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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
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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.
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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.
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(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.’*
