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GOOD READING s. Tp e GUIDE gc / JUSTICE/1 EQUALITY WOTHEUN^ at your Drugstore largest accredited negro newspaper west of Chicago and north of criT —member of the associated negro press N,b,"t*’Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, January 3,1942 OUR 14th YEAR—Nt». 42 City Edition, 5c Copy OFFICER OF CHURCH LOCKS MINISTER OCT *-• " ~ ~~ ” “ .. ~ 1 -1 ~ " ^""""""^ Rpv 53 VC ’NTirhnlua ctor nf tho Wake Up, Americans! Wake up, Ameri cans! Make America’s answer roar out over the world. Every citizen must back the United States Army and Navy to victory—back them with work and money. Do your part: Buy United States Defense Bonds and Stamps at your post office, bank, or savings and loan association. Get Defense Stamps at your re tail store or from the carrier boy of this newspaper. NAACP REPORTS 5 LYNCHINGS Tuskegee Reports Four NAACP SEES NEW LYNCHING TECHNIQUE IN COURTROOM Killings; reports five KNOWN LYNCHINGS FOR ’41 New York—Five known lynch ings and two fatal attacks on Ne groes in Texas courtrooms mark ed the United States record of mob violence for 1941, the NAA CP announced thic week. * The NAACP sees the beginning of a new lynching technique in the killing of Bob White in a court room at Conroe, Texas, and of Mott Flournoy in a Lufkin, Texas court by allegedly aggrieved hus bands of so-called rape victims. Bob White was shot by W. S. Cochrane, wealthy Texas land owner, June 10, when White was on trial for his life for the thirl time. Flournoy was stabbed in the chest by Roy Morehouse, November 23. Other known lynchings record ed by the NAACP in conjunction, with Tuskegee Institute, Ala., oc curred at Fort Benning, Ga; Quin cy, Fla.; Blakely, Ga., Georgetown. S. C., and in Gaston County near Cherryville, N. C. In Georgetown, S. C., five white youths were found guilty by a coroner's jury for killing Bruce Tisdale, a local mill worker after a fight. The verdict was report ed February 22. On April 3, Private Felix Hall, a colored volunteer was found hanging to a tree, clad in the uni form of the U. S. Army, in a wooded section of Fort Benning^ The NAACP an dthe Negro press demanded investigation and pun ishment of the guilty persons, but the last report of any action was early in May when the War Dep artment was said to have been' making an investigation. Therq has been no report of the results of the “investigation.” The mob rode m Gaston County N. C., April 13, when Robert Walts, -er was shot to death in his horns by four men affer an altercation with a white man. Three white fellow employes of Robert Sapp, a mechanic's helper in Blakely, Fla., took him a short distance out of town and beat him with a club and a heavy piece of machine belting. On May 12, he died from “pneumonia.” Sapp was charged with having stolen money fonm the safe of his em ployers. On May 13, A. C. Williams, 22, of Quincy, Fia., was found dead on a creek bridge, his body riddled with bullets from a band of mask ed men. Williams had been ar rested for an alleged attempted as -sault on a 12 year old white girl. The New York Times, May 14, reported that four masked men armed with pistols took Williams from the country jail after com pelling Dan Davis, an officer, to open the cell doors. • • • FOUR LYNCHING IN 1941 Dear Sir: I send you the following infor mation concerning lynchings for S DAUGHTER m ‘Common-Law’ Husband Found l Unconscious On The Floor i p ■ I, ♦♦ Waiters* Union Local No. 732 Ousts Exec.-Secy * « « u Mrs. Jones 2414 North 21st1 went to her daughter's room Fri day morning at 9:00 and after an exhaustive effort to arouse some one within, she called the fire de partment. When the firemen ar rived on the scene they broke in the door and found the gas heat er in full flame and the room so hot until the door knob could not be touched by hand. On the beci, they found Miss Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Jones, dead and on the floor lay her common-in-law hus band Ventora Hazelton, uncon scious from lack of oxygen in the room. He was immediately rush ed to a local hospital" for care and is now at home completely recov ered. Mrs. Jones, the mother of the deceased girl, called the Omaha Guide and stated to Mr. C. C. Gal loway, acting editor, that it was rumored about town, that tne children had attempted suicide. This she said is absolutely untrue and she wants their friends aud acquaintances to know the truth. She said that the cause of her dau ghter’s death, was explained when the firemen found the gas stove in the room, in full flame and that due to the smallness of the room the flame from the stove had used, up all the oxygen in the room and had caused the unfortunate acci dent. the year 1941. I find, according, to the reports compiled in the De partment of Records and Research there were 4 persons lynched in 1941. This is 1 less than the num her 5 for the year 1940, 1 more thaa the number 3 for the year 1939, 2 less than the number 6 for the year 1938, and 4 less than the number 8 for the year 1937. Ore of the persons lynched was taken from the jail. There were 19 reports of inst ances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. One of the reported instances was in a nor thern astte and 18 of the reported instances were in southern states. In 18 instances, persons were re moved or guards augmented or other precautions taken. In 1 case, armed force was used. A total number of 21 persons—1 white man and 20 Negro men— were thus saved from the hands of mobs. All persons lynched were Ne groes. The offenses charged were Attempted rape, 1; suspected of stealing, 1; altercation with white man, 1; working on job from which whites had been discharged, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Florida, l Georgia, 1; North Carolina, 1; So. Carolina, 1. F. D. Patterson, President Tuskegee Institute GET CLERKS JOBS IN BOMBER PLANT Six men have been placed as clerks in the stock room of the Martin Bomber plant at Fort Crook, Nebraska. Those employ ed are Charles Gibson, James White, Coleman Davis, Andrew Johnson, Clifford Blackburn and Foch Allen. Are You Ready For Work? APPOINTED JUDGE Patrick B. Prescott, Jr., noted attorney and Republican leader, who has been appointed a judge in the municipal court of Chicago by Gov. Dwight H.' Green of Illinois, whose election Mr. Prescott ardent ly supported last year...Judge Prescott, second Negro in Chicago history to sit on the bench, w:ll fill out the unexpired term of Judge Edward C. Sheffler, which has another year to run. (ANP Photo). JOE AIN’T SLIPPING . Says Sparmate, George Nicholson New York (C)_Big George Nicholson can never travel the Glory road but as the Sparring partner of Joe Louis since ’37 when Joe won the title from Brad dock, Big George can take trem endous pride in helping to devel op one of the greatest fighting machines the ring has ever seen. Thus, anybody ought to know the power of Joe’s fists it ought to be Big George. “Do I think Joe is slipping? That he is passed his peak ? mus ed Big George as he dived into a huge steak just before climbing into the ring for a workout wita Joe. “Well, just yea and no. I know Joe ain’t as mean as he used to be. But he is a much smarter fighter, And don’t let nobody tell you Joe ain’t wisened up since he won the title,” Big George stated, “Buddy Baer is gonna learn that January 9th. Buddy went six rounds with Joe last summer. But he ain’t gonna go no six rounds a gain. I ain’t exactly flush with saving bonds but I’ll bet what I got Joe gets to him quicker this time. Joe used to be mighty mean. You couldn’t do nothing with him before that second Schm eling fight. And he was mignty ornery before he met Billy Conn. Billy got under Joe’s skin wi'h some of them remarks he made. And I knewed Billy was in for trouble. I think that was the main reason Joe took 13 rounds to bust Billy. He wasn't taking no chances of missing, once he went for an opening. “I knowed Joe wasn’t worrying much about Nova. He laughed and kidded too much.” That Cos mic Punch of Nova’s. I still get a laugh out of that myself. Nich olson, a shrewd judge of a fight er doesn’t think any man will a gain reach the peak that Louis did when he slaughtered Schmei ing in less than a round on June 22, 1938. Louis has become at tached to his hero worshipping sparmate. Only occasionally does he become vicious with Big George Sparring partners, even though they are hungry, hesitate to take a job in Joe’s camp. They are well paid, well fed, but sometimes the newcomers are also too mal treated by the boss when the mood is on him. Big George is proud of his oc cupation. He’s an artist in his line; he must be to have escaped permanent injury in such a dan gerous trade. NAACP ASKS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR COLOR ED AT PEARL HARBOR New York—Declaring that the heroism of the colored mess atten dant who manned a machine gun against Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor merits special attention, the National Association for the Advancemen of Colored PeQplq submitted to President Roosevelt last week a suggestion that the attendant be given the distinguish ed service cross “or some other of ficial recognition.’’ The NAACP pointed out that, his heroism is especially noteable in view of the fact that Negro vol unteers are accepted only as mess attendants by the U. S. Navy and given no training as gunners or anything else. The account of the colored man’s heroism first appeared in an offic ial report which directly quoted a commanding naval officer. The report did not name the man, r.or did it say whether he survived or went down with the ship. If he The Omaha Urban League re ports that the Nebraska State Employment Service and the local, VVPA office have found the num ber of colored applicants seeking work or defense training courses losing out because they have no birth record. This has in more* than one instance blocked their opportunity for acceptance in these openings. An example was given of three colored women who had been referred to the Glenn Martin Company for a job. One met all of the qualifications and would have been hired but she had no documentary proof of birth. We are urging you who are seek ing employment in any industry to obtain now this proof of birth so that it will be on hand when it is needed. Most ad of the defense industries are now requesting this information before accepting em nloyees in government jobs. Because a good many Negro workers come from rural areas where birth records are not kept does not mean that this proof is not obtainable. Sometimes a stat ement from your election commis sioner or some other official will be positive enough proof. Some times an affidavitt signed by lel atives, ministers or other profes sional people will be sufficient. It is well now that all of us seeking work obtain this information in or der that we can remove any barr ier that might exist in the way of our future employment. If you have difficulty in getting this in formation and need assistance, this newspaper or the Omaha Urban League will be glad to assist you. did not survive, the NAACP has suggested that honors be accord ed him posthumorously. Because of the Navy’s jim crow policy, the NAACP said this vol unteer and other Negroes “go in to situations of extreme danger in a far more vulnerable manner be- j cause they have been denied the Opportunity to learn how to oper ate guns and other weapons of de fense and offense.” APPOINT NEGRO TO WAR LABOR BOARD, NAACP ASKS PRESIDENT New York... .Appointment of “at least one” competent Negro to the War Labor Board which will handle labor dispues for the dur ation of the war has been request ed of President Roosevelt by fhe NAACP, it was learned this ween. With respect to the other mem bers of the board he NAACP said: “May we further suggest that all care be taken to avoid the select-, ion of any representative of labor, who either through his personal record or through affiliation with, a labor organization which bars person from membership because of race, creed, color or national or igin, would be likely to be biased, in his attitude. “We believe that the appoint ment of a board, free from racial or other prejudices and one which includes at least one representa tive of the 13 million American citizens who constitute one tenth of the national population is im perative to insure an unbiased and effective functioning of the • V V WILLIAM A. DAVIS, TAKES OVER OUSTED FINANCIAL SEC RET ARY-BUS IN ESS AGENT’S SEAT The following are the newly elected officers of the Omaha Wai ters local Number 732, for the year of 1942. President, Gerald McKinley; Vice President, Herbert Mayberry; Financial Secretary, Business A gent, William A. Davis; Recording; Secretary, Margaret Starks; Treas urer, S. Thomas Phillips; Chaplain, Andrew Johnson; Inspector Jam es Calloway; Inside Guard, Charli es Moore; Outside Guard, William B. Carr; Trustees, Edward P. Buford, Gordon Hopkins, C. C. Foster; Delegates to Local Joint Execeutive Board, Andrew John-* son, Gordon Hopkins, George Lit mon. War Labor Board,” the NAAOP stated. PAYROLL ALLOTMENT PLAN FOR TUSKEGEE FACULTY Washington, D. C.—Unanimous endorsement of the payroll allot ment plan for the purchase of De fense Savings Bonds and Stamps has been voted by the entire fac ulty of Tuskegee Institute, it has been reported to th Treasury De partment. By its action, taken at a special meeting called by Presi dent Frederick Douglas Patterson, Tuskegee becomes one of the first colleges to enroll its whole facul ty in support of the National Dc fense Savings Program. The resolution, endorsing ’he payroll allotment plan of purchase was adopted after Jesse O. Thom- , as, Staff Assistant, Defense Sav ings Staff, had outlined plans of the Treasury Department for the sale of Bonds and Stamps to all citizens of the nation. Dr. Patterson, a member of the Alabama Defense Savings Comm ittee and Chairman of the Negm Division, appointed a committee of foud faculty members and one student to facilitate sale of Bonds and Stamps on the campus of Tuskegee. He expressed hope j that Tuskegee’s example will be j followed by other educational t institutions. I ATLANTA THREATENS TO FIRE TEACHERS SUING FOR EQUAL PAY NAACP Says Teachers Will Tako Court In Spite of Threat To Jobs' Atlanta,' Ga.,..A threat to fire colored teachers who atempt to sue the city of Atlanta for salar ies equal with those of whites is implied in an opinion rendered by city attorney J. C. Savage, last week, the NAACP has announced. At the request of the Atlanta board of education. Savage wrote, the opinion on a petition filed by William H. Reeves, local Negro1 teacher, for salary equalization. ! He stated that he thinks the petition is without merit and ad vised he board of education that it is “authorized to discharge any permanent teacher for the good of the service to be finally and ex clusivly determined by the board” A. T. Walden, local counsel in the Atlanta case, in cooperation with the NAACP special counsel, Thurgood Marshall, indicated that the Citizens’ Committee which is sponsoring the case, is interested only in whether or not the board of Church of the Living God, was locked out of his church when Mr. Arthur Henderson, deacon in the church, bought a lock and locked the church. Mr. Henderson said, “A pastor must be able to preach> and not want money for every thing he does.” Certain members agreed with him. A member said to the Omaha Guide worker, quote _.“We wants a pastor who can preach and one that will serve God.” Rev. S. K. Nichols is now hold ing church at 2426 Erskine until Mr. Henderson decides to open the Church doors. Brotherhood Wins Over Two- and A Half Million Dollars Pay Increase For Pullman Porters FLAT $24 INCREASE IN WAG ES FOR' PULLMAN PORTERS, MAIDS, ATTENDANTS AND BUS BOYS WITH 3 MONTHS BACK PAY AT $21.60 PER MO. Train Porters Receive $22.80 Fiat I Increase Per Month With Seven and a Half Percent Back Pay NEW YORK CITY—In the in ternational offices of the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters in New York City, A. Philip Rand olph, International President, an nounced that the Organization had signed an agreement with the Pullman Company for an increase in pay of ten cents a hour or twen ty four dollars a month. This will represent an increase of over two million dollars for the Pullman Porters, Maids, Attenu ants, and Bus Boys in the Pull man service. This group of work ers will also receive $21.60 a mon th for three months of back pay extending from September to Pec ember 1st, observed Mr. Randolph. Wage increases were also se cured by the Brotherhood for train porters who are members of the Organization, representing $22.80 per month with 7 1-2 percent pack pay extending from September 1, to December 1st. The head of the Porter’s Organic ation pointed out that various car riers with which the Brotherhood holds contracts are being signe-Jup rather rapidly for increases in pay ranging from ten cents for the non-operating group, including chair car, parlor car, coach and buffet porters, with the back pay of nine cents an hour; and also in cluding train porters in the oper ating group at ine and one half cents wage increase with the sev en and one half percent back pay of a three month period. It is estimated that the increase for the members of the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters will run much above two and a half million dollars, stated Randolph. Mr. Randolph points to this not able achievement of collective bar gaining for colored workers by the Brotherhood as indicative of a new era in the economic life of Negro workers in America. APPEALS TO FDR, CONGRESS TO PRESERVE NYA, CCC, FSA. New York_.In an effort to prevent the abolition of the Na tional Youth Administration, Civ ilian Conservation Corps, national defense training activities of the Office of Education, Farm Tenant Program and the Federal Secur ities Administration, the NAACP. has appealed to President Roose velt and members of Congress this week to “guard against so called economies which may be penny wise and pound foolish.” ■ The Joint Congressional Comm ittee on Non Defense Expenditure recommended abolition of all these agencies in its first report Decern- ' ber 26. The NAACP pointed out that Negroes will be hardest hit if these agencies no longer operate. It cited the assertions of government and other employment agencies that thousands will be employed; between now and next June due to priorities and a shift fpom peace time industrial economy. The NAACP urges every inter ested person to write immediately to his congressman urging that these agencies not be abolished at this time. education is adopting the opinion j of the city attorney as its official i reaction to the petition. Attorney Walden said that ac cording ao plan, “we should file action as soon as a definite and final answer is received from the beard of tducation.” mirirn WHERE TO GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY (See page four) > 8AYS AME. ZION EDITOR; UNITING OUR PEOPLE IN DEFENSE OF WORLD FREE DOM— • • • Washington, D. C.During 1942 the Negro church in America —regardless of denomination, will unite to perform the most imports ant task in its 150 years old his tory, that of forging “a spiritual unity among our people” that will enable “the Negro, together with other groups, to give his all to the cause of helping to unite our coun try behind the President and our government for winning the war.” This will be the keynote of a New Year’s message which will appear as a special editorial in the January, 1942 issue of “The Miss ionary Seer”, official organ of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church’s department of dom estic and foreign missions. For forty years the magazine has been published by the denom ination, whose 500,000 members worship in various parts of the United States, Liberia, the East and Wrest Gold Coasts and Nig eria, in Africa and in South Am erica. The editorial will point out that the issue is clear, “_on the one hand the fight of democracy, whose banner is held aloft by Am erica, Britain, China, Ethiopia and Russia, and on the other hand the fight of fascism, whose bloody banner is held aloft by the Hiller dominated Axis powers, Germany, Italy,, Japan and the other satel lites of fascism. The editorial will declare that “out of this united strength will come an America strong enough to crush and destroy Hitler and his partners in slavery”, because the church of the American Negro people during the coming year.. “will march in full regalia doing battle in the name of Jesus Christ, for the preservation and freedom of all mankind.” The text of the New Year’s mes sage was made public here today by Dr. H. T. Medford, secretary treasurer of the denomination’s foreign mission department and editor of the publication. The complete text of the editorial fol lows: “As we stand on the threshold of 1942, it will be of tremendous prof it to all of us Negro people, who are a part of that great spiritual body, the church—no matter what our denomination—to grasp fa’.iy the idea that the Negro church during the coming year has the most important task to perform in all its 150 years history. “That task is to exert our every energy, wherever we may be, to help forge a spiritual unity among1 our people that will actively piny* its full part in the defense of our land, our homes, our right to wor ship as we please, indeed, our very lives. "For America is faced with ex tinction as a free nation, unless the Negro, together with other groups, gives his all to the cause* o fhelping to unite our country be hind the President and our Gov ernment for winning the war. “In the name of our great pio neers in the Negro church, we will pledge our spiritual and physical strength in the defense of our couu try at this grave hour. We shall do this freely, wholeheartedly, con scious of the fact that in so doing we are uniting to preserve oursel ves as a people, as well as the whole American people. “No matter on how many fronts this war is fought, it is still, on the one hand the fight of democracy, whose banner is held aloft by Am erica, Britain, China, Ethiopia and Russia; and on the other hand, the fight of fascism, whose bloody banner is held aloft by the Hitler dominated Axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan and the other satel lites of fascism. “In the face of such danger, tire Negro church can echo the hymn, “The Church’s one Foundation is Jesus Christ Our Lord”, with a meaning never revealed to us be fore. For if we are truly cons cious of the fact that this is one. war, we can know full well that our church will stand bodly in the front of the fight for democracy. “Out of the bosom of this great Negro institution will come the spiritual unity which will give courage and strength to our men in every unit of the armed force3, our women and youth who will man the defense factory machines in greater numbers than ever be fore, our workers who plough the fields and mine the coal, and fin ally to that great body of people who will protect our homes, aid fContmued on pagt|5P4) UNION CHURCH SERVICES WILL BEGIN FOR THE SEASON AT THE HILL S I D E PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THIS SUNDAV JAN. 4, AT 8 P. M. REV. WILLIAMS OF ZION BAPT. CHURCH WILL PREACH. All Our Welcome—Let’s Get United.