CQ--Y— /JUSTICE/EQUALITY IeW TO
VOLUME 12 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936 NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
MRS. MCDOWELL IS
HONOREDBYLOCAL
INTERRACIAL GROUP
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Visitor To Omaha Is
G"*»st At Nesro
*Y* Associatoin
IS VERY LIBERAL
The local interracial commission
sponsored a reception Monday
night at the Northside Branch of
the Y. W. C- A. honoring Mbs
Mary McDowell, honorary head
resident alt the University Settle
■ ment in Chicago, a project she
. founded and for years was in
charge of the settlement
The affair was well attended and
worthy of its honored guest Mrs.
McDowell who for years has been
active in interracial work in
Chicago, spoke several minutes on
the importance and the great need
for a definite and permanent pro
gram for the building of racial
understanding among all people,
in Omaha
Several short talks were made
by members of the commission
and guests- Dr. Herbert Wiggins
acted as master of ceremonies
The commission went on record
as favor'-? the adoption of a def
inite program for 1936 and a com
mittee was named to present re
commendations to the group at its I
next regular meeting The com
mittee is headed by Bernard Elmer
Squires, executive^ secretary of
the Omaha Urban League and the
following people will assist him
in the work, Mrs. Robbie Turner
Helen Gauss, Mrs- William Haynes
Davis, Mrs. Gladys Pullman, Mbs
and Mrs. Charlotte Crawford.
Maryland Court
Orders University
To Admit NegToes
Opinion Declares Separate
Schools Must Be Equal and
States That Since There
Is Onlv One Law School D. G.
Murray Must Be Admitted
Victory For NAACP
Annapo'is. .Tan. 25—Mary
land’s highest court ruled to
day that duly qualified Negroes
“must, at present, he admitted
to the one school provided for
the study of law—the Law
School of the University of
Maryland.' ’
The ruling was given in the
ease of Donald G. Murray, Bal
timore Negro graduate of Am
herst College. The Court of Ap
peals upheld the action of 1hc
Baltimore City Court in grant
ing a writ of mandamus order
ing the university to admit
Murray to the law school.
The case wras carried to court
by the NAACP through Attor
neys Thurgood Marshall of Bal
timore and Charles H. Houston
of New York. The Maryland
case victory is expected to speed
up the progress in the cam
paign against educational in
equa'ities now being carried on
by the NAACP under the dir
ection of Mr. Houston. The as
sociation Is continuing its as
saults upon the barring of Ne
groes from professional and
graduate study and is likely to
initiate court action in Virgin
ia soon. Other states in which
surveys are being made are
North Carolina and Missouri.
In addition to fighting for
graduate and professional op
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Tuskegee Legion
naires Laud Dr.
Fred Patterson
__
Tuskegee Institute, Ala., Jan.
25—Full credit for the official
sanstion of the Britton McKen
zie Post No. 150 of the Ameri
can Legion, on the part of the
Executive Committee of the
Department of Alabama of the
American Legion, was given to
Dr. Frederick Douglass Patter
son, by the members of the Post
here at the first meeting of 1936
held at the Veterans Hospital
No. 91.
According to the laudatory
statements made by the mem-j
bers of the Post that appeared I
before the executive committee
of the State Department, it was
directly through the efforts of
the president, of Tuskegee that
the charter was granted. E. II.
Cravens, adjutant of the Post
declared:
"Dr. Patterson accompanied
our committee to Montgomery
to attend the State meet* uid
appeared before the e?
committee and so f<
he lay our ease b
it was unaniniouiJJPt'r6"‘'
grant the -charter, thereby es
tablishing the first and only
chapter of the Alabama Depart
ment of the American Legion
comprising a Negro member
shin.’’
The Britton McKenzie Post
No. 150 was organized in June
1935 nad was named in, honor
of a graduate of Tuskegee In
stitute, who had served with
the AEF, and as a member of
the medical staff at the United
States Veterans Ilospial. The
Post. Commander is L. W. Driv
er, also a graduate of Tuskegee
Institute, whose grandfather
was a member of the faculty of
the institution during the early
nineties. Other officers are A.
H. Barnes, 1st vice commander;
Calvin Watson, 2nd vice com
mander; and E. H. Cravens, Jr.
Wide Demand For
Lynching: Leaflet
New York, Jan. 25—Demands
for copies of the leaflet carry
ing a photograph of the lynch
ing of Rubin Stacy at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., last July con
tinue to flood into the office of
the NAACP, 69 Fifth avenue,
New York. The leaflet, which
is being distributed in large
quantities by the NAACP, has
attracted attert.on from coast
to coast. Margaret DeDland,
famous author, has written the
national office saying' “The
photograph is overwhelming. I
would like to do what little I
can in circulating this picture.”
Many weekly papers, both white
and colored, especially laobr
papers, have asked for cuts to
be reproduced. The leaflet was
partially paid for by a young
white man who wishes to remain
unknown. It is being sent out
at the very modest charge of
twenty-five cents per hundred.
SCOTTSBORO
CASES IN
COURT
State Rejects Plea
For Change From
State Courts
ALL WHITE JURY
A joint Seottsboro Defense
committee has been formed to
direct the new triads scheduled
to begin Jan. 20th. The Ala
bama court's decision of last
April was declared unconstitu
tional by the U. S. supreme
court because of the systematic
barring of Negroes from the
juries. In spite of this, the Ala
bama c’oilrts have recently re
jected *he plea by the defense
attorncya.to have the case tried
outside of Alabama in a Feder
al court. The new defence com-!
mittee is headed by Dr. Allan j
Knight Chalmers, a distingu ish-;
od New York pastor. Organiza-1
tions which are participating in
the Jo;nt Defense Committee
are: The National Association
for t1- Advancement of Colored
Pe Methodist Federation
f " * ial Service, American
bertjes Union, Tnterna
!.nhnr Defense. League
V „ Jstrinl Demoeraev nnd
.
the Nafl'onal Nrban League.
Arrested For Calling’
Negro Mister Is
Said Accidental
Arrested Fod Calling- Negjoes
“Mister” White Socialists
Declared Accidental
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 25—
Assuring the Chief of Police
that calling a Negro “mister’’
before a white audience was
“an, accidental sip’’ William
A. Mardis, secretary of the local
chapter of the Workers Alli
ance, a socialistic organization,
was released after having been
held in custody for 31 hours
for questioning concerning the
charge.
Mardis has been active in the
organization work of the Work
ers Alliance, which is composed
of some 500 members, of which
more than one hundred are Ne
groes. Tuesday night after de
livering an address before a
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Zaphiro Refutes
Julian’s White
Official Charge
Boston, Jon. 25—(ANP)—
Prince Tasfayo Zaphiro, young
Ethiopian official touring the
U. S. in the interests of Abys
sinia, stated while here last
week that Hubert Julian, the
“Black Eagle of Ilarlem,’’ was
all wrong in his statement that
all governmental jobs and pos
ition of responsibility in Ethi
opia are boing held by white
men.
“That statement is utterly
ridiculous,” the prince assert
ed. “There are only four white
civil officers in my country and
they are there merely in an ad
visory capacity.”
THE SEPIA KING i
DUKE EL.EllNUi.ur*
The “Sophisticated Lady” may
like to know that Duke Ellington
earned $18,GOO last year, according
to the report of The Internal Rev
enue Department.
Says Only “Yes”
To Memphis Cops
Student Fined $25
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Memphis, January 25—(ANjP)
A few days after William, A. Mir
dis, white, had been arrested for
addressing Negroes as “mister,"
Walterd Nelson, 18 year old Le
moyno College student, was ar
rested and fined $25 on a dis
orderly conduct charge for say
ing only “yes” instead of “yes
sir” when he was questioned by
policemen. *
Nelson was returning home for
orchestra practice with a roll of
music under his arm around 9 p.
m. Thursday night when he was
stopped by plainclothes policemen
whom he did not know were of
ficers. When he answered “yes”
to questions put by the sleuths,
he was taken to the police station
where he was denied the use of
the telephone to call his aunt
with whom he lived.
Arraigned next day in court on
a disorderly conduct charge, the
aunt, Mrs. Lillian Wright, paid
the $25 fine and got his release.
Memphians interested in the
plight of Nelson whose tuition at
Lemoyne is now due are trying
to get the fine remitted in order
that the money may be used to
further his education at the col
lege.
Georgia Policeman
Kills Fifty Year
Old Man In Ga.
Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 25—
When he declared thut he had
shot and killed Koberi Harrison
50 year old man, here Wednes
day afternoon, in self-defense,
r&troJman Fred Noris. v'as ex
onerated by the corner’s jury
that rendered a verdict of jus
tifiable homicide’’ thereby add
ing one more to Georgia’s al
ready long list of Negro vic
tims of police fire.
The policeman told the cor
oner’s jury that he was called
to a wh>'te residential district
Wednesday afternoon to arrest
the fifty year old man who was
alleged to be. intoxicated and
creating a disturbance. When
he attempted to place TTarnson
under arrest, the policeman
stated, Harrison picked up a
club and advanced upon him.
Fearing that the man, weaken
ed by the effects of liquor and
old age, would k* 11 him he shot
him twice. The wounded man
was rushed to the local hospital
where he died a few hours later.
An Englishman has invented a
gauge to measure the thiekness of
the walls of glass bulbs and uteo
ils from the outside,
INITIATION
FOR ELKS
SUNDAY
Special Drive Ends:
Harris Makes It
Grand Success
OVER 5<Ta DDED
Sunday, Jan. 26th, Iroquois
Lodge wil hold its final initiation
terminating a membership drive
which has been going on for nine
ty days.
This drive for new members has
been conducted under a dispen
sion given by the grand exalted
ruler, J Finley Wilson, who wll
be the guest of Iroquois Lodge
about June 1st. A banqute will be
given in his honor, to which the
public will be invited to attend
As an orator Mr. Wilson can only
be excelled by his great love for
his people and the wonderful pro
gram he has established for the
mental and physical development
of the boys and girls, through the !
evducationail aryl athletic depart
ments of the order- Under the edu- |
cational department nearly 200
boys and girls have been awarded
scholarships in the vagious col
leges and universities of the coun
try, of that number nearly a hun
dred have received their diplomas.
Misses Irene and Inez Battles of
oiir city were graduated from the
Nebraska University, Class of
1928, and Miss Madree Jackson
of Omaha is at present matricu-.
lating at Howard University.
Much has ben done to further]
development of our boys by our
Athletic Department by encourag
ing and fostering all manner of
athletic activities such as: base
ball, football, basketball, boxing,
wrestling, etc
tl speak of these two depart
ments because I think they are
first in importance, but too much
cannot be said of the great good
the Health, Civil Liberty, and the
Junior Herd are doing, the last
two of which are being organized
at this time in Omaha The pur
pose of the Civil Liberties League
s to fight against every form of
dlscrinynation of members of our
group, whether local or national,
industrial or politicel
Tho Junior Herd is composed
of boys betwen the ages of 12 and
18 years. The purpose of this de
partment is to teach them the du
ties of citizenship by training them
in all phases of athletic activities
establish reading rooms where
they can have the advantage of
proper literature and to conduct
lectures and have a boys’ forum
Any boy betwen the ages of 12 I
and 18 is eligible to join the Ju
nior Herd- Put your boy in now.
Call M- L. Harris, Organizer,
JA- 0213
To the above objectives the
members of Iroquois Lodge have
committed themselves and for the
cause of them, men of high calibre
are joining this order for the ser
vice it is rendering to the people.
Iroquois Lodge intends to be host
of the Mid-West Association of:
Elks in 1937. This association
comprises six states: Nebraska,
Iowa, Missouri, Kana, Colorado
and Oklahoma.
Who’s Who In Clerjfy
To Include Dr. J. L.
Farmer Of Texas
Marshall, Tex., Jan. 25—Dr.
J. L. Farmer, head of the de
partment of religion and church
pastor at Wiley College for the
past four years, has just been
notified he will be included in
the 1936 edition of “Who’s
Who in Clergy." Dr. Farmer is
a graduate of the Gammon The
ological seminary, Atlanta, the
Boston School of Theology and
received his Ph. D. from Boston
University.
HOLLIDAY IS MADE
STREET FOREMAN IN
NORTH OMAHA AREA
Dr. A. McMillan
Is In Chicago
For Lectures
Dr Aaron McMillan will leave
Wednesday for a trip which will
take him to Chicago and Detroit.
Dr. McMillan will deliver a ser
ies of lectures in Chicago, Jan.
23rd he will lecture at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
January 24th he will address
the Medical association, SUnday
morning .January 26th. He will
speak in the Church of Good Shep
ard. During Dr McMillan’s stay
at Galongue, Africa, he enlarged
tho medical rr^ark to such an ex
tent that last year over 60,000
treatments were given and many
operations of all kinds were per
formed. When he returns he
hopes to erect a new hospital
building.
Ur. and Mrs. A.. M. MeMHJan
will be guests of the church this
week end in Chicago; on Thurs
day January 23rd will be special
guests at the Inter-Seminary
Banquet at the University of
Chicago. On Friday Jan. 2-lth,
I>r McMillan will be guest at the
Medical Society’s Banquet. There
v, ill be, -^gathering of business
n\en at -»ne residence of Mr. Dav
i.'. KcGoven after the event cf
JJcr.vtary 24th. On fSunday Jan
uary 2(ith Dr. McMillan and Dr..
Wynn C.. Fairfield of the Amer
ican Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Mission,, Boston, Mass,
will be speakers at the morning
service. On Sunday evening
there will be a special meeting of
the Missionary Society and a re
ception for the McMillans at 6:30
On Monday afternoon he will go
to the regular meeting of the
Misionary Society and on Mon
day evening he will be one of the
guest speakers at tho rally cf
society for American Aid to Eth
iopia at the New Wendell Phil
lips High School.
Former Omahan
Returns To City
To Visit Mother
Miss Raelee Jones, former Om
ahan, who has been with the
Metropolitan Jubilee Singers has
returned to Omaha due to the ill
ness of her mother. Friends of
Miss Jones will be pleased to
know of the success she has met
with since leaving Omaha. She
has toured with the Metropolitan
Jubilee Singers in Chiago, under
the management of the North
west Assembly. The group trav
elled throughout the Northwest
giving concerts in High Schools
and Colleges. At the end of the
tour and until the present time
Miss Jones has been in New York
City where she studied at the In
stitution of Musical Arts in the
Juiliard School of Music. Miss
Jones was mentioned for a schol
arship and was soloist for the
National Association of Negro
Music this summer in New York.
Desaible Society
Holds Reception
Wednesday P. M.
Chicago, Jan. 25, (ANP) With
Lulu Irving as guest speaker, the
National DeSaible Memorial So
ciety held its annual New Year’s
reception at Elam home Wednes
day evening Mrs. A. Tompkins was
mistress of ceremonies
Though af small size a novel trap
has been invented that its inventor
asserts will catch and kill 12 lbs.
of ants
Negro Appointed
Distrist Supt. Of
Street Department
Civil Liberties League of Elks
Recommends Appointment
A few weeks ago, a commit
tee from the Civil Liberties
League, of the Negro Elks,
awaited upon the Hon. John
Kresl, Commissioner of Htreets,
and asked that a Negro he ap
pointed to the positi on of Street
Foreman, The committee was
courteously received. Mr. Kresl
expressed himself frankly,
saying, “I am heartily in ac
cord with your request. I want
your people to know that I am
going to appoint a foreman^
from your group on or near t^B
first of the year. True
promise, R S. Jlollr day
the area comprising *'
pointed Supervisor oi
district in North
Wirt Street,
Omaha < ifiz. nS
Fierht DiscnraT
ination by WPiPj
[ Omaha, January 25 (by R. C..
Price for A NP)—Charging that
Negroes were being subjected to
gross discrimination on the var
ious WPA projects in progress
here Edgar Waren, urged the lo
cal branch of the NAACP. to take
immediate steps to curb the ne
farious practice which was robb
ing the citizens of the advantage
of the New Deal program, here
this week.
According to Mr. Warren, a
study of conditions, made by him
that the Negro workers received
their rights, revealed that at the
present time no Negro foreman
were being employed or any of
the projects and the three straw
bosses on the payrolls are receiv
ing much less than the whites
doing the same work.
We have only one truck driv
er” MrWarren stated to the
Associated Negro Press corres
pondent, “and he is employed at
the Municipal Airport and there
is a vast difference between the
wages received by white and col
ored employees doing the same
kind of work.. There are cases
where white men and colored
men are working on the same job
with the san^e claslfication and
the whites receive $5/5.00 per
month while the colored workers
receive $45.,00 and the same con
ditions exists as far as the pro
jects employing women are con
cerned.”
Mr.. Warren was caustic in his
criticism of the officers of the lo
cal branch of the NAACP..,
charging them with laxity In per
formance of their duty and ex
pressed the intention of appeal
ing to the National organization
for assistance..
“This is one of the conditions
existing in this city that should
be investigated immediately and
the proper steps taken to remedy
it” said Mr.. Warren, “I have ap
pealed to the local officers of the
NAACP.., but as yet have receiv
ed no indication of their willing
ness to cooperate with me.. If
they do not take immediate steps
I am going to call a city wide
mass meeting and there present a
petition to be filed with the na
tional offcers of tho organisa
tion requesting their removal and
that they be replaced by officers
who are interested in carrying out
tho object of the organization
namely ‘to fight all forms of dis
crimination.' "
