accession of the new king. Causes of War Mussolini asked an increase in the birthrate of Jtaly and offered prizes to young mothers and other induce ments which brought about rapid in crease. Last year the Dictator said to his subjects that Italy’s future li ed in East Africa. There was no room for expansion in Europe and Italy’s only hope was to wage war with a weaker power, and gain land for ex Attorney John Adams Resigns Legislature Attorney John Adams. Republican State Legislator of the 9th district, resigned the post on Sept. 19, to ac cept a poet with he Federal Re-Em ployment Bureau wth offices in the Douglas county court house. The resignation was necessary for two reasons, first, because of Mr. Ad am’s removal of his residence from the ninth district and secondly be cause of the Federal appointment. The state constitution holds that ei ther cause was sufficient for resig naton. Six other members of the Leg islature had to resign for similar causes. Attorney Adams will however be eligible for re-election from the new ly formed district five which will be composed of the present nine and ten. NAACP Is Not Sincere Says Congressman Arthur Mitchell Chicago, Oct 5, (ANP)—Demo crat Arthur W. Mitchell of Illinois, Iona Negro congressman, left Chi- ! cago Friday for a conference in Washington before sailing to the Virgin Islands on or about October ! 10. But before he departed, the rugged successor to Oscar Dt Priest, has his say on communism at How ard university, the N. A. A. C. P., and opponents of his bill for an in dustrial commission on Negro af fairs. Representatve Mitchell was espe cially forceful as he reiterated his statements on the “viciousness” of the N. A. A. C. P.., originally deliv ered recently at a speech made in Norfolk, Va., late in August. N. A. A. C. P. “Insincere” “Although I was a member of that organization for many years I and was for considerable time the only member in Alabama and sent subscriptions to the Crisis anony mously to white friends, I can say only that the N. A. A. C. P. today is not seeking to aid the race hut in tends only to feather the nests of its officials at the expense of the black public,” Mitchell declared. “It is not honest in its efforts and has de teriorated into a bunch of commun ists.” The congressman then stated ef forts of the association to put through anti-lynching legislation were insincere and threats to de feat non-supporting national legis lators in their elections were “silly and foolish.” Mitchell said he had yet to be approached by Walter White or any other N. A. A. C. P. official to support the measure, although White spent considerable time at the nation’s capital where Mitchell was easily acccessible. He asserts further the association has fought him purely because he re fused to be ruled or dictated to. Insists Johnson Is Red. Launching into the subject of Howard university, Mitchell de clares he has made a careful study of communism at the Washington school and has evidence to support his contention that President Morde cai Johnson is himself an ardent Red and condones Marxian doctrines taught in his class rooms. “A house cleaning, is most urgent ly n e e d e d,” the representative stated. It is not communism itself ' but the effect of such political theor : ists on the minds of congressmen when the suject of annual ap propriations is brought up, Mitchell intimated. (Continued on Page 4) Haitian Representative Asks League To Be Fair in Decision —Geneva, Oct. 5—(ANP)—Gen. Alfred Nemours of Haiti, league representative here, begged the league of nations not to discrim inate against the Abyssinians be cause they were black, but to grant them justice. Nemours re minded the assemblage he spoke as a representative of a colored ; nation. America’s Unknown Soldier May Be Colored Man New York. Oct. 5—That Amer ica’s unknown soldier may be a Negro, is the suggestion contain- j ed in a new poem, “Saint Peter| Relates An Incident of the Res urrection Day”, by James Weld on Johnson, which will be pub lished October 7 by the Viking j Press. The title poem is one of; a selected number of Mr. John-j son’s best known poems included j in the book. Among the other j poems are “Fifty Years”, which the late Brander Methews called one of the greatest commemora tive poem ever written, and the j "words to “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, the well known. Negro an (Continued on page five) _ Judge Orders Singer To Refrain From Italian Tune / _ New York City, Oct. 5—(ANP— George Williams “wandering guitar ist and singer” crooned his way out of jail here this week when he was haled into court charged with vag rancy, but declaring that he “could pot sing the ‘Isle of Capri’ anymore because J have found that it is in Italy and I must be loyal to Ethiop Williams had been arrested when 1 he was caught singing in front of a Harlem tavern. When he was haled into court he had his guitar suspend ed across his shoulders and in com pliance with a request from the judge ■ rendered several selections that led to his liberation. The judge told him of the Italian origin of the song he I sang and elicted his declaration that from now on he would have to change his routine. This is a portrait of an officer of the Royal Ethiopian army at tired in his full dress uniform. On the battlefield be wears more prac tical garb. ALABAMA TO REINDICT YOUTHS Nine Defendants Face Third Trials On Rape Charges NEGROES ON JURY Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 5— (AXP)—A special session of the Jackson county grand jury is ex pected to be called in three weeks to reinvestigate the Scottsboro cases and probably reindict the nine defendants, Lieut. Gov. Thomas T. Knight, Jr., special prosecutor in the case, stated. If reindicted, the nine youth* who have been in jail since their arrest at Paint Rock following their alleged rape of two white girl hoboes on a freight train March 25, 1931, will be given an early trial in Morgan county un der a change of venue to be sought. Action in the case has been de layed since the U. S. Supreme court in April set aside death sentences imposed on Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of the nine defendants, be cause their constitutional rights had been violated due to the sys tematic exclusion of Negroes from Alabama juries. Since then the state legislature has enacted a statute permitting the dumping and refilling of jury boxes osten sibly to remedy this condition. It is understood new rolls of eligile jurors are being made in | eluding names of Negroes. Since the Supreme court reversal sever al have been called for service in verious counties but in none of the cases did thev serve, the ma joritv asking to be excused for , various reasons. It is not known definitely, whether or not those previously called or the ones ex ; pecting to be named for Scotts ; boro service have or will be in timidated by whites of the area. N.A.A.C.P. To Hold Amatuer Niffht To Give Prizes These smaller gifts will be givea at the amateur night, October 11, electric lamps, toasters, etc. A refrigerator will be given at the dance Monday, October 14, the tick ets you buy are admission to the amateur night and gift carnival and have chances for prizes both nights. Admission to the dance Monday night is 55c. The N. A. A. C. 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