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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY --MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS Entered as Second-Class Matter at The Post office, Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, December 21, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR—No. 40. City Edition—C?py 5c Under Act of March 8, 1874—Business Phone:_WE. 1517 _ ^^—™———— Co Hll Me Mtsb H Afterr^, After r£ Christmas .^e -'%m\ , ^Bhe Omaha Guide v . Editor Gilbert Knocked / ★ Down By Peter Doss _ AT 18TH & FARNAM STREET t OVER FINANCIAL DISPUTE * N.A.A.C.P. PRELIMINARY PURVEY SHOWS NO NEGROES ON LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS /jfoutWpou/is born mg bap in rijc tptp cif Sahib /a ^amohr/mWtf) is Christ the w>rh\\\\ ^ /iltob this shallme a sign unto pou: j>c staUfmb tik 'oahe torappeb twstoabbljng llotijes, tpingin a manger. N / mb snbbemp there mas mith the angeba multrartieV of he heabenlp host praising <6ob, anb saping, \ / <§Jrorp tJ<§ob/in the higfjest, anb oh earth peace, go^b mitt jcotoarb menj \ \ inw^ioa^ COLORED MOTHER HAS Freak Twins;One Albino, OneWhite Hookerton, N. C- (C)— In this little backwoods town, was just re vealed one of the strangest of freaks; a colored father and mo ther with twins—one a dark.skinn ,ed girl and the ether an albino boy. Though born on September 5, not one of the 300 towns people knew of it( because of the parents fear as to how people would take it. “Me and Livvy are tickled to have twins”, reported papa Her bert Strong, 30 year old WPA. worker, “and the white one don’t make no difference. We love it just like the black one. But folks is bound to talk.” According to Dr. William L. Daw son, who helped to keep the birth a secret, this is how it all happen ed. “Mrs. Strong came to the State Maturnity Hospital for a visit during the summer. I wn^ pretty sure she was going to have twins, though I couldn’t be cert ain since we have no exray facil ities-” She gave him no concern until ! the night of Sept. Bth, when her usbanu rulshed into the office to ! come quick. First came the 6 lb. girl, now named Lucy Mae at 8:55 pm. At 9:06 came a 7 lb. boy, white skinned, white haired, pink toed and pink eyes, arrived ‘‘An albino, by jingo’’( exclaimed Dawson to his nurse-wife, Mrs. Strong came out of the ordeal normally and named the boy Eddie Ray the next day. Now Mr. Strong claims that his and his wife’s family have lived near Hookerton since slave days and have no white blood. Dr. Dawson thinks differently and sus pects that somewhere there may be a wihite ancestor. Little Eddie though, has Negroid nostrils and lips. Anthropogists, consulted when the news leaked out of the freak, agreed with the Strongs that their ancestors are all color ed. Pftxrf. Franz Boaz of Colum bia University, and Dr. Henry Shapiro of the Museum of Natur al History of New York point out that most likely there is an albino forbear son^ewihene. Dr- Shapiro even said that he had seen other albinos of colored parentage as Edo and Iko who used to appear in a circus. There arie three child ren in the Strong family. ♦♦ New York—In sections of »onre thirteen staes> including cities with a population of more than 100,000 Negro citizens, no •N<»cjror,s have been appointed to local draft boards, according to a prel'min. ary summary of incomplete re turns from a survey conducted Ly the National Association fir the Advancement of Colored People through ills branches throughout the country. Returns received from NAACP branches in twenty-nine cities of seventeen states and made public here today, disclose that no Negro es are serving on local draft boards in section of South Carol ina, New Jersey, Virginia, Miss ouri Rhode Island, Delaware, O hio, Texas, California Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Minn esota. A summary of the first twenty nine replies to a seven-item ques tionnaire sent out by the NAACP during the last week in November answers' the following questions, which were put to officials of lo cal branches in the organization: How many Negroeg have been placed on draft boards in your city? Was special action neces_ sary to get them on and what did your branch do? What are some of the problems that Negroes had to face when they registered for the draft? Were Negroes gi ven paid jobs with draft boards in your state, such as clerkg or typists? Have Negro physician^ been placed on medical examining boards in your state? Have any Negroes refused to register? The summary according to re plies to date follows: Florentfe> S. C.; Long Branch, N .J.; Danville, Va.; Kent, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Thornhill, Va.; Princeton, N. J.. St. Louis, Mo.; Monrovia, Calif. I Bell Countyj Ly Oklahoma City, Okla.; Albuquer que, N. M ; Minneapolis, Minri.I Warren, Ark.; Newark, N. J.; Ai kent S. C-; Providence, R. I.; Mex ico, Mo.; and Wilmington, Del.; all reported there were no negro es on local draft boards. Twelve Negroes were placed on the local draft boards in Detroit, Mich.; 6 in Youngston, O.; 2 in Amelia Court House, Va-; 28 in Washing ton, D. C.; 1 in Durham, N. C.; 3 in Buffalo; N. Y.. 25 in New York N. Y.; 1 in Berkley, Calif.; and Kansas City, Mo., reported there were Negroes on the boards but they did not know how many. Florence, S. C.; Amelia Court House, Va.; and Aiken, S C., re ported there were segregated sta tions for registering. The New ark N. J., branch reported that all Negroes were classified as “black” regardless of complexion. However, if the registrant com. piained, this was adjusted. In T-ell County, Kentucky, Negroes work (Continued on page MISS. SCHOOL DEAN HELD FOR FORGING TEACHERS’ PERMITS JACK SON, MISS., Dec. 18 (A NP)—If teacher’s ceritficates did not have to be renewed every four years, J. Frank Smith> dean at the Utica Industrial and Normal school, might not be in the hands of the law today. The holder of three degrees and second lieuten ant in the U. S. Army reserves, Smith has been charged with forg ing Negro teaching certificates and selling them for thousands of dollars to teachers in Louisiana and Mississippi. The Jackson police arrested Smith Wednesday when he came to town to have some dental work done, pnd turned him over to Lou isiana'state police who came ftM? him. State police superintendent Steve Alford of Louisiana said that Smith had been selling de grees to teachers in the two states for four years and that officials recently found out about the scheme when unususpecting teach ers began lending their certific ates in to Baton Rouge and to Ne gro colleges for the required four year renewal. Alford related that while em ployed from 1934 to 1939, as pro. fessor in charge of extension work at Southern university near Baton Rouge, Smith collected fees for teaching but kept the money, then issued credit for the work to his pupils and others( and finally, for between $6 to $10 extra, would issue teaching certificates with forged signatures—complete with a replica of official seals. The seals gave the degrees an authentic appearance and most such testimonials got by. The hitch developed a month a go, the end of the four year per iod when all teachers were requir ed to have their certificates re newed. Forged certificates began flowing into the offices of Negro schools, Southern universisty, Le land college, Xavier university, and Tuskegee institute. Soon complaints brought about a description akin to Smith’s and he was arrested Wednesday. Late ly he has been teaching at Pike county agricultural school( Mag nolia, Miss., and has been dean at Ihe Utica, Miss. Institute and Nor mal college. Alford said he “assumed” the middle-aged Smith’s degrees from Howard university ,the university of Indiana and University of Chi cago, were genuine, as the army probably checked through on his educational qualifications. FOOD STAMP VIOLATOR— Washington, D. C. (C)— With the rapid extension of the food stamp plan, the Department cf Agriculture is geting many re ports of violation. For instance: in a certain southern city, a crap shooting playing colored man won a fistfull of blue Surplus Market ing Administration stamps. He went to a grocery store and tried! to cash them. • •• (by H. J. Pinkett) S- Edward Gilbert^ Editor of the Omaha Star and President of the Negro Chamber of Commerce was engaged in fisticuffs with Peter C. Doss, at 18th and Farnam Sts., last Thursday afbeimoon. During the melee Mrs. Mildred Gilbert was knocked or thrown to the pave ment when she went to the rescue of S. Edward Gilbert, her husband who had twice “kissed” the pave ment when Doss connected to his jaw with right and a left hook. When Mr- Gilhert became disen gaged from the grip of Doss, he sought sanctuary in the City Hall, relentlessly pursued by Doss, and Doss being pursued by a police man. When the officer finally overtook the fleeing pair, they had| raced to the courtroom of Judge George Holmes on the second floor of the city hall. The cause of the trouble, it seem8( waa an unsuccessful suit before Judge CJeorge Holmes in which Doss sought to collect mon ey alleged to be due him from Gil bert. When the smoke of battle had cleared away, it was found that Dors had suffered knife wounds about the head and Gilbert nursed a bruised eye. Mrs. Gilbert, al_ though thrown to the pavement, was unhurt. Doss was arrested and charged with assualt and battery and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert were booked as complaining witnesses and releas ed on bond- There will be a hear ing December 21st at 9 a. m. on the assault and battery charge. Doss has indicated he will ap peal from the) ruling of .Judge Hohues in Municipal Court. He was released on bond pending the hearing on the assualt and battery charge. GODOY-LOUIS FIGHT HITS SNAG— San Franciscii Calif., (C) Pro_ moter Mike Jacobs’ plan to stage a Joe Louis-Arturo Godoy heavy weight championship match rec eived a setback. A member of the Calif. Athletic Commission, John Rutigan, opposed the match for next April and added “if Louis wants a fight in the State, he is welcome, but I am against a Godoy fight. We have some good home grown heavyweights. Louis’ op_ ponent should be chosen fom Lou Nova, the Baers, Max and Buddy, Tommy Martin and Pat Valentine. Louis has already won two victor ies over Godoy and I see little sense in a third match”. BROTHERHOOD RESUMES WITH PULLMAN COMPANY ON WAGE AGREEMENT In the interest of a reduction in the hours of work of porters, maids and attendants in the em ploy of the Pullman Company, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por ters will resume conference with the Management of the Pullman Company in Chicago, January 8, according to A. Philip Randolph, International President. Several conferences have already been held and an extensive discussion carr ied on by the Brotherhood’s Com mittee, A. Philip Randolph M. P. Webster, First International Vice President, with the Pullman Com pany in the interest of scaling the hours of work down from 240 to 210. ARMSTRONG TELEGRAPHS “THANKS’* FOR NEIL TROPHY New York, (C) Henry Arms trong wired his thanks to Jim Daw son, retired president of the Box ing Writers Association which earlier in the week voted him the Edward J. Neil Trophy. From Hot Springs, where he is training for his challenge to Fritzie Zivic on January 17th, Armstrong tele, graphed: ‘It is with much pleasure that I learned today of the honor conferred upon me. I deeply feel indebted to you and your feilcw workers and take this first oppor tunity to thank you.’*
