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Largest Accredited A egro Xearspap er West of Chicago and North of KC Saturday, June 17, 1944 OUR 17th"YEAR No. 19 Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of March 8. 18T4. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha. Xebr. Hillside Presbyterian Church ^$4,000,000 In War Bonds to be Purchased To Hold Fathers* Day Services J By Negro Insurance Men In Annual Meet representatives of the AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. SO AND OTHER SPEAKERS WILL APPEAR ON PROGRAM Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Father's Day Service and several -speakers will join hi a dedicatory service program in recognition of the Fathers. Songs, old and new will be sang by the choir. Responses and sermon by the pastor. Rev. J. E. Blackmore. A warm welcome awaits you. Make it a glorious day. We assure you that you will have ample time to go where you desire after a visit to Hill side, 30th and Ohio Street. tllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIItItlllllllllllllllllll The-1 j World ; this Week | (BY JOHN' PITTMAN) WHAT THE INVASION OF EUROPE MEANS TO NEGRO-A if ERICA Hard, bitter fighting awaits our European invasion armes. Negro ■combat and service troops will share in the physical destruction of the -world fountain-head of oppression and hatred, the “apostles of greed and racial arrogancies.” as President Roosevelt labelled the forces of H.l lerism. Thus every Negro-American j has a direct stake in the outcome of j the second front, in which the lives j of half a million of our boys are in volved. Indirectly, also, the second front will speed many processes that bear on our present and future status. SMALL NATIONS FATE In World Affairs— The second front increases the need for the or ganization of postwar inter-national j security, will spotlight coming Big I Four parley recently forecast by Sec- ! retary Cordell Hull. Involved here is future security of small nations, i. j e„ Liberia. Ethiopia. Cuba. Haiti. Critics of Roosevele.Hull policies profess alarm over prospect of four big powers forming alliance to keep the peace. Their Spokesmen, such a? former Undersecretary of State Sum ner Welles, say such an alliance may deteriorate into an international grap bing compact, with the Big Four di viding the world into spheres of in fluence and control. On the other hand, proponents of Roosevelt-Hhll policies say the alter native to world organization based on "Big Four would be precisely what critics fear—rivalry and competition (Continued on Page -) HONOR STUDENT TO WEST POINT Chicago. June 14 (PPXS) Con-, gressman \Ym. L. Dawson of the First Illinois Congressional District sent his first appointee to West Point. He is Frank Alvin Titus, the 17 year old son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Titus of this city. Young Titus who was a top ranking student at Herzel Junior College will report at the academy on July 1, 1944. Hi.' appointment was upon the recommend ation of the committee for Congress man Dawson’s District, headed by Dr. Metz T. P. Lochard. CAPITOL PRESS CLUB TO HEAR FIELD. HASTIE Washington. June la (PPXS) — Marshall Field, millionaire owner and publisher of Chicago Sun and the newspaper PM of New York and Judge William Hastie. Dean of the Ooward University Law School, will be the principal speakers at the an nual dinner of the Capitol Press club here June 21. PRESIDENT GULF STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION DR. R. H. WARD of Houston, president of the Gulf State Dental association, which is meeting in San Antonio this week from Tune 13 through June 16. Sessions will be confined to ways and means of meet ing the increased demands made up on Negro dentists by the war emer gency. Dr. Ward stated. (ANP) Charles Davis Chosen King Borealis of Coronation Ball ELKS TO'Turnout'SUN.*! Dry Defects Noted by S a n d a 11 LINCOLN—Allied Dry Forces have an initiative petition proposal by which they seek enactment of a state wide prohibition law—a law for the violation of which no penalties are provided—and the same bill asks re peal of all Nebraska liquor control laws now in the statutes, it is noted by Charles E. Sandall, state director of the Nebraska Committee, Brew ing Industry Foundation. The proposed legislation, if adopt ed. would result in ‘utter confusion” in the matter of liquor control, says Mr. Sandall. He says that in let ters to Harold D. Wilson, executive director of the Allied Dry Forces, he asks two questions: “Why, after tiling with the secre tary of state a proposed bill contain ing a penalty clause, did you later di rect the secretary of state to omit the penalty clause? “Having eliminated the penalty section, why did you not omit from the repealing section of ybur bill the penalty sections contained in the pres ent liquor control statute—sections such as the ones providing for search and seizure, for punishment for in toxication, sections prohibiting sales to minors, the consumption of intox icating liquors on public streets and highways or in public buildings or in side vehicles while on public streets, and highways, and many others?” Mr. Sandall points out that “If the proposed law' as amended should be put on the November ballot and bv a majority vote be adopted into law, it would produce a chaotic condition. It would create in Nebraska a boot legger’s paradise such as no person should wish to inflict upon an un suspecting public." You Can Save FEPC! Dear Friend— The President's Fair Employment Practice Committee is in a life and death struggle! FEPC. was saved two weeks ago from death in the House of Represen tatives by only FOUR votes after actually losing by THIRTY-EIGHT votes on the first test of strength. The FEPC. has been to many min orities a major symbol of democracy at hove. The attack on it become' more than the effort to eliminate this agency: it becomes to these minorities ! a blow at the tangible sign of a more '■ democratic way of life for them. Write your senators NOW! ■ a— ... ‘ : Denied Admission r ~ ■ tmcmar-rim ^ i EARL B. DICKERSON 1 CHICAGO BAR ASSN. REJECTS NEGROES REFUSES TO CHANGE ‘ JC° ATTITUDE DESPITE SHED DING OF NEGRO BLOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. by Don Sckuster - z Chicago. June 13, (PPNS) Thous ands of Negro troops giving their lives and blood on the fields of Nor mandy, for the Four Freedoms will wonder if the sacrifice is in vain when they hear of the news from home concerning the rejection of the membership of four prominent Negro attorneys by the Chicago Bar Assoc iation. No reasons were given by the com mittee handling the applications for denying membership, though the as ! sociation's lily-white attitude is well known. The applicants, Earl B. Dickerson, former Alderman, and Assistant State's Attorney, a veteran of World War I. and one time mem | ber of the FEPC: Archibald C. Car I ey, Jr, apstor of Woodlawn AME. I Church and the son of the late Bish op A. Carey; Rufus Sylvester White Jr., formerly an assistant U. S. At torney but now an ensign in the Navy : and Rufus Sampson, an emir, ent member of the Chicago Bar. Considerably stirred up over the un-American action of the Bar as ! sociation committee a number of j prominent members of the Bar As ! sociation have urged that the mat ASS UAL SERMON TO EE HEARD AT ST. JOHNS Officers and members of Iroquois Lodge No. 92, IBPOE. of W. and the Cherokee Temple No. 223 Aux iliary, will hold their Annual Serm on and Parade Sunday, June 25 at St. John's A ME. Church. 22nd and Willis Avenue. PARADE AT 2 P. M. All the members will assemble at the Elks’ Hall at t :00 p m. prop erly regaled for assignment to their respective positions in the line of march to the church. The “turnout" or parade will move promptly at 2:00 p.m. Charles F. Davis, is Grand Exalt ed Ruler of this lodge. Dr. Price Ter refl, Secretary. Eisenhower has well trained Aegro Invasion Combatants THE COAST GUARD LANDS EM IN FRANCE Coast Guardsmen, manning assault transports and landing craft, were “up front” on the Day when the vast Allied liberation armada swept across the English Channel to France. Typical of these Coast Guardsmen is this gun crew aboard a Coast Guard manned assault transport in Europ ean invasion waters. Left to right;, Coast Guard Uses Negroes in Invasion WASHINGTON, June 14 (. A£P> j When D-Day came, Wasnington was ' on tip toe for several hours. Inter- I est among colored people was princ- j ipally to determine the extent to I which Negro units known to have been based in Great Britain were be- j ing used in the assault on coastal j France. The Coast guard was the first to | confirm that Negroes are serving a board various type craft being used in the invasion operations. The coast guard has been uniformly lib- | eral in its training, in its advance- I ment and now veidentfy in its assign-: meat*. A wire-photo received here showed j Ferrell Browening of Dallas, a shell man. maiming a five inch naval gun. The coast guard also confirmed that Robert Reed. Steward's Mate 2nd class, 4035 Woodlawn avenue, Cleveland, is the only Negro mem ber of a five man gun crew aboard another craft participating in the ac tion. ter be reconsidered. A letter de manding reconsideration was signed by Herbert. Beeb. Mitchell Dawson. Frank VY. McCulloch and Judge John P. McGoorty of the Superior Court. Another attorney, Charles Lieberman 1 has tiled for a written mandamus to j force the Chicago Bar Association | Committee to open its records in the case so that those responsible for the rejection of the applicants will be known and steps taken to clear up the situation. In the meantime. Russell Whitman, a former president of the Association has vigorously protested, he stated. “This white supremacy stuff is ex actly the kind of thing we are fight ing against in Germany,” Whitman declared, “I've been fighting racial discrimination for 50 years and I'm going to keep everlastingly at it. I never get mad because it doesn't do any good but this matter should be inquired into and the admissions com mittee should be made to explain why it rejected these attorneys.” . —. . ~~ --- FEPC. Fund ‘Pittance’ Out of 98 Billions Southerners Oppose Appropriation But Goodly Number Favor Agency. With Many “On Fence” WASHINGTON, D. C. (NAAC P. Bureau)—Pointing out that the S585.000 appropriation asked for the FEPC represents onhr 1 196 of one percent ot the nearly ninety-eight bil lion dollars the Congress will this year vote for the war and operation j of the government, the NAACP vig orously urged the Senate Appropriat ions Committee to vote favorably on the FEPC item in the National War ■ Agencies Appropriation B*T! for 1945. "Surely the most intransigent Ne grophobe cannot begrudge this pitt ance for maintenance of an agency to make industrial democracy slightly ! more of a reality," the NAACP stat ed to the Senate. Were Congress to devote “its full time and talents to devising the most effective means of still further lowering (the) morale of a tenth of the population it could not find any better method than des troying the FEPC” which is "almost alone in giving hope to minor ities, particularly the Negro, of as sistance in obtaining employment in (Continued on Page B^“2> Robert Reed. Steward’s mate second class, (4035 Wood lawn Ave.), Cleve land. Ohio’; Edward Carlson, seaman second class, (8109 Larke Ave.). Cleveland. Ohio; Vincent Burkhart, seaman second calss, (1627 Orchard Grove Ave.) Lakewood. Ohio: and Stanley Barnes. Jr., seaman second class, (Y793 \Y. South Street) of Cleveland, Ohio. (Official Coast Guard Photo released by PPNS) NAHCP ask Review of Soldier’s death p’nalty NEW YORK—In a cable to Gen- J eral Eisenhower on June 3, the NA- ' ACP requested a stay of execution i to review the courts-martial record j in the case of an American soldier j sentenced to death in England on a j charge of rape. The case has attracted unusual at-! tention in England and the London j Daily Mirror on June 2 carried an i article stating that it had received a i number of letters on that case which \ “reveal a widespread feeling of un easiness at this man having to pay the extreme penalty. Popular senti ment could be much appeased if jus tice would, in suitable cases, be tem pered w'ith mercy, and not least in cases where colored men are the of fenders. ” According to the story of the case, the colored soldier knocked on the ioor of a cottage late one night and i woman leaned out a window and exchanged a few words with him. fn a few moments she came out with i coat over her nightgown and walk ed down the road with him. Later when he was tried, her story was that he asked directions to another town ond that she came out and walk ed down the road with him in order to show him the way. Then, accord ing to her, he drew a knife and forc ibly raped her. His story is that he knew her very well, that he had been with her twice before and on each occasion had paid her a pound ($4.00). and that he had a date with her for that particular night. At the time he knocked on the door and she came out to meet him, her husband was in the cottage. The case has created a sensation in England and although the English have been told that this kind of a case is handled in a special way in America, they are revolted by the death penalty in the face of such a "reasonable doubt" as to the actual crime of rape. One reader of the London Daily Mirror wrote “It he is good enough to fight for us. then he is good enough for a square deal” An English war veteran wrote: “Is this England? Do we English read that a Negro soldier is sentenced to death for raping a woman who asked for it, and do we English sit back and do nothing?" SUBSCRIBE NOW? EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. June 14 (ANP>— When the invasion blast hit the wall of Hitler’s fortress Europe last Tues day, combat Negro soldiers stood ready to do their share in ridding the continent of Nazism. No official information has been revealed, how ever, as to how many are in action in France. Highly trained to handle many kinds of complicated weapons of mo dern warfare, thousands of Negro combat troops went through rigorous training in the downs and hills of Britain, hardening themselves to the assault These colored troops man anti-air craft batteries of Bofors and aati strafing machine guns, lay smoke screen to cover the advancing fight ers, and lay field wire under enemy shelling in order to get the message through. Heavy artillery guns manned by Negroes stood ready to pound the enemy, softening up the forward fortified zones, lessening the hazards for the infantry foot soldiers and the j tank busters, and the thousands of | other troops that swarm against the foe. Many invasion troops were trans ported to the beach heads in landing j craft assembled in British ports by colored port battalions. One Negro unit that .has been un dergoing highly skilled training for months. both in England and the United States, was prepared for a painful thrust when the Nazi show themselves on the continent. First U. S. Anti-Aircraft Units to Fire at Germans One colored anti-aircraft battalion made up of four hatteries took ex-j tensive instruction at a British school j to learn the latest methods used by- J the British gunners to shoot down the German raiders over Britain. One phase of this training included what (Continued on Page t MISS BETTY J. THOMAS REIGNS AS “Queen Aurora” • On last Monday night, June 12.— j at Dreamland Hall, surrounded by the beautj’ and dignity of their affairs and with a goodly crowd in attend, ance. the St. Philip's Episcopal Church of which the Rev. Dr. San chez is Rector, presented their 14th Annual Coronation Ball at which they annually crown King Borealis, and his Queen, Aurora. Charles F. Davis, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, was chosen as j King Borealis of 1944. As his Queen was the charming. Miss Betty J. Thomas, Queen Aur- ; ora of 1944. Attorney Ray F. Williams, Labor Inspector of the State of Nebraska,! was the Grand Potentate. The Courtly Ring bearers were: — Margaret Lennox and Michael Thomas. Crown bearers were Edwin Riggs, and Margaret King. Trumpeter: — Von Richard Trimble. Paiges: — Maurice Lambert, Nathaniel Gosden. Sanford McConnell. Princesses: Clara Dudley, Virginia i McRaven, Jesse Turner, Betty Davis, Anna Lee Upcher. Katie Billingsley, Ovlene Grice, Charlotte Green, Ev lvn Butler, Jean Goods. Duchesses: Agnes Montgomery. Gloria Morrow. Tessie Edwards. Mattie Daly, Mar gery Aomon. Matha Childs. Charlotte Preston, Alberta Booth, Inez Brown. Flower Girls: Nancy Reeds. Jean Parker, Jeanette Parker, Carolyn Owen. 15,000 Defense Workers Strike as Negro Workers Are Ordered to “Move Production’ in Shops UNION DEMANDS RETURN l CINCINNATI, June 12 (ANP)— Angered because of the transfer of j seven Negroes to lathe operating jobs which previously employed white at; the Wright Aeronautical Corp., 15,- j 000 white employes Monday, went on j strike. The strike was unauthoriz ed^ said a United Auto Workers Un ion local (CIO) and unless thes* workers resume work wnthin three days they will face disciplinary charg ! es. j The strikers were from the first i and second shifts and quit after the Negro employes were assigned to j "move production’’ in machine shops, j According to Robert Spitzmiller, president of the local, organization ; heads are doing their best to get the employes to return to theTr jobs. A iwre to LAW officials, locals 647, from George W. Taylor, acting War Labor board chairman, stated: 1 KlLriMUrsu, V a., June 14 (ANr The purchase of $4,000,000 worth of war bonds is expected to highlight the public meeting of the 24th annual convention of the National Negro Insurance association, June 20-23. The sale will mark the first time in history that Negroes have actually bought such a huge sum of bonds at one time. An address by Aaron Day on "The Chalienege to Management during these Changing Times," and the ap pearance of George W. Reed of the Supreme Liberty Life insurance Co.. Chicago, the first Negro in America to win the coveted degree of charted Lite Underwriter, will constitute lead ing features on the program. The keynote address will be deliv ered by E. M. Martin, secretary of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co. His subject will be ‘‘Strengtliening Nat ional Unity Through Life Insurance.' Other pertinent topics such as pub lic relations program, meeting social trends. Government Relations, Sup ervision of Agency Personnel under war time conditions, and Life Insur ance as a Career, will be discussed. Other speakers will include Mrs. Marie B. Schanks of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Julius A. Thomas of the Nat ional Urban league and Mrs. Jean nette Welch Brown of the Hold Your Job Committee. S. W. Whitley, head of the local committee is making elaborate prep arations for the convention which is expected to be the best attended in the history of the association. Randolph, Webster To Speak at Blackstone Hotel Luncheon Saturday Arthur J. Lelyveld, Chairman of The Omaha and Council Bhiffs FE PC., announced early this week that he would like and urged all Council members to attend a luncheon spon sored by the Interracial Committee Welfare Council at the Blackstone Hotel Saturday, June 17, at 12:30 noon. Guest speakers will be Mr. A. Phi* ip Randolph, President of the Broth erhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Mr. Milton S. Webster, member of the President's Fair Employment Practice Committee. The speakers will discuss the work of the Presid ent's Committee and the Dawson - Scan Ion-LaFollette Bill to make tnc FEPC. permanent. **^*** + *v "At this critical moment in the file nf the nation no group of worker can be permitted to place their grievanc es above the immediate needs of the armed forces.” Sc WORTH GOOD READING RELAX-ENJOY Your Paper—the Guide J Completes 8 week business trip— Meets and visits many interesting people ww-rs-*-— . - -—* '■ — 1 —r« --— HU1B — ' ■ ■ ~ ' 'I ■ HHII Wl LEFT TO RIGHT. SEATED:—MR. R. W. CLARK. MR. WM. H.DAl IS. MR. BILL ROB IS SOX, Jrtrk MRS ROBIXSOX. +++ Mr. Davis to Have A Grand Opening of Enterainment at Dreamland June 22,23 PROMISES O MAH ASS MANY i BIG NAME BANDS SOON — Mr. Wm. H. Davis, proprietor of | The Omaha Outiting Co., returned home from an eight week business j trip through St. Louis, Kansas City Ho* Springs, Tennessee and many parts of Texas. While on his trip he met many well known band leaders, such as Count Basie, Earl Hines. Erskine Hawkins, Lil Green. Lyonell Hamp ton. George Hudson and Ida Cox Mr. Davis expects to have these ban,!; here during the year, for many big dances. While in St. Louis. Mr. Davis stopped at the Delux Hotel. He was the guest of Mr. S. W. Davis, a "ea! estate dealer and Mr. Pelham RoVr son, proprietor of The Owl Drug Store. Both very prominent has - ness men. He was also guest of Mr. George Hudson, leading band leadei of St. Louis. He visited the night spots of the city, such as the Wait ers’ Club, Rumboogie and the Elks' Club Room, and enjoyed a delightful time at each place. Mr. Davis will have a Grand Open ing N'ight of his Dreamland Dance Hall—‘GRAND OPENING" June Zi and 23, with the music of Chaun cry Downs of Kansas City. Every Thursday night the 60-10 Cluh for adults. Cabaret Style, so come out and enjoy yourself. While Mr. Davis was visiting in Texas, he was the guest of an old pal, Mr. Fate Lester and he enjoyed m?ny entertainments given for him. He also spent a restful, short vaca tion with his brother on his farm and ranch in Grand Prairie. Texas, with plenty of country mild, ham and 'ggs. Mr. Davis wants everyone to watch this paper for the announcements of many great events, he will have to offer his people throughout the year.