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Opening of Sewer-Road Projects Will Give 3500 Men Work
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Scouting Beckons All Boys
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When the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 30th birthday on
Thursday, February 8, all of the 1,330,000 Scouts, Cubs and Scout
leaders will re-dedicate themselves to the service motive which has
characterized the Movement for three decades. Scouting offers ad
venture, fun and achievement—attractive to all boys—through the
democratic life of the Scout Troop and Patrol, as essential ingredi
ents in its character-influencing program for the boys of America.
Drawing on the rich experience of the Movement, local and national
Scout leaders anticipate the opportunity to serve more boys annually.
Troop 79 To Join In
Natl Celebration of
Boy Scout Week
Omaha’s Colored Boy scout troop
No. 79 of which Mr. T. P. Maham
iss is scoutmaster, will observe the
30th Birthday of the Boy Scout
Movement in America by giving a
program at Long School Tuesday
night, February 6th from 7:30 to
9 p. m. The program which is op
en to the general public will con
sist of Drill Formations, Scout
songs and discussions on the His
tory and Purpose of the Scouts’
Movements.
The officers and members of
Troop Number 79 are as follows:
T. P. Mahammitt, Scout master,
Hezekiah Stewart, Asst. Scout
master, William Chapman, Asst.,
Scoutmaster, Edward Wiggins, As
sistant Scoutmaster, Albert John
son, Asst. Scoutmaster, Frank 0
Neal, Assistant Scoutmaster.
bi^uuib:—John Barber, Kobert
Bates, Earl Baugh, Arnold Bidd
ieux, Donald Booth, Benjamin Bur
ton, William Capelton, Jimie Clax
ton Leonard Covington, Louis Cur
rens, Herman Dryven, L. C. Garey,
Edward Fletcher, John Glass, Joe
Glass, Grant Green, Robert Green
field, Bernard Grice, La Rue Gater,
Alfonso Hayden, Alfred Hayden,
Arthur Hayden, Jack Harris, Wil
liam Harrison, Curtis Jackson,
Norman Jackson, Norton Jackson,
Robert Jones, Lovie Johnson, John
Lawson, Cornell McDougal, Jay Me
Gee, Harold Matthews, Roscoe Mit
chell, Frank Miller, James Monday,
Kenneth Mayers, Hezekiah Nickel
son, Dorsey Oliver, John Orduna,
Lawrence Parker, Thomas Porter,
Hobert Ray, Arthur Reynolds, Clif
ford Rose, Frank Saunders, James
Sherren, Elliott Solomon, August
Station, Warren Taylor, Von Rich
ard Trimble, Samuel Vieland, Chas.
Waters, Curtis Walker, Hubert
White, Wilbert Williams, Minor
Williams, Fred Wayne, Roland
West, Lion Wallas, Lawrence Wat
son.
WOMAN DOCTOR ATTACKS
WHOLE RACE IN ARTICLE
ON SOCIAL DISEASE
Protest Sent New York T. B. and
Health Association by NAACP. on
Statement in Bulletin that Black
Race Is More Promiscuous Than
Others
New York, Jan. 30—A vigorous
protest against an unsupported
statement in a so-called scientific
article that the black race is guilty
of “presumably greater promiscu
ity” and that therefore Negroes are
“more susceptible” to gonorrhea,
was sent this week to the New York
Tuberculosis and Health Associat— |
ion, Inc., by the NAACP.
The statement, characterized by
the NAACP. as “vicious slander a
gainst a whole race,” appeared in
the January bulletin of the Social
Hygiene Committee of the health
association and was under the sign
ature of Dr. Emily Dunning Barr
inger, white. The article is entitl
ed “Gonnorrhea in the Female”
and the sentence about Negroes
reads:
“Some races are apparently more
susceptible, as for instance the Ne
groes, but the reason for this may
largely be due to the presumably
greater promiscuity of the black
race.”
The NAACP. letter asked if Dr.
Barringer is prepared to prove that
Negroes are more promiscuous than
other races and challenged sharply
her right to include a more presum
ption in a supposedly scientific art
icle which brands a whole race.
“The net effect of Dr. Barring
Woriel Day ot Pray er To
Be Observed at Cleaves
The Interdenominational Pastor’s
Wives Council and various Mission
ary societies of the city will hold a
World Day of Prayer Service- Fri
day, February 9, at Cleaves Temple
CME. Church at 25th and Decatur
Sts. The public is cordially invited
to attend this service which begins
at 10:30 a. m. and closes at four p.
m. The theme for the day will be:
“In quietness and in confidence
shall be our strength.” Rev. H. D.
Hancock of Clair Chapel will be in
charge of the mediation hour in the
forenoon and Rev. C. Q. HicKerson
of Bethel Baptist in the afte oon.
Mrs. Louise Camper and M V.
Bradford will serve as pianii *or
the day. Mrs. W. L. Farmer 11
lead the congregational singin
Mrs. J. S. Williams and Mrs. C.
Haynes will have charge of the re
spective worship services. Vocal
solos will be rendered by: Mrs. G.
Downing, Mrs. Robinson and Miss
Emily Washington. Others taking
part during the day will be: Mrs.
J. H. Reynolds, Mrs. V. Bolden,
Mrs. Cecil Owens and Rev. J. S.
Williams. There will be periods
for volunteer prayers throughout
the day. You are earnestly urged
to come praying that this united ef
fort on the part of these Christians
women of this community will be
greatly felt and that much good
will be accomplished.
Mrs. V. 0. Jones, General chair
man; Mrs. Maggie Smith, co-chair
man, Mrs. Waters, Secretary; Mrs.
Ivars Hayes, Treasurer; Mrs. J. S.
Williams, Chairman of Progre*^
Committee.
BROTHER OF I)R. MORRIS
DIES
Wilbur Morris, 59, son of an pio
neer family, an Omahan for 5? yrs
died Sunday morning, January 28,
at hi* home, 2210 Ohio St.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Grace Hutten and Mrs. Myrtle
Goodlow, Omaha; two brothers, Dr.
Craig Morris, Omaha and Elmer
of St. Paul, Minn.; one nephew,
Atty. Jess Hutten, Omaha, and oth
er relatives.
Funeral services were held Tues
day January 30 at 2 p. m . from
Lewis Funeral Home.
Father G. A. Stams officiated.
Interment Forest Lawn cemetery.
er’s article”, said the NAACP, “is
to plant the idea firmly that prac
tically all Negroes are infected
with a loathsome venereal disease
and that they are more promiscuous
as a racial characteristic, than oth
er races. This is a great and cruel
libel.
“The principle damage of the
statement lies in its effect upon the
earning of a livelihood by colored
people. This association knows of
no study, made on an unbiased sci
entific basis, which shows Negroes,
to be more promiscuous than other
races. We wish to register our
emphatic protest against the Bar
ringer article and to demand a re
traction and an apology.”
Frank Kiernan, director of the
health association, has acknowledg
ed the protest, stating that it would
be taken up with the Social Hygiene
Committee, and saying: “please be
assured that our Association—en
tertains only the highest regard
and opinion of the colored people—
every proper step will be taken to
correct the mistake that was made
through unfortunate inadvertence
in permitting the passage to which
you object being quoted in our pub
lication.”
ARlthough the article bore Dr.
Barringer’s name as the author, at
the end was appended a reference
to the book “Handbook of Social
Hygiene,” by Long and Goldberg.
BLACK EAGLE’S’ PICTURE
HAS PREMIERE
New York—“The Notorious Elin
or Lee,” initial picture of the new
Micheaux-Julian motion picture
company had its premiere at the
RKO Regent theatre with Edna
Mae Harris starring. Oscar Mich
eaux, veteran motion picture prod
ucer, and Col. Hubert F. Julian,
Harlem’s “Black Eagle,” head the
recently formed company.
RICHARD WRIGHT’S NEW
NOVEL ‘BOOK OF MONTH’
SELECTION
New York—“NATIVE SON", —
Richard Wright's new novel to be
published soon, has been chosen as
the Book of the Month club select
ion for March. Wright, a Guggen
heim Fellow, received the Story
magazine prize for his first novel,
“Uncle Tom’s Children,” written
while he was a member of the Fed
eral Writers’ Project here.
DUDLEY, MATTHEWS
TRACK-DOWN THIEF
C. B. S. TO BROADCAST NAACP.
BIRTHDAY DANCE
—
NEW YORK, Jan. 2G—The Col
umbia Broadcasting System will
carry the strains of Count Basie’s
music at the NAACP. 31st anniv
ersary ball here February 9, over
a national hookup through fifteen
stations on the chain, the Associa
tion announced today.
The affair will be held at the Gol
den Gate ballroom, 142nd street and
Lenox Avenue. Among the cele
brities who will attend is Joe Louis,
the heavyweight champion, who
will be among the special guests at
the dance. Louis will come to the
dance after his championship fight
with Arturo Godoy, of Chile, at
Madison Square Garden the same
night.
FIRE LEAVES $50,000 DAMAGE
TO HOME OF PORO’S
FOUNDER
Chicago, Fire, resulting in an es
timated $50,000 damage, last Sun
day morning raged for five hours
leaving the once beautiful and pal
atial home of Mrs. Annie M. Malone
gutted and almost destroyed.^Many
of Mrs. Malone’s treasured belong
ings, including furniture and tap
estries purchased on her trips a
broad, were ruined by fire or water.
Mrs. Malone and several other per
sons residing with her were forced
to flee from their beds out into
eight below zero temperature. The
fashionable South Parkway mans
ion had been' the home of Poro’s
founder since she came here from
St. Louis some years ago.
FATS WALLER RECEIVES
THREAT
Detroit—Fats Waller was guard
ed during his week’s stay here, fill
ing a theatre engagement, because
of an anonymous teelphone call
threatening him with death if he
did not accede to monetary de
mands.
PARKER WATKINS GUEST ON
‘WE THE PEOPLE'
New York—Parker Watkins, the
tenor who won a five year contract
from S. Hurek, Marian Anderson’s
manager, after displaying his voice
to holiday crowds in the Pennsyl
vania station here, guested on the
“We, the People” radio program,
telling a “rags to riches” brief of
his 4ife.
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DOROTHY MAYNOR
TRIUMPHS AGAIN
Now York, Dorothy Maynor, so
prano, again received New York’s
acclaim last Tuesday when she ap
peared as guest vocalist with the
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Society in its Pension Fund concert
at Carnegie hail.
Youth Does $60 Worth of Damage
for $3.50
When the Omaha Guide Priht
Shop was opened Thursday morn
ing, it was discovered that someone
had broken through one of the back
windows and removed 106 pounds
of type metal and completely' des
troyed 3 page forms with ads, caus
ing about $60.00 worth of damage.
Detective Sgts., C. C. Dudley and
U. S. Matthews, were called in on
the case. Being unable to find any
one who had seen a prowler about
the plant that morning, they resort
ed to some of the stratagem of the
detecting profession and soon locat
ed the loot at the Spiegal Junk co.,
1207 North 24th St. Mr. Spiegal
could give only a general descrip
tion of the party who sold him the
metal for $3.50, working on this bit
of evidence the detectives soon had
Clyde Riley, age 16 in custody, who
confessed that it was he who broke
into the place at 4 a. m. The rea
son? He needed some money. The
manager of the junk co., was not
fined because of first offense. Riley
was turned over to juvenile author
ities.
SOUTHERN JUDGE CITES
SHORTCOMINGS OF WHITE
AND NEGROES
Flays Police for Beating Up Color
ed Suspects. Says Some Negro
Doctors Refuse Patients Unless
They Receive Money in Advance
Charlotte, N. C. Jan 30 (ANP) —
Not in recent years have local resi
dents of both races been stirred as
they were last week as result of
the sensational address delivered
before the Rotary Club by Judge
Frank K. Sims, Jr., city recorder.
Speaking on “The Negro Prob
lem,” a subject that long has chal
lenged the oratorical powers of col
ored leaders, point was given last
week’s discourse because the speak
er was white and because he “hew
ed to the line”, regardless of where
the quips fell. Describing the
treatment of Negro prisoners by
police, Judge Sims said.
“The only protection the Negro
has, is to serve as a stool pigeon
for the officers. While some im
provements has been noted in the
past few months, prior to that time
the first thing they (the police) did
when they arrested a Negro was to
hit him with a black jack, with
their fists, or kick hint.
Judge Sims said that crime am
ong colored people was due largely
to the low wages paid them. “Ne
groes paid decent wages are rarely
in court for stealing,” he said. He
emphasized the fact that majority
of the crime in Charlotte was com
mitted by white people although
Negroes made up about 40 percent
of the population. He said that
thousands more white men appear
ed before him than Negroes, and
hundreds more white women than
WEST BENSON SEWEIt
APPROVED
The West Benson Sewer project
which has given many headaches to
the sponsors which include the Ben
son Commercial Club, the South -
West Benson Improvement Club,
the City Council and Douglas Coun
ty Commissioners, came to a head
today when the County Commiss
ioners on recommendation of our
County Assistance Board after a
conference with Commissioner
Frank Fogarty, of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, Dwight
Felton, WPA. State Director;; At
torney William Fraser, President
of the Omaha Chamber of Comm
erce; Edward Jelen, County Com
missioner; and Harry Cusack, Dis
trict WPA. Operator; that funds
totaling $13,000.00 be set aside and
earmarked for the Sewer Project,
from 66th and Blondo, southwest
erly to 72nd and Center Street, be
taken from the County Relief bal
ance on hand to sponsor a WPA.
project in order to relieve the sit
uation of unemployment at this
time. This work will start within
ten days and together with five ad
ditional drainage projects set up
with WPA. projects in the county,
will put more than fifteen hundred
men to work, according to Frank
O. Sanderholm, Chairman of Roads
and Bridges.
Commissioner Sanderholm said
that this project was a City respon
sibility. The County Attorney rul
•d that monies from Gas Tas could
not be used for Sewer work; how
ever, Tom Quinlan, Deputy County
Attorney, ruled that this money
could be taken from direct Relief
Funds on hand; therefore, the
County Commissioners wanted to
cooperate with WPA. in putting
colored women.
He declared that the lately en
acted law by the Legislature which
makes it cost a couple about $30.00
to get married, has forced a num
ber of Negro couples to live togeth
er as man and wife without getting
married.
Judge Sims struck at colored
physicians when he said: “There
are some colored doctors in Char
lotte who will do absolutely noth
ing for an injured Negro unless
they receive the money in advance.’
This last statement brought a
number of white citizens to the de-J
fense of the colored medicos. Mrs!
John Stuart Gaul, secretary of the
Good Samaritan Hospital Board of
managers, said,
“I have been actively associated
with the Good Samaritan hospital
as secretary of board of managers
for 15 years. This association has
permitted me to know intimately
the work done in Charlotte by the
colored doctors. The record of
these men in the treatment of the
indigent of their race overwhelm
ingly refutes the remarks attribut
ed to Judge Sims as reported in the
press.
"Mrs. C. E. Marshall, president
of the board of trustees of the
Good Samaritan hospital, Dr. J. M.
Northingham, prominent local phy
sician and several others took is
sue with Judge Sims’ treatment.
MAJOR CAVER BURIED AT
ARLINGTON
Washington,—The body of Major
Monroe S. Caver, major in the Uni
ted States army for almost twenty
years, was brought here from Fort
Riley, Kans., where he was form
erly stationed, for burial in Arling
ton cemetery. Major Caver, who
had served with the Ninth Cavalry
since 1933, was retired June 30, ’39.
ELECTED DIRECTOR OF
GROUP PRIMARILY WHITE
New Castle, Pa.,—Receiving an
outstanding majority vote, Arthur
Bi own was re-elected a member of
the board of directors of the Shen
ango Works Relief association, a
subsidiary of the Carnegie-Iliinois
Steel Corporation, an organization
of 2,300 members, 100 of whom are
colored.
back to work, during this emerg
ency, those who were certified for
employment especially during this
crisis.
Sanderholm said this work would
continue from thirty to forty days
and this project was solely for win
ter work only, stating that when
the weather receded from our cold
spell, other WPA. projects includ
ing the 60th St., paving from Pratt
to Redmond Ave., in Benson and
the “L" St., paving and grading
project from 42nd to 84th St., and
other constructive WPA. projects
would be open to take care of more
than 3500 men, starting sometime
in March, 1940.
As chairman of the Roads and
Bridges, Sanderholm said that he
had set up in his budget more than
$200,000.00 as their part of spon
sorship, which will give Douglas
County in the Rural Districts more
than $1,000,000.00 (one million dol
lars) worth of constructive projects
during 1940, which is more than has
been spent as a total for the past
three years, in order to relieve the
unemployment situation which is
prominent at this time.
Roy Maloney, past president of
the Benson Commercial Club; Jam
es Dugher, Chairman of the Im
provement Committee of the Ben
son Commercial Club; and former
President of the organization, Ern
est A. Adams, Senator of this Dis
trict; and the members of the Ben
son Commercial Club, also Mr.
Scbroeder, President of the South
west Benson Improvement Club and
his membership, and other Civic an
patriotic organizations in Benson,
have fought during the past two
years to eliminate this nuisance by
building a Storm Sewer in this dis
trict.
Sanderholm said that the City
was willing to cooperate in this pro
ject and felt sure that they will do
everything to see the completion of
this improvement which the Benson
people have been fighting for dur
ing the past few years.
City Commissioner Harry Knud
sen from Benson, has been a
staunch supporter of this project
along with the City Council, to have
this sewer project started, and he
is wholly in accord with the action
taken by the County Assistance
Board today.
Fred Bailey, former Mayor of
Benson and an active worker in all
Civic and Community organizations
was overjoyed with emotion over
this Contemplated project and also
over the announcement that 60th
Street be paved from Pratt to Red
mond Avenue, stating that he has
fought with former County Boards
in asking this improvement for
more than 25 years, and has real
ized this year that his prayers have
been answered and that Commiss
ioner Frank 0. Sanderholm, a Ben
son boy, has been able to accomp
lish this fete in one year which he
has tried to accomplish in 25 years,
for the betterment of all citizens of
Benson, these two big projects.
Lou E. Adams, County Survey
or, has also approved these two pro
jects and has been a staunch sup
porter in interest of all Benson cit
izens in cooperating and working a
long with the County Commission
ers for the improvements recomm
ended by the tax-payers and civic
organizations of Benson.
Sanderholm said that approxim
ately 1800 men are now working on
WPA. projects in Douglas County,
and that this addition quo will no
doubt be a great help in solving our
relief problems in Douglas County
which has been a serious question
during the severe weather.
A “Wood Cutting” project to cut
down old dead trees in all parts of
Douglas County, which is recom
mended by the World Herald, is
contemplated at this time as a
WPA. Project, the wood to be given
to the Relief Clients. This project
should take care of more than 500
men for the duration of the sub
zero weather under the supervision
of the chairman of Roads and
Bridges, Commissioner Frank 0.
Sanderholm, according to the Coun
ty Board.