Entered as Second Class Matterat Postoffice. Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY. -FiPTFMBER 18, 1937 70L. XI, NO. 21
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Mob Assaults Mayor in Georgia Rioting
Georgia Mayor Shot
Defending Negro
Dublin, Ga., Sept. 36 (PFS)—
John W. Underwood. youthful
Mayor of Mount Vermon, Ga-, was
seriously wounded last week when
he tried to intervene between an
aroused posse and an aged Negro
suspected of harboring a fugitive
in a rape case.
Tho Negro, William Kirby, 75,
was kiiled and Underwood and a
member of the posse struck by
stray bullets when gunfire foiled
the efforts of the Mayor to calm
things at Kirby’s farm home near
Mt. Vernon on Friday.
Many versions of the shooting
were given, some declaring that
the Negro had fired a weapon and
others insisting that Special De
puty Sheriff Eutis Brady had de
clared that Kirby had no firearms
in his possession.
Little Daughter
Of Con. Gavagan
Dies Of Burns
New York, Sept. 16—Word was
received (here yesterday that Rose- j
mary Gavaynn, two-year ol 1 daugh
t'>r of Congressman and Mrs. !
Joseph A. Gavagan, had died the
night of September 8fch, as a result ,
of severe burns suffered when she
aoeiden'nlly overturned a kettle of
scalding water at the Gavagan’s
summer home at Ludlow, Ver
mont.
Congressman Gavagan, when !
notified of the accident, flew to j
Vermont. The Gavagans had two
girl?. The surviving child is Joan,
one year of age.
Congressman Gavagan sponsor
ed the federal anti-lynching bill in
the House and led the victorious
fight for its passage on April 15th.
Mis Washington address is New
House Office Building, Washington,,
D. C.; and his New York address I
is 1775 Broadway.
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Cubans Pass Batista
Sugar Measure
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 16 (ANP)
—Col. Fulgencio Bastista’s pet
measure of his “3-year plan,”—the
sugar industry coordination bill—
was passed Monday by the House
of Representatives, sent to Presi
dent Federico Laredo Bru, for his
signature. The bill had passed the
Senate on August 12th.
It is the plan of Col. Batista,
Cuba’s military leader, to make
the country less dependent on su
gar production for its economic
welfare. He wants those products
raised which Cuba consumes most,
and additional products developed
for the export trade. Under his
restrictive measures, the sugar
crop peak of 5,000,000 to(ns has
been reduced to less than 3,000,000
ton3.
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call the office, WEbester 1617, and
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Mr. C. C. Galloway, Manager
More than 1162,000,000 was ex
pended for the Golden Gate and
San Francisco-Oakand bay bridges
and the 1939 Golden Gate Interna
tional Exposition, which is being
created to celebrate the completion
•f the two great structures.
Southern Dailies Say
Tennessee Lynching
Speeds Federal Law
New York, Sept. 16-—Editorial
comment from large and small
southern daily papers indicates
that the lynching of Alhert Good
en in Covington, Tenn., on August
!.7th, is likely to be the unan wer
able argument wh'dh will insure
the passage of the federal anti
ynching bill early next session.
Some of the editorials, collected
by the NAACP, follows:
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser:
‘‘To hell with the law!” is the an
,-v/er of a Tennessee sheriff said he
received when he tried to reason
with the six men who committed
the latest lynching.
We do not debut that the men
were quoted correctly since that is
a good lynching slogan. Perhaps
they also used some of those other
good old lynching .slogans:
To hell with decency!’
"To rell with democracy!”
“To Tell with civilization!”
Valdosta (Ga.) Times; Recent
lynchings in the South are certain
to add fuel to the fight for passage
of the anti-l.vnching bill when Con
gress meets again next year.
Birmingham (Ala.) News: This
lynching of a prisoner taken from
the custody of a Tennessee sheriff
prompts tihe suggestion that if the
South really desires to have a fed
eral lynching law that would as
sess fines against a coun’y where
a lynching occurred, the thing to
do is to have a lynching every few
weeks. A few well-staged mob j
murders just before Congress j
meets again will cinch passage of
the bill now assured of con=idera
tion at the nekt session.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ilarri on Lee, Dr. I
Ernest P. Graves, Mrs. Mable
Jefferson, of Chicago, and Miss j
Hattie Graves of Lincoln, were j
week end guests of Mrs. Hattie
Smth, 2719 Lake street, and her
'sister, Miss Anna Phoenix, 2717
Lake street.
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Miss Vcrsie Win-ton, 2720 Corby
street has returned from Los An
gees where she visited relatives.
She reports having an enjoyable
time visiting San Diego and Mex
ico.
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Mrs. Luella Waites, 2024 Binney,
who has been convinod to her home
because of illness is reported to be
much improved.
The Omaha Guide’s
Emancipation Celebration
Going Over in A Big Way
The Omaha Guide’s Annual Emancipation Celebration for the
Civil War Veterans and Their Faonilies Will Be Held At
The Elks Hall, 2420 2422 Lake Street, Monday Evening,
September 27th, 1937, at 8:00 O’clock
From Indications Shown The House Will Be Packed
PROGRAM
Selection City Service Orchestra, G-. W. Bryant, Director
Invocation ........ Rev. J. S. Williams
Pa stor Hillside Presbyterian Church
National Anthem
Presentation of Chairman_Attorney John Adams, Jr.
Remarks by Chairman_Attorney, Charles H. Davis
Selection_Los Cantorea Chorus, Miss Ejiel Jones, Director
Remarks _„_____Civil War Veterans
Solo, ‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Had' Miss Estell Roberts
Remarks .........Mr. R. L. Brown
Selection ___ City Service Orchestra
Reading ___ Mrs. ffola Holliday
Ntgro National Anthem
Address. By Guest Speaker (To be announced next week)
Vocal Solo. ‘The Negro Has Fought Every Battle
But His Own’ .... Miss Trene Morten
Presentation of Civil Wa.r Veterans by Chairman
Vocal Solo ------ Mr. IT. L. Preston
Selection ____-....... Los Cantores Chorus
Benediction, ......— —.-.Rev. R. A. Adams
Pastor St. John’s A. M. E. Church
Refreshments will be served and music rendered by the band
for your entertainment. No children under 18 years of age will
be admitted to this Emaiuripotion Celebration. Admission Free.
Protest ‘Darky’ Label
For Joe Louis
New York, Sept. 16—Another
letter of protest has been written
by Walter White, NAACP secre
tary, to Harry Grayson sports
writer for the NEA syndicate on
the constant use by Grayson of the
term “darky” in referring to Joe
Louis, world’s heavyweight cham
pion.
Grayson, a nationally known
sports writer, has written columns
of matter on Joe Louis which have
been carried in the New York
World Telegram and other Rehips- .
Music Club Holds Reception
On the evening of September
11th, the Los Cantores Music club
staged the most outsanding fea
ture of the club’s year in the form
of an annual reception banquet
given at the home of the sponsor
Miss Ethel Jones. Acting very ef
ficiently as master of ceremonies
for the occasion was Mr. Woodrow
P. Morgan.
The first on the program was Mr.
James Murray, who rendered the
solo, ‘‘On the Road to Mandalay.”
Now we come to the highlights of
the evening’s affair which was top
ped by the decisive thoughtful ora
tory found in the essence of the
address given by the club’s pre
sident, Mr. Delmar Burris. Next
we were favored with an excellent
solo by hfr. William Davis. Then
followed a historical review by Misa
Bernice Grice, secretary.
The pageantry of the evening
came in the presentation of the old
and new officers. Each old officer
was lauded for his services to the
club during its first year and each
new officer was commended on
achieving his new position as of
ficer of the Los Cantores for the
coming year. The first was the
club’s president, Delmar Burris—to
be succeeded by Albert Johnson.
Upon taking office the president
rendered a very direct and convinc
ng addres3 emphasizing that the
young Negro should learn to ac
complish his objectives in a busi
ness like manner manner. The vice
president, Albert Johnson was suc
ceeded by Miss Bernice Grice, the
old secretary who was succeded by
Miss Mary Green.. Felix Williams
succeeded Miss Ora Lee Britt as
treasurer. Miss Britt became re
porter for the club in place of Miss
Geraldine Smith. Eddie Wright and
James Murray became the new
sergeant at arms in place of Leon
Peoples and Felix Wiliams.
Howard newspapers. Grayson is
the only sports writer of national
reputation who has persisted in
using the objectional word in re
ferring to Louis.
The NAAGP letter as-erted that
Louis "by his prowess and his
clean living has done more than
any other individual toward rais
ing the standard of the prize fight
ing game’’ and pointedo out that
Grayson had never referred to
Jewish, Irish, or Italian fighters by
objectionable and insulting terms.
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Organizations Offer
Aid to Ga. Parolee
Boston, Sept. 16 (PFS)—Two
Boston organizations last week of
fered assistance to Fleming Willis,
imrolee of a Georgia prison camp,
on condition that he come: to Mass
achusetts. Irwin T. Dorch, presi
dent of the Mutual Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple, announced that he. would see
that Willis was given “enough to
eat and a place to sleep until the
expiration of his sentence, provid
ed ho conducts himself as a good
citizen.
Butler R. Wilson, president of
the Boston Branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People declared that "if
Willis can satisfy us that he will
work hard and behave himself, we
will help him get a job."
Willis was one of the storm cen
ters of an interstate controversy
between Governor Rivers of Geor
gia Huley of Massachusetts. Dur
ing the controversy which has been
raging for several weeks the Bay
State Governor had condemned the
Georgia chain gangs for unneces
sary brutality.
Sen. Borah Fails To
Put Speech Into
Congressional Record
New York, Sept. 16—Although
ho made extensive remarks ;n op
position to a federal anti-lynching
bill on tihe floor of the Senate Au
gust 11th, with a statement that
an extension of 6.is remark? would
appear in the appendix of the Con
gn-s-ionul Record, Senator William
R. Corah, of Idaho, failed to put
his speech into tihe record so that
it could be examined.
This was disclosed hero this week
by NA ACP secretary Walter White
who wrote Senator Borah inquiring
why he withheld from the public
the important debate an the anti
lynching bill.
Senator Borah has participated
in two filibuster? against federal
anti-lynchings bills. He claims that
such a bill is unconstitutional and
invades the rights of the states.
Yet in 1935, Senator Borah spon
sored a resolution urging the Un
ited States government to go into
Mexico and investigate the al
' le.ged persecution of American ci
! tizens in that country. Sonntor
Borah thus believes it is wrong
' for the federal government to go
! into a state to stop the lyncching
of its own citizen , but it is all
right for the federal government
to go into a foreign country to try
to do something about the treat
ment of American citizens in that
country.
The last day for including
speeches of the last session of
Congress in the Congressional Re
cord was September 7th, and sen
ators and congressmen were given
two weeks notice by the printer
that September 7th was the final
day. Despite this notice, Senator
P-nrah chose not to hare a printed
record of his opposition to the
anti-lynching bill.
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Mr. W. L. Myers and wife, mo
tored to Los Angeles where they
attended the National Baptist con
vention.
Omaha’s popular mortician and
wife have been the recipients of
many social courtesies during their
sojourn in the city of motion pic
ture fame.
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Mrs. Strawther, 2220 Willis ave
nue, had as guests at the home dur
ing the past week, Mr. and Mrs.
Pool of Kansas City, Mr. Erskin
Smith, Leon Gubbs, of St. Paul,
Minn., and Mr. V. Grant, also of
St. Paul, Minn, and Mr. Clareace
Smith of New York, N. Y.
Students Over 18 to
Register Sept. 27th
Following a conference with Dr.
Kinyoun, city health commissioner,
yesterday, President Rowland
Haynes, of the University of Oma
ha, announced new dates for fresh
man tests and regi tration in an
effort to prevent further spread of
the poliomyelitis epidemic.
The new arrangement will call
for two starting dates for classes.
One starting date, Monday, Sept
ember 27th, will apply to all stu
dents 18 yeans of age and over.
Students under 18 years of age
will not be permitted to start class
es until October 4th. Adequate pro
vision for make up classes for the
students falling in the latter class
will bo made after October 4th,
President Haynes announced.
According to I>r. Carl Helmstad
ter, registrar, the freshmen class
this year—totalling approximately
50 per cent of the entire enrollment
--will be the largest in the history
of the University. Of this number,
approxmately 30 per cent will fall
below the 18-year limit. These
figures arc based upon credentials,
accompanying applications for ad
mission.
The schedule of registration and
freshmen tests follows:
Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors,
18 years and over: Register Sept.
22-23.
hophomores, Juniors and heniors,
under 18 years of age; Register in- 1
divually by telephone appointment, '
Sept. 27 to Oct. 2.
i Freshmen, 18 years and over: i
Monday, Sept. 20 9-12 a. m. Place
ment tests: 1:30 p. m. English pro
ficiency test; Tuesday, Sept. 21, 9
a. m. Aptitude tests; 1:30 p. m.
Foreign language proficiency test
Registration, Sept. 24 and 25.
Freshmen under 18 years: Make
individual appointment by tele
phone for placement tests with
Dean of Men’s office during dates,
Sept. 13-Oct. 2. Make individual
appointment by telephone for re
gistrationwith Registrar’s office
during week, Sept. 27-Oct. 2.
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Seven Convicts Escape j
Georgia Cliain gang!
Homer, Ga., Sept. 16 (PFS)— j
Seven convicts escaped from the
Banks County chain gang on
Thursday and carried/two guards
r.way in a stolen truck. The. truck
was later found abandoned near
Bailey.
The guards, Tai Wood and La
mar* Cordon, hvere Released un
harmed and walked into Mayes
villo with information that five
white men in tihe break were in a
swamp near Bailey. Two Negroes
who fled on foot when the white
men attacked the guards as the
prison soil pit, apparently had out
distanced their pursuers.
Negro Commercial Club Formed
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On June 3rd, a group of Civic
minded Omahans, seven in num
ber met at the YWCA for the ex
press purpose of forming a Negro
Commercial club in Omaha.
Today this proposed organiza
tion has become a reality of 27
stalwart race conscious men.
The officers of this organization
are as follows: Dr. G. B. Lennox,
president; Mr. C. C. McDonlad,
vico president; Mr. S. Edward Gil
bert, secretary; Mr. S. C. Hanger,
treasurer and Mr. Dillard Crawford
assistant secretary.
The executive committive con
sists of Mr. Bernard Squires, chair
man, with the following members:
Mr. Arlo South, Mr. Ed Fletcher,
Atty. A. B. McCaw, Dr. G. B. Len
nox, Mr. C. C. Me Donald, Mr. S.
Edward Gilbert and Mr. S. C. Han
ger.
The purpose and ideals of this
organization as set forth in its
program are as follows: (1) The
ideals and purpose of this body
shall be to encourage all types of
business and professional efforts
among Negroes: (2) To promote
a better interracial understanding:
(3) To provide a clearing house, for
thoughts and ideas: (4) To do
any and everything for the promo
tion of civic, community and ec
onomic welfare, by a program of
extra and enter organization coop
eration: (5) To initate a program
for the development of a market
for Negro securities: (6) To carry
on an intensive and sustained cam
paign of appeal to the Negro buy
er to trade with the worthy Negro
dealers and those who deem it
plausible to show appreciation for
our patronage through the avenue
of employment: (7) To cooperate
with all agencies projected to ele
vate the economic welfare of the
Negro in Omaha.
Many Omahan
Help Make Up
Huge Throng
By S. E. Gilbert
Ten Thousand Baptist believers
invaded Los Angeles last Tuesday,
mining from all parts of the Un
ited States to be in attendance for
the G7th annual session of the Na
tional Baptist convention Inc. U. S.
A., which convened at the Emaeul
Shrine auditorium here in the
Queen city of the, west nnd ad
journed Sunday amid a bur t
religious, political and scwia! fer
vor.
The atmosphere and the even
tenor of the sessions is one thing
worthy of mention. On all hands
one could hear commendation for
the liberal tone of the meetings.
Aside from masterful nddre-ses
by such dignitaries as Dr. L. K.
Williams, Nev. J. C. Austin of
Chicago, Miss Nannie II. Burroughs
of Washington, D. C., Dr. E. C.
Smith of Washington, D. C., Dr. C.
L. Franklin of New York and many
others whom space will not per
mit me to mention. A feature of
thj com ntion was the assembly of
a vast throng of young p ^plc Sun
day evr ning at G p. m. Good music
nnd in-prational addresses by
youth were the highlights of the
program.
Four Legislators Here
Senator Wm. King of Illinois
State Assemblyman Talley, Pastor
of ML Zion Baptist church, Indi
anapolis; Assemblyman M. L.
Shephard, Pennsylvania pastor;
and Dr. I. O. Fuller, Memphis pas
tor, and one of the first Negroes
to serve in a state Legislature
during the reconstruction period,
were among the. delegates.
Other notables in attendance
were Presirent W. J. Hale of the
A. and I. State college, Nashville,
Tenn.; G. W. Hdnry of the
Western Ideal, Puebla, Colo.; J. C,
Barker, editor, The Baptist Voice.
Dr. Harry Bonds and wife, throat
speciaists; Rev. G. W. Robinson,
Des Moines, la.; Rev. M. K. Curry,
Omaha, Nebr.; Rev. G. E. Steven
son, Omaha, Nebr.; Rev. F. P.
Jones, Omaha, Nebr.; Rev. P. J.
Sears, Omaha, Nebr. and many
others.
Many Omahans Present
Among the laity—Mrs. W. L.
Seals, Mrs. Viola Turner, Mrs.
Jessie Van, Mrs. Pauline Anderson,
Mrs. Bessie Kirby, Mrs. Josie
Moore, Mrs. Leavora Gray Mrs. L.
Rountree, Mrs. Cora Haynes, Mrs.
Adoro Bland, Mrs. A. Crumbley,
Mrs. Anna Hatcher, Mrs. Hawkins
and many others whose names I
was unable to obtain, from Omaha,
Nebr.
All officers were re-elected to
serve until the next annual session
which will convene in St. Louis,
Mo. t
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Ask GAR To Aid
AntiLynch Law
New York, Sept. 16—The Grand
Army of the Republic, in conven
tion this week in Madison, Wis.,
requested by the NAACP to pass a
resolution endorsing the passage of
a federal anti-lynching law. The
NAACP request cited the lynching
toll of more than 6,000 persons in
the last fifty years andstated “the
great causa of human freedom for
which you fought would be ad
vanced by the adoption of this re
solution and this would be a con
tinuation of the highest prlncplee
of Americanism to whioch the
Grand Amy of the Republic has
always adhered.”