VOLUME 12 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
ARKANSAS REVEALED
FAIR TO NEGRO IN
FERA EDUCATION
Eight Thousand Adult
Negroes Have Been
Taught To Read
BELIEVED RECORD
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 11 —
(ANP)—Negroes of this state,
whose percentage of those on
relief is practically the same as
their ratio to the total popula
ion, have fared particularly
|k well in the federal adult educa
tion projects a n d nursery
schools. Prank R. Allen, state
research coordinator of the
WPA, told the Associated Ne
gro Press this week. Eight
thousand adults have been
S taught to read and write.
Arkansas ,because it is a cot
ton state and due to the' floods
and droughts that, have occur
cd yearly since 1927 to add to
the depression, has been partic
ularly hard hit and more peo
ple have sought relief in 1935
lhan in 1934, the figures show.
A total of 404 Negroes have
been employed on the operat
ing staff, of which 54 are ease
workers and 350 teachers.
Around 98,500 of the state’s
478,463 Negroes were on relief
in 1935. Allen revealed. This
was 25.4 per cent of the total of
393,052 given aid, almost a hun
dred more than received help in
1934 .Witjh whites (averaging
74.6 of those getting relief, the
proportion as to race in Ar
kansas shows Negroes receiving
funds than is their 27 per cent
funds tha nis their 27 per cent
of the whole population.
Hit Hard in Country
Ruralites of color have been
hardest, hit by far. Eighty two
per cent of Arkansas' colored
population are found on the
farm, and these are 85 per cent
of Negroes seeking relief. Only
15,071 of the 89,162 city dwell
ers of the state are on the rolls.
Allen explains this by saying
* the urbanites embody most of
9 the educated and skilled work
ers who are not dependent on
cotton farming" for their liveli
hood.
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No. 1 Headwaiter
JOSEPH S. McLANE
■0 Famous dining room chief
tain, and one of teh best known
hotel men in America. The
story of his life and career re
cently won a pdize in The In
terracial Commission achieve
ment contest.—ANP.
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New Era Baptist
Association Holds
Quarterly Meet
By B. S. Sutton, Representative
Of The Omaha Guide
The New Era Baptist Asso
ciation held its first Quarterly
Board Meeting January 7 and 8
with Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Rev. F. F. Jones, Pastor. The
theme of the meeting was the
teaching work of the church
Truly the meeting was the most
inspiring and awakening 1 have
ever attend in my seventeen
years of state work. Everything
was well thought out and plan
ned toward making the meeting
a success.
Tuesday evening at 7:30 a
repast was enjoyed. Round
table discussion was given un
der the auspices of the BY PIT,
Mr. J. W. Dacus, President. The
long table was stretched almost
across the length of the dining
room, with Pastor Curry at its
head. After listening to the
masterful address delivered by
Pastor Curry on the subject
“Challenging BYPU leader
ship ’’ we sat in silent thought.
We could but think of Ihe oc
casion when Jesus sat with Ilis
disciples at the Last Passover.
This meeting was opened with
song and prayer by Mr. Darus,
Master of ceremonies. I was
called upon to talk, and rose,
complaining that 1 should be
called upon before being fed.
My subject was “Contributions
toward meeting the problems of
leadership of the BYPU.” Re
marks were made by the Mod
erator and Associated Pastors,
after which the master of cere
monies had everyone to stand—
those that had rendered service
were asked to come in that they
might receive a word of thanks
for same. Mr. Roy Gordon was
called upon to respond in be
half of the guests. A short re
cess was taken, after which
Mrs. F. P. Jones led the devo
tional, assisted by the choir.
President Daeus called the
meeting, to order and turned it
over to vice-superintendent
Garner, in the absence of Pres
ident Anderson, who was out
of the city on business. Another
inspiring and thought-propell
ing program was rendered.
On Wednesday night, Rev. C.
H. Nicks, Pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Lincoln, Ne
braska, preached an old-time,
soul stirring, doctrinal sermon
on the “Teaching Forces of the
Kingdom”. He was very frank
and outspoken in his remarks.
Everyone seemed to have been
in accord with his remarks.
Rev. Stevenson, of Harrisburg,
Pa., was introduced. In his re
marks, he referred to the fine
personnel of the ministry', and
admonished his hearers to fol
low them.
Looking for a Degree
Visitor—“What is the profes
sor’s research work?” His Wife—
“It consists principally of hunting
for his spectacles.”
FEW ATTEND
METHODIST
MEETING
Methodist Confab
In Memphis Hears
Jap And Singers
NO JIM CROW
Memphis ,Tenn., Jan. 11 —
(ANP)—Nine thousand white
delegates and visitors to the
Methodist Young People’s Con
erence, packed Ellis Auditor
ium. Saturday night to hear Dr.
Toyohike Kagawa, famous Jap
anese Christian lecturer, writ
er, and preacher of the doctrine
of Love and Brotherhood, and
to witness one of the finest con
certs ever presented in Memphis
by the A. and I., State college
singers from Nashville. Dr. Ka
kawa held the stage for the
first half of the program with
his pointed philosophy of Love
and Life.
Fewer than 200 eNgroes were
present at the meeting despite
the wide spread information
that they would not be discrim
inated against. Dr. Walter
Towner, chairman of the direct
ing commtitee for the mam
moth meet said “racial dis
crimination has no place in a
Christian program, and all peo
ple of all nations and all races
are welcome to all of the meet
ings held during the Methodist
Young People’s Conference.”
lie further said one of the main
purposes of the conference is
to create a finer spirit of broth
erhood between races in Amer
ica and between nations of the
earth.
Women Granted The
Right To Vote In.
The Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, V. I., Jan. 11—I
(ANP)—-Following demands
made by the St. Thomas Teach
ers Association, reputed to be
one of the most powerful forc
es on the Virgin Islands, the
Federal District Court issued a
mandamus to the Board of Ed
ucation oredring the Board to
place the names of women qual
ified to vote upon the list of
registrants. This action ended
a battle that has been in pro
gress for several year's on the
part of women to gain the
right of suffrage.
Worker Gets Four . .
Years For Theft
Of Few Potatoes
New York, Jan. 11—Two to
four years in prison was hand
ed out to William Thomas, who
was caught by police taking
potatoes from a Bronx grocery
store on the night of October
31st.
Williams, marked by the rav
ages of privation which every
year drives hundreds of young
men to petty theft, pleaded
guilty to the charge of third
degree burglary.
Excused
Fireman—Excuse me, captain, I
was lost in thought.
Captain—Yes, it’s always easy
to get lost where one is a stranger.
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ORLANDO ROBESON
Feature soloist with the Claude
Hopkins Band, now playing night
ly at New York’s famous night
cii'.b..Tho Cotton Club. .Recover
ed from his recent Illness..his
sweet and pleasing voice mav again
be heard vm CBS air waves.
NEGROES IN
THE NEWS
Lindbergh’s Latest Flight
For years most of us Ameri
cans have followed 1he move
ments of Colonel Charles A.
Iiindbergh with interest and
pride. The great trans-Atlantic
air-flight of he Lone Eagle has
been pushed into the shadow
land of insignificance, however,
by the more recent steamship
flight with his family to Eng
land. Ilis announced reason for
leaving America—the lawless
ness and unsafety of life and
limb in our country—serves to
remind the entire world of a
act that 1000 lynohings and
brutal mob murders had failed
ito arrive home. Lindbergh cross
ing the Atlantic with his wife
and baby and every Negro flee
ing racial prejudice and injus
tice, both tell the world the
same story—America is neither
safe nor civilized.
Loe Louis
A New York City sports
writer summing up the notable
sport events of 1935 has this to
say of Joe Louis: “Boxing af
ter eight forlorn years witness
ed its first million dollar gate
The powerful fists of a Negro
youth of Detroit prectically
unknown twelve months ago,
provided the magic touch that
brought this specaele abon.’’
We Are Learning How
A Negro wife and mother in
Brooklyn—surrounded by four
hungry children and a husband
on relief—decided to appeal to
the Mayor rather than Santa
Claus. She borrowed a few coins
from a friend and sent the
Mayor of New York City the
following telegram: “Will You
Please Help Met I haven’t any
ood for my children. Tomorrow
is Christmas and we are starv
ing.’’ Investigation by the May
or revealed that although em
ployed on a WPA project the j
husband had not been paid for J
two weeks. There was no food
in the house, not even milk for
the baby. An unpaid grocery
bill of $12.00 blocked the road
to further credit. On Christinas
day, as a result of this brave
and resourceful mother’s appeal
the kitchen shelves were filled
with food, kettles were bubl
ing on the stove, and a real
Christmas dinner was enjoyed
by the family. The Mayor of
New York City had answered
Mrs. Lees Telegram.
Religion Running Wild
Three followers of Father
Divine trapped in a Newark,
New Jersey fire spurn rescue
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STEVEDORES
WIN STRIKE
ON GULF
Longshoremen Win In
Long: Dispute Over
Wag:es and Hours
NINETEEN PORTS
Houston, Texas, Jan 11—Gulf
Coast longshoremen. Negro and
white, have won concessions
from shipping companies in
Nineteen ports. Agreements with
the International Longshore
men’s Association arc now be
ing signed by the deep sea ship
ping companies as well as be
coastwidc companies.
Lykes Broth ere, largest ship
per on the Gulf and most op
posed to the union, arc also
now negotiating a settlement of
the strike in Gulf ports.
The strike for the right of
collective bargaining has been
waged particularly agamst
those companies which practice
an anti-Negro policy.
The strikers won a five cents
per hour increase in wages and
one cent per bale increase in
cotton handlers’ wages. This
raises the deep sea scale to 85
Cents per hour and lf> cents
per bale The coastwiee scale is
80 cents an hour.
On the instructions of Presi
dent Ryan, the ILA has agreed
to settle only for western Gulf
ports and to leave the strike in
eastern ports to meditation be
fore the McGrady Board. The
ILA also agrees to split the
work with the 250 members r f
the Lone Star Longshoremen s
Association, a company union
and to give it an ILA charter.
The Gulf longshoremen bit
terly oppose these terms and
have conceded them only be
cause of the refusal of Ryan to
carry out the boycott of the
Gulf cargo in Atlantic ports, de
spite his pormise of a tie-up of
Gulf ships in other ports
United Ethiopian
Committee Elects
Officers In N. Y.
New York, Jan. 11—The new
ly-formed United States Com
mittee for Defense of Ethiopia
in Harlem announced the elec
tion of the following officers:
Chairman, Capt. A. L. King;
Vice-chairman, Mr. Leon Dos
Fortes, Dr. Willis N. Huggins,
Dr. C. H. Dolly; Secretary, Mr.
Cyril Philip; Treasurer, Dr.
Arnold Donawa. A Trustee
Hoard of prominent persons,
who will he responsible for the
funds collected, will be an
nounced shortly.
Additional officers are as fol
lows :—Chairman of Field Work
Dr. Huggins; Chairman of Fin
ancial Campaigns, Dr. Thorgues
3ie; Chairman of Campaign for
Medical Aid, Dr. J. J. Jones.
Temporary headqaurtcrs of
the new organization are 2384
Seventh Ave., N. Y. C. Funds
should be sent to Dr. Arnold
Donawa at this address.
Among the groups in the uni
field organization are : The Na
tive African Union of America,
Inc., the Committee for Ethiop
idt, the Provisional Committee
for Defense of Ehiopia,
MAN WHO LOST FEET
IN NORTH CAROLINA
PRISON SHUNS AID
New York Relief
Boss Is Attacked
For Discrimination
New York, Jan. 11—The
statement of WPA Administra
tor Riddcr that a shortage of
skilled workers on relief rolls
J.ad kept the works project from
reaching its full quota of 256,
000 was sharply challenged by
Roy Lancaster, Negro supervis
or of the Works Project Admin
istration house-keeping project.
Mr. Lancaster was supported
by Joseph Gilebrt, president of
the Project Workers Union, and
Willis Morgan, president of the
City Projects Council, who pre
sented a long list of skilled
workers available ror WPA
work.
To complete his program, Mr.
Kidder said, he needed timber
workers, stone cutters, recrea
tional directors, carpentes,
teachers, ami skilled mechanics.
Expose? Jim Cow
Lancaster charged that the
rolls could be quickly filled if
Negroes were not discriminat
ed against, “They are ufl on
"WPA, but they are working as
laborers,’’ he said. “I guess
they don’t want Negroes.’ ’
Concerning the teachers need
ed, Mr. Lancaster said he could
supply six Negro persons qual
ified for the job within twelve
hours notice. He had sent 17
qualified recreational directors
for jobs, but they were refused.
Joseph Gilbert charging Kid
der wtih deliberate falsification
of the WPA situation said,
“The Project Workers’ Union
can send Mr. Kidder 500 car
penters who are now working
as laborers and who have been
waiting for several months to
be reclassified.’’
Kcgiiiald Inniss, Negro ex
member of the WPA re-rating
board said that he had seen
Negro professionals with coll
ege degrees turned down when
they applied for teachers’ po
sitions.
American Capital
Manufacturing Rum
In Virgin Island
_
St. Thomas, V. I., plan. 11 —
(ANP)—Disclosures made here
recently by Boyd J. Brown,
president of the Government
Owned Virgin Islands Company
revealed that private Ameri
can capitalists were promoting
the manufacture of Virgin Is
land rum, much of which is
transported to the State.
Joe Louis Will
Meet Schmelling
This Summer
New York—Fight fans are
prepared to evict baseball en
thusiasts from a New York
baseball park when the Brown
Bomber meets Max Schmelling,
former heavyweight champ in
June.
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Chain Gang Cruelty by
Guards Cause Of
Amputation
WILL SUeT STATE
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 11—
(ANP)—Footless hut yet proud
Woodrow Shropshire whose
feet were amputated because
of an Infection caused by pun
ishment in a North Carolina
pirson, refused to accept the
check for $15 tendered him by
the State here last week, M. E.
Beatty, district engineer for the
State Highway and Public
Works Commission announced
here Tuesday. He further stat
ed that Robert Barnes, also a
victim of the “Little dark
house’’ accepted the cheek pre
ferred him with “thanks.”
Shropshire and Barnes while
serving a term on the roads
were placed in the “little dark -
house” for punishment. For
hours they were forced to stand
in mud and water during the
cold weather. When removed
it was discovered that infection
had set in on their feet which
subsequently grew gangrenous
and their feet had to be am
putated.
uauses outre-wiae xnvestigaion
The case brought about a
state-wide investigation of all
the penal farms which revealed
that prisoners were frequently
subjected to beastial and inhu
man treatment as a means of
punishment for the most trivial
cause. These disclosures led to
the order that all such instru
ments of punishment should he
abolished.
While this was carried out,
it did not remedy the. condition
of the permanently crippled
Shropshire and Barnes. A ses
sion of the legislature was call
ed and it was decided artificial
feet must be provided for the
men and this was done but to
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Miss Agrnes Coleman
[... 1.—. .. -
Miss Agnes Coleman is back
in Ihe city to continue her
winter revival indefinitely.
Everybody is welcome. She
would like to see all old friends
again.
The Church of God.
2025 N. 24th St.