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%**:#>' OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 193G NUMBER TWENTY NINE
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Stump For Roosevelt
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BISHOP R R. WKiGlt t,
COL. J. E. SP VGARN
Bishop Wright, chaiman of the
National Colored Committee of the
Good Neighbor League, 103 Park
avenue, New Yo k Cty, and Col
,J E Spingarn, president of the
National Association for th Ad
vancement of Colored People, 69
Fifth avenue, New York City, are
touring states of Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois and Pennsylvania
add 'easing mass meetings spon
sored by the Good Neighbor League
for the re-election of P esident
Roosevelt.
NEW LABOR PARTY
GAINS SUPPORT
IN HARLEM
Supported by powerful trade
unions with large Neg 10 member
ship, the American Labor party
has become in a few weeks, an im
portant factor in the eu rent pol
itical campaign in Harlem.
Organized on a permanent bas
is to mobilize labor’s fo ices behind
effective social legislation, the
new political group has enlisted the
active support of more than 5,000
Negro voters affiliated with local
tjade unions and progressive or
ganizations, it was announced this
week by Eliniore M- Horrick, state
campaign director
Many prominent civic leade is in
cluding the Rev- H. Johnson of St
Martin’s P- E church, Lester B
Ranger of the National Urban Lea
gue, Dr- Farrow Allen) and Dr- Ad
rian Freeman of the Manhattan
Medical Society have joined the
American Labor party and are as
sisting the drive to re-elect Presi
dent Roosevelt and Governor Leh
man
Regular political clubs have been
established in each of Harlem’s six
assembly districts- Negro campaign
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Official Predicts
A Banner Year
Striking a keynote of optimism j
for the future of fratema iusur-|
anee, , L>ora Alexander Talley, j
president of Woodmen Circle, Thu
predicted a banner year for f at
onaliom in her semi-annual repo t
to the board of directors of the
association
Woodmen Circle has shown a
saMsfad-o -’ gain i adult member
ship and an inc ease in insurance in
force in ihe past year, Mrs- Talley
said In addition, the society has
increased its assets mo' e than
$835,00 in that period- Further to
establish the. financial security of
the Circle. Mrs- Talley pointed out
decreases in first-year death claims
and in withdrawal claims
The Woodman Circle is one of the
la gest women’s organizations in
the world The society was organiz
ed in 1891 and now has members
and Groves in 44 states- In 1907,
women replaced all men in national
offices
DINING CAR WAITERS HOLD
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION
The Dining Car Waiters held
their their first session at Zion
Baptist Church Tuesday evening,
Oct- 13th, with Mr. E- G Scott pre
siding.
The convention was opened by
the chairman, Mr. rthur H Reed.
The address of welcome was
given by Mayor Butler in behalf of
the citizens of Omaha; response was
made by Mr. John Hargroves, Los
Angeles, Calif.
Principal speakers were Mr
Clarence R. Johnson of Los Ange
les, Calif-; Mr- Solon C- Bell, pre
sident of Local No 465 and Rev.
Ross D. Brown.
ROCKEFELLER FILES SUIT
A6AINST DUNBAR APARTMENTS
New York City, Oct- 18 (ANP)
—Charging the Paul Lawrence
Dunbar Apartments, Inc-, of Har
lem are in arrears on a $2,000,000
John D Rockefeller, jr, last week
mortgage given in December, 1927,
filed a mortgage foreclosure suit
in the supreme court
It was in 1927 that the apart
ments were erected by Mr. Rocke
feler as one of the largest multi
unit housing projects for negroes
JUDGE PAIGE IS
GOOD COLLECTOR
New York, Oct- 18 (C)—Tudge
Myles Paige priced an excellent
collector for the city last week
I when, sitting in traffic court, he
I collected $627 from 841 traffic
I violators in one day
in the world- The cost was esti
mated at $3,500,000, and accomo
dations are provided for 511 fam
ilies in suites of two to seven
Under the plan instituted 'at the
time of the building’s completion,
it was to be a co-operative enter
prise, with tenants subscribing for
stock with small down payments
At the end of a three year lease,
a tenant might apply for a further
lease or request the corporation to
sell his stock at par
The project has at various times
been reported as well rented- In
August, 1931, it was announced 98
per cent of the tenants whose leas
es expired that year had renewed
their contracts- The depression,
however, is believed to have been
mainly responsible for defaults in
payments on the $2,000,00 mort
gage
LEADERS PRAISE i
LANDON’S STAND
ON LYNCHING
Chicago, Oct- IS (ANP) State
ments concerning lynching made at
Topeka last week by Gov. Alfred
M Lamb n, -epubli tin nominee, to
r. delegation which included ( ol
cnel Arthur W Little, white, com
niander of a Ha lem regiment in
th. World Wa , ‘and R. R Church, I
of Memphis, nationally prominent
paliticans, have received wide
'praise from Negro leade s in all
parts of America
Almost without exception, they
bav lauded the courage of the pre
sidential aspi ant who broke trad
ition by speaking out on a subject
, t-evoualy sidestepped by major
party nominees The two leaders
who belittled his stern stand ap'.i
inst the mob evil are Janies W
Fo d, Communist candidate for
vice president, and Dean Kelly M-l
lcr of Howard university
Bishop J. A- Gregg of the AME !
church, reported in some places to
b«' an “enemy” of the Kansas gov
ernor, was one of the first to com-1
pliment him for his position
“Gov- London’s pledge to help
stop lynching if elected is the. most
heartening p -onouncement ever
made by any >presidential cantlid
ate,” Bishop Gregg declared. “The
larger inte -csts of our race trans
cend individual consideration and 1
am ready to sacrifice personal feel
ing for the larger good of the
many- I shall therefore support
Gov Landon
Judge Edward YV Henry of Phil
delphia also praised the nominee.
“I consider Gov. Landon’s declarsw
tion against lynching the most im
portant development of the cam
paign,” he said “It is in striking
contrast to Pres Roosevelt’s con
tinued silence on the subject and
his failure to say one word in sup
port of the federal anti—lynching
bill when it was before Congress.
Gov. Landon’s statement shoud in
sure him 90 per cent of the Negro
vote.”
“ I rega'd lynching as one of our
worst evils,” said Dr John R Haw
kins, of Washington, financial sec
retary of the AME church. “Any
one who is willing to stop it deserv
es commendation- Gov. Landon’s
stand shows courage and should
cci imand unstinted support”
£ r.ted P B. Young, editor of the
Norfolk Journal and Guide: “Gov.
Landon’s statement on lynching
should commend him to> all law
abiding American citizens- In tak
ing such a stand while inviting the
support of the American electorate
as a candidate for the presidency he
removes any doubt as to his sincer
ity One thing that has retarded
proper legal control and preven
tion of this peculiarly American
disregard for human life, law and
constituted authority is the ten
dency of those in high government
al command to temporize with the
evil”
The music loving public of this
city will be interested to learn that
the Fisk Jubilee Singers will ap
pear here in concert 'at the Urban
League Community Center on Mon
day, Oct- 19 at 8:00 p m
The appearance here of these
Singers is being sponsored by the
Sunday Music Club, Mr. B E
Squires, of the Urban League, and
Mr L- L. McVay.
Proceeds will be applied to
Scholarship funds.
Mrs Anna Kellogg and her three
sons, Marvin, Roy and Gerald left
Sunday night for Portland, Ore-,
after spending the past two months
in Omaha
Rev. P. J Sears of Henderson,
Tex-, will come to Omaha to take
charge of Bethel Baptist church
South Omaha
20,000 OMAHANS
GREET PRESIDENT
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eager Throng Greets Roosevelt
At The Ak-Sar-3en Coliseum
Senator Norris Favored
President Franklin Delano Roose
velt was greeted by a cheering and
capacity crowd at the Ak-Sar-Ben
Caliseum Saturay night, Oct. 10,
where he made one the major
speeches of his campaign
The high spot of the President’s
address was reached when he at
tacked Republican leaders on the
charge they are inconsistent in
putting forward in the west a
farm policy which he said would
cost one and a half to two billion
dollars a year, while in the east
they preach economy.
“For the first time in many
cruel years," he said, “we are
getting the problem of the
business of farming well in
and- Do you want to turn
over that problem to the care
of those who did nothing about
it in the past? Do you want
to turn it over to those who
now make inconsistent cam
paign-devised, half-baked prom
ises which you and they know
they cannot keep?
And a large section of his aud
ience roared back the reply, “No-”
Attacks G- O- P- Stand
MR. DAVID LONGMEYER DIES
As we go to press, word comes
to us that Mr- David Longmeyer,
2728 Miami street, injured by an au
tomobile accident- passed Wednes
day
Mrs. Woody L Cooper of Lin
coln, Nebr- and Miss Lou Finley
spent the past Sunday with Mrs
Cooper’s sister, Mrs Earl Perry,
2624 Caldwell Miss Finley is the
niece of Mrs- Perry.
Attacking the Republican farm
plank, he said:
“The proposed plan of the
Republican leaders is a straight
subsidy of unlimited farm pro
duction- In a year or two of
normal weather, it would pile
surplus on top of surplus, driv
ing' prices down and down. It
is the Federal Farm board all ,
over again.”
Ho asserted the cost would run
to one and a half or even possibly
two billion dollars a year
‘‘This vast sum would be
spent not to save agriculture
but to wreck it,” he declared.
“Help this great American to
continue an historic career of ser
vice
“Nebraska will be doing a
great service, not only to itself
but to every state in the union
and to the nation as a whole, if it
places the great American above
partisanship and keeps George:
Norris in the senate of the United
States”
Atty- Chas F Davis, state dir
ector of the Democratic Campaign,
said thai he believed that the pre
sident’s speech was convincing to
all of the people who heard him and
that the president offered an ad
mirable defense to the good record
he has made during his term in of
fice Davis said that he also fully
agreed with the contention that the
opposition should base their cam
paign on specific issues instead of
generalities and the unsually large
Democratic registration among the
colored voters was evidence of their
reaction toward the humanintarium
effort of the Democratic 'admin
i strati on
Charged With
Slaying White
Mob Leader
Anniston, Alu-, Oct. 18 (ANP)
11 into y of a sort was tirade h<‘re
Wednesday when Ait Bush was ac
quitted by a lily white jury in this
town, at present the powder keg of
Alabama in race relations, in the
mu Uer of a white mob member
Bush was charged wth slaying
Pat Hicks on Aug 10th when Hicks
ami several fellow whites tried to
break into his house as they hunted
an unidentified Negro alleged to
have made a kidnap attempt on 'a
white child. Two other mob mem
be ,s wre wounded but not fatally.
Since then a brother of Pat Hicks
murdered in cold blood a youth
diseil by Bush m the ground he
thought this youth was leading
him into an ambush.
National gua vintner, were called
to Anniston after the Hicks slay
ing Bush, who hid out in the
swamps for 21 hours, surrendered
and was taken to Binning for safe
keeping At the trial Wednesday,
attorneys appointed by Circuit
Court Judge Lamar Field drew
f nm state witnesses testimony
tluit they could not swear th'at
Bush was the man who fired the
shots killing Hicks
Bacehanites Hold
Round Table Meet
The B'acchanites held a very suc
cessful round table discussion Fri
day night, Oct- 9th at the Com
munity Center Oct 9th was the
dead-line for registered names for
a northside colored mayor- We fee]
that our efforts have not been in
vain by the number of people pre
sent at our meeting. The nomina
tions were closed with the follow
ing names registered:
Milton Johnsan, C- C Galloway,
Dr G- 13- Lennox, W- L- Myers,
Dr- Wesley Jones, J D- Granville,
Johnnie Owens, Atty. II J. Pinkett,
Leroy Childs, John Benpamin Ho
ton, J- C. Carey, Charlie Payne
and Atty. Charles F Davis- A mo
tion was made and seconded that
the mayor be elected and then his
council men later- The primary el
ection will be Friday November
27th We are now accepting nomin
ations for councilmen. Names al
rogistered are Joseph D Lewis and
Maceo Fan-ell.
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Jesse Owens Is
TO Headline at
Landon Rally
JESSE OWENS
Jesse Owens, United States Oly
mpic track star will speak on Fri
day, October 16th at Pilgrim Bap
tist church, 25th and Hamilton St
Ho will speak in behalf of
Governor Alfred M Landon and
the Republican ticket. Other speak
ers will be Oscar DePriest, Jr-,
son of the former congressman
from Illinois 'and Perry Howard,
National Committeeman from
Mississippi Among the local and
state candidates who will speak
will be Rep. John Adams, jr-, non
partison for the legislature, and
Jackson B Chase. This meeting is
sponsored by the Negro Young Re
publican Club, Ilouglass County
Central Committee, Colored Divi
sion; The Frederick Douglass Re
publican club -and the North Sid®
Republican dub. Arthur B. McCaw
wall preside
Little Grace Walton, grandchild
of Mrs- Maud Walton, 2118 No. 18
street is ill
GIVE WHITE FOLKS A BREAK
PLEADS WHITE MINIS! ER
Denver, Oct- 18 (ANP)—“Give
white people a break” was the ap
peal of Dr- V- V Loper, white,
principal speaker on the Twelfth
anniversary program of Glenarm
Branch YMCA Sunday- The bril
liant pastor of First Plymouth Con
pregational church of Denver de
clared that his experience as chair
man of the local Race Relations
commission brought him brought
face to face with the realization
that “The problem not only invol
ves the prejudiced of white people
against black, bat also black
against white ” He added, however,
“and I don’t blame the black people
one bit—they have real right to
thedr feelings, but something must
be done to curb prejudice when
ever it is found ”
Judge Ellet N Shepherd, pre
se.nd chairman of the Race Rela
tions commission, declared that he
also was unable to see clearly on
race issues as he came up and was
being educated in the south, but a
change of atmosphere and a devi
ation to the constitution of the Un
ited Sates and its ideas have alter
ed his attitude considerably- Local
people consider the judge a real and
fearless progressive man- He bore
the greetings of his organization
and of his bench in the police courts
and highly complimented the branch
on its effective efforts to reduce
deliquency in this section of Den
ver
Guy T Justice, of the Community
Chest, Rev W- H- Young of the
Interdenominational Ministerial Al
liance, Mrs- L H- Lightner, of the
Phylls Whtatley YWCA, Mrs- Cora
Peters of the Mothers’ Council,
Samuel Johnson, president, and
Lee A Moe, general secretary of
the YMCA and City Att’y - R J
Kirchwing also brought greetings
to the “Y” branch of which Leon
Steward became executive secre
tary in April.
