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in Nebraska 5 Copy ™ HEW TO THt LINE"' Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- THE OMAHA GUIDE OMAT A, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938 ~-—- _ _ ^ Would Send American Negroes to Liberia Introduces As An Amendment to Recovery Bill Washington, May 28—Theodore B. Bilbo (deni., Miss.) Tuesday in troduced an amendment to the $3,247,025,000 recovery bill to fin ance transportation of American Negroes to Africa and their repa triation in Liberia. It would create a commission of three to carry out the wrork. The grants also would help Negroes to establish themselves in Liberia on a self-sustaining basis. If Liberia proved too small for the migration, the amendment would authorize the president to negotiate with France and Great Britain for the purchase of acna cent territory. The purchase price would be applied on their war debt. Judge Resents Bid To Nazi Officers St. Thomas Virgin Islands. May 24 (CNA)—William Henry Hastie, the first Negro judge of District Court here, has sharply protected the admission of German Nazi na val officers and cadets of the training ship Korst Wessel, which included the Virgin Islands in its J itinerary, to a benefit party at the ; Grand Hotel sponsored by colored i residents. Judge Hastie pointed out to the entertainment committee that in Nazi Germany Negroes are sland ered and discriminated against, and he insisted that invitations to the visiting Nazis be cancelled . Judge Hastie is a director of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. Since his arrival, Governor Lawrence Cramer has repeatedly invited him to attend dinners and receptions at a government house. The Government joined a Negro tennis club to play with Judge Hastie when board members of the St. Thomas club hinted that they would not accept Judge Hastie as a member of the club although it has been customary for the St. Thomas tennis club to extend com plimentary membership to all Dis trict Court Judges. Despite cancellation of their in vitation to the benefit, the Nazi cadets and a small group of non commissioned officers visited the Grand Hotel to watch the dancers and to patronize the bar. Judge Hastie and his wife refused to attend the function under the cir cumstances. ->—o-— FORD DOESN’T BELIEVE IN GUARANTEED WAGES Dearborn, Mich., May 25 (CNA) —Henry Ford does not believe in the principle of an annual guaran teed wage for workers, a spokes man for the Ford Company said this week. -o JEWS PROBABLY WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS Budapest, Hungary, May 25 (C. N. A.)—The reactionary Chamber of Deputies this week approvd a bill that limits the participation of Jews in trading industry or pro fession to 20 per cent of the per sonnel. If the proposal is adopt ed by the upper house, more than 30,000 Jews would eventually lose their jobs. ——o INVESTIGATION Washington, Mav 25 (CNA)— The Senate Civil Liberties Commit tee will investigate the charges of abrogation of civil rights in Jer sey City by Mavor Frank Hague’s administration. The criminal Divi sion of the Department of Justice has already started an inquiry in to smilar complaints. ■-o CHURCH CHANGES NAME The Metropolitan church chang ed its pame Sunday, May 22, from Motronolitan Spiritual church to Mt. Calvavry Community church. Mrs. Carrie Ware, 46. 2411H Indiana avenue, passed May 19. after an illness of three months. She had lived in Omaha since 1917. Four children survive her. First Elected MRS. CORNELIA PICKETT Mrs. Cornelia J. Picket, of Chi- I cago, recently elected State Cen-1 tral Committeewoman of the Re publican State Central Committee of Illinois. Mrs. Pickett who re presents the First Congressional Pitrict is the first woman of any ! race to be elected to this powerful committee which controls the pol icies of the party in state matters. She is a protege of State Senator Kink. (ANP) Appeals Argued In Scottsboro Cases Montgomery, Ala., May 28—The supreme court of Alabama heard argument today for a new trial j for three of the Scottsboro defend- j ants, Clarence Norris, Andy Wright, and Charlie Weems. The argument was made by Os mond K. Fraenkel of New York, one of the lawyers in the famous case. Mr. Fraenkel’s brief, after sum marizing the testimony in the trials, argued that the lower court presided over by Judge William A. Callahan, erred in not granting the motion made at the time for a new trial; that the court erred in rulings on evidence and that the court erred in overruling objec tions to the summation of the pro secuting attorney. On this latter point, the brief cited the statement of Melvin Hut son, the prosecutor: “I know he (Norris) is guilty and I Jihink Mr. Leibowitz knows he is guilty.’’ In the W'eems case, the brief j cited the inflammatory statement cited the inlammatory statement of Hutson: “How would you like to have your daughter on that train with nine Negroes in a car.’’ The brief contended a new trial should j be granted to each of the defend ants. The court is not expected to I announce an opinion for several I weeks. John Davis Hails Hughes New Play New York, May 25 (CNA)_ I think colored people all over the country should see this play. I hope it will come to Washington, and be performed at Frederick (Douglas shrine over in Anacostia ” This was the comment made by John P. Daivs, National Secretary of the National Negro Congress, after seeing Langston Huges’ plav. “Don't You Wan To Be Free?” here this week. The play has just completed a month's run at the Harlem Suit case Theatre, 317 West 125 Street. The theatre, directed by the fam ous poet, is sponsored by the Har lem Branch of the International Workers Order. -n ...» FOUND GUITY IN COURT OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER New York, May 25 (CNA)— Judge James Garret Wallace, in General Sessions Court, sentenced Joseph Nelson, 22 and Louis F. Dixon 21, to life and six to twenty years imprisonment respectively. The youth was found guilty in the second degree murder of Isa dore Astel, a white patrolman. Lawyers Finally Settle Case Out Of Court Washington, May 28—The court action by which the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People was Peking a per manent injunction against certain former officers of its District of Columbia branch who had incorpor ated the branch as a separate and independent body was settled May 19 by an agreement between op posing counsel. The agreement was made, ac cording to a statement of counsel, “in order that the work of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People may go forward in the District of Colum bia with unified effort and utmost vigor.” Counsel in the case issued a joint statement that it was not a question of seeking victory as between the parties, but a question of getting NAACP work started again in the District of Columbia. Tho amicable adjustment pro vided that the District of Colum bia corporation would be dis solved; that officers elected Janu ary 15, 1937, would be considered in office until the next regular election; that each side would pay its own costs and counsel fees; thp*' the Ration: 1 hoard of direct ors would rescind its revocation of the charter of the District of Col umbia branch, and that the terms of the agreement would not go into effect until ratified by the rational board of directors and tho executive committee of the un incoroprated branch. The court action by the national body was taken primarily because three officers of the District of Columbia branch, without fhe knowledge or consent of the na tional board of directors and with out the knowledge and consent of the executive committee of their own branch, incorporated the Dis trict of Columbia branch as a separate and independent corpor tion in March, 1937. The incorpor ation move was made in order to avoid obeying the instructions of the national board of directors to hold a new election in place of the January 15, 1937, election which had been protested as illegal. A temporary injunction against the use of the name “District of Columbia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" had been issu ed in July, 1937 by Justice Jen nings Bailey against the former officers. This injunction will be set aside when the agreement is ratified by the national board of directors and the board of directors of the District of Columbia- The national board of directors will consider the terms of the agree ment at its regular meeting on June 13. MRS. CREOLA GRIGGS Mrs. Creola Griggs, ( lurinda Io wa representative of the Omaha Guide ami reporter for the Second liaptist church of which the llcv. 1). Nicholson is pastor. Anyone having news for the Omaha Guide see Mrs. Griggs, or if you want a copy of the paper, she will be glad to serve you. i Champion Lunch Room Changes Style Of Their Services The Champion Lunch room, for merly the Champion Cigar Store at 2047 No. 24th street in the liitz theater building, wishes its many friends and customers to know that they have changed their ser vices from a sporting event par lor to a first class nonie cooking lunch room with ml kinds of soft drinks and beer on ice. At the bar in the evenings you will meet Mr. Richard Taylor with services with a smile and thank you, call again. In the kitchen preparing those appetizing meals with home lunch you will lind that long-known fam ous chef, d cateress, who has re-1 eeived as high as $10 a day for her services in Omaha, and who received her training under that watchful eye of one of Omaha’s greatest caterers, the late Alfred ; Jones. Mrs. Amanda Offitt is the i chef in charge. She is known for her civivc and religious activities. She is a member of St. John AME church. The management wishes it to be known that they have at your disposal free delivery for lunches and beverages for all kinds of parties. At the wheel of lightening streak automobile, you will find Willie Jackson. Willie was born in Omaha and will be glad to serve you at any time. Call JA 4777 for the Champion Lunch Room. 100 per cent service. Open from 8 a. m. to 1 a. m. REPRESENTATIVE DIES ASUSMED THE LEAD Washington, May 25 (CNA)— Representative Dies of Texas as sumed the leads this weeks of a Southrn Tory drive to write wage differentials into the Administra tion’s Wages and Hours Bill. Un der Dies proposals, Southern labor particularly Negro, would continue to receive less wages for the same work than received by Northern labor. IMaywight THEODORE WARD Theodore Ward, whose |>lay, “Big White Fog,” won the praise of all Chicago’s daily paper critics. Tho play written around the life of a Negro family and played by a mixed cast has just concluded a run at the Great Northern Thea tre. It was produced by the Fed eral Theatre. Ward, born in Thibodeaux, La., has been a student at the Univer sity of Wisconsin for creative writing. The succtess of “Big White Fog' has encouraged him to continue writing in the dramatic field. (ANP) Czechs to Assure EquaKty for Races Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 25 (CNA)—The Czech Government this week answered the threat of German invasion by firmly adher ing to its collective security pact wth the Soviet Unions and at the same time rushing to completion a new statute granting minor groups additional rights and privi leges. The Government spumed British Tory Proposals to accept the de mands of Konrad Henleim Hitler chieftain in Czechoslovakia, to split up the Central European country into fascist-run “cantons.” Well-informed sources said the new minority statute will grant equality to all nationalities within the country, including an adequate sharo of government jobs, and abolition of the "dominant race': concept Spingarn Medal to Dr. A. W. Hinton New York, May 28—Dr. William A. Hinton, instructor in bacteriolo gy and immunology and in pre ventive medicine and hygiene on the faculty of the Harvard medi cal school, was awarded the 24th Spingarn medal this week by the committee for “26 years of bril liant scientific work of the high est technical calibre.’’ Dr. Hinton is the orignator of the Hinton Serological Test for syphilis, which is recognized and used as a most delicate and ac curate blood test for the disease. He is the author of a textbook on syphilis, declared by many to be the best written in the English language, which is used by health authorities, medical schools and clinic. Dr. Hinton is a recognized figure in public health circles and is re garded by the entire medical pro fession of America and other countries as one of its outstanding scientific leaders, The attention of the committee was dircted to Dr. Hinton’s work this year, particularly, because of the nation-wide fight on venereal disease and the outstanding work Dr. Hinton has performed in this field. Tho medal, which has been don ated annually by J. E. Spingarn, president of the NAACP, will be! awarded formally to Dr. Hinton at tho 29th annual conference of the J association in Columbus, Ohio, on the night of July I. Offer 3rd Refresher Course for Physicians At New Orleans, La. New Orleans. May 28 (ANP) — The third annual postgraduate course for physicians will be con ducted by Flint-Goodridge hospital of Dillard university beginming Juno 20 and ending July 2. The course is especially offered to physicians in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi. Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma, but physicians from other states may also register. Tho guest lecturers this year will be Dr. Walter H. Maddux of the United States Children’s Bur eau, Dr. Howard M. Payne of the Howard University School of Med icine and Dr. M. O. Bousfield, Di rector of Negro Health Activities Julius Roseravald Fund. Other in structors will be members of the faculties of the Tulane university and i/ouisiana State University Medical Schools. There are no charges for the course except a $5,00 registration fee. Physicians innterested in avail ing themelves of this post gradu ate couse should communicate with A. W. Dent, superintendent of the hospital. Ass n. Wants No Wage Difference In North, South - ■ ■ I 1 Theatre Man Jailed For Showing Picture Orange, N. J., May 28 -Adolph J- Kettig, manager of the Ormont thentre here, has been arrested for exhibiting the race-hating film, “The Birth of a Nation.'’ The warrant for his arrest was sworn out by Dr. Theodore R. Inge, president of the Orange branch of tho National Association for the Advancement of Colored People under a New Jersey law passed in 1935 designed originally to curb Nazi propaganda. The law bans any picture "which in any way in cites, promotes, advocates or sym bolizes hatred, violence or hostil ity against any group of persons by reaons of race, color, religion or manner worship.’’ The Ormont theatre exhibited the film May 9-11 over the protest of tho Orange branch of the NAACP. Tho branch secured more than 600 signatures to a petition asking the city councicl to forbid the show ing of the film. After the first two days of it- exhibition, some parts were deleted, but Dr. Inge main tained that the entire film should be withdrawn and accordingly sworo out the warrant under the 1<J35 law. Franklin J.* Metilynn, attorney for the theatre niavager, stated that ho did not see why anyone would object to the film because “it had been exhibited for more than twenty years.” The national office of the NAACP informed the Orange branch that it had compiled a record showing that the film at one time or another has been banned in eighteen states be cause it has been; adjudged to be an incitement to riot and hatred. The Essex county grand jury will take up the .Rettig case. Mr. McGlinn said he would call David Wark Griffith, producer of tho film, as a witness and have him tell how he assemled his ma terial for the Reconstruction per iod scenes of the picture. The pic ture glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and paints the Negro race as com posed of brutes and rapists. ——o-*— NOTICE! NOTICE! To Our Subscribers: We have on our mailing lists, thousands of subscribers and we aim to serve all with a paper each week. Please call WE 1517. if the postman does not deliver your paper by Saturday A. M., call ou office and our lightening streal boy on a bicycle will se that yoi get your paper immediately. w Washington, May 28—Opposi tion to any geographical differen tial ini the wages and hours bill i has been expressed to congress men and senators by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Tho association has taken the position that if a lower wage is plaeod in the bill for southern states, this will be unfair compet ition with manufacturers in north ern states. It is known that the as sociation believes that the real op j position to a universal wage scale on tho part of southern congress | men is the fear that Negro work | ers in the South will be guaran i teed the same wage as other work ers. Even though the wages and hours bill provides only (at the beginning) a of 25 cents and hour, this is far above the scale now receivevd by Negroes in many ar eas of the South. The New York Daily News in an editorial some weeks ago put its finger on the key point of the southern opposition by saying that southern congressmen opposed the bill because they thought it would “spoil the Negroes.” In many places in the South, Negroes are working for five, sev en and eight dollars a week, whereas this bill, if passed would give them a minimum wage of $10 a weck.-K ( The NAAOP in its letter to con gressmen pointed out that there is no reasonable facual basis for the contention that it costs less to live in one section of the United States than in another. The necessity of the Negro being constantly on the alert to fight against differentials was illustrat ed last week by the statement of Senator Pat Harrison of Mississip pi in which he declared that as the old NRA codes. It will be re membered that in 1933 and 1934 the NAACP and other organiza tions sought to arouse the country on the danger of the precedents being established by the differenti als were thinly disguised as geo graphical, but in reality were ra cial. In the NRA laundry code, for exmple. wages in the Deep South states were set at 14 cents and hoius, but in worthrn states at 27 cents an hour. In the NRA steel code, Pittsburgh wages were 40 cents an hour, but Birmingham. Ala. steel workers got only 27 cents. Now the ghost of the NRA wage codes, which were grossly unfair to Negroes, rises to haunt the wages and hours bill. There is evidence, however that r there will be stiff opposition to 1 any differentials and the bill will 1 be passed as drawn. parade Opens May Day Festival * This is part of the parade along North Twenty - fourth street proceeding toward Zion Baptist church Sunday after noo which opened the second an nual May Day Festival in which four hundred ycung singei-3 of Omaha Negro churches partici pated. The concert and crowning of the May Queen took place in Zion church, 2214 Grant street. World-Herald Photo
