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The Works Program National Youth Administration To Com tin ue Aid To Worthy Colored Students Washington, D. C., Aug. 19—A few changes will be made in the National Youth Administration's program of work-aid for needy stu dents during the coming school term, Aubrey Williams, executives director, announces. To continue benefits to Negro students through the School Aid and College and Graduate Aid programs, the an nouncement stated, a special fund of $70,000 for Negro graduate stu dents has again been set aside. The school aid program will give financial assistance to students in approved institutions not requiring high school graduation or the equi valent for entrance, while the. Col lege and Graduate program will help those in approved institutions that have such minimum require ments. Last year 30,000 colored students be.nefitted through the former program, while more than 7.000 were added by the latter. The figures represented and increase of more than 9,000 over the previous year’s totals. Greater emphasis is to be placed this year upon need as a factor in determining the eligibility of stu dent applicants. Those desiring, NYA work must demonstrate that without such employment, they would not be able to enter or stey in school. All students aid is limited to young people between the ages of Ifi and 24 inclusive. They must be fulltime students, carrying at least three-fourths of the normal sched ule. Only youths who are citizens of the United States, or who have filed declaration of their intention to become citizens, will be eligible. All must be of good character and possess such abiity that they can give assurance of performing ac ceptable scholastic work. Students who flail to do good classroom work will be dropped from NYA employment. Work payments will remain the same as last year: a aximum of $6 a month for elementary and high school students, an average of $15 with a maximum of $20 for college undergraduates, and an average of $30 with a $40 maxmum for graduate, students. Maximum hours of work will be eight hours a day, thirty hours a week. Wage rates will be the same as those prevailing in the locality for the type of work performed. Clerical, library, classoom and la boratory assistance, construction of small buildings, research and sur veys, and supervision of recrea tion will constitute the chief types of employment. Tn setting empoyment quotas for school aid, provision is made that ‘‘the number of young men and wo men of any minority racial group school aid shall not represent a smaller proportion of the total number _aided than the ratio which this racial group bears to the pop ulation of the school district or state.” Because it is realized that many universities make, no provisions for the enrollment of colored graduate students, the special fund created last year for this group has been continued. During the 1936-1937 school term it aided students from many states to do graduate work at nineteen different colleges and universities. In addition, it was used to finance a number of spa tial training projects for worthy VISIT THE New Elite Bar 2423 N. 24th St Drinks of All Kinds At Moderate Prices fltpecial Courtesy to Ladies Direit Wira on All Sporting Events j Christopher & McGill, Props. SCOTTSBORO BOYS AND TWO OF THEIR MOTHERS i i-.■ — -— — i"- ■ -i d>iy,j Hatur. jnnjhlH /'.in shrdl | The Rev. Dr. Thomas S Mar-> ten is shaking hands with Mrs Viola Montgomery of Atlanta, <!a. Just hack of her Ik Miss Alice Montgomery- On the oth er side of Dr. Ilarten stands Mrs. Ada Wright of Chatanoo ga, Tenn. She tils thjp mother of RoyWright who was released asd Alan Wright who was sen tenced to niide y-nine years in prison. Standing left to rigli. are: Roy Wright, Willie ltolrtn son, Eugene Williams and Ol en Mon gomery. non-graduates in smaller institu tions. All applications for any form of , school or college and graduate aid 1 must be made directly to the ad ministrative office of the scchool or college which the student des’r -s attend. The determination of r r-i and the selection of students to be aided is the responsibility of I < « school. Special application f ivms and a form for certification of need must lie filed by all appli cants before they can be ass:gned to a work project. Investigations will be made by NYA authorities into any cases in which the need of the applicant appears to be ques tionable. For other details about the NYA program, Negro students are ad vised to communicate with their State Youth Director or to write to Mrs. Mary McLeod Be.thune, Di ector of the Division of Negro Af fairs of the NationalYouth Admin istration, 1340 G street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. SPECIAL Clear Sheer Chiffons Sightly Seconds at 49e a Pair Friedman’s Shoe Store & Shoe Repair 1610 N. 24th St. JA 0353 Daily Worker Editor To Speak In Omaha Clarence A. Hathaway, of New York, edtor of the Daiy Worker, only daily labor paper printed in ] English in the United States, will speak at the Dreamland Hall, 24th and Grant, on Wednesday, Septem ber 1st, at 8 p. m. itwasannounced today by Ed Richards, state secre tary of the Communist Party. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Communist Party of Nebraska, and is open to tho public. ' Hathaway is a trade union leader of long standing. iHe has edited the Daily Worker for five years, and is a member of the Central Com mittee of the Communist party. Tho Daily Worker was the first paper in the country to expose the Scottsboro frame-up, and during th« whole six and one-half years of this case has rallied the pro gressive and litxyral (forces and the Negro people to the defense of the nine innocent boys. Mr. Hatha way has played a leading part in this work, and is an outstanding champion of Negro rights. In 1932 Mr. Hathaway gave the nomination speech for James W. Ford as the vice presdential candidate of the Communist party. He has made many speaking tours through the South, speaking to audiences of both Negro and white, in defiance of the landlod jim crow laws. This will be Mr- Hathaway’s first speaking engagement in Nebraska. I For the BEST Race Results Champion Cigar Store 3047 No. 24th 9t JA 4777 Harlem Cigar Store 1914 No. 24th St, WE 5595 Rabes Buffet 2229 Lake St. AT 7527 ftWAmiwAmw/ZA SPECIAL Reed’s commercial grade Ice Cream Many Delicious Flavors Quarts 23c Pints 15c At Your Neighborhood Reedette Stand 24th and Patrick | Virginia Dixon I PROPRIETRESS STARTLING FACTS 30,000 OF THE CONSUMING PUBLIC IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA READ Omaha Guide THE ACCREDITED FIGURES OF 16.500 NEGROES ARE ABOUT CORRECT FOR THIS METROPOLITAN AREA, THAT IS, OMAHA PROPER THESE FACTS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY COMPUTED The Average Expenditure Per Person. Daily is $1.25. The Total Daily Expenditure Is About $22,867.00. Making the Annual Expenditure of $8,346,455.00. The Women and Misses of Our Group Require $701,102.22. Clothing and shoes for the Children, yearly totals of $500,787.30 In Omaha Alone, the 4,800 Families Spend Annually for Bread $225,497.00 More than $250,393.65 is Spent in Omaha for Fur niture. THE ABOVE ITEMS ARE A SELECTED FEW OF THE MANY NECESSITIES, COMMODI TIES AND LUXURIES CONSUMED IN THIS V,AST EXPENDITURE. WHICH ALSO INCLUDES Automobiles Groceries, Meats, Foods, Automobile Accessories Wholesale and Retail Bakeries . Hardware Appliances Candy and Soft Drinks Jewelry Cigars and Tobacco Men’s Apparel Confections r Musical Instruments Construction and Building Materiaf Notions Drugs Wholesale and Retail Novelties and Toys Dry Goods Radios Electrical Appliances Shoes Stationery and Office Supplies i i THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR LADIES FOR TOILET PREPARATIONS EX CEED $100,000 These Include Many Kinds of Hair Beautifiers, Massage Creams, Powders, Rouge, Lip Stick, Eye-brow Beautifiers, Perfumes, Toilet Waters, Talcum and Body Sachets and Manicuring Preparations. THESE 16,500 CONSUMER S ARE SERVED BEST BY OMAHA’S ONE BIG WEEKLY NEWSPAPER THE OMAHA GUIDE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU , . Mr. Advertser The Omaha Guide Coven This Metropolitan Area Like the Dew Coven the Morning. 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