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LONG YS. LONG
Mrs. Edna Mitchell Long, won
the first round in the Long vs.
Long proceedings. The ^Tudge held
that Mr Long could not file for di
vorce in his present health condi
tion. The case was continued un
til tlhe two representing lawyers
could reach an understanding of
the facts and the law in the case.
LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY
Entered aa Second CUm Matter at Poet Office. Omaha. Nabr.. under Act of March 8, 1874. Omaha, Nebraska, SatlirdaV, AugUSt 31, 1940 OUR 13TH YEAR- Number 24
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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
SLOW GETTING STARTED
HARLEM SHOWS LITTLE INTEREST IN
ELECTION
(by Anthony B. Fergusori for CNS)
New York City— The Powers that be seem to
be losing precious time in rounding up the belated
balance of power Negro \30te that means so much to
the candidate of both parties.
The average Harlemite is hardly aware that a
presidential campaign is supposed to be under way,
there is no signs ott’ poster for Roosevelt or Willkie
and a very few Harlemites can be seen on the streets
wearing the familiar campaign button.
Neither the Republicans or the Democrats have
announced who will head committees to gather the
Negro votes for their representative candidates,
each headquarter claims that there is so much fact
ional fighting among the Negro political leaders that
they are afraid to r^ame one for fear of the reaction
from others.
Both Headquarters claim they are unable to
conduct a long and thorough campaign because of re
strictions placed on them by the Hatch Bill law,
which limits the amount of campaign expenditure to
3 million dollars to each party, too there has been
questions raised against various ways of raising the
campaign funds, as to the legality of these methods,
which also hampers the committees.
The main truth in the matter is that campaigns
have been shortened because the candidates can now
reach the mass of voters much quicker and many in
stances moire effective via radio than the old way
and hence most of the campaign monies are allocat
ed for radio time.
Both parties make the same mistake in consider
ing the Negrol vote as beinjg as easy to reach and in
fluence as other group Voters because they fail to
make a direct appeal to the Negro vote which is vit
al to both parties inasmuch as it is the balance of
power in 20 key states, must be reached thru the Ne
gro press, Negro churches and other Negro groups
to be effective an'd requires rnijre time than is at
present e-iven in order to crystalize sentiments.
DR. LOCKE SAYS NATION TO
PASS THRU FACIST PERIOD
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Chicago. Aaig.29 (ANP) “Tms
country will no doubt pass through
a brief period of fascism in t'he
near future/* declared DIP- Alain
Locke, professor of philosophy at
Howard university, at a Phi Beta
Sigma smoker held at the Quincy
club Saturday night. Dr. Locke
said the Negro would suffer dur
ing that period but his past trials
would lessen the effect upon him.
A new social order will rise fol
lowing the period of fascism where?
there will be more respect for in
dividual rights and liberties, he
predicted. Tlhe Negro, in the long
run. will be the beneficiary of this
new social order.
Di*. Locke called upon the lead
ers to organize the masses of Ne
groes into an articulate group to
champion the cause of democracy.
The smoker was given in ihonor of
visiting members of the Phi Beta
Sigma fraternities. Among/ the
other out-of-town Sigmas who
were feted were Dr. Joseph W.
Nidholson, author and head of the
school of religion at Talladega,
Prof. Thomas M. McCormich, head
of the department of physics at
Tuskegee; J. L. Russell of St.
Louis, supervisor of Negro affairs
on the NY A in the state of Miss
ouri; Rev. Robeson of New York
and Dr. Edward H. Blackman of
New York
Fire At Whitesides Home
Fire which started in an upstairs
storage closet, last Thursday, did
considerably damage at the home
Mrs. Whiteside, 3007 Ohio St.
ON THE AIR
Austin Johnson, youthful radio
sports commentator who was aw
arded a contract this week, thru
National Feature Service, to ap
pear weekly over station W-I-N-D
every Sunday night at 10:30 (Cen
tral Standard Daylignt Saving
Time). He is featured in the
Pepsi-Gola Sports Parade” giving
his news in sports for the Pepsi
Mrs. Lula O’Neal Dies
Mrs. Lula O'Neal, 66, 2102 N
27th avenue, died Tuesday. She
is survived by two daughters. Ta
mar and Mary Ellen O’Neal, and
three sons, James, Warren and
FVak, all of Omaha.
Funeral sehvices were held on
Thursday, 2 p. m. at the Myers
Chapel, Rev- T. A. Sears officiat
ing. Burial was in Prospect Hill.
Launch Negro Job Drive In
Billion-dollar Defense Plants
New York, August 29—A nation!
wide campaign to open up jobs for
Negroes in industrial plants,
whose owners have obtained bil
lions of dollars in contracts from
the United States government to
carry forward the national defense
program, was launched last week
by tlhe National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Branches of the association
throughout the country have been
furnished with lists of plants in
their states that have received gov
ernment contracts. Asociationi
members have been urged to lead,
the drive in contacting the plant
managers to urge them to employ
Negroes skilled as well as unskill
ed jobs. Rlobert A. Wleaver. ad
ministrative assistant on the adv
isory commission to the Council of
National Defense at the request of
the NAACP., has furnished the as
rcciation with a complete list of
manufacturing plants all over tne
country whose contracts with the
gjvernment have been cleared.
Association members have also
been urged to form delegations to
visit WPA and NYA projects, all
of which have been increased in
scope under the defense program,
to urge the employment of more
Negroes on these projects.
Cola Company.
Johnson is said to be the first
Negro in the history of radio to be
assigned to handle a commercial
ly sponsored broadcast of this
type.
5 HELD ON MARIHU
ANA CHARGES
“Princess” Jones and Donald
Jones, borth of 2524 Ohio street,
Milton B. Smith. 2414 Blondo, Eli
jah Webster, 1207 North 27th St.
Walter Grimes, 2814 Decatur St.,
were held for the grand by United
States Commissioner Hall under
one thousand dollars bond each onl
(marihuana charges. Their arrests
Saturday night ended an under
cover investigation by federal nar
cotics agents over a period of a
bout six we~ks.
EARL DICKERSON
MAY HEAD DEMO
CAMPAIGN IN WEST
Washington, (ANP'—Within a
few days, the naming of Alderman
Earl Dickerson as head of the
western division of tihe Democrat
ic Party Campaign headquarters
will be announced acording to in
formation from persons close to
the chairman of the National Dem
ocratic committee.
Revealing complete satisfaction
with the choice of Alderman Dick
erson. in a letter to Dr. William
E. Tlhompkins, the member of the
committee further expressed him
self as not entirely satisfied with
the names selected for the eastern
division.
The name of Congressman Ar
I thur Mitdhell as leader of the cam
paign has prominently been nam
ed but it has been definitely decid
ed, according to the information ob
tained that Alderman Dickerson
will be named at an early date.
Several names had been submit
ted for the eastern division, but
OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO
OMAHAS NEEDS —
“Open Your Hearts to Omaha s'
Needs’’— This is the slogan which
has been adopted and which will
be used throughout the 1940-41
Community Chest campaign which
has been scheduled for October
15th-24tih, it was announced today
by Will R. Johnson, General chair
man.
"It is the feeling of thhe con
ducting this year’s Community
Chest Drive that the situation in
world affairs presents a challenge
to the people who enjoy the liber
ties and the protection which is
afforded all Americans,” said Mr.
Johnson.
‘‘A true test of thankfulness for
these privileges should be not only
a willingness but an eagerness to
answer the call for funds to care
for those w|ho through force of
circumstances and other conting
encies cannot care for themselves,
and to build character in our
youth so that they may be fitted
to carry on and preserve the ideals
of Americanism.”
‘ America’s answer is being made
in thousands of communities like
Omaha. The slogan “Open Your
Hearts to Omaha's Needs” means
the adequate financing of the work
of private social agencies in reliev
ing distress, in guiding the bewild
ered and helping the discouraged,
(llliis is our best answer to the
threat of mass hysteria that has
disrupted so many other nations.
In Omaha, more than 3000 persons
were served during the first six
months of 1940, by thirty of these
agencies banded together in the
Community Chest. More Jthan 60,
000 others made this service poss
ible through their contributions.’”
“The Community Chest, the mo
dern good neighbor, is the greatest
force for civic unity in our nation
today. In the face of tragic needs
let us do our best by ‘opening our
hearts to Omaha’s needs.”
no agreement ihas been reached on
the person. Conferences have been
Iheld with several leading local
members of the party in an effort
to make a selection, but to date no
person has been so designated.
YMCA. GETS $20,000
ymca gets $20,000
.Philadelphia, Aug. 29 (ANP) —
Tlhe Christian Street YMCA rec
eived an appropriation of $20,000
last week from the board of direc
tors of the city wide YMCA, to
underwrite the initial improve
ments in the rehabilitation prog
ram of the branch.
Tlhis amount is based on the
past support which branch memb
ers have themselves given, and
will make possible the repair of
the roof, “pointing*’ of, t/he entire
building, laying of a new maple
gymnasium floor resetting of th©
entire first floor and lobby of the
building.
As clients of the branch of which
Herbert T. Miller is executive sec
retary, raise more money, all t)he
dormitory rooms will be entirely
renovated.
GIRL 13 GIVES
BIRTH TO GIRL
Wilson, N. C. —(ANP)—Irene
Richardson, who just reached the
age of 13, became a mother last
Monday when she gave birth to a
six pound girl. Believed to be one
of the youngest mothers in the his
tory of the state, Irene is the wife
of Ernest Richardson, 18.
The baby, which was pronounced
perfectly formed and normal in
every way by the obstetrician in
charge, Dr. Be-n H. Hackney, has
been named Betty Jean.
The young mother is unconcern
ed about the whole thing, the phy
sician said, and has a doll on one
side of her bed and the baby on
the other She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Byrd.
BRAND RUMORS OF
THOMPKINS OUSTING
AS “FALSE”
Washington, Aug. 29 (ANP) —
Rumors circulating in and around
Washington to the effect that Dr.
WJilHam H. Thompkins will soon be
‘‘out” are not being received with
any credence by tihose who follow
the political situation.
As one of the opposite party
says, '‘Perhaps the wish is father
to the thought. Declaring that Dr.
Tompkins split with the New York
faction following the Chicago con
vention has a great deal to do with
it and that “Boss” Flynn, the new
chairman of the National Demo
cratic party, is listening to the
importunings of his own New
Yorkers against Dr. Thompkins,
busy godsipers are pointing (the
finger at Dr. Thompkins, declar
ing he is on the way ‘‘out.” Whe
ther that means politically or as
an office holder, Is not directly
said.
But Dr. Thompkins has political
enemies by the scores, many oif
whom do not agree with his meth
od of conducting his affairs out
side of his office. Declaring that
the doctor has a ‘‘jim-crow back
door” set-up, Negroes who have
power at the polls feel that his
methods are a hindrance to their
welfare and not a help.
Penniless Year Ago; Now
Biss of $14,000 Business
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 29 —
Suppose you were absolutely pen
i ilfss, and had to borrow money
for room rent. Suppose you hat
no worldly experience except that
of a young man of 26 yrs old who
had worked as a porter, salesman
of kitchen products and general
helper at a Summer resort.
Would you believe that one year
from now you would be operating
people and bossing investments to
talling between $12,000 and $14.
000.
Lemuel McField, 1939 graduate
of Lincoln University of Missouri
does not have to suppose that this
9 St. Louis, Mo., August 29—’In one of the most
colorful displays of musical and team work shown at
the National Elks Convention Contest between the
various drum and bugle teams of the lodges, Iroquois
Junior Herd No. 52 of Omaha, Nebraska will bring
home the bacon by their winning of the first prize of
$200 last Wednesday evening, Aug. 28th at the Jun
ior Herd’s National Bugle and Drill Contest.
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SEEKS AIRPORT
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General Spenuer C. Dickerson of
Chicago chairman of the Citizens
Committee seeking to secure an,
airport for Tuskegee Institute,
Where youthful Negroes from all
over the nation may receive ad
vanced training. General Dick
erson, former commander of the
8th Illinois Natlonaj Guardi who
was retired witih the rank of Brig
adier General, points out that un
less citizens help w}t|i funds in
this campaign t o obtain adequate
facilities for titaining Negro youth
in advanced flying, our group may
be left Sadly in the rear. General
Dickerson’s address is 4316 South
Parkway, Chicago.
apparent miracle could happen to
him. It has already happen.
How this Missourl-bonni busin
ess man can from obscurity into
prosperity within the past year is
the story of the hard-working;
far-sighted man who dropped his
bucket where he was and made
good.
Largest Group of Negro
es Ever Enlisted
Philadelphia, Aug. 29 (CNA)—
The largest group of Negroes ev
er enlisted in the U. S. Army at
one time, was sworn in this week
in a ceremony in front of the C« l
ored Soldiers and Sailors Monu
ment. Tlhe men will be enrolled in
the new Seventy-Sixth Coast Ar
tillery, a Negro regiment.
REV. JONES
MAKES SOS
APPEAL
Rev. F. P. Jones, Pastor of the
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church and the
Moderator of the New Era Stato
Association of Nebraska who has
just returned from a trip in the
East, makes an SOS. call to the
pastors and churches, to arm them
selves with enthusiastic interest
for the first Quarterly Board
meeting to be held Aug. 29, 30
with the Mt. Nego Baptist church,
31st and Pinkney sts., Rev. VVm.
Pruitt, pastor. Rev. Jones as dir
ector General of the State of Ne
braska in the $200 Mortgage Burn
ing Campaign of the National Bap
tist Convention which convenes in
Birmjnham, Ala., Sept 4th-9th is
urging that Nebraskans play her
part in this meat Worthy move
ment. Moderator Jones will head
a large delegation of Pastors and
laymen who will leave the City on
Monday morning, Sept. 2, for
Birmingham, where they will take
their places and play theft part a
mong the great lights of our de
nomination, which has a member
ship of 6,000,000, headed by Dr. L.
K. Williams. This session prom
ises to be the greatest meeting in
its history. Come and go with us
the trip will do thee good.
MIRIAM ALI, CHICAGO
DEFENDER BEAUTY
AWARDED ‘Miss Bronze
America’ TITLE
A beautiful cafe-au-lait colored
19 year old girl witih lustrous black
hair and shining eyes was crowned
“Miss Bronze America’’ at finals
of a nation-wide beauty contest
held in the Court of Dioramas of
the American Negro Exposition,
at Chicago, Monday, August 2Gtih.
The winner. Miriam Ali, was en
tered in the contest by the Chicago
Defender, Inina Varnum, also of
Chicago, and wearing the colors
of the Chicago Bee, was judged
second, While third place went to
Gladys Wells, of Jackson, Miss,
represented the Southern Leader.
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