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NAACP Protests Dismissal of Lynch Charges Against La. Police Chief NEW YORK, Dec. 5th..Thur gt>od Marshall. NAACP Chief Counsel and the nation’s Number One "Jim Crow Buster" lodged a atiff prot st with the United States Attorney -General over the "unbe lievaV, <• action of. .a (Louisiana) Unite ' State* Attorney” who drop, ped charges against Benjamin Gantt, the I.Iinden, Ixjuisiana, Po lice Chief indicted by a Federal Grand Jury October 18 for his part in the toitnre-lynching of a Negro veteran John C. Jones in August. In a pointed telegram to Attorn ey General Tom Clark Mr. Mar shall declared: “According to AP dispatch of 27th charges against Police Chief Benjamin Gantt, Min den. 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Action United States Atty. with your apparent approval to drop indictment returned by Fe deral Grand Jury demonstrates opposite of type of law enforce ment expected of representatives U. S. Department Justice. Proce dure of obtaining indictments and , giving publicity to obtaining of indictments and then dismissing changes subsequent thereto tends i to destroy respect for our govem i ment and at same time gives im | nr< sion to criminals prone to in | jure Negroes belief that although indictments might be returned a |gainst them they can expect that these criminals will be later dis missed.’’ The unprecedented action of U. S Attorney LaFargue was not en tir ly unexpected by NAACP of ficials, who attempted to insure I safeguards against such action as early as October 24th when Wal ter White, NAACP executive sec'y urged the Attorney General to ap point a special prosecutor to han dle the trial of this case, .that the record of U. S. Attorney LaFargue ) makes this step imperative. The | Tustice Department's only reaction | to this suggestion came in a short ; statement made by Th^ron L. Caudle, the Assistant Attorney General who parried with it. .the indictments in this case.. were se cured through the enthusiastic ef forts of Mr. LaFargue The Dept, is thoroughly convinced that he is anxious and competent to conduct the trial in this case without the assistance of a special prosecutor i and that he will vigorously repre sent the government. For this rea son it is not contemplated that any special assistant will be appointed. The anxious and thoroughly com ipetent Louisianna prosecutor then | promptly dismissed the Federal | Grand Jury’s indictment of Police Chief Gantt for his participation i in the Jones lynching. Mr. Marsnan, discussing i^a Fargues’ shocking action, declared “the records of the Department of Justice will show that in the case of United States vs. Adams, Bor denave and Mitchell, reversed by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1943 Mr. LaFargue demonstrated two things; (1) his extreme prejudice against Negroes, and (2) a refu sal to obey instructions of his su periors in the Department of Ju stice because of these prejudices”. The case to which Mr. Marshall referred charged three Negro sol diers with rape in Louisiana and was prosecuted in the federal court by LaFargue. The three GIs were convicted although it was appar ent that the federal court had no jurisdiction over the alleged crime. He insisted, instead, not only in proceeding with the trial, but on defending the case on appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals LaFargue’s prejudicial ac tions were so glaring that when the case reached the Supreme Court which reversed the decis [==sc===] !===)£ -BEATRICE L. MORGAN j Dramatic Studio • ATTRACTIVE TEACHING METHODS. • RECITALS. STUDENTS ALL AGES. 2537 Patrick JA-0559 [ j AMVETSClub Cafeteria Now Open All Day ! 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A lot of people really don’t under stand. But have you ever stopped to think it is the only sport that the spectators see free and the participants pay! Among the young bowlers this week were Jeanne Rudd, 288b Ohio Street; Audrey Forrest, 2518 Lake Street; Willeen Brown, 2924 North 24th Street; Eleanor Brown Lois Brown and John Richard, of 2924 North 24th Street League games were as follows: Sunday was the Bacchanites vs. the Junior Hellcats Bacchanites won two, Hellcats one; Tuesday was the Tigers against the Tro jans. The Tigers won two, the Ti gers one; Wednesday was the Bacchanites against the Lake street Wonders. The Bacchanites •von one, the Wonders two; Thurs. was the Lefties against the Lions the Lions won all three. Friday was the Elks against the Tigers the Elks won one; the Tigers two. Prizes for the week were won, by Mrs. Rose Porter and Mr. Amos Dean. Mrs. Porter received a toilet set for a score of 154 and Dean a bowling book for a score of 217. »o uniu next weex, x 11 Did you adieu reminding you to bowl your cares away daily. Roscoe Knight, Mgr. ion. the Department of Justice was forced to confess error in its brief, in open court. Mr. Marshall brought these facts to the attention of Attorney Gen. Clark early in November, in a letter in which he stated, “I there fore repeat that your statements concerning Mr. LaFargue are shoe king and are almost unbelievable, and, once again. I wish to repeat that the United States Department of Justice cannot discharge its duty to Negro citizens by merely “going through the motions”. The only way possible to get a con viction in this case is through the appointment of a really capable to take charge of the case. If this is not done, then the Department of Justice will be directly to blame if anything unfortunate results. We are tremendously interested in this Minden case and have al ready spent a considerable sum of money in rescuing witnesses and keeping them, at our expense where they will be available for the trial, as well as expenses of investigation, etc. “We must therefore strongly urge that you reconsider your de cision and agree to appoint a spe cial prosecutor of the high cali ber suggested above.” CHRISTMAS STORY FOUND OFFENSIVE ’VM3! NEW YORK, Dec. 5th. .Roy Wilkins, editor of THE CRISIS official organ of the NAACP, lod ged a protest with the Stephen Day Press over the inclusion of a story, “Duke’s Christmas”, in the book “Christmas Tales for Read ing Aloud”, published by the com pany which was described as ‘nau seating. .with all the trappings, psychology and situations of sla very days’. Mr Wilkens in his pro test to the publishing firm, cited an outraged complaint from one of the Crisis Bookshop, who pur chased the objectionable book. Investigation by the NAACP vealed that the customer’s com plaining was absolutely justifia ble. The story, by Ruth McEnery Smith, reaches thousands of A merican children and is no storj to be read to children for it gives a picture of Negro life which i.’ hardly accurate in 1946.” All of the words which the Negro finds objectionable are included in this book in reference to himself. PEACE and GOOD WILL Bud williams WASHING MACHINE SERVICE Sales & Service YOUNGSTOWN S KITCHENAIDERS (All Electric) MArket 0566 5019 SOUTH 24th ST. Omaha, Nebraska “It Pays To Look ITelT ' MAYO’S BARBER SHOP Ladies and Children’s Work A Specialty 2422 Lake Street __ Youthful Daughter of Late Internationally Known Actor Comedian Is On Way | Home from So. Pacific j (il j.N' MICHAELS, 24 year old daughter of the late Dan Michaels, Internation ally known Actor-Comedien, is expected home any day now arter a most suc cessful six months' t'SO tour in the South Pacific. Guin is making a name for herelf as Musician and Leader of an all-male Orchestra, and has won ac elulm throughout the entire .South' Pacific area. When this little artist returns from her USO Triumph she will find unlimited requests at home for her services in the field of entertainment. And though her moments wll be saddened when she learns of the sudden passing of her Dad- Dan Michaels_she and her darl ing mother. Pearl, also formerly of the Theatre, will surely “brave" the storniB ns one might say, and “carry on" just as Guin did for those boys overseas. Landlords Urged To Get Registration Form Blanks Landlords now operating under the rent regulation governing ho tels, rooming houses and motor courts in the Omaha Rental area, who have not obtained forms for the supplemental registration of their establishments should do so as soon as the deadline for filing the completed forms is Dec. 31, 1946, W. S Wingard Area Rent Director said today. He fur ther stated that the Omaha Ren tal Area includes Douglas, Sarpy Saunders, Dodge and Madison Counties in Nebraska and Potta wattamie County in Iowa. All landlords, who rent rooms in, a hotel, rooming or boarding house; dormitory; residence club; motor court; tourist home: tour ist court cabin and those who rent space in an auto camp or trailer camp, are required to file the sup plemental data and may get the proper form at the local Rent Of fices at 1615 Harney Street, in Omaha; the Postoffice Building in Norfolk: or the courthouse at Fre mont or by writing the Omaha office. 'After getting the forms, land lords should be careful to fill in all the information called for on the form which apnlies to their establishment”, Mr. Wingard said 1 ‘The forms are not difficult to fill out if the instructions supplied with the forms are followed. How ever, we will gladly assist any landlord who has any auestions about completing the form pro perly. ‘‘It is important that they write plainly and sign the form in the lower right hand comer of the initial page. Incomplete, unread able and unsigned forms will be returned for proper completion. ‘‘Both copies of the form must be filled in and returned to this office the address of which is stamped at the top of the first page. Landlords need not retain ■ n extra copy because one copy . the registration statement wiil j • returned to them after their | - V hment has been classified je- x he classification indicated in j' he upper right hand corner.” CURRAN APPEALS TO TRADE UNIONS TO AID SYDENHAM HOSPITAL FINANCIALLY NEW YORK, Dec. 5. .In a let ter addressed to all CIO national and international unions today, Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union, urged immediate financial support to Sydenham Hospital the only in terracial voluntary hospital in the country. The institution requires $300,000 to meet its deficit Curran cited the fact that Ferd inand C. Smith. National Secre tary of the NMU, is a member of the board of directors of Syden ham. Curran asked that the union make checks out to Sydenham and mail them to Mr. Smith at the union’s headquarters here, 346 W. l”th Street. Lurran’s letter said in part: “As president of an organiza tion that has constantly support ed Sydenham since its interracial venture in 1943 and whose nat'l secretary is a member of the board of directors I can surely urge upon you the need for im mediate financial support to Sy denham in this, its great hour of need.” The communication quoted a recent column in the newspaper PM by Albert Deutch, which des cribed Sydenham as “not only a hospital for the physically sick: it is a healing center for the so cial malaise caused by the virus of race prejudice. It is a symbol of community integration, where needed services are dispensed on a non-discriminatory basis at both ends.’’ FISK TO PLAY KNOXVILLE, DECEMBER 16TH Nashville, Tenn...Fisk Univer sity’s third basketball game of the season will be played with Knoxville College Monday, Dec. 16. The engagement will take I place at the Pearl High gym in Nashville. By CARL HELM NEW YORK—Whenever this mad metropolis gets too much for me, 1 seek out my easy chair overlooking the midtown skyline, and break out my Spanish guitar. Then, surveying more calmly the peaks of the Savoy-Plaza, the Ritz Tower and the rest, I strum ray six chords and my spirit expands; the razzle-dazzle outside my windows ceases to exist. For such is the balm brought by six strings and three frets of this noblest and most intimate of all in struments of music—and the most misunderstood and abused. The Spanish, or classical, guitar is not the loud-whanged banjo-like thing of the swing bands, but the vibrant resonance of soft muted strings that goes back to the days of the lute— the royal sire of them all. Beethoven and Bach wrote especially for it; the great Segovia of today as well as the cowboy and hill-billy chanters attest its dignity. I’m just a music amateur who finds surcease in strumming — an aficionado, ever eager to introduce my simple but satisfying chords to any other city-bound soul for the relief they will bi-~ '". TO IMPROVE SERVICE NEBRASKA VETERANS To improve service to Nebraska World War II veterans, the VA has moved National Service Life Insurance files for this area from New Yorg to Fort Snelling, Minn. Max Johnson, Veterans Admini istration Senior Contact Repre sentative in Omaha reported to day. Mr. Johnson explained that Nebraska World War II veterans should now mail their premium payments to Collections Unit. Veterans Administration Branch Office No. 8, Fort Snelling, Minn. Premium remittances should no longer be sent to New York. Shifting the insurance files to Fort Snelling from New York Mr Johnson stressed does not mean that NSLI premium payments no longer will be accepted at the Veterans Administration Sub-Re gional Office, Room 101 Federal Office Building 15th and Dodge Streets, Omaha. “Veterans who find it more con venient to pay their NSLI prem iums in Omaha may continue to do so, Johnson said. The point is that premiums should not be sent to New York. It is vital Mr. Johnson added, that veterans include their ‘N’ or ‘V’ numbers when remitting pre mium payments The ‘N’ number is found on the veteran’s yellow insurance certificate. When a ve teran converts his wartime term insurance to a permanent type of NSLI insurance he is issued a ‘V’ number. RANDOLPH WARNS UNION STUDENTS AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM In an address to the faculty and students of Union university during Chapel execises, Decem ber. 5th, at Richmond, Va., A. Philip _ Randolph International President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in discuss ing the subject the “Crisis In Ne gro Leadership”, stated that some Negro leaders are being honey fuggled, shanghaied and taken for an ideological ride by master Machiavellian Communist politi cans in a high adventure of revo lutionary power politics without Negro leaders knowing either the road down which they are trav eling or their destination or even the drivers or the nature of the vehicle of transportation which holds them captive. He pointed out Crocheted Runner for the Library or Lounge i l Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to this paper and receive complete instructions on how to make this runner at home. WHAT'S IN A NAME OR A LOUNGE? William Shakespeare, some hun dreds of year ago, asked “What’s in a name?'’. The good bard had something there when he placed the real value on the individual merit of a person rather than the title or family name he bears. Us ing just a smattering of Shakes peare’s philosophy we would like to ask “What’s in a lounge or a library?”. A lounging room minus loung ing furniture couldn't possibly be a lounge. A library room minus books certainly isn't a library. Neither one of these could hardly be called complete without sev eral of these beautiful Pineapple Crocheted Runners being prom inently used throughout them. Yes, what’s in a name?. In the world of women the pineapple de sign is a very important name. Its title means something because the quality of its beauty and ab ility to make the darkest corner of a home bright and attractive i is wel1 known. No doubt you will ! want to brighten your home with this crocheted runner. Send a stamped self addressed envelope to the Reader’s Department of this paper asking for Pineapple Design No. 7650-B and you will receive free of charge, instructions o nhow to make this runner. J. C. HEARD MAKES SURVEY OF REAL NAMES OF ARTISTS J. C. Heard bandleader-drum - er at Cafe Society, recently made a survey of the real names of some well known radio people and came up with some interest ing information. “Most radio peo ple change their names because their real names are too hard to spell or pronounce or too difficult to remember. They may not want to be confused with people having similar names or trade on a name already established by a parent or relative,” said Heard. Danny Kaye was David Komin sky; Fred Allen was John F. Sul livan; Jack Benny was originally Benny Kubelsky; Bob Hope was Lester Townes Hope; Edgar Ber gen simplified his name from Berggren and Lou Costello from Louis Cristello. Ed Gardner (Ar chie) is known to Brooklynites as Ed Poggenburg. PCrry Como was bom Pierino Como; Dennis Day was Eugene McNulty; Hubert Pryor Vallee adopted ‘Rudy’ from Rudy Wie doft, his teacher; Yvete was for merly Elsa Harris and Harriet Hilliard answered to Peggy Lou Snyder. Harry Lillis Crosby adop ted 'Bing’ and Hildegarde Loretta Sell dropped the last two thirds of name. James Kern Kyser decided ‘Kay’ was easier to remember and Fanny Rose Shore got ‘Dinah’ from her original radio theme. “Professor Quiz”, radio’s genial quizmaster of ceremonies is ac tually Dr. Craig Earl; Skinnay Ennis uses his nickname, but is really Edgar Clyde Ennis. Ted Husing is Edward Britt Husing. Susan Douglas is the anglicized version of Zuzka Zenta. “Colonel Stoopnagle’s” birth certificate reads F. Chase Taylor. And J. C. Heard ? Oh yes.. that’s his real name. He has no first or middle name! that Negro leaders were theoreti cal illiterates in the field of revo lutionary political conomy and are being used to bolster up ad vance and consolidate the foreign policy of Soviet Russia under the pretense of serving the cause of the Negro people. He advised the studnts (to fight, struggle and work to preserve our democratic institutions, with all their limita tions, because only within the framework of the democratic pro ces3es can the Negro and all min orities and labor get a hearing before the bar of public opinion in the interest of their cause. Mr. Randolph spoke under the auspi ces of the Gamma Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Legal Notice Omaha Guide 3t, H. J. Pinkett, Attorney. Notice By Publication on Peti tion for Settlement of Final Administration Account. Book 66—Pg. 269 In the County Court of Doug las County, Nebraska. In the Matter of the Estate of BELZORA COLLINS, Deceas ed: All persons interested in said matter are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of December, 1946, Lucille Gordon filed a petition in said County Court, praying that her final admini stration account filed herein be settled and allowed, and that she be discharged from her trust as Administratrix and that a hearing will be had on said petition before said Court on the 6th day of January 1947, and that if you fail to appear before said Court on the said 6th day of January 1947, at 9 o’clock A. M., and contest said petition, the Court may grant the prayer of said petition, enter a decree of heirship, and make such other and further orders, allowances and decrees, as to this Court may seem proper, to the end that all matters pertaining to said estate may be finally set tled and determined. ROBERT R. TROYER County Judge Beginning 12-14-46 Ending 12-28-46 NEGRO VETS’ PRESENCE AT HOUSING PROTESTED CHICAGO, m. (INS)..A crowd of fifty persons rioted Monday at the Chicago Airports Homes hou sing project in protesting presence of a Negro World War II veteran. The rioters hurled stones and milk bottles at a truck carrying the belongings of the veteran, John R. Fort, 29. Two hundred policemen arrested six of the de monstrators. DRUGGIST CAPTURES PROWLER WITH CAP PISTOL A druggist and wife who corn ered a store prowler with a single shot cap pistol were surprised Tuesday to learn they had captu red an honest to goodness burg lar. Walter H. Ringer, the druggist told Inspector Fred Franks, “I supposed he was just fooling around.” The Inspector said the man was Henry Earl Jones, 27, of 2225 North Twenty-sixth Street, had been given a suspended two year sentence in 1944 for burglary. Jones also served 180 days and was fined two hundred dollars in 1943 on two joy-riding charges, Mr. Franks added. Mr. and Mrs. Ringer trapped Jones at about 1 a. m. 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