THE OMAHA GUIDE
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Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927,
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^ Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail.
These are the only principles whil will stand
the acid test of good.___
EDITORIALS
BETTER THAN YEAR
Twenty centuries ago, the Man of
Gallilee, the Savior of mankind, found
ed the Christian or gospel church a
gainst which He pledged the gates of
hell shall not prevail.
After the lapse of two thousand
years, if Christianity has made no im
provement in the economic, social mo
ral and religious conditions of mankind
then the devil is a better general than
the Lord Jesus Christ and eventually
must win.
As seen by the eye of the gloomy
pessimist, who continually rants about
what they claim to be a departure from
the “land marks to whom the church,
with an intelligent program an order
ly service, the man of letters, the ser
mon minus the barnstorming are all
so many evidences of a failing Chris
tianity. True it is, we are in a transi
tion period. We are changing from the
yester year in things religious as in
material, to this day of our Lord. And
he reads history to no purpose who
does not see emblazoned on every page
proof positive of the growth and devel
opment of an improved and an ever
improving condition.
The world today is better than it
ever was since the Morning Stars sang
together and the Sons of God rejoiced.
Every belching cannon, every ex
ploding bomb dropped from the skies
with its death dealing and destructive
effects, every keel of a man o’ war that
lets into foam the waters of the deep,
every army marshalled to put down
the wrong and the wrong-doer are but
so many evidences of the onward march
of Right and the progress of Peace. It
will continue so long as “man’s inhu
manity to man make countless millions
mourn.”
Someting wrong? Yes. Where and
whenever individuals in state or in
church become obsessed with that su
periority complex which results in a
conviction that they ure born to force
their theories and what-nots upon those
they adjudge to be inferior, when the
religious bigots conceive the idea that
they are better than their fellows, fric
tion begins and trouble is generated.
Every bombing plane, every navy,
every army with all the munitions of
warfare are but effective protests a
gainst the encroachments on God-given
human rights. Free the Christian
church of its Pharisees and the Phari
sical spirit and much of the bombard
ment in the religious world will end.
—Christian Recorder
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BOYCOTTING FOR PEACE
In a world where dictatorship is on
the offensive £$nd democracy bn the
defensive, how can the United States
keep the peace, preserve its institutions
yet protect it against the Red Coani
tern’g hope for world revolution and
Gfermany's announced plan to make this
“her America ?”
The use of economic sanctions a
gainst agressors was spoken of appro
vingly by President Roosevelt in bis
message to Congress last week as one
method of cooling off ambitious pow
ers bent on dividing this nation.
In the ensuing weeks the walls of
Congress will hear other alternatives
for keeping peace and, with it, demo
carcy ,for the next war will not only
bring an end to peace, but possibly, but
possibly an end to democracy as well.
All of them demand the most earnest
analysis and consideration by every
thinking citizen, for our ultimate
choice will decide whether we travel
the road to peace or war. As the most
significant proposal before the Ameri
can people at present, the President’s
proposal is up first for consideration.
How can sanctions and boycotts
help keep the pecae? Because, say the
supporters of this plan, as a blunt ex
pression of our disapproval, they warn
aggresors—in advance of wrar—that
their chance of picking a successful
fight with us are very poor. In other
wmrds, boy cotters for peace, believe a
bully will not start trouble if he knowrs
ahead of time that the odd are against
him. Sanction are a means of telling
him what the odds are.
Diametrically opposed views will
soon be heard in Congress, and these
wdll require equally earnest study. The
important thing is to show them the
concern they deserve, for out of them
will come war—or peace.
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TOM MOONEY GOES FREE
It’s up to Toni Mooney now! The
world’s fairbus prisoner has at last
received his unconditional pardon, and
the white haired warrior of many of
California’s pre-war Labor struggles is
again a free man.
The freedom that is now Tom
Mooney’s places in his hands a finer
chance to prove to California and the
American people his right to that free
, dom than ever he had behind the walls
of San Quentin. *•
During th'e twenty-two years of
his imprisonment, Mooney became the
focal point of Labor demonstrations
throughout the world, a source of
great comfort to the more racial ele
ments hungry for proof of “capitalist
persecution”, and a source of disap
pointment to those who believed a,
great injustice had been done.
The temper of the people, as indi
cated in a recent nationwide Gallup
poll, expressed itself as strongly in fa
vor of a pardon for Mooney. That de
sire has been accomplished, and a long
standing source of disaffection and
agitation removed.
Governor Olson’s pardon has voiced
the will of the majority and the world’s
most famous prisoner is a free man.
It’s up to Tom Mooney now.
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ONE RESOLUTION YOU SHOULD
_ KEEP
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By this time, mo^t of our New
Year’s Resolutions have probably been
broken. That’s only human. But there’s
one resolution every one of us should
make and keep for the twelve months
ahead. Here it is: “I resolve to do my
part, as a motorist and pedestrian, to
help reduce America’s g'hastly death
and accident toll.”
During a large part of 1938, the
accident rate declined. But we haven’t
yet earned /the right to compliment
ourselves and sit back on our laurels.
Tens of thousands of people died un
necessarily this year—unless all of us
do something about it.
There are three basic approaches
to the accident problem. First comes
education. And that doesn’t mean just
teaching the rudiments of safety to
school children. It also means reaching
the adult—continously and pointedly
—with those simple instructions and
suggestions that, if followed, will re
duce the hazards of motoring 90 per
cent.
Second, comes law enforcement. In
competent police—wholesale ticket-fix
ing—slothful prosecutors— inefficient
traffic ctfarts—these are among the
best friends the Grim Reaper has. A
number of American cities have mater
ially reduced accident rates by revis
ing their traffic codes, training their
traffic police, and doing away with
fixing.
Third, comes better street and high
way design, to elimnate “accident
prone” location. Many an intersection
which was a virtual death trap has been
made safe through competent engin
eering. Every community should start
on a long-time program that will grad
ually do away with this cause of deaths
and injuries.
We can have safety—if we want it,
and are willing to earn it. This
is a universal problem, and its solution
depends on the cooperaton of all of us.
We made progress toward that end last
year—let’s do it again this year.
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THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE
Believe it or not—the most danger
ous place you can be is at home!
According to the National Safety
Council, the principal causes of deaths
from home accidents last year were div
ided’ as folows: Falls, 17,500; burns
and explosions, 5,600; poisonings,
1,700; firearms, 800; mechanical suffo
cation, 1,000; poison gases, 1,100. The
grand total was 32,000 deaths—nine
ty out of a hundred of which were un
necessary, and could have been easily
prevented.
The Red Cross, in company with
other safety organizations, has been
eantying on a drive to awaken the pub
lid to the danger of home accidents, and
to show how hazards may be easily re
moved and avoided. Take a look a
round your own home. Is there a loose
rug at the top of a staircase? It may
easily cause a fall that will result in
long agony in the hospital, or death.
Can unlocked medicine cabinets be
reached by children? If so, they are in
iminent danger of fatal poisoning by
such a common first-aid accessory as
iodine. Are guns kept unloaded and
out of reach of amateur hands?
You can think of many more such
vital safety questions. When you do,
answer them at once—and not by guess
work, but after a rigorous investiga
tion of every room in your home. And
once you’ve eliminated hazards, keep
them eliminated. Remember that a
home that is safe today may be filled
with dangers tomorrow.
Keep in mind at all times—if you
want to keep your name and the name
of your loved ones off the future list
of home accident victims.
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FACTS ABOUT WOMEN!
They always make interesting
reading, probably because no two peo
ple are impressed in the same manner
by the same set of facts, or by the
same women. Therefore, a new book
called, “The Woman’s Almanac,’’ edited
by women and published by the Oquaga
Press Inc., New York strikes a new
note. The old World Alamac had facts
on everything from soup to nuts, in
cluding something on women, but the
Woman’s Ajlmanate confines itself to
women.
So if anybody is interested in know
ing something about women, their
tastes, their activities, their accomplish
ments, their looks, their beauty secrets,
why they do this and why they do that,
this new book will satisfy a lot of curi
osity, even if it doesn’t answer the
particular question yop would like to
ask about one particular woman.
r BUYER’S GUIDE
by Clarence H. Peacock
American people spend more than
$1,000,000,000 annually for tobacco and
cigarettes'. Last year cigarette smok
ers contributed more than $460,000,000
in tobacco taxes to the Federal Govern
ment.
Government statistics show that
smoking tobacco yields a revenue of
$55,000,000 a year and cigars yield
more than $13,000,000. Snuff is in
fourth place with a return of more than
$6,000,000. Government records show
that the consumption of snuff has not
changed much in the past thirty-eight
years. The total Federal tobacco tax
for 1938 is expected to exceed $540 -
000,000.
Twenty years ago the consumption
of chewing, smoking and cigar tobacco
averaged more than five pounds per
person a year; now it is little more than
three pounds. It appears that as wom
en smoke more, men have been consum
ing less tobaaco. The per capita con
sumption of cigarettes has increased
from one and a half to three and a half
pounds a year.
Colored customers throughout the
country spend over $80,000,000 annual
ly for cigarettes, cigars, smoking tob
acco and snuff. Of this amount very
little is returned’ to Colored circles.
While Negroes are given employment
in the tobacco fields and factories, they
me overlooked by the large manufac
turers when it comes to advertising
and merchandising their products.
Some time ago in this column I
ponted out that in 1937 the four larg
er brands of cigarettes, Chesterfields,
Camels, Lukies and Old Cold spent
over $25,000,000 in advertising for
that iyf3ar, yet no,t cent cent of this
amount was spent in Negro press.
Ihese same companies spent a similiar
amount for advertising in 1938 but
still continued to ignore our newspaper.
Colored Amercans can increase
their purchasing powqr by spending
their money with those companies who
want Colored patronage and who are
willing to return part of their revenue
that is obtained from Colored Circles
back to Colored hands. Ths accomplish
ed through the employment of Negroes
and by advertising in the Negro mar
ket by these companies.
There are three brands of cigaret
tes now advertising in our papers, they
are Twenty Grand, Domino and Mar
vels.. For greater economic /security
support our papers and their advertis
ed products.
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It is related that, after the locomo
tive has smashed a flivver at the cross
ing a flapper rose from the wreckage
practically uninjured. The engineer
and others gathered around.
The Engneer: Why in the world
didn t you stop when you saw the train
coming?
The Flapper (indignantly.: I sound
ed my horn before you blew your
whistle.
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Wife: Romance disappeared when
you arrived home mad and glowering.
Hubby: Yes, but not fast enough.
I saw his legs go over the balcony.
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Any good car would last five years
if there wer no telephone poles along
the highway.
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Lesson
Sunday school teacher: Who was
it said “Whither thou goest, I will
go?”
Willie: The installment collector.
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Tramp: Have your husband any
clothing he’d like to get rid of?
Housewife* Yes, but the prison au
thorities make him keep right on wear
ing them.
