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--s *5Z53&&B3ge£!!& Largest Negro Paper g £J, in Nebraska full pages of 5Cents _W Pnmjftn Per : jJtJSnci/EQUALITY fHEWTOTHtTjwf\ ™, »™k . j Copy --■ — Entered as Second class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday,-July 16, 1938 Number Fourteen LAWN AND GARDEN CONTESTj CLOSES The Lawn and Garden contest, sponsored! by ,dhe (Neighborhood department of the Urban League Community Center closed last week. The judges complimented every yard and mentioned five beautiful iris buds. The follow ing persons received awards: For Big Yards first ^prize went to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. West 29 16 Decatur, 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards Grooms, 2906 Decatur, and 3rd prize to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stallworth, 2610 Binney. Small yards, 1st Mr. and Mrs. Copeland, 2926 Sorth 2jl, 2nd, M.r and Mrs. Clifford Foster 2621 Maple, 3rd Mrs. 'Gertrude Viawter, 1719 N- 28. First prize for an old Fashioned , Flower Garden was won by Mrs. Dora onley 2413 Erskihe, first prize prize for renters was worn by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas, 2916 N. 28, 2nd prize by Mrs. Elizabeth I^aris, 3208 Pinkney. The Carter I,ake Day Oamp, sponsored by the Uuban League and other members of the council of ceial Agencies, began last Monday momlhg. A very rarge enrollment was taken. The Uu ban League and its friends sent ten (10) children from the or ganization. The Charity Club, art organization of the Center, spon sored two children in going to camp and .the flary Mflhoney Graduate Nurse’s Club aJ§p sent one, __ i> . __A— Emmett J. Scott with Draws Plea For Injunction Washington, July 14 (ANP)— Dr. Emmett J. Scott, former sec retary of Howard university, withdrew Monday his plea for a temporary injunction to restrain the university trustees from re tiring him from employment a.s secretary. Withdrawal of the plea for a temporary injunction does not alter his suit to perm anently restrain the trustees, however. That will come up in the regular October term of court and be hea.rd on its merits MRS. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IMPROVED New, York July7 (ANP)—Ad vices $y John B. Nai|, father; of Mrs. Janies Weldon Johnson, n> dicate that ahe is improving un der treatment at the hospital in Maine where she. has been con fined since her husband’s tragic da<h in a collision/ of their auto with a train two weeks ago. AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE — ■ !■ ii i wfcMiiiH Hiima—nsgs Miss Lue Swartz, solo actress, who was awarded an honorary master’s degree oy Douglass Uni versity in St. Louis last week. Herman S. Dreer is president of ahe institution- Miss Swartz is a school teacher in St. i/ouis and is active in the affairs of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, being a naaional officer and hasileus of the local chapter. (ANP) _ __ Hold 2 Men In Auto v* Death V -- DRIVER SAYS WHITE MAN MADE HIM DRIVE Sumter, S. C. July 14 l By Char lie Spears for ANP) Charged with “criminal carelessness’’ in connection with a automobile wreck on the Columbia highway three miles east of Sumter Fri day afternoon, in which a. Negro woman was killel and her husband seriously injured, .Robert L. Wiley jr. 26, white, of Clover, S. C. em ploye of the Southern Ball Tele phone company, and Julius Green 22, of Timmons ville, S. C., were ordered held here by a coroner’s jury. The woman, Mrs. Aggie Jeffer son of Sumter, was riding with | her husband »,nd son, both of whom were injured. The accident occured when Green, who was driving Wily’s car, first struck a road sign and then turned across j the road and slammed into the ' Jefferso car. Green, who is held in the coun ty jail, stated that the white man picked him up a Florence and re- j fused to let him out at Timmons- ; ville or MayorsviU-e, tow towns between Florence and. Sumter, bot continued on toward Columbia. He said that although he had never Mr. Henry Black Marries In Calif. TEACHERS LOSE 12 MONTH PAY PLAN |Baton Rouge, La. July 7 (ANP) —Colored teachers felt a “sting ing blow” this week when the bill proposed to pay teachers 12 month pay was defeated. Because of short terms and meager pay and the requirement that teachers og to school in the summer, Ne gro teachcers hadl a chance to almost make “ends meet” if the bill had passed- The terms of the schools range from six to nine months and the salaries of the rural teachers from $35 to $60 per month. This week toe New Orleans teachers are expecting a hearing from protests made a few days ago to Mayor Maestri for 11 months day. This they seek from a surplus said to be in the school treasury. driven a car before the white man put him under the steering wheel and ho was holding the wheel with Wiley pressing the gas feed at th time of the wreck. Mrs. Jefferson is the mother of ten children- Wiley is in the Sum ter hospital suffering from nu merous cuts ad bruises, but is ex pected to recover. , •-o—— 3 NOTED PERSONS PERILED IN SECOND OLMPIAN WRECK Seattle, Wash.. July 16—(ANP) Three "persons of National pio inence narrowly escaped serious injury recently in the second wreck of the Milwaukee Railroad’s crack train the Olympian, when tho flyer, west bound, collided headon with an East bound CCC train near Ingomov, Mont. Those periled were Lt. Lawrence A. Oxley, U. S. Labor Department Miss Jane Hunter, dir'ictor Philis Wheatley Association. Cleveland, O., and Joseph II. ,B. Evans of the /Resettlement * liniiiistraCor.. The men wer badly shaken and 'bruised while Miss Hunter escap ed injury. Among the injured taken to a Miles City Hospital were two waiters and a Pullman Porter. Tho wreck was the se cend i a week to mar the long record of safety enjoyed by the Olympian. More than a score of persops lost their lives in the pre vious accident, when several cars c.f the crack train crashed through a bridge over flood-swollen Custer | Creek, near Miles City, Mont ~ PREPARE for NATION’S DENTISTS ■ - . .. --— . — r.- : Part of thfc membership of the Lincoln Dental Socieay of Chica go comprising the grtUp which ■will act as hosts to the .National Dental Ajssortnaion which cele brates its 25th annual meeting in Chicago August 9112. Chicago is recognized as the center of den »al practice throughout the nation I •uid a constrnctive program, is he- ! •rig worked out for the edifica tion of the visiting professionals local and National officials are seaaed; secood from left F. F. Harmon, chairman program com mittee; C. H. Woodard, chairman j Time and Place; S- C. Hamilton, president-elect of National Dental Assoccia-tion; M. R. Hehert, pres ident Lincoln Dental Society; J. vice-president; W. FF. Wethers, M. Dean, secretary; H. W. Brown chairman public Relations Com mittee. (Photo by Morphy for ANP) Henry Black, retired mail car rier and for many years a prom inent resident of Omaha, married Mrs. Mayme Clark of los Angel es, July 13th. According to wool received here by friends of the couple. Mrs. Clark and Mr. Flack were life-long friends. The marriage took place in the residence of Mr. Black’s niece, included among the close friends and relatives presnt at the cere mony were Bishop and Mrs. E. V. Shayler of the Episcopal Dio ceses. LEGISLATURE FEARS FALL OF WHITE SUPREMACY New Orleans, July 7 By Leon Lewis for ANP)—Passing a reso lution denouncing the Committee for Industrial OrganiTiation, the Louisiana legislature hit their ac citivity as threatening to “white supremacy.” Included in the len gthy resolution was the following paragraph: “Wheras o«m of the greatest dangers that is threat ening the people of this state is that the insidious propaganda dis seminated by these imported alien radicals has boon directed to the organization of the N egroes „ of ( this state, and it has unfortunate- j ly taken root and unless drastic seeps are eaken at once, it will spread to the rural parts of this state and white supremacy will be endangered.” Police and officials have attem pted in every way to discourse Negro participation in the CIO. They have resorted to brutality, falso arrest and general intimida tion. But Negroes have continued to join the folds of the famed la bor union which has done more to brehk up dlpcrimmation to the Negro in labor than any ether. Accepting whites and colored into unios of equal classification has aroused the ire of Southern whites that class this as ,rCommunism,” and because CIO has resorted to this practice, they have been call d Reds and Communists. In a mass meeting? here last! week, officials of the CIO spoke btfore mere tha.n 26Q0 laborites, half of whom were Negroes. On the same platform, i white ami Negro organizers ami officials spoke to the vast cheering aud ience. This the salons of the state could not stand, and put forth the cry of “it endangers white supre macy.’’ The intimidation of Negroes by Police has failed to divert them from active participation; into a program that offers the most lucrative opportunity for the Ne gro in labor, ever o be his lot. Declaring that, New Orleans is just beginning' to organize, it will take more than an abuse of power to step labor from winning its rights because the abuse me thods will fail here as it has in other places,’’ John Rrophy, exe cutive director of the CIO, de livered the keynote address at the mass meetirjg. Giving a brief outline of thehistory and pros pectus of the CIO and its move ment toward complete industrial organization, the CIO official ste.ted, “this is the awakening of labor n New Orleans. We must organize nto national unions, ad hering to the priciples of Demo cracy, if our political and econo mical condition is to improve. The issues involved in the strikes hero are constitutional rights and those who deny them ajc acting as anarchists.” Negroes were s-audod for their loyalty and courage in th" fight for a united labor front. Harvey Netter, Negro c npjvzer, made an WILL SPEAK ON INDIA MISS MARIAN MARTIN --- Boston girls, ami Howard gradu ate. who studied a year in India on a Juliette Dericotte scholarship aised by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Thurman of Howard, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carrcll of Morgan cal lege, who will speak through out the country on her experiencei in India, to help other students go to that country and study. Ne groes are little know in India. Miss Martin reports. “I had the privilege of speaking to many university assemblies and always ■. ' T there was the request for some treatment of the Negroes’ life in America- I had a rich exper ience and shall do my part to help make possible the contir.Oa tion of these scholarship grants to Negro students for study in the orient.” (Calvin Servive) MOTHER OF-12 DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS inspirited address and received^ thundering applause as he. de nounced the efforts of police and state officials to chick “the only democratic program in the South.” N. J. HOSPITAL FINALLY ADMITS NEGRO DOCTORS TO CLINIC Orange, N. J-, July 15 (ANP)— Climaxing a fight made for many years by Dr. W. G. Alexander, this city, to have reputable Ne gro physicians added to the med ical staff of public hospitals, Or ange Memorial hospital last week admitted a colored doctor to its clinical staff. After a number of rebuffs, ali bis and explanations over a per iod of years, Dr- AlexaruTer was recently allowed $t» present his plea, to the institution’s executive committee. The doctor was later notified that the staff had agreed to his point of view and would admit (one Negro physician for services in each clinic. Dr. Alexander wn.s offered on*• of the positions, but ho felt that r, younger physician could render more service to tile community. As a result, Dr. Walter E. Long shore was accepted as a member of the staff in the Venere-iJ I>is easo clinic. It is also considered likely that Dr. It. M. Coleman of East Orange will be appointed to tho Tuberculosis clinic- Dr. Alex ander is bein«g widely commended for (ho unselfish part he played in this effort for civic soul com munity betterment. MRS. ALICE MASON NAMED PRESIDENT OF MISSOURI CLUB Kansas City, Mo., July 15 (ANP) At last Friday's selection of off icers held in connection with the annual sess km of the Missouri State Association of Colored Women, Mrs. Alice L. Mason of this city was chosen new presi dent of the organization. Mrs. Mason, well known throu grout the state, served as first vice-president of the association Inst year- She is also president of th Kansas Citv Association of Women during the session just Mrs. Ella Shaw, mother of 12 children, died Tuesfty nrornirg at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lovie Daniel, 3504 Blondo St. Mrs. Shaw was the wife of Oliver Shaw. They had been' married for 45 years and had re sided in Omaha for 19 years. Tho deceased was u, member of Hillside Presbyterian Church. She leaves to mourn her loss the fol lowing children;; Lovie Daniel, Curtis Shaw, Johnny, Loyce and Marion Shaw, Lillie Mae Ander son, Chicago; Jewell Shaw, De troit, Mrsi Dell Lewis, Omaha;! Wave Madison, Omaha and Jul ian Shaw, Chicago, and the fol lowing sisters and brother all of Greenville, Texas, Birdie, David, Daisy, Grace and Mattie Brig ham. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon. closed she was general chairman of arrangements for entertain ment of delegates and visitors. “Go Down Death” Heard at Johnson’s Funeral New York, July 14 (C)—In stead of a funeral oration, strik ing poetic creations of the late James Weldon Johnson were re cited and sung at his frT.eral last Thursday. “Go Down Death!” from “God’s Trombones” was re cited by the Rev. J. Raymond Henderson of Yonkers, and spirit ua|s arranged by J. Rosamond Johnson, brother of the deceased, wer sung by th Juanita Hall Singers and the Southern.aire quartet. Salem church was pack ed to the doors well before the funeral began. Mrs. Grace Nail Johnson*, widow' of the author and oocpcser, w'ho was injured in the wreck in which Mr. Johnson lost his life, is reported on the road to recovery. -o CLEVE ABBOTT WORRIED OVER LOSING TWELVE “TIGERS” Tuskegee, July 14, (C) Coach Clove Abbott of the Tuskegee Golden T'gers football team is worried over losng twelve of his best mere through graduation this year. But already the coach has a number of canidates for the va cant places. BURLINGTON DINING CNR EMPLOYES UNION BENTS N. F, OF L. Chicago, July 14 (By Fred D. Harper for ANP) —At the re cent election held to determine tho bargaining agent for workers in the Burlington dining ear de partment, the Burlington Dining Car Employes Union, Lceag- 1, an independent organization, was victorious over the American Federation of Labor, Local 351, by an overwhelming majority of almost five to one. Number of votes cast was 245, the Burlington Local 1, receiving 201, the A F of L, Local 351, get ting 44 votes. President Leo Metzl, white, who heads Local 351 stated that this was his first de feat. Burlington dining car em ployes realize that their salva tion ries in true representation, by having officials who ar interest ed in them and in their welfare. Negroes ca represent Negroes to better advantage, if their are sincere. • Local 351, AP of L, grought the fight 'to a head b$r petitioning the National Medical Board, de claring there %Vas a dispute as to the representation of the Burling ton employes. The Metzl Loca] contended that it had more thaij the required 51 per cent, of em ployes' signatures necessary fo« t to represent the employes in place of the Locar 1. loiter, as a result of this, off! cials of Local 1, headed by Jess F. Ellis, chairman, met with th Meditor fry"m the National Mod tation Board. The officers felt best to settle the matter perms nemly, so demanded that a vote l taken. Tho electon was herd. L cal 1, as the sole bargaining age for Burlington dining car worke now offers them the democrat principle of equality of snffrai an dindependenoe without t stigma of segregation and disc: mination. AMERICAN MINISTER GIVES ENTERTAINMENT Monroviva, Liberia July 7 ( N. P.) Minister A. Walton a Mrs Walton were hosts to president of Liberia, his oabii the diplomatic corps and lead members of local society on J 4 at an Independence Day G | bration. The American log’at ^vas the scene of the receptioa.