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^xxsjacm ixz&i ‘ 1 Largest % Negro Paper ___ a in Nebraska L' full pages of fl cCents ^ Comics “ JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THeUNE\ evlry week %L °° .-- - ~V-— r -»s .. .— “ ^ „ 3^ cu. Matter *. rosace, Omaha, Nebr., Saturday, Nov. 19,1938 _Number Thirty-two u. S. SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS IN MISSOURI LAW SCHOOL CASE —— ^ <s Washington, Nov. 12 (ANP)—| With chief Justice Hughes and the seven associate justices listening attentively and asking searching questions, the United States sup- 1 reme court heard Wednesday ar guments by both sides in the fam ous test case of Lloyd L. Gaines of St. Louis denied admission to tho University of Missouri Law school because of his race. Although no decision is expect ed for some time, the entire*South i(• ke nly awaiting t.'ie court’s opin ion. On it hinges the future policy of Id Southern and border states ’ where admission to state univer tii s is denied Negroes. Charles IT. Houston of Washing ton and Sidney .R. Red rondof St. Louis argued for Gaio.es without interruption from the eight jus tices. Fred L. Williams of St. Jjouis and William S. Hogset of Kansas City, white attorney apoko for the university and were subjected to searching questions by I the court. 1th Amendm nt. Violated Houston told the bench that the law department of the university of Missouri is the lone state-sup ported institution of that kind. Since Gaines is a citizen and a taxpayer, bis rejection as a stu dent is a denial of his rights to equal protection uneler the law as guaranteed by the 14th amendment. •-°o° Y. M.C. A. Ends Golden Jubilee SESSIONS LARGELY ATTEND ED; IMPORTANT PERSONS SPEAK Washington, Nov. 19 (By Daniel tV. Chase for ANP) The. 50th anniversary of tVy colored branch ot th Young Men's Christian as sociation was brought to a fitting close with a larg-ly atended meet ing in Rapkin Memorial chapel, Howard university, when Harry.A Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, spoke. Secretary Wallace said that the Nation’s No. 1 problem in the South can ba solved in no less than b. g aeration of time, and that the quicken it is realizes, the bet ter it will Ik. He added that there is no possible way to give good land to the people of the South in a shorter time. It is the secretary V > hope that leaders in association work will encourage members to be kept occupied in agriculture in tbo South. Mrs. Mary McLeod Btlhune. di rector of the colored division of the NYA brought greetings from the wives and mothers of the men and boys who have felt the in fluence of “Y” work. John E. Man ley, general s cretar.v of the na - tional council spoke of the work of the international association dur ing the past 50 years. --—nOn I BALKED BY DEATH Washington. D. C>—Mrs. Helen Powell, of Mitchelsvilk, Md., died Monday evening' at • Freedman’s Hospital while awaiting birth of her twentieth child. Death struck as hospital physicians were pre paring to perform a caesarian op eration. Mrs. Powell, mother of nineteen children- was buried Wednesday, following services at Annapolis, Md. HOWARD U. ASSAILED AT DIES HEARING Washington, Nov. 19 (CNA)— Charges that Curmmuni'sm was be ing taught at Howard University and that Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson rad advocated publicly the doc Irin s of revolution were made this week at a heaving of the Dies Com mitted. The unsupported charges were made by former Judge James A. Cobb of the Columbia Municipal Court. Reading from newspaper dipp ings Cobb declared that on June 10, 1fl3S. Dr. Johnson made an address in Chicago, in the course of which ho urg d seniors to "adopt r. w plans.” Th's new plan, the Judge op ned wa« Communism. 'Iho witness introduced a l iter which- l-.c said was a memorandum prepar d by Lawrence A. Oxley of -ho. Department of Labor. In in. j letter Oxley r fend to a Csaf.r-j unco h-Id at the university on May 18, 19 and 20, 1935. undr the Joint Committee cf National Recovery un i the Social Science Division of Howard university, and declared that th.: conference was “decidedly Communistic in character.’’ v Secretary of the Infef-ic/r ^ckeT whose recent speech at the Balti more R gionul Conference of the National Negro Congress pledging tho New Deal to work for full Ne gro quality was hailed- by the Negro people thiougheut tho coun try, was also bitterly attacked at the Committee hearings. Judge Cobb said that he called Professor Johnson’s ‘‘Communistic 1 aningto Ickes. but that the interior Secretary refused to do anything about, it. He said that Ickes told him that wild charges aro mare by everybody thesc days and that what he wanted was fix !. ER, MARRY FORO ADVENTIST OHURGH LEADER, DEAD NATIONALLY KNOWN X-RAY EXPERT SUCCUMBS AT HINDS A L ESANIARIl M ( hicagi), Nov., 12, (ANP) -Dr. Tarry E. Ford, widely known 1 ad e.v of the Seventh Day Adventist church, a recognized authority on i-rav treatment and simerint n * * • ' lent of the Riverside sanitarium, Nashville, died here Wednesday at Hindsdale sanitarium where he had formerly served as assistant busi ness manager. Tho illness which caused his death was of short duration and came at a time when he was suc cessfully developing the Nashville Memorial To John Brown Is Dedicated MRS. CLARK DICK DR. JONES GLADWIN HE DIED TO SET HIS BROTHERS f REE. HIS SOUL COES MARCHING ON DEDICATED 5fFT.?.T thenkw*5X& --OTfe °rig» £$/$ LANCASTER Akr n d cheated a memorial to A 1 1 • Ti John Brown on the .-'to where the pre-Civil war hero cnc-o raised sheep at Perkins jmrk. Surrounding th fountain with its significant inscription arc Mrs. i u LiKr E. CD id;, ji a . ry president a .racer if th“ Negro 25 Year lv which pre*-: ; >i 10 memor 1 • a ■. Iy; . tee r' y E. M. ■ir; .tr cha r i an ct’ .be mem iij-i rem ■eittee; former Senator hurles Dick; Dr. Gilbert E. Jones, MRS, (RHUSTIAN | | dean oi du a i<■ ■ university; Mrs. Cora P. Christian pn»si''ent of the club, and a. C. •, ,’«> ' re. rn] .eulptor of tl’o memorial. heaii J hcrl »j,n knowr. institution into one of the fortmoi’; ^anitai iurna operated by Negro s. For mere tha 17 years tl n' t ed expert wa thi x-ray an ! la v atory technician of the Hin lad ale c .tnitaiiuni timing which tin h .nstalltd ti first t rhn cal cquip ment and served as roentgenologist until he was called to th supenn Uiulancy of Rivers! ie Sanitarium in. Nashville. -oOc 2 Named On Ohio U. Debating Team Columbus. O. Nov. 12 (By Bar ten for ANP) William A. Colwell and George A. Moore, both surer du dents, have beep named ment i ';*g oi' the i bating tea ■ of Ohio State university, it was learned las:. week. Colwell was a member also of last y ar’s team, as well as one of its outstanding debaters. He is majoring in political science in the collge of aits-educat'on. and Is currently engaged in an 8 week series of debat's over one of the local radio stations. Colwell whose home in is Columbus, is also presi dent of the local chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Moore, from Cleveland, is ma joring in speech pathology after completing his pre-medicine re quirements in the college of arts, j Currently h is getting practical training as a tudent clinic an in PHILADELPHIA PA. LOSES CHANCE FOR NEGRO CONGRESSMAN MAGISTRATE HENRY MISSES OUT BY SCANT 5,911 VOTES MRS. C. F All SET IS ELECTED FIRST COLORED WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE Philadelphia, Nov. 12 (ANP) —By e. r.Cant margin of 5.911 votes third city's electorate last Tuesday failed to send to Washington a fellow-Congressman to stand be side Arthur W. Mitchell of Illioni.s first district, sole Negro r presen tative in the Halls of Congress. Philadelphia’s Republican candi date for the second district, Mag istrate Etlvyard Hi nry, distinguish ed citizen arid jurist, was defeated by the D mocrats incumbent', James P. McQranery. The GOP electorate letter found consglation however, wh n is was learned that FL Wanhingtcn Rhode.1 brilliant lawyer and news man and widely known editor of the Philadelphia Tribun;, had been eleced a member of the State Leg islature from the 6th district (7th Wtrd.) Rhodes, a former assistant US attorney nosed out the present colored Democratic incumbent Sam I). Holmes by 62 ballots. FOUNTAIN TO CITY /r> -eech Ft C d he’s hosn'tal wh t«. . t, ention is given to varicu-* speech u xevv3. Aioote plans to take his. n.aawti's degree in this field, work j on j year as a speech el nieian, and j to rcfluoi tor ins medical ti gree before practicing in this blg.ily specialized field. He is a rrl r of Alpha Phi Alpha frat -0O0 V.*F!7EVE*3 ?S0*!ES AGAINST 6 SL! -AMER'GANS Pnh] V-unJcver, t-he fleet foot ’d pc M is Xc io lad, who hr ' . fowa All-Stars nr building their hopes of victory ove hi N't •lira ;ka All-Stars in their champion.d ip pro charity football nme at; the Cr.ighton Stadium n Sunday, November 27, again proves this weeks the tops in foot ed in his ga.ite against the Chi cago ( alunut Indians, Coach Archie f\>luison of the iiiwa All-stars want <1 V andever ,o get some r al scrimmaging, and allowed him to play with the Dca Moines Comets in "heir game with the ( hicago Calumet Indians mem b rs of the American professional football 1< ague. In the third quar ter ‘ Hobby’’ Was sent in for a few minutes and bn the first play ripp ed ‘off a sensational torty-eight vacd touchdown dash and kicked for the extra point that gave the Di s Moines team p one* point l^ad. Coach Archie Johnson pulled Vandever from the game after th. rlay fearing, an injury to his star player. He wants to keep him n good condition for the big All 5'tar game here on November 27. The Chicago Calumet Indians have six All-Americans on their team, and is rated as one of the toughest teams in the eastern pro football. The Iowa All-Stars wil] start Vande ver at left half in their game against the Nebraska All-Star*. t?FAT NEICE OF UIOUTION .7 T'KFS I’APT IK PERKINS WOODS UNVEILING A! ion. Oh o- Special A very • rr,aP girl dr, w back th' white veil Vom in front of t Memorial foun tain at the top of Perk:ns woods , afternoon in late September, to cvea! c base-r P1 f of her direct ancert" .’, John Brown, t ‘e uholit irj.ist. She was Doris Frown of i 'i,...„inn;!. fhird great nfl ce of th .‘.rued man. Ean'V, played, rtronst Negro ,.. awelied in the songs of the ulbland and tings f 1 u 11 re 1 in % v; u r Club of Akron was re* vnrU in rP, its 1- a i y and sim licty. *' o work of Frulptcr Stev • *, Gladwin of Ak m. “SET PR0THI .ft FREE” Pen ath th bn i’-i.Pff of the ! nrde * idealist, were the carven words,—, JOHN BROWN Ho died to set his brothers * Ai‘ * . His Soul goes marching on.'’ Abovo the fountain rose nn old I*'liar erect-d years ago by the German American society of Ak r. i to John Brown’s m mory. A round this pillar the. Neero soc iety had charged GJadwin to erect a d cprative base platform and sea. all of which seivcd as a part I-of th. Meaioriul BISHOP lOOKEF CM'-vtu \KKA NS AS METHODISTS AT MON I K El. 1.0. AKh. r- • i *• • • ' • ,* CROWD CHEERS PRELATE Ah' HE PLEADS FOR I RACTK’AF CHRISTI ANITY M< nticello, Ark. Noy. 1!) (By Al 1 ;>rt G. Barnett fer ANP) Meth i r.i’i A church leaders from all sect ions of the state' jovrn yed h re this week to attend the r.ess'ons of ■ho annual South Arkansas con tinence which r,p nci on Wednes day at Pilgrim P ef church -Hth lit. Rev. Henry Young Tookea, tisl op o fthe 12th district, presid nDA CHICAGOANS VIEW WRECK AGE AFTER HECTIC ELECTION DAY BATTLE I NEWS AT A GLANCE Condensed Sunjmary for Bnsy Readers by Albert G. Barnett for AN I’ PHILADELPHIA In Tuesday’s i xcting election here. Mrs. Crys tal Bird Fauset, a Democrat was 'looted repr Tentative in the State ! cgi-lature, the first colored worn ph to achieve that distinction. The ; only N gro Republican elected was Washington Rhodes, who also n as State Representative. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -Atty. I. | Bradley, 78 years old and for j roru than 47 years a prominent r • tuber of the bar here, died Wed nesday at the home of his son, I. P. Bradley. Jr. The veteran bar rister had engaged actively in practice of his profession, until t’,:ekcn with paralysis two years ago. A daughter, Miss Ruth , rad ley, also survives. Final rites it held on Saturday. HOUSTON Texas A Federal ”* ine^g'survey of this ifty con ’ucted for the year 1005, showed hat 252 retail stores Negro own id and operated— did a total u; no-s of $565,000. Hhia was ,‘m percent (778.688). Kelow total ales reported by colored stores for 102.'. NEW YORK CITY After serv ing fi'e years with the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Win tbrop Lyon Saville returned home ias'. Friday on the Steamship ‘resident Roosevelt. H. said that the Moors, under French rule, are being encourag* d by Italy to re vel,, when the opportunity arises. Hu expected this to happen during the r cent war therat in Central Europe, declaring: “We were sitt- i ing on a volcano.” MONROVIA. Liberia,—A feat-! no of the rtc nt visit here of the | I .'. S. S. Boise, was a luncheon j < mitred by Liberia’s President | a relay to Cupta’n McCandlish and ff • rs of the ship. At its eon-i cl egion. Hon. Lester A, Walton, IJ. | Minister to Liber a presented i l i t ident Barclay a gold pen as a ■'ft from Pres id nt Roosevelt. A-1 ' aid the Boise was the U. S. De-; ■ artnient of State Representative j H'n y Vlllard, who presented the! A ,'v ■,t\ .Republic with an historic I berian flag. NEGRO'S CHUTE JUMP STUDIED FOR RECORD NOW HELD IN USSR I Chicago, Nov. 17 —A barograph' I was sent today to. Washington for pnlibratinn to determine whether William ‘ Suicide” Jon* s has set a world's record for a delayed para chut, jump. The veteran Negro jumper. yes ! terday leaped from a plane at an altitude of 26,000 to 30,000 feet, dropped earthwards for two an 1. a halt' minutes, released his chute at about 1,600 feet and landed safely. At maximum altitude it was 30 below zero. Jones was almost ov ercome by cold. A Soviet juniper named Yevdok imov who f*ll from 26,500 fett to 600 before opening his parachute is recognized as the present record j hold*r. DEMOCRATS SWEEP COUNTY OFFICES REELECT MITCHELL * TO CONGRESS Republicans “Point with Pr’de'' to Alderman Dawson's Spirited Cam paign R>sing to Mitchell by only 2,500 Votes. “The Political Pen dulm is Swinging Toward R publican! ;m. Says Alderman Dawson Chicago, Nov. 12 (By Albert G. Barnett for ANP)—Last week-end after one of the most exciting elections held h re since 1932, and made noteworthy fcy.GOP efforts tii break the stranglehold of local Democrat c leaders, both victors and. vanquished took stock of the wreckage and inventoried tCiei'r respective losser. and gains. Most notable of the victories and th one occasion ng the most com ment was that which swept back in to office Representative Arthur W. Mi.cl ell of the First district on whoso laurel wreath will again be inscribed: “Tht. only Ntgro rep iTsentativo in the halls of con gress.” The present will mark Mitchdl’s third term in his exalt i d position and bis victory re flects the support given President Roosevelt’s New Deal program by voters of the First district. R« publicans of the district are jubilant over the showing made by their candidate, Alderman William L. Dawson of the Second Ward, a World War veteran, leader in City hall council circles, and widely known for his matchless oratory. Thty point to Mitchells victory by the narrow margin of 2,500 votes an indicating that nearly 27 000 colored voters of the district had again “seen the light” an 1 return ed to Republican ranks. Concerning the red-hot campaign and last Tuesday's hectic climax, Aid rroan Dawson said: “We are not at all down-hearted over the outcome of last Tuesday’s election in the Firofc Congressional district. Rather ar, we heartened and optim'stic about the future of : ho Republien party, not only in Chicago, but throughout the na tion. Ci n: tiering the odds against us, f think wc made a remarkable Knowing. Out of a total of about 50.000 votes trie final count show t ed me about 2,500 votes short by [ . I beating Congressman Mitchell as tho First District representative. “I certainly wish to thank all I of my loyal supporters and friends who worked so hard and zealous ly for my election. They, as well | as I, know that the heavy vote in tho 1st and llth, white Democra tic wards was what beat ks. But w0 are sure that the Negro citi zenry of Chicago and the nation 1 are aroused as never before. The political pendulum has again start ed swinging toward Republicanism. I look for still further gains lo ; rally in the 1939 mayoralty cam i paign and in 1940, when the next | president of the United states will i lie elected. 1 | • ■; Negro great political upset of | thes; 'l lectipu was the defeat of ; Republican State Senator William | E. King, by Democratic Second I Ward Organization President Wil liam A. Walace. Wallace won by a icant 880 votes, the early re hr t, having indicated King as the ner. Wallace, a Municip'' ' ■ rt deputy clerk, has long b n a t '•« in Democratic circles. a*)d w’ll bo tho first Negro Democratic State Senator in the history of Illinois.
