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/JjCTCE/EQUAUTTlfr^^lAll THE'NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWSI^Hp HEW .TO THtUNE\ LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CUT —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS EUndr^ ActS,lf March3? 1874—Bu-in^s phone^wE m?1*’ Nebraska’ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, August 9,1941 OUR 14th YEAR—No. 21 City Edition, 5c Copy GS.GA, Plan Four Day GolFMeet _/3k - - — - ■ ' ■■ — - — ~~ .. ^ LOWER DEFENSE JOB BARS IN K. C. AREA ♦♦ < KANSAS CITY. Mo., Aug. 3 — (ANP)—Several hundred Negro building trades workers are now employed °n various defense pro jects in this area as a result of the removal of trade union bans a gainst them in local labor unions, Thomas A. Webster .executive sec retary of the Kansas City Urbau League reported this week to the Office of Production Management. As a result of the activity of the Negro employment and train ing branch of OPM. Negroes have been admitted to the carpenters and bricklayers unions in that area, and an agreement has been reached for their admission into the painters union through an all Negro local similar to the one | formed by the carpenters in Great er Kansas City. According to M. Webster’s re port, 131 Negroes, including 24 carpenters and seven hod carriers were employed last week in the construction of the North Americ an Aviation factory in Kansas City, Mo. The Patti Brothers company is erecting this project, j One Negro foreman is in change of a mixed crew on this job. More than 430 Negro building construction workers are employ ed in the erection of the Lake City Ammunition plant near Kansas City, including 100 hod carriers, five bricklayers. 26 carpenters and more than 300 laborers, plumbers and heavy construction laborers. Negro painters are expected to be employed on the job as the result of an agreement reached with the Painters District council. The council has agreed to permit the Negro painters to apply for an A. F. of L- charter so that they may work on union jobs in this area. The Office of Production Man agement entered the trade union picture in this area when Negroes were barred from working on the closed shop construction job at Fort Riley. Kans. As a result of OPM intevention. the Negroes were granted an A. F. of L. char ter and permitted to work on the Fort Riley job. Since then more than 100 Negro carpenters have worked on closed shop jobs at Fort Leonard Wood and at other sites in this area. JEWELL BUILDING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING On Tuesday morning during the rainstorm the Jewell Building at 24th and Grant Street was struck by lightning. The chimney was demolished and the fire depart ment was called out to put out the fire. CHICAGO CAMERA CLUB ANNOUNCES THIRD NATION AL SALON Chicago, Aug. 4 (^NP' Spon sored by the Lens Camera Club of Chicago, the third annual national salon open to amateur photograph ers throughout the world has been announced for Sept. 7 to Oct. 1 at the Southside Community Art center. The only national salon conduct ed by a Negro club, this year’s competition is expected to provide a wide range of entries from am ateur camera enthusiasts. Last year it was held in connection with the American Negro Expos-1 ition and was a contest as well as salon. The contest with prizes in cash and merchandise has been abolished for 1941- Instead, med als and awards will be made for the winning prints chosen by the jury. The closing date for entries will be Aug- 21, vcith each contestant permitted to submit a maximum of six prints mounted in regular salon fashion- Selection of prints to be displayed as well as the winning pictures will take place a round Aug. 30. Complete details and entry blanks may be obtained from the secretary of the Lens -----* Mrs. Dement of Texas Elected Pi at’l P res. Pi A C W CLUB WOMEN CLOSE NOT- • ABLE SESSION Oklahoma City, Aug- 3 (ANP(— ^ Smashing again the precedent that leadership in the National Assoc iation of Colored Women proceeds along the line of succession, Mrs. A- B. Dement of Mineral Wells, Texas, was elected president at the 22nd biennial session held here this week. Winning one of the most hotly contested elections in the history of the organization, Mrs- Dement who arrived with a delegation of more than 100 Tex ans was the third president in the history of the club women’s body to be elected without having filled the office of vice president. Mrs. R. R- Moton, the retiring persident had been so named as was Mrs. Mary Church Terrell in the initial days of the body. Miss Arsama Williams of St. Louis; former vice president and Mrs. Rebecca Stiles Taylor of Chicago were the losing contestants. Support swung to Mrs. Dement by delegations from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and certain eastern states turned the tide in the election. The complete roster of new of ficers is: Mrs. Ada Bell Dement of Mineral Wells, Texas, President Mrs. Christine S. Smith, Detroit, vice president; Mrs. Nannie Mae Williams, Illinois, 1st recording secretary: Miss Gladys R. Holm es, Boston. 2nd recording secret ary; Mrs .Ella P- Stewart, Toledo, Ohio, treasurer; Mrs. Grace W Evans, Terre Haute, Ind., chair man, executive board: Mrs. Anna B- Gillum, Little Rock- secretary, executive board: Mrs. Nannie Mae Reed, Chicago, parliamentarian; Mrs. M. J. Brockway, Oklahoma City, statistician; Mrs. H- M. Gibbs Alabama, auditor; Mrs. L. B. Hor ace, Texas, chaplain; members of administrative board included Mrs. Jennie B- Moton, Capahosic, Va., Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, Mass., Mrs Sara Lee Fleming, Conn,, Mrs. Elizabeth Robertson. Kans., and Mrs. E. D M iller of Mound Bayou Miss The meeting opened Monday night with welcoming addresses by Mayor R .A. Hefner of Oklahoma City. Mrs. J. W. Sanford of the Negro Chamber of Commeice, Mrs. Lucy Winslett of the House wives league, Mrs. A. J- Orbansky. white, of the City Federation. Mrs S. A- Haywood of the City feder ation of Colored Women. Mrs. Lu la E- Kiff, state president and Rev C. K. Brown on behalf of the Min isterial alliance. Mrs. Julia West Hamilton of Washington, P. C. responded. Tuesday reports were heard from the Douglas Home Board, Mrs- S. Joe Brown and Miss Nan nie Burroughs. Phyllis Wheatley Dept., Miss Jane Hunter, Head quarters Board; Mrs- Mary M Bethune; Educational Department Mds. Nannie Reed; Department of Peace, Miss Robert J. Dunbar, and the Scholarship Fund board by Miss Hallie Q. Brown Mrs- R- R. Moton delivered her biennial address, Tuesday, point ing to a series of substantial ac complishments including the pay ment of the debt hanging over the national headquarters in Washing ton and a husbanding of funds. Mrs. Lucy Hart Smith, national supervisor of the National Assoc iation of Colored Girls Board. Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines of the History Camera club. Miss Mabel McCul lough. 423 East 60th street, Chi cago, 111. Committee, Mrs. I. W. Rowan of the Mother, Home and Child De partment also reported Among the speakers were Mrs. Jane Spaulding of Charleston. W. Va-, on “Women in Industry”; Miss Mary V. Robinson of the U S. Department of Labor on “The* Negro Woman Worker in Our De mocracy Today”; Miss Thelma Me Kelvey, OPM office on “Training Demand and Supply of Negro La bor m Defense and Industrial En terprise”; Dr. G- W. Welle, “Heal th and Hygiene”; Miss Frances W’U’ams, consumer commissioner, National Defense Advisory Com mission; Mrs. Grace Evans, “Leg islation”; Mrs. SaUie W. Stewart, the “NACW. and the NACG”. and E B. Meissner, president and general manager of the St. Louis Car Co., who spoke on “Procedure Necessary to Secure Employment of Qualified Negroes in Industry” Mrs. Fannie Baxter, Chicago; Miss Audrey Moore, New York City; Rogcoe Dunjee .editor of the B:aek Dispatch and A. Philip Randolph, all of whom spoke on the subject “Successful Efforts In Opening New Job Opportunities for Negro Women.” Special trains oi ought delegat ions from several eastern states and from Texas. Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart, executive secretary, said the session was one of the most profitable yet held DENTAL CONFAB TO HAVE POST GRAD CLINICS Richmond. Va., August 4 (ANP) The National Dental association at jits annual session, August 11-15, will inaugurate the first of a ser ies of post graduate clinics for those dentists attending the con vention This year’s “Dental Education Vacation” will center around clin ics by Dr. S. B- Smith, Ambler, Pa and Dr- R- Beecher Costa. New Ha ven, Conn., who will demonstrate with models and slides modern, methods ©f denture construction improving the appearance and fit of upper and lower plates. The Peter B- Ramsey Dental society, Richmond, will serve as hosts of the convention and ann ounce that facilities will be avail able for the expected 500 or more dentists. Headquarters for the convention will be the newly con structed Maggie L. Walker High school and housing accommodat ions for the practitioners and their families will be on the ad jacent Virginia Union university campus. Among the other clinicians are included Dr. B. L. Jackson, Tusk egee, who will discuss the treat ment of pyorrhea with the Persim mon Extract as discovered by Dr. George W. Carver; Dr. Rolland J. Main. Medical College of Virginia, will lecture on diet and its rela tionship to dentistry; and Dr- H. B. Haag, Medical College of Vir ginia, will present a paper on sulfanilamide in the treatment of mouth infection. ONE NEGRO OFFICER SERVES WITH WHITES AT FORT SILL Fort ill, Okla., Aug. 4 (ANP)— One Negro commissioned offficer has been discovered here serving in a regiment officered by whites. He is Lt. Welton I- Taylor, who has been assigned to duty as bat tery officer with Battery B-. 31 St Artillery battalion, colored unit stationed at Fort Sill Lt. Taylor w-as graduated from the University of Illinois in June R. R, WRIGHT NAMED PRES, WILBERF’RCE FOR 1 YEAR Wilberforce, Aug. 4 (ANP) — Meeting in perfect unity the exe cutive committee of the joint state and church boards of Wilberforce university, on Thursday named Bishop R. R. Wright as acting president for one year. The in vitation, which was practically a drfat. was extended upon the part of both the state and church forc es and Bishop Wright is to head all departments. The motion to invite Bishop Wright was made by Rev. Charles Isom of the state board and sec onded by Bishop David Sims of the Church group. Assurance was given Bishop Wright that he would have the unified support of both boards in working out a unified program for a great university. This would appear to end the upheaval at Wilberforce which re sulted in the dismissal of Presi dent D. Ormonde Walker and re criminations between the church and secular forces governing the institution. Bishop Wright a for mer president of the institution and was serving on the trustee board and had training there in the R. O. T. C. artillery unit. On grad uation he was appointed second! lieutenant in the field artillery re seve. He was born in Binning-* ham and was brought to Chicago at the age of six months where he finished DuSable High school four years ago. He was assigned here a few weeks ago. TEXAS WOMAN WINS PRIZE FOR NOVEL ON NEGRO LIFE New York, August 3 (ANP) — A $2,00 prize for a first novel, dealing with life among Negroes in a small town, has been handed to a white housewife, winner of the first annual Thomas Jefferson Southern award, a competition sponsored by The Virginia Quar terly Review and E- P. Dutton Co. New York publishers. She is Mr3. Elizabeth Lee Wheaton of Texas City, Texas. * \ The award was made of $1,000 outright with the balance repres enting an advance on royalties The book, entitled “Mr. George’s Joint", will be published in the fall by Dutton’s and the Review. In her manuscript Mrs. Wheat on pictures Mr. George, her cen tral character, as the operator of a beer and soft drink parlor in the Negro section of a small southern town. Here the people of the* community generally hold their social rendezvous- Inasmuch as the book’s action is devolped from this point, the author has attempt ed to reflect the life of the com munity through George showing howr completely apart the Negroes are from the wttiite man of the town Mrs. Wheaton is a native Tex an and has lived in the state the better part of her life- She is said to be annoyed by the moving picture versions of Negro life and therefore has tried to give a bet ter understanding 0f him. She claims no special knowledge, but doesn’t think this necessary if one is interested in the Negro. OMAHA IS SCENE OF 11th CENTRAL STATES GOLF TOURNEY The organized Colored Linksmen of St. Louis, Des Moines, Omjaha, Topeka, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and St. Paul are readying themselves for competi tion in what Boyd Gallowiay president of the CSGA describes as the most complete Golf Tournament ev er held in the Central States Area. The Golfing greats of this section will be treated to a four day menu of Competitive golf starting Friday, August 15th at 8 a. m. with a Ladies Invitational followed in the afternoon by a Men’s Invitational at Fontenelle Park. -2 GETS EXECUTIVE Y POSITION Miss Geraldine Elizabeth Ross, who was awarded the Master of Social Work degree last month from the Atlanta (Ga ) University School of Soqial Work, has been appointed Assistant to the Execu tive Secretary of the Paseo branch YWCA., Kansas City, Missouri. Miss Ross received her undergrad uate training from Hunter Coll ege, Nevtf York City, and served for several summers as Junior and Senior Camp Counsellor at Camp Atwater, East Brookfield, Mass. NAACP MASS MEETING The NAACP. will hold a mass meeting on Sunday, August 10, at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church at 3 p. m. Thte Associa tion will make their report. Ev eryone is invited to attend this meeting. JACKIE ROBINSON NAMED TO ALL STAR GRID SQUAD Chicago, Aug. 2 (ANP) Jackie Robinson, star running and pass snatching halfback on the Univers ity of California at Los Angeles football team squad for the past two years, has been elected to the annual all-star football squad which plays the Chicago Bears, world professional champions, in Soldiers field late this month. Although Jackie will not be a starter, he is expected to see con siderable action. Last year his teammate, Kenny Washington, played for the College All Stars Three other Negro prospects failed to win positions. They were Jim Smith of Northwestern and Archie Harris of Indiana, ends and Lon Montgomery of Boston college, halfback. DENY WIDOW INSURANCE OF HUSBAND SHE KILLED Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 1 (ANP) Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle handed down a decision Friday, which denied to Mrs- Beatrice Me David, who shot her husband. Is rael McDavid. a Chevrolet comp any employe, to death Aug. 11, 1939, the right to share in insur ance policies carried by the de ceased. The judge ruled that the mother of the deceased, Mrs. Al vania McDavid of Patton Junction Ala., was entitled to the insurance which totalled $4,000. p ihe Qualifying round of the Central States Proper will be play ed over Elmwood Saturday Morn ing beginning at 10:30 a. m. The 36 holes finals, also at Elmwood, will start Sunday Morning at 6:30 A consolation Tournament will be held on Monday August 18th wherein the prqfceieding winners will not be eligible to play. The Park Department has resrvd slatt ing time for all of the Competitive rounds and the General Public is welcome to come out and witness this outstanding and unusual out door sporting events. 70 players competed in last years meet at Kansas City; Thomas Chandler in. charge of housing, says there are indications of an even larger turn out this year. Including families and friends, about 300 out of town guests are expected The 19th and 20th Hole social events will include two dances; The Club Dance at Fonteneile Pavillion, August 15th and The Silver Trophy Dance at Dream land Hall Sunday night August 17- Trophies will be awarded at the Sunday night Dance by ‘King’ Willis Gray. The 11th Annual Meeting of the Association will be be held Saturday Night at the Ur ban Center- A Tour of the City, House Parties and a Picnic will be other features of the Four Day gathering. Deanthony Gray of Topeka is the present Champion, but in order to keep his title at Elmwood he will have to outflank such sharp shooters as Sam Shepard and San ders Mason of St. Louis, George McClain and Leroy Doty of Kan sas City, Charles P. Howard of DesMoines. John Wililams and James Murray of Minneapolis, Jimmy Lee of St. Paul, Lonnie Thomas, U- S. Watson and Jess Hutten of Omaha and many other top flight players from all seven cities. The Omaha Cornhuskers Club of which Saybert Hanger is presi dent, is the Host club- Other of ficials are T. Chandler, vice presi dent, John Simms, secretary, Pen ny Murray, treasurer, Wm. Davis, publicity and U- S- Watson, Sgt. at Arms. Eight trophies and a large num ber of other prizes will be award ed to the winners of the various events. The final scheduled meet ing before the Tournament will be held at 2814 North 28th St., Fri day night, August 8th starting at 7 p. m. About half of Omaha Colored golfers have qualified for partic ipation in the various events and it is expected that about 85 percent of the group will be eligible before the starting gun. The 1941 Tournament will mark the Central States 11th consecut ive year of competitive play. Tournaments held since 1933 werf as follows, Omaha 1933, DesMoin es 1934, St. Louis 1935, DesMoines 1936, St- Paul 1937, Minneapolis 1938, St. Louis 1939, Kansas Cit> 1940 and Omaha 1941. A Golfgram Booklet is beinc published by the Central State* Committee. This booklet wil contain general information abou the mysteries of golf and othei informative material and photo graphs of outstanding players Burl Caldwell is chairman of th* advertising committee A Job For Us All... Now that the President has put up the stop sign On all discrimin ation on account of race, color, creed or national origin to indust ries with government contracts for national defense purposes, it is the job of all of us to see that his edict is obeyed- First there must be a clear understanding of what the order means. WHAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER MEANS Briefly it amounts to this: 1. All vocational training pro AME. CHURCH GETS POSSES SION OF ITS PUBL. HOUSE DISMISS RECEIVER FOR QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR CONCERN NASHVILLE, Aug. 3 (ANP) — The AME. church won its five year battle for possession of its unday school Publishing house here Tuesday when Judge E. El mer E. Davies of the Middle Tenn essee federal court dismissd the receiver who had been operating the plant The reign of Ira T. Bryant, who had served as secretary-treasurer of the Sunday School union for 28 years during which time he built the institution into a thriving con cern and won a substantial fin ancial position for himself, closed as the receiver handed the proper ty over to a committee composed of Bishop Henry Y. Tookes of Florida, William Fountain of Geor gia and Dr. A. L, Pinkston of Nashville w*ho acted for the church While the actual court struggle for possession of the Sunday School union has been in progress for about five years, the trouble which revolved about the institu tion has been of much longer dur ation- Bryant was first elected secretary-treasurer in 1908 when the general conference met in Nor folk, Va. An able business man, he quickly developed the publish ing house into a profitable vent ure. Backed by John M- Avery, one of the most influential lay men the church has produced, Bry ant grew in power. Rallying a group of laymen he fought certain concentration of authority In the nanus oi tne ciery- Bryant be came a bitter critic of cant and hypocrisy in high places and used the machinery of the church pub lishing house to attack and smear ministers an bishops who incurred his wrath- The clerics writhed under the Bryant assaults and fin ally in 1936 defeated him electing E. A. Selby in his place. Bryant refused to recognize the election contending that only the self perpetuating board of direct ors which functioned under Tenn essee law had the power to name the secretary treasurer of the un ion which was a Tennessee corpor ation- Court battles up £o the U S. Court of Appeals followed. In one hearing the court found that Bryant’s personal funds had be come so intermingled with the church property that it was dif ficult to discover which was which. A receiver was then appointed and te decision Tuesday closes the case unless Mr- Bryant appeals again. The church sought to prevent Sunday schools and church organ izations with te AME. from buy ing their literature from Bryant— unsuccessfully in many instances. E. A. Selby, who has been operat ing from another AME- Publishing house in Philadelphia, will now es tablish headquarters here in Nash ville. Dr. S. S. Morris, director of religious education and C- W. Abington, editor of religious liter ature, are also moving to Nash ville Among the church officials pre sent when the receiver turned the property over were Bishops Foun tain, Tookes and Davis; Dr. A- S Jackson, Washington, D. C-, fin i ancial secretary; George A. Sin 1 gleton. editor of the Christian Re ; corder, Philadelphia; and the Rev • W. R. Wilkes, R. H. Porter, Atlan • ta; W. A. Lewis, A. L. Pinkston . F. D- Coleman, N. B- Morgan. S J S. Morris, Jr-, F- D. Coleman, Jr. and C. H- Boone all of Nashville. grams for defense operated under government supervision must be open to all persons desiring train ing for defense industries, regard less of the persons’ race, color, creed or national origin- This in cludes all courses in industrial shills operated under the supervis ion of the WPA NYA, U- S- Of fice of Education, and local pro grams receiving assistance from the federal agencies. 2. All contracts granted after June 25 when the executive order was issued, by the U. S- govern ment (including all its depart ments and agencies like the Army Navy, Marine Corps, Office of Production Management and oth ers) must have clauses in them which state that the company or companies getting the contract will not discriminate against any worker because of his race, creed, color or national origin. 3. The Committee on Fair Em- . ployment Practices composed of ' six men, two colored, four white, with an executive secretary soon to be employed, is responsible only to the President. Its work is to receive legitimate, factual comp laints of discrimination in defense industries or vocational training for defense work; investigate these complaints, and where it finds the charges justified, to take steps necessary to see that the executive order is obeyed. Members of the Committee on Fair Employment Practices are Mark Ethridge, managing editor of the Louisville, Ky. Courier Journal, chairman; David Sarnoff president of the Radio Corporation of America. New York; Earl B. Dickerson, alderman, Chicago, IU. Milton P. Webster, vice president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; William Green, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor; and Phillip Murray, president of the Congress of In dustrial Organizations. When the executive secretary to the comm ittee is appointed complaints should be sent to him. HOW TO MAKE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WORK In Order to make the work of the FEP Committee mean the most to us and to prevent any employer from disobeying the order, it is the responsibility of every Negro American to: 1. Send all known instances of discrimination on account of race or color by industrial plants with government contracts for defense to the Committee on Fair Employ ment Practices in care of the chairman Mark Etheridge, Wash ington, D. C-, until the appoint-! mcnt of the executive secretary, who should then receive the com plaints. Facts should be dearly and ac curately set forth preferably in the form of an affidavit. 2. Send a copy of the com* plaints to the National Office of the NAACP., 69th Fifth avenue, New York City, and retain one for your own files. 3- Send all known instances of discrimination on account of race or color in vocational schools for gvernment defense work operated by or under a government agency to the committee. Exercise the same care and accuracy with these statements. 4. Send a copy of this com plaint to the NAACP national of fice and retain one for your files. 5. I<earn wfiat vocational training courses are offered in the community and urge that all eli gible persons register for them. 6. Check each plant working on government defense orders in your locality and make a thorough in vestigation of its employment pol icy so that it may be instantly known if any plant violates the executive order. Make use of the five sets of contract-lists sent from the New York office of the NAACP. to the local branch in determining which plants are in your locality and the amount and kinds of contracts granted them. Limited supply of copies of these contracts lists are still available at the New York of fice. CAUTION: Jobs will be open ed faster and the FEP committee can function more effective if each complaint which is sent is a clear, concise, complete statement of facts, and facts only. Accur acy is of the utmost importance since the work of the FEP Comm ittee means jobs for thousands of Negroes. Load of Fun l-l A V PIDF Mn«i1a-w An ■ 11 meet at NAACP Office, 2418 for Everyone! riA/ i\il/c ivJOlTJay, f\Uo. 11? Grant St, at 8:30 p. m.
