PRESENT UW HAS ELIGIB
ILITY REQUIREMENTS
Lindon, Neb. April 6—Many per
sons who have previously been in
eligible for benefits under Nebras
ka’s job insurance law because they
lacked sufficient wage credits in
covered employment may become
eligible for benefits after April 1,
if they earned additional wage cre
dits between October 1 and Decem
ber SI, 1938, according to R. T.
VLdone, director of Ehe Unemploy
ment Comper.eation divi-ion of the
FliKie Department of Labvr
“In the area covered b> the
Seottsbluff office of the Nebr iska
State Employment Service appro
ximately 2500 new claims for job
insurance race being filed now by
paibons formerly employed in sev :x.
sugar beet refineries,” said Malom
“The majority of 'these workers
turned most of their wage credit ■
«'inmg the period between Octo
ber 1 and December 31, 1938 %vher
these sugar factories were in ooera
••ien ”
Malone pointed out that the pre
sell law has an eligibility require
ment ,which compels the claimant j
for unemployment benefits to earn
'ixteen time3 his weekly benefit
amount in the first three of the
four quarters before he files his
ol&foK His weekly benefit is one
half his most recent full-time
weekly wage in employment cov
ered by the law, which Includes
employer who had eight or more
workers on their payrolls in twenty
different weeks of the current or
proceeding calendar year.
Agricultural labor, domestic help
employment on WPA and certain
other types of employment are ex
cluded from benefits by the law.
When benefit claims were first
filed In Nebraska last January
through twenty offices of the State
Employment Service, eligible clai
mant^ -had to show wage credits
equal to eight full weeks of covered
employment during the first nine
months of 1938. Starting April 1,
eligibility will depend upon wage
credits earned during the last nine
months of 1938.
Malone recommended that new
claims should be filed immediately
through State Employment Service
offices by unemployed persons who
beMeve they have eligible claims
for unemployment benefits.
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For A Greater
[ Omaha
T Elect
Rueb en N.i
Perley
CITY COMMISSIONER
Political Advertisement
Earnest A “Ernie" Adams, can
didate for Jhe city commission to
day issued an appeal to Negro vo
ters of Omaha to lend him their
support iso that he could put into
offect a campaign to stimulate bus
iness in Omaha and “put the city
back into Nebraska.”
In a eta-.ement issued through
Henry Kosrman ,secretary of the
Central Adams-For-City Commi
ssioner club, Adams declared:
“My past record proves my abil
ity to save Omaha citizens welJ."
“My experience in business and
long time contact with the pulbk
qualifies me to cany on the du
ties of whatever city department
I am assigned to."
“My relatkmiihip with the Ne
gT < residents of Omaha has always
been cordial and in past years 1
have been one of the state senators
who aided in the campaigns to bet
ter the living oondi.ion* of the
Negroes here.
“I have always cooperated with
tiho Negro representatives in the
state legislature and have afforded
them 100 per cent co-operation so
that, the measures they were fight
ing for would receive .he necess
ary support and desired resul'i .”
“If elected, I pledge myself to
work for the best interests of the
Negroas in Omaha and will at all
times appreciate the help 'they
gave me now by rallying their
fomes behind me and voting for
me."
-—0O0
KUEBEN N. PERLEY FOR
COMMISSIONER
When, after thirty yearn, Colon
el Rueben Perley retired from Mil
itary and Naval service for our
country he made Omahu his home.
His wife died here in 1937 and his
two sons graduated from Centra!
High school.
After locating here Colonel. Pei
Icy immediately indentified himself
with the Civic Welfare of Omaha
in attempt to arouse all classes of
citizens to a greater realization of
bho value of the opportunities
which Omaha offered. Failing to
secure the desired support, he de
cided to force the i-sue and make
an effort to put over his program
by entering the political arena on
a platform based on “Actions not
words”. Many of the other candi
LEGAL NOTICE
Atty. R. L. Williams,
24th and Lake Sts.,
Room 1, Tuchman Bldg.
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska,
In the matter of the estate of
Mary Holliday, deceased. _
Notice is hereby given that the
administrator of the estate of Mary
Holliday, deceased, will offer up
for sale all personal property be
longing to Baid estate; »aid prop- ,
erty will be sold to the highest 1
bidder. . i
Sale to be held at the Hierony
mous Garage, 2416 Grant street,
Omaha, Nebraska, on the 22nd day
of April, 1939, at 2:00 P. M.
Signed,
Ray L. Williams, Attorney
for the Estate.
dates have seen thnt Pul y lv'd
what the people of Omaha “want
on and needed-’ and since then
have tried to incorporate his ideas
into their platforms.
Colonel Perley says that no pro
gram can be effective that is not
operated for the good of all peo
ple regardless of race or creed, and
ho premises that he will appoint
Colored people to hi« office if e
lected.
Fcmr year« on the Army General
Staff of administrations and oper
ations of Military budgets; six
years in the Army Inspector Gen
eral’* Department with inspection
and critical review of all classes
of Military Administration, offers
to Omaha the service of a man of
rare value in the person of Rueben
N. Perley.
On the basis of his ability, his
efficiency, and his hope for a
greater and growing Omaha with
opportunity to all classes, Colcnel
Perley solicits your veto on Tues
day, April 11th.
Perley for Commissioner
Club
HOLLYWOOD AND BLACK
COLD
(By Andy Razaf for ANP)
Though the producers of colored
moving-pictures have made great
progress and are to be commended
for their vision and pioneer spirit
they should, at the same time, be
cautioned and forever reminded of
theiv short-comings and the pit
falls that surround them.
T© begin with, they must not
b i allowed to copy the mistakes
and biases of white Hollywood by
degrading, belittling and slurring
colored people or insulting their
intelligance. Their difficulty i« to
make the Negro colored-picture
conscious, and this can only be
achieved by portraying stories that
he will believe, depicting Negro
life as he knows it, sees and feels
ft. Finally to picture him a„ he
really is and not ag prejudiced
whites must have him to be. This
calle for writers and producers who
thoroughly know and understand
the Negro, are familial- with his
great hdatoiy and achievements of
past and present, and are in touch
wi th his everyday joys, and sorrows
and they must use their pens with
courag'c, artistic skill, and digni
ty.
Heroes vs. Clowns
The Negro race offers a gold
mine of humorous, dramatic and
romantic material, having its share
of heroes, adventurers, pioneers,
martyrs scientists, inventors sch
olars, athletes and artists in A
merican and world history Yet
writers and producers continue to
portray u* as a race of clowns,
flunkies, cowards and degenerates.
In doing thig these persons are
either surrendering to the tradit
ions of American race prejudice,
catering to the box-office values
or are just plain ignorant.
Whatever the causes, a remedy
must be found and applied without
further delay, that is, if colored
picture films hope to l-emain in
business. The colored movie fan
can no longer be fooled by medi
ocre efforts and slip-shod techni
que. Like his fellow white fan, his
tastes are discrimination, he ex
pects his money’s worth, and keen
ly resentg any humiliation or in
sult to his i-ace.
I believe the colored film indust
ry should remember the wise and
age-old saying, "We have to crawl
before we can walk,” and start
with short subjects first, then, as
they gain perfection and the re
spect and following of picture-go
ers, Coey can gradually work up
to f ull-length pictures. As a guide
and example, I point to a recent
"Pete Smith" short made by MGM
a most surprising and gratifying
departure from the usual. It dealt
A SCENE IN THE CARIBEAN
Whilcj sugar growers in the Vir
gin I si a mis fight for repeal of Jus
criminatory taxes anil inclusion un
de, the Fusrar Art benefit pay
ment . The Finn Security Adinini
to aid low-income farmers in the
stratum has crossed the Caribean
islands. Above, St, Thomas Harbor
and tibe town of Charlotte Anaab*
seen from Bluebird IIUl. (ANT'i
with the life of Dr. George \V.
Carver, and was intelligently done,
refreshing, dramatic and inspir
ational
It takes no imigination to real
ize bow proud and great it made
all colored persons to st*e this short
and how enlightening and interest
ing it was to be the public in gen
eral. The Capitol theatre on Broad
way in New' YorkC ity showed this
.-•hort, and I went to see it three
timed.
Short subjects, such as this one,
have a greater chance of being
booked by white picture exhibi
tors who would net even be inter
ested in such unbelievable subjects
as "Gang Smashers”, “Harlem on
tho Range” and other far-fetched
storied. By reaching a greater nuim
ber of theatres, white and colored,
i short subects would gain populari
ty an<i draw bigger profits. It
would be far better and cheaper
in the long run to make a good
short than to turn out a poor full
length picture.
To any producer who knows Ne
gro .history! and has an ounce of
imagination) any of the following
names suggest a story: Peter Sal
em, Crispus Attucks, Harriet Tub
man, Frederick Douglass, pau] L.
Dunbar, Phyllis Wheatley, Benja
min Banneker, James Bland—I
could go on forever up to the pre
sent day.
To we have many competent wri
ters, historians and poets who
would jump at the chance of em
ployment and of doing something
constructive in the picture field.
A wealth of material on Negro
history and literature, slch as fhat
in the Schomburg collection in N.
Work and the Howard University
collection in Washington are lying
unexplored, unappreciated and un
exiplofted by (the film industry.
Right now in California bund}
reds of such volumes are available
in the Oakland and Los Angeles
public libraries.
Contest could be held and prizes
given for the best scenario or
story plot of Negro life. These
would be an effective means of
stimulating interests in colored
pictures and obtaining better ma
terial. Someday, like the gold rush
of '49, Hollywood will come out
of its stupor and stampede colored 1
com muni ties in quest of its rich and
va«t wealth of material—black gold
so to speak!
Top—Homestead cottages, St.
Croix, completed and in use, FSA
will continue and enlarge the work
started by Che island administra
tion
(ANF)
Pictures of The Omaha Guide’s Plant
Dean William Pickens visiting with C. C. Galloway
■ ■ m
Editorial and Business Offices_
ART DEPARTMENT
Miss Julia Sanford, Omaha Guide
Stylo Authority and Artist; Spec
ializing in Negro Models.
MRS. VALARIE LEE McCAW,
The Omaha Guide announces an addi
tion to its sitaff in the person of Mra
Valarie Lee McCaw, who will do cartoon
ing and other work in the Art dept.
Mrs. McCaw brings a wealth of exper
ience and training to this department.
She has studied under Augustus Dun
bier at intervals, during the past 8 years.
