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ra^?"wl.°?i7l“’ Nebr“^ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, April 11, 1942 OUR 15th YEAR-No. 9 City Edition, 5c Copy
This
week’s
Editorial
Review
THE CITY COMMISSION RACE
For a long time it appeared as
though the present City Commis
sioners would be without any op
position. However, 22 candidates
have filed, fourteen of whom will
be nominated.
Opposition in elections is a good
thing in our communities and
country. Especially is it so when
men have held office for many l
years. And it would be a good
thing for new men to be placed on
the Council now and then. When:
there is only one party in power
and no opposition, the situation
becomes dangerous for the citiz
en. And that is true whether it
be the gvemment of a city, coun
ty, state or nation
Let the opposition tell us what
they will do and let the present
commissioners defend what they
have done or not done or undone. *j
The election should be interest
ing, indeed.
POSTMASTER HARLEY
G. MOORHEAD
Postmaster Harley G. Moorhead
has been a model official as we
expected him to be- 'He was the
first Election Commissioner in
Douglas County. The “Machine
ran Omaha in those days. And
that “Machine” which had lived on
plunder did not want the Election.
Commissioner Law. and it wanted
none of Harley Moorhead.
But he made it work and made
the ballot in fact the people’s w&a
pon- And this law, honestly and
ably enforced by Mr. Moorhead,
marked the beginning of the end
for the “Plunderbund”. Mr. Moor
head played no favorites as Elect
ion Commissioner; he plays none
now as Postmaster. Regardless of
color, race or religion he does
his Job.
Mr. Moorhead is a graduate of
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
which school w*as the only one in
the first class which admitted
Colored Students before the Civil
War. And he has carried the
lofty humanitarian traditions of
Oberlin into his public Service- His
legal education was obtained at
Columbia University an he remem
hers always her iberal traditions.
Our hope is that some day even
greater opportunities will come to
you in the service of your coun
try.
COLORED MEN FROM
AMERICA IN AUSTRALIA
The newspapers of the country
several days ago told of the arriv
al in Australia of Colored Soldiers
from the United States.
This is a very strange story, al
most as strange as though Hitler
had invited Colored men and Jews
to come to Germany to help with
the war effort. This, because
Australia has been known as a
"White Man’s Country”, for 150
years. Prior to the entry- of the
soldiers mentioned, Colored men
from America or elsewhere could
not reside there. Even theatrical
folk of color could only remain for
brief intervals.
We hope the Colored Men from,
the States will be well treated by
the Australians and that the silly
color bugaboo will soon pass a
way. It should not be difficult to
understand that unless the white
races can win and hold non white
allies, they cannot win.
Germany made the Brown Jap
anese her allies and because they
were her allies, Der Fuehrer made
them Aryans (white). Maybe,
Australia has “taken a leaf from
Germany’s book’’.
THE OMAHA SCHOOL BOARD
The Omaha School Board now
seems committed to a policy of
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REGIMENTS OF NEGROES
WIN EAST'S ACCLAIM
SHARP SHOOTING SENTRIES
COMMAND RESPECT
(by MABE KOUNTZE)
Boston April 5 (ANP) —When
it comes to guarding the east
coast of our country, our Colored
Americans take the cake.
Usually, it only requires one
rifle shot and you are ready to
give colored sentries not only the
cake, but all the ice cream, a five
course dinner and your 1942 ration
of confectionary sugar!
O, brother, these colored regi- I
ments are tougher to do businetrai
with than Hitler*! And every
body knows you can't do business
with Hitler.
Take the New England rock
bound Coast and vital industrial
and defense areas for example
Colored boys are on guard here.
When I say on guard. I mean on
GUARD!
No bewitching feminine beauty
no amount of college culture, and
not even the misty spray of the
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SPEED ACTION TO SELECT
DRS. FOR NEGRO DIVISION
Chicago, April 9 (ANP) Plans!
for the selection of the physicians
who are to make up the staff of
the station hospital to serve the
new Negro division to be establish
ed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona are
proceeding rapidly. The country
has been combed for outstanding
men in various fields of the age
and calibre whom it was felt could
pass the physical examinations re
qu;red, and ANP is able to report
that the names of the group from
which the first contigent of 32 doc
tors will be selected, have already
been sent to Washington.
The group which was chosen by
the procurement and assignment
committee of the National Medical
Association is widely scatti d
geographically. Chicago with its
Provdent hospital staff, compris
ilg many of the foremost doctors
of the cuntry, was drawn upon
most heavily, 10 doctors having
b. en selected from this city. Wash
ington was next with nine and
Philadelphia, third, with eight.
Sixty names were submitted out
of which 32 will be selected.
There were 300 applcations of
physicians and dentists. Ther*
are places for only four of the lat
ter. Dentists’ names were cleared
th'.ough Dean Dixon of Howard
University Dental school, a mem
Der of tbe committee
The procedure was for the pro
curement and assignment comnt
I ittee of the National Medical as
sociation, of which Dr M. O. Bous
fitJd is chairman, to select the
physicians clearing them with a
similar committee of the American
Medical association, after which
they were sent to the office of ti e
surgeon-general of the army.
A larger number of names was
submitted than will be uesd in this
first unit for several reasons, it
was said. Some men, not receiv
ing the rank for which they have
hopes, that of major or captain,
may refuse assignment; otnjrs
may not pass the physical exam in
alien
1 he distribution geographic;' ily
is said to represent what is hap
pening in medical education a
mcng Negroes, with the except
ion of New York City where the
local medical society we.it on r»c
e*i g against the establishment of
tb? unit because it was to be all
Negro. Most of the men are from
the north and most pr0ni the lar
ger cities. This is because the
genera! opportumtie; for training
and hospital experience have been
greater in the north and in the ci
ties than elsewhere. Of the col
ored medical schools Howard has
a larger representation than Me
harry, largely for the reason that
its graduates are centered along
the eastern seaboard ,it was point
ed out.
The basis of selection was pure
ly upon professional attainments,
medical training, hospital affiliat
ion and general experience. Mem
bership in the National Medical,
the American emdical or the coun
ty medical associations had no
weight in the selections. It was
sought to prevent leaving any
communities without an adequate
supply of practitioners.
There were 25 or 30 applications
from nurses but the committee
turned these over the National
Association of Colored Graduate
nurses, with offices in New York,
Mrs. Mable K. Staupers, executive
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AGAR SAYS U. S.
SHOULD WORRY
OVER NEGRO
Not Britain and India
Birmingham, Ala., April 9 (by
Walter C. Murdock for ANP) —
“The hopes of man have despaired
and festered into cynism" declar
ed Herbert Agar, editor of Louis
ville Courier-Journal, speaking at
the annual convention of Alabama
Education association held here
“At the close of the first World
war the United States had a
chance to lead civilization, but
muffed it. The returning soldiers
found that this nation wasn’t will
ing to back up its pledged words
and that betrayal broke the hopes
of mankind in other nations.
“Japan,” he continued speaking
to this white association, “is us
ing occasion to sow in the minds
of Asiatics the ideas that Ameri
cans are bigots, untrustworthy and
#ppressive of lower races. If we
lose Asia, we lose the war.
"In God's name, why don’t we
do something about the Negro, in
stead of yapping about why Eng
land does not do something about
India? Mistreatment of unprivil
ileged people is at the base of the
cause of this war.”
WA‘LA WA‘LA
JIM CROW
BLAMED ON OF
FICERS OF 25th INF.
New York. N. Y.The white
officers of the famous 25th Infan
try are accused of forcing Jim
crow regulations on the town of
Walla Walla, Washington, in a let
ter received by the NAACP from
a soldier, whose name cannot be
used.
This letter says, “The merchants
of this state have served us with
pleasure. There was no partiality
shown whatsoever. The only car
tiality we are confronted with is
enforced by our own officers, most
of whom are from Texas and oth
er southern states.
“I have been an ear witness to
words from fellow soldiers and,
civilians of this city who say ‘what
are these officers trying to do'.*’
They are stopping colored soldiers
from going any place, and are try
ing to make this town that has
never known segregation the same
as the states from which they
come.
“On the night of March 12, 1912
a dance was given at VFW. Hall
for soldiers of t^e 25th Infantry.
Among the civilians present there
were three or four white girls, cit
izens of Walla Walla, who were
enjoying the music and convers
ing with several sildiers. Then a
white officer of the regiment ap
proached them and told them they
could not sit with the soldiers but
had to sit in a booth away from
the soldiers. The girls walked po
litely out of the hall. That same
officer has taken authority to put
Liberty Refreshment Parlor on
i “Off limits’’. This place has serv
! ed colored soldiers without any dis
! crimination whatsoever. I mys If
| had a personal talk with the man
I ager who did not understand why.
I am a sold er and I am surround
ed by my fellow soldiers, and voic
es are rising every day declaring
Naacp Mass
Meeting
PILGRIM BAPTIST
CHURCH MON.,
APRIL 13, 8 P. M.
ATTENTION: Announcement is
hereby being made for a GIGAN
TIC MASS MEETING for the pur
pose of informing the people a
bout the forthcoming trial of Sgt.
Jack Graham, before the City
Council in the Council Chambers,
for his dismissal from the Omaha
Police Department and to clarify
any misleading statements that
may have emmated through ths
channels of propaganda and to
answer any questions that may
have arisen in the minds of our
people
EVERYBODY PLEASE COME
AND BRING ALL OF YOUR
FRIENDS.
ACTION AS NEGRO AND
WHITE RIOTED IN DETROIT
Detroit, Pixpage—Photo shows
police struggling with a colored
citizen who protested the whites
efforts to stop colored from mov
ing into the Sojurner Truth Hom
es there recently.
CALIFORNIA GETS FIRST
STATE HIGHWAY POLICEMAN
Sacramento, Cal., April 9 (ANP
Homer Garrott was appointed a
member of the state highway pat- j
roi of California last week. Gar
rott successfully passed a civil ser
vice examination a year ago and
is the first colored officer to serve
on the state force
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KILL KNOXV’L
SOLDIER
AFTER REFUSING TO RETURNS
TO GUARDHOUSE;
WHITE CORPORAL, SENTRY
HELD PENDING ARMY
PROBE
Camp Lee Va., April 8 (ANP) —
The Rev. J. H. McWhorter, Knox
ville, Tenn., was officially notified
that his grandson, Pvt. James W.
Martin was killed by an senU-y
here last Saturday night, follow
ing the soldiers refusal to return,
to prison barracks. The 23 year
old soldier .attached to the 8rh
medical training battalion, was
said to have been confined for stab j
bing a fellow soldier
Martin had been placed in the
guard house, and upon refusing an
order to leave the balcony on the
second floor of the prison barr
acks, the corporal of the guard,
white .ordered the Sentry, also
white to fire. Several pellets from
the riot gun struck Martin in the
head, killing him instantly.
The Corporal and sentry were
placed under arrest, ending a hear
ing before a board of three officers
who were named last Tuesday to
investigate the circumstances. Rev
McWhorter requested that the war
department send the body to Knox
-ville for burial by the Jamigan
and Son undertakers.
that someone must go. We don’t
want people who hate us as they
do for our officers. We are men,
and this country is at war. We
are good soldiers and just as good
as anyone else in the world.”
ARMY RELIEF FUND TO
PRESENT LOU IS-CONN
MATCH IN JUNE
Washington, April 10 (ANPi —
An Army Relief fund benefit bout
between Joe Louis and Billy Conn,
of Pittsburgh is being planned for
the week of June 21 at Yankee
stadium in New York, an official
of the society declared last Thurs
day. It is said that arrangements
are now being worked out but that
there will be no announcement at
the present time.
Both Louis and Conn are buck
Privates in the army. At their
last meeting, Conn was knocked
out in the 13th round.
WILL AMERICAN RED CROSS
SEGREGATE ANIMAL BLOOD?
New York, N. Y.Many col
ored Americans who noticed the
announcement April 2 that scient
ists have almost solved the last
problem in the process of using
animal blood for human transfus
ions are asking whether the Am
erican Red Cross will segregate
the animal blood in its plasma
biood bank system. The Red
MRS. BETHUNE BACK AT
WORK
Washington, April 10 (ANP) —
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune return
ed to her desk in the NY A head
quarters Monday following a per
iod of rest in Florida. Before ac
tually resuming her duties Mr3..
Bethune spent a day at the John
Mopkjps hospital in Baltimore
for a general checkup.
C:oss is now Segregating blood
from Negro and white donors, al
though it admits there is no scien
tific difference.
DELTAS HONOR HALLIE
Q. BROWN
Wilberforce, Ohio April 8 (AVP
Miss Hallie Q. Brown, noted *ea
cher and club woman and one of
the early forces in the growth of
Wilberforce university, was honor
ed on her birthday here recently
when Delta Theta Sigma sorority
chapters, Beta and Delta Sigma,
honored her with a banquet at
tended by 6 sorority sisters.
NAACP URGED CITATION FOR
UNKNOWN MESSMAN
LAST DECEMBER
New York, N. Y.With th<
announcement of the official cita
tion for Mess Attendant Dotie
Mi’ler by the Navy Department
Apii! 1 for his heroic action at
P(arl Harbor December 7, it be
i came known that the NAACP had
urged Secretary Frank Knox of
the Navy, in a letter dated Decem
ber 26. 1941, “that the disting
uished service cross or other of
ficial recognition be given to ‘his
nero of the battle of Pearl Har
bor.” Other suggestions for hon
oring Miller were not made until
after his identity was determined
early jn March.
I
RAILROAD WITHDRAWS
MENU CARICATURES
New York... .Quick action was
taken by the New York Central
railroad after it received a rebuke
from the NAACP for gross carica
tures of Negroes which appeared
on its children’s menu.
The company sent its passenger
representative to the NAACP of
fices bearing the message that the
New York Central had “no inten
tion of giving offense”, that it ap
preciates the patronage of Negro
es”, that it has discontinued the
use of the drawings and has hired
Walt Disney to make new ones.
The drawings pictured Negroes
with “lips so thick and a grin so
broad as have never been seen on.
j land or sea”, and one who “looked j
I as though he had just escaped from j
Pro-Rata Of
Employm’nt
PROPOSED BY
EDUCATION BOARD
April 1, 1942
H. J. Pinkett, Atty.
2118 North 25th Street
Omaha Nebraska
Dear Mr. Pinkett
At a meeting of the Omaha
Board of Education last night, I
offered a resolution, copy of which
is enclosed for your Information.
I am pleased to state that this res
olution was adopted by unanimcur
vote of the Board. I noticed the
World-Herald this morning makes
no mention of the resolution. There
fore, I am sending copy of same
to you so that you can see the-i
your people have the information.
With best wishes,
Very truly yours,
G. M. Tunison.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the colored people
of Omaha comprise about ont
seventeenth of the population, and
WHEREAS, in several Omaha
schools the school population is al
most wholly colored, and
WHEREAS the colored people of
Omaha are responding fairly and
rateably to the call for service to
their country in its hour of dan
ger, and
WHEREAS the employment of
additional qualified colored pers
ons on the teaching and custodial
staff of Omaha Public Schools
would inspire and hearten the col
ored people and would be simple
Justice.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV
ED:
That the applications of colored,
persons who are qualified under
the Rules and Regulations of the
Board of Education be received
and considered and accepted on
the same basis as all other appli
cations up to a point of fair pro
portionate representation; also
that the same Principle be applied
in the selection of custodial em
ployees.
I offer the foregoing Resolution
and move that it be referred to the
Instructional Committee for con
sideration and report.
George M. Tunison.
am institution for the feeble mind
ed.” Four white figures were car
icatured. but nowhere near as tx
aggerated ais those of the Negro
The NAACP told the company
in its letter of March 20: "This
kind of feeble humor put in the
hand? of impressionable children
can do harm in fixing a stupid
stereotype of the Negro which is
partly responsible for the trem
I cndous handicaps he now suffers”.
_
f WINCHELL “INKED” BY INK SPOTS
Billy Kenny and the Ink Spots the Country’s Attention,
get their first opportunity 0f meet The boys taxied in from New
ing and thanking in person ‘the Haven after their theatre stint t0
great Walter Winchell’ who was appear at the Navy RelVf Bena
so nistrumentai in bringing their fit at Madison Square Garden,
first record "If I Didn’t Care” to
JUDGE RULES FLORIDA
MUST EQUALIZE SALARIES
COASTS FIRST NEGRO
OWNED MARKET
Ready For Opening
Los Angeles, April 9 (ANP) —
With the long-time lease all paid
for and signed with the Gore Bro
thers owners of the corner, the bis
Major Market on the corner of
43rd place and Central avenue
changes next week into the hands
of the first all-Negro group to ev
er undertake such a venture. The
investors are headed by the Inde
pendence Church 0f Christ as the
great of many outstanding mover;
put in motion by its dynamic pas
tor, Clayton D. Russel.
The market, while fully equip
ped for its grocery, meat, veget
able, delicatessan, bakery and soft
drink business, has had still more
improvements added by the caD
able directors.
Virtually a complete personnel j
of Negro employes will be used,
whereas in the old market, about
half of the employees were color
ed.
20 COLORED STUD’NTS
PER DAY REGISTER
TO REPLACE JAPAN
ESE FARMHAND S
Los Angeles, April 10 (ANP>
According to C. A. Dickinson, for
six years principal of Thomas Jef
ferson High School with 64 percent
colored student body, colored boys
have begun registering for farm (
work this summer at a rate that
handed him a pleasant surprise.
Upon receiving notice of the
great shortage of farm workers
looming, because of the evacuation
of Japanese from the vegetable
and fruit growing sections of Cal
ifornia, he placed a small not-ce
ir. the school’s daily paper.
The next day 20 students re
ported to Mr. Brown who has
; OF TEACHERS BY 1943-44
Pensacola, Fla.A first vic
tory in the Deep South and a ma
jor one has been won in the series
of suits for the payment of equal
salaries t0 teachers in public
schools. On March 21, Judge Aug
-ustine V. Long of the U. S. dis
trict court here, signed a declarat
ory judgement and a perpetual in
junction compelling the Board of
Pub/c( Instruction of JEscambia
county to equaltee teachers’ sal
aries by not later than September
1943.
It was also provided that the
county board must pay $5 more
per month to every colored teacher
in its employ for the school years
1941-1942, and that for 1942-43,
and 1943-44 .the difference be
tween salaries paid white and Ne
gro teachers will be equalized by
applying one half of the differ
ence each scholastic year. This
means that i£fSM4 salaries w'.‘ be
equal. It was stipulated that af
ter the school year 1943-44, the
Board of Public Instruction of Es
cambia county “will avoid all dif
ferences in salaries paid Negto
and white teachers.”
In addition to the Escambia case
five others are pending in the
8tate in which Thurgood Marshall
NAACP special counsel is wont
ing with local attorneys. They
are S. D. McGill of Jacksonville,
in Escambia, Duval, Hillsborough
and Palm Beach counties; L. E.
Thomas of Miami in Marion coun
ty and Charles Hyde in Dade coun
ty.
charge of the registration and ac
cording to reports from that off
ice, that has been the daily aver
age since applications were asked
for
Registration is in charge of the
California state board of educat
ion and is not compulsory. How
ever, the applicants must be over
15 years of age.
Negro Labor Group Buys Bonds
AID WAR EFFORT: Labor organizations of New Orleans, La., have purchased more than $30,000 worth
of United States Defense Savings Bonds, Series F, since last May, and the largest block purchased by a
single labor union was $6,700 worth of bonds by the Carpenters’ Union No. 2039. Much credit for the fine
showing of the New Orleans labor organizations is due Clarence A. Laws (third from left), industrial sec
retary of the New Orleans Urban Le. 0ue, who looks on above as Ernest Delpit (right), president and
.business agent of the Carpenters’ Union, presents William E. Harris (left), financial secretary of the union,
with the bonds purchased by that group. John Cary, Jr. (second from left), chairman of the board of trus
tees, also watches the proceedings.