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Entered as 2nd Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11, 193» Number 31—
RIFLE SHOT KILLS ‘VISITING’ EAGLE
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- Tom Jones . . . displays eagle shot in his yard.
An eagle with a seven foot
wing spr ad last Monday morn
ing “inspected” Logan Fontenelle
homes, a few minutes later was
shot and killed by Tom Jones in
a tree in his back yard at 1618,
North 21st street.
The eagle thought to be wild,
was later discovered to be the
pot of the Metropolitan Produce
Co., from where it had escaped
from its pen.
United Cab Wrecked In
Holland, Towa
A United Cab was stolen from
the stand Monday night by a
thief who drove it to H>l!&rd,
Iowa, wrecked and le*t it. The
manager refused to give the nv.-u
of the thief, but it has be. n ru*
mored that it was a well known
Omaha youth who st' >e the cab.
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CME Bishops Discuss
Our Racial Problems
When the Southestern Missou
ri and Illinois annual conference
•f the CME Church convened in
Chicago last week, a large por
tion of .he program was given
over to discussion of the race’s
educational, health, soial and eco
nomic problems. The photograph
ihows three bishops of the con
nection as the conference, which
drew more than 1,500 communi
cants from the Detroit, -St. Louis
and Chicago area, began last
Tuesday night.
Left to right are Bishop James
A. Bray, Chicago, who presided
Lis-hop R. A. Carter, Chicago,
who delivered the noonday ad
dress Thursday, and Bishop C.
L. Russell of Washington who
preached the communion sermon
Tuesday night. (ANP Photo)
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2nd Virginia Salary
I Ca«e Up in Virginia
for Hearing
Norfolk, Va. Nov. 9—Continu
ing its fight to compel boards of
education in southern and bor
der states to recognize the right
of Negro teachers in the public
schools to be paid salaries equal
1o wages paid white teachers do
ing the same work, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People filed a petition
in the United States District
Court here Thursday, November
2, on behalf of Melvin O. Alston,
a Negro teacher in the Booker
T. Washington High School here.
Alston is seeking to force the
local board of education to pay
him a salary equal to that of
a white tpacher doiug the same
work. He is represented by Th'ir
good Marshall, special counsel
for the NAACP.
As a taxpayer and a teacher
Alston’s suit is being brought
under Section 41 and 43, of the
United States Code. The former
section refers to the right of all
persons within the jurisdiction of
tho United States to “make and
enforce contracts to sue, and to
receive ‘full and equal benefit
of all laws’ as is enjoyed by
white citizens.” The latter section
refers to the liability of all per
sons who attempt to deprive
others of “rights and privileges,
secured by the Constitution and
laws” of the United States.
This is the second teacher
salary case brought by the
NAACP against the local board
of education here.
EXPERTS TO TESTIFY TO I.
Q. OF NEGRO AND WHITE
PUPILS IN MARYLAND
TEACHERS SALARY CASE
Raltimre, Md. Nov. 8—Because
hoard of education would have
of the Anne Arundel County
the public believe that, Negro
children do not have the capacity
to learn as quickly as white
children, two expert wi nesses
will be heard before the United
States District Court here on
November 9 when the case of
Walter Mills, Camp Parole, Md.,
school teacher comes up for hear
ing.
The experts who have been call
ed in to testify are: Dr. Charles
H. Tompson, dean of Howard
University’s college of liberal
arts, and an outstanding educa
tor; and Dr. Otto Klinebeig, pro
fessor of psychology at Colum
bia University, and author of a
number of books on the Negio.
Mills, a school principal at
Camp Parole, is seeking to foice
tho Anne Arundel County board
of education to pay him a sal iry
equal to that paid to a white
teacher doing the same wo'-k.
'I he board, in setting forth ob
jections to paying white and
colored teachers in the counties
of Maryland equal salaries, has
given as one of its reasons the
fact that Negro children do not |
have the capacity to leaA as
aapidly as whites, hence Negro
teachers in charge of .hese pupils
should be paid iess than white
teachers who teach white pupils.
Mills is represented by Leon
Ransom, professor of Law at
Howard University Law School;
William H. Haslie, dean of the
law school; W. A. C. Hughes, Jr.,
of Baltimore; and Thiirgcod
Marshall, special counsel of the
National Association for tne Ad
vancement of Colored People.
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ASK GOVERNOR TO PROBE
MISSOURI MOB’S OPEN
TERROR ON NEGROES
New York, Nov. 9—Governor
Lloyd G. Stark of Missouri was
urged to conduct a thorough m
vestiga ion into the open terror
ization of Negro citizens in the
town of Oran, Mo. last July by
a mob of whites, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People announced to
day.
In a letter sent to the Governor
Tuesday, October 31«t, the Asso
ciation backed up its call for a
probe with signed affidavits. Ac
cording to the affidavits one of
which was signed by the Rev P.
J. Rogers, one of the victims and
a prominent resident of the t>>\vn
following outline of the story is
given:
A mob of whites descended up
on the Negro section of the town
July 15, forced the Negro citi
zens from their homes and then
ordered them to ‘‘leave town by
sundown.” When they returned
to their homes sometime later
they found their property dam
aged and many of their belong
ings stolen.
The Association’s letter terna
ry the outrage ‘ an open and fla
SERGEANT AGAIN
Harry Buford, who was de
moted a V*out two yea vs ago to
patrolman, was promoted Mils
week back again 'o detective
sergeant by council action on re
commendation of yol' o co.unrs
sioner Jensen. He will replace
detective sergrant A. 0. Ander
son who retired on an $80.QU
monthly pension.
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D. C. White Cadets
See Army Show;
Negroes Barred
Washington, Nav. 9 (ANP)—;
“A pinate s loving for whifta
school cadets only” could easily
have been the sign on die Central
High Kchool stadium here Tues
day afternoon at two o’clock,
when the U. S. Army put on n
Q 'monstration of modern met nods
for the benefit of the white
cade:?.
The unit from Fort Mende, used
romo of the latest equipment in
making this display for the
cad ts showing the most intricate
maneuver?.
Negro instructors in military
tactics at the three Negro high
schools with cadet corps Dunt>ar.
Armstrong and Cardoza, were
not invited to participate nor
were '.he colored cad fs invited.
When brought to the attention
of the board of education, the ex
cuse was made that Col. Cragie,
white instructor in things mili
tary for Districts 1 to 9 in the
rehool system/ Waa made ’arrange
ments with the officials at Camp
Meade and that. Col. Atwood,
colored military instructor in
charge of Divisions 10-13, the
Negro grouping in the school
system, had no inklig of what
was transpiring.
This is the second time that
tho Negro cadets and their in
structors have been ignored in
such things, for on a previous
weasion a demonstration at Fort
Meyer, was held for the benefit
of he whita teachers and no in
vitation extended the Negroes to
participate.
Whether or not a separate de
monstration will be given the
Negro cadets is uncertain.
grant violation of the United
Stater. Constitution and the laws
of the s ate of Missouri.”
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PLAN “GREATEST JEWISH
CITY” IN ETHIOPIA
New York, N. Y. Nov. 8 (C)
While President Roosevelt urge {
the Inter-Governmental Comtnit
tte on Political Refugees to stait
at once a olan for “setting sever
al million people in new areas of
:he earths surface,” dispatches
from Rome revealed a project for
the creation of “the gratest Jew
ish city in history” in the Lake
Tana region of Ethiopia. The
Rome plan was advanced by the
Organization for Assistance of
Jewish Refugees. President Roc
RECEIVES HIGH “Y” POST
W. Ellis Stewart
Widely known insurance execut
ive of Chicago who was elected
vice pres cl-nt of the National
Council of the Young Men's Chris
ten Association at its annual con.
venticn held in Detroit, Michigan
last week. Mr. Stewart has for
several years been chairman of
the board of directors of the Wa
bash Avenue YMCA in Chicago
and is secretary of the Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance Co.
sevelt also suggested African as
w*»1! os American and Australa
sian sites to solve the problem.
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BRITISH SPIKE GERMAN
PROPAGANDA IN SO. AFRICA
New York, Nov. 9 (C)—News
from Johannesburg, the Union of
South Africa, indilates that a
million dollar subscription fund
has been started for the tannounu
ed purpose of countering German
propaganda. The fund has the ap
proval of Prime Minister Gen.
J. C. Smuts. A manifesto declar
ed that this ‘Union Unity Fund
would he used primarily to prc
vent the real issue before the
country from becoming beclouded
by racial animosities.” The Union
of South Africa broke off re
lations with Germany on Septem
ber 5th.
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AMERICAN WOODMEN
INSURANCE COMPANY
HONORS ITS SUPREME
COMMANDER
DENVER. COLO. Nov. 17 (C)
Ono of the most outstanding and
successful events in the history
of the Am- rican Woodmen In
surance Company was the Birth
day Membership Campaign which
honored its Supremo Command
er, Lawrence II. Lightner, dur
ing the month of September. In
addition to the many expression:
of appreciation and flowers from
th members of the Insurance
company, a thousand new appli
cations were received. The affair
was climaxed by the radio ap
pearance of Mr. Lightner, who
spoko over the NBC Network to
thousands of listeners.
Nationwide Winners in Contest on Tuberculosis
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VIVIAN HAMPTON (left) of Nashville, Tcnn. and Frankie N. Golden
(right) of Ocilla, Ga., win first prizes for their essays on tuberculosis.
More than 100,000 Negro students In high schools and colleges through
out the country participated in the annual contests conducted by the
National Tuberculosis Association and its affiliated organizations. Miss
Hampton Is winner in the high school group. Miss Golden's essay was
judged the best among college students.
Rev. F. Jones Moderator
Makes Appeal to Baptist
The Baptist of Omaha, Coun
cil Bluffs, and vicinity'—listen to
the bugle call of the Baptist Con
vocation to lb© held in the First
Baptist Church of Omaha, Tue«
ay, Nov. 14. This is one of thol
one hundred such convocations
that has been set u>> in the North
ern Baptist Convention. It is ex
pected that through this effort,
there shall be a great spiritual
awakening among Northern Bap
tist to a serious consideration of
tho “Mission of th° Church in.
a Troubled World.” The goal i
2.000 Baptist in attendance and
this includes Negro Baptist.
Therefore knowing the benefits
that will he derived from this
great religious festival, 1 am ap- |
pealing to every Baptist to at-1
tend this Convocation.
I. t us represent not less than
500 of .he 2,000 goal that is set. J
If there was ever a time where
Baptist should show their colors
prirlo ,and loyalty, now is the
time to do it. My faith in you
gives me the fe il'ng that we
can and will do the job for God.
The team workers, all national
leaders and are worthy of the
largest , hearing possible. Mem
bers of tihe t arn are: Rev. Eail
Adams, Lcjade.t* Mrs. Ilar-ilio E.
Swain, Rev. J. C. Robbins, Rev.
M. E. Brotcher, Rev. Richard
Hailand.
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CAB CALLOWAY ON
_^NATION-WIDE TQJUU
NEW YORK, N. Y. Nov. 17—
(C)—Cab Calloway, his royal
Highness of th? Hi De Ho, has
been booked for a nation-wide
tour with his Co'.ton Club Revuo.
Having completed a 14-month run
at the famous Cotton Club, Cal
loway ‘"broke in” his act at the
Sta ie Theatre of Hartford, Conn..
where he shattered the all-tim-*
record by a wide margin. He fol
lowed on ‘.he heels of Artie Snaw
anj Benny Goodman. Now he is
completing a record tour in the
New York Area.
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MARIAN ANDERSON TELLS
VIEWS <»N SINGING IN
ETUDE MAGAZINE
Philadelphia, Pa. No/. 16 (0)
Marian Anderson, -eletrated cen
tral o, gives her opinions on sing
ing in an interview entitled:
‘ Some Reflections on Singing’
in the Octob r issue of the Etude
Magazine.
She attributed the progressive
ness of the mo/ ment here pri
marily to the broadness of the
State Administrator, D. B. Lasse
ter, who has orked diligently since
his appointment in 1936. Before
an audience of 500 white and co
lored, she lauded the fact that
while the nations of Europe are
engaged in another major con
flict, the white and Negro lead
ers of Georgia were gathered be
neath one roof seeking solutions
to a common problem.
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CONFESS CRIME
BEFORE TRIAL
New York, N. Y. Nov. 1 (C)—
Booked on a charge of second
degree murder, Russell Thomp
kins, 23, 525 Macon St., Brooklyn
and Mannings Burns, 18, of Bal
timore, pleaded guil y before
Judge William Dyer in Brook
lyn County Court before a jury
ha^ been selected to try their
case. They were accused of beat
ing to death 76 year old Her
man Hecht, white during an at
tempted holdup over " year ago.
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NURSES’ NATIONAL
ADVISORY COUNCIL
MEETS IN MANHATTAN
New York Cty, Nov. *J (ANP)
—Meeting last Friday in the
committee room of the American
Nurses Association, members of
tho advisory council of the Na
tional Association of Colored
Graduate Nurses discussed ways
and means of cooperating with
tho colored nurses, and aiding
that organization’s program.
Tho council chairman is Mrs.
Ruth Logan Roberts, New York
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
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RICHMOND DARTHE heads com
mittee of outstanding Negro artists j
and sculptors to select best medal
design for National Tuberculosis
Association. The medals, designed
by Negro art students, will bo given
to winners in annual essay contest
on tuberculosis.
INJURED IN
AUTO WRECK
Mrs. Zoo Walker, proprietor
of the Zoe’s Lunch and Barbequd
a, 2210 N. 24th was in a collision
with Mr. Wesley White, 2209 N.
28th street, Thursday morning
at 28th Ave. and Miami Sts.
In the ear with Mrs. Walker,
was h#r mother, Mrs. WiVie Long,
who received a rractured arm
Clyde Crump, also in the car, re
ceived cuts on the head and hand.
Both Mrs. I»ng and Mr. Crump
were tileated at Nicholas Serin
Hospital. Mrs. Long returned
home but Mr. Crump remained
there at the hospital.
Mr«. Walker, herself, received
a small cut over the eye. Her
car was badly wrecked.
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City, and Dr. M. O. Bousfield of
Chicago is vice chairman. The
council, whose m mbership in
cludes 45 of the nation’s medical
and law eaders has the folliwing
objectives:
1. Improvement in the qualify
of education now available for
Negro nurses throughout the
country.
2. Securing mor public support
of nursing, education, as is given
to the teaching, legal and other
professions.
3. The training and placement
of more Negro public health
nurses, especially in the south.
4. Equalization of salaries for
Negro nurses to those of white
nurses in pdblicly suppor ed or
ganizations * and institutions
throughout the country.
5. Securing ^ r the Npgro
nurse, her share of participation
in the newer heal h programs
»ct u|) by the Federal govern
ment.
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FITZGERALD AND BAND
MAKES HifT IN OMAHA
Thursday night Ella Fitzgerald
and Rami enter!mined more than
500 at the Dreamland Dance
Hall. This band rates with the
best in the country. The music
was ‘hot’ all the way through.
The huge crowd listened to the
‘ First Lady of Swing” as she
really swung out: Among the
favorites were: “Don’t Worry
About Me,” “l>et‘s Build A Stair
way to The Star's,” and ‘ A Tis
ket, A Tasket”.
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VIRGIN ’ISLANDS FEDERAL
JUDGE MOORE PLEASED
WITH NEW POST
Chicago, Nov. 9 (ANP)—In a
message to Chicago friends this
week, Federal Judge Herman E.
Moore of the Virgin Islands Dis
trict Court, declared he was im
mensely pleased with his new
post and wi h the reception ac
corded him by officials and by
the populace. He was recently
appointed to the Island judgeship
by President Roosevelt on recom
mendation of Illinois’ U. S. Sen
ator Slattery. Judge Moore wrote
| Chicago friends that he liked it.
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The Neguo in America
Lab r Scene Treated in *
58 Studies in WPA
Bibliography
Washington, D. C.—More than
f'f y books, pamphlets and re
ports on the x" lation of the Ne
gro to America's shifting indus
trixxl scene are included in an ex
tensive bibliography on *• indus
trial Change and Employment
Opportunity,” just issued by the
Work Projects Administration.
Among the notable Negro au
thors whcKe studies on the im
pact of industrial change upon
employment within the race are
listed in the bibliography are
Lorenzo J. Greene, Abram L
Harris, George E. Haynes, T.
Arnold Hill, Charles S. Johnson,
Emnv.tt J. Sco.t, and Carter G,
Woodson.
Tho publications listed in tho
WrYA bibliography under “Negri
Labor” range from ‘The N'-gro
in the slaughtering and rn.at
packing inxlustry in Chicago,” by
Alma Hcrbst, to “The Negro as
a Capitalist.’ The latter is a
study of Ibankiing and bunress
among American Negroes w *it
ten by Abram L. Harris and
published by the American Aca
demy of Political and Soc’a!
Science.
Of current significance is a
study by Emmett J. Scott con
cerned with population move
ments among Negroes during the
last World’s War. The title ef
this publication is “Negro Migra
tion During the War.” The WPA
bibliography lists Dr. Scot.’s
production M a lHi) page publica
tion issued under the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace. This study appeared alter
Dr. Scott served as Special As
sistant to the Secretary of War.
“The Mobility of the Negro,” by
Edward E. Lewis of the Howard
University teaching staff, is a
later study of Negro migrants.
Thin publication, also listed in
the bibliography, shows the rela
tion of the Negro to the Ameri
can labor supply.
Many phases of today’s inter
national events are touched upon
in Charles S. Johnson’s mono
graph on “The Substitution of
; Negro Labor for European Immi
grant Labor.” This work shares
interest with other studies in the
Kama field by Dr. Scott, T. J.
Woofter, Jr., Dean Dutcher, Her
man Feldman , Louise Venvble
Kennedy, and Carter G. Woodson,
all of which are listen in the
bibliography. __
As a result of the intensive
work undertaken by the Nation
al Research Project of the WPA
a large body of bibliography
material was accumulated. Mater
ial already published on indus
trial development, labor trends
pmong -certain industries in given
locations, economic problems and
social situations had to be stud
ied by the project workers. Af
ter some fifty publications of
tho National Research Project
made their appearance, inquiries
came from students, workers’ or
ganizations, economists, inteiest
ed laymen and sociologists, -vho
sought a guide to the current lit
erature. The WPA bibtiograpohy
was compile in order to meet
this need.
The subject matter of the
bibliography Is not eorfined to
publications on labor displace
ment and absorption but em
braces works touching upon the
w holo problem of technological
change and its effects upon em
ployment.
‘ Changes in methods of pro
duction are like to exert their
effects jointly with the changes
in the location of industries, in
sizo and type of plants, and in
forms of business organization,”
writes Davi,j Weintraub, Direct
or, National Research Proj'ct.
“Every change, with all it im
plies in the way of dislocation
and adjustment of employment
opportunities and conditions, oc
curs as a phase of a continuous
process of change in materals,
management, processes, and pro
ducts, in patterns of production,
occupation and employment.