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^u'nS1 a ' fS^sSi^s Fwfvl.ST’ Nebraska Saturday, Sept. 5, 1942 Our 15th Year, No. 30 City Edition. 5c Copy
“Porgy and Bess" On Tour
“PORGY AND BE>S" TO TRAVEL
ETTA MOTES, who plays “Bos
opposite Todd Duncan’s ’Forgy” in
the famous George Gershwin oper
etta which wil I terminate its tre
mendously successful New York
run on Sept. 21st and go on tour.
Still playing to crowded houses, the
grave transportation difficulties fa
ing stage productions influenced tie
group to do its touring now while
railroad accommodations are still
available. Rochester Buffalo. Cle'e ;
land. Indianapolis and Chicago, are '
the first points to be played. Any
acute shrinkage in rail facilities and j
the company will resume on Broad
way.
Go To College
Unless In War
Work Says ©lark
Baton Rouge La Sept. 3 lAXP: -
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"... .Go to college, unless you re in
a war industry which, has virtually j
drafted you into it”, was the exhor
tation given here to young Negro i
men and women by Dr. Felton G. I
Clark, president of Southern uni-.’
ersity. Although he spoke with
special reference to Southern, be -.
cause of its all-over war time pro-;
gram, said he, "All of the approved
Negro colleges, and many of thosa
not accredited by ratine agencies,
have acceptably revamped their '
programs to facilitate the war ef
fort”.
“The war has proved the vaiue of
col leg- training as nothing els- h"
done.” sai dthe Southern university
president: this is even more obvious
for the Negro group than for the
general population because of the
comparatively low number of tech
nically .-in,- specifically trained Ne
groes- Hardly a week passes that
the campuses of the better Negra
colleges do not receive recruiting
officers from the various branches
of the armed forces seeking the en
listment c: young Negro men for
prospective office duty, or from gov
ernment representatives arranging
for courses that will produce future
officer material.”
The educator contented upon the
statement made by Walter Lipp
man, who, among other things,
pointed out that of the men chosen
from the ranks to go to officers'
training schola, SO percent are col
lege mem
"Added were the facts that the
government is including Negro col
leges in its preparation for war on
the basis of actual shortages in our
country,” Clark said. “Whatever
Negro physical labor, brains, and e~
motional fervor can assist in wining
this war_it wants them. In i:a
college training program this is re
flected in the government sponsor
ed courses that these institutions
are offering.”
Fr.- t> first time in hv-to
women students will bfi allowed. *n -
encouraged to enroll in die so-called
traditional men's courses. A start
■was made this summer when women
entered the mechanic arts shops
and in addition took over such cam
pus jobs as moving operation Agri
culture hai already set the pattern
two years ago by graduating the
first woman dairyman. When Sou
thern begins its fall session, Sept
14, and the other Negro co.lega
theirs at aproximately the same
time, there will be ample opportun
it;~ to get much of the college train
ing that will help win the war ane
enjoy the peace that is to follow
All of these Negro colleges are urr
ing the Negro puiiiie-to take ad van
ta^p ^oi- the adaptations that they
are making for the preservation of
American idealism.
SHRINERS
RE-ELECT
JACKSON
Wilmington. Del-- Sept. 3 (ANTi
Following the conclusion of sessions
of the Shriners last week, the body
went into executive sessions an 1
elections. The group voted unani
mously to retain the entire divan
in office, which means that Imper
ial Potentate Raymond E. Jackson
of Buffalo, was named to head the
organization for the fourth consec
utive term. Charles D. Freeman of
Washington was returned to office
of imperial terasurer for the 27th
consecutive year.
At the dose of Wednesday's ses
sion. the imperial council announ -
ed that an invitation had been ac
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Lditor of Georgia s Leading Daily
TAKES TALMADGE TOTASK
f. f* p. c.
OPA Atty. Says
Agencies’ Powei s
Are Limited
New York—Calling the new MA- j
ACP pamphlet "Food Costs More
In Harlem" extremely effective, j
Waiter Gellhorn. attorney for thn
New York region Of the Office Cf
Price Administration stated that "it
is a highly suggestive and very per
suasive presentation.”
Mr. Gellhorn also stated that J
there are limitations on the power
Of the OPA and that "the job which
has bean assigned to this agency is
already a colossal one. OPA’s basic
purpose is to prevent inflation.”
Copies of the pamphlet which
shows that Harlem housewives pay
at least six percent more foi food,
are available from the NAACP. fi9
Fifth Avenue. New York City, at
five cents each
—
NAVY SAYS VEI.RO DOCTOR
•NOT TEMPERAMENTALLY
SITTED” FOR COMMISSION
New York—The F. S. Navy's new
est excuse for no' giving Dr Har
old J. Franklin of Jamaica, N. Y.. a
commission as a medical office” in
the F. S. Naval Reserve, is that he
is "not temperamentally suited for
appointment as a commissioned of
ficer”, the NAACP revealed this
week.
The information came in a letter'
to tile Association from Secretary
of the NarF^Prank Knox, dated
August 28. This- is the second re
fusal by the Navy to accept Dr.
Franklin s application for a com
mission which the NAACP has pro
tested.
"Does this mean,” the NAACP
asked the Navy Secretary, "that Dr.
Franklin's persistance in attempt
MEMBERS SAID BACKING
DOWN UNDER DIXIE
PRE'-^URE: McNlTT UN
KNOWN QUANTITY
_ WASHINGTON. S, pt 4 \NP
Concern is being expressed over tile
President’s Fair Employment Prac
tices Committee due. it is alleged
to defection in the ranks of th-1
committeemen. Seme of whom
have lost their zest for fighting an '
are eager to preserve their own pos
itions rather than have them too
definitely tied up with the “Negro
cause.’’
NThile committee members are
loathe to express themselves, cert
ain moves being made indicate the
defection from the high stand form
erly held by some. This shows a
leaning toward the supposed Mc
Nutt idea of not following the pre
1 Cort-nned °n nag- 4)
ing to enlist in the Navy of his
country at a time when his govern
ment is begging for doctors for the
Army and Navy, marks him as *tem
peramentatty’ unsuited’’4’
The NAACP also pointed out that
there is a possibility *^at doctors
may be drifted because of the great
need for them in the armed serv
ices. At that time, the Association
asserted, it is possible “that white
doctors will arise in protest over
what may fairly be called discrim
nc.ion agains: them ip the failure
to use Negro doctors."
Replying to Secretary Knox, the
NAACP expressed “surprise and
amusement' that ''temperament'’
should be added to reasons previous
ly given for refusing Dr. Franklin’s
application. Last fall the Navy
turned down, an application for a
commission from the Negro doctor
after he had passed all examinations
: given by the New York examining
board, saying he did not have “a
minimum of two directly opposed
molars in the lower left arch."
SI FOR BACKSLIDING OX
RACE PREJUDICE
Atlanta. Sept. iAXEj Gov. m
i Talmadge ©f Georgia, camp
aigning for reelection on a p:at-,
j form of white supremacy, was tak
! en to task for backsliiimg from his
I arlier stand against race prejudice
in the column. “One Word llor.-.'
written by Ralph McGill, editor of
j :he Atlanta Constitution, this state's
eading daily newspaper.
Says the article:
•When he opened his last camp
aign. at Albany. Ga.. Gov. Eugene
Talmadge raised his hand solemnly
• nd said: “Any doctrine that preacn- j
es class hatred in Georgia is a s n
; of the deepest dye. Any doctrine |
that prea hss prejudice is mere! •
the doctrine of a hypocrite who is 1
' trying to hide under a shadow for t
the purpose of stealing.
“No religious or racial prejudice
has any place in a Christian hear:''.
“He said that publicly and he nub
lisfaed it in his newspaper. It was I
published on July 2, two days ahead
of the speech on July 4, and copies
were distributed at Albany. These
paragraphs may be found on page
three, being part of the speech con-!
dned from page one
“Once again I am gratified to find
the governor in complete agreement
with me. .. .and with the thousands
in Georgia who have been saying
that no raoial or religious prejudice
had any place in a Christian heart.
“It is gratifying, too. that he him
self believes that any doctrine that
preaches prejudice ia merely the
doctrine of a hypocrite who is trying
to 'hide under a shadow for the pur
pose., .ui -~-tiar ' *£i « ’■fc-.'tue i
“Those are the governor’s words.
“They are the words of the man
who now sets up a cry that there
is. and has been, an effort at racial
coeducation, that white supremacy
is at stake: that the racial 'issue is
the chief one in his race.
“Let’s see. What did he say a
bout a man who would preach that
sort of thing?
“He said that ’preaching class
prejudice was a sin of the deepest
dye.... that it was the doctrine of a
hypocrite who is trying to hide un
der a shadow for the purpose of
stealing.’
“Well, that’s exactly what I think.
I am delighted the governor agrees
with me about himself.
“He knows there isn’t any. H1
(Continued on page 2)
JUDGE TELLS NEGRO FAMILIES
to Move In Lofton Case
cepted from Arabic Temple No. 44. j
of Chicago to hold the 1943 sessions !
w
j providing war conditions permit.
1 Since all appendant bodies of ‘he
j craft meet in 1943 and they always
( meet in the same city as the Shrin
i ers. Chicago wfH also be host to tne
j international conference of grand
masters and grand secretaries, the I
international conference of grand j
chapters Of the order of the Eastern l
Star: the international oudferenie '■
of grand chapters of Holy Hoyal
JN THE ARMY NOW
Before Eddie Goodrich, smiling attendant at the CBS New York
building barber shop. left far Camp Upton to join Uncle Sams
Army Louis Rappel (right*, Columbia Broadcasting System pub
licity director, presented him with several gifts useful to everv
soldier Mike Fish, director of the CBS photographic department,
awaits hp turn to present a bag. The gifts were purchased from a
toad collectedby Ruppel from CBS employes, with CBS President
Hillnm S. Paley heading the list. 7 * I
a
trch Masons; the inter-state grand
court of Heroines of Jericho, the
grand encampment of Knights Tem
plars: the international grand guild
of Heroines of Jericho and the in
ter-state grand court of the Order j
of Cyrene.
Nesrro Soldiers'
TROOPSHIP
SINKING
Scotched by War
Department
New York—Another false rumor j
concerning the welfare of Negro j
soldiers has been scotched by the
tVar Department, according to an
announcement by the national of
fice of the ISAACS*.
Reports that a transport carrying
6,000 Negro soldiers had been sunk
off the coast of Australia were wide
spread throughout the midwest and
caused the Association to ask the
"War Department if there was any ,
truth in the rumors.
General George C. Marshall. Army !
chief of staff, stated in reply: “The'
story itself appears to be quite with
out foundation as to the facts: and
I need hardly add that the charge '
that some thorn-acids of soldiers!
were intentionally and unnecessar-'
ily exposed to danger is preposter
ous.’*
The XAACP again urges mem
bers of the public tp check every
rumor or story of this sort to find
its basis in fact before giving cred
ence to it.
1
Los Angeles, Sept. 4 (AXP) Bitter- i
]y disappointed and indignant that ’
race prejudice should have such a
free hand. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lofton
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laws were
faced with orders to move last
Tuesday from their own homes lo
cated in the Central Avenue gard
ens. They bad purchased the homes
some time ago on the border of this
beautiful residential district, the
majority of whose home owners are
colored. But white neighbors, res>
surecting a IS year old covenant
whereby persons other than Cauca
sians were forbidden occupancy of
property in the restricted district,
entered suit to force their evacu
ation.
The long fight which has been go
ing on for months was culminated
last Tuesday when Judge Roy V.
Rhodes rendered the decision that
such racial restriction covenants are
constitutional, and that the two
families eould no longer occupy or
own the property. A ttys. Loren
Miller and Thomas Griffith had
brought all manner of legal artil
lery to bear on the case and it was
thought that the colored families
involved and others who were Pre
paring to buy in the neighborhood
would be free from interference.
In. attempting to justify his dec
ision that race restrictions are val
id, Judge Rhodes entered the ex
cuse that the court does not deny
equal protection of the laws, -be
cause colored people have the right
to enter into similar restrictive cov
enants,” and if they did the court
would protect them.
The attorneys for the Megro fam
ilies were not prepared to say just
what, would be their next step, if
any.
LAB 0 R-13AY £1 94 2
Gypsy Gyps Elder y
Lady Out of $70
Last Friday night. Mrs. Lucille,,
Summers, 983 North 25th St... Eo„if
Led the police department that there
was a gypsy in the neighborhood
trying to gyp Omaha citizens out of
their cash.
The second call to the station
tame from Mrs. Rosie Jackson, age
?5, of 2004 North 27th St... who it is
iheged was gyped Of $79 by the
jypsy gyp woman. The police pi k
?d up the gypsy lady and she was
x>oked as Mary Jones and when sh»
uras penned down, she gave her
tame as Annie George and when
ier attorney came to the station
.ooking for her he asked for Lizzie
Miller. So the police department
Qas requested the County Attorney’s
sffice to help them find just who
they have booked.
Mrs. Jackson was told by tfco
gypsy gyp lady that she possessed
i supernatural power that would
make money grow. She persuaded
Mrs. JacK^or b> wiT.p the W* in a
silk stocking and pin it into her
clothes. Mrs. Jackson was not to
open the stocking until three days
[ater. And when she did she found
that tier money instead of growing
had vanished. Mrs. Jackson went
out in search of her $70. Since the
woman had represented herself as
a Missionary Catholic Worker and
Spiritual Header from St. Benedict
Church, Mrs. Jackson immediately
contacted the priest and asked him
about the woman. He said that he
thought her name was Gladys Wil
son and then gave a location where
ANOTHER MOSLEM' JAILED
AS DRAFT DODGER
Washington, Sept. 4 (ANP) Guian
Mohammed Bogans. 4:1, ©f Chicago,
self-tyled Moslem' charged with e
vading the Selective Service act.
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
in court here last week.
In the court room following Bo
gan's arraignment were his wife,
dressed in flowing red satin rob
and headdres, atd six female foiiov
ers in whi?e satin gowns. It wa~
his wife w ho. posted the 55001? cash
bond effecting Bogan's release from
jail, pending, the trial of his case-.
Bogans declares he h a Moaiera
and as such1 is not respired to reg
ister for selective service and fur
ther demanded a jury trial.
he thought she Lived, in Mrs. Jack- .
son's efforts to locate the gypsy
gyp per she an jfcr#o aftada*r home
where the gypsy had ’been. Mrs.
Speese at ~Sth and Decatur Sts.
Mrs. Jackson finally gave up hope
and her friends advised her to call
the police. When she called, fat
hold the gypsy gyp per had been
picked up by the police on other
j complaints. Mrs. Jackson. Rev. E.
\ Campbell and her daughter. Mrs. V.
Campbell went to the station and
identified the gypsy. Mrs. Jackson
' related her story to the County Ai
I torney and she is demanding that
the gypsy gypper be prosecuted to
the fullest extent of the law.
A L ABOR DAY
STATEMENT
By the President
m m m
There has never been a Labor
Day as significant as this one. la
a great many countries free Labor
to exist: a blackout Of
fr“«io*n has'^^Sskened Europe from
the tip of Norway to the shores of.
the Aegean and sturdy working men
who once walked erect in th“ em
now stumble and cower beneath the
lush of the slavemasters. The rights
of free labor and free men bay*
vanished in the conquered lands.
They are threatened and. beseigad
everywhere.
This is indeed labor’s grave hotnr
as it is the grave hour of th“ far
mer, the industrialist, the teacher
and preacher, the aproned house
wh’e—the Smallest child in the eradid
All these are the beneficiaries anif
heirs of the democratic ystem, arid
it is democracy itself that the »"il
men oP West and East hate and seek
to destroy. f
Sappily, our good ildht arm is
strong and growing stronger. Is
our own country, in the «®*mcx:e» ,
»f Our brOjjJS**' klS««.’-the people
live by the sweat of their brow*
have risen mightily to the challenge
of the struggle- They have given
their sons to the military services,
hurried the factory wheels. They
They have stoked the furnaces and.
have made the planes and welded
the tanks, riveted the ships and roll
ed the shells. Production of war
materials here is now the greatest in
olur history, but it is not enough.
It will be greater still.
This is an appropriate occasion
to express my appreciation to tfc*
(continued on page 15^*2)
N.A.C.W. HEAD URGES
RACIAL COOPERATION
Shreveport. Sept. 4 fAXPj Stress
ing ’racial cooperation and working
together in the war effort, retiring
president Dr. A. B. DeMent of the
southwest region of the National
Association of Colored Women set
the keynote of the third biennial
meeting last week. Held at Great
er St. Matthew AME. church, the
meeting attracted noted women
from various states of the region.
Other speakers for the meet were
Mrs. Nell Hunter, war stamps and
bonds representative; Mrs. Frances
Me Shan of the OPA: Mrs. M. C.
Huggins, president of the' Louisiana
PTA. and President J. J. F.hoades
of Bishop College,
year are Mrs. A. E. Johnson
Officers elected for the coming
president: Mrs. Moxie Weaver King
Okla.. vice president; Mrs. H. W.
Johnson. La., second vice president;
and rhairman of the executive
board Mrs. L. E. Hutton. Ok La..
Mrs. Kahn. Ark.; Mrs. Masaie. Ark.
Mrs. L. R. Randall, La.: Mr3. Ste£>
hens. Tex.: Mrs. B. Flynn. La. Mrs.
M. Simms, La.: Miss Georgia Jobli
and Mrs Mildred Thomas.
<-*
The administrative board eons - a
of Mrs. A. B. Giflam. Ark., tc^f
man. Mrs. r. E. Klifl. Okla.; and
Mrs. F. E. Bracken Texas
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Appointed To Red Cross Council
Washington. D. C.—Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of the National Council on Red Cross Home Nursing,
and Mrs. Robert R. Moton (right), an administrative officer of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
and a newly appointed member of the Home Nursing Council, are examining a chart showing the progress
of home nursing classes throughout the nation. Mrs.'Morton said, “Disease know no color line, so it if lha
duty of every person to hare knowledge of Home Nursing." __