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CITY EDITKtt PRICF _ Sets. j ••• JUST LIKE THE SOUTH Berlin Sept. 8 tCNA)—German who take over farms in Poland ar the masters of the land and th Poles who live there are servant of the Germans and ‘‘must l»e a for all time.” Artur Greiser, Naz distict leader of Posen, told th< Hitler Youth organization thii week in a nation-wide radio ad dress. LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY Bu»?n«««*Ph^ne° we‘“s17Ml,ter ** Toti office °maha' N,br- und" Act °‘ M“ch 8> l874- Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, September 14, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR— Number 26— “OPEN UP YOUR HEARTS” Among the several humanitar ian agencies supported wholly cr in part by tlhe Omaha Community Chest, none plays the role of Good Samaritan mane effectively than Booth Memorial hospital, the Sal vation Army Home for unmarried mothers. “At this time of tlhe year’’, Brigadier Violet Williams, super intendent of the hospital, told the Community Chest members, "the hospital usually 'has thirty babies and as many as forty girl patients who are placed through pastors, social workers, doctors and friends Although the (hospital charges a fee for those able to pay the cost of care, this is insufficient to sup port the 'home. The deficit is made up by the Community Chest. Two nurses and four employees comprise the staff caring for these others, who range from 13 to 24 years old, and tlneir infants. ft The average stay of the moth ers in the hospital is three and one half to four months. Girls who are physically able help with the housework and are taught to sew and <Je other Useful things. They also take care of their babies un der supervision of a nurse. Because most of them must be brought out of a depressed mental state, there is also recreation with outdoor and indoor games, a radio piano and many books. “A large percentage of the girls take their babies and support them, but some of the infants must be placed in child institu tutions’’ Brigadier Williams said. “We also have a few weddings here and those babies are given a good chance for life in a normal home with their parents. The gen erous support of Omahans to the Community Chest which makes the work possible is resoponsible for giving these unfortunates their only chance to live normal lives.’’ Visit The Omaha Guide’s 14th Annual FOOD Show WITH ITS MANY NEW FEATURES FROM OCTOBER 12 TO 19 INCL AT THE NEW ELKS HALL _ 2420 LAKE ST. Every Day An Xmas Turkey Given Away WHEAT IS NEBRAS KA’S LARGEST CASH CROP Special to The Omaha Guide:— Wheat is Nebraska’s largest cash crop—and Nebraska raises gome of the finest wheat produced in the world. But other states have taken the lead in advertising the quality of their v^hieat. As a result, wheat from these states often commands a better price on the market, even though Nebraska wheat is super ior in quality. The State is putting on a cam paign of advertising of wfheat to bo run in the milling and baking magazines, icaching a total circu lation of approximately 35.000 millers and makers in the nation —the largest buyers of wheat ar.d wheat flour. We believe this campaign will improve tlhe prices paid for Ne braska wheat. NAACP WINS FIGHT TO PROHIBIT DIS CRIMINATION AGAINST DRAFTEES New York,—A fight waged by the National Association for the Advancement of (Colored People! to have the Wagner anti-discrim ination amendment to tihe Con scription bill broadened to include drafted as well as enlisted persons was won yesterday, when the House passed the Fish amendment to the Burke-Wadsworth bill pro hibiting discrimination not only a gainst voluntary but drafted Ne gro citizens. The Wagner amendment, which passed the senate, provides: That any person between the ages of 18 and 35, regardless of race or color, shall be afforded an opportunity voluntarily to enlist and be inducted into the land or naval forces (including aviation RADIO BARS CRISIS EDITOR’S SPEECH ON NAT’L DEFENSE New York—A three minuted speech on the Negro and the Na tional defense program by Roy Wilkins, editor of The Crisis Mag azine, w'as not permitted to he broadcast here September 5 by ra do station WMCA* Station offic ials hastened to de'iy that the speech was being censored. They said it was ‘ not in harmony” with ti e program, ‘‘Harlem Serenade’”, in the midst of which the talk was supposed to have been give>b. The 'half-hour program has been running on WIMCA for several months. About half way through, a shor speech has geen given by r. special guest. Mr. Wilkins was invited for September 5 and told that too set topic was assigned and that he could speak on any sub ject of current interest. The Crisis editor’s speech was a brief but pointed request for a fair participation of Negroes in the defense program, both in ah© army and navy and in the thous ands of jobs in the factories which '.’age received contracts for de fense materials. ‘‘Our nation’s slogan is that we are preparing to defend the last stronghold of democracy in the Western World,” the manuscript said in closing. ‘‘In the last war w'-e warei said to be fighting to make tihie world safe for democra cy. Negro Americans have no quarrel with these aims. But they believe democracy ought! to be a reality at home. They think democracy ought to mean a chance to enlist and fight for their coun try on an equal basis with otfner citizens a chance to secure em » ployment in the multi-billion dol ar defense program of the nation. i units* of the United States for tho training and service prescrib ed in subsection (B), if he is ac 'eptable to the land or naval for ces for such training or service.” The amendment introduced in. the House by Representative Ham ilton Fish, of New York, makes the prohibition of discrimination against Negroes a rule of our na tional defense that doses a wide gap by including within its oper ation both volunteers as well as draftees in the armed forces of tho country. HOTEL PROPRIETOR DIES IN FLORIDA Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 12 (AN P)—Funeral services were held here Friday for Gnandison C. An derson, proprietor of the Harlem hotel, Clewiston. A pioneer resi dent and business man here, Mr. Anderson was one of the first col ored business men in the Oakland section. He died Tuesday after a brief illness. Surviving are two daughters, Margaret A. Moseley of Paterson, N. J., and Alma Polk of Pittsburgh, Pa. one sister, Mrs. H. L- Williams and two brothers, John H. and Richard D. Anderson of Jacksonville. t——'-:-= RAINEY, POWELL TO AGAIN DIRECT DEMO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN Julian Rainey NEW YORK—Highly elated with the splendid work of Messrs. Jul ian D. Rainey, of Boston and C. B. Powell, of New York, in the last presidential campaign, Edw ard Flynn, National Democratic Chairman, ^assigned this winning combination to conduct the figKt agiaii} tikis year. In making his announcements, Mr. Flynn declar ed, that the able Boston lawyer, Mr. Rainey and the astute busin ess executive, Dr. Powell of New York, would be in full charge of the campaign to be conducted a mong Negroes. The territory as s'gaed to tlhem covers fourteen states with a Negro voting strength better than 2,000,000. Br. Powell almost immediately went to work. Within 6 hours of his appointment, he had lined up his assistants and appointed them to definite types of work. His staff at the present consists of three writers, four stenographers, two measengerb and a telephone operator who also is t/he reception ist. He plans to add a rewrite man and two or three research workers to his staff later in the campaign. Judge Rainey, as he is some times called because of Ihds having been a Boston Assistant Corpora tion Counsel, plans to launch his campaign immediately after the Labor Day holiday. At that time he will name Ihds complete staff, which is to include a very promin ent and able woman assitant. His headquarters will be at 331 Madi son ave. Both Rainey and Powell were highly enthusiastic and certain of victory—the reelection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Di. Powell was equally as point ed in his remarks but from anoth er angle. “When you stop and FALL VESPER MUSICALS Opening the series of Fall Ves per Musicals the Union Memorial Choir will present a Candlelight Service on Sunday Sept. 15th at 4 p. m. The choir will sing under the direction of Booker T. Wash ington who is the organist and choirmaste- at the Memorial. think of wlhat Franklin Delano Roosevelt has done for suffering humanity, it is difficult to believe that any member of the laboring class will vote against him. Just scan the list for yourself; Unem ployment insurance, child welfare, work and old age relief ami bank jinauranceu yo^r must admit that his sociail security pdogtam is tops. He hats done more for Am erica than any president before him.” Enraged Father Kills Alleged Seducer Gun Wounds Fatal For Negro LEROY OLIVER SHOT BY DRAGNET FUGITIVE MUSKOGEE, OKLA., Sept. 12 Under date of Aug. 24tlb, the following article appeared in the Muskogee Daily Phoenix*. Leroy Oliver, about 38, Negro living a mHe south of tire city was fatally wounded about 8:30 oclock Friday night when he was struck ir the face by two shotgun charges fired by another Negro, Hubert^ Balhiks, 42 o£ the same community, according to sheriff’s officers who Investigated. Oliver, found lying in a pasture a few hundred yards east of the Katy tracks 30uth of town, died in Provident hospital a few minutes after being brought here in an am bulance. Motive for the shooting could not be learned last night. A .32 caliber pistol was taken from Oliv er’s pocket. Banks had not been arrested last night, but sheriff’s officers said ^ went to the house of a brotehr in-law, Robert Franklin, and told Franklin, ‘T've killed Leroy Oliver. You go call the undertaker and the law. I shot him twice with a shot gun.” Franklin tried to persuade his brother-in-law to give himself up, officers said, but he left the house saying, ‘‘Yota’ll hear from me again in a few days.” U.ndersheriff Brant Fisher, Con jnie Vann and Aubrey Chambers, deputies and A. O. Allison, Negro deputy, investigated.”—Aug. 24— 40 Muskogee, Phoenix. From our investigations from the streetf picked UP here and there, the facts are as follows: A sixteen year old daughter of Banks is pregnant and an expect ant mother; she named the de ceased, Oliver, as the man who se duced her. The full details of what happen. HARLEM TO BE HOST TO PORTERS CONVENTION New York, Spt. 12 (CNA) Un f der the slogan of "Forward to Ec onomic Security Without Regard to Racei Color or Creed,’’ the 15th anniversary and bi-ennial conven tion of the Brotherhood of Sleep ing Car Porters will open in this city with a parade and mass meet ing on Sunday Sept. 15th. The convention will continue thlough Sept. 20. The parade will start at 1 oclock and will be followed by a mass meeting at Salem ME. Church. 129th St., and Seventh Avenue, where the delgates will be welcom ed to New York CUy by Mayor Fiorello H. I,aGuardia. Other an nounced speakers include: Senator M. Mead, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor: A. Philip Randolph inter national president of the Brother hood, and M. P. Webster, first in ternational vice president. Executive sessions .will be held at the Harlem YMCA , 180 West 136th St., on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. O.n Monday eveningt a labor din ner will be given at the Mecca Temple for the delegates anil their friends. Speakers on that? occasion will include Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt, Walter White, James C. Quinn, Spencer Miller and C. L. Dellums, fourth vice president of the Brotherltood. Thursday will be Brotherhood Day at the New York World’s Fair and on Friday the convention will wind up with a convention ball at the Golden Gate Ballroom. MRS. SARAH SPEAKS NAMED EASTERN G. O. P. DIRECTOR OF COLORED WOMEN’S DIVISION Representative Joseph W. Mar tin, Jr., chairman of the Republic an National Committee today an nounced the appointment of Mrs. Sarah Pelman Speaks as Head of the Women’s Bureau Eastern Sec erf have not been furnished or dis closed; however we learned that the father became so enraged at the socalled seduction or alleged se duction, which is the primary cause of the killing. How, when, and under what circumstances the two men met, which resulted in the fatal killing has not been as certained at this writing. Early Sunday morning Ranks voluntarily “gave up” to deputy sheriff A. O. Alilson and was lodg ed in the County jail. Monday, he was arraigned be fore a Justice of Peace and held without bond. His preliminary trial is set for hearing before Hon. D. Edmons, J. P.t Thursday, September 5. At which time the public, no doubt will get more information relative to the slaying. He will be represented by Atty. Charles A. Chendler. SATURDAY & MONDAY ONLY -SEPTEMBER 14 & 16th A BREAK FOR YOU AT JOE’S FOOD MARKET 2422 NORTH 24TH ST. Pure Lard lb. 4c^ JH T his tear sheet and 4c will get you One pound of IM RE LARD at Joe’s Food Market! HURRY !! before the supply is gone. J>e Redeems Orange and Blue Food Stamps. Watch the Guide each week for Joe’s Big Bargains!!! Field Representative » 1 i ... i — i — George McDemmond, New Or leans, recently appointed field rep rentative of the Flint—G^odridge ihospitaiization plan which offers group hospitalization to citizens of Now Orleans and nearby comm unities for a3 low as ont cent per day. M4. McDemmoInd, president of the New Orleans’ Negro Board of Trade, also is connected with the local branch of the NAACP. (ANP) ———————— ion of the Colored Division, Will kit-MoNary (Campaign of 1940, with Headquarters at New York. Mrs. Speaks has been associated with Presidential Campaigns since 1928 at which time sihe was Exe cutivt Secretary of the First Vot er’s Committee of the Colored Di vision of that year and also cam paigned in 1932 and 1936. She graduated from Dunbar High School, Washington, D, C. and af ter attending Howard UDiversity fos one year entered the Univers ity of Michigan from w(hich she received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1924. After her marriage to Dr. Doug lass Speaks, a graduate of How ard Medical Sclhoolv and removal to New York City, she entered the Law School of New York Univers ity from which she graduated with the degree, Juris Doctor, in 1936. She was admitted to the New York Bar in December 1936, and ihas carried on a successful practice ever since. She was the legislative candid ate of the Republican 21st Assem bly District of New York in 1937, and cut a normal Democratic ma jority of 18,000 to less than 300; also she was one of the orgaihizers of the Square Deal Republican Club of the 21st Assembly District of New York. 4 Mrs. Speaks was a member of the Glenn Frank Programm Com ittee and served from its organiza tion until its final report to the Republican National Committee last February. She is a skillful campaigner in behalf of the prin ciples of the Republican Party. Her influence among Colored Wo men of the country and especially the East, Is quite generally rec ognized