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BSS^,“hS^.onwEUi" 7M,tter “Po8t °,fice’ °m,h*’ Nebr-under Act 01 “*rch 8‘ 1874' Omaha. Nebraska, Saturday, July 13, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR Number 17—
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FIRST ARRIVALS GLIMPSE AT CHICAGO EXPOSITION
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Both young and old, many of them remember
ing the celebration in 1915 of 50 years di Negro pro
gress since emancipation, were on hand early July 4
to enter the doors when the American Negro Expos
ition was thrown open to a waiting world at the
Chicago Coliseum. Top and bbttom, left, shows some
of the earnest arrivals just asv
they stepped inside the entrance
while bottom, right, shows a part
ial view of tihe main entrance with
a N,egTO traffic coip directing traf
fic on the street. Top, right, show
some of the ushers and guards
lined up awaiting inspection prior
to beginning work at the first real
Negro World’s Fair in history.
21st ANNUAL
CONVENTION
OF NAT’L
USHERS
Dallas. Texas, July 13—The
coming convention of the Nation,
al United Ushers will convene in,
Dallas, Texas July 23, 27 inclus
ive and bids fair to prove one of
the most successful in point of at
tendance and interest on the part
of the visiting delegates in the
history of the organization.
Thig convention will mark the
21st Annual meeting of the assoc
iation which has grown from a
mere “handful” at its beginning to
a point where it numbers thous
ands among its membership in
various church denominations ,in
twelve states in the union.
Chief among the features in thp
session will be a forum discus
sion on racial Welfare and race
relation and the awarding of the
Scholarship Prize resulting from
the decision of the judgeg in the
Annual Oratorical contest. Many
other topics of interest will be on
the calendar of, th,e convention.
The session will be held daily in
the auditorium of the Good Street
Baptist Church corner of Good
and Montezuma street. Board and
room may be secured for $1.00 p*'r
day.
The local committee of arrange,
nijents headed by Mr. A. W. Briggs
of the ihost city, promi|ses every
assurance that hospitality of its
citizenry will eclipse that of any
former city w-hich hag been host
to tl\e convention. Dallas with a
large race population Which ranks
second to that of no city in Am
erica, in the strides it has made in
economic and cultural advance
ment. Dallas has long been rec
ognized as one of the most hospit
able citys of the country.
Any information desired may be
had by correspondence with Anna
Jackson, 709 an Leffingwell ave
St. Louis, Mo., National Publicity
chairman.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
TO BE HELD FOR
MARCUS GARVEY
New York. July 13 (ANP) Ac
cording to an announcement by
Miss Ethel Oollins, secretary of
the UNIA plans are beihg com.
pleted for a memorial service to
the late M/arcus Garvey by the exe
cutive council and all branches on
July 21 at St. Mark's Methodist)
Church.
Miss Collins also revealed there
is a plan afoot to return the body
of Garvey ibo Jamaica, 'BWI„ for
a final resting place. Returning
via New York it is expected a
demonstration will be made by lo
cal Garveyites. The body is now
at rest at Paddington cemetery in
England until after the war.
GEORGIA SAVINGS
BANK DECLARES
DIVIDEND
Savannah, Ga., July 13, (ANP)
The board of directors of the Geor
gia Savings and Realty Corporat
ion. Savannah’s only Negro bank,
melt last Wednesday in their semi
annual meeting and declared a 4
percent dividend of July 1.
NAACP, TO
PRESENT
PLANKS TO
DEMOS
Chicago, IM„ July 5—Suggested
planks touching upon problems af
fecting the Negro will be present
ed to the pflatform committee of
the Democratic National Conven
tion opening July 15 by n comm
mi'.kee representing the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
The pflanks urge inclusion of Ne
groes in the armed services; pas
sage of th,e anti-lynching bill; leg
islation abolishing poll tax and
white primaries; abolition of color
line in employment; equitable dis
tribution of federal monies to
states to aid education, health,
housing, relief, farm aid and oth
er services; .extention of social se
curity to agricultural, domestic
and casual labor; abolition of the
color Vine in federal government)
posts; enforcement of civil rights
laws in all sections of the United
States.
The planks which are identical
with the ones presented to the Re
pu!)'ican National Convention in
Philadelphia, wall be offered to
the Democrats by a committee
consisting of Charles, H. Houston,
Washington, D. C ; Roscoe Dun
jee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; A
Maceo Smith, Dallas. Texas; and
Irvin C. Mbllison, Chicago, III.
$3500 DAMAGES AWARDED
VICTIM OF R, R, SHOOTING
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 13 —(
(ANP * A judgement ofl $3,500
damage^ was awarded James Ma
son last week by a circuit court in
a $15,000 suit against the South
ern Railway company and W. C.
Craybill, railroad detective, for in_
juries suffered by him when he
was shot in the leg last February
in the railroad yards.
The jury denied the plpa of
Louis Barnes, 16 year old plantiff,
in a similar suit against the rail
road and Craybill. Barnes charg
ed that he was shot in the arm ihe
same day the Mason shooting oc
curred, near the same pflace. He
sued for $2,000
Both shootings took place in the
railroad yards near the east third
strpet viaduct. Mason charged
that his leg was broken. Both
men identified Cryafoill as the man
who shot them, and ask,ed punitive
damages charging that he had a
reputation for shooting people un
(necessarily. The jury awarded
Mason compensatory damages but
did not grant punitive damages.
WjtneSsea for the railroad com
pany claimed that the shooting
whs done by agents for some oth.
er railroad company. Mason said
he was picking up coal along the
railroad tracks when th,e shooting
occurred, and Barnes said he was
walking home through the yards.
AJStyls. Farter, Ford and Bean
represented the men.
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NEGRO CATERER
SERVES REPUBLIC
CAN CONVENTION
Philadelphia, July 13 (ANP) —
William Newman, colored owner of
the Holland Company here, had
charge of the catering service flur
ing the repent Republican nation
al convention. Neman wdn high
praise for the excellence of food
served delegates and for his gen
erally efficient service.
IMPRESSIVE
CEREMONIES
MARK NEGRO
FAIR OPENING
BY HAZEL REED
CHICAGO, July 4—The hand
that guides a gnat nation pressed
a button in New York last week,
and a Negro's world fair was bom
the first in the history of a rape
Appropriately enough, this eooch
al fair, the American Negro Ex_
pots Vi on. celebrating 75 years of
freedom iby tfrie Negro race, op
ened on the birthday of freedom
for all Americans, July 4. With
the state’s foremost leaders gath
ered to gi;eot its initiation, the
Exposition offically began at 1:30
when Preisdent Franklin D Roose
velt made the contact from Hyde
Park to send dazzling shafts of
light through Chicago’s coliseum.
An awed hush settled over the
crowd as President Roosevelt’s
move was announced by Executive
Director Truman K. Gibson, jr.
Then, with the burst of light upon
the scene of Negro history and ac
hieven\ent, it was as though the
president’s own characteristic
spirit of enthusiasm, and dynamic
force electrified opening day1
throngs. Lifted spirits soared
with pride at the beauty and splen
dor of the magnificient spectacle,
and a murmur of approval rippled
through lines of spectators, many
thousands of'lih^m, on hand for
opening festivities. Prof. J. Wes
Jey Jones lifted his l>aton, and, us
in one accord, visitors, joined
their voice8 with thowp of the
chorus in a spontaneous rendition
of ‘God Bless America.”
President RbopeveLt’g meisage
to th,e Exposition, conveyed by
Executive Director Gibson, read in
tort: “In extending my greetings
may I express confident hope that
a rac.e that haH achieved so much
in so few years may go forward to
ever nobler things in the genera,
tions anead.”
‘‘The nation pays a debt of grat
itude to the Negroes, today not a
lone for their contribution to the
arts and sciences and for the good
and groat names that stand out in
the book of American achieve
ments, but because they stand
4,000 strong to help strengthen the
backbone of Democracy,” Chicago
Mayor Ed\4ard J. Kelly told the
audience.
“You may spell Afro-Ainerican
with a hyphen if you will; but
there is no hyphen in the Negro’s
allegiance to America.” Illinois’
Sen. Slattery said. And thus
went speeches and messages, from
many illlustrioius Americans, in
cluding Congressman Arthur W.
Mitchell, Robert H. Bishop, rep
resenting Gov Henry Hofner,
Wendell E. Green, Civil Service
Commissioner of Chicago, and Dr.
Frederick B. Patterson, president
of Tuskegee institute.
An ovation of several minutes’
duration greeted yJames W. Wash
ington “father” of the Exposition
idea, when he whs presented to the
audience. Mr. Washington con
ceived the idea for a pageant of
Negro progress more than five
years ago, and, with never-failing
determination, work,ed to pave the
way for the accomplished feat.
Opening day crowds were warm
in their greeting to this man
whose drpatn stood a beautiful
reality in the Exposition’s exhibits
of the Negro m (history, past and
present, an<l his place in the worlds
of art, science, business, literature
the humanities and religion.
As though it reiterated Mr.
Washington’s spirit, the most dyn
amic figure of the Exposition,
“Determination,'’ towered impres
sively from lofty heights in the
Court of Dicmi's in full view of
the crop's as fchej^ turned from
the opening day celebration to
tour exhibits. A magnificently
sculptured piece, tlhe figure port,
rays unforgettable the spirit of
the Negro racp the spirit which
made possible the American N »gro
Exposition.
CME. YOUTH CONFAB
ELECT NATL OFFIC
ERS AT MEMPHIS
Memphis, July 18 (ANP) Dele-1
gaJte9 to the national youth conf
erence of the CME. Church, which
met Inst week at Booker T. Wash
ington High school, elects staff
of national officers to serve until,
the next conference in 1943.
Those selected were: Isaac Mor_
an, Tulsa, Okla_. president; Henry
W-. Meaohem, jJackson, Tenn., vice
president-; lvfiss Carrie Mangham
of Los Angeles, 2nd vice president
Miss Mattie Mashaw. Birmingham
3rd vice president; Miss ’.sum
Brooks, Mineral Wells, Texus.,
4th vice president; Gerald Walton
Columbus, Gc., 8th vice presid ‘lit;
Miss Lenta Anderson, Chicago,
secretary; Miss Margaret Malbry
New York City, assistant secret
ary and Miss Stella Mayhorne,
Tupelo, Mias-, treasurer. Rev. C.
E. Chapman of Kansas City is
chairman of the CME. department
of pub’ie relations.
NEW ORLEANS TO
GET $500,000 SCHOOL
New Orleans, July 13 (ANP)—
Ix>cal residents rejoiced this week
when announcement was made
that sealed bids Wlould be received
for erection of a new high school
on Ithe site now being developed
by the Federal Housing adminis
i motion,, lift the area bounded by
Clio, Calliope, Galvez and Johnson
streets. According to Supt. Nich.
olas Bauer of Orleans Parish
School Board, the building will be
of brick structure and valued at
$600,000. It will be modem in ev
ery respect and contain an audit
orium of large size, for school
and civic events.
FOUR LYNCHINGS, 3
WHITE CITED BY
NAACP IN REFUTING
TUSKEGEE REPORT
New York. —The following tele-'
gram refuting Tuskpgee Institute’s
statement that no lynehings oc
curred during the first six months
of 1940 was sent to Dr. F. D. Pat
terson, President of Tuskegee In_
stituite, by the National Associat
ion for the Advancement of Color
ed People July 3:
“We are inexpressibly shocked
bjy Tuskegee’s statement that no
lynehings occurred during the
frist six months of nineteen forty.
On March second Sarah Rawls and
Benton Ford were flogged to
death by a mob at Atlanta, Geor
gia. Five dcy8 later Ike Gaston
was beaten to depth by a mob in
the isame city. On June twenty
second EPhert Williams, Negro,
was lynched at Brownsville. Tenn
essee, for attempting to exercise
his constitutional right to register
in order to vote in Tennessee in
nineteen forty Presidential elect
ion. Such inaccurate abatements
by Tuskegee Institute do irrepar
able harm by causing public vigil
ance against mob murder to relax
and by giving enemies of anti
Jy-ching bill ammunition for sab
otage of such legislation.”
(Signed)
“Wp-Iter White, S®c’y.
HUNTER COLLEGE
STUDENT NAMED
EDITOR OF PAPER
New York, July 13 (ANP) Miss
Shirl.ey Simpson, 19 year olid Hun
ter College student, this week be
came the first Negro to ever be
pleoted editor in chief of the Hun
ter Bulletin, weekly newspaper.
Her election was unanimous be
cause of the decided changes and
improvement in the paper while
acting editor during the past year.
| One of the few editors to serve
[more than one term on the paper,
Miss Simpson is active in all 10I
lege affairs. She will hold the of
fice until graduation next June.
REFUGEE FROM TERROR
IN BROWNSVILLE TENS
APPEALS FOR AID
NAACP. ASKS FUND FOR
FATHER OF 7 CHILDREN,
DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN MY
MOB, AND OTHERS IN
FIGHT FOR VOTING RIGHTS
N«'w York. N. Y.—An appeal to
the rourttry for help by Elisha
Davis, who wag driven from his
business, his wife and sevpn child,
ren by a mob in Rrownsville, Ten
essee, is being answered by a
country-wide campaign for funds
by the NAACP.
Mr. Davis, who >iB now living 'll
another town in Tennessee, (where
he is also being threatened with
violence), is 39 years old and was
the owner and operator of a fill
ing station in Brownsville prior
to the outbreak of violence there
in mid-June. The campaign of
terror against colored citizens of
Brownsville, and particularly a
gainut the officers and members
of the Brownsville branch of the
NAACP., resulted from the at_
tempta of several sitizens to reg
ister and vote in the 1940 presi
dential elections.
When the Reverend Buster Wal
ker, 56, president of the Brown -
viHe NAACP., and several others
presented themselves before the
proper officer for registration they
werje told ‘‘You had better stop
this or there Will be a neck.tie
parity”.
Mr. Walker and Mr. Davis and
Mr. Davis’ brother w«re run out of
town and Elbert Williams, anoth
er mender of the NAACP. was
Plans fbr a gigantic subscrip
tion campaign will be readyied by
her during the summer vacation.
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COMPLAINTS KEEP
JEPSEN AWAKE
Police Commissioner Jepsen has
been getting little sleep in recent
nights, the city council was told
Tuesday, Residents in the vicinity
of the twenty-foiuHh and| Conhy
streets playground haye kept Iris
telephone ringing at all hours
complaining of noise and disturb,
ances on the playgrounds.
The grounds officially are closed
at 8:30 p m. but older youngsters
In the vicinity, it is said, gather
there later and create nightly dis
turbances.
Jepsen ordered cruise- car pol
ice to ke/ep a close watch on the
grounds.
Cruiser cars picked up some of
the offenders last Wednesday eve.
ARCHITECTS WIN TWO
FRIZES IN IDEAL BROAD.
CASTING STATION CONTEST
New York, (July 13 (ANP) —
Roger W. Flood, manager of Har
lem River houses, and Percy C. If
ili, a draftsman for the NYC. hos
pitals, won second and third priz
es respectively in the Beaux-Arts
institute's design’s first competit.
ion for plans for an ideal building
in which to house a radio trans
mitter and equipment.
First prize of $250 went to Lou
is Shulman, white architect. Flood
and I fill won prizes of $100 and
$50 each. The competition attrac
ted 91 entries from 103 individ
uals representing 19 leading
schools and universities. It was
sponsored by the Western Electric
company.
Flood is a native of Roanoke,
Va., and studied architecture at
New York university He also
studied art at the Rhode Island
School, of Dpsign.
Ifill is a native New Yorker and
is 27 years old. He is workng as
a draftsman with the department
of hospitals while attending even
ing school at New York U. He
formerly was a draftsman on the
Committee on City Planning for
four years.
found dead in the river with two
wounds in his chest. He Had
been lynched.
The NAACP. is calling on all
citizens to contribute to a fund for
the ielhf of the Brownsville exil
es and for the purpose of attack
ing the whole situation to the end
that eoidred citizens niajy return
to their homes, vote in tihe 1910 e
leetions, and pursue their normal
li’*es.
In his letter to the NAACP. Ll
isha, Davis wrote:
“I gambied everything, iy
home, my business, my life, my
family (wife and children) in ■>-.
der to prove to those pro pi
(QroWnsMU* that the NA YCP.
was all right. At present 1 am
soperaited from my family. I am
not making any money. I do not
feel secure in the least. After
having told all in this case, my
life here, even i,n this town, is
constantly threatened.”
The whole' Brownsville, Tenn
essee, situation has been placed in
the hands of the United States
Department of Justice by the NA.
AOP. D«an William Hkstie,
chairman of the NAACIP. legal
committee, has conferred with O.
John Rogge, Assistant U. S. At
torney General; Wklter White,
NAACP. secretary. ha,s conferred
with Wiiliam McClanahan, IF S.
Attorney at Memphis- Mr. White
made a trip to Tennessee during
which he gathered first-hand in
formation on the Brownsville case.
The Brownsville situation from
beginning to end, U a story of the
most open, flagrant, and unasham
ed exercise of mob terror and
lynching that has come to light in
many years.
It has been shown conclusively
that Brownsville officials, includ
ing a night marshal and candidate
for sheriff, a night policeman, a
county highway commissioner, and
others were among the leaders of
the mob which drove Brownsville
NAACP. leaders from town.
Elisha Davig was Waked in the
nigh/t, forced to dress at the point
of a pistol, and his wife was told
“You will never see this black—
—again. We are going to kill
him’’.
Davis was taken to a river bot_
tofn about six miles from town
and wias asked about the purpose
ofj ithe NAACP.Hp was threatened
with death unless he told the nam
es of the members of the branch.
Finally, he was released and told
to leave the county and "never to
show his face there again’’. His
wife and 7 children are at the
mercy of the hoodlum® in Browns
ville.
At the recent NAACP. confer
ence in Philadelphia, Pa., outrag
ed delegates contributed spontan
eously the sum of $155 after the
Reverend Buster Walker had told
a graphic story of the terror in
Brownsville.
The present fund being raised by
itjhe NAACP. is fdr the purpose
l not only of individual relief for the
families of terrorized Brownsville
citizens but to carry on the fight
to clean up the Tennessee town so
that colored people may enjoy the
rights to which they are entitled
as citizens.
Every pressure is being brought
to bear on the federal and state
governments to see that these peo
ple are restored in safety to their
rights
Meanwhile Brownsville is try.
ing to block every effort to gee at
the trouble. Officers are posted
on the highways leading into the
towfo and are turning back all col
ored people who do not live in
Brownsville.
Contributions for the Brow'ns
ville case should be sent to the
NAACP., 69th Fifth avenue, Mew
York, N. Checks may be made
payable Do Mary White Ovington,
treasurer.