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About The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1939)
NEWS In Brief For Pacific Defender News Bur eau. The new special Federal Grand •Jury, just selected to sift charge* brought by Ass’t Attorney Gen erals from Washington who have been investigating anti-trust law violations by Southern Califor nia contractors and builders, will have serving upon it, for the first time in the history of Calif., two members of the race, in the persons of Eli Brown, 2125 W 31st Street and A1 Morgan, 1125 East 21st Street Federal Judge Paul J. McCor mack has requested that the names of more Negro citizens VWVAmw.WAWWW Duffy Fharmacv We. 0609 24th and LAKE STREETS PRESCRIPTIONS Ere* Deliver-* AWMWWAWW.VAV.V should be placed in the jury» wheel. Sixty five were submitted in the total of two thousand sug gested; and the names of Brown and Morgan care out in the final whirl. The class of Radio & Electri city which hes been conducted in thn night school classes at Jef feipon High School, as a tem porary try-out, has proved so successful that the Board of Edu cation has decided to continue this class with the hope of it becoming permanent. This class of radio and electricity at Jef ! ferson High, is the only one in which Negroes have the oppor tunity to acquire srch techn:cal ! knowledge in the entire educa tional system in Los Angcdes. — There is a possibility that the 1940 Grand Jury of Ix>s Angeles County will have the honor p distinction of having upon its panel, an outstanding Negro. Three of our most prominent citizens have had their names presented by three different Su perior Court Judges The name* of those successful one* and the judges naming them, are- Norman i O Houston, by Judge John , Beardsley; A. J. Booker, by Judge Judge B. Rey Sehauer and Floyd C. Covington, h> Judge Scot:. Dr. Charles Diggs of 73f East 18th Street, d'ed at his home, Wednesday December dth at 3:30 am Dr Digg* is su -w.-d hy his son, Dr. Charles Diggs, Jr., of Chicago and his daughter, Gwen dolyn. wife of Rev. Clayton D. Russell, of Los Angeles. He was born in Mississ ppi in 1880; he was educated at Lincoln Univer sity in Pennsylvania; took medi cal training at Meharry Medical College; began practice at Waxa hachie, Texas; moved to Los Angeles, 20 years ago in company with Dr. R S Whittacker, and the late Dr. J. T. Whittaker, founder of the Dunbar Hosp.tal. He retired from practice alrout a year ago because of the serious illness of which he succumbed. Senior Senator from Galfor nia, Hiram Johnson was put on the .spot by three different com mittees which he received in hi* suit at the Biltmore Hotel, during h's short stay in Los Angeles. 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I underitand that if I am not latiafied in every way with S*-Baiii Tjfc 1 May return the empty , tar ton and my dollar will b« promptly refunded without queuio^T'* i name — ' ADDRESS _ L_ CITY Ag^AT™ - - gre-=s " The question a as promp ted by the fact that Smator Johnson voted no on the Cloture or “gag rule” to I mit debate but the wiley senator evade 1 onsweiinv directly by saying “Watch the recorls.” The last sad rites were said over Mrs. Ro*e Fowler of Oak land, as she wag lower’d to rest in tho Oakland cemetery. She was tho widow of the late Jasper Fowler, founder of the Friei d ship Bantist Church of Pasadena and mother of John W. Fowler, well known author lecturer and political leader, of I^os Angeles. __ > The Ku Klux Klans poked its ugly hooded head in to view in front of the Polytechnic High School, last week when a hand of the hoodlum^ appeared and distributed pamphlets invit ng male and female, Protestants an! gentiles, over the age of 18, to become members of the order. A little later it appeared on West Temple Street, burning the fiery cross a n d distributed more pamphlets which d scribed its activities as being of the purpose of driving out Communists and Bundsmen and other undesirable citizens. It still adheres to the old propaganda of “make Ameri ca white,” and pointing out the undes'rabiltity of Negroes, and Catholics and Jews as citizens of this great country. The Klan promises to en'er polit'cs in a big way in the coming elections, espec’ally in the selection of judges, to serve in our courts. ENROLL NOW—Day and Night Classes. The Very Latest— “Pin Curl” WAVE The Same Effect as tne Lro quinole without the heated iron. STYLED AS DESIRED Althouse Beauty School 2422 North 22nd Street WEbster 0846 ‘‘IT PAYS TO LOOK WELL” MAYO’S BARBER SHOP Ladies and Children’s Work A Specialty 2422 LAKE Street w- ——<s SQUARE DEAL POULTRY MARKET 2520 Cuming St. FREE—Delivery—FREE FRESH EGGS DAILY WEBSTER 4277 ©--- —-dt _ Sure I can save your sole’ DR. TAYLOR SAYS_ A COMPLETE LINE OF FINE QUALITY MATERIAL THE LAKE SHOE • SERVICE AT-7060 24th A LAKE ST. SATURDAY NIGHT BACK HOME __ 1 ' ■ ' .. —r | Sl’KCIAIi TO THE OM AHA GLiDE _ $ ” I Mr. Fix'd Will ams is a former j Omahan, formerly associated with the late Father John Albert Williams on the Monitor. (RESERVATIONS— “In the Spirit of Christmap, I come to thank you for your pat ience in reading the lines which I bring to you; and to wish that your holidays be MERRY and that Santa be good to you.” We are coming to the end of a year that has brought us many changes and uncertainties. The spirit of good neighborlessness is undergoing an empetuous period while small nations and minority groups are being crushed by the big powers, like fanatical slaves before a big Juggernaut But why all of this strife and blood letting conflict when the end which all ciaim they wish to at tain, is Peace. In my opinion, a better way would be for the pow ers to come together and be hon est in their claimp and proposals and dismantle their war machin es. “An ounce of prevention”, is said to be worth, “a pound of cure,” and I believe that Amer ica’s fear would be calmed if the various minority groups could sit down around the table and agree upon a program that would deal fairly and honestly with all groups; for instance, the Jew’s, the Catholics, the Negroes and the Protestants, represented by such as heads of the B’nai-Brith, Knights of Columbus, the NAA CP., the Civil Liberties League and a representative o fthe Pro Beautiful and Ceol BLUE ROOM Wishes to Announce the Inauguration of First Class Floor Shew Such talent as: Velma Morris, Song Bird; Harold Smith, Hoofer Deluxe; Georgia Redd, Song and Dance Superb. $100 A Month Pension without Taxation Wanted Club Organizers and Petition Circulators For North and South Omaha Nebraska Security League Room 310 Merchants Nat’l Bank Bldg. 13th & Farnam Sts. Omaha t stunt Bishopry, and resolve to Hi a its influence to give eae.i min ority group a chance to enjoy the full freedom and protection of th* constitution of these United Stat es. , WINGED GODS TO BE Thirteen students out of four teen examined, passed the C.vil Aeronautics test for Flight sur g »ns at Howard university where 63 aspirants to fly with man mado wings have register ed. Since the opportunity for a viators has been opened to our young men, the embition of the youth has been spurred and en couraged wjien it was reported that the Glenview Air school near Chicago will train them if they aro sent by the United States Government. Under the act pas sed by the 76th Congress, there is no reason why colored youth who can pass the examination and i meet the test should not be ad ! mitWd to abery department in tho field of aviation. The Army and Navy corp i« not the only place where capable and skillful pilots can ibe used, for the com mercial field is rapidly broaden ing and cajiable mien, regardless of color, will profba of great value. KENTUCKY CHIVALRY PREVAILS Down in the Blue Grass state, the home of many racing champ ions, where ti/uijling and feuds were a recognized past times and 1 where Stephen Foster rode Old Black Joe; this borderline state has arisen and accepted the chal lenge “that tolerance must be-j come a fact and not just a preach ment.” When the Governor^ Ad visory Committee on Negro Edu cation met in a meeting at Frank fort and passed a resolution, rec ognizing the right of Negroes to take course8 at the university of Kentucky, not available el'Hjwhetre it proved that Kentucky’s claim to bo the “home of true sportsmen” was no idle boast. WHITE COLLARS TO SHINE Down at Newark, N. J., Mi»s Grace Eubanks, a comely member of the race had ju«t been appoint ed assistant superintendent of the Public Welfare Department. Tern new case workers have been add ed to the list of about three hun dred, already working in the Wel fare Department and this, infor mation ig about New Jersey, a state of Contradiction; where in one portion of the state they are heating and driving out Negro workers, here in the industrial center, they are beginning to recognize their worth and give them an opportunity to prove their value. There is a promise of 25 new white collar jobs for Negroes and all of them will op erate in B district where the white population is two to one cob ored. “ETHEL LIKE ETHEL,” SAYS CRITIC’’ If Ethel Barrymore can be classed “great” as a player, “then says McDermott, after witnessing “Mamba’s Daughters”, in Cleve land, that “the play’s star, Ethel Waters, as “great.” We agreed with Mr. McDe*nott, but how many of his fellow critics will ? -0O0-. - Jesse’s Cafe A New, Clean Place to EAT GOOD MEALS 15c A up Give Us A Try 1426 North 24th Street NOT ME’, SAYS OPPONENT TO NEW ‘JOE I OUIS' by Ted Yttteg New York (C) It gurely wag m peculia,* situation that eXig;ed at the regular Monday n\ght amat eur bouta at the Rena ssance Ca sino When Buddy Mott'S, AAU and Golden Globes winner, "tep into the ring. There was ah S.O.S. sent out for Joe Price who wus to have boxed Moore in the main event. 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