Florida Teacher Sues For Equal Salary Titusville, Florida, Jun’ 3—John. Gilbert, teacher and principal in the Coci-z. jurjijr high school (coL oretl) 1 Brevard cumy, rms lue.l ft petition with the c-rcmt rouit of the county, seeking a writ oi man damns to compel the Board of Public instruction to establish e qun.1 salary schedules far white and colored teachers. The petition was Hied May - > y the law firm 01 McGill and Mc Gill of Jacksonvilc, S. L). McGill of the ii.m is receiving advice s.r.U assistan. r from the legal staff of the National Asociation or the Ad vancer-ient of Color 'd people in New York. . The ].»lition of Principal Gil bert stall s further that he holds a second grade tmifieate from the statu department of iduct'.tion; and is in his elyveth year of teahing. Jlis salary s $50 a month for a nine months term. Mr. Gilbert *d so receives an additional $*8° per veal us principal of the school snaking a total ot $7*58, White teachers with the same grade cer tificate aiA the same teaching ex pert n u. -.*- .» sen*.. postpaid, with free book of beauty secrets. Address Nadinola, Dept. 12, Paris, Tenn. Our Black Champs Pace The Race mV MALCOLM IS NKVV BRIT fSII COLONIAL SECRETARY London, Eng., June 11 (By hudolph Dunbar for ANP) Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, late Dom hums Secretary, is now Secre tary of State for the Colonies, the post whichhe once held in 11135. The people in the West Indies and other Colonies territories who are struggling for a high er standard of life can now feel the.*; their struggle is not alto gether hopeless, for Mr. Muc D. nalcl has a sympathetic spirit untinged by prejudice. Arduous problems which must be over come are awaiting Mr. MacDe/n all at the Coloniial Office. These include the labor and politcal disturbance's in Jama ica, the Palestine situation, and Germany’s elaic for the return of Colonies which is to bcccome soon a subject for heated dis cussion. It is, of course, well known that the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamber lain, has for some time been waiting for an opportunity to re cove the former Colonial Secre tary, Mr. Ormsby-Gore, fre m the Colonial Secretaryship. His sece ssion to the peerage by the death of his father, Lord Harlech, has provided the Premier with the best possible excuse. Mr. <>rms budly as a result of his handling by-Gore’s 'political prestige .fell of the Palestine situation, especi ally after the Commons debate j on Partition, and at Geneva. Mr. Orcsby-Goro.s clumsy man oevres have set the Jews and Arabs at 1 eggheads to a degree1 even greater tho;i before. A year ago the most deplorable situation oecured in Trinidad, ami now we aro having a recurrence of the j same thing in Jamaica, another West Indian Island. The late Cob ; i.nial Secretary did not possess the gwsp neded for the administration of such an important office. Com cission after commission has gone to the West Indies with* a view to putting recomraandations for ward to check the economic de cey, and circular nil.or circular b-s been issued by the Colonial office on housing malnutrition and \-bor problems with a view ti arresting serial decay, and yc v. ry little has been done. Constitutional Question in West Indies The Constitutional question is; Indies. Mr. Lunn, Socialist menr 1 the fundamenta.l evil in the West j her of Parliament, sai handicap of color, they are capable of best ing or at least holding their own with any other peoples. (ANP) --o j SOUTHERNAIRS MARK NINTH YEAR ON THE AIR New York. .Juno 0, (By A1 WMte for ANP) Nine years ago ' on May 23, ;it 4 o’clock in the af ternoon over the radio station WJZ, fuor young colored artists marie fheir initial bid for public I approval . Today after niiw years of the j closely associations, this group rt ftl goes on, like Tennyson’s Brook, the wot i famous Souther naitvs. Homer Smith terror who has thrilled millions in their mine years of etherizing tells the story: “The four of us were rehearsing for a play scheduled to open on Broadway. In the group were Lo well, wiom I had known as a member of the Knoxville college quartet, when I wn.s singing with the Wifberforre quartet. The! was Bill Edmonson, playing bits at the Alhambra theater and Jay Toney, who was giving up a lu crative job as window dresser to go on the stage ‘“Maybe it is for 'he best that the show never hit Broadway, for if if had, w« would still be rook ing for something to do. How They Were Named. “Well the hoys would get to gether during the evening after a hard day’s rehearsal and harmon ize just to forget the fjhings that, were pressing us. And when the how flopped before hitting the Rig Apple, we stuck together, thinking w<» had something good and tried to get an audition on the •adio. “That wan’t so easy but when we went dowl to see about it, we were asked what kind of music we sang. And Itold the man, wrell | wo just try v few Southern airs’ >nd that was the beginning. Inei | deltally, that’s how we got the 1 rame. “In those days we were using 'Wav I'onw Upon the Swanec Ri i ver” as our theme song, end kept 't i for seven years. Imagine how many times we have sung that i number and right now, if , you sav Swanec .River. I’m ready to quit. But it bed something. “Wo kept our orginal group of flour intact until 1933. when we added one of the finest pionists ! and arrangers we could obtain in .thepc^onok^JarenceJonesMnn NOTED CONCERT ARTIST Robert A. Rainey Uat'*d as one of the best drama ic tenors in the country. Mr. i tainey is active in Harlem Church •nd fraternal circles and peace and nter-raeial movement. .. He is a 1 lumber of the I’esci Opera Cnm any of New York, and has ap-j eared on the cencert stage in ’.any cities Caring the past ten ears. — ■ ----i iedlately we began doing things with songs,?, thnks to the help of j Clarence. “Then in 1937, we jumped off tho Swanee River and got a theme song of our own, “Swanee Home.” Jones also arranged music for the Lord’s Prayer that we use i:i our work. Thp.t was done three years ago and it was so popular we had to keep it in the program. “Edmonson was the teacher and Low he scored in tha.t role. We have appeared on other programs besides the regular Sunday pro gram, some of them not so hot and others pretty good. We have guests starred for ?. number of programs and have now, four sche duled appearances weekly. “During that time, we have built a huge musical library of spirituals and Negro work songs. “We have appeared in a number of recitals in other cities, but we look back with pride at the con '• rts we used to stage here in Harlem, when we briught the big time acts from th studios to ap pear with us. We have had Phil I ook. May binghi Breen, Pater Eose and a host of National Broad casting Company Stars here to as sist us in this program. “ Benefits? Well, we can’t play all that we are asked, but we have done some for the YMC.A, of which the entire group are mem bers. Once we *ang for the Har lem’s Business Men’s Club at their ocond annual ba.njuet at the Wito ka of Tuskegee. We don't know w.vhich was the most pleased. We with his address or ha with our ■sirging. At any rate, he made a itquest number which we gladly did. “Weekly hundreds of letters roar into the studio for us, but ftw of them come from our own folks. We are sorry s.brut this, for we want them Lei write in and let us know how they react to our work. Germans Send Most Letters “Our most ardent admi> era are the Germans, strange at is may srm, and (hey send us many lei-, ters weekly. Our program is broadcast to Europe on h short broadcast to Europe on a short wave length u.od over there, we are almost as popular there as we are here. Had it not been for the war scare in Europe, we 'would b we had a tour there this year. But that is being arranged as soon as the conditions abroad are a little more settled. “Oh our programs, we have had nmry notables from our race, Sir. C. C Spaulding was once guest | speaker and others too numerous I to mention. We have presented as guest artist the great operatic star, Caterina Jarbroo in her only appearance other than in the opera a.t the Hippodrome. Tha' particular morning was a memor at/e one. Miss Jarborsang several operatic selections in Italian and made quite a hi'. But it wasn’t until after the regular broadcast taht she really sang. For, in an informal concur', she asked for re quests from the handfufl that wait ed to hear her—and her magtiifi cient voice thrilled the little ga.th uring that with “Because.” That was one of the fast guest appear ances in the old studio at 711 Fifth Ave.Say, maybe that num ber did have some bit of luck in it for u£, eh T Well, we an? just plugging aftvng and' thank our cany friends for their fine support through all these nine years. These next two programs will he devoted entirely co imwc by colored composers, paid we hope it meet the approval of our listeners who are urged to . write in and say how thev like ! the work.” Incidentally, the entire group is i married with the exception of I Lowell Peters—.who is a confirm ed bachelor and has no idea of mjvrying at any early date. They hail from the four corners of the United States. Homer Smith, first tenor is from Florence, Ala.; Jay Toney, second tenor, Colum bia, Tenn.; Lowell Peters, second j bass. Cleveland, Term,; and Wil liac Edmondson first bass from Spikc.oe, Wash. Jones, the pian ist, hails from Wilmington, Ohio. Just another case of five small town boys making good in the Big City and having the best wishes of their friends for anoth er nine years of success on the : sir. Smith declares that the trip he ! enjoyed fost was the one made in 1035 when the entire group was taken to Miama, Fla., for a two minute broadcast or. the Florida State Day celebration. They were i;|/ited at the special request of tl‘o governor of the state and their program was heard by many visiting dignitaries. Calvin’s Newspaper Service TESTE!) UCCiEE —By Frances Lee Barton——^ MOTHERS ion’t need to take a course in psychology to know Shat the surest way to dampen eu i uuainsm iwi food is to toll the family, old or young, that a dish is good for them! So make u _ deep dark secret of the fact that this custard is a periect sweet tor children—so light and nourishing that you may safely give them a second serving. Chocolate Caramel Custard i.j cup sugar; Vi cup water; 1 square unsweetened chocolate; 2 cups milk; 2 eggs, slightly beaten; Vi cup sugar; '•* teaspoon salt; Vi teaspoon vanilla. Melt sugar in a small, heavy skil let over moderate heat, and continue heating until a smooth, light brown syrup is formed, stirring constantly. Remove from fire and add water; then cook until caramel is entirely dissolved. Place l*i tablespoons of caramel syrup in each custard cup. Add chocolate to milk and heat in double boiler. When chocolate is melted, beat with rotary egg heater until blended. Combine eggs, sugar and salt; add chocolate mixture gradually, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Add vanilla and pour into prepared custard cup's. Place In pan of hot water and bake in slow oven (325° F.) 60 minutes, or until knife inserted comes out clean. (Water in pan should not reach boiling tem perature.) Unmold and serve warm >r chilled. Serves 6. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES GIRD FOR ASSEMBLY SEAT Los Angeles, June 9 (ANP)— With the Negro Republicans of the city attempting to take on new life, a surprising and unusual number of men will seek the Re_ publican nomination from the 62nd Assembly district this year. Fred Roberts who held it for 14 years until defeated by the present in cumbent, Augustus Hawkins, will not run again according to reports but instead will run for U. S. congressman frim the 14th dis-. trict. Among those who plan to take place in a battle, royal for the nomination are A. Hartley Jones, exalted ruler of the Golden \\ est Elks lodge and former secretary of the Liberty Loan association; Amos Black, well known politician; Spurgeon J. Jones, assistant man ager of the Eastern Outfitting Co., James Jones, president of Ameri can Advancement league; Carl Johnson, musician, and W. C. Austin, real estate broker and pilitician. On the Democratic side no dan gerous opposition has arisen as yet, although it is rumored that > Samuel Baumann, Druggist, who ran a good race in !jh« last elet- j cion will again oppose Hawkins. —o—•— ! RKO TICKET GIRL “NOT GUIL TY OF DlSCVUMdN ATION’- | SAYS OHIO JURY Local NAACP Vigilant in “Turner Case” Columbus, Ohio, June 9 (By, Jesse Dickinson for ANP)—Doro thy Carr, RKO Palace Theater Ticket Girl, was acquitted in Munips.l Court here last week. She had been charged with a vio- ' lation of the Ohio Civil Rights Act (Section 12940, Ohio General Code) which makes it a misde meanor for anybody to refuse pub lic accomodation to anyone except , for reasons applicable alike to all citizens regardlless of race or color. On April 6, 1938, Dr. Alberta Banner and Mrs. Inez Holmes went to the Palace theater to see the picture the nbhowing. Dr. Turner tendered her money and was told by the box office attendemt “Your race does not patronize this thea ter. When .Mrs. Turner asked specifically if she would sell her the tickets Miss Carr replied,, “No I’c sorry’”. Mrs. Turner then filed an affidavit for the arrest of the ticket girl. The ease was called on three different occasions and each time postponed. But after three days of examination of the evi dence the Jury, all white, retired arrt returned shortly wfth a ver dict of “Not Gniltv.” The Columbus iBranch of N. A. A. C. P, asked that it be allowed to represfn Mrs. Tnrner’s interest and be associated with the prose cutor »n the case. This courtesy was denied and “the NAACP of Columbus ha. dto view events from the sidelines just as any specta tor." The case has proven to be one of unusual interest because it is first time within recent years that the criminal side of the sta tute has been invoked as a guar antee of Civil Liberties. When the verdict was read by the foreman, Judge Wayne Fogle, presiding, declared that the ver dict was contrary to the weight of the evidence and a flagrant abuse o f justice—the worst he had ever seem FIGHT POSTPONEMENT l)ll> NOT HURT HARLEM New York, June 9 (ANP)— | Hotel owners, rqstnurant and grill proprietors in Harlem had a windfall ast week in the postpone ment of the Arms,trong-Ross' fight. Hundreds of visitors crowd-! ed iihe limited aeeom octet ions in, Harrniu over night hopeful that the fight would he staged on Fri day night. However, they were doomed to disappointment and left late Friday for their homes when the battle wa.s corried over. Many of them, holding high priced tic kets declared they would return for the battle. -o Gov. Graves, C. Spauld ing Addrresses Tusk -- egee grads Tuskegee Institute, Ala, June 9 (AiNi'l—Governor Bibb Graves at tending the commencement exer cis‘s last Thursday at Tuskegee was presented to the graduatin'/ class by president F. D. Patterson. Although not the principal speak er, in response to the continued ap plause, Governor Graves spoke briefly, as follows; “The fact that you are receiv iny your degrees and awards to day is evidence of the fact that you have applied yourselves. The tact that you have been trained at Tuskegee Institute, say that your hands and minds have been shaped to do their tasks well. But that is not enigh. You are now like well-tempered end shaped pie ces of steele, bat unless you are charged and recharged with the spirit of God Almightly, you will remain just pieces of steel, and will never become magots of power and influence in yur communities.” As the principal speaker at the commencement exercises, C. C. Spaulding president of the North Carolina Mutal Life Insurance company and of the National Ne gro Business league, addressed the graduates on the timely sub ject, “Economic Security through the Channels of Business.” He declared, ‘I believe in busi ness uonducted by Negroes because its principles are a part of every enterprise with which we are as sociated. And because of its past accomplishments and future pos sibilities for development.” Naming a score ov more of Ne groes in various section of the na tion who have made their mark in the world of business, Mr. Spauld ing continued, “Almost every vo cation in which Negroes are found has produced business leaders. Three of our most outstanding newspapers are in the third gen eration of management. There are several magazines, journals and books and a daily paper in Atlan ta (the “Atlanta World”), which has been publishd for six years without missed a single issue. “Women are well represented in tho total equation of business by such persons as Mrs. Maggie Wal ker, Mrs. Annie Malone, and Mine. C. J. Walker. “The life insurance business is the largest of the race. There are 49 life insurance companies and operated by Negroes in the United States. Those companies reported nearly 340 million dollars worth of insurance in force with admitted assets or savings for their policy holders of about 21 million dollars, a.nd employing 9,000 trained mere and women, among whom are salesmen, actuaries, accountants and executives. “Much also depends upon char acter. A person in business must be honest, courteous, tactful, and courageous. The ability to work hard, to make sacrifices and to sholder responsibilities does not go unrewarded. Not even the faith lessness of some of our people should discourage us.” SENATORS URGED TO OPPOSE ANY WAGE I IFFERENT11ALS New \Tork. June 4—Senators who were named May 26 on a committee to consider the wages and hours bill were urged today in a telegram from the National As sociation fcT the Advancement of Colored People to oppose any at tempt in the conference commit tee to impose geographical wage differentials. The NAACP feels the geogra phical differential is only a thin disguise for a racial differential. The wages a,nd hours bill, pass ed by the House by an overwhelm ing vote, provided for a universal minimum wage (at the beginning) of 25 cents an hour and a maxi mum week of 44 hours. Later the week was to be gradually reduced to- forty hours and the minimum hourly wage advance to 40 centsi Southern representatives in the House sought in vain to have that body adopt a lower wage scale for the southern states. In the Senate southerners a.re hoping in the con ference committee to have the wages and hours bill amended so as to provide tttat a federal com mittee or commission may be giv en the power to judge various sections of the country and fix wages accordingly. The southern senators claim wages in the South should be less because living costs ci-p less. Tho NAACP maintains that there is no evidence to show that living costs are less ire the South but tho fact is that the South has a lower standard of living. BUSINESS EQUIPMENT Mr. Casey-Miss Stevens, LOOK IN THE OMAHA GUIDE CLASSIFIED Ji: RECTORY PAGE for an office desk IT PAYS to ADVERTISE Patronize Our Advertisers