The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, January 04, 1941, City Edition, Image 1
1 IDE /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW .TO THEUNE) LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY — MEMBER OK THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS Entered as Second-Class Matter at The Post Office, Omaua, Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, January 4,1941 OUR 13th YEAR—No. 42, City Edition, Copy 5c Under Act of March 8, 1874—Business Phone: WE. 1817 - - ■ - - - .— HARTEN CHALLENGES POWELL HARTEN SAYS NATL* BAPTISTS WILL GIVE POWELL $5000 IF HE CAN PROVE STATEMENT ... 4cTHAT THE LATE L. K. WILLIAMS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF PIERSON IN ’30 BISHOP A. SHAW TO SPEAK IN CITY ON THURS., JANUARY 9 HIS SUBJECT WILL BE THY< KINGDOM COME” Bishop Alexander P. Shaw, the resident bishop of the Baltimore area of the Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church will be the guest speaker for the Inter-racial meeting that will b<r held at the First Methodist Church, 20th and Davenport Streets on Thursday, January 9th. Bishop Shaw is a native of Mis sissippi and received his college training at Rust College, Holly Springs, Miss. Taking his bach elor of Art* degree in 1902. He later attended Gammon Theolog ical Seminary and received his Bachelor of Divinity degree- Con tinuing his education he attended BostonU niversity and studied un der Dr. Broden P. Bowne from 1906 to 1908. The Doctor of Diviinity degree was bestowed upon him by Phil ander Smith College and Gammon Theological Seminary. Bishop Shaw: served as a pastor for a number of years and served as pastor of Wesley Methodist Church Los Angeles, Calif., for fourteen years and from that pas torate, he was elected the Editor of the Christian Advocate, South western Edition From this position as editor he was elected a Bishop of the Meth odist Episcopal Church by the Gsn eral Conference in Columbus, Ohio in 193C. He served as resident Bishop of the New Orleans Area from 1936 to 1940 and was assigned to the Baltimore Area at the first ses sion of the Central Jurisdicti vial Conference in June 1940. Bishop Shaw is a son of tha parsonage and is a great leader of his people, Dr. G. D. Hancock will be host to the Bishop while be is in Om aha and Bishop Shaw will address the congregation of Clair Chapel Thursday evening^ following hip address at the First Methodist Church. The public is invited to hear Bishop Shaw. Several of our choirs will rend er music on the program. Rev. Patton Retires Church and educational circles throughout the country heard with regret yesterday o fthe retirement January 1, of the Rev. Robert W. Patton, D. D- as Director of the American Church Institute for Ne groes, which operates, under the auspices if the Church, eight nor mal and industrial schools for Ne groes in as many states in the South. One of the most widely known and best loved of the leaders of the Church Dr. Patton, militant and picturesque, is also one if the few rmaining links between this generation and the ancient regime • of the Southland. His great grand father, Genral Hug Mercer emi ing border warfare between Eng land and Scotland, served as an aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War. IIip father, John Mercer Patton, one time Gov ernor of Virginia, and associated in Congress with Henry Clay, John C Calhoun and Daniel Web ster, was a member of the staff of Stonewall Jackson in the war between the States. Sarah Chur ch Lindsay ,his mother numbered among her ancestors James Madi son and Zachary Taylor. She was a belle in Richmond during the NAACP ESTABLISHES SUND A Y JAN 26 NATL DEFENSE DAY —-—-< MR. & A. SPITNAGLE RE TURNS TO OMAHA— Charles B. Schmidbauer, Omaha plant manager o fthe Falstaff Brewing Corporaion, announced to day that Stephen A. Spitznagle had become associated with the ad vertising department of that firm. Spitznagle resigned in August as Informational Representative of the Nebraska State Labor Depart ment. He recently returned to O maha after an extensive eastern trip. Following his graduation from Creighton university in 1924, Spitznagle was a member of The World-Herald editorial staff and later was affiliated with the ad vertising firm of Bozell and Jac obs Inc. He formerly operated an advertising agency in Omaha, a id from 1933 to 1936 served as man aging editor and business manager of The True Voi<i, local weekly newspaper. He resided in Lincoln for the past two and a half years. "I am very happy to return to Omaha after an absence of sever al years,” said Spitznagle'. ‘It gives me .Treat pleasure to become associated with the Falstaff Brew ing Corporation, a national con cern which several years ago sel ected Omaha as the location for one of the most modern brewing plants in America, In my work with Falstaff I hope to find time to participate in various undertak ings that will promote Omaha’s growth and civic well-being.” Civil War. It was from the porch of the Patton home in Richmond that Webster, in the late* fifties, delivered a now famous oration directed towhrd reconciliation of the differences between North and South which were then driving for (Continued on page 23?” 2) TUSKEGEE ISSUES REPORT ON LYNCHINGS FOR 1940 Dear Sir: I send you the fol lowing information concerning! lvncjhings for the year 1940. I find, according to the reports compiled in the Department of Records and Research, that there were 5 persons lynched in 1940. This is 2 more than the number of 3 for the year 1939, 1 less than the number 6 for the year 1938 and 3 less than the number 8 for each of the years 1937 and 1936- One of the persons lynched was taken from the jail; 1 was shot to death in jail. There vtfiere 22 reports of in stances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Three of the reported instances were in northern states, and 19 of the re ported instances were in southern states. In 21 instances, persons were removed or guards augment ed or other precautions taken. In 1 case, arm<*d force was us ed. A total number of 28 persons 4 white men, 2 Negro women, and 22 Negro mi:n—-Were thus saved from the hands of mobs. Of the person,, lynched, 1 was white and 4 were Negro. The of fenses changed were wife beating and drunkeness, 1: attempted lap'*, 1: attempting to qualify to vote, 1; and an altercation with white man, 1; and failure to refer p Association Organizes Nation wide Drive For Jobs, And Aboli tion of Discrimination In Nai’l Defense New York-—A call to its mem berg and the American public throughout the country to galvan ize public opinion in their comm unities to concrete action against the segregation and discrimination against Negroes in the Army, Navy and Air Corps, and the bav l ing of Negroes ,adult and youth, from jobs in national defense in dustries, was announced here to day hy the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The campaign, according to as sociation officials, will culminate in the celebration of “National De fense Day’’ on Sunday January 26 when mass meetings will be held in key citks throughout the country. National groups includ ing church, welfare, fraternal, so cial and labor organizations that have worked with the Association in the fight to pass the Anti-I<yn h hill will be asked to cooperate in the campaign, the announce ment said- The association urged its members to work out commun ity plans for calling upon minis ters toset aside a part of their Sunday services on January 26th for the voicing of protestg against discrimination under tb. national defense program. The plan calls for flooding1 Congress w?th post cards, letters and telegrams, urg ing the abolition of all discrimin ation in the country’s armed forc es and the opening up of job oppor tunities to Negroes in defense industry in the skilled as well as unskilled occupations. The plight of Negro youth, under the national defense set-up, will also be pictur ed with the participation of NA ACP. youth councils in the drive. Further information about the conduct of the drive will be ann ounced shortly, Association offic ial said. to a white man as "Mr." 1. States in which lynchings oc curred and the number in each state are as follows: Georgia, 2; Alabama 2^ and Tennessee, 1. There are 5 cases concerning which information, at the present time, is regarded as uncertain or incomplete. These cases are in the following states: Georgia, 3; Tennessee, 1; and Louisiana, 1. BROTHERHOOD PLANS TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS FOR TRAIN PORTERS OF MO. PACIFIC RAILROAD It was announced at the head quarters of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 217 West 126th Street, New York City, by A. Philip andolph, International President, that the Brotherhood, as a result of wining an election conducted by the National Mediat ion Board for Train Porters on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, moves to negotiate the revision of the exisitirvr agreement for Train Porters of the aforementioned car i rier Conferences for the negotiations will begin January 3, in the Miss j ouri Pacific Building, St. Louis, TO HEAD SECTION OF THE MEDICAL STAFF AT FL1NT-GOODRIDGE HOSPITAL New Orleans, Dec. 30—Drs. N. R. Davidson and C- H. D. Bowers will head section^ of the medical staff at Flint-Goodridge Hospital, beginning January first. Dr. Bo wers holds the degrees of Bachel or of Arts and Master of Arts from New Orleans University and the M. D. degree from the Mehar ry Medical Cillege. Dr. Davidson is a graduate of Morgan College, Baltimore, Marylandt and the Ho ward University School of Medic ine in the class of 1934. NEGRO SOLDIERS AT FORT RILEY DON’T WANT DAVIS FORT RILEY, Kan., Jan. 1 (by Lazetta LiDrazzah for ANP)—If lecently pyomoted Brig. Gen. B 0. Davis is assigned to duty with the 9th and 10th cavalry in this area, h'a may look forward to an unhappy time. Most of the older soldiers and the non-commissioned officers have stated that they pre fer w(ii'te officer® and currently art “faring a hundred times better under white officers than we would under Gen. Davis ” To understand the reasoning back of this strange psychology, one must undierstand the mental makeup of the soldiers and non commissioned officers who are members of tb.se regular army units. I know, for I served in the 9th cavalry for 12 years and left it only last summer. For almost two decades, the 9th and 10th cavalrymen were little more than uniformed chamber maids, bootblacks, stablehands and flunkies for white officers and units, the 9th being restored to active duty status only last Aug us. During the intervening years white commissioned officers care fully selected and cu3tivat“d a mob of semi-illiterate colored non commissioned officers who receiv ed special privileges in return for depriving other Negro soldiers of the few favorable advantages granted the race by the war dep artment. These men, and the pri-^ vates who have also gone along wfith them to obtain special fav ors, are the ones who are opposed to Gen. Davis as their command ing officer. These ‘‘old soldiers”, struggling along at the ranks of private and corporal, despite more than 20 years of service, begin to predict a formidable end to their freedom and privileges. Some contended that the rank of B. O. Davis would inspire him to treat them worse than any white commanding offi cer under whom they have served. These old soldiers were the lead ers of the mob, which comprised approximately 95 percent of the soldiers of the 9th cavalry, that opposed the late Major Monroe S. Caver, their chaplain, in every thing he planned during his last days in v<*hich he devoted his spare moments to documents which was meant to aid those interested in the recognition of the rights of | Negro soldiers. Near the close of November, grapevine rumors suggested that Gen. Davis had declined a chance to serve with the 9th and 10th cav alries. This, according to the Uncle Toms, of the white officer ed 9th and 10th, was the best news that they had heard in years Nevertheless, having served 12 years as a private of the 9th cav alry, the writer has observed the introduction of enough acts of s“ gregation, imposed upon Negro soldiers and civilians if Ft. Leav enworth and Ft. Riley to declare: The suggestionB of such Negro non-commissioned officers, are one of the main reasons why young, intelligent, progressive minded Negroes are most always kicked out of the army and given dishonorable dischargee. Those who are fortunate enough to get an honorable discharge find them mutilated with black marks of sojne description, w'hich makie it impossible for them to reenlist should they desire to do so. Levi Pierce, ond of the most brilliant and efficient young men to scrvp with the 9th and 10th, was doom ed in such a way. It is also interesting to note that despite the fact that the 9th cavalry was restored to duty, to day Negroes in uniform in Ft. Riley are still washing dishes, pol ishing hoots, scrubbing bathtubs, dumping garbage, grooming hors es, flunkeying and doing other menial chores for the families of white commissioned officers. This mean*; that the “progressive step’’ of the 9th cavalry is merely an appeaser for the eyes of the Ne gro press and its supporters PROTEST WAR DEPARTMENT PLAN TO SEGREGATE NEGRO ES THROUGH CALLING UP ONLY WHITE DRAFTEES New York—A vigorous protest against the studied policy of care fully preparing the ground Ur complete segregation of Negro troops from white troops in train ing camps by selecting and :n ducting only whit|e draftees into the army until “camp facilities are available for Negro troops," was launched with the War Depart ment on Monday, December 23rd by the National Association foi the Advancement of Colored peo ple The protest was made followii g ATLANTA NEGRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STUDIES ECO NOMIC SITUATION OF NEGRO EMPLOYEES Atlanta, Dec. 24 (ANP)— The Atlanta Negro Chamber of Com merce has sent out questionnan-es to business and manufacturing! firms in an effort to get a picture of the eflpnomic situation; facing the Negroes in this city. Its aim is to point out to what extent Ne grods are providing employment for themselves and to discern which type of economic activhy offers the greatest possibilities. the issuance of an order to local draft boards here on Monday by New York City’s selective service headquarters, advising board mem bers that only white draftees will be selected and inducted into the army under the first 1941 druft call until sometime during Febr uary, when facilities for Negro troops are expected to be ready. The order means that, regardless of number, Negro draftees will be passed over and only white draft ees will be ordered to report for training during the present per iod. ' Association officials said that. they believed similar orders have gone out to draft boards in many sections of the country. The com plete text of the type of order sent to local boards in New York city follows: "Thij, is an order coming from the Selective Service Headquar ters (in New York). The Army has calk'd for a total of 3,663 white ment o be furnished from the city of New York in the initial call for January, 1941. Your quota for this call is 21 men- If any of the men whose order num bers bring them within your quota call are Negro they will not be di rected to report at the induction station. Instead, notice of select ion will be sent to these men and they will be called for induction as soon as camp facilities are avail able for Negro troops, probably during the month of February. For example, if the quota for your board is fifteen men and two out of the first fifteen men on the or der list are Negroes, the two Ne groes will be given only notice of selection, and the thirteen white men will be given notice of select ion and also the order to report for induction.” Draft Boards All White From reports that continue to com'o in from NAACP. branches, as a result of the association’s survey launched several weeks a go to determine conidtions facing the Negro under th'e draft law, announcement was made today that no Negroes are serving on either local or advisory draft boards in St. Paul, Minn . New port, H. I.; Nashville ,Tenn.; Full ton, Ark.; and Charleston, Mo Tacoma .Washington, has one Negro serving on the local board, but none on the advisory board; New Bedford, Mlass., reports none on the local and two on the advis ory board. Bridgeport, Conn, nas one serving on the local and one on the advisory board. In none of the above named cit ies are Negroes employed as paid worker’s on either local or advisory draft boards, it was reported While ten Negro volunteer phyt> ifrians wfork with local draft boards in Nashville, Tpnn., they examine only Negro draftees. Negro physicians work with local draft board in Nashville and in St. Paul, Minn. No N gio physicians work with draft boards in any of the follow ing cities: Tacoma, W’ash ; New Bedford, Mass.; Newport, R. k; Fulton, Ark.: and Charlestown, Mo. ANOTHER $1000 IF HE CAN POINT OUT ANY OFFICIAL STEALING FROM BAPTIST DENOMINATION • •• New York City—Dr. Harten States that “Powell will be given a reward of ine thousand dollars in cash, if he can point out the thief,o r a single man or woman holding a high office in the Nat ional Baptist Convention who is stealing from the denomination, or who has knowledge of the fact, but whose character is such that he is a victim of ‘lockjaw’, which h® referred to on Sunday.” The Rev. Mir. Harten stated: “If Adam Powell accepts, he will send him the names of twenty thousand people who will pack the Madison Square Garden or the Golden Gate Auditorium for the debate. The loser of the debate will pay for the Madison Square Garden or Audit orium” It appeared in one of New York’s Weeklies and other papers that Powell stated in sermon Dec. I6th, "I know that When the next President of the National Baptist Convention in September takes office, I will have him so scared that I bet he won’t do any stealing for the first three or four months at least. There are cer tain ministers who are upholding dishonesty in high places. TIhe reason they can't speak against these things is that their own char acter and integrity are not unques tionable. 1 have the goods on them,” he shouted. "I have the goods on them from down in Tex as to New York City. The minis ter* who are calling me intemper ate and unchristian are just talk ing. They are afraid to do any thing else.” Likening those who have attack ed him to ‘Rats’ Powell boasted, “I will have them scurrying back to the holes from whence they aame, before I am through with mem ” Attack Fearless-Fighting Parson Then he turned his poisonous spleen upon the fearless fighting parson, the Rev. Dr. Thomas S Harten, one of the Vice-Presidents of the National Baptist Convent ion, and Pastor of the Holy Trin ity Baptist Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., Who had differed with Dr. Powell in his atack on the Rev. Dr. L. K. Williams And Dr. Hai ten also made a speech at the Dec ember Board Meeting in Louisville Ky., and along with others, dem anded that step* be taken to bring Rev- Powell to task. Last week, the Rev. Dr. Harten answered the Rev. Adam Powell in a most befitting manner. It is re ported that he received hundreds of messages of congratulation and many came from Powell’s closest friends who termed him ag the very ‘‘incarnation of egotism." The Rev. Harten declared, “I am positive that when the debate is over the entire nation will be convinced thatt hey have been mis led, in regards to Powell’s devot ion to his race. And in attempting to build himself by discrediting Negro leaders, except those who worship at his shrine, and dennunc ing our wiorthvdhile tiji|titutfcjns; the public will know that he is the •I^IGGEST OPPORTUNIST’ that the Ne»rro race has ever produced: that he is fickle, unsafe and bis criticism is destructive; with the intent to kill others that he may shine. He wanta to be ‘Hitler’. He wants to be flooded with hun dreds of invitations to speak, as it were, and to be met at the station with a brass band, and ‘Hai'-ed’ If he is a man he will prove his assertion ccmceming the dishon esty of officers of the National Baptist Convention; but if he is a coward, he will howl that he has been misquoted in the press, or of fer some other alibi- If he is not able to prove that Adam Powell is the most egotistical, chaep public ity speaker in the entire race, the and prove to the audience that a man v#(ho would resort to besmirch ing the character of a dead man, and endeavor to step on his life less body in order to be accepted as a man of courage and a mod ern hero is the cheapest of worth less cowards and not only a dis grace to the ministry, but a hind rance to the progress of the race and a curse to civilisation.” Hsrten and Powell Battle Broadcasted This W eek— One of the Broadcasting Stat ion son th. Negro News deferred (continued on pagej-ip^)