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5c AT TOUR DRUG STORE I HEW TO THE LINE ^^^^FU^22^££REPI2^D^EGRO^EWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PR’vSS E°Sg .%?“• Xebra,b‘ Saturday, Oct. 3,1942 Our 15th Year^No. 34 CitfEdition. 5c Copy Dies Charges Bethune, Pickens, Frazier with Communism < TEXAN DIES “COMMANIST" CHARGES AGAINST BETHUNE PICKENS. FRAZIER BRANDED "FANTASTIC” BY NAACP . NEW YORK.—SEPT 30. 1943 - Branding Congressman Martin Dies Charge* that Mrs. McL>eod Bethune. ■William Pckens. and E. Frank’in Frazier are communists as “utter ly fantastic and vicious”, Waite? White.'NAACP executive secretary told the Texas congressman in a let ter Thursday’. September 24. that his unwarranted attack has supplied ex cellent lmmunition to the enemies of America. Dies charged 19 federal off’c’a’s including the three distinguished Negroes, of being leaders of an al legedly Communist-dominated o* - ganization His charges were in serted in the congressional Re cor’ for September 24. Stated Walter White: -‘Impugn ing the loyalty and integrity of the most beloved and beat-known Negr woman in America would be an in finite Service to the Axis, if your statement were to be beAeved. in destroying the faith of Negroes and of colored peoples in other parts of the world in their belief that the United States is in truth fighting a war for dgmoc acv. Tour attack on distinguished Ne groes. with the apparent southern attitgde that it is safe to do so be cause they are not able to hit ba- k effectively would be almost tb/ tir al crushing blow to the Negro's patriotism if he did not take into account the source of these attacks" The NAACP executive ridiculed the idea that Mr. Pickens or Dr. Frazier could be considered “com munists". concluding: "I am quite certain that your unwarranted at tack on the patriotism of these in dividuals will be exceedingly useful to Tokyo in its broadcasts to the | one billion colored peoples of the i Orient in efforts to convince them j tha hey should cast their lot wft i. Japan instead of with the United Nations, on the ground that on tho ! race issue the United States and ‘•real Britain are insincere." Fire Prevention Week Fire Ptcventicn Week is observ ed every year during that week in which October 9, the anniversary of the Chicago Fire, occurs. But this year the war has given Fire Preven tion Week unusual significance. The Nation is preparing to defend itaelf from fire that may be caused , by incendiary bombs. Equally vit al is the need to prevent the slow down of war production by fires that may result from sabotage or ordinary causes. Anr. at this time when we are facing material short ages. replacements in the home ar.d elsewhere must be reduced to a j minimum. The seriousness of the situation has been recognized by every organ ization concerned with fire safety, and. for the first time, the Sponsors of Fire Prevention Week are Joined, j this year, by the U S. Office Of Civ ilian Defense which is charged with civil protection in wartime. By virtue cf the President’s pro clamation. the U. S. Ofice of Civil ian Defense now calls upon the er. tire Nation to he»d the danger of fire a danger which threatens our lives, menaces the security of our homes, and wafts ready in an in stant, to habotage our war indust ries. Omaha Getting Ready To Raise $797,230 By Oct. 29th Announcement of §■ rally in the city auditorium sponsored by Presi dent W M. Jeffers of the Union Pac ific next Monday night. October 5. when President Roosevelt by radio IF YOU CANT CO* n 8VE ■irni ■«* mo uoowin mat irr n n will inaugurate the nation's Uni'p War and Community Fund Camp aigns is the outstanding devefc'w. -ment of the week affecting Omahas drive for 1797,230. The Jeffers rally, although plane ed especially for "the Union Pacific family”, is open to the public. A basic development of the oast week has been the announcement by P -esident Rov Page of Omaha's United Fund that a min'mum cf $115,550 wifi be distributed to se-ve our awn-<I forc-s and our allies ; Omaha meets its quota. A total of $74.6-50 is reserved for national agpncis. including thoe“ Serving the awned forces, as follows US--. $'*>"■ 000: Vary Relief Society. $10,000: War Prisone-s' Aid. $3.0*>.” na'ional YWCA, special war serv e fund, $700; ^merican Social Hy giene Association. $550; U. S. Com mittee for Care of European Chi; ! rer.. $300. After this budget was adopted President Roosevelt’s war relief cor trol board recommended that Ng Reli f Soeie*y b^ dropped from loci' campaigns since it had enoug' money to meet present needs. Mr Page indicated Omaha trustee would follow the recommendation and readjust the budget here. A $51,000 total is reserved for re lief to our allied nations. This if divided; Russian War Relief. Inc.. $11,000: British War Relief Society Inc., $14,000; United China Relief. Inc.. $14,000; Polish American COun cil. $5,500: Greek War Relief Assoc iation. Inc.. $5,500; Queen Wjlhelm ina Fund. Inc., $1,000. For Omaha agencies Serving local needs the total is $544,200. This is divided; $494,500 for 30 Community Chest health and welfare agencies: j $45,700 for the YMCA., which in pre vious years conducted separate cam paigns A $47,830 reserve has been set a side to cover possible collectif : loss -es due to deaths, removals, etc. An unappropriated balance of $79,550 is set up. Mr. Page explain ed. to cover emergency needs of 1< - cal or wax agencies which cannot be accurately determined at this time, thus avoiding the need of separate campaigns for such purposes. Until the united financial camp aign ends on October 29. headquar ters will be on the second floor of the Wool worth building at Sixteen th and Douglas streets, occupying five thousand square feet of donat ed space. The new telephone num ber is JA. 8232. Other events of the week affect ing the campaign include indorse- ! ARMY AIR FORCES NEEDS Tuskegee Field, Alabama—The a bove enlisted men are trained spec ialists On fighter planes. They ser vice the delicate pursuit ship. 100.000 skilled mechanics and tech nicians are needed immediately in the Army Air Forces. Signal Corps and Ordnance Department. Keep ing pace with the mounting flow J war material from the industrial re Berrcir of the nation, these special ists are needed bow to keep equip ment in operating order These are . important maintenance jobs. Army Training Schools are already teach ing thousands of men this kind of work. Later in the year their rate of output should be sufficient to keep pace with the need, but be tween now and November 1, 1942. when the campaign will close, the gap must be stopped by voluntary enlistments. This is an opportun ity open to all trained mechanics. Keep >m Flying: Cited for Bravery - s mam m Charles Norman of Newport News i was cited today for bravery and ijuick thinking by Brig Gen. John ' Ft. Kilpatrick. cOraanding general : of the Hampton Roads Port of Em- 1 barkation. Norman and Charles j Axelson. gang foreman were prais- j ed for putting out a fire, at great risk to themselves. Norman's wife I and six children witnessed the cere mony, as did several hundred offic er's. enlisted men and others. In a letter to Mr. Norman, Gen eral Kilpatrick said: “This spontan eous, unselfish service On your part is worthy of emulation and X am grateful that I have the privilege to. and I do hereby, commend you. I have directed that a copy of this letter be published in general orders of this command and a copy will he forwarded to the War Department for permanent file." Ford Plant Hires Colored ^X^omen . • - -.. —^ ments issued by heads of Catholic 1 and Protestant church bodies—Most Rev. James H. Ryan. Bishop of Om aha. and Rev Leonard L. Patterson * president of Omaha Ministerial Ur,- j ion—and Labor leaders. Gordon C. Preble, president of Omah Central Labor Union; and H. R. Ballard. CIO regional director. ESTABLISH AW ARD FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE New York_A new award fof in terracial justice has been establish ed by the family of the late James J. HOey to be given to the two Cath olic laymen, one Negro and one white, who have made the most out standing contribution during the year to the cause of interracial Jus tice- A reproduction of the medal design for the award appears on the cover of the Interracial Review, a CathoKc monthly for September. The Review states that the medal was designed by the noted sculp*or George Lober. a member Of the New York Art Commission. The ] medal will be cast in silver. No re-1 cipient has yet been decided upon. ! Anou net-men t will probably come in October. __ ANOTHER WAAC TO WASHINGTON Washington. Oct. 5 CANP) Third Officer Os by, WAAC Of New Or- j leans, is slated to join the public re lations forces of the war depart- j ment. it was unofficially announced here this week. Third Officer Os- ' by has had experience in public re-! lations and newspaper work thru I connection with the Louisian., j Weekly. Her office will be in that of Col. Page, it is reported, and she will be liason between Negro Press and the department. This is the third appointment to Washington of recent graduates of the first class of WAAC officers. Mrs Irma Cayton of Chicago, trans ferred from the CSO bouse at Des Moines to Washington and Mrs. Harriet West, assistant in Director Hobby’s office are the others. , Detroit. Michigan, —The Willow Run plant Of the Ford Motor com pany has hired 27 Negro women wha upon conclusion of their training will serve as instructors to addit ional Negro women who will be tak en into the plant, the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People was advised this week by Lawrence W. Cramer of FEPC. Another gain in the employment of Negroes in war industry is the recent assignment of a Negro wom an to the Ford company's person nel department to assist in the re cruitment of women workers. Prior to September 15 the Wil low Run plant which employs ap pijoximutely 27,000 workers num bered not a single Negro woman a mong its 3.000 women workers. The Ford company's failure to hire Negroes who had training in skilled jo be was brought to the at tention of the Detroit branch of the NAACP several months ago when the company was discovered to be recruiting workers from Michigan out-state communists rather than utilizing local Negro labor. FLYERS MAY SEE ACTION 99TH READY Tuskegee Institute. Oct. 2 <ANP> The men of the 99th Pursuit squad ron are champing at the bit- The first unit, feeling rather confident | of their flying ability, -have passed their firing tests, but realizing that far wider experience awaits them before they are actually able to en ter aerial battle, are anxious to be ] on the move. Rumors indicate that the group will be leaving the local airfield where they received their trainig and won their wings, within a very short time- No announcement re garding where they will go or the exact time they will leave has been revealed, neither has the exact per sonnel been made known. There is a general understanding however that Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis will be the leader of the squadron when it moves on from Tuskegee Clair Chapel s Revival Sunday Musical Extravaganza A Great Success; Directed by Mrs. Story The Musical Extravaganza held at/5 Pilgrim Baptist Church Friday aight. Sept. 25 was a huge success. The participants from out of town were Mrs. Viola Nickens. Kansas City. Mo.. Mrs. Pansy Stephens. Kansas City, MO., Mr. Richard Tur ner. Kansas City. Kans:. and two ladies' Ensembles, one from Wicn ita, Kansas asd the other from Kan sas City. Kansas. All rendered beautiful selections and were real ly a treat to hear. The 45 voico chorus consisting mainly of Omv hans was very well received. Am ong th; cumbers rendered by the chorus were “Carmena” ‘ Prayer Perfect” and a Spiritual Medley. Mrs. Verlee Robinson. Mr. H. L. Cribbs, Mrs. Blanchle^ Wright, Mr Clinton Robinson. Mrs. Lucy Mae Britt and Mr. Elmore Littlejohn were soloists for the chorus. An other feature Of the program was the childen’s chorus. Little Miss Betty Be verb' displayed her ability as a directress very nicely. The ladies of the chorus and ensemble and the little girls were beautifully, gowned in formals of various colors an dthe men wore dark suits. The entire setting was indeed lovely to See. Mrs. Lottie Story and Mrs. Hazel Reynolds were the pianists. Mrs. Reynolds also played the org an. Mrs. Lucy Mae Britt was one of the directresses of the chOru3. The Musical, an annual affair given by the Kansas-Missouri Conference of the CME. Church, was under the direction and training of Mrs. Lot | tie Story, wife of Rev. L. A. Story. Pastor of Cleaves Temple CME. Church. Mrs. Nancy Andrews gave a read ing entitled “Creation”. Mrs. Blanchlee Wright read two select ions one of which was her own com position, ' When the Bishop s Due-” This number was dedicated to Bis hop J. H. Hamlett. presiding Bishop over Kansas. Missouri Conferences. Those who missed the musical real ly missed a grand affair. field toward the fields of action. The 100th squadron will move into the 99ths berth as soon as it js va cant- j WINGS OVER JORDAN' “Wings Over Jordan." world's greatest aggregation of singers will appear in a concert at the Citv Aud itorium. Wednesday, Oct. 7. '1 be doors will open at 6 p. m. The con cert will begin at S p. m. Tickets are on sale at the following places L'nitt Docekall Drug store. 17th and Farnam Sts., Underwood BlTUari Farh is. 1522 North 24th St- Pr. i Lr .’-large Residence. 241? Decatur St.. David Green Residence. 2324 N. 26th St- Bearcat Wright. 52R* Si 29th St- Johnson Drug. 2306 North 24th St- Airs. Brown's residence. 2418 Ohio St- Carey's Gfcieery 27th at Grant St- American Legion, 2124 North 24th St- John Gardner resi dence. 2622 Afaple, Webster .Vision residence. 5002 So. isth. Charles Alartin residence. 2522 Caldwell 3t.. Omaha Outfitting. 2122 North 24th and Airs. Beatrice Gray’s residence. 2210 North 27th Ave. « GIBSON DENIES RESIGNATION DOUBTS HASTIE'S Washington. Oct. 1 (ANPI Denying emphatically the story published in the Pittsburgh Courier last week that he had submitted a resignation to the war department from his post as assistant civilian aide. Tru man Gibson. Jr., Chicago attorney, was at a Joss to explain the source Of such information. Air. Gibson and Judge Hastie both were in the office after the secre tary's press conference. usual’y held on Thursday morning, and both expressed complete surprise that such a story had been printed. Air. Gibson, contacted later, again denied any knowledge of the resign ation and felt that in a matter of So much importance to both the Judge and himself the entire Negro press would have been given a care fully prepared statement which would leave no doubt as to the why or wherefore of a resignation, had it been submitted. Sometime previously, it had been rumored around town that Judge Hastie had attempted to resign and there was considerable more verac ity attached to that rumor than the present one- The judge was pre vailed upon to remain and since then there have been no further rumors. DR. A. L. REYNOLDS, EVANGELIST Dr. Reynolds of Missouri will con duct Revival Services at Clair Chao el beginning Sunday night, Octob. 4. 1942. Dr. Reynolds has the distinction of being one of the most outstand ing pulpit orators of the Central tVest. His pastorates have been a mong the leading ME. churches of his Annual Conference, namely: — Kansas City, St. Louis, KinlOcic and Sedalia. Dr. Reynolds will speak each ev ening at 8 o'clock. He will be sup ported by the Clair Chapel choir with special solo work by his son, Mr. A. L. Reynolds. Jr.. The Pray er and Praise Service will begin each evening at 7:30. The Pastor s and their congregations are cord ially invited to attend the Revival Service*. Come and hear Dr. Reynolds. On Wednesday, Mr. GIbeQn says he was contacted and asked con cerning the truth of the matter. Ha told his inquirers then that there was nothing to ii as far as he was concerned and. thought the matter closed. "CABIN IN THE SKY" GROUP ENTERTAINS HU.ACHUC'.A SOIJMER' FT. Huachuca. Arts., Oct. 2 4ANF Coming directly from Hollywood, members of the cast appearing in the MGM production, "Cabin in t'ne Sky”, gave a variety show in the 93rd Division Open Air arena, here last Sunday, which proved to be a howling success. Among the per formers were Miss Hattie Morrison, boogie woogie pianist: Sunshine Sammy. Miss Lena Horne, the pret ty songstress. Mantah More lan 1, Mone Hawley, Miss Olive Ball, Freddie Clark. Chinkie Grimes, Ef fert “Noody” Bowman. Princess Luana. Pepper Neely and Alfori Moore.- Rico Harison and “Noody’ Bowman, who aded their talent, are enlisted men. The roar of applause which greet ed the performers gave evidence of the enjoyment of the men from the 93d. The performers were just as much pleased with the soldiers. Clarence Muse and Lena Horne ex pressed the sentiments of the ac tors when they praised the discip line. the morale and excellent con duct of the men and complimented them upon the fine appearance of their camp which they said was the finest they had visited. Write Congressmen To Stop Filibustering On Anti-Poll tax Bill NEGROES SHOULD WRITE CONGRESSMEN TO STOP FILI BUSTERS ON ANTI-POLL TAX BILL UP FOR VOTE OCT. 12 New York—Filibusters and heat ed word battles are in the offing as the Gever-anti-poI tax bill comes ; up for vote in the House of Repre sentatives on October 12, after which it will go to the Senate where Senator Tom Connally, Texas, hns ! already promised to take the flood to delay action, aeording to the Na- j tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. The Association also stated that a quick vote in the House depends on what limit is set upon debate To insure prompt, favorable action the NAACP is urging all organiz ations, branch members and othe individuals to write immediately to representatives from their districts. 1. Asking House members to be present to vote for the bill on Oct ober 12. 2. Asking House members to vote down any and all amendments 'which may be offered by Congress men from poll tax states. 3. Urging members to resist any effort on the floor to emasculate or recommit the bill. In addition, the Association as serted. Senators should rereceive letters demanding that they support both the Geyer bill and the Pepper anti-poll tax bill now in the Senate judiciary committee, and that they vigorously oppose efforts to fiili buster and vote, if necessary for ! cloture. DAR Asks Marian Anderson To Sing REVERSES stand taken before ■Washington. Sept. 30 —Complete reversing a stand taken in 1939. the Daughters of the American Revol ution invited Marian Anderson. famed colored contralto, to sin? in I the equally famous Constitution hall- home and headquarters of the j lady descendants of Pioneer Amer . ican families. 1 This action ended two years of tight lipped silence on the subject by the DAR. Barring of Miss An derson from the hall in 1939 stirred up nationwide comment. Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt resigned from the DAR in protest. I" ■ i '1 \ I \ I I I ► I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I_I OI K BIGGEST BOAST The achievements of Negroes in this country have been amazing ■when we conaider the odds against which they fought Viewed from any angle they are noteworthy ami justly provoke pride of the Negro race and nation. AS Mark Twain said of the Jews, Negroes have made a wonderful fight with their hands tied behind them and with an even chance it doth not appear what they would have been. If as our friends are wont to say, the Negro has made the "most wonderful progress of any race" within a given time, it must in justice be also added that they made it against the most dread fuj odds. We boast therefore about many things but our biggest boast is our loyalty! Down through many years the enemies and traducers of the race have been foiled in th ir at tempt to despoil us of the high hon ors that go with unadulterated loy i alty This column has persisted in [calling the Negro the super-patriot j in that he takes his place at he ■ battle front beside men who have drunk deep of the draught of demo cratic opportunity, while he h:m ; self had to take what was left. But the Negro always gives good ie count of himself and has won the plaudits of nations. Our biggest boast has been our loyalty.' It i» then with diffidence that take note of recent Occurrences that threaten to mar an inspiring picture. We have reference to news accounts from New York and Chic ago where it is charged that Negro es have been arretted for sedition and for conspiracy. In New York five Negroes are charged with sedi ! tion: in Chicago 34 are charged with , conspiracy. If these charges are substantiated they will not impair the great record the Negro has made down through the years: they will not prove that the Negro race is a race of seditionists and conspir ators: they will not vitiate our big-. ge«t boast. They will merely prove tWt five Negroes in oa>e ease and 34 in another have been misguided. ■ Negroes are neither saints nor sup ermen ami they are susceptible to all the fojlbles of human nature. If there are seditionists and conspir ators in other races they are bound I to be in t&« Negro race. But even more conspicuous than the arrest | of the five Seditionists in New York ! was the part played by Negroes in j their apprehension. The heart of the Negro race is right However regrettable may be these . isolated instances Of disaffection a | mong Negroes, in fairness to them j it must be said that their provooat I ion has been conducive to sedition ■ than to citizenship. Prejudice goes | to such amazing extent to de-man the Negro that it is no wonder that | and conspiracy cannot settle the Negro question in this country, but when we consider the attack that is some times launched against the intelligent Negro and the intelli gence of Negroes we find a mitigat ing circumstances in these latest charges. Fortunately the disaffec tion not«d has its roots not in the intelligent Negroes who can weigh the weightier matters involved, but in the ignorant and gullible. A man’s chance would have obviated the recent episodes in question. "While we deplore these charges and hope that they are the last, we must n#t forget the fundamental ! cause underlying them. At his best the Negro is often treated as sedi tkmist and conspirator, it is not surprising then that a few should i eventually react as seditionjsts. | Too often no difference is made be tween the underprivileged and the cultivated peace loving Negro. Re cently Roland Hayes was set upon and beaten in Georgia, a state that he helped to elevate in the eyes of ' the world. More recently Dr. J. C. Jackson of Hartford, Conn., was as saulted enrOute to the National Bap tist convention in Memphis. Dr. Jackson is one of the most honored and venerable churchmen of this country. The asault on him was an assault on the more than 3.000,000 Negro Baptists he represents. However deplorable tt may be, these unhappy occurrences are Play ing their part in this matter of se dition and disaffection making their unwelcome advent on the critical scene- The heart and the head of Negro leadership are right. Their preachments are sound. But the good meaning of the Negro is too often limited by the anti-Negro de signs of the rabidly prejudiced. Ne groes must not and will not cou doae sedition: NEGROES. HOLD THAT LINE-OUR BIGGEST boas^: _ 1 OUR SCRAP IS NEEDED NOW, DIG it out: