largest Accredited Negro Newspap er West of Chicago and North of KC "Saturday, Oct. 28,1944 Our 17th Year—No. 38 Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice, Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha. Nebt Adams in Closing Moments of Brisk Senator Campaign\ _— —————" ——————— M — ^———————^ I Hear... • Oscar Stanton DePriest, Jr. WHO WILL SPEAK AT Dreamland Hall Fri. Eve., Nov. 3 In Spotter Succumbs Orville "Hoppy” Jones, member of the celebrated Ink Spots, who died at his home in New York, Wednesday morning last, after suffering a cere bral hemorrhage attack INK SPOT'S BASS SINGER DIES AFTER HEMORRHAGE ATTACK. East Elmrurst, LI., (PPNS) The theatrical world and its million of fans all over the country mourned the passing of one of stardom’s great -est, Orville “Hoppy” Jones, who was loved by many for his unique and original stele of bass singing with the world famous Ink Spots The sudden death of the popular en tertainer was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage attack suffered at his home here Tuesday night. “Hoppy” 42, is survived by his wife, Esther, and 9 children. Formation of the celebrated quar tet had its inception several years a go, while “Hoppy", Billy Kenny, Bernie Mackey, the other members, uere rorkinc as porters at the N. Y. Paramount theatre. Inspired no doubt, by the many star entertainers who appeared on the Paramount stage the three got their heads together and soon began to produce some very tunefu' singing. Encouraged by ev eryone w'ho heard them, they placed their brooms aside and began to sing for their supper. The trio was joined later by Phil lip Bowen and shortly afterwards was discovered by Moe Gale, who ■sent them abroad where they caused a sensation. Upon their return to the states they began their meteoric rise to fame as the nation’s number one -quartet- Sales of Ink Spots recordings have topped that of all other singing groups, according to record polls. DR. WEAVER RESIGNS AS HEAD OF MAYOR KELLY’S RACE COMMITTEE. Chicago, (PPNS) Dr. Robert C. Weaver, who has done commendable work in his capacity as head of the Mayor’s Committee on Race Rela tions, served notice of his intended resignation to become effective Nov ember 1, ir. a letter to Mayor Kelly here this week. Dr. Weaver, formerly a member of the War Manpower Commission in Washington, graduated from Har vard with a Ph. D. degree and later served on the faculty of A&T col lege at Greensboro, NC-, After his resignation, he will serve the Amer ican Council on Race Relations act ing as director of its community ser vices. In his letter. Dr. Weaver stated reasons for his withdrawal from the Mayor Keyy’s race committee: “My only reason for leaving this interest ing and encouraging wonk is the op Negro Women to Be Accepted In WAVES, SPARs Units The President approved a plan sub | mitted by the Navy Department prov iding for the acceptance of Negro women in the Women !s Reserve of the Navy. The plan calls for the immediate commissioning of a limit ed number of especially qualified Ne gro women to serve as administrative officers. They will assist in the sub sequent planning and supervision of the program for Negro women which will be administered as an integral part of the Women-s Reserve. En listment of Negro women will be un dertaken as soon as these plans have beer* completed and it is presently in dicated that the first Negro recruits will enter training shortly after Jan uary 1 Officer candidates and en listed women will be trained at ex isting schools for the training of WAVES. The number to be enlisted will be determined by the needs of the service —oo_ TO BE ACCEPTED IN COAST GUARD ALSO The U..S- Coast Guard Headquar ters in Washington, DC., made the following announcement also: "The Coast Guard will follow the general policy of the Navy in accept ing Negro women in the Women's Reserve. It will accept Negro wom en for service in the SPARS in quotas according to the needs of the service.” NAACP TAKES STAND FOR UNSEGREGATED WAVE, SPAR TRAINING New York—In a statement regard ing ‘he Navy's plan for immediate commissioning of qualified Negro women in the Women’s Naval Res erve, the NAACP said: “The NAACP is pleased to learn that the ban against Colored Ameri can women in the WAVES at long last been abolished, a policy the As sociation has urged upon Um Navy Department since the establishment of the WAVES in 1942. We trust that *he announced plan of training Negro women in existing Schools mea-is no segregation and we hope I that this policy will be extended to establish a new and more democratic princinle in the American armed ser vices by integration of colored WAV ES into regular units instead of be ing assigned to iim crow ones. We further hope and urge that the Uni ted States Coast Guard and the Mar ine Corps will also open their doors on an unsegregated basis to qualified Negro women.” Since this letter was written the Coast Guard has adopted the policy of the Navy, and seeks the tnlistment of Negro women in its ranks as SPARS. i portunity which I have for doing sim ilar work on a larger scale. The A merican Council on Race Relations has asked me to serve as director of its community services, and I have accepted the offer.” JOE LOUIS AND MARVA MEET FOR SHOWDOWN Detroit, (PPNS) Marva Louis, wh4o has arrived here in this city to open at Detroit’s swanky 666 Club for a two week's engagement, begin ning Monday night, revealed to a representative of the press that she would cemfer with Joe before she de cided to take any definite steps to file suit for divorce. Joe is expect ed to be present at the opening of the sh :w and it is very likely that some iinal cource of action will fol low shortly after the two estranged mates get together for a heart to heart chat. I —— ————.——^^ DuBoise Hits Colonial Issues At State Conference Washington, DC,—In a statement to the conference of Americans Uni ted for World Organization, held at the Department of State, October 16 in which several hundred were in at tendance, Dr- W. E. B. DuBois, rep resenting the NAACP, raised the whole issue of colonies and imperial ism bringing out the inadequacy of proposals made on each. Basing his sumary remarks on study of the published proposals of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, in regard to Colonials, Dr. DuBois Said “It virtually says to six hundred mil lion, human beings, if not to a maj ority of mankind, that the only way to human equaltiy is the philanthropy of masters who have historic and strong interest in preserving their present power and income-” In out lining precisely, details for the basis of this conclusion, Dr. DuBois elab orated as follows: as i nave gone through the pub lished proposals at Dumbarton Oaks, I am depressed to realize with what consistency the matter of colonials ahve been passed over. In chapter one, paragraph three, the emphasis is on the fact that this is a union of na tions, not of races, groups, or organ izations of men, not recognized as natoins; in chapter two, paragrph one peace-loving 'States’ alone may join in the Union; in chapter six, appar ently an aggrrieved party must be a state in order to cmoplain or appear before the council; similarly in chap ter seven, no colonies as Such can appeal for hearing before the Inter national Court of Justice. Elaborate effort is made to protect states from aggression, but I find no provisions in chapter Seven even to consider ag gression of a nation on its own col onial peoples while apparently inter national military force can be called in to suppress revolt. Indeed in par agraph Seven of that chapter, it seems definitely to say that colonial disputes lie entirely beyond the jur isdiction of this proposed govern ment of men. The Economic and Social Council set up in this chapter offers some ray of hope: it can rec ommend and consider complaints and situations; but there is no direct pow er to investigate conditions. The Council is appointed by eighteen stat es with no colonial participation in dicated.” Among organization representativ es, Dr. DuBois was one of the few recognized for a statement, by Un der Secretary of State, Stettinius. Judge William H. Hastie also repre sented the NAACP at this meeting, designed for discussion, relative to proposal for an international organ ization to maintain peace and secur ity. Call HA-0800 to Renew Subscription HARLEM'S PRIDE..GETS HIS "SUPERMAN" “CAMPUS CUTIE”. New York (PPNS) Hallique Hen rv, Harlem beauty, has been chosen as one of the country’s leading glam our girls. Widely known because of her extensive travelling with her hus band, Haywood Henry, sax player with Erskine Hawkins orchestra, she possesses all the charm and personal ity of a national figure. She operat es one of New York’s finest fashion marts fnown as Hallique’s Fashion Shoppe and is recognized as a fash ion stylist of rare distinction. Somewhere in France (PPNS) — “What would De Feuehrer say if he vas to see me now?” This seems to be the thought of this German “Su perman” as he is marched dejectedly down a road somewhere in France by a youthful Harlemite, who seems anxious to get this war over So that he may resume his j itterbugging in the “Big Apple.” IVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItiaaBialllllifiiiaaaaiai Wilberforce, Ohio (PPNS) Vina E. Thompson, lovely Wilberforce co ed, reprtsents pin-up material of the highest quailty and is one of the many beauties that ads color and ap peal to the campus. Miss Thomp son is an impressive contradiction to the old Saying “Beautiful but dumb" for her scholastic rating ranks with 'he school's best students. SIXTH WAR LOAN TO START NOVEMBER 20 TO NEGRO PRESS Th« Rev, Daniel Lyman Ridout METHODIST REPRESENT ATIVE TO NEGRO PRESS NEW YORK—The Rev. Daniel Lyman Ridout, 1212 North Redfield St-, Philadelphia, has been appointed the Representative to the Negro Press of the Commission on Public Information of The Methodist Church, according to an announce ment by Dr. Ralph Stoody, director, issued from the Commission’s head quartc'S at the Methodist building here. The new position will require only part-time and will not interfere with his duties as pastor of Camphor Memorail Methodist Church in Phila delphia. The Commission to which Mr- Rid out is now related, ordinarily refer red to as “Methodist Information"', was established by the Methodist General Conference of 1940 to “gat her news of public interest concern ing Methodist activities and opinion and diseminate it through the secular press, the religious press, the radio, and other legitimate media of pub lic Information.” The chairman is Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam of New York, Principal offices are in New York, Chicago and Nashville, with a part-time representative soon to ue appointed for the West Coast. Mr. Ridout was editor of the Daily Christian Advocate during the Cen tral Jurisdictional Conference of the denomination at Greensboro, N. C. last June He is well known as a writer, contributing frequently both to the religious and Secular press The son of a preacher, Mr. Ridout entered the ministry by way of the musical profession, having been for six years director of music at Prin cess Anne Academy and College- His training was received in Morgan Col lege, Ithaca Conservatory of Music and the Sternberg Suhool of Music in Philadelphia. Mr. Ridout will fill a two-way functoin, servicing the Negro Press with news of the pronouncements, personalities and accomplishments of the Central Jurisdiction of The Meth odist Church and reporting for the deneral press the newsworthy hap penings within his group. Within the Methodist Church are 3,115 Ne gro congregations with a total mem bership of 330,600. Appointed by the General Conference in Kansas City last May as a member of the nineman Commission, Mr. Ridout resigned to enter the employ of the Commission as Representative to the Negro Press. R. R. Brown Appointed Regional Advisor for FEPC of this District The Executive Secretary of the O maha Urban League, Raymond R. Brown, was notified by Mr. Elmer vV. Henderson, Chicago Regional Director of the President’s Fair Em ployment Practice Committee, that he had been chosen as consultant for this area. Mr. Brown will investi gate cases involving violation of the President’s Executive Order No 9346, make regular reports to the re gional office of these activities and, where necessary, call for additional investigation by the Chicago office. ' As Specail consultant, the League fdirector will hear and record com | plaints registered by local war work | ers cr prospective employees against | a war industry. ! AKA’S MILITANT ATTITUDE ON THIS SUBJECT FINALLY REWARDED. Washington, The National Non Partisan Council on Public Affairs of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority finally had its efforts rewarded in that Negro women are now to be ad mitted to the WAVES and SPARS This campaign for admission of Ne gro women on an integrated basis in the Navy and Coast Guard has been waged by the Sorority with the coop eration of other organizations, over the past two years. Many conferenc es, public meetings, mass meetings, mass petitions and activities to en courage Negro women to apply for adnvsSoin formed part of this unre lenting campaign. The National Non-Partisan Coun cil of Alpha Kappa Alpha is urging qualified Negro women to take ad vantage of the opportuntiy to officer training. The Sorority is now spearheading an assocaited organization movement for effecting improved policies and practices of the United States Veter ans Administration. Their objectiv es are the integration of Negro em ployees in all branches and on all levels of service, and the full pro tection of Negro veterans in the ad- J ministration of government benefits Organizations all over the country have been asked by the AKA Council to join in this movement “What Kind of America Will We Have After the Victory is Major Decision Congressman Everett M. Dirksen, of llinois, recognized as one of the most brilliant orators in the U. S. House of Representatives, told a cheering crowd attending the first big cny-wide Republican Rally at the Omaha City Auditorium last week, that ‘‘the major decision of the Nov ember 7 election will be what kind of an America will we have after Victory”. “The issue is whether European ideologies are accepted or rejected by the free choice of the American peo jjje”, Congressman Dirksen declared. Appealing to Nebraskans not to be Satisfied only “with the prospect of Victory on Election day”, Congress man Dirksen urged them “to get out so great a vote that it will be over whelming evidence that your state re jects, once and for all, the foreign ideologies that have become attached to the New Dtal in its dying days”. “By demeannig the dignity of the individual and developing the mass etchnique, the Democratic Adminis tration is attempting to foist upon America the same pattern of the dic tator nations, Congressman Dirksen asserted, “if and when freedom, or any part of freedom is leached away from us, what kind of an accounting can we make to those boys in uni form when they come back”, he said. Pointing out that despite all the New Deal’s “make-shift attempts to deal with unemployment before the war, we found ourselves still nursing 10 million unemployment in 1940”, Congressman Dirksen said “this is the (jest answer to the question of whether the New Deal has the cap acity to find jobs for soldiers after the war and for war workers after their demobilization from war plants. Referring to the alleged doctrine ! of “;he indispensable man”, Con gressman Dirksen commented: “The only indispensable man i know of was Adam.” Saying Victory was not the ques tion at all on election day, Congress man Dirksen said “everybody knows victory is the product of precise Science by men skilled in the art of war and prepared to serve equally well under either candidate for pres ident.” Recalling dissension in the WPB dispute between Vice President Wal lace and JesSe Jones over conduct of the Board of Economic Warfare, Congressman Dirksen asked “how can we hope to answer the vital post war questions wthout unity cf ad ministrative leadership?” “New blood is needed today, and needed badly. And on November 7 the people of America wili deliver the transfusion by the election of Thomas E. Dewey”, he concluded. An ovation was given Nebraska Congressman Howard Buffett, who had introduced Mr. Dirksen, when the latter, during the course of his address, told the Auditorium Rally that “in Washington Congressman i Buffett is regarded as one of the keenest legislative minds, destined to move up the ladder. “He denounc ed “attempts by Vice President Wal lace and Communist elements to dic tate to the people of Nebraska on whom they shall elect as their repre sentative in Congress.” State Candidates were introduced at the rally by Republican State ' j Chairman A. T. "Bert” Howard, , I those from Douglas County by Coun- ' ty Chairman T. C. Travis- Senator 1 ATTORNEY JOHN ADAMS, Sr. IS CLOSING A SWEEPING CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE THE REV. JOHN ADAMS, Sr., for 27 years a practicing attorney of Omaha and who stands well up in his profession over the nation, is bringing his campaign for election to a sweeping close. Mr. Adams is Field Director of AME. churches for Nebraska and Kansas- The father of John Adams, Jr., now serving in the army. It will be the first time if elected, a father has - Succeeded the son in so high an office in this state. The Rev. Mr. Adams is fair with his constituents. He takes the position that a candidate for the Ne braska State Senate, should and must be strictly non-partisan. Mat ters not hew strenuous the campaign an honest candidate must win or lose on that stand. In his campaign speeches, at his headquarters, with his staff and on the streets in priv ate conversation he emphasizes that if elected h will be ethe servant of all the people without regard to race religion, or politics. While Mr. Adams, in this campaign is non-part isan, he bcleives that thq groups com posing our state bodypolitic, should have representation in the law mak ing body that controls their econom ic and political destiny and that it will be a calamity to the Negro for present and post war purposes if he should not have a seat in the determ ing body for that period. He is j firm in the position that the cause of any people, is best Served by one of that particular group rather than by one alien to its feeling and prob lems. The Rev. John Adams, Sr., has hundreds and thousands of friends and well wishers among both races in Omaha and confidently ex pects election. In closing his ad dresses when talking about his cam paign, he always urges registration and an early vote at the polls. Hugh Butler introduced Congress man Buffett, who in turn presented Mr. Dirksen to the vast audience. Preceeding the Auditorium rally, Representative Dirksen and state party leaders were guests of Nation al Committeeman from Nebraska, A. V. Shotwell, at a dinner at Ho tel Fontenelle. Earlier in the after noon members of the Republican State Committee discussed Party plans for the campaign windup in Nebraska and met informally with Congressman Dirksen. Acknowledgement for the Success FIRST NEGRO WOMAN WAR CORRESPONDENT MPS. ELIZABETH 'B. M.' PHILLIPS, formerly city editor of the Baltimore Afro-American and connected with its national bureau, is the first colored woman to be accred ited &s a war correspondent overseas. She is scheduled to fly any day to London, first, and then later via Paris to the Allied Front in Franca. of the rally were made by official^ from the speakers platform, to Em mett Brumbaugh, Omaha lawyer, and a-rangements chairman. Northside Republican Headquar ters, 2318 North 24th St., A- B. Me Caw, Chairman. Rotnem, Clark Deny ‘PM’ Statements...... Attorney General Francis Biddle today addressed the following letter to Mr. Carl Murphy, Editor, The Afro-American, Baltimore, Maryland My Dear Mr. Murphy: My attention has just been called to an editorial under the heading, “The Department of Injustice”, ap pearing in the Afro-American for October 14. This refers to a story in PM of October 8, which states that, in discussing the Simmons case then under investigation by the De partment of Justice, Mr- Tom Clark, in charge of the Criminal Division of the Department, and Mr. Victor W. Rotnem, who is in charge of the Civ il Rights Section, used the word “Niggers” in referring to colored people. As goon as the article appeared Mr. Rotnem issued a statement for dis tribution to all Negro newspapers as follows: "I neither speak nor think in the terms of the language erroneously at tributed to me in the recent PM story My record Speaks for itself.” A similar statement was issued by Mr. Clark as follows: “The language attributed to me in the PM article of October 8 is both unfortunate and inaccurate. I think that *he record will show that the Criminal Division, which I have head ed for the past year and a half, has been more active during that period than ever before in the field of civil liberties. This increased activity ful ly reflects my attitude toward such cases.” I have talked both to Mr. Clark and Mr- Rotnem and they have told (Continued ' page 3) YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF YOU OWE IT TO THEM V 0 T E NOVEMBER 7 i i {Continental Feature* __ T33DI