The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, January 21, 1939, City Edition, Page Seven, Image 7
THE OMAHA GUIDE Published Every Saturday at 2118-20 Giant St. Omaha, Nebraska Phone WEbster 1517 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927, at the Port Office at Omaha, Nebr., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR All News Copy of Chrurches and add Organi sations must be in our office not later than 5:00 p. m. Monday for curren issue. All Adver tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, preceeding date of issue, to Insure publication. __ ^ 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 -oOo 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. -oOn 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. -- . nAn_ ONE RESOLUTION YOU SHOULD _ KEEP Wf*T • ■* •* " t"* ... — " *' *• J>*«Mk. 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. -0O0 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. K'" * ---oOo 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. --OUO-— 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. -0O0 Wife: Romance disappeared when you arrived home mad and glowering. Hubby: Yes, but not fast enough. I saw his legs go over the balcony. ■-0O0 Any good car would last five years if there wer no telephone poles along the highway. --0O0 Lesson Sunday school teacher: Who was it said “Whither thou goest, I will go?” Willie: The installment collector. -—0O0 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.