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yv-tuueu ** •*$.*•* Nffffij1 Hi coin, Nebr. 5 CENTS CITY I PER HHMm " COPY ,_ EDITION L-/JUSTICE/ EQUALITY - _! VOLUME 13 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 29, 1936 NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN BORAH _ Advisory Commtttee State Supervisors Meet In Wash. The Technical Advisory Com mittee for the Survey of Voca tional Education and guidance of Negroes being sponsored by the Office of Education, De partment of the Interior, is meeting in Washington this week to offer advice concern ing major policies and problems in connection with the Survey. Supervisors of the same survey in the several states held a meet ing in the Office of Eudcat on today Appointed by J. W. Stude baker, United States Commis sioner of Education, the Com mittee includes officers of na tional education, professional, business, Labor, and religious or ganization'. as well as mem bers of certain other organiza tions having a special interest in the education of Negroes throughout the country. The Survey of Vocational Ed ucation and Guidance of Ne groes, made possible by a grant of $235,000 to the Office of Ed ucation from Federal emergency funds, will be conducted in ap proximately 150 eonmmnities of 34 states. Dr. Ambrose Caliver, (Continued on Page 8) Business, Profes sional Men Will Hold Mass Meet Business and Professional men will hold a mass metting at Pilgrim Baptist church, 25th and Hamilton Streets, Sunday, February 9tli at 8:00 p. m. On the program that will be given, the following named persons will appear, representing the business organizations with which they are connected. Dr. Wesley Jones, NAACP. I. Carey, Square Deal Stores. Mrs. Joseph Lewis, Lewis Mortuary. B. 8. Sutton, Omaha Guide. Dr. Herbert Wiggins, the principal speaker, subject “Health”. The following named persons will render musical numbers: Mrs. J. Stewart, Miss Lucy Mae Stamps, Mrs. L. B. Huston, A. B Young. C. Adams will act as Master of Ceremonies. The public is cordially invited. Blanks for Old Age Pensions Are Ready Lincoln, Jan. 30—The blank forms to be filled out by applicants for old-age pensions in Nebraska are ready for distributionto coun ty boards, Irl D. Tolen, director of assistance announced taoday. The blanks will be explained to county boards next Tuesday when a school of instruction will be held with Assistant Attorney General Milton C. Murphy and Tolen in ' charge. The inventor of a new therm ostat asserts that it will keep the temperat ure of a room with in a quarter of a degree of what is desired. CAB CALLOWAY STILL ON THE AIR Correction Of The Report That Was Circulated In Error Special to The Omaha Guide from Richard Mack An item which seems to be going the rounds from one colored news paper to another, and has no ap parent basis on fact, is the so called report that Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra has been barred from the ether waves. Where the rumor started, nobody knows, and who was supposed to lend it authenticity is also a mys tery. The fact is that to date not one white newspaper has given the item either credence or an inch of space. Please note that two weeks fol lowing the first announcement that Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra had been barred from he air they appeared as guest artists on the A1 Jolson coast to coast broadcast (Saturday, Jan. 25th, 9:30 to 10:30 E. S. T.) Radio circles are still commenting that appearance, and Jolson, himself, introduced the orchestra by say ing it was one of he greatest in America today. I am sending out this informa tion to you and I hope that you will take it in the spirit in which it is offered. I think it only fair that you give at least as much space to the enclosed authentic report of Cab’s very successful broadcast as was devoted to the article in question. I should ad ditionally be very happy to learn from you where the original in formation emanated and who lent his name as authority to that in formation* I know that in the interest of good journalism and reporting and additionally in the true interest in members of your own race, you will co-operate with me in the mat ter. Mouri sincerely, Richard Mack John Mills Buried Bellefontiane, Ohio, Feb. 5— John Charles Mills, 25. of the four Mills brothers, famous -radio artists, who died Friday of a lung ailment contracted during a tonr of England, was buried beside the grave of his sister, Mary, Who died last No vember. His father, John Mills, lad taken his place in the quar tet. Zero weather prevented ser vices at the grave, but more than 250 persons, who had known them when they were street and barber shop singers in Piqua attended rites in a fun eral home. Joe Iiouis of Detroit, sensa tional Negro heavyweight box er, sent flowers. Miron Clark, a boyhood friend, joined the mix ed choir of the Grace AME church in songs. Reverends J. D. White, pastor, and Harry Beasley, of Lima, former pas tor, offered prayers and psalms and described the happiness John had brought thei world in the four years of his rise from the streets to radio, stage and screen fame. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice Gross Mills, an infant son, three brothers and parents. PROGRAM AND BANQUET A program and banquet was given honoring Mr. H. L. Ander son, who left the city, February 4, 1936 for Louisville, Ky., where he has been appointed District manager of on* of the leading Insurance Companies of that city. Program 1. Song.Negro NaUl Anthem 2. Invocation .Rev. M. B. Bilbrew 3. As a Leader . .Mr H. C. Gamer (Pres. 18 yrs.) Vice Pres. New Era S. S. Convention 4. Selection.Zion Harmony 4 6. As an Organizer.Mr. M. E. ..Webb (Pres. 12 yrs.) Vice Pres. New Era S. S. Alli ance. 6. As an Instructor ... Rev. F. C. Williams (Supt. 15 years), Ass’t Supt. Zion B. S. sch’l 7. Solo . Mrs. Irene Morton 8. As an Associate . Dr. M. E. Johnson (V. P. & Loan Trustee 3 yrs.) Sec. Peer less Saving Club 9. As a Citizen Mr. A. R. Good lett, Chairman of Program Committee of S.S. Alliance 10. Solo .. .Miss Estella Robertson 11. As a Mason . Mr. Ed. Fletch er AF&AM. (28 years Win. & Gr. Sec. & DGM. 12. Solo .„. Thomas Jones 13. As a Church Officer. Rev. M. K. Curry, DD. (16 yrs. Deacon & Trustee) Pastor Zion Baptist Church 14. As a Board. Mr. H. W. Black Folk Home 16. Solo . Mrs. Wm. Downing 16. Aa a Worker .Rev. F. S. Goodlett (18 yrs. Member) Moderator New Era Bapt. Ass’n. 17. Selection.Zion Harmony 4 Committee—Dr. A. L. Hawkins, Mr. M. E. Webb, Mr. A R Good lett, Rev. M. K. Curry, DD., Rev F. C. Williams, Dr, M. E Johnson, Mr. H. C. Gamer, Rev. F, S, Goodlett. Herndon’s Plea Is Heard In Georgia Supreme Court The Georgia Supreme Court last Friday heard Whitney North Seymour, a defense at torney retained by the Inter national Labor Defense for An gelo Herndon, argue against the 1866 insurrection law under! which Herndon was sentenced to 18 to 20 years on the Georgia chain gang. Seymour contend ed the Injw was so vague “a jury of the wisest men could not determine its intent,’’ and asserted Herndon was sentenc ed solely because of his activ ity on behalf of the unemployed in Atlanta. The recent decision, of Judge Hugh M. Dorsey in Atlanta holding the law unconstitution al has been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court by the prosecution. Missouri University Sued Over Color Bar NAACP Brings Court Action To Gain Admission to Law School For Student St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5—The Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People last Fri day launched its second great leg al attack against the educational color bar when it acted to force the University of Missouri to ad mit Lloyd L. Games, 24-year-old St. Louis youth to the University'! chool of law. MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY SEEK NEW SCHOOL SITE Definite plans for the obtaining of a new site and buildings for the Municipal University of Omaha so that there will be proper accom modations for its present students and for future growth will be car ried out this year if recommenda tions made by Rowland Haynes, President of the University, are accepted by the Board of Regents of the University. President Haynes’ views in regard to the j building of a great Municipal Uni j versity were contained in his an | nual report which was presented ; to the Board of Regents and which has been filed at the City Hall. At the end of August 31, 1936, it is estimated that the University ! would have a cash balance of more than $350,000, which would be the nucleus of the new site and build | ing fund. In connection with the laying out of plans for a new site and new University buildings, President Haynes brought out the following points: The campus should be a minium of forty acres. Sixty acres would be more desirable. If a forty-acre (Continued on Page 5) Utilities D’Haiti, Ire., Electa Officers For Ensuing Fis cal Year New York, Feb. 5—At a meet ing of the recently selected board of directors of the Utilities D’ Haiti. Inc., held at their offices on Monday evening, Leon F. DesPor jtes, founder and general manager of the concern, was unanimously elected president, J. Lewis Hook er, an insurance broker and resi dent of Brooklyn, was elected vice | president, Miss Ivy L. Braxton, who served so successfully as sec retary during the past fiscal year was drafted as secretary and Eu gene Alexander, a student in eco nomics was elected assistant sec retary. Henry I. Phillip who serv ed diligently as a treasurer for a period of eighteen months was unaningmsly re-elected. Mr. Philip is a graduate phar macist who prior to his gradua- \ tion had a number of years of ex perience in handling of tropical products. The other directors, include: Cuthbert Spencer, attorney-at-law who guided the legal destiny of the ' corporation inits formative years, Louis Etienne, Arthur L. Ermund, j Howard C. Norfleet, Thomas St. Louis, John Solomon, and Y. Cal mon Henery. All these directors are men of business experience in j both local and foreign fields. The stockholders voted unani mous approval of the policy of the general manager, Leon F. DesPor-1 tes, and his staff of assistants, in- j eluding commendation of the work of Miss Ivy Braxton. The Utilities D’Haiti, Inc., which had its inception in August, 1934, has made great strides forward in the importation of Haitian pro ducts. Chief among the products are coffee, cashew nuts and san dals £oj both house and street wear. The coffee has caugnt tne popu lar favor of many restaurant own ers and gTocers. Harlem's special ists in what the better dressed summer strollers hould wear have served notice that a large stock of street sandals will be needed to meet the demand, if and when the summer sun should penetrate Harlem’s covering of ice and snow. General Motors Symphony Or chestra Concerts February 9, 1936 Erno Rapee, Conductor Emanuel Feuermann, Cellist. PROGRAM I. Overture to “The Merry Wives of Windsor”_ General Motors Symphony Orchestra II. “Hungarian Rhapsody” -Popper Kmanuel Feuermann III. “Valse des Fleurs''_ -Tsehaikowsky General Motors Symphony Orchestra INTERMISSION1 IV. Ballet Music from “Le Cid”_Massenet (a) “Morning Song” (b) “Andalouse’’ (c) “Aragonaisa” General Motors Symphony Orchestra V. (a) “Rondeau”-Dvorak (b) Intermezzo from * ‘ Goyescas ’ ’_GTanados (c) “The Swan”_ ___Saint-Saens Kmanuel Feuermann VI. “I’olovets'an D a n c e s’’ from “Prince Igor"—— _...__Borodin General Motors Symphony Orchestra “Mystery Chef” Radio Program Is Popular The “Mystery Chef” gas cooking program sponsored by the Metropolitan Utilities Dis trict over station WOW is very popular. Thousands of com ments and 'inquiries have been received commending the pro gram, which is designed to as sist Omaha women to enjoy the advantages of gas cooking to its fullest. W. J. Baker, Assistant Gen eral Manager of the Metropoli tan Utilities District, said: “From the numerous com ments that are pouring in we can conclude that The “Mys tery Chef” program is being en thusiastically received not only in Omaha but throughout Ne braska and Iowa. “Through this program the Utilities District is attemping to broaden its scope of service to housewives who use gas for cooking. Wo invite every Om aha woman to listen to the “Mystery Chef” over WOW at 10:00 a. m. each Tuesday and Thursday. A particularly at tractive prize is being offered to listeners—a prize every wo man will be happy to have.” A double ended vacuum cup has been invented to hold an egg in a cup and the cup on a plate while the egg is being caton from its .shell. Pressing a button causes the top of a new European automo bile to disappear into the rear deck or raise it after it has been lowered. IDAHO SENATOR SAYS NEGRO MUST UPHOLD U S CONSTITUTION ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE I I Boston Medic Is Back Home With Nazi Bride Boston, Feb., 5—(AND)— Back home with his blue-eyed German bride wed on his birth day, Sept. 17, in Berlin, Dr. Thornes W. Patrick, Jr., and his wife, the former Fraulein Hcrtn Ellenbo, were honored at a re ception tendered here last week by tlip br’de-groom’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Pat rick. Sr., one of Netw England’s foremost Negro families. Dr. Patrick Jr., who is 28, has not stated just what he plans to do here. lie did declare, however, that during his five years in Germany wdiere he studied medicine urt the Uni versity of Berlin he was nicely treated by the Naz>s. He was shown no prejudice whatever— a condition he said he had not met in America. The medic returned home ini Continued From Page 3 Twenty GhainRansr Prisoners Burn To Death at Scottsboro Scottsboro, Ala., Feb. 5— This Southern town, which ga ve its name to the world famouc rape case involving nine Negro boys, got bach into the news last week where 20 shackled Ne gro chaingang prisoners were burned to death on a convict transfer truck when one of them tried to warm his hands over a piece of paper and .set fire to a drum of gasoline. These trucks arc not provid ed with facilities for keeping prisoners warm in cold weath er. Convicts arc forced to tnnve about or shift as best they can to keep from freezing if they are moved in subnormal tem peratures. There were 22 prisoners, all Negroes. John Stokes of Birm ingham and 1’aul Dawson of Demolopis, near the rear of t lie vehicle, were saved when the white guards, II. M. Middle :>rook of Montgomery and C. ,R Wasson of Danville, pulled them from the truck and rolled them in the snow to extinguish their blazing clothing. The white men suffered severe burns about the hands and face. Doctors said the surviving pris oners probably would die. According to the reported story of Stokes nad Wasson, one of their fellow prisoners pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and lit it to warm his hands. A spark apparently fell into the gasoline contained which spread over the convey ance immediately. I - Washington, I). C., Feb. 5 —Senator William E. Borah re iterated his objection to the Costigan- Wagner anti-Lynch ing biLl as being unconstitution al but offered to “put his shoulders to the wheel’’ for any measure which could pass his sensitiveness on the Constitution in an exclusive interview with the Bureau on Negro Affairs, here, this week. Pointing out that his reply to Walter White, secretray of the NAACP had been “interpreted in error’’ if it led Negroes to be lieve that he is “in favor of lynching as an American In stitution”, Senator Borah re ferred, with obvious pride, to an instance in his own Idaho when a Negro was being threatened with lynching: “The jail had been surround ed”, the rugged Idahoan said, * ‘ and the boy would undoubted ly have been lynched if I h«/d not gone to the place with one other person and spirited him away. I later employed a law yer and saved him from being sent to jail.” When asked how he felt about tliQ storm of protests which has come down on his head because of his stand, the senator held that while he would like to have every vote he could get if he carries the Republican ribbons, he would not for a moment go back on : what he tlJ nks is an honorable tradition of “never voting for a bill which I think unconsti tutional.” The eandiate for the Repub lican nomination at Cleveland (Continued on Pag* 5) Frederick D. Wiginprton Dies The funeral services of Fred erick Douglas Wigington, son of the old pioneer family of Wesley W. Wigington, were held at the Myers’ Funeral Home at 2.30 p. m., Friday, January 31st. The sermon was preiaclied by Rev. L. P. Bryant, pastor of St. John’s AME church. It was one of the most beautifully, comforting mes sages ever pronounced at a ser vice of this kind. Mr. W. L. Myers sang “The Great White Throne”, “Evening Prayer’’ and “Alone”. The pallbearers were Messrs. Harry Lewis, Har ry Long, Cleo Mortimer, Will iam Rawlins, Burt Johnson and Buckner. Mr. Wigington died in Sher idan, Wyo., January 22nd, after a rather brief illness. His body was brought to Omaha by his sister, Mrs. A. L. Bell, of Sher dan, for burial in the family (Continued on Page 8)