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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Saturday, October 28, 1939 Number 20—
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GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST CAMPAIGN
OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 10
NAVY DAY—OCTOBER 27TH ;
PROCLAMATION
CITY OF OMAHA
Executive Office
For more than one hundred and
fifty years, the American Navy
has played an important part in
the progress of this country. In
peace and in wat‘, the Navy has
k been and is the pride of America.
Ever since October 1775, when
it was founded the Navy has been
our first line of defense. In view
of the present world conditions,
it is important that the American
people become better acquainted
with the history of our Navy and
the part it has taken and is tak
ing in ouii National Life.
Every year for the last seven
teen years, we have celebrated
October 27th as NAVY DAY, as
the one day in the year set apart
to honor our Naval Forces.
This year it is more important
than ever that this day be ob
served in such a manner as will
enable a better knowledge of the
aims, accomplishments and func
tion of the Navy.
Therefore I as the Mayor of
Omaha urge a general observance
of Navy Day I. suggest that the
American flag be displayed and
that such educational and patrio
tic exercises be held \'-s shaP do
honor to our Navy.
Respectfully,
PAN B. BUTLER, Mayor
Omaha, Nebraska,
October 19, 1939
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JAPAN ADMITS
CHINESE VICTORY
Shanghia, Oct. 26 (CNA)—The
Japanese military spokesman! here
this week admitted Chinese
claims that the Tokio offensive
against Changsha, capital of
Hunan province, has been shat
tered by the Chinese Army. The
spokesman declared that the Ja
panese had withdrawn into “per
il manent positions.”
" Chinese sources described the
Japenese defeat as the greatest
Tokio has suffered in two years
of war. Japanese losses were
placed at 30,000, killed, an even
higher casualty figure than of the
Tairhchwang battle on the Lung
hai railway front where Chinese
last spring administered a major
defeat to the invaders.
It was also reported from
Hankow that 64 Japanese planes
had been destroyed or disabled in
a Chinese air raid on the Hankow
airport.
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STATE AND COUNTY SCHOOL
BOARDS FIGHT EACH OTHER
OVER EQUAL SALARY ISSUE
Baltimore Md. Oct. 25 —When
^ Walter Mills’ case against the
Anne Arundel County Maryland
board of education comes up for
hearing in the United States Dis
trict Court here Thursday, Octo
ber 26 it will reveal a fight be
tween the State and county
boards- of education in their ef
fort to get out of a bad situation.
This is the second time that
Mills, a schoolteacher at Camp
Parole, Maryland has had his case
brought before the Maryland
Courts in an effort to force the
board of education to pay him
a salary equal to that of, a white
teacher doing similar work.
Last March, when attorneys for
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
brought his case before Judge
Chesnut, against the «tate board
of education the Court ruled that
* the fight should have been wag
ed against the county board of
education
The NAACP attorneys have,
Gottlieb Storz, Omaha
Brewer, Dies at 87
Known ior His Many Charities
Gottlieb Storz, president of
Storz Brewing Co., died hI his,
home in Omaha Tuesday morning
at the age of 8 7. Mr. Storz' death
came suddenly. He had beea in ex
cellent health and had been spend
ing eiyh day at Ws office, where
he was active in tne management
'of every branch of the business.
Mr. Storz was known through
out the mid-west, not only through
.bis business activities, but also as
a booster of all mid-west agricul
ture and industry. He was one of
the business pioneers himself, hav
ing come to Omaha in 1876 to
start his own brewery.
Mr. Storz was born in Ben
ningen-am-Neckar, Germany, Jan
uary 21, 1852. He was the third
youngest of a family of 10 chil
dren. At the age of 14, after the
death of his parents, Mr. Storz en
tered the brewing trade.
In 1872 he came to America.
After two years in New York and
two years in St. Louis he came to
Omaha. His brewery there has
been in continuous operation ever
since.
His business was his greatest
pleasure and he refused to retire;
At 87 be was keen and alert,
Spending each day at his office*
His employees remember him for
bis many gifts and kindly treat
ment.
Many mid-west charitable insti
tutions will mourn the passing of
Mr. Storz. In his quiet way he
pad been their financial benefactor
for many years. A man of great
kindness and great heart, ha was
said to have never turned any
needy person away without help.
[ The Storz brewing business will
be continued by three sons:
Adolph, Arthur and Robert Storz,
who have been associated in the
paanagement of the business for
a number of years.
therefore revised their case, and
made the county board of educa
tion defendant in the present,
case. Now the County Board of
Education answers that the State
Board shoul(j be properly brought
in as a defendant, too, or else
“great confusion and embarrass
ment would result in the adminis
tration of the affairs of the public
school system of Anne Arundel
County.”
The County Commissioners in
doing this, may have taken ad
vantage of what is known as a
third party complaint, a legal
technicality. The hearing on Oct
ober 26 will be on a motion to
dismiss the answer given by the
County Commissioners.
Mills is being represented by
Thurgood Marshall, special coun
sel for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People; William H. Hastie, and
W. A. C. Hughes, Jr.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
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Mr. Fred McDaniels, 2620
Bristol St. is sueing his wife, Mrs.
Ootrrine, for divorce, charging
cruelty. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniels
have been married for several
years.
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A SHARI* CHALLENGE
TO THE CHURCH
(Special to the Omaha Guide)
—A sharp challenge to Church
and Society is contained in a new
book by Dr. Davi^ Nathniel Lic
orish, Negro leader. The book en
titled ‘ Adventures for Today,”
will be published October 16 by
Fortuny's, Publishers, 67 West
44th Street, New York.
Dr. Licorish who is Director of
publicity for the National Negro
Achievement Commission of th?
New York World’s Fair, calls
upon the Church and State to
recognize the changing order of
world affairs and to fall in line
with the new order.
“The Church must contend for
social justice and racial equality”
the author writes. “No church can
hope to survive any longer in
human affairs unless it tears
away from its doorsteps, pews,
altar and pulpit, the partitions of
discrimination.
“Barriers of sectarianism and
racialism have caiused much in
justice to the masses of people.
Small wonder that millions have
turned away from the Church.
Tho Church must welcome the
changing order benefit by the
new contributions of science, and
live in the world of events.”
The book is divided into two
parts—“Adventures for Religious
Education” and ‘ Adventures for
Social Relations.” Among the
subjects discussed are the relation
of Churieh and capitalism, world
peaae and srience, natural re
sources and labor. Negro race
relations and the lynch problem,
and a sound program of Christian
relations.
“Adventures for Today” is de
dicated to the Rev. Adber W.
Brown, pastor of the Metropoli
tan Baptis Chjurch of New York.
Dr .Licorish is well known in Ne
gro church and social circles, .and
ha3 been a frequent contributor
to Negro journals. His book is
being hailed as a definite con
tribution to current thought.
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SUPREME LIBERTY LIFE '
INSURANCE HAS MORE AS
SETS ON LIABILITIES THAN
LARGEST WHITE FIRMS
Chicago, 111. Oct. 26 (Calvin
Service)—According to an inde
pendent seport compiled by the
Standard Analytical Service, the
Suppreme Liberty Life Insurance
Company of Chicago has more
asserts for each $100 of liabili
ties than any of the 17 largest
white insurance companies in the
United States. Included in this
list is the great Metropolitan,j
Life Insurance Company of New |
York with assets of $106.77 for
each $100 of liabilities. Supreme,
Liberty has ,.sserts of $120.49 for
each $100 of liabilities.
Officials of the company in
commenting on the report said
that the present economic status
of the company was a result of
many yijars of careful and diver
sified investments. The company
has a portfolio of over $650,000
in Railroad, Public Utility and
United States Government Bonds.
In one day, Sept. 14th, of this
year, the company purchased
$67 ,095.76 worth of bonds,
through Adams and Co. Chicago
Brokers.
Supreme Liberty Life has now
over 150,000 persons insurer! for
over $4’,000,000.
Consumer Protection
Urged by President
Washington, Oct. 26 (ONA)—
President Roosevelt’s determina
tion to shield the American peo
ptt from price gouging by the big
trusts was further emphasized
this week when the Chief Execu
tive in a letter to the National
Association of Food Chains urged
that consumers be protected
against the unvtasonable high
prices of commodities.
The president’s message was an
answer to a letter from John A.
lx)gan of Washington, president
of the Association, in which Ix>
gan pledged support of his organ
ization in combatting the effect
of the European war upun the
prices of domestic foodstuffs.
In his message the President
clearly indicated those responsible
for the mounting prices. He de
clared: “Consumers of food must
be protected against runaway
prices caused not by increases at
the farm but by increases in
margins between the farmer and
the kitchen table.” He added that
re.nil grocery trade, together
with representatives of process
ing and distributing oiganizations
can lie effective instruments in
aiding consumers’ endeavors a
gainsi rising prices.
Progressive Jwces meeui white
continued to press the adminis
tration for more decisivt actions
against the war profiteers. Rep
resentatives of these groups as
sorted that the present monopoly
investigation should be '•romptly
utilized as a basic for now legis
lation to curb mounting prices.
They ase also demanding imme
diate passage of stringent laws
to prevent excess profits.
Chicago Baptist Pastor
Wires Pres. Roosevelt
in War Emergency
Chicago, 111. (Calvin Service)—
A strong telegram condemning
racial injustice in the United
States of America and pledging
Negro loyalty to America was
sent to President Roosevelt on
behalf of 110,000 Negro Baptists
iri Chicago by the Chicago Bap
tist Ministers Conference.
The telegram which follows was
signed by the following Negro
Baptist Leaders: Dr. L. K. Wil
liams, President National Bap
tist Convention: Dr. L. R. Mit
chell, Pastor Zion Baptis* church
East Chicago, Indiana; Dr. D. Z.
Jackson, Pastor Liberty Baptist
Church; Dr. E. J. Coles, president
Chicago Baptist Minister0 Con
ference; Dean H. M. Smith, Chi
cago Baptist Institute.
“President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt,
White House,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr.' President:
In the face of the present
world crisis which faces America
the Chicago Baptist Ministers
Conference representing 260 Ne
gro Baptist Ministers and Pas
tors and 110,000 communicants
wishes to assure you of their
earnest prayei* that you maV be
guided of God. as our leader. As
Dr. L. K. Williams, President of
the National Baptist Convention
has already said—‘we pray for
peace’ and urge that no means
be left untried to keen our coun
try out of the tragedy of war.
American Negroes have always
been loyal to this country, even
though they have not always
shared in the democracy offered
by America to others of its
citizens. We are passionately de
dicated to the principle of demo
cracy for all men lvgardless of
race or creed. To this end we
pledge our allegiance and coop
eration in the great tasks of mod
ern democracy.
Fight To Save
Fugitives From
Ga. Chain Gang
—
Chicago, Oct. 25 (CNA—A
fear-ridden colony of Georgia
fugitives huddled this week in a
battered South Side tenement as
the long arm of the Georgia
chain gang reached out into Chi
cago to shackle the ball and chain
on three of their number.
Far from the crack of the plan
tation owner’s whip, more than a
score of fugitives from virtual
peonage on the immense farm of
W. T. Cunningham in Sandy
Coves, Ha., were threatened with
jo XqiiBjnaq oijsipus oqj oj uanjoj
white overseers.
Whether they can be saved from
rule by rope and faggot depends
on the fate of their of their num
ber framed on charges of burg
lary by Cunningham. If Illinois
sends three back to Georgia, all
are threatened.
The trio—Otis Woods, 46; his
son, Dock 23; and Solomon Mc
Cannon, 39 are lodged in Cook
County Jail awaiting the outcome
of an extradition hearing before
Judge DeWitt C. Billman, Gov.
Henrry Horner’s agent.
Demands U. S. Act
Interlocked with the fight
against extradition is the demand
that the Departmen of Justice
take action against peonage on
the Cunningham plantation. Facts
in the case have been lain before
Attorney General Frank Murphy.
Defense attorney William Huff
told the Crusader News Agency
Cunningham is law in Oglethrope
County, Ga., and can have any
Negro jailed by a request to the
sheriff.
Three weeks ago he swore out
a warrant against the Woods,
father and son, and MicGannon
and had them arrested here. He
charged them with burglarizing
his barn on Dec. 23, 1935, al
though all three were working for
him in Georgia long after that
date.
The Woods family left on May
2, 1936 after working for Cun
ningham for 10 years to pay off
a $75 debt.
Strongest evidence for the ac
cused is a letter from John Alex
ander, white, who was overseer
at the Cunningham place, to Huff
which states:
“I was overseer at the Cunning
ham place near Sandy Coves on
Dec. 23, 1939. Your letter today
was the first information I hao’
about burglary by these men or
anyone else on that date. I never
had any trouble with these men
about stealing or otherwise.”
Witnesses before Judge Bill
GEN EK A TREASURER
E. R. WEST
General Treasurer o' Union
Pacific Dining Car Waiters
Union, who will leave Omnna to
attend the General Convention of
the Union in Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, October 24th to 27th.
man last week told gruesome
stories of heatings on the Cun
ningham farm. One fugitive told
of a pregnant woman whipped a
month before she gave birth.
Mrs. Dennie Woods, in reply to
a question on how Negroes get
away from the farm said:
“They run away or die away.”
The International Labor De
fense announced that it would
seek an immediate prolive of peon
age charges by Attorney General
Mui-phy and wrote to its national
president Congressman Vite Mar
cantenic, urging that he see Mur
phy on the case.
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DEMAND GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATION INTO
CRANBURY N.J. OUTRAGES
Cranbury, N. J. Oct. 26, (Calvin
Service)—A demand for an im
mediate Grand Jury investigation
into the background of the recent
outrages at Cranbury, N. J., when
seven Negro potato pickers were
assaulted by a vigilante white
mob who were seconded by an
audience of 200. The demand had
been formally presented the dav
before a group of 11 which rep
resented the NAACtP, the Work
er's’ Defense league, and promi
nent Negro and white citizens of
New Jersey. Though of the mob
sters who had thrown themselves
at the mency of the Court were
already arrested, it was charged
at the meeting that the ring
leaders still remained at large.
It was warned there too that the
League nor its participants would
res until he leaders were behind
bars.
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CARNEGIE HALL HAILS
NEGRO EMPLOYEE OF
FIFTY YEARS
New York, N. Y. Oco. 2G (Cal
vin Servie) John Williams Downs
73 yea rohl Negro elevator oper
ator!, was te recipient of a watch
from Robert E. Siwaon, Jr., Pres
ident of the Carnegie Hall Cor
poration. The award was present
ed to mark his fifty years of ser
vice at this Concert Hall. The
many changes in personnel and
the neighborhood this veteran
employee has witnessed in a half
century. He recalled the opening
| of the Hall in 1891 and some of
l the notables he served as Caruso
j and David Belasco and many
| others now dead. A great lover
i of music he always heard the
Concerts performed in Carnegie
' Hall when he was young. Now
he says he is tired and old and
I goes home to rest when the day’s
i work is done.
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| ST. LOUIS CELEBRATES
ISSUANCE OF EMANCIPA
TION PROCLAMATION
St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 26 (Galvin
Service)—5,000 persons of both
races turner! out herb for the
«ala celebration of the 7S)th An
niversary of the issuance of th?.
Emancipation Proclamation. The
guest orator was Dr. Emmett J.
Scott, who made an impassioned
plea for true democracy in Amer
ica which grants untrammeled
citizenship rights to colored men
and women. ,
— City Edition —
per Copy
W.uther outlook for 1 - periocf
October 23 to October £.. Up
pea. Miss, and lower Mo. va!lays,
generally fair, except .,u pre
cipitati'.on bo want end o w eeR;;
cooler Monday and Tues< n
paraUires below normal moat of
remainder of week.
Northern and Central great
p'ains, generally fair, except some
precipitation fn the Dako.'.f. nvd*
dl.i and latter half of week; aoiti
er beginning of week, coi t' ■uiRijt
mostly below normal thoi f.er
but, wibh cosidenable flr.,t J rtiona
south portion.
COURTS CURBS ACTIVT" i dd
OF RACE HATE PEDDLER
New York, Oct. 26 (C .\ Y)—
The plans of FVts Kuhn. . , e-r
of the Nazi Gcrman-Am-r car*
Bund to spread race hat.vu pro
paganda in odher states . ates
I ending his trial on Octob r 30
as a common thief were wi e ke#
this week when Judge Corr.ellus
F. Collins warned the f -.dsu
chkftain that his $30,0)0 bait
would be revoked and lv w'*ul<#
bo reledged in Tombs p 'iron if
ho aJtcxpts to leave th." t eat - be
fore his trial.
Tho Judge's stem wa- ug-.
road© at the request of a rvpn-e
sentativo of the District A ,'nr
ncy’s office was interpreted as *
sign of the mounting indigo * ioi*
of the people against the violent
anti-semetic, anti-Negro and an«f
Democratic poison spewed by;
Kuhn in various parts of tin*
country.
It was disclosed that following
bis release on bail a week agnv
Kuhn went to Andover, N. J
where he made a fiery ad Ires*
at a bumd inlly, attacking Amer
ican democratic institutions, and
attributing his arrest as u ual
to ‘‘inU-rnatonal Jewish bank rs."
Meanwhle the Grand Jury lias
started an investigation into tha
circumstances sjurrounding tire*
bail money raised fob the nu:nb«
ono race hatred leader otf A v eri
ca. The money was handed to the
scout in bills ranging from ten to
one thousand denominations. It
was hinted that the larger L ills,
could not possibly have been de
noted by Kuhn’s rank and fils?
followers, most of whom are nil*
guided people of very
means.
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FILE ACTION AGAINST
UNIVERSITY OF TENN.
FOR REFUSAL TO ADMIT
6 GRADUATE STUDENTS
New York, Oct. 25—A manda
mus action against the Universi y
of Tennessee, to force that insti
tution to admit six Negro stu
dents to graduate schools in th<*
University, was filed in Knox
ville, Tennessee, October 18, by
Carl Cowan NAACf* attorney
acting for the students, the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People an
nounced today.
Action against the university
was taken shortly after trustee.-;
of the institution refused to art
on the six applications, although
notifying the students that their
applicaions had been received.
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DR. A. WILLIAM IXIOS ON
RELIGION FACULTY AT
SPELMAN COLLEGE
Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 26 (Calvin
Service)—To teach in the De
partment of Philosophy and Re
ligion at Spelman College end
to serve on the faculty of tiro
Morehouse School of Religion,
Spelman College h^s secured the
services of Dr. A. William Loo*,
a native of St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Loos received the bachelor
of arts degree from Carleto r
College in 1930; the bachelor ot
divinity degree from Andovjr
Newton Theological Seminary in
1.933; and the doctor of philoso
phy degree from the University
of Edinburgh. For one term he
studied at the University of Tu
bingen in Germany.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Dr. Loos has served as pastor
1 of t’|j First; Congregational
Church in Brooklyn, Mass, and
during his stay in Sotland was
associate pastor of historic Can
ongate Parish Church in Edin
burgh.
Dr. Loos is the joint author'
and collaborator with Ronall
Selby Wright of ‘Asking Why,’r
published by the Oxford Univer
sity Press this year.’’
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26 (CNA)
—Tom Mooney, labor leader, this
week cancelled his speaking tour
because of a recurrence of henri
orrhages from a duodenal ulder.