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I VOLUME 13 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY SEPT. 12, 1936 NUMBER TWENTY-THREE Owens Says “Yes;” Manager “No” Owens Promises To Back Landon: Agent Vetoes Plan New York, Sept. lO-(ANP) —Jesse Owens, hero of the 1936 Olympics, came out Wednesday with a statement that he would 8upport Gov. Landon of Kan sas for election to the presi dency. And almost immediately Forking, Broadway eT i who lias signed one-year con tj m i iAf uaiullr dirt business and personal affairs, said he would not allow Owens to take any part in polities. Owens, introduced by Rep- j reseutative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Tjandon-Knox Eastern cam paign director at Republican headqiiarters, said he not only would support Landon but would make speeches for him. Previously Democrats had hid for his "Support. “I have told Congressman Martin that my Olympic tri umph would not mean much if I did not try to use the leader ship these victories gave me to do something for my raee, ’’ said the Ohio flash, who is 22 and will vote in his first president ial election this year. “This country was made largely hv the sweat of the brow of Negroes. I do not want to knock the present ad ministration; President Roose velt has done something but not enough to benefit the people of the colored raee. But T be lieve the election of Governor Landn would he good for Am erica and for the people of the colored raee. Governor Lon don does not promise much but what promises he makes I think he will keep.” Owens said he expected to go to Topeka to visit Governor Landon. TT<> has already had some experience campaigning in Ohio where he resides and may run for the state legis lature. “I absolutely won’t allow him to stump for Governor Landon oC anybody else or to take any nart, in polities.” Forkins said as soon as the news reached him. ”T didn’t even know about this statement at head quarters. T wouldn’t have al lowed him to take any side in the political campaign if T had known about it. ‘.I don’t think he’s interested much one way or the other in politics. He told me he voted the Republican ticket but be yond that didn’t pay much at tention to politics. He’s in the public hands now and can’t be dabbling in political matters.” Mrs. Roosevelt Addresses The Good Neighbor League ’New Dealers Start Big Drive to Corral The Negro Vote Say They Want to “Stop Ne groes From Voting' For Lincoln New York, Sept. 10—(ANP) —A nation wide drive to de liver the Neiro vote to Presi dent Roosevelt, a feature of which will be enlisting the ser vices of Baptist and Methodist | minLsiters to persuade their brethern to “stop voting for Lincoln and vote for Roosevelt --- j Babe’s Buffet Girls Lose To Russell’s In Tournament Rabes Buffet Girls played Tues day September 8th at the U. P. diamond in Council bluffs, la. They will leave Saturday for Broken Bow, Nebr., a trip of ver 600 miles, for their final game of the season out-of-town. The nanager and members of the i team wish to thank their two spon- j sons, Dr. Milton Johnson, of John son Drug Co. and Mrs. Carl Rabes,1 who sponsored the te*am in the j state tournament and merchants who donated their caps, slacks, shoes and sweaters. Mayo Barber shop, $3:00; Sun set Cab, $3.00; Herman’s Market, can Wiener Shop, $3.00; Emerson $3.00; Marsh Groc., $3.00; Ameri Laundry, $3.00; Edholm Sherman, $3.00; Robbins Drug, $3.00; H. and M. Buffet, $3.00; Carey’s Neigh borhood Groc., $3.00; Petersen’s Bakery, $3,000; Forbes Bakery,$3 Duffy Drug, $3.00; Homstein Groc. $3.00; Northside Transfer, $1.00; Price and Killingsworth, $1.00; Robinson Drug, $.50 Only Col red Team Filtered The only colored team entered in the state tournament against the strong Crete team, which ended 4-2 in favor of Rabes. This was the beat game of girls in the tourna ment, not a runner crossed the iplate in the first 7 innings. In 1st of 8th Rabes started fireworks by Lyles walking and a single by Lindsay, a tripple by Wright, a sin gle by Stewart, with two errors scored 4 runs only to have Crete come back strong in their half and Score two. Cunday Rabes vs. Russel Sports which ended 1-1 in the last of 4th Bolden with a triple followed by a single by Williams scored the lone run. The game was played Labor Day in which the poor play ing by the Rabes Girls allowed the Russells to score a 7-3 victory, and eliminate the girls in the largest state tournament ever held in Oma ha. Rabes defeated Russells on instead’’—was started Thors-*! day of this week by Stanley High’s Good Neighbor League. Members of the League, in cluding ministers and business and professional people, are seeking to organize “good neighbor clubs” in the church es of the country, and an or ganization meeting was held Thursday at Harlem YMOA, 180 West 135th St. The com mittee later went to the Park offices of the Good Neighbor League where they were ad dressed informally by Mrs. Franklin T). Roosevelt. The President's wife express ed the hope that the good neigh bor ideu would became a per manent. one, and general throughout the nation, and em phasized the opportunity open to the church in promoting har mony among all groups. Bishop R. R. Wright, Jr., of Philadelphia and Rev. A. Clay ton Powell, Sr., pastor Abyssin ian Baptist church, who pre sided at the earlier meeting are co-ehairmen of the League’s national Negro committee. Bish op R. C. Ransom of Wilber force, Ohio, also attended the meeting and predicted that 30 per cent of Ohio’s 206,000 Ne gro voters would support, Roosevelt at the November el ection. Republicans Even Score on Bishops West Middlesex, Pa., Sept. 12— (C)—Bishop E. L. Madison of the A. M. E. Zion church evened the scor'd for he Republicans by get ing in the picture with Candidate Landon when he appeared here last week at his boyhood home. Bishop Wright -and Bishop Ransom have gone over to the Democrats. Sept. 3rd at Fallstaff Park, 7-6 in a seven inning rally which Bolden and Williams singles and long double by Wright scored 3 runs. Wright won both games played in Fallstaff park by extra base hits after Bolden and Williams had singled. Mr. Carl Rabes, who so generously sponsored the girls in tho state tournament gave the girls a party Sunday at the home of Mrs. James Jindsay, 2915 N. 28 Ave. Tho Rabes girls will enter the city tounament to be held the last of the month. Rabes girls are playing great ball with only ten player and two of those girls playing great game. One just recovered from an opera tion, Mary Stewart and A. Lyles is having eye trouble. Race Finally Gets N. Y. Magistrate New York, Sept. 12—(C)—The Negro in New Yprk City finally got a magistrate last Wednesday as Myles A. Paige was sworn in by Mayor LaGuardia. For several years the colored citizens have •asked for, petitioned for, urged, nnd critized officials for failure to recognize the race on the judiciary of the city. Mr. Paige, an attorney and pro minent Republican former Assist ant Attorney General of the State, succeeds Nathan D. Perlman, who has been elevated to the Court of Special Sessions. The job pay $10, 000 per year. The Special Sessions judge receives $12,000. Paige is >a Catholic, an active civic worker and president of the NJorth Harlem Community Council. He is 38, married and live® at 100 W. 121st street. The Paiges have two children. Mr. Paige is a B. A. from Howard ‘and LL. B. and Mas ter of Laws from Columbia. A na tive of Montgomery, Aia., Mr. Paige was educated at Alabama State Teachers College, Fink, and Howard. Paige was sworn in at the Summer City Hall. Farm-Labor Party Organized In Neb. Convention To Be Held In Om aha at Swedish Auditorium, Sept. 12, at 7:30 p. m. The Farm Labor Party, al ready active in 37 states, is now ready to sweep Nebraska. From this community. Mr. S. C. Bell, secretary of the Dining Car Wait ers Union, Peter Mehrens and Mr. Herman Friedlander has joined this movement and are actively en gaged in helping to form this or ganization in Nebraska. Mr. Her man Friedlander believes that both major parties, Republican and Democratic alike have failed to solve the workers problem, and in the present campaign they have no solution to offer the working class, and especially to the twenty mil lion workers who cannot find em ployment. The Farm Labor Party is the only organization who will carry on the fight for the worker and small business man. This country is rich enough and large enough to (provide employment at a living wage for everyone who is willing to work. The national organizer, Mr. H. Williams, who is also a candidate for the U. S. Senate from Minne sota will be the principal speaker. In order to get more acquainted with our movement and to help us carry on this work, we appeal to all sound thinking people of Oma ha to come and bring friends to this convention Saturday night at the Swedish uditorium, 16th and Chicago Sts. Convention Committee is: Peter Mehrens, chairman; Dr. V. R. ■Thomas, vice chairman; Lea Bea sley, secretary; Herman Friedland er, treasurer; C. W. Hansen and S. W. Bell, publicity. 1 Douglas Co. Fair Opens Sept. 16th The Douglas county fair will be held at Waterloo from Sept. 16 to 19 inclusive, according to an announcement Saturday by William Steyer, president of the country fair board. Tn spite of drouth, Mr. Steyer predicts that agricultural exhibits will be up to 19115 standards, and that the lire stock show will surpass last year’s. Several hundred 4-TT club boys and girls will take part in daily oompetitions and dem onstrations. Other daily attract ions include baseball games, a horseshoe pitching contest, band concerts, a midway and carnival, vaudeville and free dancing. Vaudeville attractions will include the Ernie Thomp son girl revue, the Owen sis ters, Mrs. Steve Thomas’ revue, Agnes Britton and her Radio Vanities, and a number of radio acts. Four orchestras have been engaged to play for the nightly dances, and an amateur contest will be held daily. Politicians will have their in nings on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19, which have been designated Democratic and Republican days respec tively. Among candidates and office-holders expected to at tend arc Senator E. R. Burke, Governor R. L. Cochran, Dwight Griswold, Robert Simmons, Congressman C. F. McLaughlin and Jackson B. Chase. Civic Groups Endorse Plan Of Bacchanites Club Plan for Negro Leader Gains Recognition The Mayor’s contest sponsor ed by the Racehanite elub has stimulated quite a interest throughout the entire Negro district. "We are pleased to an nounce the following organi zations have pledged their loy al support to this movement. The Hlks club, Democratic club, Republican club, Ministerial Al liance and the Beau Brummel’s elub. The business men through out the city feel it is one of the greatest civic movements that has ever been undertaken. The winner of the contest will be given a ticket to Chi cago where he will visit the Chicago Defender and be enter tained by the Negro Mayor of Chicago. After a short stay in Chicago he will then go to New York City, where he will he en tertained by the Negro Mayor of Harlem. While there he will be able to study how Negro business and civic enterprises nre conducted in larger cities. For any information concern Vote Thanks For Naming N. V. Judge LaGuardia Thanked For Appoinment Of Negro Magistrate New York, Sept. 11,—Appre ciation was expressed today to Mayor P. H. LaGuardia, of New York City by the National Association for Advancement of Colored People on his ap pointment of Myles L. Paige, as magistrate. Mr. Paige is the first Negro to serve in this cap acity. His term extends for nine years to April 30, 1945 and carries with it a substantial sal ary. Appointment of Mr. Paige raises to three the number of Negro judges serving in New York City, the others being Justices Charles E. Toney and James Watson of the New York Municipal court. The NAAOP letter to Mayor IaiGuardia pays tribute to Mr. Paige’s ability as a Lawyer, his unselfish services over a period of years to various community enterprises, and thanks Mayor LaGuardia that his choice of Mr. Paige is of “one who will do honor to his race in demon strating that Negroes can serve in such responsible posts with distinction and honor.’’ Daily Express Wants Fiffht In January London, Sept. 10—(ANP)—• Efforts to match Joe Louis of Detroit in January with the new British Empire heavy weight champion, Ben Foord, or Walter Neusel of Germany, with a flat guarantee of ap proximately $75,000 were made last week by Trevor Wignall, sports editor of the Daily Ex press, in a trans-Atlantic tele phone conversation with Mike Jacohii of New York, head of the 20th Century Sporting alub. The original plan was to match Louis with Foords, Jac abs first asked $100,000 but later said he would be willing to .accept $75,000 with an addi tional fiO per cent of receipts above $100,000. Foord, who recently whipped Jack Peterson for for the title, was later found to be under contract for a fight in October or November with Neusel. The biggest difficulty remaining Is in staging the battle and pro moting definite interest among Britishers should Neusel, an-* other foreigner, win. A contract is understood to have been sent to New York for the signature of Mike Jac obs and its return to London is awaited. The $75,000, if the bout goes through, is to be de posited in a London l»ank be fore the fight. JAMES FORD ON NATIONAL HOOK-I ip William I. McRae Born, May 8. 1866 at Port au Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of 19 years. He rrtarried Florrie Brady of Chicago, 111. in 1902 There were 12 children. He has been a resident of Omaha since 1908. At his death he was a mem b(\r of the Elks lodge and Moat Worshipful of the Masonic order, Rescue No. 4, also a veteran of the Spanish American War. He died September 1, 1936 at a local hospital. He was a member of Hill side Presbyterian church from which he was buried on Friday, Sept. 4, with Masconlc rites. Rev. John S. Williams officiated. He is survived by two sons, Charles C. and George B. of Detroit, Mich.; five daughters, Meedames Florrie Mitchell, Sadie McClain, Helen Key, Charlotte Reeves and Myrtle Rao Falls; and nine grandchildren. ing the contest, call The Omaha Guide office, 2418 Grant St., We 1517. We are asking loyal support from the entire com munity. A meeting was held Friday, September 11, 8:00 p. m. at the Communty Center, for the pro spective candidates for the con test. We take this liberty to in vite the entire community. For the first time in America’s history a nation-wide radio hook-up will carry the voice of a Negro vice presidential candidate into the deep south when James W. Ford, Communist, steps before the mi crophone on September 21 at 10:45 p. m. (New York Daylight Saving Time.) Ford, outstanding Negro leader will speak over the Red network of the National Broadcasting Com pany for 15 minutes on the pro blems facing the Negro people in the election campaign. Nine im portant southern cities from Rich mond to Miami will carry his words to hundreds of thousands in the south. To many who hear him his address will mark the first pre sidential campaign in which thef feel they have a real stake. This will be the third of a eerie# of eight coast-to-coast hook-up# arranged by the National Election Campaign Committee of the Com munist Party. Mr. Ford's radio ad dress will take place on the evto of a tour which will take him ac ross the country to the Pacific coast. The stations in the hook-up are: WOW, Omaha; WHO, Des Moines; and KOA, Denver, Shaw Coach to Study Under Lou Little Raleigh, N. C., Sept. lfc--(C)— Coach Jimmy Lytle of Shaw uni versity plans to study in Lou Lit tle's Football Coaching school. Farmer-Labor Party Is Organized in Nebraska
