I
(Omaha (Snide’s PICTURE-PAGE -Xat’I & Loral I
• *1
---.-.--_____ __
— ~~— -*-— -—--.TT- " 1 ■ ■■■■■■■' ■■■■■■ i g
The Omaha Guide Satuday, August 26, 1939 Pageli
The Fort Valley Normal and
Industrial school has been trans
ferred to the university system
of the state of Georgia and will
open Sept. 14 as a state college.
The photograph shows a part of
the campus of this noted school
and the inset ife the likeness of
the lato Henry A. Hunt, principal.
The new president is Dr. Horace
Mann Bond, former head of the
department of education at Fisk
university. The Julius Rosenwald
fund, which has made substantial
grants in the past, w;ll continue
aiding the school in the future.
—(ANP photo)
Trainees at the Cit'zens’ Mili
tary Training Camp at Fort Riley
Kansas, who at the close of camp
were awarded bronze medls “for
"excellence” presented by the
Military Training Camps Associa
tion. Reading from left to right
Ray Burchette, Chicago, Illinois,
Best Basic in Company A and also
Bes Basic in camp; Charles P.
Warren, Kansas, Best White in
W » - ■ —
camp; John Allen, Maywood, Ill
inois, Best In Blue Course; Keith
Pittman, Kansas City, Missouri,
Best Basic in Company B.
Hay Burchette was also award
ed the Commander in Chiefs’ med
al and Citation presented annually
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
to the Bas:c in camp who has
shown the most proficiency
-0O0
Terry and C. L. Young, charm
ing sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Young.
-oqo
LONE INDIANA NEGRO
MEMBER ATTENDS DIS
ABLED VETS CONFAB.
Michigan Gity, Ind., Aug. 24
(ANP)—Justice_of the Peace Ten
ole E. Graves left Thursday to
attend the national convention of
the Disabled American veterans
of the World War convening in
Boston July 29 through Aug. 6.
Ha is the only Negro member of
the organization of the Indiana de
partment and has been treasurer
of the local chapter for two years.
He also plans bo spend a week at
the New York Worlds fair.
NEW MEMBERS ON SPiNGARN
MEDAL AWARD COMMITTEE
— 1 s
New York, Aug. 24—Three new
members have been elected to the
Spingam Medal Award Commit
tee, it was announced here today
by the NAACP. They are: Bishop
R. E. Jones, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
George Backer, New York; and
Robert A. Pelham, Washington,
D. C. The committee consists of
nine members whose terms over
lap. Nominations for the Spingam
Medal for 1939 close December 31
and should be «ent to the commit
tee at 69 Fifth avenue, New York
3,467 COLLEGE GRADUATES.
MAGAZINE SURVEY SHOWS
New York, Aug. 24—A total of
3,467 college graduates received
diplomas of one kind or another
in June, 1939 according to the an
nual educational number of The
Crisis magazine. Of these, 2,890
received the bachelor degree from
Negro colleges and 173 from mix
ed colleges. The masters degree
went to 182, with 42 be:ng award
ed at Howard, 34 at Atlanta, and
17 at Fisk. Meharry and Howard
each graduated 30 doctors of
medicine. There were 12 doctors of
philosophy. Howard university had
the largest enrollment among
Negro colleges, with 2,403, while
New York university with 556
had the argest enrollment among
mixed colleges.
—-oOo
HATCH BILL WILL AID FIGHT
FOR BALLOT, SAYS NAACP
New York, Aug. 24—The Hatch
“clean politics” bill which was
signed this week by President
Roosevelt, will probably aid the
registration and voting of south
ern Negroes, and may benefit Ne
groes seeking gmployment of
federal projects, according to a
statement issued here by the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People. The
statement:
“Section 4 of the Hatch bill
making it a federal offense to
deny employment with compen
sation or other benefits from
congressional appropriation on
account of race or creed, color
jr any political activity shoum
profoundly affect, if enforced,
employment of Negroes on fed
eral financed projects in the
South where notorious discri
mination now exists.
“Whatever the motives back
of each vote for the Hatch bill
it will probably be a profound
shock to some of the southern
supporters of that legislation
when they wake up and discover
the w'eapon against discrimina
tion and disfranchisement which
they unwittingly have put into
the hands of Negro citizens.” .
The Colors at the Closing exer
cises of the Colored Citizens’
Military Training Camp at Fort
R’ley, Kansas, the camp closed
Friday August 4th. Reading from
left to right, Allison Fuller, Chi
cago, Illinois; Edward A. Houston
Omaha, Nebraska; Theopolia Wil
liams, St. Louis, Missouri; James
Terry, St. Louis, Missouri. The
Camp held for one month each
summer for youths between the
Bges of 17 and 29 who qualify
physically and mentally. Outside
of travel pay to and from camp
and trainees receive no other re
muneration.
ANTI-LYNCH BILL TALK
FLARES IN HOUSE CAUCUS
Washington, D. C. Aug. 24_A
harmony caucus of House Demo
crats July 28 was interrupted
with a brief, sharp flare-up on
the anti-lynching bill when Reps.
Clark of North Carolina and Ran
kin of Mississippi interrupted a
plea of Rep. Joseph Gavagan of
New York, sponsor of the anti
lynching bill to a vote? Gavagan's
reply was lost in the general hub
bub over the interruption. It will
be remembered that Rankin of
Mississippi made one of the worst
race-hating speeches ever heard in
the House in April, 1937, defend
ing lynching, only a day after a
double blow torch lynching of two
colored men at Duck Hill, Mis*.,
by asking them why, if he wanted
party harmony was he pressing
the bill.
DENVER U. GRADUATES
PLEASE READ ARTICLE ON
PAGE 2 WITH THIS HEADING
NOTICE
•° SUBSCRIBERS FROM
YOUR UNCLE SAMMY,
SO PLEASE DO NOT
BLAME US
4-:^r-A
-yjyjyj—— ..—■■
If you are the average motorist
who drives 8,000 miles a year/’ says
an actuary, “you may count on an ex
pectancy of 700 years of driving with
out more than one fatal accident. Usu
ally, one fatal accident is enough.
A lovely birthday dinner was
given August 20 for Miss Darline
Craig, 2622 Erskine St., one of
Omaha young socialite in the beau
tiful dining room of the E and E
Little Dinner. Table was spread
for 12. Color scheme was old rose
and white. The host and her guest
11 young ladies had lovoly after
noon gowns.
THE LARGEST ACCREDITED COLORED NEWSPAPER
West of Chicago and
North of Kansas City
Read The Guide
(0______,9
TU/> Om -»UCarries both Nat’l & Local News, Fea
ine V^maha OUlde tures, Comics, Pictures, etc. of Interest