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Entered ag Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- Omaha Nebl’., Saturday, Oct. 8, 1938 ^ T * Number Twenty-Six
Assault On Negro
Juryman Protest
ed To Allred
New York, Oct. 6 —A vigorous
protest was made by the National
Association for the Advancement
-of Colored People today by Gov
ernor James V. Allred of Texas,
who waa recently nominated by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
for a federal judgeship, against
the brutal asault made upon Dr.
George F. Porter, President of Wi
ley Junior college in the presence
of court attaches and deputy
sheriffs, on September 28. Dr.
Porter was summoned for jury
duty and the atttack upon him was
made when he refused to be ex
cused from service as other Negro
prospective jurors accepted dismis
sal. The full text of the letter to
Governor Allred follows:
“Tho National Association for
tho Advancement of Colored Peo
ple has received information to
day that Mr. George F. Porter, a
highly respected citizen of Dallas,
Texas and President of Wiley Jun
ior College, was called for jury
service on September 26; that all
Negroes called for jury service
were excused at the suggestion of
court officials; that Mr. Porter
refused to be excused and that the
deputy sheriff in charge of the
jury told him that under the Texas
Jim Crow law Negroes and
whites were prohibited from as
sembling together and that it
would, therefore be difficult for a
Negro to serve.
“We are further informed that on
September 28 one Walter Miller
seized Mr. Porter in the jury room
in the presence of the jury clerk
and deputy sheriffs. Mr. Porter
called to the clerk and other court
officials requesting them to pro
tect him; but no protection was
given him. He was dragged from
the jury room to the porch of
tho courthouse and thrown head
first down the courthouse steps
despite the presence of several de
puty sheriffs. Deputy Sheriff Ar
my, we at’einformed, and other
cour officials were appealed to by
Mr. Porter to protect him but
they took no steps to halt the
brutal assault.
The rights and privileges of
jury service are among the most
fundamental rights of American
•citizenship. Jurymen as officers of
the court are entitled to the fullest
protection of the law. This denial
therefore, of protection to Mr.
Porter as juror summoned of law
both state and federal. The assault
upon Mr. Porter, the complete in
action, if not encouragement of the
assault by officers of the court,
and tho complete failure to take
any action against this invasion of
the court, so far as we know sig
ifies a complete breakdown of ju
dicial machinery.
“We, therefore call upon you as
the chief executive of the state of
Texas to order an immediate in
*vcstigation to the end that the
parties guilty of actual assault and
the conspiracy of failure to pro
tect Mr. Porter may be vigorously
prosecuted and punished.
Respectfully,
WALTER WHITE
Secretary
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Mrs. Roosevelt To
Speak In Auditor
ium
—.
Nebraskans are awaiting with
interest the opportunity of seeing
and hearing, first-hand, the na
tion’s first lady, MRS. FRANK
LIN DELANO ROOSEVELT,
when she lectures in Omaha at
the City Auditoruim, Sunday even
ing, October 23, at 8:00 o’clock.
Representative delegations from
surrounding communities are ex
pected to attend the lecture which
is sponsored by the Omaha Del
phian Assembly. Mrs. Roosevelt
will speak on, “the Relationship of
the Individual to the Community.”
Tickets may be reserved by mail
at the Omaha Delphian Headquar
ters, Fontenelle Hotel, Omaha. All
orders should be accompanied by a
self-addressed, stamped envelope
with check or money order.
Prices are: $1.10 for the first
10 rows; 83 cents for the next 30
row's; 55 cents for the last 10 rows.
Balcony prices are the same except
for the first three rows, which
aro $1.10.
The Omaha Delphian Assembly
is a non-pypliltical), nonj-sectarian
association and Mrs. Roosevelt
comes in that same spirit of good
fellowship. As is her custom, all
fees derived from her lectures are
contributed to charity.
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OMAHA TO OBSERVE FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK
Demonstrations at several Oma
ha schools and at various points
throughout tile eity will feature
observance here of Fire Prevention
Week, starting October 9. There
will be no downtown parade.
Observance here of the week is
being sponsored by the Omaha
Firo department and the Fire Pre
vention ccommittee of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce.
“Fire prevention has paid big
dividends in Omaha” said Chief A.
W. Olsen. “Our annual fire loss the
past five years has been reduced
from a previous average of $800,
000 per year to less than $300,000
per year. We must have the help
of every person in Omaha to main
tain this fine record.”
Since the Omaha Fire depart
i Likes Pictures
DR. JOHN W. DAVIS
President of West Virginia State
| College, Institute, W .Va., whose
1 institution has just published a
i beautiful booklet of candid camera
| shots at the college, illustrating
campus life from “Reveille to Taps’
A total of 98 pictures appear in
the bulletin, and Miles M. Jeffer,
son was chairman of the pictorial
committee. (Calvin Service.)
nient does not have the necessary
manpower to cover- Omaha dwell
ings, the chamber’s Fire Preven
tion Committee is asking every
Omaha resident to inspect his
home property to eliminate fire
hazards. Attics and basements
should be given special attention,
sponsors said.
Four charity groups, the Salva
tion Army, Volunteers of America
Goodwill Industries and Douglas
County relief organization, will co
operate during the drive. These
groups are urging Omjahans to
clean out old clothing, household
goods and furniture from attics
and basem/Tmtn ^ind) donate the
goods to any of the four organiza
tions, which have trucks available
for hauling purposes.
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Mary M. M. Dennis Rogers
To Be Here Oct. 3
Mary Magdelene M. Dennis
Rodgers, national Evangelist sing
er of St. Louis Missouri born in
Lancaster, County, Virginia will be
at Cleaves Temple Church Oct. 3
to7.
She is the daughter of the late
Rev. Charles Conway. She had
traveled extensively. She lived in
Chicago, 111. for 15 years, but is
now living in St. Louis, Mo., |
4022A Cook Ave. where she is the
Founder and President of the Gos
pel Singers Fireside Training
School.
She will be in Recital from Oct.
3rd to Oct. 7th 8:30 P. M. at
Cleaves Temple Church.
Rev. Bass, Pastor
Tom Zacek Files For County
Attorney
Attorney Tom Zacek filed by
petition for County Attorney of
Douglas County, Friday morning.
Mr. Zacek says, ‘‘What is a fel
low going to do, when 17,000 citiz
ens make a demand by petition on
you to file for an office.”
Omahans Aunt Dies In D. C.
Mrs. F. O. Clark, 340 Oakdale
Place Washington D. C. the aunt
of Billy Davis, 2614 Corby St. died,
early Tuesday morning after a
long illness. Mr. Davis left Tues
day afternoon to attend the funer
al. He said he might take up per
manent residence in Washington.
Louis Loses Suit
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 6—Failure
of Joe Louis to appear for an ex
hibition at Safford, Ariz., March
29, 1937, will cost him seven hun
dred dollars. Promoter Howard
West was awarded a judgement
for that amount Thursday.
KAN. U. MEDICAL SCHOOL
CAN’T TAKE 2ND NEGRO
Kansas City, Knn .Oct. (5 (A.
N.P.)—Claiming that the school
was overcrowded. Dean IT. R. Wahl
has refused Donald Ferguson, se
cond colored student to apply, ad
mission to the University of Kan
sas Medical school which has
opened its doors to Negroes after
barring them for many years.
Edward Williams of Ellsworth,
Kan., whoso protest to Gov. Hux
man resulted in ending the color
bar, is already enrolled. When
Ferguson applied for admission
and was not accepted, he carried
his case to the state supreme court
which ordered tho medical school
to reveal why we has refused.
Dean Wahl, said Ferguson's col
or was not involved. The medical
school has a waiting list, and stu
dents are taken on the basis of
their grades. Williams is a Phi
Beta Kappa .Ferguson i8 high on
the list ,but must wait until a va
cancy occurs before he enrolls.
Porters’ Brotherhood Delegates
To Attend A. F. of L. Convention
Chicago, Illinois, October 8 —
According to information received
at tho Midwest headquarter g of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, 4231 South Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illinois, Mr. A. Philip
Randolph, International President
and Mr. M. P. Wfebsfy?r ,First
International Vice President, left
Chicago to attend the fifty-eighth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor which will
convene in Houston, Texas, Oct- ]
ober 3, and extend through two|
weeks.
Mr. Randolph and Mr. Webster
pro members of the Organization
and Shorter Work Week commit
tees of the convention respective
ly
The Brotherhood has important
resolutions which will be brought
before the convention related to
the Negro people.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters is an international
union affiliated with the Americ
an Federation of Labor.
Dr. A. I. G. Richardson, Philantropist,
Candidate For Bishopric
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Madison, Fla. (By Eric Rercules
Calvin Service, Oct. 6.—Having
served the members of hig deno
mination as religious leader for
more than 30 years, Rev. A. I. G.
Richardson ,outstanding Presiding
Elder of the Madison District, has
made formal announcement of his
candidacy for Episopal honors at
tho next Genernl Conference of
tho African Methodist Episcopal
church, which will convene in De
troit, Mich, in 1940. Rev. Richard
son has the distinction of being one
cf first graduates of Edward Wa
ters college and gained national
recognition for his brilliant scho
lastic record, having experienced
with the honor of being valedic
torion of his class. The distin
guished and experienced Floridian
has had many trials and tribula
tionsin his religious work, and
having pastured from small mis
sions to the well deserved Presid.
ing Eldership which he now cred
itably maintains, is truly in posi
tion to render service of inestima
ble value to the vast membership
in tho realm of African Methodism.
The Rev. Dr. Richardson is a
member of the Financial Board
of the AME Church, representing
tho Eleventh District and has al
ways contributed largely to the fi
nancial support of Edward Waters
College and other institutions. He
is very aggressive and unquestion
ably a most resourceful Christian
leader who is gaining the support
of all leaders throughout the coun
try. His belief in honesty and eco
nomy in the church is based on
years of hardship.
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South Side Man Seriously III
Charles ‘‘Mojo” Essex well
known proprietor of the Essex
Bar at 2514 No. St. has been con
fined at the St. Joseph hospital
for eight days due to a serious ill
ness. Mr. Essex had spent several
weeks at Hot Springs Ark. this
summer and wag thought to be on
the road to recovery until he was
seized with severe attack of hic
coughs last week.
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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
You will be glad to know that
you can aid needy people who
need jobs, by calling the Goodwill
Industries AT. 4609,—which will
send a truck to pick up discarded
articles from your attic, basement
or garage during Fire Prevention
Week. Tjie Goodwill Industries
are cooperating with the Chamber
of Commerce in Fire Prevention
Week.
R. E. BELTON POET AND
LECTURER, AT TECH OCT ”
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Apex Killing
Before Jury
A shooting affair at the Apex
billiard parlor, 24th and Grace St.
last May which resulted in the
death of a bystander, Napoleon
Jackson, and the wounding of two
others was brought before a jury
in district court Tuesday.
Bennio "Tex” Bates, one of the
poker players, is on trial charged
with shooting, with intentions to
kill Willis Brice, another player.
Brice, in another charge not on
trial at this time, is accused of
shooting with intentions to wound
Bates. It is also charged Brice’s
bullet killed Napoleon Jackson.
John Beasley, 2123 Grace street
one of the players, testified Tues
day that Bates, ejected from the
gamo when he wont broke, pulled
a gun and started shooting. Other
players mentioned as being in the
gamo were referred to as "George
Washington,” "Fat Sam” and
"Quack.”
Rudolph Tesar, deputy county
attorney is prosecuting; Public
Defender Joe Lovely and Assist
ant Defender O’Brien are defense
lawyers.
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REPORT PARTY PAID OWENS
$18,000 IN 1936
Cleveland, O., Oct. 6—The re
publican national committee paid
Jess0 Owens, Negro Olympic track
star, 18 thousand dollars in 1936
to stump the country for Ali M.
Landon’s presidential candidacy,
but he was not a registered voter,
at tho time, it was disclosed to
day. Internal revenue agents seek
ing Owens to serve a $746.68 tax
lien for nonpayment on 1936 in
come said that they learned he is
supposed to be operating a pig
farm near Solon, O.
Mrs. Rogers To Appear At
Recognition Service
Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, will ap
pear at Salem Baptist Church 28th
& Decatur Sts. Sunday afternoon
in a song service, Mrs. Rogers will
also speak on the subject ‘The
Telescope of a Woman’s Life in
Fifteen Bright Stars.’’ The song
servico will coincide with the talk.
The program will begin at 3 o’
clock. Mrs. Rogers will be accom
panied by Mrs. Henretta Makins.
The services will be only for wo
men and girls over 11 years of
age.
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NEARLY HALF NEW GARS
HAVE FAULTY BRAKES -
Forty per cent of new cars come
from the factory with faulty ad
justed brakes, and “all too often"
the local dealers fail to correct the
condition, L. L. Graham specialist
for a brake-manufacturing firm,
told two hundred Omaha auto
service men at a meeting in the
municipal testing station Tuesday
night.
Coming to Tech on Wednesday
October 12, is R. E. Belton poet,
lecturer, and considered by many
to be tho greatest Negro tenor in
America.
Mr. Briton is one of the few
ringers able to present a program
entertaining enough to be highly
commendable by the faculty of
Technical High School.
Tho primitiveness of Mr. Bel
ton’s Spirituals and Negro dialect
readings makes his selections so
simple and heart touching that
they are understood and enjoyed
by both high school and college
groups.
Mr. Belton was formerly with
tho Piney Woods School, an insti
tution which specializes in the
training of Negro Youth in the
backwoods of the southland. He
Is an authority on the social and
economic status of his race, and as
a layman has spoken from the
pulpits of most of the outstanding
churches throughout North Amer
ica.
Mi'. O. 11. Whitehead, Superin
tendent of Schools, Mountain Iron,
Minnesota, had the following to
say of Mr. Belton’s lecture.
1 His address to the adults is full
of surprises and revelations, but it
is so tactfully done that it does
not offend any one.”
Mr. Belton has studied in Chica
go and New York and was given
a scholarship to study under the
great dramatic teacher, Agnes
Steinmetz of Chicago. He studied
voice with Madame Louise Van
Fielitzsch of New York and Minne
apolis. He was also a student of
Dr. A. E. Bullock, head of the
Elsworth Conservatory of Iowa.
HANK’S HURRICANES
BEAT ALL STARS
It took the Henry Armstrong
Hurricanes 10 innings to nose out
the Omaha All Stars 4-3 in a soft
hall game at Falstaffs Park
Thursday night before twelve hun
dred. The Armstrong sponsored
team displayed some classy ball
playing as well as clowning. Their
shadow ball exhibition created
quite a bit of interest. i
Williams doubled to bring in
Cool Papa Johnson witl the winn
ing run. A homer by Fields gave
the visitors a 2 run lead in the
third. Bud Casteel of the All
Stars, drove in a run in the third
for the teams’ only blow until the
seventh. Two errors helped the
Omahans to tie the game in the
eighth inning 3-3.
MILLION DOLLAR WEDDING A
SUCCESS
The Million Dollar Wedding
sponsored by Mrs. Alford for the
Property Club of Pleasant Green
Baptist Church Sept. 30 at Pil
grim was a success.
Mr. Andrew T. .Reid was the
Groom at the Wedding. He ha3
charge of the Dramatics club at
the center, and was formally con
nected with the theatre work in
New York, City.
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