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CITY EDITION pmm • •• ] luE — Read Randolph’s Article /JUSTICE/EQ lEWJOTHEm °n PageThree~ ■ “MOBILIZE NEGROES’ BEST MINDS” LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY %SSL'ti£%2'Si?Mm «Po,t 0—■ ^ Ntbr- uadw Act ot M“ch * l>74~ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, August 3, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR Number 20 ~~ Opening advertisenvnt in the campaign to( advertise Nebraska ■was ’•eleased today. It is directed to the people of Nebraska, urging them to “see Negra,ska first” and will appear ip every weekly and daily newspaper in the state. Rad io announcements stressing the same idea will be broadcast from all Nebraska radio stations. This follows the policy of the tttate advertising commission an nounced at its first meeting in Lincoln July 8, that part of the advertising app-opriations will be devoted to educating Nebraskans on the points of interest and 'ta creation in their own state. Memberts of the commission point out that stimulating travel by No graskans within the state will keep money in Nebraska which might otherwise be spent for va cation travel els*'wihe'<e. and will create additional expenditures for local travel, both of which will benefit the state. Text of the advertisement points out tha Nebraska has wenty-six recreation grounds and seven state pa *ks, and urges Nebraskans to become better acquainted with the Cornhusker state. HOWARD CHALLENGES CONGRESSMAN MITCHELL TO NEW DEAL DEBATE Washington, July 31 (ANP) —1 Challenging Congressman Arthur Mitchell to a debate on the merits of the New Deal as far as the Ne gro is concerned Per^y W. Howard Republican, National committre man from Mississippi, takes issue with the congressman on several vital points. Declaring that the New Deal has added more than 500,000 whit es to the pay-rolls of the govern ment and less than 200 Negroes. Howa-'d facetiously adds that the exception is the CCC which is in the woods and the Democrats ‘‘‘have kept the Negroes in the woods for the last 300 years.” Continuing, Mr. Howard points out, “During the last eight years, practically every Negro has ’res igned or retired or who has been let out of the service, has been re placed by a white person. •‘We do not have a single Ne gro internal revenue collector or collector of customs under Mr. Roosevelt’s regime. ‘‘All of our assistant U. S. at torneys of color have been displac ed by whites, excepting two. “We are unable to find more than five Negroes that have been appointed undo a the civil service in seven years of Democratic mis rule. “Even the little segregated groups of Negro employes such as the mail rooms in the department of justice have been wiped out. ‘‘Seregation has been allowed to run rampant. ‘“Phe Neg->o contingent in the army has been emasculate^ at’d the Negro boy cannot beg or fight his way into the army aviation corps.’’ Mr. Howard has given wide pub licity to his challenge which was issued early this Week. Mr. Mit chell hasn't as yet replied. Noiiogenarian Debunks Jesse James As Popular Hero St. Louis, Aug. 1, (ANP) Mrs. Frances Marie Oliver, 91 years old and former superintendent of the Colored Old Folks Home here, this week removed some of the glamor associated with the spectacular career of the one-time famed band it. Jesse James. She said: ‘‘-James and his men were just plain bushwhackers and there weren’t any romantic stor ies about them”. She stated that about 76 ysars ago, she remembers seeing James shoot and kill a blacksmith at OtterVille, Mo., af ter forcing the victim to kneel in the *>oad and pray- She was about 15 years old at the time of this in cident, M|rs. Oliver recalled! and had been released from slavery three yeatjs previously. J CASE WORKER Mrs. Mlabel Baskerville Worth am. 1940 graduate of the Atlanta University School of Social Work, has recently been employed as case Worke- on the staff of the Wake County Board of Charities and Public Welfare Raleigh, N, C. She is a native of North Carolina and also a graduate of The Win ston-Salem Teachers College. Win ston-Salem, N- C., Prior to he" enrollment in the School of Social Work, Mr;s. Wortham had taught for a number of years in North Carolina, and had served as a book keeper and seceirtary at Hender son Institute. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Wm. Lewis Confers with Chairman Martin Washington, D. C„ —William H. Lewis, well known Bostonian, and Former Assistant Attorney Gen eral of the United States under PiV'sidemt William Howard Taft. —the only Colored person so fa" appointed to this position—was a visitor at Republican National Committee Headquarters last week. He called upon and conf erred with Joseph W. Martin, Jrv Chairman of the Republican Nat ional Committee and Campaign Manage" for Wendell Wiillkie, Re publican Nomijnee for President of the United States. 'Mir. Lewis whs greeted by his old friend ami neighgor. Chairman. Miantin. with “Hello Bill.1' There were -(tminiscences of Mr. Lewis’ athletic provness at Harvard and his professional success. Mr. Lewis told Chairman Mart in that he had not come in to offer bim any advice or to ask fo-' a job, but simply to say that he was not personally talking any “ifs”, “ands or buts’’ but is declaring “to ev erybody that Mr. Willkie will sure ly be elected in November.’’ Mr. Lewis believes the Candidate meets all of the requi”emnts of the AT LAST WE ARE PROMISED A VOTE ON LYNCHING RIM, BARKLEY QUIZZED ON DATE FOR ANTI-LYNCH HILL VOTE New Yo-k. N. Y„ Aug. 3 —The National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People to day again requested Majority Lea der Algen W. Barkley to set a date for debate and vote on the pend ing Wagner VanNuys Capper-Oav agan anti-lynching bill. The re quest was based upon the pledge of Senate" Barkley before Negro delegates 'to the Democratic nat ional convention in Chicagb that “the ai^Li-lynching bill will be vot ed upon before Congress adjourns. “We are certain that Negroes throughout the country were heayb ened by this declaration,’’ the let ter said. “The organizations and individuals who have been for years working for enactment of thy* legislation ara gratified at your statement and look forward to the opportunity to have the bill voted upon by the members of the United States Senate. Servitor Berkley w|as reminded of the recent lynching of Elbert Williams in B'oWhsville, Tenn., and the fact that Several Negroes, including Reverend Buster Walk er. have been unable to return to their homes because of the continu ed threat ofc mob violence in the community. The branches of the NAACP. and coperating organizations ami injteiiested individuals are urged to immediately write or telegraph Senator Aiben W, Barkley re questing an early date, fo" a vote on the anti-lynching bill prior to adjournment of Congress. LEWIS ASSERTS BOTH PART IES SHUN REAL PROBLEMS CHARGES DEMOS. GOP FAIL TO FACE JOB. INCOME QUESTIONS St. Louis, Mo., July 30—Skirting any mention of the coming presi dential campaign, John L. Lewis, CIO president, declared today both major political parties had failed to face the problem of unemploy ment and inadequate income for millions of Americans. Lewis said thorfe weie 10,700, 0000 unemployed, in the country, including 3,500.000 young men and women between the ages of 19 and 24, and a national study of 29 mil | lion families ihad shown that 19 million “subsist on a family in come of $69 a month.’’ Speaking at the convention of the United Automobile Workers of America, second largest union in the CIO, Lewis said: “That is what is the matter with America —an insufficient national income to permit the population to con sume our awn production.’’ LOSE CONFIDENCE Declaring the platforms of both major political parties fail to state “what they’re going to do about it.’’ Lewis said: ‘‘Some day the people of this country are going to lose confi dence in the existing political par ties to such a degree that they are going to form their own party.” Lewis denounced pa-opbsals for universal compulsory military t'iainin and demanded that the gov ernment “refrain from giving its business to concerns that deny the rights of labor.” PATRIOTIC PROFITS The national defence program he said was "making it profitable for industry to be patriotic’’ but he asserted, firms receiving govern ment orders “'have just as much moral compulsion to accept the Wagner labor relations act as they have to observe state laws against stealing chickens.” Lewis assented enactment of pending ('-on.script km (legislation, would be “planting the seeds of destruction and paving the way for a new imperialistic nation with in the confines of the United States.” “I wonder,” he commented, “if in our zeal to protect our country from the shadow of Hitler we are not using some of Hitler’s meth ods that will in the end proscribe our civil liberties and create soc ial confusion and unrest to the point that will bring about the very conditions we a~e trying to escape.” time and situation!. ‘‘The United States,” he added, “ha^ had former Presidents who were Generals and lucky politic ians; one, at least, a School Mas ter, but never a business execut ive—that is what the country needs at this time—a business man as President of the United Stat es. M1. Wilkie not only has had successful exerience in managing large affairs,” Mr. Lewis remark ed, ‘‘but he is also an attorney of distinClion. He knows what war is, having been enlisted in the Ar my during the Wo-ld Wart and having served overseas. He can not fail! He has everything.” The Boston attorney spent two days in Washington on rofessional business. Radio ' Speedboats Near Completion Algonac. Mich., July 30— Four nad|o-controlled speedboats v^Ricli will be used in target practice of United States nava( air bombers are nearing completion here in the Chris-Oraft corporation plant. Corporation officials declined to discuss many details of the 34 ft, rion-sinkable craft, but said that, in time of wa- their hulls could be filled with high explosive powder and directed against enemy ves sels. Engines of 275 horsepower, en abling speeds up to 35 miles per hour will be installed in each boat. Radio will start, stop, shift them into gear and send them in any direction. Ate Glass, Sewed Buttons On Arms To Annoy Wife Rochester, N. Y„ July 30 —As se-ting her husband chewed razor blades, ate glass and sewed but tons on his arms ‘ju(St to make me nertvous.1' Mrs. Estelle G. Van De mark, 24, wbn an annulment of her marriage. She said she didn’t learn until after her marriage* last February to Robert C. Ban D-mark, 26, that he once performed in a circus. NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE AWARDS FELLOWSHIPS New York. July 31 (ANP) The award of four fellowships for ad vanced study in the field of Social Work was announced Saturday by the National Urban League. Win ners of the awards for) study dur ing the school year 1940 -41 are Joseph A. Allen, Jr., Cleveland; Roger F. Gordon, Philadelphia; Edith A. ockiey, Philadelphia and Gertrude A. Tanneyhill. Norwood, Mia^s. iM-r. Gordon, who will study at the New York School of Social Work, received an Anthony Bene zet fellowship, as did Miss Lock ley. She wail pursue study at the School of Social Service Adminis tration of the University of Chic ago. Mr. Allen, a graduate of the Yale Divinity scho ol, will study at the New York School of Social Work, and Miss Tanneyhill at the Unive->sity of Pitt burgh on a fel lowship maintained jointly by the ENDORSED TO HEAD NACW. FOR 1941 Mis. Rebecca Stiles Taylor, founder and past president of the Savannah Federation; of Women, past president of the Georgia State Federation, foun der and past president of the Southeastern Federa tion of Colored Women, and at present executive sec retary of the National Association of Colored Wom en, and at present a memlier of its administrative board \yho will be presented as a candidate for presi dency of the NACW. at its 22nd biennial contention in Oklahoma City, Okla., July, 1941. Well kno^n throughout the country as an educator, social and civic worker and an experienced journalist, Mrs. Taylor at present is copy reader and columnist for the Chicago Defender. (ANP photo) SQUATTER KILLS 2 OFFICERS MR. HUPP TAKES CHARGE No one can say that Allen T. Hupp^se cretary of Omaha Assoc iated Retailer, is a piker. Taking over the chairmanship of the Creighton university football season ticket sale campaign, Hupp announced calmly this week that the drive, opening August 1, will “dispose of double the number of season ticket,, that were sold last foil.” ‘^Patronage,’’ Hupp commented, “contributes as mtuch to the thrill of a football game as any single factor, and We will leave no stone unturned to fill Creighton stadium for Coach “Skip” Palaang’s inaug ural season as Creighton varsity coach.” Assisting Hupp on the season ticket committee are (J. E. David son, president of Nebraska Power Company, Paul Gallagher, presi dent of Paxton & Gallagher com pany, and F>lwa-d J. Connors, as sistant to the president of the Un ion Pacific Railroad. Sale of season tickets Hupp an nounced, will continue until Sept ember 25, wli,th a reserved seat for all five home games costing only six dollars, saving the purchaser 27 percent over the single game admission total of $8:50. A box seat season ticket willl cost $7.70. Hupp u'iged purchase^ to mail their orders to him in care of the Creighton University athletic of fice, adding: "This drive is going over 100 percent, and those wanting choice seats had better get their season ticket o'ders in at once.” Niftibnail lM>an Leairue and the Urban League of Pittsburgh- The Beneezt Fellowships are for $1200 each, and the other two for $1,000. The National Urgan League with branches for social work among Negroes in 45 cities, has awarded 92 fellowships to colored students since 1910, Thits- ytowrjsi fallows were selected from a total of 112 candidates by the League’s Fel lowship committee.. •SLAIN BY POSSE AFTER THREE HOUR BATTLE Boise, Idaho, Aug. 1, —With dvn. aimite, tea gas and bullets a posse today blasted a barricaded Negro squater from hip grazing land shack after he had killed two fed eral officers who came to evict him. The killer Pearl Royal Hendrick son, 50. died of multiple wounds in an ambulance enroute to Boise. He was clutching a hook entitled, “Egyptian Secrets’’ and wore a c”,oss and rabbit’s foot around his neck. For three hourp he returned the firo of state police and G-men. In cendiary machine gun bullets or dered try Guy Bannister, FBI di rector at Butte. Monte, finally filled the dwelling. Choked by smoke and helpless from his wounds, the Negro ceased firing and the officers d"agged him out of the fire. Hendrickson had been ordered off the federal property, but re fused to comply. Today Deputy United States Marshal John Glenn motored with Boise Police Capt. George Hask ings to Hendrickson’s clearing to serve a court order to> vacate. Glenn stepped out and approached the one room .shack. A 3030 rifle bullet killed hiirn Haskins returned fa- Marshal George Meffan, democratic candi date for governor in 1936. Meffan met Glenn’s fate. Again Haskins went for help and some 50 men responded. The clearing Hendrickpon occu pied whs to have been included :n a recreational park. Gigantic Prisoner Dies In Cell Lumberton, N. C., /July 31 (AN P) The first death in Robeson County jail in 20 yearn was that of John Robeson, 36, a near seven footer, who succumbed to uremic poisoning while awaiting transfer to the State Hospital in Goldsboro. Robeson, 6 feet 11 and one half inches tall, was brought to the jail after he became violent f'tftr, mental effects of the disease. NYA PROJECT SOUGHT FOR N. OMAHA TO TRAIN BOYS AND GIRLS FOR HOUSEKEEPING AND ANI> CUSTODIAN JOBS Establishment of a NYA project in North Omaha to train Negro boys and girls for housekeeping and custodial jobs may depend on whefcbe« city funds may be used legally to sponsor sueh activities Request for nine hundred dollars of city funds to provide an eight room house as a training headquaf ters was asked Tuesday afternoon in a letter fqom the Urban league and a civic committee headed by State Senator John Adams, Jr. A similarp roject has operated under NYA more than a year for white students only. The council reliev ed action pending a legal depart ment ruling. DIG CALVIN PERKINS TO SPEAK IN OMAHA Dr. Calvin Perkins of Birming ham. Alabama, the chairman of the Educational Board of the Na tional Baptist Convention, one of . the leading pastors of Birmingham National Evangelist, and Pulpit Prince, will be in Omaha on an of ficial visit. He will preach at the Mt. MYHah Baptist Church, 2tth and Ohio Sts., Wednesday night, August 7. at 8:00 o’clock and on the 8th at one of the other Bapt ist Churches of the city. You ran not afford to miss hearing this great man. Gome early. F. P. (Jones, Pastor. ? Episcopal Group Visits Packing Plant Armourjs Packing plant was tbor oughly cove-ed from top to bottom by a group of St. Phillip’s Epis copal Church, parishioners on a visit arranged by Mr. Harvey Car ter, employee of that industry, on Wednesday mo-rning, July 24th. The visitors including Father G. A Stains, rtector; Mr. Raymond R. Brown of the Omaha Urban League. Mr. and Mrs. George Watson; Mrs. E. P. P-yor, Misses Algernon Proyor, Delores and A melia Jackson, Doris Wi/lburn and Olive Willi8 and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Carte" and daughter Gwendolyn were escorted by Mr. Van Riper-, personal manager of the Omaha plant. He explained in detail (from the slaughter to shipping) all the operations involv ed in packing and p-eparing meats Following the tour. Mr. Van Rip er took Father Stains, Messrs. R. Brown, Watson and Ca-ter to the main office where they met and discussed labor problem^ and con ditions with M*. Englehart, the General manager and superintend ent. From ten to twelve percent of Armour's plant employees are ne groes. The visiting party saw futile a number ctf Color (xl men working. Fire Death Toll Rises To Three Dunn, N. C., July 31 <ANP> _ he third of a trio of children died Saturday when Lois Stokes, 9 succumbed to the effects of burns received July l when the pallet on which she was sleeping with her two b-others became ignited by a falling lamp. Mrs. Frances Stok es, mother of the children, is still in a critical condition in a Fayet teville hospital. She was burned trying to extinguish the blaze. O'Dell McNeill, friend of the m/other, is in the county jail await ing trial at the Septemger te-yn of Superior Court in connection with the fire. The State contends the fire might have been caused to collect $100 insurance policies on the children, which went into effect a few days before the fire.